Reviews of Norman Hilary’s Eclipse, Barbara Corrado Pope’s The Missing Italian Girl, and Timothy Williams’s Another Sun, plus a full list of mystery reviews from the Feb. 1 issue.
Fiction Previews, Jul. 2013, Pt. 4: Susan Choi, Matt Haig, Karin Slaughter, & More
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Adler, Elizabeth. Please Don’t Tell. Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Jul. 2013. 384p. ISBN 9781250019899. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250019905. WOMEN’S FICTION One stormy night on the California coast, elegant 58-year-old Fenny Dexter opens her door to a blood-soaked man claiming to have been in an accident. He departs after a cozy night (they feel a spark), and [...]
Xpress Reviews: Graphic Novels | First Look at New Books, January 4, 2013
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A water color treat, a fine political thriller, a new “CHERUB” from Muchamore, and a spooky tale of bloodthirsty seal maidens
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, December 14, 2012
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Hemon offers Best European fiction, Ellis wields an inventive “Gun Machine,” Santoro’s “The Boy” has a gritty reality, and Schrank’s third novel is “a charming book about love”
Fiction Previews, May 2013, Pt. 1: 17 Thrillers, from Adler-Olsen to Trussoni
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Adler-Olsen, Jussi. A Conspiracy of Faith: A Department Q Novel. Dutton. May 2013. 384p. ISBN 9780525954002. $26.95. CD/Downloadable: Penguin Audio. THRILLER Denmark’s top crime writer and the author of several New York Times best sellers, Adler-Olsen gives the message-in-a-bottle plot a new twist. This message, written in blood by two young brothers imprisoned in a [...]
Barbara’s Picks, May 2013, Pt. 1: Allende, Hill, Le Carré, Savage, Strout, and the World’s Strongest Librarian
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Allende, Isabel. Maya’s Notebook. Harper: HarperCollins. May 2013. 400p. ISBN 9780062105622. $28.99; eISBN 9780062105646. CD: HarperAudio. LITERARY FICTION Having sold over 57 million copies of her books worldwide, the esteemed author of The House of the Spirits knows what she’s doing. So trust her on this stylistic departure, which borrows from the thriller writer’s toolkit. [...]
Audio Reviews | November 1, 2012
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Reviews of Suzanne Desrochers’s Bride of New France, Mark Henshaw’s The Red Cell, and Ben McIntyre’s Double Cross, plus a full list of audiobook reviews from the Nov. 1 issue.
Final April 2013 Previews: Rees on Hitler, Meyer on the Borgias, and Best Poetry of 25 Years
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Barnett, Kristine. The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing Genius. Random. Apr. 2013. 272p. ISBN 9780812993370. $27; eISBN 9780679645245. CD/Downloadable: Random Audio. MEMOIR At age 12, Jacob Barnett became a paid researcher in quantum physics, and his IQ is higher than Einstein’s was. But as a distracted toddler, he was diagnosed with autism, and Jacob’s [...]
Audiobook Reviews | October 15, 2012
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Reviews of Andrew Gross’s 15 Seconds, Deon Meyer’s Devil’s Peak, and Bryce G. Hoffman’s American Icon, plus a full list of audiobook reviews from the Oct. 15 issue.
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, September 21, 2012
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Fantasy based on the music of Rush, Linden concludes her latest trilogy, and an atmospheric first novel
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