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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...
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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,...
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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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The Librarian Did It
Librarians have a lot to answer for. It’s because of them I embarked on a life of crime. Growing up in a tiny, rural South Texas farming...
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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...
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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...
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Life’s a Shell Game
We live in a world that strives for perfection. The fashion, business and technology, cosmetics, lifestyles and, of course, sports...
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The Gift of Kindness
We spend our lives accumulating. This collecting is an essential part of our memory-building process. There are items from school...
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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...
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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...
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The Bucket Woman
I’m a huge fan of the 1990s British sitcom “Keeping Up Appearances,” starring Patricia Routledge as consummate social climber Hyacinth...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tale of the Catchy Phrase
April is a lovely and distinctive month in the Dallas. Lawns are shedding their winter doldrums and treating everyone to the beauty of...
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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...
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The Good Old Days
When exactly were The Good Old Days? To hear some tell it, in The Good Old Days everyone always told the truth, paid their debts, used...
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Those Texas Baby Blues
When the bluebonnets carpet Texas roadsides and fields each spring, every parent or grandparent with a cell phone is on the lookout for...
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