FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2011
"A promising debut--and one guaranteed to draw attention, for it commanded an unusually big advance and will likely be pushed accordingly. Stay tuned."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 2, 2011
"Upon finishing, readers might be tempted to start again, not wanting to let it go."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"A first-rate thriller; a touch slow to get going, but hard to apply the brakes to once it gets rolling."
Oh, what a tangled web those rhinos weave: South African mystery maven Meyers returns with a complex tale of intrigue and mayhem most satisfying.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"An absorbing finale to a series that has grown richer with every installment."
Final entry in Brennan's historical fantasy series (A Star Shall Fall, 2010, etc.) wherein the Onyx Court, realm of the fae, lies hidden below Queen Victoria's London.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Adiga nails the culture of corruption. How exciting to watch a writer come into his own, surpassing the achievement of his first novel."
Two strong-willed men, a developer and a holdout, propel this gripping second novel about real estate, greed and community in Mumbai (Bombay), India; Adiga won the Man Booker prize for his debut (
The White Tiger, 2008).
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Absolutely not to be missed."
Two magicians seeking escape from a demonic plot fall in love in the second volume of an epic fantasy trilogy.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
"There's even a happy ending of sorts, as characters adapt and keep going, fortified by the knowledge that they "were more than the sum of what had been taken from" them."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
"Think Mary Higgins Clark with an edge."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 23, 2011
"Literary language, more introspection than action, much exposition, intelligent speculation about the human condition, all woven through sophisticated storytelling."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"A stellar debut. Waldman's book reflects a much-needed understanding of American paranoia in the post-9/11 world."
The selection of a Muslim architect for a 9/11 memorial stirs a media circus in Waldman's poised and commanding debut novel.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"Fabulous fantasy spiked with bitter adult wisdom--not to be missed."
Now a king in the magical land of Fillory, Quentin embarks on a quest to save the universe in Grossman's searing sequel to
The Magicians (2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"A fantastic first novel that asks if the kids are alright, finding answers in the most unexpected places."
The grown children of a couple infamous for their ostentatious performance art are forced to examine their own creativity and flaws in the shadow of their unusual upbringing.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"Like La Joconde, Carson's debut novel is set in an elegant frame--a newspaper reporter wrests the amazing story from a dying Valfierno--that still isn't as finely crafted as what lies inside."
A world-class art thief snatches a world-famous masterpiece from under the noses of its guardians in 1911 Paris.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"Once again, Box provides the complete suspense package: unobtrusively slick detection, buckets of surprises and mounting thrills, all amid his trademark settings in the majestic high country."
A second standalone from the chronicler of Twelve Sleep County Game Warden Joe Pickett (
Cold Wind, 2011, etc.) takes a Montana cop deep into the wilds of Yellowstone National Park in the hope of protecting his teenaged son from a determined killer.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"A triumph."
As Murphy's sixth book for adults (Signed, Mata Hari, 2007, etc.) gets started, a large-animal veterinarian in rural New England faces various small uncertainties: an iffy economy, weird recurrent lights in the night sky, a marriage in which there are minor flare-ups.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
The Southern California kingpin of the surf-and-drugs thriller should extend his popular domain with this novel.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2011
"Near the end, a character refers to the fate of "the dreadful, drab English." There's nothing drab about this dark and compelling novel, although some of its characters are dreadful human beings."
FICTION
Released: July 26, 2011
"It's not every day genre prose gets that kind of polish (Red Cat, 2007, etc.)."
FICTION
Released: July 26, 2011
"A captivating story of loss, forgiveness and ultimate redemption."
Lauren Mahdian believes her father "ruined everything, everything, everything" in Ward's (
Sleep Toward Heaven, 2004, etc.) literary novel.
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FICTION
Released: July 12, 2011
"Protagonist Soo-Ja's story will enthrall in this first-rate literary effort."
