Category: Grand Central

• Article: The Best Places to Find Free E-Books

  The Best Places to Find Free E-Books https://flip.it/sE664l

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 25, 2022

  American History, Authors, Autobiography, Berkley, Berkley Publishing, Biography, Bloomsbury, Blue Rider Press, Center Street Publishing, Chicago Review Press, Cookbooks, Counytryman Press, Culture, Digital, Doubleday, Epic Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Gallery Books, Gallery/Scout, Grand Central, Grosset & Dunlap, Hachette Book Group, History, Humor, mystery, Non-fiction

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• The Hollow Ones

  

                 I didn’t intend to spend the last three days speed reading “The Hollow Ones” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Grand Central Publishing 2021; $28). Indeed, I had other things to do—deadlines to meet, a new workout program to keep up with, and my daughter’s wedding to help plan. But I didn’t do…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  April 30, 2021

  Adventure, Epic Adventure, Grand Central, Murder

  #thehollowones, Academy Award winner, Ben Affleck, Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro, Mystery-Thriller, Prince of Thieves, Supernatural, The Strain Trilogy, Time travel

• Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

  Still going through withdrawal now that Downton Abbey has signed off the air. Then get your fix with Belgravia (Grand Central Publishing 2016; $27) written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Set in London during the 1840s, the novel takes place in another grand house and just like the television series, it’s full of secrets,…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  December 4, 2017

  Grand Central

• Before the Fall: A Riveting Mystery by Noah Hawley

  A Great Beach Read! I wasn’t sure that I’d like Noah Hawley’s “Before the Fall”(Grand Central 2016; $26) because I already knew it involved a plane crash and that didn’t sound too appealing. But this mystery about a rich media titan and his family and friends is so absorbing, I kept turning the pages way after…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  July 3, 2017

  Adventure, Barnes & Noble, Grand Central, mystery, Suspense

• Testimony by Scott Turow

  More than 30 years ago, Scott Turow released his first legal mystery, Presumed Innocent, a best seller that soon had any lawyer with a modicum of writing ability penning novels. Since then, Turow, a Chicago attorney, has continued to specialize in complex, multi-faceted books about the legal scene in scene in Kindle County—think Cook County.…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 21, 2017

  Author event, Authors, Barnes & Noble, Book signings, Grand Central, Jewish cooking, mystery