Such goings-on… and on Gozo too
Monday, 24 July 2017, 13:00
Last update: about 9 years ago
A Thorne in the Flesh is the latest novel to come off the word processer of the Anglo/Maltese novelist, E.L Darbishire. Set in Eastern England and Gozo, it tells the coming-of-age story of its 22...
'UNSUB' is intelligent, compelling page-turner
Friday, 21 July 2017, 16:08
Last update: about 9 years ago
A serial killer known only as "The Prophet" terrorized the San Francisco Bay area with a series of ritualized killings in the 1990s, taunting the authorities with cruel mind games that left the lead...
'The Marsh King's Daughter' invokes raw emotion
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:07
Last update: about 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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...