Author: Steve Beaven Book: WE WILL RISE: A True Story of Tragedy and Resurrection in the American Heartland Publishing: Little A (January 1, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The inspiring true story of the tragic loss and triumphant resurrection of a basketball team and its coach at the heart of a small Indiana town. By […]

Author: Dreama Denver Book: FOUR BEARS IN A BOX Publishing: Headline Books (February 11, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Dreama Denver, wife of late TV icon and Gilligan’s Island star Bob Denver shares for the first time an original story inspired by Bob and their son Colin, who suffers from autism. With their shared theatre […]

Author: Karen White Book: THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS ON TRADD STREET Publishing: Berkley (October 22, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White. Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy—after all, […]

Here is my Davenport Cleaners Halftime interview with Dan Saley, a professional college football bettor in Las Vegas.  We talk about handicapping bowl games and Dan breaks down the Holiday Bowl (Iowa/USC) and the Camping World Bowl (Iowa State/Notre Dame). Dan reminded me that that betting on bowl games brings about a potential for disaster.  […]

Author: Jeff Lindsay Book: JUST WATCH ME: A Novel Publishing: Dutton (December 3, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A masterful thief plots an impossible crime—stealing the Iranian Crown Jewels. From the author of the wildly successful Dexter series comes a new, mesmerizing bad guy we can root for: Riley Wolfe. He’s a master thief, expert […]

Author: Dan Jones Book: CRUSADERS: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands Publishing: Viking (October 1, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times […]

Author: Robin Cook Book: GENESIS: A Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (December 3, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of harnessing DNA from ancestry websites to catch a killer in this timely and explosive new medical thriller. When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera […]

Author: Bruce Steele Book: ONE DAY AT DISNEY: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe Publishing: Disney Editions (December 3, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Discover what it’s like to report to work every day for The Walt Disney Company. Step behind the scenes to immerse yourself in one “ordinary” day at […]

Author: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Book: SAILING TRUE NORTH: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character Publishing: Penguin Press (October 15, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): From one of the most distinguished admirals of our time and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, a meditation on leadership and character refracted through the lives […]