Life Imitates Fiction as Vermont Mayor Becomes Constable
Archer Mayor, novelist of Joe Gunther police novels, serves a one year term as Newfane constable. He aims to study conflict resolution, research for plots, and maintain nonlethal duties while readers see how real police work informs his fiction.
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Archer
Joe Gunther
Gunther
Mayor
Brattleboro
Vermont
Brookline
Burlington
Steve Jeffrey
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Archer Mayor
Indiana traces Cunanan life in Three Month Fever review
Indiana reconstructs the life of Andrew Cunanan, killer of Gianni Versace, through interviews, police and autopsy reports, and interior voice narration. The biography portrays a man desperate for love and fame whose self-made myth collapsed, while noting the book’s narrow scope and late momentum.
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Gary Indiana
Andrew Cunanan
Gianni Versace
Cunanan
Indiana
Versace
Miami Beach
Fla
Dillinger
FBI
Los Angeles
Andrew
JonBenet Ramsey
O.J. Simpson
Menendez
Princess di
Monica Lewinsky
A New Song by Jan Karon: religion and light on Whitecap Island
Novel weaves Christian Southern tone around Father Tim Kavanaugh on Whitecap Island North Carolina. Describes charming parish life, strong marriage, vivid Episcopal characters, and a gentle, prayerful tone with limited conflict and no graphic content.
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Jan Karon
Viking
Karen
Tim Kavanaugh
Whitecap Island
North Carolina
Kavanaugh
Cynthia
Mitford
The Sabbathday River thriller weaves a New Hampshire murder case
Jean Hanff Korelitz crafts a tight mystery set in Goddard a small New Hampshire town where a newborn is found in a river Naomi Roth a transplanted New York liberal prompts Heather Pratt to confess to a double infanticide as suspicions swirl A Jewish attorney Judith Fried man defends Heather exposing prejudice and a gripping courtroom finale
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Jean Hanff Korelitz
New Hampshire
Naomi Roth
New York
Goddard
Heather Pratt
Naomi
Heather
Judith Friedman
Judith
Bestselling books list from Publishers Weekly
Nation's top books across categories are tallied with 14 hardcover fiction titles led by Star Wars Episode I and White Oleander, plus notable nonfiction such as The Greatest Generation and Tuesdays With Morrie. Mass market and trade paperbacks round out the top 14 in each group with familiar authors and titles across genres.
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Terry Brooks
Janet Fitch
Mary Higgins Clark
Jan Karon
Tom Gordon
Stephen King
David Guterson
John Grisham
Danielle Steel
Vittorio the Vampire
Anne Rice
Barbara Kingsolver
Soul of
Terry Goodkind
Tara Road
Maeve Binchy
the Hours
Michael Cunningham
Joining
Johanna Lindsey
Tom Brokaw
Morrie
Mitch Albom
Iyanla Vanzant
Frances Mayes
George Stephanopoulos
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Mary Dan Eades
Anita Shreve
Gary Zukav
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Arthur Golden
Wally Lamb
Rebecca Wells
Bernhard Schlink
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