Fiction

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“Chasing the North Star is an epic journey, vividly detailed, acutely satisfying, and ultimately hopeful.”

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Gunnar Bishop assumes guardianship of his five-year-old niece RubyLyn after her parents die. Now, in 1969, RubyLyn ("Roo") is 15 and works in her uncle's tobacco field in Nameless, Kentucky.

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Readers who enjoy opera and operatic-like novels will want to read this latest work of historical fiction; however, they should prepare for some disappointment and confusion.

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a masterpiece of concision and pain. . . . a literary achievement . . .”

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In David Baldacci’s newest thriller, The Last Mile, he opens with a hook that grabs the reader and doesn’t let go for over 400 pages.

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“In a suspense novel that is the literary equivalent of Hitchcock’s Psycho, Lemaitre presents a harrowing look into the link between madness and evil.”

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye “presented by” Sonny Liew is a collector’s item—like a good wine or a piece of fine, old furniture—in its beautiful and artfully aged presentation; and al

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In this first of a planned Lillian Frost & Edith Head series, readers will be swept away on a murder mystery set in Hollywood’s Golden Era.

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“Hilarious, exciting, poignant, romantic, horrifying, and absurd in the very best way . . .”

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Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to White House is an accounting of Lincoln’s humble beginnings in Kentucky to the height of his prominence and prestige as president of the United States.

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“Sharon Guskin has burst onto the literary scene like an exploding star . . .”

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Goodbye to the Dead is drop dead good.”

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“Rao demonstrates her enormous power, summing up the complexities of an entire life in diamond-cut sharp scenes and dialogue.”

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“Such complex characterizations are a hallmark of Robotham’s work, and it is a gift some of his peers in the suspense genre might wish they could equal.”

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The Regional Office is one part pre-crime from Minority Report, one part Division from La Femme Nikita, and a smattering of mostly off-stage scifi and fantasy.

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“Raymie Nightingale is filled with humor, poignancy, and life-sized lessons.

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There’s a reason some bestselling authors are so popular: They deliver stories that pull you right into a realistic world peopled with characters you love, or love to hate, in interesting scenarios

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The 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan melting pot district where multicultural citizens live, love, and worship alongside one another, enjoying Kosher sushi and kebabs, and different s

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Fast-paced, engrossingly entertaining, Pimp is outrageously funny.”

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The dynamic writing duo of Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini add another winner to their lighthearted Carpenter and Quincannon mystery series.

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Life threatening crises and their attendant extreme circumstances can bring out the best or the worst in moral character and individual conduct; sometimes they evoke both.

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Oleg Kashin may be a recognizable name to readers who paid attention to international news.

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“The illustrations are adorable . . .”

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There is a wonderful creaminess in the writings of Edmund White. A smoothness, an opalescence.

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Bohman’s prose is the literary equivalent of an undertow.”

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