Michael Connelly discusses his popular detective series, his journalism background, and the future of the book
…blogs that can go unseen and ignored, then the tent comes down. I don’t think we will truly understand the importance of the local newspaper until there are none left….
Chris Offutt delivers another intense Kentucky thriller in Shifty’s Boys
…resident heroin dealer and son of Shifty Kissick, the local no-nonsense matriarch who always keeps a pistol by her side. When Mick visits Shifty to offer his condolences, she asks…
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
…it until he mentioned it, but I could see it in pictures. The lack of communication in the band seems almost comical, from a reader’s remove — Hembree often didn’t…
Desperate characters in Nathan Elias’ debut novel plunge into alternate realities
…the arms of Knox. Margot’s arrival hastens Tiffany’s departure, in the ultimate sense — until, that is, we learn more about the mini-black hole that Tiffany has posthumously created near…
Mary Laura Philpott loves sad books … and happy ones
…didn’t make me eat my words. It’s always great to dive into a book you know you’ll love and have it uphold expectations, but pleasant surprise is fun, too. Chapter…
