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Ashley Audrain on the Dark Side of Motherhood in “The Push”

“One day you’ll understand, Blythe. The women in this family…we’re different.” The woman talking in Ashley Audrain’s scorching novel The Push (Pamela Dorman Books) is Blythe Connor’s mother, Cecilia. Cecilia’s mother, Etta, hung herself at the age of thirty-two. Cecilia herself left the family when Blythe was only eleven. “I don’t…
Neil Nyren
December 25, 2020
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Old But Spry Texas Lawman Walks the Line of Right and Wrong, and Reavis Wortham Has Nothing But Respect

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_ReavisWortham_FBLive.jpg Inspired by his own grandfather, a Lamar County constable, Reavis Z. Wortham wrote his historical mystery thriller, The Rock Hole, with Ned Parker, an old but spry Texas lawman, as its hero. In a recent interview for BookTrib, Wortham shared some of his memories of working with his grandfather…
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October 30, 2020
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Resurrecting a Character Is No Simple Task, But Dominic Martell Makes it Look Easy

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_DominicMartell_FBLiveRecap.jpg Resurrecting a character from twenty years ago presents an interesting challenge. Unlike author Dominic Martell, his repentant ex-terrorist Pascual Rose did not have the good fortune of watching the world grow and change at the usual pace when his creator decided to pluck him from the 90s and drop…
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October 13, 2020
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Vigilante Seeks Justice in Native Author’s Crime Novel, “Winter Counts”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Winter-Counts.jpg "A propulsive crime novel and a wonderfully informative book." — Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman “A marvel.  A thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth ... I couldn’t put it down.” — Tommy Orange, author of There There —∞— On South Dakota’s Rosebud Reservation, Virgil Wounded Horse waits…
Neil Nyren
August 28, 2020
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ITW Spotlight: Slaughter on Writing Violence and Her Latest, “The Silent Wife”

"Emotionally sophisticated characters work through the brutality of their jobs in this dynamic psychological thriller and police procedural." —Library Journal "An unflinching, deeply empathetic exploration of the stigma surrounding rape and the enduring trauma suffered by its survivors." —Publisher's Weekly “Her talent is the equivalent of Poe or a Hawthorne…
Dawn Ius
August 3, 2020
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Corey Lynn Fayman’s Inspiration For “Ballast Point Breakdown:” A Mystery of Plot-Twists and Surprises

“A cozy hero living in a noir world.” That’s how Corey Lynn Fayman describes Rolly Waters, a guitar-playing gumshoe and recurring protagonist who breaks the investigator mold in his mystery series and most recent work Ballast Point Breakdown (Konstellation Press). “He doesn’t carry a gun. He’s not physically intimidating. He…
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August 5, 2020