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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
Kirkus Star HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: THE STALKING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUNT FOR HIS ASSASSIN
by Hampton Sides
"An expertly written study in true crime, vividly recapturing the mood of 1968."
From veteran journalist and historian Sides (Blood and Thunder, 2006, etc.), a riveting account of James Earl Ray's long quest to kill Martin Luther King Jr. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
VIENNA SECRETS
by Frank Tallis
"In Liebermann's fourth case (Fatal Lies, 2009, etc.), Tallis again paints an elaborate portrait of Vienna. The precision and economy of his intelligent prose keep his story in balance and tension high."
Grisly murders shock an elegant city. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
Kirkus Star THE POACHER’S SON
by Paul Doiron
"C.J. Box goes East. Like Box, Doiron will have his hands full trying to top his accomplished debut."
A Maine Game Warden fights to clear his no-account father of murder charges in this deeply felt actioner. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 9, 2010
THE SERIALIST
by David Gordon
"Not the best-wrought mystery in the world, but a tour de force debut that provides too much fun for readers to carp."
A multilayered tale of a writer who's trying to make more than just a buck. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2010
THE BUDDY FILES: THE CASE OF THE LOST BOY (BOOK 1)
by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau
"This first entry in a series is both sweet and suspenseful. (Mystery. 6-8)"
Golden retriever King can't understand where his family has gone. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2010
LONG TIME COMING
by Robert Goddard
"More scattershot and less inevitable-seeming than Goddard's best work, but also sharper-edged than usual. Eldritch's checkered career marks a welcome change from the author's customary, sometimes oppressive, suavity."
Goddard's latest period suspenser (Sight Unseen, 2007, etc.) combines World War II, the Irish Troubles and a disreputable uncle. Read full book review >