Entombed

Although mystery/detective novels are not usually my genre of choice I really enjoyed the story, setting, pacing, and characters in this book. It is the seventh in a series of mysteries with Alexandra Cooper as the heroin. She is a prosecutor for special victims crimes in New York City. Entombed intertwines an old case for her, the Silk Stocking Rapist, and a new case involving the uncovering of the remains of a young woman behind the wall of a building that Edgar Allen Poe once lived. I really liked Linda Fairstein's use of Poe's poems and stories as a device to propel the plot forward and educate the reader simultaneously.

Beginner's Greek

Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl's phone number. Boy and girl meet approximately 10 years later. Will they ever get together? Well, we all know the answer to that. Although somewhat formulaic, the path to getting together was interesting as it wove the couple's story with their acquaintances, family, and friends. Although I felt out of my league with the higher-end living of New York City as a setting, I still enjoyed the descriptions of furniture, artwork, and buildings. Peter and Holly (boy and girl) are both very likeable main characters, which really kept up my incentive for reading. Beginner's Greek is a good read if one is in the mood for "chick-lit".