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New & Notable Fiction: October 2012 (page 2)


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Cover art for MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE
FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012

"From the shadows of Penumbra's bookshelves to the brightly lit constellation of cyberspace to the depths of a subterranean library, Sloan deftly wields the magicks (definitely with a "k") of the electronic and the literary in this intricate mystery."
All the best secrets are hidden in plain sight. The trick is to notice the secret in front of you. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE ISLAND OF SECOND SIGHT
FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012

"Worthy of a place alongside On the Marble Cliffs, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Death of Virgil and other modernist German masterworks; a superb, sometimes troubling work of postwar fiction, deserving the widest possible audience."
A vast novel--if novel it is--of the tangled lives of anti-Nazi Germans on the Spanish island of Majorca in the years leading up to World War II. Read full book review >
Cover art for KIND ONE
FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012

"Profoundly imaginative, strikingly original, deeply moving. "
The dark, silent, forbidding Ohio River flows like a line of moral demarcation in Hunt's (The Exquisite, 2006, etc.) latest literary foray. Read full book review >
Cover art for LIVE BY NIGHT
FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012

"Power, lust and moral ambiguity combine for an all-American explosion of fictional fireworks."
The acclaimed mystery writer again tries his hand at historical fiction, combining period detail from the Prohibition era with the depth of character and twists of plot that have won him such a devoted readership. Read full book review >
Cover art for GODSENT
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2012

"With its deeper, more sophisticated narrative, classifying Burton's brilliantly imaginative effort as a Da Vinci Code thriller sells it short."
Moving through recent history into the near future, Burton's debut novel finds Kate Skylar certain that God is real. Proof grows in her belly. Read full book review >