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The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk
From Publishers WeeklyOne of Turkey's foremost novelists explores the ambivalent relationship between master and slave in this elegant, postmodernist twist on the theme of the dopp... -
The Unkindest Cut - Honor Hartman
SUMMARY: Emma Diamond, a recent widow with a passion for bridge, takes a retreat to the Texas Hill Country with her friends. The trip proves to be quite a thrilling spectacle in wa... -
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The Troubled Man_ A Kurt Wallan - Henning Mankell
SUMMARY: Every morning H kan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval o... -
The Swordbearer - Glen Cook
SUMMARY: A young boy's dreams of glory and war turn into a bitter nightmare as his father's kingdom is overrun by an invading army. Lost and alone in the woods, he finds an ancient... -
The Split Second - John Hulme; Michael Wexler
SUMMARY: Now thirteen years old and still a Fixer in the parallel universe called the Seems, Becker Drane is called upon to repair the damage caused by an enormous bomb planted in ... -
The Spirit Stone - Katharine Kerr
From Publishers WeeklyAfter the disappointment of Kerr's first entry in her Silver Wyrm series, The Gold Falcon (2006), part of her popular Deverry cycle, fans will welcome the au.... -
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell
SUMMARY: It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medi... -
The Saint of Dragons - Jason Hightman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The ancient dragons -- of the time of the legendary Saint George and earlier -- have never disappeared entirely. Instead, they've moved undercover -- and into hum... -
The Russian Dreambook of Color - Gina Ochsner
In a crumbling apartment building in post-Soviet Russia, there's a ghost who won't keep quiet.Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried, so he sticks around to heckle...