Paula Woods
Freelance Reviewer at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Writer at Freelance
Book Critic (@latimesbooks), Editor, Mystery Author, LA Times Book Prize judge, Curator. Bringing Together Good People, Good Books and Good Food. She/her/hers
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2 weeks ago |
latimes.com | Paula Woods
On the Shelf Nightshade By Michael ConnellyLittle, Brown & Co.: 448 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. At a time when many people his age are retired or considering it, bestselling author Michael Connelly is leaning into the third act of his career.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Paula Woods
At a time when many people his age are retired or considering it, bestselling author Michael Connelly is leaning into the third act of his career. “Nightshade,” his 40th novel, arrives May 20 from Little, Brown, an engrossing first entry in an intended series of books about a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective sergeant who runs a substation on Catalina Island.
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2 months ago |
latimes.com | Paula Woods
My ever-growing tower of crime novels is proof of the reader’s lament: “So many books, so little time.” This spring’s TBR list includes headline grabbers like former FBI Director James Comey’s “FDR Drive,” Elle Cosimano’s funny fifth entry in the Finlay Donovan franchise and Brendan Slocumb’s “The Dark Maestro,” the third in his classical music-centered crime series.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Paula Woods
NowTowards Zero viewers disappointed by finale of BBC's Agatha Christie showThe Agatha Christie whodunnit concluded on Sunday night, but viewers were not impressed by the new take on it. What did you miss? Towards Zero viewers …Now6 Mysteries and Thrillers by Stellar Women AuthorsFor a long time, I was just an occasional mystery and thriller reader.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
wavepublication.com | Paula Woods |Walter Mosley
By Shirley HawkinsContributing WriterLOS ANGELES — Author Walter Mosley will make a special appearance at the Los Angeles Central Library at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Mark Taper Auditorium to discuss his newest book, “Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right,” the third and latest installment in his Joe King Oliver series. Author Paula L.
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