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Putin, Power and U.S. Plutocracy in “The President’s Dossier” The green of cash replaces American red, white and blue in The President’s Dossier (Oceanview Publishing). Author James A. Scott takes readers into a clandestine…
Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…
A Droll Detective and a Lip-Reading Dog Alexander McCall Smith makes the irrelevant relevant in The Talented Mr. Varg (Pantheon), a satirical social commentary on the mundane. Ulf Varg is not your average…
Poland, Precious Relics and the Price of Freedom in “The Warsaw Protocol” In The Warsaw Protocol (Minotaur Books), 15th in the Cotton Malone series, author Steve Berry uses the backdrop of Poland’s battle against Communism…
Addiction trumps privilege in Carder Stout’s vivid memoir Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addiction, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places (HCI). Written with excruciating truth and visceral fear, desperation and…
For 13 years, sisters Luella and Effie Tildon have never left each other’s side. When the unthinkable separates them, can they each survive without the other, and can their mother…
Is there anything more intriguing than learning about a little known but magnificent piece of history? In E.R. Ramzipoor’s epic debut novel based on a true story, The Ventriloquists (Park…
Who doesn’t love an irreverent badass who admits he’s a screw-up? Duck Darley is the most damaged anti-hero you’d never want to meet in a dark corner of New York…