A HEADLINE-GRABBING MURDER IN GHANA lays bare a web of troubling secrets that only private detective Emma Djan can unravel. Sharp mystery with an engaging sleuth offers vivid portrayals of Ghanaian life, from glittering high-rises to the streets. B PLUS

SLEEP WELL, MY LADY (AN EMMA DJAN INVESTIGATION #2)
Soho Crime
2021

A LAVISH COMEDY OF MANNERS transposes a classic farce plot to the world of 2015’s upper-crust, high flying Millennials. Gloriously baroque prose and a killer eye for detail. B PLUS

THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR
The Overlook Press
2021

AN ICU NURSE’S FRONT-LINES memoir of a COVID pandemic year. Raw, real account details the struggles, burnout, and PTSD faced by many US healthcare workers trying to keep people alive in overwhelmed hospitals. An important book. A MINUS

YEAR OF THE NURSE: A 2020 COVID-19 PANDEMIC MEMOIR
Cassie Alexander
2021