FICTION
Released: Nov. 5, 2012
"The deeply honest, beautiful meditations on love, grief and guilt give way to a curlicued comic-romantic mystery complete with a secret basement and assorted eccentrics."
Millet's conclusion of the trilogy that includes
How the Dead Dream (2008) and
Ghost Lights (2011) draws a detailed map of the healing process of an adulterous wife who suddenly finds herself a widow.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Gripping, well researched and sharply intelligent."
The saga of Northland, a sophisticated hunter-gatherer civilization thriving behind a vast wall shielding it from the invading waters of the North Sea (
Stone Spring, 2011), continues in a tumultuous alternate 1159 B.C.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A top-notch, edge-of-the-seat thriller in which there are no villains, only mysteries."
This first collaboration from McDevitt (
Firebird, 2011, etc.) and Resnick (
The Doctor and the Kid, 2011, etc.), developed from a 2010 story by McDevitt (spoiler alert: don't read the story first), takes the form of a conspiracy involving the moon landings. And no, Stanley Kubrick didn't fake them.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"One of Kingsolver's better efforts at preaching her politics and pulling heartstrings at the same time."
A young woman discovers her rural Tennessee community has been invaded by monarch butterflies in this effective tear-jerker cum environmental jeremiad from Kingsolver (
The Lacuna, 2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A mayhem-rich view of the world through the eyes of mummies and villains, and a lot of fun."
Taut, entertaining archaeological murder mystery–meets-spy thriller by genre-meister Sussman (
The Hidden Oasis, 2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Although summarizing the arc of the narrative makes it sound like the most sensational of soap operas, it's anything but--Neugeboren presents a meditation on life, love, art and family relationships that's reminiscent of the best of John Updike."
Aided by his friend Nick, Charlie Eisner travels to Singapore and Borneo to find--or perhaps to lose--himself, but Nick's sudden death brings Charlie back to the States.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Ranging from Panama and Mexico to Idaho and Washington, D.C., this book is constantly on the move--one reason it avoids dull spots so well."
The United States is on the brink of approving the fastest, most powerful attack submarine ever when its designer is killed and his plans are stolen. In his efforts to recover a crucial piece of the prototype, superseaman Dirk Pitt faces a series of violent encounters on land and water.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"It's not the game, but how well you play it, and Haas plays it very well indeed in what clearly seems a series launch."
Once more to Moscow and the Russian tundra on a supersecret mission goes a solitary hero in a thriller that makes the familiar seem fresh.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Britain's foremost living novelist has written a book--often as drily funny as it is thoughtful--that somehow both subverts and fulfills every expectation its protagonist has for fiction."
A subtly and sweetly subversive novel which seems more characteristic of its author as it becomes increasingly multilayered and labyrinthine in its masterful manipulation of the relationship(s) between fiction and truth.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A work suffused with mystery and wonder."
A novella that builds to a provocative climax, one that is as spiritually profound as its prose is plainspoken.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Augmented with character sketches of lesser-known patriots, the book brings Washington to life as a resolute and bold general. The authors shine brightly in describing the depth of his emotion flowing from the victory at Yorktown."
Gingrich and Forstchen (
Valley Forge, 2010, etc.) continue their series on the American Revolution by following Washington and the Continental Army to Yorktown.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"The author knows what matters, and the stories pay attention to it."
A revelation, from the most accomplished and acclaimed of contemporary short story writers.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A Cold-War spy novel for the top shelf."
FICTION
Released: Nov. 14, 2012
"Harry's adventures continue to provide physical dangers, Florida lore and an endless supply of women for him to fall in love with. This installment, more thriller than mystery, grips you from beginning to end."
FICTION
Released: Nov. 27, 2012
"Even the minor characters are drawn ingeniously in this exuberant, surprising gem."
The riddle of Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved," alchemy and clandestine love fuse in this fast-paced, funny, romantic mystery.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 27, 2012
"Casual readers be warned: Pattison's seventh Inspector Shan thriller is another hypnotic immersion in a fascinating culture."
A brutal killing in Tibet draws a veteran investigator out of the safety of his new bureaucratic job and into a complicated tangle of political interests and deadly alliances.
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