CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 8, 2011
"Tracey's promising debut neither panders nor patronizes, trusting readers to solve Belle Dam's complex mysteries alongside a capable, self-assured hero. (Paranormal romance. 12 & up)"
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"A brisk, stylish supernatural thriller."
In this follow-up to series opener
666 Park Avenue (2011), Pierce's heroine is still puzzling over whether her Park Avenue playboy husband is in league with the devil.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2011
"Fantasy for well-read adults."
First in de la Cruz's debut adult series about the adventures of a family of Long Island witches.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 8, 2011
"Entertaining, though not in the league of J.K. Rowling--or even Anne Rice. But please, people: no more vamps and wizards, OK?"
Harry Potter meets Lestat de Lioncourt. Throw in a time machine, and you've got just about everything you need for a full-kit fantasy.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"A fast-paced and at times diverting mash-up of chick lit and fantasy."
First in newcomer Pierce's series chronicling Manhattan witch wars, as waged on and off the society pages.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"Sure, the plot could stand some pruning, but DeAngelis (Mary Modern, 2007) cleverly conjures up a parallel--and fun!--supernatural world within our own, making Eve a memorable, imperfect heroine."
Elderly witch who uses her powers to seduce young men falls hard for a chap who bears an uncanny resemblance to a long-lost love.
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FICTION
Released: April 7, 2010
"Committed storytelling and visual detail mark this overlong but tightly wound historical."
The Pendle witches' story, retold as a passionate saga of female friendship and a cautionary tale of feuding within a superstitious community.
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FICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
"Maggie's sixth (Where There's a Witch, 2009, etc.) is for those who like a little mystery with their romance."
Though Maggie O'Neill isn't overly impressed by her witchlike powers, she can't help but be pleased when a little voice in her ear helps solve a murder.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 9, 2010
"Dowell spreads her wings and soars. (Magical adventure. 10-14)"
A master at capturing the emotional lives of modern kids in realistic fiction proves equally adept with fantasy.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2010
"Just the thing for readers eager to be captured by a tale of sundered hearts rendered in lyrical prose. (Fantasy. YA)"
Also trancelike and infused with magical realism, this belated sequel to Green Angel (2003) brings Hoffman's tale of recovery from utter inner and outer devastation to a tidy close.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2009
"A psychologically astute, highly original debut--complex, eerie and utterly believable. Stay tuned for the projected sequel."
Magic, driven underground in the 17th century, is trying to return--but will the result be salvation or apocalypse?
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2009
"A charming debut in the tradition of Practical Magic and The Witches of Eastwick."
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2009
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2009
"Compelling social and legal history."
Scrupulously scholarly but accessible study of how witchcraft was experienced in a 17th-century German village.
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FICTION
Released: April 5, 2007
"Mostert manages it all quite impressively, concocting an intellectual puzzler that will keep the reader hooked, and guessing, until the final page."
Black cats, snakes, spiders, mystical signs and symbols and dangerous sex are skillfully stirred together in this brain-squeezing thriller from the South African–born author (
The Midnight Side, 2001, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2006
"Pirie's third Doyle homage (The Night Calls, 2003, etc.) again boasts deft period yarn-spinning and terrific writing."
The creator of Sherlock Holmes does battle with his own Moriarty and unravels an eerie village legend.
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FICTION
Released: May 16, 2006
"A consummate blend of folklore, magic, history and storytelling, this book is sensual, culturally literate and perfectly pitched."
Toothsome fantasy set in a medieval Russia analogue, from Robertson (
White Rose, 2004, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"Once again, the myth of Oz proves its enduring power."
Animals talk, attack dragons prowl the skies and political unrest afflicts the land of Oz in this richly detailed sequel to Maguire's contemporary fantasy classic Wicked (1996).
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2005
"Bruised throats, blood, guilt, and satanic rites--but ultimately Simon survives using his wits rather than copious amounts of holy water."
In the latest installment in prolific Doherty's dark version of the Canterbury tales (
Ghostly Murders, 1998), the Carpenter pilgrim tells a bloodcurdling tale of hanged men who refuse to stay dead and buried.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2004
"Literately loony, with excurses on pan-fried corn, tombstone epitaphs, the Roman origin of bobbing for apples, and appropriate death messages from the Bard. The ending's a tad flat, but what a spirited ride to get to it."
A folklorist/amateur detective arranges a Halloween graveyard meeting between a witch and a murderer.
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