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Q&A: Craig Johnson

There’s great nostalgia associated with the lawmen of the Old West. Today, whether they’re riding into town on horseback or, say, arrivin...

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Firewatching by Russ Thomas

Firewatching had three things to recommend it before I’d reached page one. First: it’s a murder mystery set in a bucolic English village,...

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Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

Being a career journalist, I’m usually leery of novels about reporters. I’ve picked up too many written by someone who’s never been on th...

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Q&A: S.C. Perkins

When the 900-page family saga, Roots, was published in 1976 by Alex Haley, a nationwide fascination with discovering one’s ancestors igni...

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Muzzled By David Rosenfelt

I hit the jackpot when I picked up David Rosenfelt’s new book Muzzled. The fast-paced page turner has all the ingredients for a perfect e...

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Q&A: Karen Dionne

We think of nature as beautiful, life affirming, and inspiring. However, Karen Dionne, author of the No. 1 international bestseller, The ...

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Q&A: Peter James

When the Charterhouse school poetry prize was won in 1967 by teenager named Peter James, the real winner was the reading public. Today, h...

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Author Q&A: Liv Constantine

One of the scariest lines ever seen on a book jacket comes courtesy of Liv Constantine’s The Wife Stalker: It says, “All She Wants is the...

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Q&A: Steven James

How does a former children’s entertainer and professional storyteller become a bestselling author of adult suspense? Being a “natural bor...

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Summer Staycation Reads

Great stories from Catriona McPherson, Charles Finch, Jess Montgomery and Anne Perry Although we’re all trying to stay at home as much as...

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Q&A: Allison Brennan

A chat with thriller author Allison Brennan obliterates writers’ excuses about not having time to exercise their craft. The New York Time...

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Tell Me No Lies

As soon as I finished Ask Me No Questions by New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble, I was left begging for more of her sassy he...

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Q&A: Helen Fields

If you love to read scary serial killer characters and terrific detective fiction, Helen Fields’ chilling Perfect series is reason to cel...

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Q&A: Lesley Thomson

Fans of Lesley Thomson’s The Detective’s Daughter series have another reason to celebrate. Thomson’s new novel, Death of a Mermaid, her t...

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Q&A: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing

Number one New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George is sharing with readers her insight into novel crafting in Mastering the Pr...

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Q&A: Characters Matter

Deborah Crombie’s New York Times bestselling series featuring Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James continues to delight. Her la...

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Many Rivers to Cross

A young boy is found dead, his body discarded in a large rolling trash can behind an elderly widow’s home in a housing estate. With no id...

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Q&A: Mystery’s Busiest Duo

The mother-son team, known as Charles Todd, pen two bestselling series–one featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard, and the oth...

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New Generation of Sleuths

With 56 novels in her popular Thomas Pitt and William Monk series alone, prolific author Anne Perry’s got nothing to prove, but still has...

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The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson

When Clean Slate is awarded the contract to clean the scene of a vicious crime, owner Stella Darnell finds herself in the position to put...

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