The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

     A novel within a novel. A stolen plot, an almost Faustian choice. Clever and engaging.

Jericho's Fall by Stephen L. Carter

     A spy novel with a very serpentine plot. Never knowing who is telling the truth (no one) and who is on Beck's side (there are more than two sides). Lags in the middle after a good beginning. The ending is exciting, confusing, violent and complicated.

Morning After the Revolution by Nellie Bowles

     A look at the left going too far. Written by a liberal lesbian mother writer for the New York Times, cancelled for investigating the excesses of woke ideology.

Back Channel - Stephen L. Carter

(read aloud) 

Very good book about the Cuban Missile Crisis from the inside. Main character is very well drawn. The first three quarters is great, then there is some gunplay that is a bit tedious but the ending is quite good. Historically accurate I think and well written.

To Fetch a Thief - Spencer Quinn

An elephant is kidnapped. Chet saves the day. A fun romp, Chet is Chet. Bernie and Chet each know things the other doesn't but alls well... 

Camino Ghosts - John Grisham

 (read aloud)

About former slaves living free on a Florida island, oral history, property rights, spells and curses.  Also modern greed and opportunism, with book publishing and authoring thrown in.

Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman

 Accessible and well-written, this book actually follows the title. It is about topology, abstraction, proof and truth. It is fun and interesting. It is a glimpse over the precipice of very difficult math.