Literature
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Review: Preston and Child craft compelling thriller
Jan 30, 2020 6:00 am - 'œCrooked River,'ť Grand Central, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child A bizarre discovery on a beach tears FBI Special Agent Pendergast away from a vacation to try and...
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Run DMC frontman in Naperville Friday to talk love, marriage, faithJan 30, 2020 5:00 am - Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons, a former member of the pioneering hip-hop group Run DMC, and his wife, Justine Simmons, like to talk about bringing old-school love back. The...
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Review: Each essay in `Fight of the Century' packs a wallop
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Book review: 'Recipe for a Perfect Wife' full of twists and turnsJan 29, 2020 5:00 am - “Recipe for a Perfect Wife” by Karma Brown; Dutton; 335 pages Although she agreed when her husband suggested they move to the suburbs, Alice is feeling o...
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Review: Exciting plot gets workout in `The Empty Bed'
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Review: C.J. Tudor's `Other People' is deliciously creepy
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Book review: Dundas delivers fast-paced plot in 'The Blaze'Jan 28, 2020 5:00 am - "The Blaze" by Chad Dundas; Putnam; 384 pages; chaddundas.com/ "The Blaze," Chad Dundas' second novel following his critically acclaimed "Champion...
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The Green Read hosts book launch for local author Feb. 9Jan 27, 2020 10:00 pm - The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County's The Green Read book store will host a book launch for local author Barbara Stewart. She has just published "The Caregive...
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Review: Novel by Paul Yoon offers rare view of war-torn Laos
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Book review: Survival takes many forms in 'The Poison Garden'Jan 27, 2020 5:00 am - "The Poison Garden" by Alex Marwood; Penguin; 400 pages Survival takes many forms in "The Poison Garden," Alex Marwood's gripping, creepy fourth psycholo...