I love finding out what’s going to happen next in the books I write. I’m often delighted by what a character decides to say , or how a seemingly innocuous detail later turns out to be a major plot point.
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Book Review: ‘Making Others Rich First’ by Barry Wilmeth
New book, 'Making Others Rich First,' by Barry Wilmeth teaches real estate Investors to get rich through mentoring others.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Dead’ by Christian Kracht
In 'The Dead,' Christian Kracht melts Pasolini, Kirosawa and Chaplin into a singular dream sequence
Read More »Book Review: ‘Blue Mafia: Police Brutality and Consent Decrees in Ohio’ by Tim Tolka
'Blue Mafia' by Tim Tolka opens a window into a world of police brutality we all know exists, but most of us have not had the clarity to see how bad it really is.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Our Kind of Cruelty’ by Araminta Hall
In 'Our Kind of Cruelty' by Araminta Hall, the truth about a stormy breakup, lies between murky blurred lines.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Comfort of People’ by Daniel Miller
In 'The Comfort of People' anthropologist Daniel Miller continues his book series about material culture in a unique study of society, science, and health focusing on caretakers and hospice patients dealing with some form of terminal or long-term illness.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Outsider’ by Stephen King
The monster is Stephen King's 'The Outsider' is worse than a creepy clown.
Read More »Interview: Ndaba Mandela, Author of ‘Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela’
Nelson Mandela's grandson, Ndaba Mandela, is on tour in the U.S. to promote his new book, 'Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons From My Grandfather Nelson Mandela', and Mandela 100 events.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Hekla’s Children,’ Dark Fantasy by James Brogden
'Hekla's Children' by James Brogden is a stylish dark fantasy novel that begins with the disappearance of four British schoolchildren.
Read More »Interview: Christine Mangan, author of ‘Tangerine’
In Christine Mangan's 'Tangerine,' madness, murder, and betrayal are brought forth by an exotic yet ominous landscape.
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