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Orphan Black books that will take the edge off waiting for Season 3

Calling all #CloneClub members! How are you holding up since the Season 2 finale of Orphan Black? I bet you’re still jamming to the catchy tune from that epic clone dance scene. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably checked yourself into Clonehab and are shaking life a leaf desperately…

McKenzie MorrellJuly 19, 2014

Fiction

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Longmire edition

Despite being unexpectedly cancelled by A&E after three seemingly successful seasons, there’s still hope for Sheriff Walt Longmire and Absaroka County, Wyoming. Insiders report that the Longmire team is preparing pitches for possible suitors, chief among them Netflix (a logical choice because the first two seasons—and soon the third—are already…

Jordan FosterSeptember 13, 2014

Fiction

Interview with Dale Wiley and Southern Gothic (Video)

Aspiring author Meredith Harper owns the hottest bookstore in Savannah. Michael Black is her favorite writer—long thought dead—until he mysteriously approaches Meredith with a new manuscript, and a most unusual offer. Meredith can keep the manuscript to herself, or publish it under her own name. Her decision results in a…

BookTribFebruary 2, 2017

Fiction

Does the History of Jack the Ripper Lead Us to Discovering He was Really Jane the Ripper?

Several years ago, I stumbled on the theory that Jack the Ripper could have been a woman. As history goes, Inspector Frederick Abberline briefly considered a midwife as the killer. There’s no evidence Abberline seriously pursued this theory, and most Ripperologists dismiss the idea since little to no trace or…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 2017

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Steven M. Forman

Steven M. Forman Historical Fiction From seafood marketing guru to published author, his latest in the historical fiction genre Steven Forman was born in the Boston area in 1942, graduated the University of Massachusetts in 1963 and started his own seafood marketing company in 1970. He has always had a…

Lee PelletierSeptember 26, 2019

Fiction Fiction - Featured Thrillers

The Glamour and Seedy Underside of the Film Industry

A photographer with a limp and progressive hearing loss. A lithe actress who lands a plum role in an art film. The sometimes drug dealer, sometimes porn producer, recently sworn jihadist whose history links the two together. These are just three of the dozens of fascinating and complex characters that…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 23, 2022

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A Bullet Misses at the Third Meeting of Thursday Murder Club

For those who are new to The Thursday Murder Club (Pamela Dorman Books) by Richard Osman, it is a lovely group of retirees that get together every week to sus out a cold case murder. The third book in this series, The Bullet That Missed, takes us on another whirlwind…

Lydia LefevreSeptember 23, 2022

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Relatable, Vulnerable News Editor Once Again Works to Put Murder Pieces Together

There’s a thin line between a courageous decision and a regrettable mistake, and Clare Carlson teeters on that line with grace and aplomb. News editor for a New York City television station, Clare covers assignments in dark places about murder, accidents, and lawlessness – and she loves her job. For…

Sherri DaleyOctober 13, 2022

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7 YA Novels With Teens Facing Trauma Too Close to Home

“I’m just going through a phase right now. Everybody goes through phases and all, don’t they?” So says Holden Caulfield in the classic Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden may have just been going through a phase, but he became a cultural and literary icon when he paved the way…

Judy MorenoJanuary 28, 2021

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Veronica Roth’s “Poster Girl” Resists a Propaganda-Filled Dystopian Government

Number one bestselling author, Veronica Roth, returns with another haunting dystopian tale in Poster Girl (William Morrow). Set in a future society shaken by governmental upheaval, protagonist Sonya Kantor is imprisoned in the Aperture, a facility for political dissenters of the former regime, the Delegation. Her crime is that over…

Jodé MillmanOctober 18, 2022

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Listen to the 10 Best Audiobooks September Has to Offer

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best audiobooks just for BookTrib's readers. Let your last days of summer, the first days of fall and the beginning of spooky season be filled with these multi-genre recommendations! This story appears through BookTrib's partnership with AudioFile and contains material originating…

AudioFileSeptember 28, 2022