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BookTribFebruary 18, 2021
The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards In 1944 Paris, celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse’s position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de…
BookTribJanuary 7, 2021
Killer Graces by Steve Melen A journey of adoption, cancer, addiction, and breakthrough living. In his late thirties, Steve Melen thought he had it all — until a diagnosis of Stage IIIB stomach cancer brought it all to a screeching halt. Steve battled his demons and the fact that he…
BookTribJanuary 12, 2021
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BookTribOctober 27, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BookBites.FINAL-3-1180x234.jpg Burden of Proof by Davis Bunn Three weeks after his twenty-third birthday, Ethan missed the chance to save his brother's life when he was murdered on the courthouse steps in Jacksonville, FL. Ever since, Ethan has sensed a deep disconnect between the man he should have been and the…
BookTribNovember 10, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/booktrib_bookbites-template-scaled-1.jpg The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives by Tim Darcy Ellis It is 1522 in The Spanish Netherlands. Juan Luis Vives, a renowned academic, has fled Spain to avoid the fires of the Inquisition. In England, he takes on the role of tutor to Mary, daughter of Catherine of…
BookTribDecember 3, 2020
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BookTribSeptember 24, 2020
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BookTribOctober 6, 2020
I can’t think of toxic mother-daughter relationships without hearing Joan Crawford screech about no wire hangers! Or remember the sinister Mrs. Coulter in Philip Pullman’s brilliant novel The Golden Compass, trying to lure her daughter Lyra into giving up the precious alethiometer. (And who was Cinderella’s real mother, anyway, who…
Hank Phillippi RyanSeptember 17, 2020
Staycations may be relaxing, but they rarely satisfy wanderlust. Sometimes when your looking for adventure, you don't have to travel any further than your own bookshelf. If you're itching to explore destinations near and far while stuck at home, these reads are your ticket to new and exciting locales.
Julie CantrellJuly 9, 2020
For generations, we’ve been told to stay away from the woods. The Brothers Grimm warned us about witches who lurk in the shadows, and the wolves waiting for their next victim. But there are other dangers to be found in the forest — monsters, ghosts, bloodthirsty cults, serial killers and…
Cameron KimballOctober 20, 2020
Summer is on the horizon — we can feel it! Spring is having some seventy-degree days here on the East Coast and that means that the beach is on our planner. Maybe not this month, but next month for sure. Day trips, weekend getaways, week-long relaxation fests; we are all…
Kate MorettiApril 1, 2021
Having a journalist as the main character is good news and bad news. The good news is that it solves one of the trickiest problems in crime fiction writing: if your character is not in law enforcement of some kind (or at least a private detective) and they come across…
Hank Phillippi RyanJuly 29, 2021
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Autopsy-200x305.jpeg The holidays are all about time spent with family and friends. That makes Patricia Cornwell’s triumphant return of our old friend Kay Scarpetta in Autopsy (Morrow) all the more appropriate. Last seen in 2016’s Chaos, Scarpetta and her trusty coroner’s scalpel return to her original stomping grounds of Virginia…
Jon LandDecember 27, 2021
