“The Rivals” is the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane Pek. (Knopf via AP) Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark […]
Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside […]
Chris Myers recounts his career in broadcasting in “That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks.” (William Morrow via AP) There are few sports journalists working today with a […]
“Lazarus Man” author Richard Price has written award winning screenplays and books. (FSG via AP) Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hard to beat: To episodes […]
“Those Opulent Days” is Jacquie Pham’s first novel. (Atlantic Monthly Press via AP) It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina […]
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