'Indecent Exposure' plays up Stone Barrington's softer side
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 16:06
Last update: about 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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...
Don Winslow's 'The Force' takes graphic look at NYPD
Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 15:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Don Winslow takes a graphic and gritty look inside the world of the NYPD in "The Force." The complexity of the narrative starts right away, when the reader meets Denny Malone, a NYPD detective...
Didion revisits the past to illuminate the present
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 15:02
Last update: about 10 years ago
What is it they say about famous writers? They could publish their grocery list and it would be a best seller? "South and West" is not a grocery list, but a slim book consisting of excerpts...
Tension builds in Dean Koontz thriller 'The Silent Corner'
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 12:13
Last update: about 10 years ago
FBI agent Jane Hawk must go rogue and stay completely off the grid if she's going to uncover the truth behind a personal tragedy in Dean Koontz's latest gripping thriller, "The Silent...
Scholar offers insights into what makes Scandinavians tick
Friday, 7 July 2017, 12:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
Norway, Sweden and Denmark consistently rank at or near the top in global surveys of national contentment, prosperity and well-being. It's as if peaceful and progressive Scandinavia were a place of...