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"Mother-Daughter Murder Night" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Mother-Daughter Murder Night,” by Nina Simon, is a 3-generational murder mystery that’s more of a family drama than a cozy mystery. Lana...
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- 4 days ago
- 2 min
"Bright Young Women" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
An engrossing blend of true crime and fiction makes “Bright Young Women,” by Jessica Knoll, a page turner that pulls you in as soon as...
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cstucky2
- Sep 19
- 2 min
"Chenneville" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
I’ve been a Paulette Jiles fan since “Enemy Women” was published in 2002. Since then, Jiles has never disappointed, securing an abundant...
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cstucky2
- Sep 19
- 2 min
"Starter Villain" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
What would you do if your Uncle Jake died and left his business to you? What if, at the funeral, the mourners seemed more interested in...
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cstucky2
- Sep 17
- 2 min
"While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
This compulsively readable memoir by award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger reflects a worldwide truth: it is most likely that not one...
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cstucky2
- Sep 13
- 2 min
"Oh, Panda" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Everyone loves pandas, the roly-poly black and white bears with the dreamy, come-hither eyes. Little ones are sure to enjoy meeting a...
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cstucky2
- Sep 12
- 2 min
"The Vaster Wilds" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It begins with a daring, frigid escape in the wilds—a girl flees for her life, from those who would kill her on the spot or return her to...
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cstucky2
- Sep 6
- 2 min
"The River We Remember" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
William Kent Krueger has written another moving novel in which the setting is a character all its own. “The River We Remember” takes...
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cstucky2
- Sep 6
- 2 min
"Small Town Sins" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Locksburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for “Small Town Sins,” a gritty novel with an addictive storyline by Ken Jaworowski. The book...
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cstucky2
- Sep 5
- 2 min
"Dee Dann: Folk Artist" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
The New Haven Preservation Society has just released a compendium of artwork created by highly regarded folk artist Dorris L. “Dee” Dann....
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cstucky2
- Sep 5
- 2 min
"Ice Cream & Dinosaurs: (Groovy Joe #1) | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
A doggy, dinosaurs and dance—what a jazzy trio. All can be found in “Ice Cream & Dinosaurs (Groovy Joe #1), a toe-tapping, rhyming...
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cstucky2
- Sep 4
- 2 min
"Prom Mom" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Prom Mom,” by Laura Lippman, is a suspenseful read based on a true story. The thriller is intense, addictive and sinister, a...
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Clover
- Sep 3
- 4 min
Can Do Attitude!
Clover offers a tip of her wings to the characters in her stupendous September Picks — all have a “Can Do Attitude” despite facing...
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cstucky2
- Aug 28
- 2 min
"Happiness Falls" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
The impetus behind Angie Kim’s new novel, “Happiness Falls,” can be traced to the difficulties she had adapting to a foreign culture when...
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cstucky2
- Aug 28
- 2 min
"All the Sinners Bleed" | Reviewed by Miles Eschmann
Set in the turbulent year of 2017, “All the Sinners Bleed” is an enthusiastically bloody crime thriller with subtext rooted in the deeply...
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cstucky2
- Aug 23
- 2 min
"The Wingmen" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Shortly after the U.S. entered the Korean War in 1953, two men flew over the 38th Parallel into Communist territory aboard identical...
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cstucky2
- Aug 20
- 2 min
"The English Experience"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It’s been a while since I read a book that made me laugh out loud, but that’s what happened as I walked the Brit walk with Jason Fitger,...
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cstucky2
- Aug 17
- 2 min
"Shark Heart" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
One striking feature of “Shark Heart,” by Emily Habeck, is the beautiful cover art of a graceful shark painted in flowers, gliding...
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cstucky2
- Aug 15
- 2 min
"Cutting Teeth" | Reviewed by Jenny Johnson
Little Academy Preschool is idyllic. The bright colors, sweet little handprints and chorus of delighted voices in the halls are enough to...
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cstucky2
- Aug 14
- 2 min
"The Fourth Turning Is Here" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
In 1997, social and historical theorists, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss published “The Fourth Turning,” a hypothesis that...
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