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What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Let's talk about books! I get to talk books for Ask a Librarian on Twitter today, and I love to read what you're all reading or listening to this week. I've just started a July release. AJ Pearce's debut is Dear Mrs. Bird. Here's the quick summary...
Interview with Tracy Clark
I may have mentioned yesterday that I was impressed with Tracy Clark's debut mystery, Broken Places. I jumped at the chance to ask a few questions. I hope you check out the interview. Thank you, Tracy, for taking time to answer questions. Tracy, would you introduce...
Broken Places by Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark's debut mystery, Broken Places, is one of the best books I've read this year. Her story of a tough African-American cop turned private investigator reminds me of one of the legendary detectives in modern mysteries, Sue Grafton's Kinsey...
Dark Rites by Heather Graham
Although there are a few people who appear in all of Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters novels, some of the books are almost standalones, while others are in sets featuring some of the same characters. Dark Rites follows up on Dying Breath, and, in order...
A Shocking Assassination by Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison's Reverend Mother series is my favorite series discovery this year. I'm addicted to these mysteries set in the 1920s in Cork, Ireland, a city still torn by violence and politics.A Shocking Assassination puts Reverend Mother Aquinas right on the scene...
Book Towns by Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson's charming book actually has a subtitle. The book is Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word. His book, with its colorful photos, is actually a travelogue for those of us who probably won't get to Australia or France or Spain, or a dozen...