FICTION
Released: May 16, 2013
"Another vivid adventure with a tumultuous historical backdrop--not to be missed by fans of pirates and naval strategy or by history buffs."
Captains courageous, ambitious and resolute do furious battle on the high seas in the midst of the French Revolution.
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FICTION
Released: May 15, 2013
"Probably won't make you smile, but it will certainly grab and hold your attention."
FICTION
Released: May 15, 2013
"A strong example of an uncommon type of historical fiction, appealing to readers who like to see guilt punished or forgiven."
Historical fiction, set in Rome in 1945 during the fraught post-war period. With many characters based on real figures, including Pope Pius XII, this book has elements of a thriller.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A powerful collection."
A treasure-trove of stories, from the very earliest she ever published, to work published posthumously, from the late, great Frame.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A film waiting to happen, this book boasts memorable characters, evocative settings and a suspenseful plot."
A rising star in neonoir, Lange follows up his 2009 novel,
This Wicked World, with a sharply calibrated and affecting tale about a young Mexican beauty who will do anything to reclaim the baby daughter she left in Los Angeles.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Tapani's search, which will lead him through an appalling series of cityscapes to some shattering discoveries about the wife he thought he knew so well, is the stuff of authentic nightmares."
In Tuomainen's first appearance in English translation, a long-unpublished poet takes to the streets of a grimly dystopian Helsinki in search of his vanished wife.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A fine exploration of growing up, weathering heartbreak and picking oneself up over and over."
A teenage girl endures fire, flood and the loss of her parents in this bracing, oddly uplifting debut.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
" A deliciously creepy and intense story."
Strong (
Burning the Sea, 2002) presents a disturbing and erotic narrative about the lives of an oddly matched married couple who host a teenage girl for the summer.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"An entertaining book for Tudor history buffs that's grounded in acute psychological and political insight."
A debut novel that considers what might have happened if Anne Boleyn had been able to give Henry VIII the male heir he required.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Readers who missed this book the first time around will want to read the reprint.
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Originally published in 1966 in Australia, Harrower's (
The Catherine Wheel, 1960, etc.) narrative penetrates the intimate lives of an abuser and his enablers in 1940s Australia.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"For all their convolutions of space and time, these stories are remarkably easy to follow and savor."
FICTION
Released: May 13, 2013
"A thought-provoking collection; "Buying and Selling" is particularly strong."
A sequence of six linked stories explores the lives of those who risk something for their ideals, which is not the same as, and produces quite different results from, risking something for one's beliefs.
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