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Just One Evil Act

August 27, 2014

just one evil act

Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is not a woman well-known for her fashion sense or healthy living. Neither is she able to keep her mouth shut when she disagrees with what is being said—no matter who ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Dutton, England, mystery

A Dancer in the Dust

August 22, 2014

dancer in the dust

  Ray Campbell is a risk assessment manager when A Dancer in the Dust begins but it is his time as an aid worker in Africa decades ago that forms the foundation of the novel. As a young man assigned ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, book clubs, Mysterious Press, mystery

In the Blood: A Novel

August 4, 2014

thrillers in the blood

We telegraph our inner lives with what we choose to eat, how we eat it, what we wear, how we carry ourselves, the words we use and don’t use. We tell about ourselves in a million small and large ways. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, mystery, Simon & Schuster, suspense

Summer House with Swimming Pool

July 23, 2014

summer house

  Author Herman Koch has created the doctor we’re all afraid of in his new novel, Summer House with Swimming Pool. Not a horrific needle wielding monster but something worse: the one who pretends to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: American life, book clubs, family, Hogarth, literary, mystery

Flying Shoes: A Novel

June 30, 2014

flying shoes

In spite of the rest of the world’s perception, small southern towns knew how to tolerate difference. There was always an old queer or old lesbian couple, or a Boo Radley in town. You just had to not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, debut, family, mystery

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