New Caitlin Strong thriller has complex plot
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 14:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"Strong to the Bone" (Forge Books), by Jon Land Jon Land's Caitlin Strong thrillers usually have a "ripped from the headlines" feel, and the new one, "Strong to the Bone," features violent...
Crime drama 'False Witness': Killed on 21st b'day
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 12:29
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"False Witness: a Novel" (Ballantine Books), by Andrew Grant On her 21st birthday, Deborah Holt got an eye-popping gift — a new Mercedes — from her well-off, older boyfriend. She...
The prolific photographer
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 09:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
The 100th Author: Daniel Cilia Edited by Charles Cini SDBPublisher: Salesians of Don Bosco Publications/2015Extent: 107pp As its name implies, this is the 100th book that Daniel Cilia...
Harry Dolan delivers parallel stories in new novel
Monday, 15 January 2018, 12:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"The Man in the Crooked Hat: a Novel" (Putnam), by Harry Dolan Grief can carry a heavy burden, burrowing into the heart, obliterating other concerns, sometimes even self-preservation, as Harry...
How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame
Sunday, 14 January 2018, 10:13
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Conversation
When he published “The Sun Also Rises” in 1926, Ernest Hemingway was well-known among the expatriate literati of Paris and to cosmopolitan literary circles in New York and Chicago. But it...
Readers get vivid look at N.W.A. in new book
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 10:11
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap" (Atria Books), by Gerrick D. Kennedy. If you stepped away from the 2015 blockbuster film "Straight Outta Compton"...
New Supreme Court cookbook dishes up history, recipes
Friday, 12 January 2018, 10:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
At Christmastime, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor would send her colleagues gift-wrapped packages of homemade beef jerky from her family's cattle ranch in Arizona. Her colleague Ruth Bader...
James Patterson and Einstein archivists creating new series
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 10:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Already co-writing a political thriller with former President Bill Clinton, James Patterson is now set for a collaboration with the managers of Albert Einstein's archives. The best-selling and...
Dave Robicheaux returns in new novel by James Lee Burke
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 15:19
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"Robicheaux" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's iconic deputy from Louisiana, Dave Robicheaux, must face the past that haunts him while pursuing a murder case that hits...
Iron Maiden singer writes about bullying, cancer and flying
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 14:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Bruce Dickinson used to think that writing an autobiography should come at the end of his career. A bout with throat cancer changed his mind. After his recovery, the Iron Maiden frontman began...