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Dublin's murder squad hunts for a killer in 'The Trespasser'

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 15:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

Though Detective Antoinette Conway always dreamed of working in the murder squad, now that she's made it to the Dublin Castle grounds where Ireland's best detectives track down killers, she wants...

Patterson pulls 'The Murder of Stephen King'

Saturday, 8 October 2016, 15:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

James Patterson has decided that an upcoming novel, "The Murder of Stephen King," wasn't a good idea after all and is having the scheduled Nov. 1 publication withdrawn. In a statement released...

NY teacher's Holocaust train rescue project subject of book

Friday, 7 October 2016, 15:32 Last update: about 9 years ago

An upstate New York teacher's effort to reunite Jewish survivors of a Nazi concentration camp train with the U.S. soldiers who rescued them is told in a newly published book. "A Train Near...

Naya Rivera shares why timing is everything in her new book

Thursday, 6 October 2016, 15:32 Last update: about 9 years ago

Naya Rivera writes about a number of personal subjects in her new book, "Sorry Not Sorry," but says one of the hardest was the death of her "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith, who died of a drug...

History of slavery in NY examined through runaways notices

Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 15:31 Last update: about 9 years ago

They were field hands, cooks, musicians and blacksmiths. Some were "well made," others lame. A few showed ritual tribal scarring from their native Africa, others bore scars inflicted by their masters....

Dan Brown's next thriller, 'Origin,' coming next fall

Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 15:28 Last update: about 9 years ago

The plot and settings, are, for now, a mystery. Doubleday announced Wednesday that the novel is called "Origin" and is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2017. The story will feature Harvard symbologist...

DJ Khaled book 'The Keys' coming in November

Monday, 3 October 2016, 15:58 Last update: about 9 years ago

The hip-hop producer and artist, radio personality and Snapchat favorite has a deal with Crown Archetype for "The Keys," to be published Nov. 22. According to Wednesday's announcement by Crown,...

Humorist writes a funny valentine to wacky Florida

Sunday, 2 October 2016, 15:57 Last update: about 9 years ago

Humorist Dave Barry has made a career of writing about the wackier aspects of life, and especially many offbeat aspects of living in Florida. His latest book is a step toward repaying that debt...

David Freed's 'Hot Start' has sense of authenticity

Saturday, 1 October 2016, 15:57 Last update: about 9 years ago

For a fictional action hero, Cordell Logan, a former military assassin now scraping out a living as a flying instructor in Southern California, is a real softie. He never stopped pining for...

Account of Monet's last work a chronicle of war, too

Friday, 30 September 2016, 15:56 Last update: about 9 years ago

Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental water lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. A new book makes clear...

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