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Fiction, January 2008
General Fiction |Mysteries |Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
General Fiction
- Anam, Tahmima
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In her debut novel, Anam tells the story of a young widow who becomes embroiled in the violent political turmoil of 1971 that transforms a brutal Pakistani civil war into a fight to the death for Bangladeshi independence.
- Brooks, Geraldine
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March comes this novel — inspired by a true story — that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war.
- Delinsky, Barbara
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The Secret Between Us tells an unforgettable story about making bad choices for the right reasons, and the terrible consequences of a lie gone wrong.
- Doyle, Roddy
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Eight funny and poignant stories of immigrant experience in contemporary Ireland. This is classic Roddy Doyle, full of his unmistakable wit and his acute ear for dialogue.
- Favorite, Eileen
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Narrated by a spirited adolescent, this debut novel features appearances by heroines from literature — from Emma Bovary to Scarlett O'Hara and Franny Glass — who take refuge at a Midwestern bed and breakfast when they need a break from their plots.
- Holden, Craig
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Holden's latest work is a stylish yet harrowing tale of sex, deception and international smuggling.
- Iagnemma, Karl
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From award-winning author Iagnemma comes a fierce and gorgeous story of an estranged father and son's unlikely journey though the wilderness of 19th century America.
- Lescroart, John
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San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and his buddy, detective Abe Glitsky, return in a story filled with love, betrayal and national secrets.
- Morgenroth, Kate
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Sofie and her husband have left Manhattan in search of a more tranquil life in the suburbs. But when a member of Sofie’s new neighborhood book club turns up dead, things get messy. Through this swamp of suburban secrets, Sofie must wade to find the truth behind Julia’s murder and the state of her own marriage.
- Nerve.Com
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The first in a series of annual anthologies, Smut presents 22 pieces of Nerve.com's most talked-about fiction, with cliche-shattering stories from some of today's most talented writers.
- Read, Cornelia
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Madeline Dare is teaching at a boarding school for emotionally disturbed teenagers, where the students and teachers must follow the bizarre therapies of the dean, whose credibility Madeline doubts.
- Reilly, Matthew
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In the sequel to Seven Deadly Wonders super-soldier Jack West, Jr. and his elite team must race to secure the world from a looming Armageddon.
- Sakey, Marcus
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Home from Iraq and still reeling from his discharge, Jason Palmer plans to spend his summer drinking and chasing girls. But when his brother is brutally murdered, Jason is all that stands between his eight-year-old nephew and a pair of ruthless killers.
- Whyte, Jack
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From the author of Knights of the Black and White comes this second novel in the historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars.
Mysteries
- Arruda, Suzanne Middendorf
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Join "one of the most appealing heroines to appear in the pages of a mystery" (Library Journal) on an adventure through 1920s Morocco in this third book in Arruda's historical mystery series.
- Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney
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One of Britain's premier royal biographers pens the first in a series of clever historical murder mysteries, featuring Oscar Wilde as the detective.
- Clement, Blaize
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In this third installment of the popular cozy series, pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway discovers the dead body of a mansion gate-keeper. She's had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the corpse for someone else to find. But that someone else sees her leaving the scene of the crime.
- Fulmer, David
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As boxer Eddie Cero makes his way home through a dark Philadelphia alley, he steps in on two punks beating up an older man. It's a favor that's going to turn Eddie's life upside down. Fulmer's newest mystery brings us the vibrant city of Philadelphia and the early days of its famous soul.
- Gage, Leighton D.
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In the remote Brazilian town of Cascatas do Pontal, where landless peasants are confronting the owners of vast estates, the bishop arrives by helicopter to consecrate a new church and is assassinated. Mario Silva, chief inspector for criminal matters of the federal police of Brazil, is dispatched to find the killer. Silva must battle the state police and a corrupt judiciary as well as criminals who prey on street kids, the big landowners, and the church itself, in order to solve the murder. Here is a Brazil that tourists never encounter.
- Kelly, Jim
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For many years, the English hamlet of Jude's Ferry has been abandoned. Before then, the isolated community was famous for never having recorded a single crime. But when local reporter Philip Dryden joins the army on practice maneuvers, its spotless reputation is literally blown apart.
- Paretsky, Sara
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Set in the Kaw River Valley where Paretsky grew up, Bleeding Kansas is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery believers.
- Raybourn, Deanna
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Lady Julia returns to celebrate the holidays only to find her father's home crowded with family, friends and Nicholas Brisbane, the one man she had hoped to forget. The celebrations take a ghastly turn after a guest is found brutally murdered, and one of Lady Julia's cousins confesses to the crime.
- Robinson, Peter
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Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot must work together to solve two chilling crimes as they search for two killers who might strike again at any moment and with bloody fury.
- Todd, Charles
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A body found in the ruins of an ancient abbey sends Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge after a brutal killer.
Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Asaro, Catherine
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Jaibriol ruled the Eubian Concord; Kelric ruled the Skolian Imperialate. Neither wanted war, but neither was complete master of his realm. Each hid a secret that, if revealed, might be his downfall.
- Baxter, Stephen
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As William the Conqueror's men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion, a prophecy is uttered. A bedraggled woman in a ruined chapel speaks of civilizations in conflict, armed by the engines of God — and that prophecy proves to be true as the war between Christianity and Islam leaves its mark across the land. In Spain, a rogue priest dreams of the final defeat of Islam, for he has found a rent in the tapestry of time, a point where agents from the future used diabolical weapons of destruction to change history. Centuries later, in 1492, as men of vision weary of the strife and are drawn to the unknown West, one such explorer seeks the funding for his voyage, while a mysterious Weaver plots to unravel the strands of time and stop him.
- Berg, Carol
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As the land of Navronne sinks deeper into civil war and perilous winter, everyone wants to get their hands on the rebellious sorcerer Valen. Addicted to an enchantment that turns pain into pleasure — and bound by oaths he refuses to abandon — Valen risks body and soul to rescue one child, seek justice for another, and bring the dying land its rightful king. Yet no one is who they seem, and Valen's search for healing grace leads him from Harrower dungeons to alien shores.
- Flint, Eric
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A mysterious cosmic force — the Ring of Fire — has hurled the town of Grantville from 20th century West Virginia back to 17th century Europe. The time-lost West Virginians have allied with the King of Sweden to change the course of history.
- Green, Simon R.
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Welcome to the Nightside, that secret square mile located in the dark heart of London where the sun never rises and people can fraternize with every myth and monster imaginable. John Taylor is a P.I. with the special ability to locate anyone or anything. The Unnatural Inquirer, the Nightside's most notorious gossip rag, has offered him a million pounds to find a DVD purported to contain an actual recording of the afterlife. John doesn't know if it's true, but someone — or something — thinks so, and will stop at nothing to possess the disc.
- Harris, Charlaine
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Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana — until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life and one of her coworkers checks out. Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.
- Hendee, Barb
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For years, Magiere and Leesil have sought a long-forgotten artifact, even though its purpose has been shrouded in mystery. All Magiere knows is that she must keep the orb from falling into the hands of a murdering Noble Dead, her half-brother Welstiel. And now, dreams of a castle locked in ice lead her south, on a journey that has become nothing less than an obsession.
- Hobb, Robin
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Loyal, privileged and brave, Nevare Burvelle proudly embraced his role as soldier in the service of the King of Gernia—unaware of the strange turns his life would ultimately take. Exposed to a plague of enemy sorcery that felled many of his compatriots, he prevailed, but at a terrible cost to his soul, body and heart. Now he stands wrongly accused of unspeakable crimes. Condemned by his brother soldiers and sentenced to death, Nevare has no option but to escape.
- Martin, George R. R.
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Like so many others, Ramón Espejo ran from the poverty and hopelessness of the Third World to the promise of a new world — joining a host of like-minded workers and dreamers aboard one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the life he found on the far-off planet of São Paulo was no better than the one he had abandoned.
- Owens, Robin D.
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When a deadly plague strikes Lladrana, twin sisters Elizabeth and Bri are summoned to fight the evil they think is caused by the Dark. After one of the sisters succumbs to the Dark, the other must fight to rescue her.
- Palmatier, Joshua
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Ruled by the Mistress of the Skewed Throne, the city of Amenkor has just survived a devastating invasion. Yet perhaps the most crucial loss is the throne of Amenkor, now totally drained of the magic, knowledge, life force and memories of previous rulers. The city's only hope lies with its sometime ally, the city of Venitte, home to the throne that is twin in power to Amenkor's, the two created at the same time by a magic that no one can now duplicate.
- Salvatore, R.A.
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Searching for his long-lost father, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war against the brutal Samhaist, Ancient Badden.
- Swanwick, Michael
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A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter. Evacuated to the Tower of Babel — very much like New York City — Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a politician, and meets his one true love — a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.