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ALL NECESSARY FORCEby Brad Taylor
Well written, edgy and a damn good yarn. Full review >
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AMERICAN DERVISHby Ayad Akhtar
Engaging and accessible, thoughtful without being daunting: This may be the novel that brings Muslim-American fiction into... Full review >
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BREAKDOWNPlotted with all Paretsky’s customary generosity, this standout entry harnesses her heroine’s righteous anger to some richly... Full review >
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BREAKING AND ENTERINGA rich and satisfying novel that explores in a significant way contemporary issues of family, religion and politics. Full review >
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CITY OF THE LOSTA head-shakingly perfect blend of zombie schlock, deadpan wit, startling profanity, desperate improvisation and inventive... Full review >
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EXPEDITION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOONby Mark Hodder
Enthralling, dizzying and as impressive as they come. Full review >
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HOPE: A TRAGEDYBrutal, irreverent and very funny. An honest-to-goodness heir to Portnoy’s Complaint. Full review >
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THE HOUSE AT SEA'S ENDGriffiths’s third (The Janus Stone, 2010, etc.) offers not only an excellent mystery but a continuing exploration of the... Full review >
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THE INQUISITORA breezy, involving thriller that handily overcomes any resistance to its grisly premise and leaves you hoping for the... Full review >
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THE MAP AND THE TERRITORYby Michel Houellebecq translated by Gavin Bowd
Very smart, very moving and occasionally very funny. Full review >
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RUNNING THE RIFTThe politics will be familiar to those who have followed Africa’s crises (or seen Hotel Rwanda), but where Benaron shines is... Full review >
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START SHOOTINGFollowing up Calumet City (2008), Newton delivers an even more thrilling, densely packed novel that makes most Chicago crime... Full review >
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THE TRANSLATION OF THE BONESPoignancy, lyricism and elegant spiritual debate characterize this impressive if slender novel. Full review >
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LOVE IN A NUTSHELLby Janet Evanovich Dorien Kelly
Blending classic romance archetypes with an edge of mystery, the duo of Evanovich (Sizzling Sixteen, 2010, etc.) and Kelly... Full review >
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THE ODDSA Valentine to marriage as it is actually lived in troubled times. Full review >
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