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'Crazy Love You' is complex and surprising

Thursday, 26 March 2015, 13:43 Last update: about 11 years ago

Lisa Unger takes what appears to be a tale of finding true love and adds in a nightmare element in her latest chiller, "Crazy Love You." Ian tells his story of trying to escape the past and find...

Dave Barry's new book filled with humour, insight

Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 13:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

"Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster)," Dave Barry's latest book of essays, might be thin on page count, but it's worth every penny when it comes to humor and...

Detective Isaac Bell returns in 'The Assassin'

Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 13:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn detective agency returns in Clive Cussler and Justin Scott's new thriller, "The Assassin." It's 1905, and Standard Oil has a monopoly on the refinery business. John D....

Book tells of gang-related homicides in black neighborhoods

Friday, 20 March 2015, 14:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

The killings of unarmed black men by police in Missouri and New York have dominated recent headlines, but the slayings of black males by other blacks in the nation's most violent ghettos still get...

'Crash & Burn' is emotional thriller

Thursday, 19 March 2015, 14:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

Lisa Gardner delivers another gut-wrenching emotional thriller with her latest psychological tale, "Crash & Burn." Nicky Frank survives a horrendous car crash in the early morning hours, and...

Lehane writes gripping finale to crime trilogy

Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 14:36 Last update: about 11 years ago

Dennis Lehane's thrilling trilogy about organized crime in the early 20th century is more than a look at gangsters and their ways. Without glorifying the illegal, Lehane's "World Gone By" examines how...

Lippman deals with parenthood in 'Hush Hush'

Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 14:33 Last update: about 11 years ago

Laura Lippman's novels about Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan have never followed the predictable mode. Instead, the series about this sometimes cranky, perceptive young woman has afforded...

The serious business of films

Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 12:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Marie Benoît

What gave Angela the idea of compiling such a reference work in the first place? "It was in 2005 when Pat Flores Martin, a dear colleague of mine, prepared a tour for her fellow tourist guides which...

'Rule of Four' author thrills with Vatican mystery

Monday, 16 March 2015, 14:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

The curator of a groundbreaking exhibit at the Vatican dies mysteriously hours before its premiere. Within hours, his research partner's family becomes victim to a home invasion. The second novel...

Actor writes funny tale of Elsie the cow

Sunday, 15 March 2015, 14:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

The actor known for playing Fox Mulder on the TV series "The X-Files" and Hank Moody on the show "Californication" shows his comic side with "Holy Cow," a tale of Elsie the cow. Elsie enjoys life...

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