The Bearskin Rug by Jennifer Stevenson
Early on, protagonist Jewel Heiss fondly looks back on a relationship she’d had at seventeen with the family’s septuagenarian lawyer. He said to her, The world runs on sex. There’s no life without sex. Make sure you have fun at it.
If you can read that and smile, the chances are [...]
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The Bearskin Rug by Jennifer Stevenson - Review
A Cure For Night by Justin Peacock - Review
A Cure for Night: A Novel by Justin Peacock
At the start of Justin Peacock’s terrific first novel, “A Cure for Night” (to be published tomorrow), Joel Deveraux, a lawyer with a top-drawer Manhattan firm, unwisely hooks up with a co-worker, a sexy paralegal named Beth. She proves to be a junkie, and soon he’s snorting [...]
Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio - Review
Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio
Reasonable Doubts is the third novel featuring Bari lawyer Guido Guerrieri. He is in his forties and on his own, without a woman in his life or any close friends. Reasonable Doubts is a first-person account, and much of it centres on Guerrieri’s thoughts and doubts as he muddles along. Conveniently, [...]
