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Pirie on the case in ‘The Skeleton’

The Skeleton Road By Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press) Author Val McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel that gives equal attention to each genre...

Dec 4, 2014
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‘Big Finish’ keeps tension high

The Big Finish By James W. Hall (Minotaur) Living in the “shadowy world” has always worked well for Thorn, the taciturn hero making his 14th appearance in James W. Hall’s series. Living in a “prim...

Dec 4, 2014
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‘Ralph Peer’: Roots music mogul

Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music By Barry Mazor (Chicago Review Press) Do you love Bruce Springsteen? B.B. King? Garth Brooks? Ruben Blades? No doubt you answered yes to at least ...

Dec 4, 2014
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‘Midnight in Siberia’ eyes Russia today

Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia By David Greene (W.W. Norton) As the West nervously watches a newly aggressive Russia, many commentators are trying to figure out what...

Dec 4, 2014
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Gong shares journey of faith

Author discusses her new book on her Catholic belief, ‘More of the Monastery Travelogue 2’

Nov 27, 2014
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Rise, fall and sale of multiculturalism in U.S.

Jeff Chang remembers the first time he saw the comic strip “Wee Pals” and the jolt it gave his young mind. Right there, on the comics pages that were generally colorless even when they ran in full co...

Nov 27, 2014
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‘Blue Avenue’ channels classic noir

Blue Avenue By Michael Wiley (Severn House) Jacksonville, Florida, author Michael Wiley takes a measured walk on the dark side in his intriguing thriller “Blue Avenue” that channels classic noir a...

Nov 27, 2014
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‘Family Furnishings’ deep, surprising

The most astonishing aspect of Alice Munro’s “Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014” may be its chronology. The two dozen efforts here come from late in her career, after she had establishe...

Nov 27, 2014
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‘See You in Paradise’ plays with genre

See You in Paradise By J. Robert Lennon (Graywolf Press) “Most contemporary literary fiction is terrible: mannered, conservative and obvious,” J. Robert Lennon stated on Salon, responding to anoth...

Nov 27, 2014
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‘Revival’ asks if there is life after death

Revival By Stephen King (Scribner) A page-turning tug-of-war between reformed rocker Jamie Morton and man of faith Charles Jacobs, “Revival” (King’s second novel this year after spring’s “Mr. Merc...

Nov 27, 2014
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Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library

LILLE, France (AFP) ― A copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, the first-ever compilation of the Bard’s plays published in 1623, has been discovered in the library of an ancient port town in nort...

Nov 26, 2014
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Author recounts friendship with late President Roh

Not many people can say that they were close with the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, even though he was known for his folksy disposition and down-to-earth upbringing. Kim Soo-kyung, a 65-year-o...

Nov 20, 2014
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Phil Klay wins U.S. book award for fiction

NEW YORK (AP) ― Phil Klay’s “Redeployment,” a debut collection of satiric and often agonized stories by an Iraq war veteran, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Klay was chosen Wednesday ni...

Nov 20, 2014
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Shields writes of life with mother

There was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me By Brooke Shields (Dutton) Brooke Shields, the iconic model-actress-Princeton grad, entered the literary scene in 2005 with her memoir a...

Nov 20, 2014
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‘Woman with a Gun’ feels like movie

Woman with a Gun By Phillip Margolin (Harper) Phillip Margolin takes a lighter approach with “Woman with a Gun,” an entertaining novel that, however, lacks the tight plotting and insight into the ...

Nov 20, 2014
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