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Dakota : a Novel
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grimes's compelling second novel to feature the enigmatic young woman who calls herself Andi Oliver (after 1999's Biting the Moon) begins with Andi, who's still unaware of her real name or her past, adrift in the Dakota badlands. After rescuing an abandoned donkey, Andi makes a temporary home for herself in the […]
Strangers In Death
Publishers Weekly: In bestseller Robb's slick 26th not-so-near-future crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after 2007's Creation in Death), the New York City homicide cop investigates the murder of business tycoon Thomas Anders, whose strangled body is discovered tied to his bed, apparently the victim of a kinky sex encounter gone bad. Aided by […]
Wild Inferno
Publishers Weekly: The dramatic background-wild fires spreading near Colorado's famed Chimney Rock at the same time Pueblo people are gathering there for an important ceremony-and a smoother blending of plot and Native American lore and rituals make Ault's sequel to her impressive debut (Wild Indigo, 2007) a richer novel than her first. Jamaica Wild, the […]
Lady Killer
Publishers Weekly: Philadelphia attorney Mary DiNunzio, last seen in Killer Smile(2004), agrees to help her high school nemesis, Trish Gambone, at the start of this less than convincing thriller from bestseller Scottoline. Trish, whom Mary used to regard as "the quintessential Mean Girl," has turned in desperation to the lawyer, "the all-around Most Likely to […]
The Black Dove
Ken St. Andre – Library Journal: After Gus ("Old Red") and Otto ("Big Red") Amlingmeyer solved the crime but lost the client in their last case (On the Wrong Track), they found themselves down and out in San Francisco. Here, the death of their acquaintance Dr. Chan inspires Gus to deduce what happened, but no […]
The Poacher's Son
Publishers Weekly: Down East editor-in-chief Doiron takes a provocative look at the ties between fathers and sons, unconditional love, and Maine?s changing landscape in his outstanding debut. Game warden Mike Bowditch, who hasn?t heard from his dad, Jack Bowditch, in two years, wonders what the man wants from him after he comes home late one […]