Tag Archives: Fiction

TERMITE PARADE – Joshua Mohr

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

TERMITE PARADE by Joshua Mohr Two Dollar Radio – July 2010 180 pages; $16.00 “There were days I felt like the bastard daughter of a ménage a trois between Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sylvia Plath,and Eeyore. Days Pungent with Disappointment. Days soiled … Continue reading →

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BEST KEPT SECRET – Amy Hatvany

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BEST KEPT SECRET by Amy Hatvany Washington Square Press – June 2011 352 pages; $15.00 “I felt no real desire for my death. No part of me said, now suicide, there’s a good idea. I longed only for an absence … Continue reading →

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JOHNNY ONE-EYE – Jerome Charyn

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JOHNNY ONE-EYE by Jerome Charyn W.W. Norton & Co. – February 2008 448 pages; $25.95 “Where shall I begin my unremarkable life? My hands were bound with hangman’s rope. A rifle dug into my ribs. My accomplices were slobbering at … Continue reading →

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ALICE BLISS – Laura Harrington

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

ALICE BLISS by Laura Harrington Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) – June 2011 320 pages; $25.95 “Does everyone have a secret life, she wonders? Is everyone carrying an impossible, unbearable secret?” -Alice Bliss The Bliss family is your typical American family. … Continue reading →

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THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS – Bill Loehfelm

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS by Bill Loehfelm Sarah Crichton Books – May 2011 336 pages; $26.00 “Because he’s scared of her. That gives him power over her. And they have a history. He’s the devil she knows. As far as … Continue reading →

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BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP – S.J. Watson

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BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S.J. Watson Harper Books – June 2011 368 pages; $25.99 “I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show … Continue reading →

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THE SISTERS BROTHERS – Patrick deWitt

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick deWitt Ecco Books – May 2011 336 pages; $24.99 Brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters have a job to do. Their mission is to find and kill Hermann Kermit Warm. The year is 1851 and this … Continue reading →

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A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF – Lawrence Block

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A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF by Lawrence Block Mulholland Books – May 2011 336 pages; $25.99 “I put in my papers not long after a stray bullet of mine killed a young girl in Washington Heights. That incident didn’t … Continue reading →

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TABLOID CITY – Pete Hamill

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

TABLOID CITY by Pete Hamill Little, Brown and Company – May 2011 288 pages; $26.99 Pete Hamill’s new book, Tabloid City, can best be described as a multilayered story that is at times somber, unexpected, and always exciting. Hamill has … Continue reading →

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A HARD DEATH – Jonathan Hayes

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

A HARD DEATH by Jonathan Hayes HarperCollins – April 2011 416 pages; $24.99 After being fired from his position as a NYC medical examiner, Dr. Edward Jenner finds himself in Douglas County Florida working as a medical examiner in the … Continue reading →

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