Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

She's Not There (2005)

I got this book in a bag from a friend and dug it out because I was looking for a good murder mystery. I was not too disappointed. The characters were memorable in their down to earth way, but the relationship between Poppy Rice and Joe was awkward. I guess I should have read the previous book to...

Masters of Illusions: A Novel of the Connecticut Circus Fire (1994)

Love Her Madly (2002)

I got frequently distracted during this book by the strange digressions the narrator would take about random topics. They might have been valuable to the plot or maybe provided some insight, but they weren't action, they were just discussions of the history of the Texas correctional system, or s...