Literature
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Crime drama 'False Witness': Killed on 21st b'day
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - "False Witness: a Novel" (Ballantine Books), by Andrew Grant On her 21st birthday, Deborah Holt got an eye-popping gift - a new Mercedes - from her well-off, older boyfr...
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Dave Robicheaux returns in new novel by James Lee Burke
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - "Robicheaux" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's iconic deputy from Louisiana, Dave Robicheaux, must face the past that haunts him while pursuing a ...
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Meet suburban authors at Vernon Hills library fairDec 29, 2017 4:30 am - More than a dozen Lake County writers will chat with fans - and hopefully make new ones - at the Cook Memorial Public Library District's Local Author Fair. The third ann...
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Review: Robert Crais' 'The Wanted' is rewarding page-turner
Dec 26, 2017 6:00 am - "The Wanted" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Robert Crais Devon Connor is beside herself with worry. Her teenage son, Tyson, keeps showing up with things that neither of them c...
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Unauthorized biography of Stevie Nicks goes its own wayDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - "Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks" By Stephen Davis St. Martin's. 352 pp. $27.99 --- Hate me if you must, but reading Stephen Davis' new biography of ...
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Perry writes about the 'Higher' power that sustains himDec 25, 2017 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Tyler Perry has always relied on the word of God to lift him up in troubling times, but even he admits the onslaught of negative headlines over the past 18 mo...
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Review: Book of celeb interviews best enjoyed in small sips
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - Anyone Who's Anyone: The Astonishing Celebrity Interviews, 1987-2017" (Harper), by George Wayne Eagerly plucked from the pages of Vanity Fair, the Daily Front Row and R....
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'Insidious Intent' is an incisive British police procedural
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - "Insidious Intent" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Val McDermid A highlight of Val McDermid's novels is the tight control she maintains over her complex plo...
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Jane Austen: A role model for the #MeToo generationDec 18, 2017 5:00 am - This week in 1815, Jane Austen was preparing for her 40th birthday on Dec. 16. But rather than looking forward to the gifts she might receive, her thoughts were occupied...
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Aurora Public Library kicks off Winter Reading Program for youthDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - 'Tis the season to be reading! The Aurora Public Library will be offering two reading challenges - one for children and one for teens. Both will run from Dec. 15 to Jan....