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The Draco Tavern - Larry Niven
From Publishers WeeklyThe cantina scene in Star Wars, as Niven (_Ringworld_) points out in his introduction, partakes of "a hoary old tradition," as do the 27 Draco Tavern st... -
The Disappointment Artist - Jonathan Lethem
In a volume he describes as "a series of covert and no-so-covert autobiographical pieces," Jonathan Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession—in his case, with examples as d... -
The Brush-Off_ A Hair-Raising M - Laura Bradley
SUMMARY: Make an appointment for intrigue at Reyn Marten Sawyer's hair salon! Outrageous, flirtatious, and as colorful as a magenta mohawk, Reyn tracks twisted crimes, untangles ti... -
The Abduction - James Grippando
From Publishers WeeklyThe presidential election of 2000 is coming down to the wire in this disappointing thriller, when Democratic candidate (and attorney general) Allison Leahy bl... -
Spycraft - Melton; Robert Wallace; Schlesi
SUMMARY: Secret instructons written in invisible ink. Cigarettes that fire bullets. Covert communications slipped inside dead rats. Subminature cameras hidden in ballpoint pens. If... -
South of the Border, West of th - Haruki Murakami
SUMMARY: In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes t... -
Something Blue - Emily Giffin
From Publishers WeeklyGiffin's sophomore effort-which tells the story that her bestselling Something Borrowed did from a different character's point of view-stars such an unsympath... -
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
From Publishers WeeklyPalahniuk's audacious ninth novel tells the story of Cassie Wright, an aging porn queen who intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex wi... -
Separation of Power - Vince Flynn
SUMMARY: CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in Vince Flynn's high-velocity New York Times bestseller.Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an ins... -
Section 31_ Rogue - Andy Mangels; Michael A. Martin
SUMMARY:They are the self-appointed protectors of the Federation. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, answerable to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division ...