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Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends

September 18, 2024• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By Todd Robins / If Joseph Conrad and John Le Carre convened in Cornwall to conjure a spy story for the ages, they might not imagine a...

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Michael Harvey’s Brighton

September 4, 2024• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By Todd Robins / In Michael Harvey’s vivid and riveting standalone crime novel, the prize-winning, middle-aged newspaper reporter Kevin...

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An Amusement Park Worker’s Unlikely Quest

September 27, 2023• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

Dark Ride Lou Berney William Morrow (256p) 9780062663863 ...

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A Tale of Two Travelers

August 27, 2023• Book Reviews, Featured

Mouth to Mouth Antoine Wilson Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster January 2022 ...

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One of Scott Phillips’ Best Books

August 27, 2023• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

Though The Ice Harvest and The Adjustment are in the argument...

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Chris Offutt’s Vengeful Gods of Justice in the Ginseng Hunting Grounds

June 13, 2021• Book Reviews

By Thomas Pluck / The older I get, the more I appreciate the short novel. Not every story needs to be an Ellroy epic, but not every story...

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Pelayo’s “Children of Chicago” Offers a Character-Driven Detective Story with a Horror Slant

April 18, 2021• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By J.B. Stevens / “Chicago is an October sort of city, even in spring.” — Nelson Algren Chicago is a town on the edge of the...

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