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Very Bad Men - Harry Dolan
Review"A riveting crime novel . . . Relentless pacing, a wry sense of humor, and an engaging protagonist add up to another winner for Dolan." -- Publishers Weekly"A second min... -
The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends usi... -
The Stranger - Max Frei; Polly Gannon
From Publishers WeeklyFirst published to wide acclaim in Russia in 1996, the intriguing first Labyrinths of Echo novel introduces readers to protagonist, narrator and pseudonymous ... -
The Road to Rome_ A Forgotten L - Ben Kane
SUMMARY: The third novel in The Forgotten Legion trilogy takes the main protagonists from North Africa back to Rome in the build-up to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Having su... -
The Death of Bunny Munro - Nick Cave
From Publishers WeeklyThe protagonist of Cave's pleasantly demented second novel, set in England, is living out a porno: door-to-door lotion salesman Bunny Munro spends his days se... -
The Black Ice - Michael Connelly
From Publishers WeeklyLAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, protagonist of the highly praised mystery The Black Echo , returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the dr... -
The Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr
From Library JournalDr. Lazlo Kreizler, protagonist of The Alienist (LJ 3/1/94), is back with his idiosyncratic companions in Carr's latest mystery thriller. Set in 1897 New York a... -
Sanshiro - Natsume Soseki; Haruki Murakami
Natsume Soseki's only coming-of-age novel, Sanshiro depicts the eponymous twenty-three-year-old protagonist as he leaves the sleepy countryside to attend a university in the consta... -
Riven - Jerry B. Jenkins
From Publishers WeeklyIn this painfully slow story, Jenkins (Left Behind) builds two protagonists' story lines-each from different generations and different walks of life, yet dest... -
Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch
From Publishers WeeklyLike its roguish protagonists, Lynch's colorful sequel to 2006's The Lies of Locke Lamora is charming, unpredictable and fast on its feet and stands surprisi....