SUMMARY: Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flow...
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner AwardAmerican Booksellers Association Book of the Year AwardSan Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there c...
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tin...
From Publishers WeeklyE.O. Smonk is an ugly, unwashed, murdering rapist who has terrorized the small town of Old Texas, Ala., for years. In 1911, the town summons Smonk to stand tr...
SUMMARY: Slap bang in the middle of the hottest day of the year, the zoo's drains have blocked up and there's nowhere for the animals' poo to go! Mr Pickles the zoo keeper (who is ...
In Small World, the crew of the USS da Vinci is sent to come to the aid of Araneus, a Koas whose ship is destroyed as he attempts to bring a piece of very precious cargo to Fede...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: This powerful, moving and well-controlled thriller follows the metamorphosis of Sara Burney, an abused, submissive and battered wife whose daily goal has been to ...
Amazon.com ReviewIn Six Moon Dance, veteran fantasy and science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper tells the tale of the strange planet Newholme. An intriguing human society occupies ....
Review"No writer has swallowed all of Singapore, from its stately colonial bungalows to its once opium-infested slums, with the verve and wit of the late J.G. Farrell, whose 1978 s...
From Publishers WeeklyBritish author Hogg's elaborate debut centers on the hunt for self-destructive rock star Billy K, who vanished into thin air on a Cornish cliff top. After a y...