Hillary Huber
Madeline Dare, a tough-talking, shotgun-toting ex-debutante, is not your average detective. Then again, not much about her life is what she expected. Born of old money into high society, she married into a Syracuse farming family and a bottom-of-the-food-chain job writing puff pieces for the local newspaper. Her emotional barometer these days ranges from dry irony to whining exasperation.
Then Madeline discovers mysterious circumstances
...8) Concussion
9) The boy
11) The innocent
12) Deadlock
14) As husbands go
"Dark, seductive . . . Noirish and sexy, this provocative novel explores what it's like to be a woman on the edge." —Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
"[A] crispy biscotti of a novel . . . You'll feel indecent reading it in public." —Molly Young, Vulture
A trip to Italy reignites a woman's desires to disastrous effect in this dark ode to womanhood, death, and sex
To cool-headed, fastidious
18) Sinister
What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? In this inspiration-packed book, Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business—distilling...