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Loser's Town - Daniel Depp
From Publishers WeeklyScreenwriter Depp's inspired if uneven debut, the first in a new crime series, introduces Hollywood PI David Spandau, a former stunt man too old and beat up t... -
Los Angeles Noir - Denise Hamilton
From Publishers WeeklyAkashic's city-themed noir series (_New Orleans Noir_, etc.) finally reaches L.A., a prime locale for this subgenre. Of the 17 contributors, bestseller Michae... -
Look Closely - Laura Caldwell
From Publishers WeeklyChick-lit author Caldwell (_The Year of Living Famously_) switches gears to draw from her former career as a trial lawyer for her first suspense novel. Manhat... -
London Bridges - James Patterson
From Publishers WeeklyAny thriller writer, wannabe or actual, would do well to study Patterson's 10th Alex Cross novel. A sequel to last year's The Big Bad Wolf, the book is ... -
Live Wire - Harlan Coben
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Edgar-winner Coben's 10th Myron Bolitar novel (after Long Lost) is a perfect 10: providing readers with new information about the past of the ... -
Little Pink House_ A True Story - Jeff Benedict
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Benedict (_The Mormon Way of Doing Business_) has taken a complicated court case centered on eminent domain and turned it into a page-turner w... -
Literary Occasions_ Essays - V. S. Naipaul; Pankaj Mishra
From Publishers WeeklyOne imagines many readers are still absorbing The Writer and the World, Naipaul's magisterial collection of deeply opinionated global political reports and cu... -
Lincoln's Dreams - Connie Willis
From Publishers WeeklyAs a researcher for a popular historical novelist, Jeff Johnston finds himself immersed in the minutiae of the Civil War, tracking down the name of a general'... -
Lightning Man_ The Accursed Lif - Kenneth Silverman
From Publishers WeeklyThe New York Herald may have eulogized the inventor of the telegraph in 1872 as "perhaps the most illustrious American of his age," but Samuel Morse may have ... -
Light on snow_ a novel - Anita Shreve
From Publishers WeeklyAn after-school stroll leads to a life-altering event for widower Robert Dillon and his 12-year-old daughter, Nicky, in this delicate new novel by acclaimed a...