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Bestselling Books Hardcover Old and New

(Publisher’s Weekly, Mar. 23, by Dermot McEvoy and Michael Coffey ) Familiar voices crowd the top in fiction; in nonfiction, the fundamental rules apply—plus all things Obama John Grisham’s aptly titled Appeal had the most of it, as far as the novel-buying...

Dean Koontz – Your Heart Belongs to Me

(independentweekly.com, Jan 6, Michael Sneyd) The title itself suggests that Dean Koontz may be reverting farther back into his romantic styled writing for this novel. Knowing that it’s a release of the horror/thriller genre spooked me to think that this book...

Dean Koontz – Your Heart Belongs to Me

(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 15) Koontz notes in an Amazon.com interview that the idea for Your Heart Belongs to Me came during a phone conversaton with a friend.  “Story ideas have come to me from lines in songs, froma scrap of overheard conversation, from...

Dean Koontz – Your Heart Belongs to Me

(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 8 ) In an interview on Amazon.com, Dean Koontz talks about how he researches his bestsellers, “I never go on-line. My writing schedule and other obligations keep me busy 18/7. The other six hours, I sleep . . I do most of my...