J. Kingston Pierce – JANUARY MAGAZINE

Non-Fiction: <i>The Feather Thief</i> by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Non-Fiction: The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

On June 25, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Steven Nester, host of Poets of the Tabloid Murder, a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange [PRX]. Nester is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Rap Sheet, Mystery…

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Presidents and Page-Turners

On June 4, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

Today marks the official publication date of The President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (Little, Brown). The first thriller ever penned by a onetime American president, this 528-page novel boasts all the hallmarks of a best-seller. It likely also…

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Non-Fiction: Trump Under Scrutiny

On May 28, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…

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Non-Fiction: TV Books A-Go-Go

On April 12, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: Perhaps not surprisingly, Southern California novelist and screenwriter Lee Goldberg — who’s concocted scripts for such notable television series as Diagnosis: Murder, Spenser: For Hire and Monk, and penned more than a dozen Monk TV tie-in novels — is a…

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Non-Fiction: <i>Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement</i> by Carl Cederström and André Spicer

Non-Fiction: Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement by Carl Cederström and André Spicer

On March 19, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…

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Spring’s Most-Wanted Crime Yarns

On March 7, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

With spring in the Northern Hemisphere fast approaching—on March 20—The Rap Sheet has posted its latest seasonal round-up of new and soon-to-be-released books of particular interest to fans of crime, mystery and thriller fiction. Among the authors represented in that rundown are…

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Non-Fiction: <i>In the Shadows of the American Century</i> <br>by Alfred W. McCoy

Non-Fiction: In the Shadows of the American Century
by Alfred W. McCoy

On January 17, 2018 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…

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Non-Fiction: <i>The War and Environment Reader</i><br> by Gar Smith

Non-Fiction: The War and Environment Reader
by Gar Smith

On November 9, 2017 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…

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Crime Fiction: The Story Behind <i>Lone Wolf</i>

Crime Fiction: The Story Behind Lone Wolf

On September 27, 2017 by J. Kingston Pierce

(Editor’s note: The husband-and-wife team of Daniela De Gregorio and Michael G. Jacob, who write under the byline “Michael Gregorio,” first came to reader attention with the publication of their first novel, Critique of Criminal Reason (2006), an outstanding historical mystery featuring…

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Crime Fiction: <i>The Late Show</i> by Michael Connelly

Crime Fiction: The Late Show by Michael Connelly

On September 22, 2017 by J. Kingston Pierce

The Late Show (Little, Brown) brings the debut of an exciting new lead character for Los Angeles author Michael Connelly. Known around the world for his gripping series of novels featuring now-retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch, as well as his successful series…

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