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'The Marsh King's Daughter' invokes raw emotion

Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:07 Last update: about 8 years ago

Karen Dionne takes a standard story involving the kidnapping of a woman and the life she experiences with her captor and elevates it to a new level in "The Marsh King's Daughter." Jacob Holbrook...

Kevin Hart's 'Life Lessons' largely come from his youth

Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 16:07 Last update: about 8 years ago

Kevin Hart's rags-to-riches life story, told candidly in his new autobiography, "I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons," makes a convincing case for simple values that seem much more closely connected to...

'Indecent Exposure' plays up Stone Barrington's softer side

Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 16:06 Last update: about 8 years ago

As a longtime reader of Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington books, I took a moment in "Indecent Exposure" to marvel at the journey this character has enjoyed. At one point, when Stone first hung out...

Harry Potter, Abe Lincoln books on owners' reading lists

Monday, 17 July 2017, 16:05 Last update: about 8 years ago

A book about marketing or managing employees may be the last thing small business owners want to read on vacation. But some say they've found insight they can apply to their companies from the...

Waxman novel is interesting, if somewhat predictable

Saturday, 15 July 2017, 15:06 Last update: about 8 years ago

Widowhood was forced on Lilian Girvan without notice. Her husband Dan was struck and killed while jogging through the neighborhood one day. The tragic accident left Girvan and the couple's two young...

Mystery abounds in 'Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore'

Friday, 14 July 2017, 15:05 Last update: about 8 years ago

Matthew Sullivan's "Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore" is shocking, charming and thrilling from the opening scene. Lydia Smith, a compassionate bookstore clerk, is horrified one night when she...

Maum suggests we put down our digital screens in 'Touch'

Thursday, 13 July 2017, 15:04 Last update: about 8 years ago

We live in a generation where we view the world through a screen. Most of our professional and social lives are dominated by a laptop, smartphone, digital tablet, or high-definition television. In her...

Don Winslow's 'The Force' takes graphic look at NYPD

Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 15:04 Last update: about 8 years ago

Don Winslow takes a graphic and gritty look inside the world of the NYPD in "The Force." The complexity of the narrative starts right away, when the reader meets Denny Malone, a NYPD detective...

Didion revisits the past to illuminate the present

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 15:02 Last update: about 8 years ago

What is it they say about famous writers? They could publish their grocery list and it would be a best seller? "South and West" is not a grocery list, but a slim book consisting of excerpts...

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