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WWII fiction

Jan

8

2019

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Kristine Kaufman

Stacking Up the Bodies: Mysteries to Get You Through Winter

Nothing warms up a cold, dark winter evening quite like a good murder mystery. And nothing makes a cold, dark winter pass more quickly than binge-reading murder mysteries written in series. So stack ‘em up, and start with these suggestions to keep you warm ‘til spring… I recently reread Edmund Crispin’s The Moving Toyshop after …

Aug

30

2018

Citadel

Citadel by Kate Mosse

After nearly 40 years as a book professional, I retired in 2011 and began traveling for pleasure. Many of the trips my wife and I have taken have a close relationship to books I have read. In 2011 we traveled to Carcassonne in southwestern France. I had read several books in which that part of …

Apr

13

2018

2

remarks

Kristine Kaufman

“Pick This Next…”

Throughout my career as a bookseller, one of my favorite duties was selecting the books to be displayed on the bookstore’s Front Table. Usually just inside the front door, a stack on that table was the best way to tell fellow readers “pick this one next.” Now that I’m retired, I no longer have such …

Dec

1

2016

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
by Chris Cleave

For the last few days, if you had looked for me you would have found me curled up with a blanket and Chris Cleave’s newest work of WWII fiction. From the first page, I was captivated by the endearing naivete of the heroine and the originality of the two men who eventually vie for her …

Jul

20

2015

Mortal Terror

A Mortal Terror by James Benn

James Benn, a former librarian, continues his series of WWII mysteries featuring Billy Boyle, a former Boston police detective. A Mortal Terror finds Billy and his team in Italy around the time of the Anzio landings. A lieutenant and a captain are found murdered, the former holding a 10 of hearts (playing card) and the latter …

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