Michael Connelly discusses his popular detective series, his journalism background, and the future of the book
…again cross paths. The book is constructed with each of them carrying the narrative in alternating chapters. I think the plan all along was to introduce Mickey as this sort…
Chris Offutt delivers another intense Kentucky thriller in Shifty’s Boys
…Dyas Offutt does not waste any time getting to the story. The local cabbie finds a dead man, Barney Kissick, in a parking lot on page three. Barney is the…
Anjali Enjeti on the books that inspire her
…an examination of “the personal costs of starting over in the face of tragedy, whether those tragedies are intimate losses or shockwaves of upheaval across an entire continent.” To mark…
A Blue Grass Boy’s memoir of life on the road with the great Bill Monroe
…way. He was a newcomer to an established lineup. He was decades younger than Monroe but also younger than the rest of the Blue Grass Boys. He was also a…
Desperate characters in Nathan Elias’ debut novel plunge into alternate realities
…is light on the other side. Photo: Alexi Milano The novel’s cast includes two couples who migrated to LA for a new start and learn that happiness might be as…
Mary Laura Philpott loves sad books … and happy ones
…by showing that they can feel love, that they can make art. It’s my very favorite meaning-of-life book — maybe my favorite book, period. Obviously, I never outgrew my fondness…
