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A former sex crimes prosecutor writes a fast-paced university thriller informed by his work investigating sexual misconduct. Open Bar By Dan Schorr. SparkPress. 332 pages. $17.99. In Dan Schorr’s second novel, Open Bar, scandal erupts when a university HR director discovers that a beloved softball coach has been sexually abusing teenagers in the school’s summer
Dan Schorr
A neighborhood unites to protect a child in James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store By James McBride. Riverhead. 381 pages. $28. James McBride begins his latest novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, in 1972 Pottstown, Pennsylvania, with the discovery of a
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A literary star’s death reveals dangerous secrets in J.T. Ellison’s latest thriller. by Faye Jones & Chapter16.org A Very Bad Thing By J.T. Ellison. Thomas & Mercer. 495 pages. $28.99. A Very Bad Thing, the latest thriller from Nashvillian J. T. Ellison, takes readers on a wild ride of secrets, lies, and hidden connections. Columbia Jones
Smoking Guns delivers a dozen tales of murder and more. by Billy Kilgore & Chapter16.org Smoking Guns: 12 Original Tales of Crime and Mystery Edited by Kaye George. Wildside Press. 130 pages. $12.99. Smoking Guns, an anthology from the East Tennessee chapter of Sisters in Crime, offers a dozen “original tales of crime and mystery”
The state of Alabama charged a mother with capital murder of her child. Her family, her church, and her attorney believed she was innocent. So did I. By the time I met Amanda House (all names have been changed), she was eight years into her awful sojourn through the Alabama legal system, with little hope
Susan Lehmann
Two smart teens protect their country and their family in war-torn England. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org The Bletchley Riddle By Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin. Viking Books for Young Readers. 400 pages. $18.99. “You see, I was never the sort who dreamed of running away to join the circus. … But if I’d known there
Scott Payne delivers a riveting account of going undercover with homegrown extremists. by Hamilton Cain & Chapter16.org Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis By Scott Payne with Michelle Shephard. Atria Books. 256 pages. $28.99. In his 1991 autobiography, A Season for Justice, the celebrated civil rights lawyer Morris Dees
In Tova Mirvis’ We Would Never, a terrible crime tests a tight-knit family. by Sara Beth West & Chapter16.org We Would Never By Tova Mirvis. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. 368 pages. $28.99. “People liked to make all kinds of proclamations about what they would never do. But people did all sorts of
Pursuit‘s managing editor shares her favorite spy- and crime-adjacent books, shows, and movies from this year. This year, I dove back into books after neglecting my reading life for most of 2023 — a year of intense work on a book I wrote with my friend Chantha Nguon. In February we launched Slow Noodles, Chantha’s
Kim Green
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