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by Heidi Knapp Rinella, Las Vegas Review-Journal writer
Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Most writers of murder mysteries employ a cut-to-the-chase mentality when it comes to the meat and potatoes of their genre, the actual murder. Generally the bloodletting happens right away, and the rest of the book is spent on whodunit and why.
Not...
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by Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant features editor
Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Here are the week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly. You can find reviews of many of these books here at The Book Nook and on Sunday's books page in the Review-Journal.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)" by...
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by Sharon Galligar Chance, guest reviewer
Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The beautiful and mysterious Kate Bergeron is the former mistress of a French cloth merchant, and the latest to capture the interest of the lusty, but very married Prince of Wales. Up to his royal behind in a nasty divorce, the prince is however...
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by Sharon Galligar Chance, guest reviewer
Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 at 5:00 AM
“Highway to Hell,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” “Hell’s Bells” …
AC/DC’s songs are legendary among rock anthems. Famous for their music filled with...
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by Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant features editor
Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 at 5:00 AM
With "Ford County," John Grisham's first collection of short stories, the best-selling author returns to the Mississippi setting of his first novel, “A Time to Kill.”
The stories range from funny to poignant, featuring...
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by Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant features editor
Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Earlier this year, the world learned of 73-year-old Josef Fritzl, who was jailed for imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth in a dungeon he built himself.
As the story emerged, it was learned that Fritzl long ago said his daughter was a runaway, joining...
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by Heidi Knapp Rinella, Las Vegas Review-Journal writer
Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 at 5:00 AM
How much did I want to read “The Barn House” by Ed Zotti? Well, let’s put it this way: The book was sitting near the pool when one of our sudden wind gusts came up and there it went — all 370-plus pages — right into the...
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by Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant features editor
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Architect Audrey Lucas needs to find a new place to live after breaking up with her fiance, Saraub.
She thinks she’s in heaven when she comes across an affordable apartment in a building in Manhattan. The Breviary is the last of its kind...
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by Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant features editor
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Here are the week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly. As always, you can find reviews of many of these books here at The Book Nook. Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown...
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by Lisa Kim Bach, Las Vegas Review-Journal assistant city editor
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at 5:00 AM
World War I nurse Bess Crawford knows better than to get too close to her patients. With the Europe of 1916 transformed into a charnel house by the war, anything less than a professional relationship with wounded soldiers is a sure path to grief and...
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by Mark Davis, Las Vegas Review-Journal copy editor
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Los Angeles has had its share of bizarre murders over the years — both real-life and fictional — but the murders described in the opening pages of Jonathan Kellerman’s “Evidence” are quite strange.
In a half-built...
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by LIndsey Losnedahl
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Some big releases are heading to fantasy fans this week.
“The Gathering Storm,” the latest in the “Wheel of Time” series, was unfinished at the time of Robert Jordan’s death in 2007. Brandon Sanderson stepped in to...
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by Tom Dye, guest reviewer
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Bernard Cornwell continues his mastery in the field of historical fiction in “Agincourt,” an intense novel about an epic English victory over the French.
Cornwell wastes no time in getting the attention of his readers. “On a...
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by Tom Dye, guest reviewer
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at 5:00 AM
In the genre of private eye fiction, the seamy side of cities such as New York, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles come to mind. Maybe San Francisco.
David Levien looks at the dark side of Indianapolis in his mystery novel, “Where the Dead...
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by Sharon Galligar Chance, guest reviewer
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Reading an installment of Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series is like visiting relatives back home. You get an update on everyone in town, plus a little more in-depth visit with the folks you’ve come specifically to see.
In “92...
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