FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Though this sequel doesn't pack the punch of the earlier novel, which never seemed in need of a sequel, it's an undoubted tour de force likely to offer enjoyment both to readers with long memories and to those approaching it as a stand-alone."
Ex–Chief Inspector Wexford returns from retirement to solve a most unlikely case: the mystery of who killed the three people whose corpses were last seen at the bottom of a coal hole in
A Sight for Sore Eyes (1999).
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Fictional drama blends seamlessly, if painfully, with factual history in this historical fiction of the highest order."
In her sequel to
The Siege (2002, etc.), Dunmore returns to Leningrad in 1952, compressing the anxiety and terror of the postwar Stalinist years into the intimate details of one family's crisis.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"What's next, Lamplighter?"
In the final installment of a trilogy (Prospero in Hell, 2010, etc.), the centuries-old children of The Tempest magician Prospero undergo a literally harrowing voyage across Hell.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 2, 2011
"Upon finishing, readers might be tempted to start again, not wanting to let it go."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 6, 2011
"An intelligent, plausible thriller, both harrowing and memorable."
Connolly's latest Charlie Parker thriller offers a powerful story line that weaves together suspense, mystery and a small touch of the supernatural.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
"Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings."
Self-assured, entertaining debut novel that blends genres and crosses continents in quest of magic.
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