But when a client turns up dead, and it turns out she was impersonating her sister, things get complicated fast. Perfect for morning reading.Ĭlaudia Lin is loving her new hush-hush job working for an online-dating detective agency. Meloy is smart and salty and often hilarious. They’re short, bracing essays (originally recorded for radio) on life in southern Utah: flora, fauna, human community. I picked up this collection at the Desert Museum in Arizona last spring. A fun, sometimes steamy rom-com with plenty of bookish references, but at its heart this is a story about sisters, family, and the stories we tell ourselves. But the presence of a handsome, infuriating editor from the city throws a wrench into Nora’s plans. When her sister Libby begs her to go to a tiny North Carolina town, Nora reluctantly agrees – and even begins to enjoy herself. Nora Stephens is not a rom-com heroine: she’s the other woman, the sharp-edged, stiletto-wearing city person who loses the guy. I flew through this – it’s part thriller, part historical epic, part love story, part intergenerational family saga.
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His grandfather, Ali Hassan, decides to share his own story with his grandson: his experience working on the movie set of The Ten Commandments and getting swept up in political forces larger than himself. In 2014, a young Egyptian-American man leaves his home suddenly to join a jihadist uprising overseas. We are nearly halfway through October – and between bike rides, a major work event and daily life, here’s what I have been reading:
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