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Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley
By James, P. D.
2011-12 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307959850 Check Our Catalog

A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel "Pride and Prejudice" into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered. …More

The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
By Barnes, Julian
2011-10 - Alfred A. Knopf
9780307957122 Check Our Catalog

2011 Man Booker Prize Winner

By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, "The Sense of an Ending" extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with "Arthur & George" and continued with "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" and, most recently, "Pulse." …More

Believing the Lie
Believing the Lie
By George, Elizabeth
2012-01 - Dutton Books
9780525952589 Check Our Catalog

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. …More

The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding
By Harbach, Chad
2011-09 - Little Brown and Company
9780316126694 Check Our Catalog

At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended. …More

The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife
By McLain, Paula
2011-02 - Ballantine Books
9780345521309 Check Our Catalog

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A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, "The Paris Wife" captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. …More

State of Wonder
State of Wonder
By Patchett, Ann
2011-06 - Harper
9780062049803 Check Our Catalog

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Award-winning "New York Times"-bestselling author Patchett ("Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant") returns with a provocative novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest--a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love. …More

Taken
Taken
By Crais, Robert
2012-01 - Putnam Adult
9780399158278 Check Our Catalog

When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike--and Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the world of professional border kidnappers. Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken and disappears. …More

The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot
By Eugenides, Jeffrey
2011-10 - Farrar Straus Giroux
9780374203054 Check Our Catalog

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It's the early 1980s--the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. But real life, in the form of two very different guys, intervenes. 416 pp. 400,000 print. (General Fiction) …More

11/22/63
11/22/63
By King, Stephen
2011-11 - Scribner Book Company
9781451627282 Check Our Catalog

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King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. Jake Epping is a 35-year-old high-school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. 864 pp. 2,000,000 print. (General Fiction) …More

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
By Larsson, Stieg
2010-05 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307269997 Check Our Catalog

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Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Lisbeth Salander is ready to fight back. "[The trilogy] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve . . ["Hornet's Nest"] is a tantalizing double finale--first idyllic, then frenetic . . . Larsson has made the literary moods of saga and soap opera converge--with suspense as the adhesive."--"Independent." …More

The Night Circus
The Night Circus
By Morgenstern, Erin
2011-09 - Doubleday Books
9780385534635 Check Our Catalog

2012 Alex Award Winner

To enter the black-and-white-striped tents of Le Cirque des Reves is to enter a world where objects really do turn into birds and people really do disappear. Even though visitors believe the performances are all illusion, they are obsessively drawn to this extraordinary night circus. Those who run and perform in the circus are its lifeblood. Marco Alisdair runs the operation from London as assistant to the eccentric proprietor. Celia Bowen holds it all together from her role as illusionist. As magicians, Marco and Celia are bound to each other in a deadly competition of powers, creating ever more fantastical venues for circus goers to marvel at. But falling in love was never part of the game, and the players struggle to extricate themselves from this contest while keeping the circus afloat. …More

1Q84
1Q84
By Murakami, Haruki
Translator Rubin, Jay
Translator Gabriel, Philip
2011-10 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307593313 Check Our Catalog

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The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and best-selling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's "1984." …More

Raylan
Raylan
By Leonard, Elmore
2012-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780062119469 Check Our Catalog

"New York Times"-bestselling author Leonard brings his trademark style and wit to this new novel featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, hero of the hit FX series "Justified." …More

The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son
By Johnson, Adam
2012-01 - Random House
9780812992793 Check Our Catalog

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An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, "The Orphan Master's Son" follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. …More

How It All Began
How It All Began
By Lively, Penelope
2012-01 - Viking Books
9780670023448 Check Our Catalog

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A vibrant new novel from Man Booker Prize winner Lively--a wry, wise story about the surprising ways lives intersect. When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on a London street, the consequences ripple across the lives of acquaintances and strangers alike. …More

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