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Defending Jacob, by William Landay Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, AndyContinue reading “OCTOBER 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

The Two-Family House, by Lynda Cohen Loigman Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear andContinue reading “NOVEMBER 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

Homecoming, by Kate Morton Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of the grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the mostContinue reading “JANUARY 2027 BOOK DISCUSSION”