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Long-Divorced Lucy Barton Finds Love During Pandemic

A LONG-DIVORCED COUPLE'S UNEXPECTED BOND IN THE EARLY LOCKDOWN DAYS In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel Lucy By The Sea (Penguin Random House), Lucy Barton draws us right in with her first few words, understated, self-effacing and intimate: “Like many others, I did not see it coming. But William is a…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 19, 2022

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A Fairy Tale Worthy of a King

A NEW DEFINITION FOR A DARK RETELLING Stephen King reflected before writing Fairy Tale (Scribner), asking himself what would make him happy to write, and this was it: “As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city — deserted but…

Mckenzie TozanSeptember 16, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Historical Novel Spills the Secrets and Grace of Matchmaking

A divorcee and her two daughters are grieving for Sara, their beloved mother and grandmother who died recently after a very long life as a matchmaker. Sara’s career began at an early age, as a ten-year old girl on a boat with her family, emigrating from Eastern Europe to America.…

Claudia KeenanSeptember 20, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Corrupt Justice System and Inner-City Strife Met with Steadfast Love

In L.O.R.D.’s riveting drama, Momma Bear (Go Get It Publishing), eighteen-year-old Glenda James’s boyfriend rejects her and their baby boys, Kevin and Cory. Determined to provide for her sons, she brings them to New Haven, Connecticut, for a job. But when her plans fall through, she must choose whether to…

Gisèle LewisSeptember 28, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Privileged Life Starts to Fray for Rich Widows of Savannah Valley

At first blush, Mitzi Perdue’s Rich Widows of Savannah Valley (Mark Victor Hansen Library) appears to be a tale reminiscent of The Golden Girls, albeit far wealthier girls to be sure. Four women, whose ages span four decades, become fast friends over such gastronomies as bluefin tuna, organic zebra tomatoes,…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"September 27, 2022

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Mitzi Perdue Talks Values, Fortune 500s and Politics in Multi-Genre Interview

In a simple Q&A with Mitzi Perdue, it’s so easy to feel her energy and her passion for life and her work. And, by the way, she has countless anecdotes that are sure to entertain. Earlier this year, she published what she calls “a highlight of my life” – Relentless,…

Jim AlkonOctober 10, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Woman Jolted Out of Privileged Life to Rediscover Herself in Smart, Satirical Romp

Saks Fifth Avenue, Prada, Jil Sander, Chanel, Bloomingdale’s, Burberry. The luxury retail space at its finest. Author Toni Glickman should know. She spent what she remembers as “20 years in the cashmere and silk-studded front lines in the luxury space of this piranha-infested industry.” And she remembers it well. So…

Sherri DaleyOctober 25, 2022

Fiction Recommended

Literary Tale of Dark Forces, Genetic Manipulation and Culture Wars

These are just a few of the colorful characters and mirror plots populating Willard Thurston’s illustrated novel, Apsara. Like many of Thurston’s novels, Apsara defies ready summation. It’s a sprawling, interconnected web of hidden agendas, deceit, entrapment, alliances and sabotage, all amid a bevy of complex schemes that shift constantly…

Cynthia ConradNovember 28, 2022

Young Adult

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

Hope is one of the most powerful human forces. It’s the light we follow out of darkness, the promise of change just beyond the horizon that keeps us from abandoning our journey before we’ve reached our destination. Without hope, it’s difficult to imagine persevering through life’s many burdens. In her…

BookTribDecember 18, 2020

Young Adult

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

Hong Kong teenager Wilf just wants to be “A Normal” and play soccer; even though his magic keeps getting in the way. In fact, “He wanted to tell his best friend the truth. That he’d been to a Magical Realm full of witches and wizards, and that he had himself…

Judy MorenoMarch 23, 2021

Young Adult

Debut YA Author Tiffany D. Jackson Changes the Narrative of the Child Nobody Wants

Girls can’t be murderers. What can our society do with them? No girl can be sweet and soft with the blood of an innocent person on their hands. But Mary Addison challenged this norm at 9 years old when she was convicted of killing a baby. Allegedly (Katherine Tegan Books, January…

Shanel AdamsFebruary 23, 2017

Young Adult

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

Spring is officially here and so are March books! Sadly, we’re getting warm days, then cold ones. Snowy mornings and sunny afternoons. But the end of winter is finally in sight, which is gearing us up for potential BBQs, beach days and leaving the house without a bulky parka on…

Rachel CarterMarch 20, 2017

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The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing, the 2021 Strand Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book critics and journalists. This year’s judges include talent from NPR, USA Today, The…

BookTribJune 18, 2021

Thrillers

“Viral:” The Pandemic Conceived Long Before Our Present Crisis

The world is facing a deadly new virus. Sound familiar? In this instance, I’m speaking of Kevin E. Ready's fiction, not fact; however, this particular story says a lot about the current state of the world. Ready's novel Viral (Saint Gaudens Press) chronicles the moves of various individuals across the…

Chelsea CicconeJune 4, 2020

Thrillers

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

No, not the one created for cinema by George Lucas. James Rollins’ Sigma Force operatives have returned for a fifteenth time, and his latest novel, The Last Odyssey (William Morrow), delivers what thousands of fans have come to expect from one of the masters of the historical thriller genre. The…

Dennis HetzelMarch 24, 2020

Thrillers

“The Two Lila Bennetts:” Dual Plots, Killer Twist

Buckle your seat belt. All by itself, the title of this book, The Two Lila Bennetts (Lake Union Publishing), suggests we’re in for a ride twice as wild as the average thriller. Co-authors Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke deliver mightily on that expectation. Page by page, chapter by chapter, these…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"July 23, 2019

A Fairy Tale Worthy of a King

Historical Novel Spills the Secrets and Grace of Matchmaking

Corrupt Justice System and Inner-City Strife Met with Steadfast Love

Privileged Life Starts to Fray for Rich Widows of Savannah Valley

Mitzi Perdue Talks Values, Fortune 500s and Politics in Multi-Genre Interview

Woman Jolted Out of Privileged Life to Rediscover Herself in Smart, Satirical Romp

Literary Tale of Dark Forces, Genetic Manipulation and Culture Wars

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

Debut YA Author Tiffany D. Jackson Changes the Narrative of the Child Nobody Wants

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

“Viral:” The Pandemic Conceived Long Before Our Present Crisis

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

“The Two Lila Bennetts:” Dual Plots, Killer Twist

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