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  The following interviews, reviews and features began running on the Bookreporter.com website on Friday, November 12th.
  The first victim is attacked in her home, tied to her bed and forced to watch everything, but unable to scream. The second is more twisted, with a message for the police stuffed in the victim's throat: a fractured nursery rhyme with the warning “There will be more.” For detective Jack Murphy, it's an invitation to play. And no one plays rougher than Jack --- especially when the killer's pawns are the people he loves. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub and excerpted.
  A riveting confession. A plot for revenge. A deal with the devil. Hidden strangers and horrifying discoveries. Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated enduring films like The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form. Reviewed by Roz Shea and excerpted.
  Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return for their fifth appearance in bestselling author David Baldacci’s most stunning adventure yet. This time, Stone is pulled back into service by the President to help uncover an alleged terrorist attack that occurs in the shadow of the White House at the place known as Hell’s Corner. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
  Beloved author Adriana Trigiani gets personal with these appealing stories about her grandmothers: Lucy (Lucia Spada Bonicelli) and Viola (Yolanda Perin Trigiani). These hard-working women are irresistibly inspiring, not only to their granddaughter --- who writes so lovingly about them --- but also to readers. Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon.
  Elsa has dreamed of becoming a nurse since she was a teenager and of helping those with lives more difficult than her own. With lipstick on, she can do anything --- even travel to Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11. But not even the violence of the ER can prepare her for what she is about to witness in Bamiyan. And if she hopes to survive, she’ll have to unveil the warrior within. Reviewed by Norah Piehl and excerpted.
  Montana ranches come with more than their share of trouble. The people who live there expect it, and some --- like ex-homicide detective Mike Wire --- even enjoy it. So when a paleontologist comes to dig for dinosaur bones that might be worth a fortune, Mike senses trouble. Because once those bones are discovered, they won’t stay buried. And with a murderer on the loose, he’ll have to fight to save the land he loves. Reviewed by Roz Shea and excerpted.
  Readers accustomed to Paul Auster’s complex narrative puzzles in novels like ORACLE NIGHT and MAN IN THE DARK will need to put aside their preconceptions when they pick up his latest work, a quiet, deceptively simple tale of a small group of damaged souls “hanging on by a thread,” as Auster described them in a recent interview. Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.
  They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare. SCORPIONS tells the story of Justices Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Hugo Black and Robert Jackson --- their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II and the Cold War. Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman.
  The months of April and May in 1865 were certainly one of the most eventful and important periods in American history. The capture of Richmond by the Union army, Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the surrender at Appomattox, the captures of Jefferson Davis and John Wilkes Booth, the final collapse of the Confederacy, and the 13-day journey of Lincoln’s funeral train still resonate in our national consciousness. Historian James Swanson brings it all to vivid life in this fascinating study. Reviewed by Robert Finn.
  The author of WICKED and SON OF A WITCH takes a departure from the dark side of fairy tales to visit a small town’s more colorful, albeit less normal, characters. There’s a religious mom whose teenagers are among the least likely to succeed, a gay choir leader with a big heart, and a group of ancient nuns hungry for entertainment. Reviewed by Kate Ayers.
  Striking in their emotional immediacy, the stories in BEFORE YOU SUFFOCATE YOUR OWN FOOL SELF are based on a world of inequalities --- where adolescent insecurities and community tensions complicate people’s identities and the choices they make. Reviewed by Sarah Hannah Gómez.
  When an unsuccessful screenwriter-turned-author gets hit by a cement truck in London, it seems like everything is over…until an American tourist brings posthumous fame to his obscure children’s series, The Hayseed Chronicles. While Arthur Hayman’s family reaps the benefits of his success, a host of others seek their share in the Hayseed phenomenon --- including Laurie, a mysterious girl with a hidden agenda of her own. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.
  In 1959, the Brown siblings enjoyed unprecedented success. Their only rival was Elvis, and the Beatles even tried to learn their secret --- a harmony achievable only through shared blood and a perfect pitch honed by the blade at their parents’ sawmill. But the bonds of family began to fray with fame. As her world narrows, Maxine Brown is left ailing and alone --- and looking for a last chance to secure her legacy. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
  The year was 1958, and Jean Hilliker had divorced her hustler husband, resurrecting her maiden name. Ten-year-old James hated his mother and “summoned her dead”… and she was murdered three months later. In THE HILLIKER CURSE, James Ellroy unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, detailing everything from his delinquent teens to his brilliant writing career --- even his relationship with an extraordinary woman who might be the long-sought Her. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
  Inspector Erlendur has spent his entire career evading ghosts. But now they’re visiting him: in a séance attended by a dead woman and in the puzzle of two people who’ve been missing for years. Then there’s the ghost of his disastrous marriage, and the brother who vanished when they were children. When they finally catch up with him, he’ll have to face the truth to his past. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
  Humanitarian aid worker Roberta Gately has set her sights on writing novels, impressing critics and authors alike with her spellbinding debut, LIPSTICK IN AFGHANISTAN. In the book, a young nurse named Elsa leaves behind the violent streets of South Boston to run a medical clinic in Afghanistan, armed with only her courage and a lucky tube of lipstick. In this interview, Gately talks about the real-life experiences that inspired her to write her first novel, elaborating on the courage of the Afghan people and the time she spent as a relief worker in the country’s remotest regions. She also muses on the magic of lipstick, speculates on the future of Elsa’s budding but forbidden romance with a charming American soldier, and shares plans for her next work of fiction.
  Retired Sergeant Rick Reed is reminding readers to shut their windows and secure their doors with his chilling debut novel, THE CRUELEST CUT, which follows Detective Jack Murphy as he tries to stop a cold-blooded and sadistic killer, who’s been leaving fragmented Mother Goose rhymes next to the bodies of his brutally murdered victims. In this interview with Bookreporter.com’s Joe Hartlaub, Reed talks about his former life as a police officer, elaborating on the dynamics between real-life detectives and the experiences that led him to join the force in the first place. He also speculates on the nature of serial killers --- and why the world will never be without them --- shares a few of his favorite authors, and sheds light on his plans for Jack’s future.
  Delilah Dickinson is finally looking forward to a nice, relaxing time leading her literary travel agency's latest tour at the annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans. After all, a group of intelligent, low-key English professors can't be too much trouble, right?
  Wrong, as it turns out. These academics don't waste any time showing their claws, especially when one of the professors claims he can prove Williams didn't write "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." But when the supposed real author --- Howard Burleson, apparently once a very close friend of Tennessee's --- turns up dead, Delilah knows she's got to get to the bottom of things...even if the truth is as dirty as all them lies!