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Powder Burn - Carl Hiaasen; Bill Montalbano
From Library JournalPublished in 1984, 1981, and 1982, respectively, these novels feature action, intrigue, violence, and murder. In the Hitchcock vein, they also portray protagoni... -
One of Ours - Willa Cather
SUMMARY:Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of the making of a young American soldierClaude Wheeler, the sensitive, aspiring protagonist of this beautifully modu... -
Now Is the Time to Open Your He - Alice Walker
From Publishers WeeklyKate Talkingtree, the 57-year-old writer protagonist of Walker's latest concoction, is a lifelong seeker after enlightenment in the carnal, political and reli... -
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
Amazon.com ReviewBilly Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a budget that'.... -
Iron Lace - Emilie Richards
From Publishers Weekly Named for the trademark elaborate cast-iron grillwork of many New Orleans homes, Iron Lace is more aptly suited to describe the protagonists' lives in Richar... -
Hit List - Lawrence Block
Few mystery authors have a stable of protagonists as uniformly appealing as Lawrence Block's. Whether Block's taking the reader into PI Matthew Scudder's world of dimly lit bars... -
Family album - Danielle Steel
ReviewThis is a collection of three stunning, ethereal novellas. Karen, the adolescent protagonist in "The Talisman," is doing poorly in Catholic boarding school. Every time she at... -
Dying in the Dark_ A Tamara Hay - Valerie Wilson Wesley
SUMMARY: Valerie Wilson Wesley’s Tamara Hayle mystery series featuring Newark, New Jersey’s number one private investigator are loved for their smart, sexy protagonist who “has a w... -
Chump Change - David Eddie
From Publishers WeeklyIt's hard to claim literary burnout after a brief stint as a glorified filing clerk at Newsweek, but the slacker protagonist of Eddie's debut novel, 28-year-o... -
Cat's cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
SUMMARY: Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protago...