![]() ![]() As for Johnny’s beautiful, grief-stricken mother, Hunt acknowledges to himself that he’d best tread carefully there. He’s drawn to the boy’s grit and tenacity. But the fact is that he likes Johnny enormously. Hunt denies this, claiming it’s the terrible, tragic case alone that absorbs him. His boss, the chief of police, has begun to wonder aloud if Hunt has let the Merrimon case become unduly personal. ![]() His wife has left him his relationship with his teenaged son is getting less than the attention it requires and even his career has been jeopardized. Neither will Detective Clyde Hunt, who’s paying a severe price for what some call an obsession. By now, of course, conventional wisdom presumes her dead, but Johnny won’t let go. ![]() ![]() One year ago, his twin sister was kidnapped. Young Johnny Merrimon carries a detailed map of his Raven County, N.C., home and rides his bike in strict accordance with it, knocking on certain doors, bypassing others, but always watching. In his third novel, Edgar-winner Hart ( Down River, 2007, etc.) confronts murder, depravity, betrayal and the like, while still finding room for tenderness. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Clark was portrayed by Sarah Paulson, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role. Simpson, the first installment of the American Crime Story anthology series. ![]() Simpson murder trial was once again in the spotlight earlier in the year, as FX aired The People vs. TNT developed Guilt by Association back in 2014 and even cast Julia Stiles for the pilot, but it didn’t end up moving forward with the project.Ĭlark and everyone involved in the O.J. This is the second pilot order that Clark has gotten based on one of her books. She also wrote a book about the Simpson case, Without a Doubt, that was published in 1997. Simpson was ultimately found innocent in October of 1995.Īfter the trial, Clark stopped practicing law and instead started focusing on her writing career, publishing books like The Competition and Killer Ambition. ![]() ![]() Simpson’s murder trial that happened in 19.ĭuring the original trial, Clark was put in the spotlight, along with fellow prosecutor Christopher Darden, as they worked on trying to prove that Simpson had killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman. Hmm, sounds fairly similar to what happened to Clark during O.J. The three women will also be executive producers of the show, along with David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks.īlood Defense centers on Samantha Brinkman, a defense attorney who takes on a high profile homicide case where her personal secrets start to be revealed to the public during the course of the case. 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Engaging with recent debates on the relative function and value of description and interpretation in literary studies, the article asks whether the notion of an ADD literary aesthetics, grounded in critical disability studies, might provide a route out of the dichotomy of suspicious analysis and reparative description. Pursuing some links between literary criticism and the third volume of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the article shows how minimalism was seen to resemble the ADD patient because both were defined in terms of a descriptive surface that yielded no depths for expert excavation. What does it mean to diagnose a literary work with attention deficit disorder (ADD)? This article traces how US literary minimalism came, in the late twentieth century, to be understood as a literary counterpart to the new diagnostic category of ADD. ![]() ![]() ![]() After Zero reminds us of so many loved ones of those suffering from anxiety or depressive disorders. "This tender and truthful book stays with you long after the words have gone."-Patricia Forde, author of The List "A must read. ![]() Praise for After Zero : "A striking, masterfully-voiced debut with the haunting force of myth."-Julie Berry, Printz Honor author of The Passion of Dolssa, All the Truth That's in Me, and The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. Then, the discovery of a shocking family secret helps Elise realize that her silence might just be the key to unlocking everything she's ever hoped for. But now months have passed, and Elise isn't sure she could speak even if she wanted to-not to keep her only friend, Mel, from drifting further away-or to ask if anyone else has seen her English teacher's stuffed raven come to life. ![]() Zero means no wrong answers called out in class, no secrets accidentally spilled, no conversations to agonize over at night when sleep is far away. Bixby's Last Day Elise carries a notebook full of tallies, each page marking a day spent at her new public school, each stroke of her pencil marking a word spoken. "Powerful and poetic."-John David Anderson, author of Posted and Ms. ![]() ![]() She also definitely doesn’t want Theo-her father’s charismatic so-called “protégé”-to witness her struggle.Īnd that means diving into all that Santorini has to offer-the beautiful sunsets, the turquoise water, the hidden caves, and the delicious cuisine. And yet Liv doesn’t want their past to get in the way of a possible reconciliation. There are so many questions, so many emotions that flood to the surface after seeing her father for the first time in years. So when Liv suddenly receives a postcard from her father explaining that National Geographic is funding a documentary about his theories on Atlantis-and will she fly out to Greece and help?-Liv jumps at the opportunity.īut when she arrives to gorgeous Santorini, things are a little…awkward. What Liv does remember, though, is their shared love for Greek myths and the lost city of Atlantis. ![]() Liv Varanakis doesn’t have a lot of fond memories of her father, which makes sense-he fled to Greece when she was only eight. ![]() Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a Mamma Mia –inspired tale about a teen girl finding romance while trying to connect with her absent father in beautiful Santorini, Greece. ![]() Rep: side character with bipolar disorder Book: Love & Olives (Love & Gelato #3) by Jenna Evans Welch ![]() ![]() ![]() Part of the reason for that, I think, was that there was hardly any time to see Michael at his best. My biggest problem with the book was probably Michael, who I didn't entirely like. When I wasn't reading it and had more of a chance to think about it, I found that certain aspects of it irked me more. This is one of those books that I enjoyed more as I was reading it and in the grip of its creepy atmosphere than when I wasn't reading it. I'm much more of a wimp now and rarely read horror, but I couldn't resist the bit on the back of this book that said fans of Neil Gaiman would enjoy it. ![]() The first time I raided my parents' bookshelves, I took Stephen King's Firestarter (which I enjoyed) and a German copy of Pet Sematary (that didn't work out so well – my German vocab just wasn't up to the task). When I was younger, I used to read lots of horror novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() This ruthlessly driven billionaire has such devastating good-looks that he proves impossible to resist. 1 Doukakis's Apprentice By Sarah Morgan Doukakis's Apprentice By Sarah Morgan Wanted: willing apprentice to handle incorrigible, womanizing (but incredibly sexy) tycoon Damon Doukakis has just fired his latest assistant. ![]() |