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Thriller by ex-CIA man is full of action and twists

Saturday, 5 March 2016, 14:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

Russia's intelligence agency has learned the identities of all the CIA case officers in Moscow and, even worse, most if not all of the CIA's spies in Russia. If you're caught as a spy in Russia,...

Peter Straub collects creepy short stories in 1 book

Friday, 4 March 2016, 14:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

If the only mass-market horror writer you've ever read is Stephen King, you owe it to yourself to check out Peter Straub. His latest book, "Interior Darkness," compiles the best of his previously...

Reported serial killer book removed from Amazon amid outrage

Thursday, 3 March 2016, 14:15 Last update: about 9 years ago

A book reportedly written by a Canadian serial killer was removed Monday from Amazon's website a day after being put on sale online following protests by British Columbia authorities. Outskirts...

Author Alison Gaylin delivers stunning story

Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 14:09 Last update: about 9 years ago

An era in which privacy is becoming a myth and people's lives often are played out in the media, scrutinized for every telling detail, makes a provocative foundation for Alison Gaylin's absorbing...

As novel 'Mockingbird' soared, author Lee grew more elusive

Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 14:05 Last update: about 9 years ago

  Harper Lee was an ordinary woman as stunned as anybody by the extraordinary success of "To Kill a Mockingbird." "It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold," Lee - who died...

Make them an offer they can't refuse: Puzo archive for sale

Friday, 26 February 2016, 12:19 Last update: about 9 years ago

Make them an offer they can't refuse and a massive collection of "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo's papers can be yours. The 45-box archive, which includes multiple drafts with handwritten...

Born to write: Springsteen memoir coming in September

Thursday, 25 February 2016, 12:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Bruce Springsteen has spent the past several years working on a memoir, which will come out Sept. 27, four days after Springsteen turns 67. The title,...

Author of 'Thirteen Reasons Why' has new novel coming

Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 12:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

The author of "Thirteen Reasons Why," the million-selling young adult novel being developed as a Netflix series, has finished his first solo work of fiction in nearly a decade. Penguin Young...

AP NewsBreak: Slavery book author says she had concerns

Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 12:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

The author of a children's book pulled last month because of its smiling depiction of slaves says she herself objected to the illustrations and had expressed early concerns with the...

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