Literature
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Review: 'The Dollar-a-Year Detective' is entertaining
Aug 06, 2018 7:00 am - "The Dollar-a-Year Detective" (Permanent Press), by William Wells Jack Starkey was a Chicago police detective until he got shot, took his disability pension and moved to...
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'Under a Dark Sky' has shrewd plot, realistic characters
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Review: 'Judas' exposes harrowing family life of crime boss
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Solid twists keep plot churning in 'Prisoner in the Castle'
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'Conscience' is a lot like life: Jumbled and challenging and wonderfully realAug 06, 2018 6:00 am - "Conscience" by Alice Mattison, Pegasus, 368 pages, $25.95 As titles go, "Conscience" is a burdensome one. It sounds blandly moralistic, but Alice Mattison's new no...
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Author events: Meet Colleen Hoover, Laurell K. Hamilton at Naperville appearancesAug 05, 2018 7:31 am - Local Author Showcase: 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville, (630) 355-2665, andersonsbookshop.com/. Local authors Susan Miur...
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Princess Margaret's beauty and arrogance are on parade in 'Ninety-Nine Glimpses'Aug 04, 2018 7:27 am - "Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret" by Craig Brown; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 432 pages In her heyday, Princess Margaret was known for her beauty, arroganc...
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Authors to discuss teen and middle grade books at Anderson's BookshopAug 01, 2018 11:00 pm - All ages are welcome to attend an author showcase with drawings, cookies and book signing from 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 5, at Anderson's Book Shop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., ...
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Relationships are tested in 'How to Love a Jamaican'Jul 31, 2018 6:00 am - "How to Love a Jamaican" by Alexia Arthurs, Ballantine Books, 256 pages Alexia Arthurs' short-story collection "How to Love a Jamaican" is a timely exploration of m...
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Professor's life is changed in 'A Noise Downstairs'Jul 30, 2018 6:00 am - “A Noise Downstairs” by Linwood Barclay, William Morrow, 368 pages, linwoodbarclay.com/ Paul Davis is driving home when he sees his mentor and colleague Kenneth...