Walk into any bookstore or library and you’ll find them: the big signs overhead that guide you to “Fiction” and “Nonfiction.” Oh sure, there are signs for subcategories too, like “Mystery” and “Biography.” But let’s just think for a moment about that binary Fiction/Nonfiction divide. Are we really sure where to draw the line? Here’s…
My wife Ellen’s maiden name is Highsmith. And yes, she’s related. Which was the entire flimsy reason that I decided to read each of Aunt Pat’s five Tom Ripley thrillers. That and my love of all things Alfred Hitchcock—especially Strangers on a Train, the movie Hitch made from Patricia Highsmith’s first published novel. If you’ve…
The Bookworm by Mitch Silver takes readers from a secret operation during World War II―with appearances by Noel Coward and Winston Churchill―to present day London and Moscow, where Lara Klimt, “the Bookworm,” must employ all her skills to prevent an international conspiracy. Moscow-based Larissa “Lara” Menelova Klimt (aka “The Bookworm” to her friends) is a…
The Bookworm by Mitch Silver takes readers from a secret operation during World War II―with appearances by Noel Coward and Winston Churchill―to present day London and Moscow, where Lara Klimt, “the Bookworm,” must employ all her skills to prevent an international conspiracy. Why did Hitler chose not to invade England when he had the chance?…
