Author: Matt Parker Book: HUMBLE PI: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World Publishing: Riverhead Books (January 21, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to […]

Author: David Rubenstein Book: THE AMERICAN STORY: Conversations with Master Historians Publishing: Simon & Schuster (October 29, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In […]

Here is my Davenport Cleaners Halftime interview with Dan Meers, who plays the role of K.C. Wolf, the mascot of the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs.  Meers has held this role for more than three decades and he is coming off an unforgettable Super Bowl Week in Miami.  As K.C. Wolf, Dan makes over […]

Author: Lisa Gardner Book: WHEN YOU SEE ME: A Novel Publishing: Dutton (January 28, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner unites three of her most beloved characters—Detective D. D. Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy—in a twisty new thriller, as they investigate a mysterious murder from the past…which […]

Author: Kiley Reid Book: SUCH A FUN AGE: A Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (December 31, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE’S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK “The most provocative page-turner of the year.” –Entertainment Weekly “A great way to kick off 2020.” –Washington Post “I […]

Author: Chad Dundas Book: THE BLAZE: A Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (January 21, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “In Dundas’ assured hands, one man’s search for answers makes for a lyrical, riveting meditation on memory.”–EW One man knows the connection between two extraordinary acts of arson, fifteen years apart, in his Montana hometown–if only […]

Here is my Davenport Cleaners halftime interview with The Wall Street Journal sportswriter Jared Diamond.  This week, he wrote about the 2018-18 Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scheme and how the players interviewed by Major League Baseball were granted immunity by the league in exchange for their honest testimony.  Although the league found the scheme was “player-driven,” […]

Author: Joseph Finder Book: HOUSE ON FIRE:  A Novel Publishing: Dutton (January 21, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): In New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder’s electrifying new thriller, private investigator Nick Heller infiltrates a powerful wealthy family hiding something sinister. Nick Heller is at the top of his game when he receives some devastating news: his old army buddy Sean […]

Author: Lena Derhally Book: MY DADDY IS A HERO: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Killer Publishing: Lena Derhally (December 3, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A husband. A father. A killer. Chris Watts was a family man. Everybody, including his family, believed that. Yet, on August 13, 2018, he murdered Shanann, his […]

Author: Nick Petrie Book: THE WILD ONE: A Peter Ash Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (January 14, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and stark landscape he has ever encountered, in the latest thriller from the bestselling author of The Drifter. […]