Nineteen-year-old Ed Kennedy is an ordinary underachiever until he receives mysterious playing cards that compel him to intervene in people's lives, helping or hurting, in Markus Zusak's poignant, funny young adult novel.
Mazie Maguire is in prison for killing her husband, but she insists she's innocent. When a tornado hits, Mazie escapes and so begins a wild, hilarious adventure of a lifetime.
Karin Fossum is on the list of great Scandinavian crime writers. In Bad Intentions, she delivers bodies in a lake, a twisted friendship, and a relentless detective with unique methods.
Detective Harry Hole has been solving crime and landing in hot water -- not always in that order -- for years. Here, a look at one of his earlier escapades involving a series of deadly bank robberies, a dangerous trip to Brazil, and Harry's sometimes-biggest enemy: himself.
Odd Thomas is back and this time a ghost leads him to a mysterious estate owned by a reclusive billionaire. The situation becomes more perilous than ever, but luckily Dean Koontz infuses his supernatural story with a sense of humor.
Hitchhiking is risky, even for Jack Reacher who is off on another electrifying adventure in Lee Child's, A Wanted Man, the sequel to Worth Dying For. Buckle up, because when Reacher unknowingly enters a car full of murderer suspects, the twists and turns come fast and furious.
Tom Nash thinks his espionage past is well behind him -- until a man tries to kill him in his sleep. Suddenly Nash is back in the game as a master player. Mark Mills does a genius job in his latest spy novel set in pre-war Europe.
Before Spielberg brought it to the big screen, writer Peter Benchley penned the terrifying story of the beach town victimized by the killer shark -- and the men who risked everything to hunt it down.
The author of a gripping Afghanistan-set novel shares his thoughts on the draw of Antigone, taking sides, and empathy.
Powerful, imaginative, provocative, disturbing ...and grotesque; here is a novel with characters so rich, the plot is almost secondary.
Best-selling author Karin Slaughter talks about her interest in violence, the victims left behind, and how it all relates to her new thriller Criminal.
Do you remember your first kiss? Falling in love? Your proudest achievement? Of course you do. But Christine Lucas doesn't. In fact, she doesn't remember anything. Each day she wakes up terrified, not knowing who or where she is, not recognizing her husband, Ben. Each day she must relearn how she got to this damaged point
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Imagine your child was accused of a heinous crime. How far would you go to find out the truth and protect him? At what point would you start blaming yourself? Noah Hawley's latest psychological page-turner, The Good Father, examines this scenario and poses heartbreaking questions about parenting, love's limits, and good versus evil.
Critically acclaimed author Dan Chaon is back with an outstanding collection of short stories, Stay Awake. And if you think you don’t like short stories, this haunting collection will change your mind.
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