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The Kennedy Connection

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Written by RG Belsky — Author RG Belsky was most recently managing editor of news for NBCNews.com and a former managing editor for the New York Daily News, among other journalistic posts. That gives him ample experience to write authoritatively about his main character and first-person…
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Curiouser and curiouser

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On the Radar — Some have suggested that the numerically titled Stephanie Plum series has grown a little predictable, however author Janet Evanovich has branched out and begun co-authoring punchy new crime novels with like-minded writers. Curious Minds leads off our On the Radar column this…
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A Climate of Fear

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Written by Fred Vargas, translated by Sian Reynolds — One of the challenges when writing a long-standing series is to find ways to keep it fresh and interesting. In her ninth Commissaire Adamsberg book, Vargas takes the inspector abroad. It’s not the first time she’s done…
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel

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Written by AJ Hartley and David Hewson, narrated by Richard Armitage — OK, OK, before you say, “been there, done that Hamlet thing—five times, maybe 10,” this is another Hamlet animal altogether. As an inveterate audiobook fan, I will say that the Hartley/Hewson Macbeth, narrated…
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SK Tremayne's latest trick

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You wouldn’t think it possible given the quality of SK Tremayne’s first psychological thriller, The Ice Twins, but the author has come up with something potentially even cleverer. Riffing on that twins theme, SK Tremayne has actually gone out and written two identical books. They’ve…
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Interview: Michael Stanley

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The South African authors Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip together make up Michael Stanley, and are becoming well-known for creating Botswana Police’s good-natured Detective ‘Kubu’ Bengu. They’ve been universally praised for their crime series, which has been labeled ‘sunshine noir’ by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, while Peter James describe their books…
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