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Almost a Family - John Darnton
From Publishers WeeklySoon after Pearl Harbor, Darnton's father, Barney Darnton, a correspondent for the New York Times, shipped off to the South Pacific, leaving behind infant Dar... -
All the Pretty Girls - J. T. Ellison
From Publishers WeeklyIn this tame debut, the body of a young girl discovered by the side of a Nashville highway puts homicide detective Taylor Jackson and her lowdown boyfriend, F... -
All That Follows - Jim Crace
From Publishers WeeklyLeonard Lessing, the British protagonist of Crace's surprisingly bad 10th novel (after The Pesthouse), has Walter Mitty–like dreams of being a revolutionary .... -
Alfred Hitchcock_ A Life in Dar - Patrick McGilligan
From Publishers WeeklyDirector Hitchcock is in a class by himself. His legendary films, including Rear Window, The 39 Steps and Notorious, coupled with his TV show, Alfred Hitchock... -
Alexander II_ The Last Great Ts - Edvard Radzinsky; Antonina Boui
From Publishers WeeklyIt's difficult to reform Russia, as popular historian Radzinsky shows in this lively examination of the czar best known for emancipating the serfs in 1861. Vi... -
Agincourt_ Henry v and the Batt - Juliet R. V. Barker
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Barker, a British biographer (_The Brontës_) and accomplished medievalist, brings an excellent synergy of academic and literary skills to thi.... -
Agaat - Marlene van Niekerk; Michiel He
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Van Niekerk follows the widely lauded Triomf with a dark, innovative epic that trudges through the depths of a South African farmwife's soul..... -
Aftertime - Sophie Littlefield
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Littlefield (A Bad Day for Pretty) turns what could be just another zombie apocalypse into a thoughtful and entertaining exploration of many t... -
Afterlife - Douglas Clegg
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Stoker-winner Clegg (_The Hour Before Dark_) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters' perilous descents ... -
After the fire, a still small v - Evie Wyld
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Set in the haunting landscape of eastern Australia, this is a stunningly accomplished debut novel about the inescapable past: the ineffable ties of family, the wa...