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The Last Witness

The Last Witness

The Last Witness

Glenn Meade

Howard Books
432 pages
$25

“Meade’s second foray into international intrigue imagines that Nazis biding time in South America hatch a viable plot to take over contemporary Germany. The novel opens with a splendidly tantalizing episode of eavesdropping by a Paraguayan reporter who, before he’s caught and killed, hides a tell-tale tape recording. . . . Fast, sly, and slick, this thriller delivers the goods—tension, action, plot twists—until the smoke clears on the last page.”

–Booklist

Knowing Daniel

Knowing Daniel

Knowing Daniel

Mick Jett

Martin Sisters Publishing
400 pages
$19.95

“Mick Jett knows how to capture his audience. In Knowing Daniel, he takes his readers back in time to early America where we meet Daniel, our main character. A good-natured, but adventure-driven father, Jacob, leaves Daniel and his loving, protective mother in the town along the caravan trail where he was born. A plot borne of envy starts from the very beginning capturing the interest of the readers and leading them down a long ride of adventure and life-changing decisions for Daniel and his companions.”

–The Tallahassee Democrat

The Gone Dead Train

The Gone Dead Train

The Gone Dead Train

Lisa Turner

William Morrow Paperbacks
368 pages
$14.99

“Death comes in threes for Sgt. Det. Billy Able on his return to the Memphis PD from leave in Atlanta, in Turner’s soulful sequel to 2010’s A Little Death in Dixie. . . . Turner effectively mines the blues, civil rights struggles, and Santeria rites as Able and . . .rookie patrol office Frankie Malone form a budding partnership”

–Publishers Weekly

Long Player

October 16, 2014 The first publication from Nashville’s Third Man Books, Language Lessons: Volume One, is a diverse collection of poetry, prose, art, and music. Editors Chet Weise and Ben Swank present material in a unique format that demonstrates the excitement of human language beyond the simple printed page.

Vagabonds and Gurus

October 14, 2014 When Jesse’s father gets thrown out of the Methodist ministry in the early seventies, her family enters the vagabond spiritual path so prominent in that era, and Jesse negotiates her awkward ride into adolescence through encounters with her semi-transient neighbors. Darcey Steinke will discuss her new novel, Sister Golden Hair, at Burke’s Book Store in Memphis on October 16, 2014, at 5:30 p.m.

All Together Now

October 10, 2014 The Southern Festival of Books is big, varied, and one of the most inclusive cultural events around. Chapter 16’s Maria Browning considers the special pleasure of the festival’s collective spirit. The twenty-sixth annual Southern Festival of Books will take place in Nashville October 10-12, 2014, at Legislative Plaza and the Nashville Public Library. All festival events are free and open to the public.

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