In Thomas E. Ricks’ ‘Everyone Knows But You,’ a grieving FBI man investigates the death of a widely detested local.
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Pulitzer-winning journalist made sure to get Maine right in new crime novel
Tom Ricks, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who has a home on Deer Isle, set the mystery ‘Everyone Knows But You’ in coastal Maine.
Bedside table: That cactus houseplant of yours? It may be vanishing from the wild
Book recommendations from readers.
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘Making it in America’
The week’s bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Book in Portland.
10 rules for reading from someone who does it for a living
Where to read, when to read and why you need a pencil in hand: The Washington Post’s Michael Dirda offers some advice from his years as a critic.
A woman befriends a mouse in the beautiful and enchanting ‘Sipsworth’
Simon Van Booy’s new novel is about an elderly woman looking back on her life while dealing with a new companion.
A young woman trying to unravel family secrets starts to come unraveled herself
In ‘Rabbit Hole,’ a compulsive modern thriller set on the Maine coast, the grief-stricken heroine searches for a missing sister and for answers to her father’s suicide.
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Bedside table: 2 former navy SEALs teach how to lead in ‘Extreme Ownership’
Book recommendations from readers.
See who won this year’s Maine Literary Awards
The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance gave out the annual awards Thursday at a ceremony in Rockport.