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New & Notable Fiction: June 2012 (page 4)

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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
THE RISK AGENT
by Ridley Pearson
"Exotic locale. Credible heroics. Vicarious thrills. Fans will want more, and soon."
If you have the right incentives, dollars in the billions can be made in Shanghai, where capitalism wrestles with communism. So says Pearson (In Harm's Way, 2010, etc.) in this first in a new series of thrillers. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
LIFE IS SHORT AND DESIRE ENDLESS
by Patrick Lapeyre, translated by Adriana Hunter
"Lapeyre writes with great wit and sly craft on the miseries of unfulfilled relationships."
One need look no further than the apt title to uncover the frustrations of the two main male characters. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
THE MERYL STREEP MOVIE CLUB
by Mia March
"A heartwarming, spirit-lifting read just in time for beach season."
When Lolly Weller summons her daughter and nieces home to The Three Captains' Inn, her announcement that she has been diagnosed with cancer is just one of many life-changing secrets to be told. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
Kirkus Star THE RED HOUSE
by Mark Haddon
"A novel to savor."
A familiar premise inspires surprising and deeply moving results, fulfilling the British novelist's considerable promise. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012
Kirkus Star THE ISLAND HOUSE
by Posie Graeme-Evans
"First-rate commercial fiction."
Graeme-Evans (The Dressmaker, 2010, etc.) intertwines two adventures separated by more than a millennium. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012
Kirkus Star THE AGE OF MIRACLES
by Karen Thompson Walker
"Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving."
In Walker's stunning debut, a young California girl coming-of-age in a dystopian near future confronts the inevitability of change on the most personal level as life on earth withers. Read full book review >