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Oral history of 'The Wire' provides fans with insights

Friday, 23 March 2018, 11:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire" (Crown Archetype), by Jonathan Abrams The now-celebrated television series "The Wire" attracted few viewers and was virtually snubbed by the...

The Kappillan of Malta... in Gozo

Friday, 23 March 2018, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago

Wistin Born’s translation of Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Kappillan of Malta will be launched at San Lawrenz, Gozo. It was precisely here, where he had lived for the last ten years of his...

Alfred Hitchcock remains an influence on crime writers

Thursday, 22 March 2018, 11:27 Last update: about 8 years ago

As he wrote what has become one of the top-selling novels so far in 2018, "The Woman in the Window," the author who calls himself A.J. Finn was thinking of a certain master of suspense: Alfred...

Erratic Chicano writer who vanished focus of new documentary

Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 11:48 Last update: about 8 years ago

Oscar Zeta Acosta, a volatile Mexican-American writer who was the real-life inspiration for Hunter S. Thompson's Dr. Gonzo in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," is the focus of a new VOCES/PBS...

'Look for Me' reveals how love and hope can overcome all

Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 11:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Look for Me: a Novel" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner A horrible crime prompts a hunt for the sole survivor who is either extremely lucky — or perhaps the perpetrator — in Lisa Gardner's...

A prize for thrillers without female victims divides opinion

Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 11:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

It's a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead. One writer is so sick of the violence that she has set up a book prize to reward crime novels "in which no...

The author of the Labour battle hymn

Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Labour supporters must remember the Innu tal-Partit tal-Haddiema that they sang so vociferously in the past, the one that begins Lejn din l-ghaqda fis nittajru and its catchy tune. This was...

'Killer Choice' ekes out suspense despite puzzling stakes

Monday, 19 March 2018, 11:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Killer Choice" (Berkley), by Tom Hunt Gary's pregnant wife, Beth, has a brain tumor. It's going to take $200,000 they don't have to save her. Fittingly, that's how much a drug dealer across town...

Jojo Moyes charms readers again in new novel, 'Still Me'

Sunday, 18 March 2018, 11:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Still Me" (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), by Jojo Moyes In 2012, author Jojo Moyes introduced readers to delightful caregiver Louisa Clark in the best-selling novel "Me Before You," followed by...

"The Atomic City Girls" (William Morrow), by Janet Beard

Saturday, 17 March 2018, 11:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Atomic City Girls" (William Morrow), by Janet Beard Eager to escape life in the country, June Walker begins work at a top secret government community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World...

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