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The Weight - Andrew Vachss
From Publishers WeeklyAt the start of this tepid stand-alone from Vachss (Haiku), professional thief Tim "Sugar" Caine finds himself in an interesting dilemma--a rape victim has mi... -
The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
EDITORIAL REVIEW: For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. A... -
The Way Home - George Pelecanos
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Pelecanos (_The Turnaround_) probes the volatile and fragile relationship between a father, Thomas Flynn, and his son, Chris, in this less than sat... -
The Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker
From Publishers WeeklyParker's affecting fifth novel mines two historical anecdotes from 1813 and 1970 to draw parallel narratives around island dwellers off the North Carolina coa... -
The Water Room - Christopher Fowler
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring th... -
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
From Publishers WeeklyNovelist Steven Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance; Gates of Fire) goes self-help in The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. Dubbing itself a c... -
The War That Came Early_ West a - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyHaving laid out the course of "the war that came early" in 2009's Hitler's War, Turtledove focuses on turning his characters from stock military figures into ... -
The Vacant Throne - Ed Greenwood
From Publishers WeeklyBest known as the creator of Forgotten Realms, the Dungeons & Dragons-based heroic fantasy series, Greenwood continues to give his audience exactly what they.... -
The Use and Abuse of Literature - Marjorie Garber
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Harvard English professor Garber (Patronizing the Arts) leads an expedition through the archives of literature, rejecting expansion of the ter... -
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smi - Peter Carey
From Publishers WeeklyCarey, known for his quirkily skewed re-creations of Australian culture (Oscar and Lucinda; The Tax Collector), has outdone himself in this bizarre, uncannily...