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January 17, 2025

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Greetings to those who may be reading this newsletter for the first time. We have seen a huge increase in subscribers following our End-of-the-Year contest.

Francesca, our Contest Coordinator, and I hunkered down on Wednesday to mail the prizes for the Year-End Bets On contest. My kitchen table had 80 books on it when we started the packing. A randomizer was used to select the winners --- and from there we tried to match readers with the books we thought they would enjoy reading from the genres that they noted in their entries. Yes, we took our roles as book concierges very seriously.

Each box was carefully packed and taped shut. Winners also will find bookmarks for themselves and to share with friends. The Grand Prize winner was Elizabeth E. from Grand Island, NY. I hope that she sends us a photo of herself with her stacks of 40 books. You can see the names of the rest of the winners here --- all 10 of them. We also would like to see pictures of them with their prizes. I hope we selected well for them. As always, if winners already read any of the books, they can be shared with family and friends.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the contest!

My latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview is with Lisa Genova, whose new novel, MORE OR LESS MADDY, will be a Bets On selection.

Lisa shares what drew her to write about a young woman with bipolar disorder and her research on the subject, which included conversations with people who have been diagnosed with it. She talks about how both the diagnosis and the treatment of bipolar disorder can be challenging; there is no one way to treat it, and treatment takes time.

Maddy longs to be a stand-up comedian, and Lisa explains how she learned more about that topic, including her own set on stage to give it a try. As always, Lisa speaks about wanting to have readers leave her books with empathy and understanding. Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast.

We have our review of MORE OR LESS MADDY from Rebecca Munro, who says, “Lisa Genova is unflinching in her exploration of Maddy’s disease but is never exploitative. The way she writes her highs and lows is incredibly immersive, almost terrifying in its easy slide into madness. But what is clear throughout is how deeply she is rooting for Maddy. And you are too.... As with any Lisa Genova novel, you are sure to fall in love with the protagonist, but you also will walk away with a new compassion and empathy for everyone around you…and maybe even yourself.” Don’t miss my Bets On commentary in next week’s newsletter.

Enter Our New Word of Mouth Contest
MORE OR LESS MADDY is one of the prizes in our latest Word of Mouth contest, along with GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson, another future Bets On pick that releases on January 28th. Let us know by Friday, January 31st at noon ET what books you’ve read, and you’ll be in the running to win both these titles.

This is your last Weekly Update newsletter reminder to sign up for our special Winter Preview evening event, which we will be hosting on Wednesday, January 22nd at 8pm ET.

I will be presenting a number of books releasing this winter that we think you will enjoy reading over the next few months. You can register for the program by clicking here. We have a stellar lineup of titles, and I look forward to sharing them with you!

If you have friends who are readers, please invite them to join us as well. As we do with all of our “Bookaccino Live” book preview events, those who attend live can share the titles from the presentation that they would most like to read and be entered in a contest to win one of three books culled from our shelves.

As promised, the video of last Wednesday’s “Bookaccino Live” book preview afternoon event is now available. We shared 41 books releasing between now and February 4th, along with 12 from March, that we wanted you to know about. Click here to watch the presentation and here for a list of the featured titles.

Rusty Sabich returns to the courtroom to defend his girlfriend's son against first-degree murder charges in PRESUMED GUILTY, which is one of our Winter Reading prize titles. Scott Turow’s latest legal thriller is the third book to feature the former judge, prosecutor and defense attorney, following PRESUMED INNOCENT and INNOCENT.

Stuart Shiffman has our review and says, “Turow does a fine job of identifying many of the outside pressures that often impact criminal prosecutions.... In the end, the trial concludes as readers knew it would. But Turow has one more twist up his sleeve that I thought might occur. I cannot elaborate any further. It is safe to say that this latest chapter in the life of Rusty Sabich is complex and page-turning. Few writers are as good as Turow, and PRESUMED GUILTY is another in a long list of outstanding novels.”

I am reading this one now, and I agree with Stuart about Scott's talent. I am looking forward to interviewing Scott in two weeks.

Featured Review: PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow

PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow (Legal Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Grover Gardner
Rusty Sabich is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail. Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron. And when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder. Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman.

- Click here to read more about the book.

Click here to read our review.

Don't miss Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview
with Scott Turow later this month.

Featured Review: BEAUTIFUL UGLY by Alice Feeney
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

BEAUTIFUL UGLY by Alice Feeney (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton
Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there…but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible --- a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

- Click here to read more about the book.

Click here to read our review.

BEAUTIFUL UGLY will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary in next week's newsletter.

Featured Review: MORE OR LESS MADDY by Lisa Genova
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

MORE OR LESS MADDY by Lisa Genova (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Tessa Albertson
Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it’s normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn’t help that she’s always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy’s latest low is devastatingly low, and she goes on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. As she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects that bipolar has on her identity, her relationships and her life dreams, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Lisa Genova.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.

Click here to read our review.

MORE OR LESS MADDY will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary in next week's newsletter.

Bookreporter.com Bets On:
THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis
and THE NOTE by Alafair Burke

THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis (Historical Mystery)
I have been a passionate reader of Fiona Davis’ novels --- all eight of them. So when I tell you that I think THE STOLEN QUEEN is her best one, it’s really high praise.

As long-time readers know, Fiona sets her books in iconic New York City buildings. This time it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As always, there are two time frames. This one takes place in 1936 and 1978.

In Egypt, the setting for the earlier chapters, Charlotte Cross is on a dig with a number of other archaeologists. Along the way, she finds a tomb that has not been completely researched. It belongs to Hathorkare, a female pharaoh who has not been given her due in history. Charlotte finds a broad collar in gold, which hints that this woman had been regal. Fiona has us entrenched in the ruins with the team, and we feel like we are dusting off the treasures found there.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here for the discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Fiona Davis.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.

Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on THE STOLEN QUEEN.
 

THE NOTE by Alafair Burke (Psychological Thriller)
In THE NOTE by Alafair Burke, three friends have decamped to a stunning place in the Hamptons for a reunion visit. It all sounds idyllic, but this is a thriller, so don’t settle back in your chair and relax.

Lauren, Kelsey and May have not seen each other in a while. But it quickly becomes clear that had they not attended the same camp in the past, they probably would not be in each other’s lives. They were close at one time, but we don’t know exactly why they’re spending time together now. Is it to share memories, or something else? Each has a history that is carefully parsed to readers, as something scandalous or embarrassing has happened to them. They know some of each other’s secrets, but not all of them. Alafair does a great job of drawing us deeper and deeper into their lives.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review.

Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on THE NOTE.

Featured Review:
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS? by Tracey Lange
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS? by Tracey Lange (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Stephanie Németh-Parker and William DeMeritt
When Kyle McCray gets word that his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, he returns to his hometown of Potsdam, New York. Kyle left suddenly two-and-a-half years ago, abandoning people who depended on him: his father, his employees, his friends --- not to mention Casey, his wife of 16 years and a beloved teacher in town. He plans to lie low and help his dad recuperate until he can leave again. The longer he’s home, the more Kyle understands the impact his departure has had on the people he left behind. When he’s presented with an opportunity for redemption as the coach of the floundering middle-school hockey team, he begins to find compassion in unexpected places. Kyle even considers staying in Potsdam, but that’s only possible if he and Casey can come to some kind of peace with each other. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here for the discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com.

Click here to read our review.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS? will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Don't miss Carol's interview with Tracey Lange in next week's newsletter, followed by her Bets On commentary in the January 31st newsletter.

Featured Review:
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS
by Grady Hendrix

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix (Gothic Thriller/Horror)
Audiobook available; read by Leslie Howard, Hillary Huber and Sara Morsey
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption and forget any of it ever happened. Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970; she’s pregnant, terrified and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. Everything they eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.

Click here to read our review.

Featured Review: PLAYWORLD by Adam Ross

PLAYWORLD by Adam Ross (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Adam Ross
Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show “The Nuclear Family” and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep --- along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach --- he's teetering on the edge of collapse. Then comes Naomi Shah, 22 years Griffin’s senior. Unwilling to lay his burdens on his shrink --- whom he shares with his father, mother and younger brother, Oren --- Griffin soon finds himself in the back of Naomi’s Mercedes sedan, again and again, confessing all to the one person who might do him the most harm. Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.

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Click here to read our review.

Bookreporter.com's 10th Annual
Winter Reading Contests and Feature

Register for the Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel on Wednesday, January 22nd: A Free Virtual Event

On Wednesday, January 22nd at 7pm ET, Leigh Haber --- who most recently was the director of Oprah's Book Club and Vice President of Books for O, The Oprah Magazine --- will host the Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel, a free virtual event sponsored by Publishers Lunch and the American Booksellers Association.

Five authors will chat with their editors about their forthcoming titles:

• Dennard Dayle (HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL)
• Jefferson Fisher (THE NEXT CONVERSATION: Argue Less, Talk More)
• Nanda Reddy (A GIRL WITHIN A GIRL WITHIN A GIRL)
• Louis Sachar (THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE)
• Katie Yee (MAGGIE; OR, A MAN AND A WOMAN WALK INTO A BAR)

Be sure to download the entire Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer guide to read excerpts of these titles, as well as dozens more, before the event.

Click here to sign up for the event.

More Reviews This Week

CROSS MY HEART by Megan Collins (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Gail Shalan and Chris Andrew Ciulla
A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, Rosie Lachlan is working at her parents’ bridal salon. After receiving a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects that her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect. But Rosie has a secret: Now that she has his wife’s heart, she’s convinced that she and Morgan are meant to be together. As she and Morgan correspond, the pretense of avoiding personal details soon disappears, even if Rosie is keeping some cards close to her chest. But as she digs deeper into Morgan’s previous marriage, she discovers disturbing rumors about the man she’s falling for. Could Morgan have had something to do with his late wife’s death? Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.

PRO BONO by Thomas Perry (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by L.J. Ganser
Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme --- one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before and led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience. He can’t get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at and has his briefcase stolen. As Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

THE TEXAS MURDERS by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle (Thriller/Western)
Audiobook available, read by Christopher Ryan Grant
Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer. When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case. Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police. The investigation leads to the edges of Texas’s most unforgiving landscape, where the officers take dead aim with every shot in their arsenals. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

EDDIE WINSTON IS LOOKING FOR LOVE by Marianne Cronin (Fiction)
Audiobook available; read by Kim Durham, Clare Corbett and Natalie Nightingale
Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed. A true gentleman and an incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along the way. And it is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, at 24 years old, has just lost the love of her life. When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help him finally find love. This sparks an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie to the moment he has waited for all his life. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.

ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD by Eiren Caffall (Science Fiction/Dystopian Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Eunice Wong
ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents, and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.

STRANGE PICTURES written by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion (Mystery/Horror)
Audiobook available, read by Andrew Grace
A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbit hole that will reveal a horrifying reality. Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.

THE FORGER'S REQUIEM by Bradford Morrow (Literary Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Christina Delaine
Assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, literary forger Henry Slader awakens in a shallow grave. He exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will’s downfall, and make a fortune along the way --- armed with a devastating secret about Will’s past. Slader quickly draws in Will’s daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. As Nicole’s skill grows, so does her devotion to --- and doubts about --- her father’s integrity, until she commits the ultimate betrayal for the sake of his freedom. She forges a suite of brilliantly convincing and surpassingly valuable letters by FRANKENSTEIN author Mary Shelley --- planting within them the seeds of Slader’s doom. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON by Erika Swyler (Dystopian Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Shiromi Arserio
A walled city built to protect and preserve the people who managed to survive a series of great cataclysms, Bulwark was founded on a system where sacrifice is rewarded by the AI that runs the city. Over generations, an elite class has evolved from the descendants of those who gave up the most to found mankind’s last stronghold, called the Sainted. Saint Enita Malovis feels the end of her life and decades of work as a bio-prosthetist approaching. She is determined to preserve her legacy and decides to create a physical being, called Nix, filled with her knowledge and experience. In the midst of her project, a fellow Sainted is brutally murdered and the city AI inexplicably erases the event from its data. Soon, Enita and Nix are drawn into the growing war that could change everything between Bulwark’s hidden underclass and the programs that impose and maintain order. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

Next Week's Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on January 21st

Below are some notable titles releasing on January 21st that we would like to make you aware of. We will have more on many of these books in the weeks to come. For a list of additional hardcovers and paperbacks available the week of January 20th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.

A DEATH IN DIAMONDS by SJ Bennett (Historical Mystery)
Two murders in Chelsea plague amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II in the fourth book of this charming series, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear.

I DREAM OF JONI: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots by Henry Alford (Music/Essays)
The eternal singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes and lyrics by Henry Alford, a writer for The New Yorker.

LET’S CALL HER BARBIE by Renée Rosen (Historical Fiction)
She was only 11 ½ inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros (Fantasy/Romance)
After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.

THREE WILD DOGS (and the truth): A Memoir by Markus Zusak (Memoir)
In this poignant, funny and disarmingly honest memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE BOOK THIEF tells of his family’s adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs. It's a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of animals family.

WE DO NOT PART written by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Fiction)
Han Kang’s most revelatory book since THE VEGETARIAN and winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, WE DO NOT PART tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.

Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.

From left to right: Scott Turow, Alison Gaylin

Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events

Here are four upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.

Wednesday, January 22nd at 7pm ET: Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel: Leigh Haber will host the Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel, a virtual event sponsored by Publishers Lunch and the American Booksellers Association. Five authors will chat with their editors about their forthcoming titles.

Wednesday, January 22nd at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with Scott Turow about PRESUMED GUILTY, his third legal thriller featuring former Kindle County prosecutor Rusty Sabich, following PRESUMED INNOCENT and INNOCENT.

Wednesday, January 22nd at 8pm ET: "Bookaccino Live" Winter Preview Event: Carol Fitzgerald will talk about a number of books releasing this winter that we think you will enjoy reading over the next few months. Included will be fiction; historical fiction; thrillers and mysteries; and memoirs, biographies and other nonfiction.

Thursday, January 23rd at 7pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Alison Gaylin will be in conversation with WILD FAITH author Talia Lavin about her latest thriller, WE ARE WATCHING, in which a mother is desperate to protect her family as they become targets of a group of violent conspiracy theorists.

 "Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts

“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers a long-form, in-depth author interview every week. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)

Here is our latest interview:

• Lisa Genova (MORE OR LESS MADDY) Video | Podcast

Other authors we've interviewed include:

• Laura Dave (THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM) Video | Podcast
• Fiona Davis (THE STOLEN QUEEN) Video | Podcast
• Paula Hawkins (THE BLUE HOUR) Video | Podcast
• Jean Hanff Korelitz (THE SEQUEL) Video | Podcast
• Amy Neff (THE DAYS I LOVED YOU MOST) Video | Podcast
• T.J. Newman (WORST CASE SCENARIO) Video | Podcast
• Susan Rieger (LIKE MOTHER, LIKE MOTHER) Video | Podcast
• Dawn Tripp (JACKIE) Video | Podcast
• Sharon Virts (THE GRAYS OF TRUTH) Video | Podcast
• Chris Whitaker (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) Video | Podcast

Upcoming interviews include:

• Michelle Horton (DEAR SISTER: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds)
• Tracey Lange (WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS?)
• Scott Turow (PRESUMED GUILTY)
• Charmaine Wilkerson (GOOD DIRT)

Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.

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