Friday, November 30, 2012

Cold City by F. Paul Wilson

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Cold City is the start of a new trilogy about F. Paul Wilson's incredibly successful character, Repairman Jack.  Wilson has written f...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Against all odds, Detective Carl Morck of the Copenhagen Police Department, has made a success of Department Q. When he returned from s...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Untamed by Sara Humphreys

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Layla has always known that she was a hybrid.  Born of a human mother and an Amoveo father, she has never felt that she belonged to eithe...
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

The Mongoliad by Neal Stephenson and others

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In the 13th century, Europe was at a crossroads.  The Mongol hordes had captured much of the existing world and was now poised to attack E...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

The Heart Broke In by James Meek

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James Meek's novels are intricately plotted characterizations of people's lives intertwining and the societies they live in. His ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Headstone by Ken Bruen

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Jack Taylor is not your average P.I. Forced from the Garda, he has since spent years back in his native Galway, sunk in alcoholism, dr...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Red Leaves And The Living Token by Benjamin Burrell

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Emret, thirteen, is terminally ill.  Confined to a wheelchair and in the hospital for what will be his final care, he is hardly the archet...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen

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Detective Maria Kallio is facing her first murder investigation.  Only twenty-three, she is not sure yet what she wants from a career.  Sh...
Monday, November 5, 2012

Galore by Michael Crummey

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Life is difficult in the small fishing settlement of Paradise Deep in Newfoundland.  The people are tied to the sea, suffering if the ca...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

In The Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda

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Fabio Geda is an Italian novelist who works with children in trouble.  In The Sea There Are Crocodiles is his book detailing the memoir o...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Injustice For All by Robin Caroll

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Remington has just survived a nightmare.  She was in the house, unknown, when assassins broke in and killed her godfather, a powerful fede...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

At The Queen's Command by Michael Stackpole

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Put your literary boots on.  Michael Stackpole is ready to take readers on an amazing journey.  Imagine a retelling of the settling of th...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Excerpt from Heaven Should Fall by Rebecca Coleman

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“What in the hell is that?” asked Elias.   “That’s Stan,” Cade explained. “The guy you’ve heard me talk about a million times. ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

The Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison

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Benjamin Benjamin is stuck.  He has drifted ever since his family life imploded, leaving him without anyone to share his life with.  Since...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

The New Republic by Lionel Shriver

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Edgar Kellogg must have been insane.  He threw over a promising career as a corporate lawyer to try his luck at being a journalist.  Of c...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Age Of Desire by Jennie Fields

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The Age Of Desire opens in Paris.  Edith Wharton, who has just written The House Of Mirth,  is attending a literary salon.  Her eyes are ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The Ghost Of Greenwich Village by Lorna Graham

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Eve Weldon is living her fantasy life. Growing up in the Midwest, her mother dying early, left Eve lonely and longing for more. She ha...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Flesh by Khanh Ha

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Flesh starts with a memorable opening scene.  The novel's protagonist, Tai, a young man of sixteen, stands numbed as he watches his ...
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Sunday, September 16, 2012

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

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Caleb and Camille Fang are performance artists. They live to create their performance pieces; nothing in their lives is more important....
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum

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Bad Intentions starts with a death.  Three friends, Jon, Axel and Reilly, have gone on a weekend visit to a lake.  Jon has been hospitali...