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Forthcoming Books: September 2014
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Edge of eternity
by Ken Follett
A conclusion to the epic trilogy by the best-selling author of Winter of the World continues the experiences of five intertwined international families as they confront the social, political and economic turmoil of the second half of the 20th century. 1.5 million first printing.
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The secret place
by Tana French
Investigating a disturbing photo of a boy whose murder was never solved, aspiring Murder Squad member Stephen Moran partners with abrasive detective Antoinette Conway to search for answers in the tight-knit cliques and rivalries at a Dublin boarding school. By the Edgar Award-winning author of In the Woods. 200,000 first printing.
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Perfidia : a novel
by James Ellroy
A debut entry in a second L.A. Quartet by the award-winning author of L.A. Confidential follows a post-Pearl Harbor murder of a Japanese family that entangles a brilliant Japanese-American forensic chemist, an adventurous woman, a future police chief and an arch villain. 75,000 first printing.
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The Cinderella killer : a Charles Paris novel
by Simon Brett
Landing a minor role in a theater production, Charles Paris is assigned to help the show's famous American star navigate cultural differences in England, an effort that tangles him up in the actor's complicated relationships and a wrongful murder charge.
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Stone mattress : nine tales
by Margaret Atwood
The award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale presents a collection of short stories that features such protagonists as a widowed writer who is guided by her late husband's voice and a woman whose genetic abnormality causes her to be mistaken for a vampire. 60,000 first printing.
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The bone clocks : a novel
by David Mitchell
Interweaves six narratives spanning the period between 1984 and the 2030s to chronicle a secret war between a cult of soul-decanters and a small group of vigilantes who would take them down. By the award-winning author of Cloud Atlas. 200,000 first printing.
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Rose Gold : an Easy Rawlins mystery
by Walter Mosley
When a boxer-turned-revolutionary kidnaps the daughter of a weapons manufacturer and threatens to publicly execute her in exchange for a lucrative ransom, Easy Rawlins is tapped by the LAPD to make a difficult border crossing to navigate an ensuing standoff. 75,000 first printing.
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The Stone Wife
by Peter Lovesey
When a competitive-bidding war for a rare carved stone is interrupted by three masked men who kill the highest bidder, Peter Diamond and his team investigate the carving's mystical origins while Ingeborg goes undercover to learn about the murder weapon. By the award-winning author of The Tooth Tattoo.
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The paying guests
by Sarah Waters
Forced to take in lodgers in economically challenged 1922 South London, widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter find their lives profoundly and disturbingly changed by the arrival of a modern young couple. By the best-selling author of The Little Stranger. 100,000 first printing.
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Seven Wonders
by Ben Mezrich
After his reclusive, math-genius brother is murdered, Jack's search for the killer sends him to the Seven Wonders of the World, where he stumbles upon an ancient mystery. By the author of The Accidental Billionaires. 100,000 first printing.
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Five days left
by Julie Lawson Timmer
A terminally ill career woman, wife and mother—and a middle-school foster parent whose 8-year-old boy is about to return to his former inmate mother—traverse the last five days they have to say goodbye to their loved ones. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
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The dog
by Joseph O'Neill
Leaving New York in the wake of a breakup to take a job in a futuristic Dubai at the height of its metropolitan self-invention, a young man struggles with growing feelings of being trapped while navigating the eccentricities of his wealthy employers. By the award-winning author of Netherland. 75,000 first printing.
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Station eleven : a novel
by Emily St. John Mandel
The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of King Lear marks the beginning of the world's dissolution, in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates. By the author of The Lola Quartet. 50,000 first printing.
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The Search for heinrich Schlögel : a novel
by Martha Baillie
"Martha Baillie's hypnotic novel follows Heinrich Schlögel from Germany to Canada, where he sets out on a two-week hike into the isolated interior of Baffin Island. His journey quickly becomes surreal; he experiences strange encounters and inexplicable visions as shards of Arctic history emerge from the shifting landscape. When he returns from his hike, he discovers that, though he has not aged, thirty years have passed. Narrated by an unnamed archivist who is attempting to piece together the truth of Heinrich's life, The Search for Heinrich Schlögel dances between reality and dream, asking us to consider not only our role in imagining the future into existence but also the consequences of our past choices. "
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Gutenberg's apprentice : a novel
by Alix Christie
When his foster father, a wealthy merchant and bookseller, finances Johann Gutenberg and his printing press, Peter Schoeffer is ordered to become Gutenberg's apprentice and begins his education in the "darkest art" as they print copies of the Holy Bible, drawing the wrath of the Church. 75,000 first printing.
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The high divide : a novel
by Lin Enger
Abandoned by her husband and her two sons who went out to search for him, Gretta Pope must follow her family across the rugged badlands of 1880s Montana. By the author of Undiscovered Country. 35,000 first printing.
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The Betrayers
by David Bezmozgis
Escaping his political opponents in a Crimean resort town, disgraced Israeli politician Baruch Kotler runs into a former friend who had him sent to the gulag 40 years prior and must reconcile with his betrayers and his own poor choices. 50,000 first printing.
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Murder on the Île Sordou : a Verlaque and Bonnet Provençal mystery
by M. L. Longworth
"The fourth book in the series finds Verlaque and Bonnet on vacation on a remote island in the glittering Mediterranean Like Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri, M. L. Longworth's books enchant mystery lovers with a taste for good food and gorgeous landscapes. In Murder on the Île Sordou, Judge Antoine Verlaque and his girlfriend, law professor Marine Bonnet, are hoping to enjoy a relaxing holiday at the Locanda Sordou, an opulent hotel that is reopening after decades, but someone has other plans.
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Accidents of Marriage
by Randy Susan Meyers
A social worker struggling to keep the peace with her increasingly volatile husband for the sake of their children finds herself fighting for her life in the hospital after his temper gets the best of him one rainy day. By the best-selling author of The Comfort of Lies. 50,000 first printing.
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Claudine
by Barbara Palmer
"Maria Lantos is a post-grad Yale student researching illicit eighteenth-century literature. She's become exceptionally well-versed in the narratives of classic erotic fantasy. She's also Claudine, an in-demand escort specializing in sexual role play foran elite clientele. Anonymous. Satisfying. And discreet. Until the tenuous separation between her worlds starts to crack. It begins with the murder of a stranger. It leads to two men who will test Maria's limits of control and awaken her own sexual desires. As her private nights bleed into day, Maria will discover the dangerous places that extend beyond the imagination, and the secrets that are no longer consigned to the dark. "
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Forged by Desire
by Bec Mcmaster
A respected woman of the Guard, Perry, who has found sanctuary among the Nighthawks, takes on a new case with Garrett Reed, the man she desires, that takes them out of their depth as they try to stop the darkness stalking London's streets. Original. 10,000 first printing.
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De Potter's Grand Tour
by Joanna Scott
Drawing on real letters, legal documents and a trove of diaries, the author delivers a historical novel about a widow in 1905 trying to piece together the secretive life of her husband, a black-market antiques dealer who mysteriously disappeared off the coast of Greece. Includes reading-group guide.
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The mystery of the invisible hand : a Henry Spearman mystery
by Marshall Jevons
"Henry Spearman, the balding economics professor with a knack for solving crimes, returns in The Mystery of the Invisible Hand--a clever whodunit of campus intrigue, stolen art, and murder. Having just won the Nobel Prize, Spearman accepts an invitation to lecture at Monte Vista University. He arrives in the wake of a puzzling art heist with plans to teach a course on art and economics--only to be faced with the alleged suicide of womanizing artist-in-residence Tristan Wheeler.
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Doctored : the disillusionment of an American physician
by Sandeep Jauhar
A timely industry exposé and memoir by the cardiologist author of Intern calls for a reestablishment of moral practices in patient care while revealing how liability- and profit-driven practices in American healthcare are subjecting patients to unnecessary tests and high fees.
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The Roosevelts : an intimate history
by Geoffrey C. Ward
An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of a great American political family and its impact on the United States serves as the tie-in volume to the PBS documentary to air in the fall of 2014. TV tie-in.
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A path appears : enriching the lives of others--and ourselves
by Nicholas D. Kristof
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Half the Sky present a narrative road map about making a difference in the world, explaining how to identify effective local and global aid initiatives and participate in successful fundraisers and charities. 200,000 first printing.
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