Tell Me What You're Reading No: 49: Carol Graham - Passion! In Park Slope
Our Woodstock friend Carol Graham recently told me that her new book was just about to be published. She said something like, “Howard, this is not like one of the big, great fiction books you read, this is a ‘cozy’“. I had no idea at the time what a “cozy” was. but I do now.
British crime novelist and detective fiction writer, P. D. James has been credited with saying that “All fiction is largely autobiographical”.
Carol is a Texan but has lived in Brooklyn and Woodstock for the last 21 years, and is now a real estate agent in both areas. Carol’s newly published book, Passion! In Park Slope features a Texas born Brooklyn real estate agent who has not lost her drawl. Coincidental or autobiographical?
We discussed Carol’s new book as well as “cozy” mysteries on our recent podcast discussion.
Carol’s website Brooklynmurdermysteries.com
Carol is a member of the Woodstock Writers Group and a two-time winner of the Woodstock Bookfest Story Slam! Woodstock Bookfest Story Slam 2023
Carol’s “Cozy” Path
Agatha Christie - “The Dean”
What Carol is Reading
Freshwater for Flowers, by Valarie Perrin
Reviews San Francisco Book Review
The Atlantic The Dark Reality Behind ‘Cozy Mysteries’
What Howard is Reading
Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend, by Jeffrey S. Gurock
My dad raised me to be a baseball, basketball, football, and boxing fan, and I grew up with a transistor radio under my pillow listening to Mel Allen broadcasting Yankees games, so I loved reading the recently released biography of sportscasting legend Marty Glickman.
It's a sweet, sweet, bittersweet biography. Romania, the Bronx and Brooklyn, the example set by Hank Greenberg and later by Sandy Koufax to respect theirJewish roots, track and football in high school and college, college quotas, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, American Nazis, Jesse Owens, the Jews who were not allowed to compete, and a phenomenal sportscasting career for a gracious and generous gentleman. Really enjoyed it. Hoping to get Jeff on the podcast soon.
Reviews Forward | The Jewish Link | New York Post
The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese, who also wrote Cutting for Stone, which I loved.
Reviews NPR | The New York Times | The Guardian | The Washington Post | The Hindu | The Los Angeles Times | The Des Moines Register | The Wall Street Journal | Star Tribune
The Haunting of Hill House, by renowned horror and mystery writer, Shirley Jackson. Horror is not my usual genre but I’m appreciating the writing and on the edge of my seat.
Reviews National Book Foundation | The Guardian | The Guardian | The Atlantic | Literary Hub
