Fiction

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Mouse on the River is—in a word—delightful.”

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“This final episode in the series of an independent woman who’s risen to financial and emotional security through her investigations must diverge from the classic crime fiction patterns in

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“an intimate novel, closely and brilliantly observed . . .”

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"Ying's adaptation is faithful to the original book, keeping the same emotional honesty and humor that have delighted Danziger's readers for decades."

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“a clever and entertaining novel that readers of the series will likely enjoy.”

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Brooklyn, NY, resident, Hannah Brewster and author of women’s romantic comedies has a deadline to meet for her second book, and she is dealing with writer’s block.

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Not long before Ellery and Luke Wainwright were to embark upon a dream 20th wedding anniversary trip to Broken Point, an exorbitantly expensive and extremely remote luxury resort in Big Sur, Califo

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“First Frost extends the Longmire legend with an interesting look into his formative years that fans of the series will enjoy.”

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With a primary setting in the backwoods of Montana in the late 1970s with some spillover into the earliest eighties, Old King tells the story of Duane Oshun, a divorcé who leaves Salt Lake

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Dr. Peter Bannerman, a Canadian veterinarian, returns for his third crime adventure.

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“whatever streets they walk, whatever wisdom they earn, these brave people don’t simply abandon old lands. They take the reader along in creating new ones.”

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“Little Turtle swims away from the shore.
The sun is shining, and it’s time for an adventure.”

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“Like Turton’s earlier novel, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, this one is unforgettable and resonant but requires both patience and commitment.”

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Jess, somewhat of a wanderer, lives with her girlfriend, Sarah, 11 years her senior.

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“succeeds thanks to Samson’s finely rendered characterizations and twists that are believable yet impossible to predict.”

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“The Art of Disappearing provides enough clues to see where the story is going without disappointing the reader at the end.”

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“Little Snail wants to explore.
"He leaves his friends in the yard and glides away.”

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It’s a banner time for serious readers of contemporary American literature, for students of Southern literature, and for anyone who senses a relationship between a reading experience and the tragic

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“The world is all around—

filled with colors and shapes and sizes.

When it’s hard to make sense of this world . . .

Look . . .”

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“As in many of the best series in the genre, Comey offers a strong and generous protagonist who’s justifiably optimistic about long-term friendship and loyalty.”

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"masterful. . . . Oates' writing is so deft and the world she creates so vivid, one keeps turning the pages, all the way to the deeply unsettling ending."

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The world and our perception is no longer reliable as previously dark undercurrents bubble up to the surface and sweep away all that just a few pages earlier seemed normal.

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“For Ginerva Ex, bloody, murdered bodies were par for the course. Ginerva had poisoned and stabbed with the best of them.

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not only an epic novel, it’s an epic read.”

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Nina Travers is a chameleon—a woman who constantly changes who she is to fit in with her surroundings. She’s mastered the art of sounding rich by being able to drop a few key phrases.

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