Literature
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'This Side of Night' is suspenseful, thought-provoking
Jul 15, 2019 7:00 am - "This Side of Night" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by J. Todd Scott In Texas' Big Bend country, Sheriff Chris Cherry, the protagonist of J. Todd Scott's previous two novels, may...
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Book review: Civilization declines in new Eisele novelJul 15, 2019 6:00 am - "The Lightest Object in the Universe" by Kimi Eisele; Algonquin Books; 336 pages What would happen if the world experienced a global economic collapse? I...
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Book review: New Colson novel delves into old death, raw politicsJul 14, 2019 7:27 am - "The Shameless" by Ace Atkins; Putnam; 458 pages; aceatkins.com/quinn-colson/ Ace Atkins' latest in his Quinn Colson series finds the rural Missis...
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Book review: Adrian McKinty delivers powerful thriller with 'The Chain'Jul 13, 2019 7:28 am - "The Chain" by Adrian McKinty; Little, Brown; 368 pages Adrian McKinty delivers one of the best thrillers of the year with "The Chain." Kylie is a 13-yea...
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New Colson novel: old death, raw politics
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - "The Shameless" (Putnam), by Ace Atkins Ace Atkins' latest in his Quinn Colson series finds the rural Mississippi sheriff wrestling with modern media and current politic...
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Review: Civilization declines in new Eisele novel
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - "The Lightest Object in the Universe" (Algonquin Books), by Kimi Eisele What would happen if the world experienced a global economic collapse? Imagine a time when the el...
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Adrian McKinty delivers powerful thriller with 'The Chain'
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - "The Chain" (Little, Brown), by Adrian McKinty Adrian McKinty delivers one of the best thrillers of the year with "The Chain." Kylie is a 13-year-old girl who is abducte...
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Review: Super sleuth Harry Hole at his sharpest in 'Knife'
Jul 08, 2019 7:00 am - "Knife," by Jo Nesbø (Alfred A. Knopf) Full disclosure: I am not a Harry Hole junkie. I saw the movie version of "The Snowman," the seventh in the now dozen novels feat...
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Review: 'Last Witnesses' offers children's memories of WWII
Jul 08, 2019 7:00 am - "Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II," by Svetlana Alexievich (Random House) Does anyone suffer more in wartime than a child? All they know i...
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'Rocket Men' author to appear at Arlington Heights LibraryJul 07, 2019 11:00 pm - Chicago author Robert Kurson describes writing his bestselling book "Rocket Men" as a happy accident. The Harvard trained lawyer turned author was visiting the Museum of...