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Zero and Other Fictions - Huang Fan
Against the backdrop of nativist rural narratives dominating Taiwan's literary scene in the 1980s, Huang Fan published thrilling urban portraits and political satires, reorienting ... -
Trip Wire_ A Cook County Myster - Charlotte Carter
Review“Charlotte Carter blends street savvy with wry urbanity.”–_The New York Times_Product Description_Of Jackson Park, the first Cook County myste... -
The investigators - W.E.B. Griffin
SUMMARY: A brutal crime...A group of urban terrorists...An investigation of dirty cops... The leads in these supposedly unconnected cases have become tangled in some very ugly--and... -
The Turnaround - George P. Pelecanos
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In yet another gem of urban noir, bestseller Pelecanos (_The Night Gardener_) explores the possibility of making the turnaround, of starting o... -
The Thirteen - Susie Moloney
The Witches of Eastwick meets Desperate Housewives in Susie Moloney's The Thirteen, her new and long-awaited novel. Haven Woods is suburban he... -
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
SUMMARY:In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house, a patron is swiftly garroted to death. The next day Amer... -
The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card
From Publishers WeeklyCard's newest series opener can't decide whether it's a thought experiment featuring a nifty magic system, a YA urban fantasy, or a series of fantasy interlud... -
The Ideal Man - Julie Garwood
New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood delivers a contemporary romance that's pulse-pounding in every sense of the word. Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residenc... -
The Heretic - Joseph Nassise
A former SWAT officer turns modern Templar Knight in this exciting new urban fantasy series for fans of Jim Butcher, Rob Thurman, and Patricia Briggs!A chance encounter with one of... -
The Family Arsenal - Paul Theroux
Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for...