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New and Notable Fiction for September

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FICTION
Released: Sept. 27, 2011
THE AFFAIR
by Lee Child
"The best thing we discover here is the explanation for why Reacher left the Army. By the end of this adventure, he certainly has his reasons."
Ever wonder why Jack Reacher left the Military Police and became a one-man freelance vigilante squad? Child goes back 14 years to show how it all happened. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 27, 2011
FEAST DAY OF FOOLS
by James Lee Burke

Hackberry Holland's third appearance, and Burke's 30th, brings back sociopathic killer Preacher Jack Collins (Rain Gods, 2009, etc.), but this time surrounds him with so many seriously bad guys that he can scarcely get the sheriff to take his phone calls. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
Kirkus Star REAMDE
by Neal Stephenson
"Who'll prevail? We don't know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson's knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn--most geeky, and full of satisfying mayhem."
Who lives by the joystick dies by the joystick: Noir futurist Stephenson (Anathem, 2008, etc.) returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
HOT WATER
by Erin Brokovich, C.J. Lyons
"A flat thriller that succeeds in draining the drama from its endangered nuclear plant plot."
Famed consumer advocate and environmental activist AJ Palladino goes over to the other side by taking big money to promote a nuclear power plant in South Carolina. Meanwhile, back home in West Virginia, the evil father of her deceased lover Cole conducts a murderous campaign to gain custody of her disabled 9-year-old son David. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
GODDESS OF VENGEANCE
by Jackie Collins
"Unapologetic thrills with oodles of flash."
All plotlines lead to Vegas in this latest installment of Collins' saga of the irrepressible and seemingly immortal Lucky Santangelo. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
NEW YORK TO DALLAS
by J.D. Robb
"Roarke and his attendant computer wizards make so many vague, conveniently timed discoveries that the detection is never convincing. But the cat-and-mouse suspense when Eve and McQueen go up against each other is intense."
Lt. Eve Dallas (Treachery in Death, 2011, etc.) returns to her troubled roots when she goes up against a sex killer with a taste for tweens and a personal interest in her. Read full book review >