Amazon.com ReviewPenzler Pick, February 2000: Just as Robert B. Parker and Dennis Lehane have made Boston their own and Los Angeles has been the distinct province of a lin...

In this brilliant novel, Salman Rushdie masterfully combines history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the families of two men ...

Review"Reminiscent of Ruth Rendall at her best." Herald "Relentless and frightening." Guardian "A compulsive thriller." Metro "Alvtegen keeps up a cracking pace." Uncut" Produ...

From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. [Signature]_Reviewed by William T. Vollmann_The focus of this novel is extremism. It tells the tale of two Kashmiri villages whose inhab...

SUMMARY: When cleaning lady Lily Bard discovers the dead body of her nosy landlord, her plan of starting a quiet new life may end in her death.

SUMMARY: Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories and horrible nightmares, she decides to join a weekly group...

SUMMARY: Determined to move beyonde her violent past, Lily heads to her hometown of Bartley for her estranged sister's Christmas Eve wedding. But there is something in the air besides holiday cheer - ...

SUMMARY: When Lily stumbles upon the well-built corpse of a local body builder-his neck broken by a barbell-the town's underlying racial tension begins to boil over. The white victim was somehow conne...

From Publishers Weekly[Signature]_Reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum_At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and spin the...

Product DescriptionThe invasion of the arch-wizards is on! The archwizards of Shade Enclave have come out of the desert with a message of peace, and an act of war. Split by petty di...