A mystery by Vicki Delany: Ever wanted to immerse yourself in Christmas Town? Although Rudolph, New York, may not be called Christmas Town, it celebrates Christmas all year long. But this December might not be full of comfort and joy, as a murder is about to create havoc in this peaceful place.
Reviewed by Tama R. Howard: “Rise of the Legend” is a Chinese film that stars Sammo Hung as crime boss Master Lui and Eddie Peng as Wong Fei, a gifted martial arts prodigy who is out for revenge.
Reviewed by Jennifer Lively: Sarah Vowell’s latest work, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, published last fall, quickly found an audience among readers whose daily lives have been inundated with stories regarding the Founding Fathers. From the latest Broadway sensation, Hamilton, and talk of changing the face on the $20 bill, to patriotic bellows seeking to “make America great again,” the country’s revolutionary lore is seemingly at an all-time high.
Reviewed by Tameka Gordon | A mystery by Laura Childs — Although not a mystery fan, I thought of some personal association, I’d feel as I begun reading this story, having walked the streets of Charleston. I’ve seen the cobblestone alleys, horse drawn carriages, old plantation homes and war relics The Battery and Fort Sumter, all familiar sights serving as backdrops for the story that would play out in these pages.
Reviewed by Mike Nelson: “All the Light We Cannot See” is a beautifully written book that took the author ten years to finish. It follows the lives of two main protagonists, Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a young girl in France and Werner Pfennig, a German boy with a genius for electrical engineering as they grow up in the years before and during World War II.
Reviewed by Jen McQueen: Even when Augusten Burroughs’s life bores him, his charm and humor tug readers along. While successfully abstaining from alcohol, his ADD flares up and he tries a medication that causes the horrifying (and hilarious) intensification of his sense of smell.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Local author Andra Watkins thrills at bringing history alive. She did it earlier this month in a talk at the Charleston County Public Library. And she does it in her new supernatural mystery thriller, Hard to Die.
On Nov. 2, about 30 people gathered at the library to hear what I thought would be a regular author talk by Watkins to help the launch of a new book, which came out the day before. Her talk was anything but regular.
Reviewed by Jim McQueen | In The Risen, a grisly discovery brings back the events of the long-ago summer of 1969, and calls into question what troubled alcoholic Eugene thinks he knows about what happened between his older brother, now a successful surgeon, and Ligeia, the worldly, free-spirited beauty “from off” who captivated them both when they were teenagers.
Reviewed by Michel Hammes: If you would like to know more about elephants, but want the information wrapped in a spellbinding mystery with an unexpected plot twist…Leaving Time is a must read.
Reviewed by Darryl Woods: The conceit of this nonfiction book about the hit 90’s sitcom Seinfeld is that Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld and the writers of the show were able to create a strange cross-dimensional plateau where the lines between real lives and fictional characters meet and those lines become blurred.
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