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Dark places
Gillian Flynn.
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349 p. ; 25 cm.
"Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre."--Stephen King.
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Dead and gone
Charlaine Harris.
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312 p. ; 24 cm.
In Bon Temps, Louisiana, a race of unhuman beings--older, more powerful and far more secretive than vampires or werewolves-- is preparing for war. And Sookie Stackhouse will find herself an all-too human pawn in their battle as she investigates the murder of a were-panther.
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Death and honesty
Cynthia Riggs.
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viii, 227 p. ; 22 cm.
When a neighbor's body is found in the home of one of the three town assessors, Cynthia teams up with her old friend and rival, Emery Meyer, to get to the bottom of the case, in this entertaining mystery infused with the flora and fauna of Martha's Vineyard.
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Diamond star
Catherine Asaro.
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xi, 494 p. ; 25 cm.
Prince Del-Kurj Arden, rebel son of the conquered Skolian Empire, comes to Earth to pursue his musical dreams despite his family's protests. Soon, producers want to control him, fans want to love him, and enemies want to kill him. With this latest entry in his "Tales of the Ruby Dynasty" series, Nebula Award winner Asaro ventures into new territory while still showcasing his ability to combine sensual prose with vivid action and bold characterization. An independently released CD of songs referenced here, also titled Diamond Star and performed by alternative rock group Point Valid, can be purchased through www.starflight-music.com. A good pick for adventurous sf readers. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Diamondhead
by Patrick Robinson.
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408 p. ; 24 cm.
When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford's fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a devastating, new anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himself court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters worse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche. Mack suspects that Foche will succeed in his campaign to become the next French President, and fears that his election will result in the spread of international terrorism.In addition, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can only be saved by an experimental and unaffordable foreign medical procedure. So when the town’s shipbuilding magnate asks Mack to help assassinate Henri Foche, Mack finds himself agreeing. His reward is a chance at survival for both his son and his hometown.
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Emperor
Stephen Baxter.
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368 p. : map ; 18 cm.
A Celtic noble betrays his people and sides with the conquering Roman legions—all because of a prophecy that reveals secrets about the world that is to come, guiding those who hold it to wealth and power.
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Even
Andrew Grant.
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341 p. ; 25 cm.
David Trevellyan is a Royal Navy intelligence operative who usually works undercover, sometimes with the approval of his masters—and sometimes not. On a seemingly normal evening, he takes a lonely late-night walk between a restaurant and his New York City hotel. A familiar huddled shape in the mouth of an alley catches his eye—a homeless man has been shot to death. Trevellyan steps forward…and a cop car arrives. A split second too late, Trevellyan realizes he’s been set up.But Trevellyan isn’t worried. He’s a hard man from the shadowy world of Royal Navy Intelligence. He’s been in and out of trouble a thousand times before. But the NYPD quickly hands the problem to the FBI. Trevellyan is sucked deeper into the system. And the British Consulate tells him: You’re on your own now, mate.With no idea who’s a friend and who’s a foe, he penetrates deep into a huge international conspiracy.nbsp; The price of failure will be death, and the reward for success will be redemption, both for himself and the huddled corpse from the alley. The motivation will be his cherished life-long belief: You don’t get mad—you get EVEN.If Jack Reacher had a younger brother, he’d be David Trevellyan. Lee Child does have a younger brother, and his name is Andrew Grant. A remarkable debut,Evendelivers on its own—a tight, fast-paced, modern thriller fueled by adrenaline and revenge.
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Face of betrayal : a triple threat novel
Lis Wiehl with April Henry.
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310 p. ; 25 cm.
Three fiercely smart and devoted justice-seeking women investigate the disappearance of a Senate page--even as each fights her own personal battles.
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The family man
Elinor Lipman.
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305 p. ; 22 cm.
Ahysterical phone call from his ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend Henry Archer’s wellordered life. They bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now twenty-nine, an actresshopeful, estranged from her newly widowed crackpot mother— Denise, Henry’s ex. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a former sitcom star and current horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry’s Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new life—and maybe even new love—in the commotion.
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Far bright star : a novel
by Robert Olmstead.
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207 p. ; 22 cm.
Set in 1916, "Far Bright Star" follows Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, as he leads an expedition of inexperienced soldiers into the mountains of Mexico to hunt down Pancho Villa and bring him to justice. Though he is seasoned at such missions, Napoleon can't keep things from going horribly wrong, owing to the acts of one reckless young soldier. Before long the patrol is attacked, and Napoleon witnesses the brutal demise of his troops.As their leader, he is delivered a terrible punishment of his own: he is left, by his captors, to die in the desert. But they have given him a way to end his suffering--a pistol with one bullet. Through Napoleon we enter the conflicted mind of a warrior as he tries to endure against all odds, as he seeks to make sense of a lifetime of senseless wars and to reckon with the reasons a man would choose a life on the battlefield. This tightly wound novel is as stunning as it is terrifying.
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Wetlands
Charlotte Roche ; translated from the German by Tim Mohr.
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229 p. ; 20 cm.
In a sexually and anatomically explicit novel, Roche exposes the double bind of female sexuality, delivering a compulsively readable and fearlessly intimate manifesto on sex, hygiene, and the repercussions of family trauma.
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Fifty grand : a novel of suspense/ Adrian McKinty.
McKinty, Adrian.
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308 p. ; 25 cm.
This knockout thriller from a critically acclaimed author follows a young Cuban detective's quest for vengeance against her father's killer in a Colorado mountain town.
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