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The Thousand

February 15, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The brilliant and possibly crazy composer Solomon Gold was murdered while, supposedly, finishing a perfect completion of Mozart’s Requiem. His daughter, Canada, never quite got over the tragedy – but when she ends up back home in Chicago on a seemingly innocuous consulting gig, the truth behind her father, her family, and her particular set of special skills with math and observation bubbles to the surface. And on her heels, a wolf: a mysterious organization known as […]

Categories: Fiction, Mystery • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chicago, Conspiracy, Fiction, Kevin Guilfoile, Music, Mystery, Pythagoras, Reviews, The Thousand, Thriller

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The Ghost Network

May 6, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In January 2010, a trailblazing young pop star disappeared. Several months later, a young woman drowned in Lake Michigan. Cyrus Archer, a fading academic, begins to draw connections between the two – and this book is his non-fiction account of the connections he found, involving mysterious societies and forgotten architecture. The Review: I enjoy a good oral history (fictional or otherwise) but a fictional non-fiction piece can be tricky. Especially when you’re presenting it with footnotes and all […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Reviews, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Catie Disabato, Chicago, Fiction, Lady Gaga, Literature, Melville House, Mystery, Pop, Secret Societies, The Ghost Network, TNBBC

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