Tasha Alexander
Content by Tasha Alexander
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A collision of life and literature
Issue: August, 2006Marisha Pessl's ambitious debut is many things: the story of a complicated father/daughter relationship, a tale of adolescent friendship, a coming-of-age novel and a murder mystery. Read more » -
A devilishly creative new novel from Arthur Phillips
Issue:The best-selling author of Prague and The Egyptologist delights readers with a witty take on Shakespeare. Read more » -
A novel to sink your teeth into
Issue: January, 2007John Marks' third novel, Fangland, is no ordinary vampire tale. Evangeline Harker embarks on what might be the worst business trip ever. Read more » -
A vintage plot
Issue: July, 2007Cece Caruso, vintage clothes aficionado and incomparable amateur sleuth, is back in her fourth adventure, Christietown, this time juggling wedding plans and a theater production she's writ Read more » -
Another humorous, heartfelt Peabody adventure
Issue: April 2010Amelia Peabody is back, but this time she’s not returning to Egypt, her usual stomping ground. Read more » -
Crime and punishment in India
Issue: July, 2009Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects is not an ordinary murder mystery. Read more » -
Death to dieting
Issue: July, 2007In the second Supper Club Mystery, James Henry and his fellow dieters, the Flab Five, are not meeting with much success on their low-carb plan. Read more » -
Four sides to every story
Issue: April, 2007In his third novel, Angelica, Arthur Phillips once again proves himself a versatile, elegant writer of immense talent. Read more » -
History of love
Issue: February, 2008Lauren Willig's romantic mysteries charm readers There are few authors capable of matching Lauren Willig's ability to merge historical accuracy, heart-pounding romance and biting wit. Read more » -
Introducing the other Lady Jane
Issue: January, 2008Jane Parker, daughter of a courtier to King Henry VIII, grew up in the midst of royal pageantry and court life before she married George Boleyn, whose two famous sisters, Mary and Anne, would play si Read more » -
Knights in shining armor
Issue: July, 2007Claire Malloy's 16th adventure, Damsels in Distress, is full of fun. Read more » -
Make mine murder, hold the blood
Issue: July, 2007Charles Finch's well-researched debut, set in mid-Victorian London, introduces gentleman detective Charles Lennox, whose ambitious travel plans are continually disrupted by crimes in need of inve Read more » -
Peters returns to modern-day Egypt
Issue: September, 2008It has been nearly 15 years since Vicky Bliss, Elizabeth Peters' sharp and hungry contemporary protagonist, has had a new adventure. Read more » -
Phillips' fourth novel dazzles
Issue: April 2009To say that Arthur Phillips is a versatile novelist is understatement at its worst. Read more » -
Social-climbing intrigue
Issue: July, 2007Folk art expert Benni Harper's boss, Constance Sinclair, is convinced that her friend Pinky's death said to be caused by heart failure was no accident. Read more » -
The further adventures of Leo Demidov
Issue: June, 2009Crime fiction fans everywhere were delighted last year when Tom Rob Smith’s first thriller,Child 44, made the long-list for the Man Booker Prize. His follow-up, The Secret Speech, is a sequel to his acclaimed debut, continuing the adventures of Leo Demidov. Khrushchev has come to power, and he makes a speech—in theory, a secret speech—that reveals the corruption and horror of Stalin’s brutal reign and leads to the release of scores of prisoners from the country’s gulags. Read more » -
The Observations
Issue: July 2006In this winning debut set outside Victorian-era Edinburgh, Bessy Buckley should, perhaps, have given more pause to the fact that the mistress of Castle Haivers, Arabella Reid, hired her without a ref Read more » -
Walking the dog
Issue: May, 2007Few writers can match Cathleen Schine's skill at deftly drawing characters with perfect wit: George, now twenty-eight years old, had been a child prodigy. No one knew it. Except George. Read more »
