Laury A. Egan

Laury A. Egan is the author of ten novels, including Once, Upon an Island, The Outcast Oracle, The Swimmer, and Wave in D Minor. She writes in genres ranging from literary fiction, psychological suspense, comedy, literary suspense, and young adult fiction. In addition to the collection, Fog and Other Stories, four poetry volumes have been published in limited edition.  

Her short stories and poems have appeared in 85 literary journals and numerous anthologies. She is also a fine arts photographer and instructor, illustrator, retired opera/theater photographer, and former university press book designer.

Book Reviews by Laury A. Egan

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Captain Joshua Floyd is flying his MV-22B Osprey helicopter through the dark Afghan night; aboard are a cadre of Green Berets ready for their covert mission and so, too, is the reader, who is prime

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Forty-six years ago, Robin Cook dazzled readers with his first successful book, Coma, which reignited the medical-thriller genre set afire by Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain

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Prologue: “It had genuinely never crossed his mind that his best friend would actually commit a murder solely to demonstrate that the perfect crime was possible, and that he was capable of committi

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“Action is the attraction, with dollops of sex and romance.”

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I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home might be described as a necroscape or “the big adieu,” with dying and dead characters sprinkled liberally throughout the three interspersed plots.

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Edmund White’s impressive early novels, A Boy’s Own Story (1982) and The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988) were considered groundbreaking in the genre of gay litera

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The setting in Yorkshire, in the town of Saltaire, provides a perfect location for murder—actually, several deaths.

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The White Lady is a perfect fit for lovers of historical mysteries featuring intrepid, resourceful women who emerge as equal to their male colleagues and sometimes are more courag

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“In 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister, Oates has added another disturbing character to her bountiful cast of strange people and devised another chilling work . .

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The Mitford Affair, an historical novel, begins in July 1932 and follows the aristocratic Mitford family through April 1941, as Britain recovers from World War I and reluctantly plunges in

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This second novel by the renowned French writer, Marguerite Duras, was written in 1943 when she was 29, and originally published by Gallimard in 1944 as La Vie tranquille.

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“compelling, rich with suspects, twists, turns, and complex characters, wrapped up with a very gratifying ending.”

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The Shadow Murders is a big, complex creation stuffed with a cast of deluded avenging angels and the sinners they kill.”

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“Next in Line will be a happy choice for consumers of fast-paced action, who expect the author to demonstrate wide-ranging expertise in politics, the military and

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Wry, sly, and nicely dry, Kate Atkinson’s 13th outing is stuffed with runaway waifs, toffs, female pickpockets, “merry maid” hostesses, bent coppers, murdered girls, a melancholy detective, an intr

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Mr. Wilder and Me is, in part, a homage to the great film director and producer, Billy Wilder, and his screenwriter/friend, Iz Diamond.