SUMMARY: Shy, dreamy, and incurably romantic, HArriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, Oxford's leading playboy undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alon...

King Harold Godwineson (c.1022-66) is one of history's shadowy figures, known mainly for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings. His true status and achievements have been overshadowed by t...

SUMMARY: The first in a new series, introducing a splendid hero, against the background of Europe in the One Hundred Years' War. Thomas of Hookton becomes an archer in the army of King Edward III. He ...

Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year...

SUMMARY: Rasa joins Aman's two other wives, Amollia and Aster, and travels to Sindupore in order to save Aman from the djinn who has changed him into a donkey

From Publishers WeeklyMurakami's lightning prose more than sustains the elaborate plot of this thriller, set in a Tokyo of the near future. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, ...

From Publishers WeeklyRune, the shrewd and spunky heroine of Manhattan Is My Beat , returns with a new job as a camerawoman for a local TV news station, but she still believes in magic and...

SUMMARY: Hard Up Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: Seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband, Steven, a s...

Hard Times

From Publishers WeeklyThe author's admirers are familiar with middle-aged black PI Derek Strange, featured in several novels (Soul Circus, etc.) so strong that one critic has dubbed Peleca...