Having Read That with Brian Vakulskas

Author: Kate Winkler Dawson Book: ALL THAT IS WICKED: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (October 4, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Acclaimed crime historian, podcaster, and author of American Sherlock Kate Winkler Dawson tells the thrilling story of Edward Rulloff—a serial murderer who […]

Author: Yeva Skalietska Book: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT WAR IS: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine Publishing: Union Square & Co. (October 25, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): An inspiring memoir of resilience by a young survivor of the war in Ukraine, as told through her diary entries—a harrowing and ultimately hopeful survival […]

Author: Beverly Gage Book: G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century Publishing: Viking (November 22, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography”—The New Yorker “Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive […]

Cartoonist: Harry Bliss (with author Steve Martin) Book: NUMBER ONE IS WALKING: MY Life in the Movies and other Diversions Publishing: Celadon Books (November 15, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin’s cinematic legacy―an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork […]

Author: Jeffery Deaver Book: HUNTING TIME: A Colter Shaw Novel Publication: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (November 22, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The New York Times bestselling master of suspense is back with a riveting thriller, as reward seeker Colter Shaw plunges into the woods and races the clock in a case where nothing is quite […]

Author: John A. Farrell Book: TED KENNEDY: A Life Publishing: Penguin Press (October 25, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION An enthralling and ground-breaking new biography of one of modern America’s most fascinating and consequential political figures, drawing on important new sources, by an award-winning biographer who […]

Editor: Ann R. Williams Book: TREASURES OF EGYPT: A Legacy in Photographs from the Pyramids to Cleopatra Publishing: National Geographic (October 18, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Drawing from National Geographic’s unparalleled photo archive, the images in this breathtaking volume celebrate the vibrant beauty and rich cultural heritage of Egypt on the 100th anniversary of […]

Author: Scott Turow Book: SUSPECT: A Thriller Publishing: Grand Central Publishing (September 27, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial returns with a riveting legal thriller in which a reckless private detective is embroiled in a fraught police scandal. For as long as […]

Author: Robert Crais Book: RACING THE LIGHT: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (November 1, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): *On Reader’s Digest‘s list of “30 new books we can’t wait to read in 2022″* Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case […]

‎Author: April White Book: THE DIVORCE COLONY: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier Publishing: Hachette Books (June 14, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): **AN AMAZON “BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH (Nonfiction)” (June 2022)** **AN APPLE “BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH ” (June 2022)** From a historian and senior editor at Atlas […]