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The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish (Atria).
It’s not exactly psychological suspense, though there’s psychology involved, of course; in fact, most of the suspense consists of: what …
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George Ernsberger
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7/30/21
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The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye (Putnam). Big contemporary…hm-m, murder mystery, for one thing; but then, theater novel, gay drama—and still more, by this column …
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George Ernsberger
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7/23/21
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The Wonder Test by Michelle Richmond (Atlantic Monthly Press).
First-rate espionage novel—but then some; then quite a lot, in fact. The intrepid FBI operative, a displaced New Yorker in …
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George Ernsberger
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7/16/21
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Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski (Scout Press).
Another smart, nervy novel by a person who also writes for television and film and comics…would be one way to introduce this …
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George Ernsberger
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7/9/21
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Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings by Earl Swift (Custom House).
Wonderfully enjoyable, exhilarating read (and lots of photos). Everybody old …
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George Ernsberger
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7/2/21
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All suspense fiction this week. Something about the season?
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza (Putnam). Outstanding first crime novel, set in a suburb, but a pretty distant one, where a mix of New …
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George Ernsberger, Columnist
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6/25/21
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THE UGLY CRY: A MEMOIR by Danielle Henderson (Viking). An excellent title for a book full of rage and sorrow and tenderness and, overlying it all, pride and satisfaction, and not so much high hopes …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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6/11/21
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GOLDEN GIRL by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown). I almost began by calling Elin Hilderbrand “a column favorite”—she has been a favorite writer of ours almost all along (her career is not quite …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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6/4/21
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DOWNEAST: FIVE MAINE GIRLS AND THE UNSEEN STORY OF RURAL AMERICA by Gigi Georges (Harper). A book by a social scientist of insight, not only theories, and some gifts: for making character and …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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5/28/21
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THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE by L. R. Dorn (Morrow). A thriller of sorts, and satisfying on that level, but also an ingenious and brilliantly executed, very contemporary re-telling in quite different form …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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5/21/21
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THE LADY'S HANDBOOK FOR HER MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS: A MEMOIR by Sarah Ramey (Anchor). Just now out in paperback, somehow overlooked by the column when it was published to great acclaim a year or so ago …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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5/14/21
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THE FREE WORLD: ART AND THOUGHT IN THE COLD WAR by Louis Menand (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Well…that “war” isn't really the point, here—there's even a touch of irony in the use of the term; …
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George Ernsberger - Columnist
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5/7/21
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