

Central Valley authors gather for Book Faire
Allen Baraldi/The Madera Tribune More than 40 authors set up tables to display and sell their books during the Heart of California Book...
Nancy Simpson
Aug 28, 2025
Book Talk: Greg Iles, ‘The Quiet Game’
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...
Jim Glynn
Aug 27, 2025
Book Talk: A short story and a confusing plot
The Gift Although I discovered Freida McFadden only within the past year, she inched her way onto my list of favorable authors, replacing...
Jim Glynn
Aug 20, 2025
Book Talk: Baldacci, ‘A Calamity of Souls’
“A Calamity of Souls” (2024, 480 pages in hardback format) is set in southern Virginia in 1968, a time when George Wallace was running...
Jim Glynn
Aug 13, 2025
Book Talk: Paul Levine — the Jake Lassiter series
If you love exciting mysteries, likable lawyers, and great plots, and you haven’t discovered Paul Levine, let me introduce you. Levine is...
Jim Glynn
Jul 30, 2025
Book Talk: Connelly, ‘Nightshade’
Picturesque Catalina Island lies just a bit more than 20 miles off the coast of Southern California. Its major source of revenue is...
Jim Glynn
Jul 23, 2025
Book Talk: J.P. Delaney, ‘Believe Me’
J.P. Delaney, a pseudonym for Tony Strong, is a seasoned writer of mystery fiction whose “The Girl Before” has been made into a major TV...
Jim Glynn
Jul 16, 2025
Book Talk: Thomas Perry, ‘Strip’
Poor Manco Kapak. He’s just making a night deposit at the bank when he gets held up by a thief who steals his $20,000. Then he gets...
Jim Glynn
Jul 2, 2025



