Maren Longbella
Latest from Maren Longbella
Review: Tragedies pile up in Wally Lamb’s new novel, but will readers care?
Fiction: “The River Is Waiting” is a conventional white-dude-goes-to-prison book with the expected plot points.
June 10, 2025
Review: Stephen King’s Holly Gibney is back in ‘Never Flinch’
Fiction: Unfortunately, the “Mr. Mercedes” investigator is not in peak form this time out.
May 20, 2025
Review: What happens when a man accidentally writes his own obituary?
Fiction: “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is a comic novel about tragic events.
March 25, 2025
Review: Did you hear the one about the woman who was determined to be a clown?
Fiction: Kristen Arnett’s protagonist is passionate about her goal. No matter what anyone thinks.
March 10, 2025
Review: Civil War-era ‘Jackal’s Mistress’ finds Chris Bohjalian hitting repeat
Fiction: A Confederate woman takes in a Union soldier in romantic thriller.
March 4, 2025
Review: What were the secret schools that helped prepare Black people to vote?
Nonfiction: “Spell Freedom” offers the untold stories of citizenship schools in the ‘50s and ’60s.
February 28, 2025
Review: Two possible lovers glide along on songs they love in ‘Deep Cuts’
Fiction: Holly Brickley’s novel is (maybe) a romance that comes with a soundtrack.
February 24, 2025
Spellbinding things happen when a stranger enters ‘The Garden’
Fiction: Nick Newman’s novel alludes to Adam and Eve and “The Secret Garden.”
February 10, 2025
Review: Civil War-era ‘Jackal’s Mistress’ finds Chris Bohjalian hitting repeat
Fiction: A Confederate woman takes in a Union soldier in romantic thriller.
March 4, 2025
Review: What were the secret schools that helped prepare Black people to vote?
Nonfiction: “Spell Freedom” offers the untold stories of citizenship schools in the ‘50s and ’60s.
February 28, 2025
Review: Two possible lovers glide along on songs they love in ‘Deep Cuts’
Fiction: Holly Brickley’s novel is (maybe) a romance that comes with a soundtrack.
February 24, 2025
Spellbinding things happen when a stranger enters ‘The Garden’
Fiction: Nick Newman’s novel alludes to Adam and Eve and “The Secret Garden.”
February 10, 2025