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. 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
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. 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. 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. 23, 2011
"No one explores the delicate interplay between children and the adults they grow into better than Lippman (I'd Know You Anywhere, 2010, etc.)."
Childhood playmates can't quite put their past behind them in Lippman's tale of growing up too fast but not at all.
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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. 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: Aug. 9, 2011
"Light comedy and good food make a winning combination."
An utterly delightful debut novel from cookbook author and TV cooking-show producer O'Reilly.
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