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Review: 'Close to Home' thrilling addition to Dugoni series

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - "Close to Home" (Thomas & Mercer), by Robert Dugoni Tracy Crosswhite and her colleagues try to solve a disturbing hit-and-run case in Seattle in Robert Dugoni's latest n...
Review: 'The Romanov Ransom' doesn't disappoint

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - "The Romanov Ransom (A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure)" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell Sam and Remi Fargo tackle a historical conspiracy that involves the Ru...
Public art going up at Barrington library

By Bob Susnjara
Sep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Old architectural drawings, posters and other materials are being fashioned into public art meant to convey a sense of community at Barrington Area Library. Professional...
Review: A view of an unbelievable campaign from ground zero

By WILL LESTER
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - "Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History" (Dey Street), by Katy Tur The presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump seemed unlikely to ...
Latest Nicole Krauss novel evokes Jewish mysticism, Kafka

By ANN LEVIN
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - "Forest Dark" (Harper), by Nicole Krauss Both of the main characters in Nicole Krauss' new novel, "Forest Dark," are in crisis. Jules Epstein, a 68-year-old Manhattan po...
Book Review: Memoir is bittersweet farewell to Bette Davis

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - "Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis" (Hachette Books), by Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton Bette Davis battled studio bosses, husbands and rivals during...
Author events: Joyce Maynard, R.L. Stine appear in the suburbs this week

By Laura Milbrath Stewart
Sep 09, 2017 7:21 am - • Debbie Diesen signs copies of her new picture book, "The Pout Pout Fish and the Bully Bully Shark," at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferso...
Review: Ellison crafts compelling story with 'Lie to Me'

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 06, 2017 7:00 am - "Lie to Me: a Novel" (Mira), by J.T. Ellison A husband and wife who appear to be happy on the surface expose their reality to the world when the wife leaves behind a cry...
Robin Sloan serves up culinary delight in 'Sourdough'

By LINCEE RAY
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - "Sourdough" (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), by Robin Sloan Since best-selling author Robin Sloan has already proven himself worthy in the adventure genre, he recently move...
Review: George Smiley returns in 'A Legacy of Spies'

By JONATHAN ELDERFIELD
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - "A Legacy of Spies" (Viking), by John Le Carre John Le Carre's newest novel, "A Legacy of Spies," brings back the man who is perhaps Le Carre's most famous of spies, Geo...

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