The Inheritors
★★★★☆
In a pre-historic world, a simple, close-knit Neandertal family has to contend with the "new people", a group of early modern humans with a very different culture, abilities and weaponry
A German Requiem
★★★☆☆
The third in the Berlin Noir series; WW2 is done, and Bernie is still trying to eke out a living. He is called to Vienna to investigate a case, but is caught up in the complex interplay between Germans, the Allies, the Red Army and former Nazis in hiding
The Covenant of Water
★★★★☆
A multi-generational saga about a large St. Thomas Christian family in Kerala, and the mysterious illness that affects each generation of a family.
American Gods
★★★☆☆
Shadow Moon has recently been released from jail, and is hired as a bodyguard. He soon becomes embroiled in a titanic struggle between the "Old Gods" and "New Gods" and finds himself questioning the nature of belief in modern America.
The Perfect Couple
★★★★☆
A high-society wedding in affluent Nantucket goes completely off the rails, as the body of the Maid of Honour is discovered on the beach...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
★★★★★
Young Dorothy Gale is swept by a tornado from Kansas to a magical land with wizards, witches and several marvelous creatures, but all she wants is to get back to Kansas...
Howl's Moving Castle
★★★★☆
Sophie Hatter has been cursed to be an old woman, and seeks out the fearsome wizard Howl to help her undo the curse.
Heart of Darkness
★★★★☆
Deep in the African jungle, Kurtz ran a business procuring ivory and is treated like a god by the natives. But lately, something entirely more sinister is afoot... Kurtz has gone insane.
The Burglar in the Closet
★★★☆☆
Another heist gone wrong, as Bernie is hiding in the closet when a woman is murdered.
Train to Pakistan
★★★★☆
Mano Majra, a sleepy village is caught in the crossfire as it sits right on the fault line where a great nation is being divided in two.
Before The Coffee Gets Cold
★★★★☆
A fable about table at a restaurant which allows a patron to time travel... as long as they meet certain conditions.
The A.B.C. Murders
★★★★★
Poirot tracks a serial killer with a peculiar modus operandi... he murders people in alphabetical order.
The Pale Criminal
★★★☆☆
Tracing a blackmailer leads Bernie Gunther to the trail of a series of missing young girls... and a plot to discredit Jews that goes all the way to the top
Right Ho, Jeeves
★★★★★
Wooster is at Brinkley Court, trying to get Gussie Fink-Nottle away from newts long enough to get him hitched, while also trying to mend his cousin Angela's love life and saving his Aunt Dahlia's cook Anatole.
