Set in a fictional Maine town, Joseph Souza’s latest thriller is well-meaning but clumsily done.
Books
Meghan McCain will talk family and politics in new audiobook
Meghan McCain will share some thoughts about politics and her late father, Sen. John McCain, on an audiobook coming out next year
Edward Snowden book to be released Sept. 17
Snowden’s memoir, ‘Permanent Record,’ comes out in 20 countries in September.
‘Lady in the Lake’ is Laura Lippman’s love letter to Baltimore and its people
Her ambitious novel weaves some 20 points of view into a seamless, vivid whole, adding up to an intricate quilt of the city in the 1960s.
‘Elvis in Vegas’ is a gem of pop culture history
It tells a fascinating tale of how America’s adult playground helped the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll get his groove back.
In Roxana Robinson’s latest novel, her great-grandparents are embroiled in struggles of Reconstruction
Part real, part fiction, ‘Dawson’s Fall’ traces a principled couple as they try to navigate the moral complexities of the post-Civil War South.
Inert in her hospital bed, a college student knows somebody is trying to kill her
But who? And why? And how can she stop them? Despite her peril, the heroine of Michael Koryta’s engrossing thriller ‘If She Wakes’ shows plenty of grit.
Signings, etc.
New York Times bestselling author Lynne Olson will take to the Chats with Champions stage to discuss her latest book, “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War,” the true story of how one daring and glamorous young woman led France’s largest spy network against Hitler. WHEN: 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 23 WHERE: Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall, 184 Main […]
In ‘The Gone Dead,’ a woman’s questions about her father’s death reveal a town’s racist history
It’s a startling novel by a new writer with a lot of promise.
‘Antiques Roadshow’ appraiser paying a visit to Peaks Island
A Boston book store owner will talk about old and rare books.