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"Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt her. Fearing that her child… Read more about this item

"Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly has seen her share of unusual deaths in rural Missouri. But when she begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of elderly residents whose demise appears to be natural, she takes her concerns to Sheriff Nate Cox. Nate is skeptical about the link Grace is seeing between the deaths--and her suspicions of foul play. But her… Read more about this item

"... inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums; about diaspora, the colonzation of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity." - front flap

"Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI thriller series, and this time both are enlisted to help a woman and a twelve-year-old prodigy with traumatic pasts, now in mortal danger. - front flap

"In this thrilling new series from Edgar - Nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator in the maine wilderness walks on two feet - and it is Danny Barrett's job to bring him down. - front flap

"Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James race to solve the shocking murder of a young woman before panic spreads across London"

"It's 1998, and China's political and military leaders are torn by ideological divisions. Amid these seething rivalries, Andrew Callahan arrives in Beijing fresh out of Harvard, planning to spend an adventurous year studying Mandarin and teaching at the renowned International Affairs University. The IAU is known as a training ground for diplomats and spies. But Andrew has no idea that… Read more about this item

"Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller takes a nearly impossible case and enlists the help of his half brother, Harry Bosch, to prove a woman's innocence." - front flap

"Set in early 1900s Colorado, The unforgettable tale of a young woman who bravely faces the consequences of speaking out against injustice." - front flap

"In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal exhusband splits, leaving behind his unruly teenag son. Then the lights go out - not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddently, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector… Read more about this item

"A moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric novel about a young woman's affair with an Italian aristocrat that leaves her spiraling in the face of love, danger, and obsession. When Nora, an anxious and withdrawn American teenager, is sent to live with relatives in Turin, she meets Nicola, the enigmatic son of the most powerful aristocratic family in Italy. They forge a sudden,… Read more about this item

The death of millionaire businessman Charles Parsons seems like a straightforward suicide. There's no sign of forced entry or struggle in his lavish New Jersey mansion - just a single gunshot wound from his own weapon. But days later, a different story emerges. Computer techs pick up a voice recording that incriminates Parsons' adoptive daughter, Ann, who duly confesses and pleads… Read more about this item

"In a race against time, Ali must assemble the pieces of a puzzle woven with vendettas she never could have imagined, all before she and the people she loves become collateral damage." - front flap

"What if Sean Courland's old Chevy truck had broken down somewhere else? What if he'd nver met Denise Givens, a waitress at a local tavern, and gotten into a bar fight defending her jonor? Or offered a ride to Dan Young, another young man like Sean, burdened by secrets and just drifting through the small Wisconsin town?... Gripping and immersive,… Read more about this item

"For nearly a decade, Hudson Miller has made his living in the boxing ring, but a postfight brawl threatens to derail his career. Desperate for money, Hudson takes a gig as a bouncer at a dive bar. That's when life delivers him another hook to the jaw: his estranged father, Leland, has been murdered in what appears to be a… Read more about this item

"Raise a glass to Cece Barton, a widowed single mom and recent L.A. transplant to California wine country, who suddenly finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in this sparkling new mystery series from Agatha Award winning and nationally bestselling author Maddie Day." - front flap

"Western Lane" is a remarkable debut novel of immense poise and promise, in which a grieving family's life is altered when they become obsessed with the game of squash. With tight, affecting prose this novel showcases a rich correspondence between the rituals of grief and competition. "Western Lane" was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize for Fiction."

TOM HANKS - unique book with comics inside the book "Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking,... is a page-turning inside look at show business and moviemaking, an insightful reflection on the changes in America over the past eighty years, and a lovely window into the world we all share." - front flap

SIGNED by the author on the title page "Everybody thinks the night is scary... the time of danger for the lving is the time of change, from day into night when the world isn't sure what it is or what it wants to be..." front flap

SIGNED by the author on the title page (Rare early signature of a debut novel) "An elite society of killers has controlled the workd's treasures for undreds of years. Now one man will bring them down." - front flap