It’s a sad truth that after World War II stories of the valor and bravery of white American soldiers were …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Feb. 5, 2017 12:39 pm3233d ago
It’s a sad truth that after World War II stories of the valor and bravery of white American soldiers were …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Feb. 5, 2017 12:37 pm3233d ago
Lawrence Block managed to lose track of his very first crime novel for nearly 50 years. Block, now a highly …
Dale Jones Living Feb. 5, 2017 11:53 am3233d ago
Robert Buckley of Marion likes to travel. Fortunately, he also likes to write about it. In ‘I’m Lost Again” (Irish …
By Terri LeBlanc, correspondent Living Feb. 5, 2017 11:50 am3233d ago
At the start, ‘Bookburners” by Max Gladstone shines. Episode 1 contains known elements (a cop seeking to help her wayward …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jan. 28, 2017 2:17 pm3241d ago
Sometimes attitude is everything. Here in the United States, we view winter as a drudgery to withstand. In Finland and …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 28, 2017 2:12 pm3241d ago
A killer who might be obsessed with Jack the Ripper – and who might be a woman – terrorizes Washington, …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 28, 2017 2:08 pm3241d ago
‘I’ve always had sort of a morbid fascination with serial killers.” Stacy Green, a thriller writer from Marion, indulges that …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jan. 22, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
Author Peter Kimani began writing fiction to right a wrong. The Kenyan writer’s first novel, ‘Before the Rooster Crows,’ is …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Living Jan. 22, 2017 12:15 am3248d ago
This is the newest in the list of thrillers with an ‘unreliable narrator” and a gripping story that will keep …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jan. 22, 2017 12:10 am3248d ago
Margaret Atwood’s new novel, ‘Hag-Seed,” is part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, which features contemporary authors reimagining the Bard’s plays. …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jan. 22, 2017 12:05 am3248d ago
Most great novels center around an engaging narrative that works on one, maybe two levels. But in a true master …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jan. 15, 2017 12:15 am3255d ago
T.C. Boyle, one of the most acclaimed and prolific alums of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has a long-standing interest in …
By Terri LeBlanc, correspondent
Living Jan. 15, 2017 12:10 am3255d ago
‘Salt to the Sea” tells the story of a little known World War II maritime disaster involving the Wilhelm Gustloff. …
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