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Books (along with a smattering of movies and plays) that I have found of interest and want to share

A fatal greed

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Georges Simenon’s “The Shadow Puppet” is the twelfth installment in the legendary Maigret series.

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“Bruno, Chief of Police” is the first in a successful series about life and crime in a small French village.

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Donna Leon’s “The Girl of His Dreams” asks questions that cannot always be answered.

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Richard Osman’s third installment in the Thursday Murder Club series is clever and charming.

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A new book on the bridges of Washington, DC is a delight for both historians and casual readers.

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Five books. Every month. A variety of topics from different genres. Here is the list from September 2026.

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A wealthy bachelor drops dead. A young lady becomes a detective. The first of my October murder mysteries.

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Music’s affirmation of an individual’s sense of humanity in dehumanizing circumstances.

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Nancy Lemann’s 1985 debut novel is “hilarious, haunting, poignant;” a treasure I discovered at Solid State Books.

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My latest conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, this time about her new book on Genesis.