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Review: Payoff provides surprises in Lee Goldberg’s latest
"Lost Hills," Thomas & Mercer, by Lee GoldbergIn Lee Goldberg's "Lost Hills," deputy Eve Ronin is a media star, thanks to a viral video...
Review: Janet Evanovich delivers with ‘Twisted Twenty-Six’
"Twisted Twenty-Six," Putnam, by Janet EvanovichIn "Twisted Twenty-Six," Janet Evanovich's latest Stephanie Plum novel, Edna Mazur, Stephanie's eccentric grandmother, marries a gangster named Jimmy...
Review: Bosch and Ballard combine forces in “The Night Fire”
"The Night Fire," Little, Brown and Co., by Michael ConnellyIn "The Night Fire" by Michael Connelly, John Jack Thompson, Harry Bosch's first mentor when...
Review: Grisham’s ‘The Guardians’ is suspenseful thriller
"The Guardians: a Novel," published by Doubleday, by John GrishamIn John Grisham's latest novel, "The Guardians," a former priest named Cullen Post works for...
Author takes deep dive into creation of TV show “Friends”
"Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era," (Dutton), by Saul AusterlitzIn 1994, NBC was trying to find a...
Author takes deep dive into creation of TV show “Friends”
"Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era," (Dutton), by Saul AusterlitzIn 1994, NBC was trying to find a...
‘Chasing the Moon’ takes a look at the history of rocketry
"Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age" (Ballantine Books), by Robert Stone and Alan...
Review: The creator of ‘Hannibal’ returns with new monster
"Cari Mora" by Thomas Harris (Grand Central).In Thomas Harris' new novel, Cari Mora escaped a violent past and now lives in Miami. She can...
Review: A gravesite meeting starts David Baldacci’s thriller
"Redemption" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)In David Baldacci's latest, Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison arrive in a small town in Ohio...
Review: Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ has an array of emotions
"Run Away" (Grand Central Publishing), by Harlan CobenSimon works on Wall Street, and his wife, Ingrid, is a successful doctor. They had a wonderful...