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Review: Ape House, by Sara Gruen

Posted on 14 October 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Gruen put a great deal of time and effort into the research for this novel,…Continue Reading

Review: The Forever Girl, by Alexander McCall Smith

Posted on 06 October 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR The Forever Girl, by Alexander McCall Smith There is a young girl named Sally who…Continue Reading

Review: Requiem, by Frances Itani

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Requiem, by Frances Itani If you were living in Raymond in 1941, you would have…Continue Reading

Review: The Charm School, by Nelson Demille

Posted on 22 September 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Just outside the town of Borodino, not far from Moscow, is an abandoned air force…Continue Reading

Review: Wayfaring Stranger, by James Lee Burke

Posted on 09 September 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Burke has been around for a long time. He’s pushing 80 and shows no sign…Continue Reading

Review: Natchez Burning, by Greg Iles

Posted on 01 September 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR This is a novel about the American South. A major theme is the relationship between…Continue Reading

Review: Strange Shores, by Arnaldur Indridason

Posted on 25 August 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Indridason is an Icelandic author whose novels, naturally, are set in Iceland, where bad winter…Continue Reading

Review: Never Look Away, by Linwood Barclay

Posted on 24 August 2015 by staff

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR One of the first things that happens is that four-year-old Ethan Harwood’s mother looks away…Continue Reading

Review: Strange Shores, by Arnaldur Indridason

Posted on 18 August 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Indridason is an Icelandic author whose novels, naturally, are set in Iceland, where bad winter…Continue Reading