Books in Brief

A collection of book reviews by Patricia Skalka — A Chicago native, life-long reader and author of "Death Stalks Door County," "Death at Gills Rock," "Death in Cold Water," and "Death on a Ferry," the first four volumes in the Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series.

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The Insect Farm by Stuart Pebbles

Creepy describes both the physical environment and the plot of this suspense novel that serves up five dead bodies and Continue reading →

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

Brooklyn is a trifecta of a novel. In telling the tale of Eilis Lacey’s journey from Ireland to America, Colm Continue reading →

Principles of Navigation by Lynn Sloan

In her debut novel, Lynn Sloan relates a complex story of love and betrayal and the kind of longing that Continue reading →

Notes for the Earthbound by John Mauk

Exit the Ohio turnpike or the interstate and you encounter the world as seen through the eyes of John Mauk. Continue reading →

Lost for Words by Edward St. Aubyn

Politics may bring together strange bedfellows but so apparently does the world of literary competition. In Lost for Words, novelist Edward Continue reading →

Cementville by Paulette Livers

On the opening page of this amazing novel, seven black hearses roll down the highway toward the small  Kentucky town Continue reading →

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A sprawling tale of love and loss, Americanah tracks the immigrant experience of two Nigerians, childhood sweethearts who seek to Continue reading →

Murder In The Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough

Nero Wolfe lives. Although Rex Stout, creator of the popular series, died in 1975, the iconic investigator continues to thrive Continue reading →

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