
Chris Hewitt
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Star Tribune books writer, floaty pen enthusiast, re-read every Agatha Christie mystery in order and wrote about them at chrisandchristie.tumblr.com
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Caroline Fraser's new "Murderland" is bursting with interesting ideas, gruesome stories and lots of Ted Bundy. From Penguin Books USA startribune.com/ever-wonder-wh…



The skinny on Wally Lamb's latest, from Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/the-river-is-w…



Kate DiCamillo fans: She and Red Balloon Bookshop are partnering on a screening of "Because of Winn-Dixie," based on her book, which is celebrating its 25th birthday. It'll be Riverview Theater in August: startribune.com/kate-dicamillo…


I chatted with Steve Grove about his new memoir, from Simon & Schuster . Launch event coming up The Parkway Theater startribune.com/minnesota-star…

Marine life prominently in "The Place of Tides," so I kinda love it that James Rebanks' new one is published by Mariner Books . Laurie Hertzel reviews for Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/james-rebanks-…

Did it seem like the great Agatha Christie knew a suspicious amount about poisons? New nonfiction book from Bloomsbury U.S. explains why she did (totally legit). Reviewed in Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/v-is-for-venom…

Actor/publisher Sarah Jessica Parker posted her summer reading plans (lotsa books packed in a suitcase). Included: marcie rendon 's "Where They Last Saw Her," which the Minneapolis writer chatted about with us here: startribune.com/new-book-by-mi…

I'm opening up new books from Michael Osterholm , Richard Osman, Brandon Taylor and more in the Star Tribune Going Out book room

I chatted with St. Paul writer Christopher Tradowsky about his sexy, queer novel "Midnight at the Cinema Palace," from Simon & Schuster startribune.com/st-paul-writer…

Variety is reporting that "Nuremberg," the Rami Malek/Russell Crowe movie based on "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist" by Jack El-Hai , will be released Nov. 7 by Sony Pictures Classics. I chatted with Jack about the movie when he visited the set in Budapest: startribune.com/minneapolis-wr…

For "Food Person," from Alfred A. Knopf and podcaster Adam Roberts, think "The Devil Wears Prada," except with truffles instead of florals-for-spring. Reviewed in Star Tribune Going Out startribune.com/adam-roberts-f…

The books we can't wait to read in July include the latest from Jess lourey , Thomas Maltman and Tom Zeller Jr. startribune.com/jess-lourey-th…


She's the real star of the "Hamilton" musical, and now Angelica Schuyler gets her own absorbing biography. Insightful review of Molly Beer's book for Star Tribune Going Out by Laura McCallum startribune.com/hamilton-siste…

I really liked "The Original," about truth, authenticity, art and family. And look at that gorgeous cover, which gets right to heart of its main character, a woman who copies masterworks at a time when women couldn't make their own art. From W. W. Norton & Company : startribune.com/the-original-n…