Tag archives: Chris Bohjalian

‘The Witches of Cambridge’ The Witches of Cambridge from Alice Hoffman is everything you want and expect from the writer of “The Practical Magic” series. The story mixes magic and longing as two friends attending Radcliff navigate their burgeoning power in a buttoned down 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ava, a beautiful redhead who has always felt […]

‘The Jackal’s Mistress’ Two terrific new books centered around the Civil War are out. The first is Chris Bohjalian’s The Jackal’s Mistress, an unlikely love story between a wounded Yankee and a lonely Southern woman who is struggling after her husband is captured by the North. Libby can do nothing but help to save the […]

March is a big publishing month. I could not cover all the new releases below but will have more recommendations on my social media posts. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera is an unexpectedly hilarious thriller. When Lucy’s best friend is murdered, Lucy becomes suspect number one. After all, she is covered in her […]