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Pub Date: Jan 25, 2012
Jackson (Backseat Saints, 2010, etc.) sticks with her specialty—plucky Southern women who overcome male ill treatment from their past—in this novel about a grandmother, daughter and granddaughter who confront a suddenly uncovered family secret.
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Pub Date: Jan 24, 2012
Third entry (The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man, 2011, etc.) in Spain-resident Englishman Hodder's time-travel/alternate-reality/steampunk saga; though originally billed as a trilogy, the ending here leaves considerable scope for further augmentation.
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Pub Date: Jan 23, 2012
An emotional richness permeates this short novel about a couple on the verge of ending their marriage while pondering whether they can salvage it.
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Pub Date: Jan 17, 2012
Benaron's first novel, about a young Rwandan runner whose Olympic ambitions collide with his country's political unrest, is the recipient of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for "fiction that addresses issues of social justice."
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Pub Date: Jan 17, 2012
The wife of a Scotland Yard detective is such a clever sleuth that she's on the scene before her husband.
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Pub Date: Jan 17, 2012
Warning: Do not attempt to appreciate this book without at least some familiarity with Card's child-warrior Ender series.
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