FICTION

CIRCLING THE SUN

by Paula McLain

Ernest Hemingway, who met Markham on safari two years before her Atlantic crossing, tagged her as “a high-grade bitch” but... Full review >

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HISTORY

NAGASAKI

by Susan Southard

A valiant, moving work of research certain to provoke vigorous discussion. Full review >

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FICTION

CROOKED

by Austin Grossman

A worthy pop-cult amusement, if sometimes reading like cutting-room-floor Stephen King mixed up with a little Boris and... Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

FAST SHUFFLE

by David Black

Black (The Extinction Event, 2010, etc.) supplies a sweetly moving fable for nostalgia buffs and anyone who thinks the movie... Full review >

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