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Clown Girl - Monica Drake; Chuck Palahniuk
From Publishers WeeklyAs Drake's debut opens, Nita, otherwise known as Sniffles the Clown, is tying balloon animals for a horde of greedy, sticky children at a fair. Suffering what... -
City of War - Neil Russell
From Publishers WeeklyRussell's uneven debut pits hunky billionaire adventurer Rail Black against an unlikely combo of villains. Stuck in L.A. freeway gridlock, Rail is shocked to ... -
City Boy_ My Life in New York D - Edmund White
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Novelist and critic White (A Boy's Own Story; The Joy of Gay Sex) weaves erotic encounters and long-ago literati into a vast tapestr... -
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... -
Chill of Night - John Lutz
From Publishers WeeklyAgainst the backdrop of a terrorized city, Lutz delivers a solid thriller with typical skill and style. Ex-NYPD homicide detective Artemis Beam made his reput... -
Chat - Archer Mayor
From Publishers WeeklyRelationships always drive Mayor's plots, but never more so than in this intricate, suspense-filled 18th Joe Gunther novel (after 2006's The Second Mouse -
Chasing Sophea_ a novel - Gabrielle Pina
From Publishers WeeklyDespite her cushy Pasadena life and marriage to the preciously nicknamed "Milky," part-time college teacher Dahlia Chang suffers blackouts and headaches, can'... -
Chasing Fire - Nora Roberts
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This searing stand-alone from bestseller Roberts (The Search) celebrates the smoke jumpers of Missoula, Mont., who routinely risk life and lim... -
Charley's Web - Joy Fielding
From Publishers WeeklyJill Rohmer, a convicted child killer with a borderline personality disorder, lures Charlotte Charley Webb, a popular columnist for the Palm Beach Post and s.... -
Charcuterie_ The Craft of Salti - Michael Ruhlman; Brian Polcyn;
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Without the faintest hint of apology, Ruhlman and Polcyn present an arsenal of recipes that take hours, and sometimes days, to prepare; are l....