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Markswoman introduces a bright new series to fantasy fiction. It’s a strong start, but it comes with a hitch.

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Many women's biggest desire is to have children, and Sara Cabot is not exempt.

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“Fans of historical fiction or tales of women defying the odds will be immediately drawn in to Runyan’s crisp, effortless prose.”

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“Interesting, intriguing, and informative, Fools and Mortals is highly recommended.”

Interesting, Intriguing, Informative

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“unbearable suspense, spine-tingling, tension-filled, terrifying, shocking and totally unexpected ending.”

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“An excellent read from a remarkable storyteller.”

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Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She’s not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh’s grandest households.

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The most important thing to understand right up front about City of Endless Night, the latest Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, is that there are a lot of people who r

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On a “muggy July day” in 1969, the four Gold siblings, ages 7 to 13, nervously visit a fortune teller, on Hester Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, who supposedly can predict the date of a

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“a dramatic and interesting look into the past of a town and the lives of those who’ve dwelled in it.”

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“a story closely reminiscent of a good number of Poe’s short stories . . .”

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When Autumn was published 15 months ago—the first in a planned “seasonal” quartet by the award-winning, Scottish-born writer Ali Smith—it was dubbed “the first great Brexit novel.” So what

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“Kudos to Dodd and Nosy Crow/Candlewick for doing what reads like a mama-baby picture book that’s accessible to all children and all kinds of parents.”

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Be careful what you wish for, because you may get it, is a very famous saying.

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“an entertaining escape that showcases the virtues of logical thinking, along with a toe dip into a bygone industrial age.”

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Even the greatest novelists eventually reach an advanced age.

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Book Three of Tony Schumacher’s alternate history of WWII Britain pits Detective John Rossett against a rogue Nazi assassin called the Bear and a group of Nazi officers colluding with British Resis

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“an amazing historical novel, revealing the horrors of WWI through the letters exchanged by Tom and Evie.”

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Fiona Mozley's lushly written, yet perfectly understated debut novel, Elmet, opens with a young boy on the run.

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“Continuity for parents, pleasure for kids, totally satisfies . . .”

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“like Hans Christian Andersen’s tales, these stories seem more than fairy tales, the twist of their endings staying with the reader long after the book is closed.”

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Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of the year but Charles Dickens, M. R. James, Edith Wharton, and other literary greats felt otherwise.

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“A stunning debut novel. The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas encompasses a wealth of superb writing, mature insights, and breathtaking risks . . .”

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“the most frightening book to be published this year . . . Lizzie Borden . . . reminds one that the scariest monster is always a human one.”

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