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  • W. Bruce Cameron: A Dog’s Promise

    W. Bruce Cameron continues the story of Bailey, now an angel dog, in his latest book, A Dog’s Promise.

  • After the Flood

    A dream of a tsunami sweeping across the plains of Nebraska helped form the plot of Kassandra Montag’s After the Flood, her novel about a time in the future when rising waters engulf the earth, leaving only small chunks of land suitable for living.

  • Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity

    I wasted a lot of time early in my career trying to conform to what I thought Hollywood would approve of,” says Day, who has five million social media fans. “It wasn’t until I abandoned that mindset and started creating things based on my unique point of view, that I finally found success.

  • The Girl Who Died Twice

              Never one to hide her feelings, Lisbeth Salander is angry and back for vengeance in the sixth novel of the series that started with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.            Abused by both her mobster father as well as the psychiatrist treating her, Lisbeth is an avenging angel of sorts—determined to punish evil…

  • The Pretty One

              Born with cerebral palsy, for much of her life Keah Brown longed for normalcy, hating the disability which she believed defined her in the eyes of others as well as herself.           “It’s very painful when people treat me differently,” says Brown, author of the recently released The Pretty One:  On Life, Pop Culture,…

  • What Rose Forgot: Nevada Barr’s Latest Mystery

    Overhearing one of the administrators says that she’s “not making it through the week,” Rose Dennis, who has been committed as an Alzheimer’s patient, knows she has to escape.

  • A Better Man

    As flood waters threaten to engulf the province where Chief Inspector Armand Gamache agrees to help grief-stricken father looking for his missing daughter.

  • Author Catherine O’Connell in Chicago to Discuss Her Latest Books

              Northbrook native, mystery writer Catherine O’Connell who divides her time between Chicago and Aspen will be home this week and back to her old haunts including a book signing for her newest mystery, First Tracks, at Pippin’s Tavern when she managed the bar there in the 1980s.           First Tracks, described by Booklist as…

  • A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mystery

    Louise Penny’s latest mystery, A Better Man, finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, who previously had been demoted, back on the job at the Sûreté du Québec.

  • Jeremiah Wasn’t Just a Bullfrog: A Tale of Passion, Pursuit, Perseverance…and Polliwogs

    The inspiration behind Tim Vassar’s new book, Jeremiah Wasn’t Just a Bullfrog: A Tale of Passion, Pursuit, Perseverance…and Polliwogs, began when his wife Mary asked about his experiences as a track and field athlete and coach. “I was still talking after three hours,” says Vassar, a former teacher and track coach at Lake Central High…