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Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami; Jay Rubin
Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to... -
Wife of the Gods - Kwei Quartey
SUMMARY: Introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson: dedicated family man, rebel in the office, ace in the field-and one of the most appealing sleuths to come along in years. Whe... -
When We Were Strangers - Pamela Schoenewaldt
SUMMARY:Introduction "If you leave Opi, you'll die with strangers," Irma Vitale's mother always warned. Even after her beloved mother's passing, 20-year-old Irma longs to st... -
War in Tethyr - Victor Milan; Walter (CON) Vele
Product DescriptionThe second installment in the Nobles series introduces the adventures of many striking new characters, who do battle to the death--and beyond--in the Forgotten R... -
Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
SUMMARY: It's Stephanie Plum, New Jersey's "fugitive apprehension" agent (aka bounty hunter), introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award-winning novel "One for the Mon... -
To Tempt a Saint - Kate Moore
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** No romance lover can resist the novels of Kate Moore... First in the Sons of Sin trilogy Introducing the three sons of an infamous London courtesan-and the str... -
This House of Sky - Ivan Doig
This haunting, magnificently written memoir introduced an important American writer. Now, in its Fifteenth Anniversary Edition, Ivan Doig's preface provides stirring details of the... -
The crucible_ a play in four ac - Arthur Miller
SUMMARY: "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introductio... -
The concrete blonde - Michael Connelly
From Publishers WeeklyIn this fiendishly plotted combination of courtroom drama and police procedural, Connelly's LAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, introduced in the Edgar-... -
The book of other people - Zadie Smith
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. "The instruction was simple: make somebody up," explains novelist Smith in her introduction to this marvelous compendium of 23 distinct, punge...