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Fiction, August 2007
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General Fiction
- Cassady, Eva
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This debut novel recounts one woman's makeover — from frumpy, dumpy and bored with her job and marriage to slim, glamorous and successful — triggered by a chance encounter with her first love.
- Cook, Robin
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New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in the new novel from the master of the medical thriller in this tale of an innovative doctor's dangerous downward spiral.
- Crusie, Jennifer
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Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding and a missing necklace, and the result is a sexy, hilarious adventure.
- Fallon, Jane
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Helen is nearly 40 and having an affair with her former boss. Ready to get on with her life, she decides to dump him — until he leaves his wife. The only thing to do, Helen decides, is to befriend his wife and convince her to take him back.
- Gaffney, Patricia L.
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Living on her own for the first time after 20 years of marriage, Dash feels she can plan for her future. But she finds herself reminiscing about the past and the husband she isn't entirely sure she wants to leave behind.
- Gee, Sophie
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Sexy and audacious, this debut novel reconstructs the real-life scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's famous poem, The Rape of the Lock.
- Gibson, William
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"Set in the same high-tech present day as Pattern Recognition, Gibson's ninth novel offers startling insights into our paranoid and often fragmented, postmodern world. When a mysterious, not yet actual magazine, Node, hires former indie rocker-turned-journalist Hollis Henry to do a story on a new art form that exists only in virtual reality, Hollis finds herself investigating something considerably more dangerous." Publisher's Weekly
- Hage, Rawi
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In this portrait of life in a war zone, two young men must choose their futures: to stay in the war-torn Beirut and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known.
- Hawksley, Humphrey
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Catherine "Kat" Polinski — burglar, hacker, undercover agent — must use every weapon at her disposal to bring her sister's killer to justice. But in her search for answers, she discovers an increasingly plausible threat that could destroy the world as we know it.
- Horan, Nancy
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Fact and fiction are blended in this compelling novel about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, the wife of a couple whose home Wright built in 1904.
- Jones, Nalini
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This collection of interconnected stories takes place in an India that is unfamiliar to most American readers. But the tales of the characters' relationships, ambitions and concerns are altogether universal, capturing the expectations, joys and losses experienced by families everywhere.
- Lange, Richard
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These deeply felt stories follow straight arrows and outlaws, have-it-alls and outcasts, as they take stock of their lives and missteps and struggle to rise above their turbulent pasts.
- Lent, Jeffrey
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Set in the art scene of postwar New York, a commune in the early seventies, and contemporary small-town New England, A Peculiar Grace is an insightful portrait of family secrets, with an unforgettable cast of characters who have learned to survive by giving shape to their losses.
- Löhr, Robert.
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Vienna 1770: Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton. But what is hailed as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion. What is the dark secret behind this automaton and what strange powers does it hold? Based on a true story, The Chess Machine is a tale full of envy, lust, scandal and deception.
- Marche, Stephen
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Marche creates the entire culture of a place called Sanjania — its national symbols, political movements and its rich literary history. The result is a vibrant evocation of a country, from the birth pangs of a nation all the way to the present.
- Marshall, Michael
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The American debut by the best-selling British author is a searing, atmospheric tale centering around Jack Whalen, a veteran patrol cop, whose search for answers to a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated events leads to a shocking conclusion.
- McFarland, Dennis
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Siblings return to their Southern hometown to rescue their younger sister from her marriage to an evangelical preacher, only to find their expectations turned completely upside down.
- McNamer, Deirdre
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In her first novel in seven years, McNamer tells the story of three Montana men who get swept up in the machinations of World War II and its fateful aftermath.
- Mendelson, Charlotte
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Mendelson makes her American debut with a funny yet humane novel about a glamorous London family that happens to be falling apart.
- Nolan, Monica
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From the author of The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories comes this wickedly funny parody of gay and lesbian pulp classics that weaves sex, mystery, murder and mayhem into a highly entertaining romp.
- Patterson, Kevin
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Canada's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction prizewinner Kevin Patterson creates an epic first novel of north and south, infused with stark beauty, startlingly realized characters and fierce truths.
- Richardson, C. S.
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In a tender, intimate novel of an ordinary life defined by an extraordinary love, Richardson tells the story of a 50-year-old man who learns that he has one month to live. Reeling from the news, he and and beloved wife embark on a whirlwind expedition to the places he has most loved or has always longed to visit. The result is a timeless, resonant exploration of the nature of love, loss and life.
- Rigler, Laurie Viera
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After nursing a broken engagement with Jane Austen novels and Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or even in her own body, but inside the bedchamber of a woman in Regency England. Who but an Austen addict like herself could concoct such a fantasy?
- See, Lisa
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Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, See's novel explores the many manifestations of love and addresses the age-old desire of women to be heard.
- Stace, Wesley
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By George unveils the fascinating Fisher family — its weak men, its dominant women, its disgruntled boys and its shocking and dramatic secrets. At once funny and tender, Stace's novel is the journey of two boys separated by years but driven by the desire to find a voice.
- Starr, Jason
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Set against the New York singles scene, a young woman looking for love finds herself the object of a deadly obsession.
Mysteries
- Cotterill, Colin
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The body of a retired dentist is delivered to the morgue of Dr. Siri Paiboun, the only coroner of Laos. Discovering a note in the man's pocket, Paiboun realizes it is written in code and invisible ink. As Dr. Siri solves the mystery of the note, he foils a plot to overthrow the government of Laos.
- Crosby, Ellen
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Following the success of The Merlot Murders, Crosby returns with another tale of suspense set amidst the vines of the Virginia wine country.
- Daheim, Mary
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Loony locals, evil spirits and murder most foul await amateur sleuths Judith McMonigle Flynn and Renie Jones in this splendid new entry in the bestselling bed and breakfast mystery series.
- Eccles, Marjorie
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Switching between troubled South Africa in the last years of the 19th century and the murder in England ten years later, Shadows and Lies reveals the lies and deceptions that have lain beneath the veneer of polite Edwardian society.
- O'Connor, Jane
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Miranda "Rannie" Bookman — 43, divorced mother of two, is beginning to feel like a dangling participle: connected to nothing. Her career as a copyeditor is down the toilet, so she's been forced to take any gig she can get. And that means giving tours at the Chapel School, the ultra-exclusive, ultra-expensive, private academy that her children attend. Certainly not the most interesting of employments — at least until someone stumbles across the dead body of the Director of College Admissions. Investigating a murder was never in her job description, but with her soon-to-be-college-bound boy Nate a prime suspect, Rannie has little choice. Her diligence might even lead her to a brand-new love. Or to a killer. Or to another corpse — hopefully not her own.
- Pero, Charles
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To say that there's a brutal serial killer on the loose is putting it mildly; this killer is just plain twisted. Murdering women across the South, the killer leaves only one clue: a blood-soaked puzzle maze inserted inside each victim's dead body.
- Reichs, Kathy
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Temperance Brennan is a sexy forensic anthropologist called on to solve the toughest cases. But for Tempe, the discovery of a young girl's skeleton in Acadia, Canada, is more than just another assignment. Évangéline, Tempe's childhood best friend, was also from Acadia. When Évangéline disappeared, Tempe was warned not to search for her, that the girl was "dangerous." Thirty years later, flooded with memories, Tempe cannot help wondering if this skeleton could be the friend she lost so many years ago.
- Shuman, George D.
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Blind psychic Sherry Moore witnesses the final moments of a murder victims life. Now she must observe a never-ending series of heinous crimes at the hands of one of the most ruthless serial killers imaginable.
- Slaughter, Karin
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Slaughter continues her Grant County series with this sixth installment that finds medical examiner Sara Linton and her husband, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, in the center of a bizarre and murderous case involving one of Jeffrey's detectives.
- Thomson, Rupert
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Thomson takes the death of real-life British serial sex murderer Myra Hindley, who died of natural causes in prison years after her crimes, as the starting point for this story of a woman who, even after her death, inflames an entire nation and the man who comes under her spell.
Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Brooks, Terry
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Armageddon's Children, the first book in The Genesis of Shannara series, galvanized readers by revealing a link between the human world and that of Shannara. Now the trilogy continues in this second novel that explores the origins of an alternate world.
- Card, Orson (Scott)
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Todd had always set his heart on being an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship, he just hangs out in his own back yard.
- Fallon, Jennifer
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Marla Wolfblade is reeling from the loss of her closest confidant, Elizaar the Fool, who taught her the Rules of Gaining and Wielding Power. But Marla's plans for revenge are disrupted when she discovers she has a dangerous adversary.
- Flint, Eric
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The pyramidal device sent by the Krin to dominate the Earth would have been thwarted, but a V.I.P. who knows too many state secrets was left behind in the world of Greek mythology. Survivors of the first excursion into the pyramids worlds must either bring back the V.I.P. or terminate him.
- Jarpe, Matthew
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Jarpe's debut invents a plot to take over the Earth by power-mad, sociopathic computer-geek billionaire, Walter Cheeseman. It's up to a strange cast of rock stars and oddballs to stop him. Aqualung, a mysterious blues musician who also has superhuman tech skills, might be the catalyst for the resistance — or he might just be the pawn of artificial intelligences.
- Link, Kelly
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A mix of poetry, nonfiction and speculative fiction, this anthology of essays from the twice-yearly published zine of the same name attracts an eclectic mix of great writers and acclaim from underground and mainstream media alike.
- Mignola, Mike (Michael)
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When Lord Henry Baltimore awakens the wrath of a vampire on the hellish battlefields of World War I, the world is forever changed — for a virulent plague has been unleashed, a plague that even death cannot end.
- Richardson, Kat
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Harper Blaine was an average private eye until she died — for two minutes. Now, she's a Greywalker and walks the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. She's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of strange cases.
- Roberts, Adam
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Hector travels across America to visit his father on a ranch and discovers that he has constructed a cult who await the impact of an asteroid. However, Hector is amazed when the section of Earth that the ranch is on suddenly breaks free from the rest of the planet during the collision. He struggles with his skepticism and acceptance of the fact that he is part of the remnants of the human race, on a splinter from the Earth.
- Sagara, Michelle
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Kaylin returns from Nightshade's castle and the Barrani High Court, eager to get back to being a beat cop and go after strictly regular troublemakers — thieves, brawlers and the occasional murderer. But her next case, which seems to be a simple abduction, starts getting complicated in this third title of the popular Elantra series.
- Sanderson, Brandon
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The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler — the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years — has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.