During the past few months, I’ve seen many references to Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1984, 311 pages in softcover format)....

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Allen Baraldi/The Madera Tribune More than 40 authors set up tables to display and sell their books during the Heart of California Book...

I’ve read a few of Greg Iles’ more recent novels, all stand-alones, and I enjoyed each of them. I decided to do a quick search on the...

The Gift Although I discovered Freida McFadden only within the past year, she inched her way onto my list of favorable authors, replacing...

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If you love exciting mysteries, likable lawyers, and great plots, and you haven’t discovered Paul Levine, let me introduce you. Levine is...

Picturesque Catalina Island lies just a bit more than 20 miles off the coast of Southern California. Its major source of revenue is...