FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"A fictional debut for a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, born and raised in West Virginia, whose love for the state, filled with natural beauty and deep poverty, pervades a mystery that has plenty of twists and turns and a shocking conclusion."
A tough prosecutor who's trying to make a difference in the lives of West Virginians suddenly finds her own life in shambles.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"George's all-too-familiar story is so richly observed, subtly characterized, precisely written--her syncopated paragraphs are a special delight--and successful in its avoidance of genre clichés that you'd swear you were reading the first police procedural ever written."
George's Pittsburgh cops (
Hideout, 2011, etc.) investigate a robbery-murder that's a lot less routine and more sordid than it looks.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"More lawyers, law enforcement types, Class-A felonies and plot twists than you can shake a stick at. Instead of a map, Corleone should have supplied a score card."
Honolulu attorney Kevin Corvelli's latest pair of clients serve up surprise after unhappy surprise.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"As usual, Cleverly (The Blood Royal, 2011, etc.) neatly captures the style and feeling of the period between the world wars and provides plenty of mystery, suspense and danger."
A desperate plea for help from a schoolboy sucks Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands into a case that could end his career.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"A fine thriller that succeeds on every level. How often do you read about a hero who just wants to die in peace?"
FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"To Disher's usual brisk pacing, add heaps of noir. The result is not for everyone but is a banquet for those who like it uncut and unsparing."
Dirty doings Down Under as Australian superthief Wyatt (
Wyatt, 2011, etc.) returns to steal something he wishes he hadn't.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"Another charming demonstration that it's better to travel hopefully than to arrive--a motto that might stand for every soap opera ever written."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"Geologist Andrews enhances Em's adventures (Dead Dry, 2005, etc.) with expert detail. A challenging mystery with the added fillip of evocative descriptions of the canyon."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"Morgon's fourth appearance (The Terrorist, 2010, etc.) is a subtle and complex thriller/whodunit, written with wit, intelligence and luminous precision."
Three decades after it began, an unlikely investigator examines the way the Nazi occupation of France turned neighbor against neighbor and led to murder.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 28, 2012
"Elliptical and often oracular, but also remarkably penetrating and humane. The most illuminating analogies are not to other contemporary detective fiction but to The Name of the Rose and Murder in the Cathedral."
A prior's murder takes Quebec's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his sidekick, Inspector Jean-Guy Beauvoir, inside the walls of the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loupes.
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