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“The Medici Murders” by David Hewson
Venice is one of my favorite cities worldwide, so I jumped right into the story when I learned about the new Venetian mystery novel. The author, David Hewson, notes that in Italian, the word “storia” indicates both history and a story. Fittingly, the novel’s main plot is a story of murder in Venice, but in
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“48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister” by Joyce Carol Oates
My friend once told me that she doesn’t trust beautiful people because they have it so much easier. Georgene, the young heroine of “48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister,” by Joyce Carol Oates, talks about her sister: “Her beauty, that was unjust. For all beauty is unjust.” Then she goes further: she hates
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“Foster” by Claire Keegan
A short gourmet comparison: I’d rather have one exquisite chocolate or a bag of cheap, sugary candies. Undoubtedly enjoying superb chocolate doesn’t last as long as the seemingly endless chewing of sweets, yet the quality of the experience is incomparable. This is the case with Claire Keegan’s short novel “Foster.” It’s easy to finish it
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