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Books: Atlanta PD’s first black cops investigate murder amid racial prejudice
Thomas Mullen’s Darktown is a novel readers won’t soon forget—not just because of its thoroughly engrossing, suspense-filled plot, but because of the historical, moral complexity contained within its pages. Read my interview with Mullen and my review, both at Bookpage.
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Southern Festival of Books: Authors sound off on Dylan’s Nobel Prize
by G. Robert Frazier Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan is the first American in two decades to win the Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Before the ink was even dry on the announcement earlier this week, camps pro and con began…
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Books: Donaldson’s novel recreates flavor of Justified
If there’s anyone out there still lamenting the absence of Elmore Leonard’s “Justified” on TV, you can get your fix of small-town Kentucky criminals in Jesse Donaldson’s debut thriller, The More They Disappear. The novel starts with the shocking assassination of longtime Kentucky Sheriff Lew Mattock at his own re-election…
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Books: Dive into a summer of suspense
Readers looking for a great escape from the everyday routine during their vacation will find it in five of the most offbeat thrillers to hit bookshelves this summer. Whether it’s an alternate history in which slavery never ended or a television reality show turned survivor tale, these books will keep…
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Two for the Show will keep you guessing
Two for the Show (Thomas & Mercer, $15.99) by Jonathan Stone is a deceptively good novel that will leave you guessing at every turn.
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Never-Open Desert Diner evokes mystery, suspense
Hidden in plain sight, in the wide open expanse that is the Utah desert, lie mysteries best left alone.
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Note to readers: This blog’s going to get a lot more interesting
Originally posted on Story By G. Robert Frazier: by G. Robert Frazier The name of this blog has been something of a misnomer, I realize that. Most of what I post here are my book reviews or the occasional Around the Web column, wherein I include links to cool reads…
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