Murder as a Fine Art a Morrell masterwork
The Gazette review lauds David Morrell’s Murder as a Fine Art as superbly written and well researched. Set in London in 1854, the novel blends fact and fiction as Thomas DeQuincey returns and a copycat murders the 1811 Radcliffe Highway crimes.
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David Morrell
Douglas Preston
Morrell
Rambo
London
Thomas DeQuincey
Radcliffe Highway
DeQuincey
Emily
Hemley explores family truth in Nola memoir reading
Rob Cline reports on author Robin Hemley presenting Nola A Memoir of Faith at Prairie Lights in Iowa City. Hemley, director at the University of Iowa Writing Program, revisits his family through texts including court documents and his sister Nola who died in 1973. The work blends fiction and non fiction, inviting readers to weigh memory and truth.
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Nola
Hemley
Andy Douglas
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Douglas
Geoffrey Nutter
Nutter
Iowa Writer's Workshop
Vanessa Place
University of Iowa
Robin Hemley
Physicians’ Clinic of
Iowa
Strands of Bronze and Gold disappoints as fairy tale retelling
Laura Farmer reviews Jane Nickersons Strands of Bronze and Gold a 1855 Mississippi Bluebeard retelling that drags before an underdeveloped plot. Sophia wanders the Abbey while a heavy emphasis on slavery scenes and stereotyped characters dulls the fairy tale energy.
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Brothers Grimm
Jane Nickerson
Bluebeard
Mississippi
Sophia
Sophie
Boston
Bernard
Nickerson
Anarchy
Solon author Christian Schoon visits Iowa City for Zenn Scarlett reading
Solon author Christian Schoon reads from his debut young adult sci fi novel Zenn Scarlett at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. The book follows 17 year old Zenn on Mars training as an exoveterinarian tending galactic animals.
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Solon
Christian Schoon
Iowa City
Zenn Scarlett
Random House
Mars
Zenn
Schoon
Los Angeles
Kathleen
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Joe Hill
Iowa City Public Library
S. Linn St
Hill
HarperCollins Publishers
National Best Sellers List Highlights Top Ten
Publisher's Weekly lists fiction and non fiction best sellers led by The Hit Baldacci Whiskey Beach Roberts and Gone Girl Flynn in fiction and Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Sedaris Lean In Sandberg and Cooked Pollan in non fiction. The ten titles span crime romance memoir and diet wellness with authors including Kinsella Roberson and Paltrow among others.
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Sedaris
Keller
Sandberg
Harper
Pollan
Robertson
Starrett
Paltrow
Vader
Baldacci
Owls” Sedaris
Pomroy
Whiskey Beach
Best-Selling Books List Snapshot
Local best sellers include non fiction and fiction titles. Notable entries are Let's Explore Diabetes and The Light Between Oceans. Classics like The Great Gatsby and Oh the Places You'll Go appear alongside The Orphan Train and Paris the Novel.
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