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Bestselling books the week of 1/31/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
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Standing in Another Man's Grave
Scottish detective John Rebus returns for another atmospheric mystery.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/31/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse Maeve Binchy is remembered by Ireland's leaders, fellow writers
Irish author Maeve Binchy died at the age of 72.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
I've often thought that Ebenezer Scrooge's famous indictment of holiday well-wishers would make a terrific set-up for a mystery. "If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart." Failing that, here are five 2011 mysteries for the suspense lover on your Christmas list. A legend returns, officially; murder pays a visit to Austen; an Old Bailey hack reminds us how much we miss his creator; a Scottish writer returns to old haunts with a new hero; and a freelance journalist stumbles onto murder and Noel Coward impersonators in rural Michigan.
12/15/2011 12:33 pm -
Top Picks: '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's latest album, 'The Complaints,' and more
Danny Boyle's cinematic survival tale '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's soulful album 'Mission Bell,' Ian Rankin's intriguing detective story 'The Complaints,' and more recommendations.
03/14/2011 01:05 am -
Chapter & Verse Beyond Elmore Leonard: 10 rules for writing
The Guardian asked a cluster of well-known authors for their tricks of the trade. Some of their answers may surprise you.
02/23/2010 12:29 pm -
Talking About Detective Fiction
Master mystery writer P.D. James dissects her craft.
11/27/2009 12:00 am -
Best novels of 2008
The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best fiction books of 2008.
12/02/2008 12:00 am -
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A 'delicious' Latin music mix, quilts that qualify as art, the Iditarod from the comfort of your sofa, and more.
10/10/2008 01:00 am
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