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Detective Runs Away From the Present Only to Be Confronted by Her Past in “When The Stars Go Dark”

In bestselling author Paula McLain’s new novel, When The Stars Go Dark (Ballantine), Detective Anna Hart is always running from terrible memories. They could be nightmares about her mother’s death, her childhood separation from her brother and sister, or her tumultuous time in foster care. Most recently, though, she’s bolting…
Jodé Millman
April 13, 2021
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Master of the Spy Novel John le Carré Dies at 89

John le Carré, prolific and profound novelist of such renowned Cold War thrillers as Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy and The Man Who Came In From The Cold, died in Cornwall, England, this past weekend. The writer was eighty-nine years old. He penned extremely engaging stories, but his mark upon literature…
Judy Moreno
December 14, 2020
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A Wintry Murder Mystery That Will Give You the Shivers: “The Well of Ice”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Well-of-Ice-1.jpg “Never open a book with weather,” the late bestselling crime novelist Elmore Leonard sternly advised. But Leonard was wrong. Here’s how Andrea Carter begins her Irish mystery novel, The Well of Ice (Oceanview): “…the fire crackles gently in the grate… “‘It’s snowing,’ he says…” Carter’s richly detailed descriptions of…
Sharon Geltner
November 10, 2020
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Agatha Raisin Jumps the Hurdles in “Hot to Trot”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hot-to-trot.jpg Agatha Raisin can’t resist men — or a good mystery. She’s attracted to them like a moth to a flame, or as she is to gin and tonic. In the newest M.C. Beaton mystery, aptly titled Hot to Trot (Minotaur), Agatha’s out to clear the name of her former…
Jodé Millman
November 17, 2020
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Michael Connelly’s Latest Is a Touchdown From the Tom Brady of Procedurals

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_MichaelConnelly_LawOfInnocence.jpg "A supremely intelligent, well-paced courtroom thriller by a modern master ..." — Publishers Weekly "When it comes to series mysteries, there’s everybody else, and then there’s Michael Connelly." — BookPage —∞— So, maybe you’re thinking you don’t want to read The Law of Innocence (Little, Brown and Company). Maybe…
Dennis Hetzel
November 9, 2020

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