Book Reviews

This cover image released by Gallery Books shows "The Close-Up" by Pip Drysdale. (Gallery Books via AP)

Book Review: Pip Drysdale’s new Hollywood thriller ‘The Close-Up’ weighs legacy against love

News leaks that author Zoe is dating famous action actor Zach, spurring a string of hateful comments. Someone starts stalking her, and they seem to be following the plot of Zoe’s debut novel in which the protagonist dies in the end.

This cover image released by Knopf shows "The Rivals" by Jane Pek. (Knopf via AP)

Book Review: ‘The Rivals’ is Jane Pek’s fine new mystery novel of online dating, love and death

This cover image released by Putnam shows "Bellevue" by Robin Cook. (Putnam via AP)

Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital

This cover image released by Rowman & Littlefield shows "Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America" by William Elliott Hazelgrove. (Rowman & Littlefield via AP)

Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

This cover image released by Mariner Books shows "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" by Naomi Wood. (Mariner via AP)

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

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