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2011 Best of Fiction: The Complete List (page 2)

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FICTION
Released: March 7, 2011
Kirkus Star THE COMPLAINTS
by Ian Rankin
"Will readers miss Rankin's long-running protagonist, John Rebus (Exit Music, 2008, etc.)? Don't see why they should. Bonus: Rankin's plotting and prose are as compelling as ever."
Rankin adds another Edinburgh cop to his repertoire. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 8, 2011
Kirkus Star THE PARIS WIFE
by Paula McLain
"A pleasure to read--and a pleasure to see Hadley Richardson presented in a sympathetic light."
An imaginative, elegantly written look inside the marriage of Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Richardson. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 15, 2011
Kirkus Star THE KING OF DIAMONDS
by Simon Tolkien
"A thick web of family tensions and psychological dysfunction with a whodunit chaser, Tolkien's third novel (The Inheritance, 2010, etc.) is elegantly written, with Masterpiece Theatre pacing and embellishments. "
A prisoner escapes on the very night that his ex-girlfriend is murdered. Could it possibly be a coincidence? Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 15, 2011
Kirkus Star MOONDOGS
by Alexander Yates
"An unusual and unusually involving first novel with strong characters and nifty supernatural effects."
The kidnapping of an American businessman in the Philippines sets in motion an odd series of events involving his estranged son, a hard-boiled cop who inspired a hugely popular film series and a ragtag strike force with special powers. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 17, 2011
Kirkus Star LUCIFER'S TEARS
by James Thompson
"Nazi collaboration, government cover-ups, kinky sex, a baby daughter waiting impatiently to be born and a vigilante-minded hero who talks back to his boss more irreverently than Dirty Harry. What more could you want?"
Inspector Kari Vaara's success in cracking the Sufia Elmi murder (Snow Angels, 2010) wins him a transfer from the sticks to Helsinki, below the Arctic Circle but just as hospitable to cold-blooded murder. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 29, 2011
Kirkus Star THE TROUBLED MAN
by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson
"Though shivering in the winter of his discontent, Wallander will grip the reader hard. Flawed and occasionally exasperating, he is that rare thing: a true original."
Swedish detective Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander (The Pyramid, 2008, etc.) makes a riveting 10th appearance in the strange case of the spy who was and wasn't. Read full book review >