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'Wolf Boys' follows American teens employed by drug cartels

By CHRISTINA LEDBETTER
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - "Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel" (Simon & Schuster), by Dan Slater Dan Slater's "Wolf Boys" follows the story of Gabriel Cardo...
Review: Ian McEwan's 'Nutshell' is 'Hamlet' in miniature

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - "Nutshell" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Ian McEwan It takes a lion's nerve to rewrite "Hamlet" from the viewpoint of a fetus, a stunt conceived and sweetly achieved by ...
Author events: Meet Jason Segel Sept. 15 at the Tivoli in Downers Grove

By Laura Milbrath Stewart
Sep 10, 2016 7:23 am - • Cassie Beasley signs copies of her book "Circus Mirandus" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. For a place in the sig...
'One of These Things First' is insightful memoir

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - "One of These Things First: A Memoir" (Delphinium), by Steven Gaines In 1962, when he turned 15, Steven Gaines slashed his wrists on a glass window in the back of his gr...
Review: 'The White Mirror' by Elsa Hart is compelling novel

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 07, 2016 7:00 am - "The White Mirror" (Minotaur Books), by Elsa Hart Warring nations, divisive politics, a fear of foreigners and a distrust of what seems to be an unusual religion were ch...
Review: A guide to the history of 'Star Trek'

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 07, 2016 7:00 am - "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J.J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek" (Thomas Dunne ...
Review: The action never lets up in 'The Dread Line'

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 07, 2016 7:00 am - "The Dread Line" (Forge), by Bruce DeSilva Liam Mulligan is juggling several intense cases in "The Dread Line" by Edgar Award-winning author Bruce DeSilva. A baffling he...
Review: Brutal plot of 'Red Dog' not for the faint of heart

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 06, 2016 7:00 am - "Red Dog: A Slim in Little Egypt Mystery" (Harper Paperbacks), by Jason Miller The "Little Egypt" region of southern Illinois is among the state's most diverse - with ri...
Review: Account of Monet's last work a chronicle of war, too

By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN
Sep 06, 2016 7:00 am - "Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies" (Bloomsbury USA), by Ross King Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental water lily pain...
Review: Spy novelist le Carre relates stories from his life

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Sep 06, 2016 7:00 am - "The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life" (Viking), by John le Carre Of stories to dine out on, David Cornwell has an abundance. Or should we say John le Carre has? Corn...

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