Nevermore: Intrigue of Witches, Some Days There's Pie, In My Time of Dying

 

An Intrigue of Witches by Esme Addison

Thirty-year-old Black woman Sidney Taylor is a talented early American historian, working in fast-paced Washington DC, with her eyes on promotion. She's also currently persona non grata. Who knew that making an inconvenient historical discovery would see her stuck at her desk, shuffling paper? So when she receives an anonymous and very cryptic invitation to visit historic small-town Robbinsville, North Carolina, and hunt for a missing archaeological treasure - with a million-dollar payout at stake - it's one she can't refuse. Besides, her beloved grandmother lives in Robbinsville, and it's been too long since she's visited her. Soon, Sidney's on an exciting treasure hunt, following two-hundred-year-old clues that lead her ever closer to the artifact she's searching for. But what is the artifact? And why is Sidney starting to feel like she's at the heart of a terrifying conspiracy she doesn't understand? The answer blows Sidney's world apart, plunging her into a dark, glittering world of secret societies, ancient bloodlines, witches, and magic linked to an ages-old conspiracy that could destroy the very principles upon which America was founded.

I found this book very likable and entertaining.    –MH     4 stars

 

Some Days There's Pie by Catherine Landis

This humorous, affecting novel follows the adventures of Ruth, a woman who has run away from her life, with the help of Rose, an elderly, kindly reporter suffering from a terminal illness.

She’s a good writer, but I couldn’t get into the story.    – KM     3 stars

 

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

The New York Times best-selling author shares the story of how a near-death experience led him to question his own atheism and undertake a scientific and philosophical examination of mortality and what happens after we die.

It was thought-provoking and informative, but the medical terminology was sometimes too much.     – NH     4 stars

 

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Sociopath: a Memoir by Patric Gagne

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