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'Caribbean Rim,' latest Doc Ford novel, disappoints

Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 08:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Caribbean Rim: a Doc Ford novel" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Randy Wayne White Leonard Nickelby, a bureaucrat in the throes of a midlife crisis, impetuously decides to make some changes. He leaves...

Author nails newsroom culture in 'The Echo Killing'

Monday, 9 April 2018, 08:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Young adult author Christi Daugherty's debut as a writer of adult mysteries launches a series about a Savannah, Georgia, crime reporter haunted by her mother's unsolved murder that shows great...

'Dodging and Burning' is riveting debut by John Copenhaver

Friday, 6 April 2018, 09:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Dodging and Burning: a Mystery" (Pegasus Books), by John Copenhaver "Dodging and Burning" is a riveting debut by John Copenhaver. It tackles a story that's seldom explored in mysteries —...

Dance pro hits optimistic beat in new book

Thursday, 5 April 2018, 09:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"I'll Never Change My Name: An Immigrant's American Dream from Ukraine to the USA to Dancing with the Stars" (Dey Street Books), by Valentin Chmerkovskiy Valentin Chmerkovskiy is so much more...

Alison Gaylin's 'If I Die Tonight' tells poignant story

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 09:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"If I Die Tonight" (Morrow), by Alison Gaylin Crimes aren't committed in a vacuum but have the potential to cause ripples throughout a community. And that community can quickly turn on one of its...

A young man's infatuation with Tokyo in the 1970s

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 09:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"A Tokyo Romance" (Penguin Press), by Ian Buruma At a time when there still weren't a lot of foreigners in Japan, Ian Buruma moved to Tokyo to immerse himself in the esoteric world of avant-garde...

Love proves graceful, profound in 'Rosie Colored Glasses'

Monday, 2 April 2018, 09:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Rosie Colored Glasses: a Novel" (Mira), by Brianna Wolfson Rex has no desire to twirl with Rosie through an antique shop, and Rosie isn't the type to stay in bed on Sunday mornings. For now,...

The scenery is what is remembered from 'The Hush'

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 13:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Hush: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by John Hart Series, or sequels to a novel, work because the stories have a continuity that invests the reader in the characters' next adventures....

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