New & Notable Fiction: November 2012 (page 3)

FICTION

Released: Nov. 6, 2012

THE LABYRINTH OF OSIRIS

by Paul Sussman

"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.). Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Nov. 6, 2012

BRONZE SUMMER

by Stephen Baxter

"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. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Nov. 6, 2012

THE CASSANDRA PROJECT

by Jack McDevitt, Mike Resnick

"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. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Nov. 5, 2012

MAGNIFICENCE

by Lydia Millet

"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. Read full book review >

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New & Notable Fiction: November 2012 (page 3)