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  Review: The Dead Student is exciting, psychological thriller

  New York Times best-selling author John Katzenbach knows how to get into people’s heads, whether it’s in the psyche of his characters, or the minds of his readers. His newest novel, The Dead Student (The Mysterious Press, Oct. 6), is a perfect example. Katzenbach wastes no time shaking things up…

  October 13, 2015
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  Review: The New World excites, then settles into a lull

  by G. Robert Frazier Welcome to the New World, Jim Hawkins; it’s savage, untamed, and wholly unpredictable. Hawkins, the son of Robert Louis Stevenson’s more renowned Jim Hawkins of Treasure Island fame, and his companion Natty get a rude introduction to life in North America courtesy of author Andrew Motion’s…

  October 5, 2015
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  Review: Constance Kopp a heroine worth waiting for

  Author Update (9-28-15): Author Amy Stewart promises a sequel in the Kopp sisters story due in 2016. Also, movie and/or TV offers in the works. Read more at http://nurph.com/LitChat/chats/2481 – by G. Robert Frazier Constance Kopp could be just the leading lady Hollywood has been waiting for. She’s independent, resourceful, intelligent,…

  September 28, 2015
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  Review: Author Todd Moss counts down to excitement in Minute Zero

  by G. Robert Frazier  In the life of every country, at a moment of extreme national disruption, there is a brief period of breakdown, when everything is uncertain. That is the moment to act, to shape events how you want them to go. That is Minute Zero. State Department Crisis…

  September 28, 2015
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  Book review: Dragonfish weaves noir, memoir into thrilling read

  Review by G. Robert Frazier Dragonfish, like Gone Girl, is two interconnected stories in one – and both are thoroughly engrossing. Written by Vu Tran, the novel is part noir-crime thriller and part literary memoir. At the heart of both stories is Suzy, a Vietnamese woman haunted by her past…

  August 19, 2015
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  Review: Gray Lady a unique, warm story of family, friends, life

  Home is where stories happen. Where lives, young and old, come together. Where lives are celebrated, changed forever, mourned, and remembered. Where birthdays are observed, Christmas presents opened, children conceived, marriages endured or shattered. Where the events of the day are witnessed, recapped, debated, and put in perspective. Where laughs…

  August 3, 2015
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  Review: Ant-Man’s silly fun works for fan boys, kids only

  I’m apparently not the comic book fan boy geek I used to be. Otherwise, I should have loved Ant-Man, the latest Marvel super-hero opus gracing your local Cineplex. But, for all of its efforts, I was bored, annoyed, and just plain uninspired by the film. Oddly, it’s getting pretty decent…

  July 24, 2015
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  Reading and Writing for the Web 7/22

  Every day I scour the web for articles on reading and writing to further my education about my craft and try to share the best of those articles with you here. Today, I thought I’d focus on reading. One of the most common, reiterated pieces of advice for writers of…

  July 22, 2015
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  Review: Action heroine peels back secrets, kicks ass in The Mask

  Taylor Stevens has created a tough, intelligent action hero in the character of Vanessa Michael Munroe, one in whom many readers will want to spend time with. Munroe’s sharp wit, keen mind, and physical abilities are all evident in Stevens’ new novel, The Mask ($24, Crown Publishers). All of Munroe’s…

  July 20, 2015
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  Book review: Sci-fi premise of The Fold fizzles into horror movie mayhem

  I don’t read a lot of sci-fi, but The Fold by Peter Clines looked like an interesting read, and it was – though not in the way I expected. The novel details a unique program in which scientists have created a new mode of transportation, dubbed the Albuquerque Door, in…

  June 24, 2015