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Jake’s Wake
John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow
Pub Date: 12-20-08
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback

Jake’s Wake: Surrealistic philosophical horror with subtle depth.

Jake Connaway is a con man who finds his niche as a televangelist with a vast and loyal following. Jake meets his death at the hands of a jealous boyfriend with a knife in his back and his pants down around his knees. But death won’t keep Jake Connaway down and out for long.

Esther, Pastor Jake’s wife, invites.... read more ...




Water Dogs
Lewis Robinson
Pub Date: 01-01-09
Publisher: Random House
Format: Hardcover

Water Dogs: A mystery that takes too long to get off the mark.

Bennie and Littlefield live alone in the Manse now that their mother has moved to Florida. Bennie’s twin Gwen lives in New York. Their father, Coach, died many years ago, and their mother left Misquacook when the boys were old enough to fend for themselves and returned to her hometown.

Gwen calls to let Bennie kno.... read more ...




Conspiracy of Silence
Martha Powers
Pub Date: 10-10-08
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Conspiracy of Silence: Thrilling mystery in small town Minnesota.

Just before her wedding, Clare Prentice’s mother dies, leaving her with a shocking discovery and a mystery. She is adopted and her birth certificate and adoption papers are fake. Clare needs to get her identity and life in order. She cancels her wedding. Under the cover of interviewing best-selling author Nate Hanssen .... read more ...




In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Pub Date: 01-05-09
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Daniyal Mueenuddin’s first collection of short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, are snapshots of humanity. He delves into the intimate and tragic moments of Pakistani aristocrats and their corrupt households. The suspense in each story is like a breathless climb up a steep mountain, and at the peak, a startling leap to the end.

The backdrop for the eight stories is a farm i.... read more ...




Chaplin: A Life
Stephen Weissman, M.D.
Pub Date: 11-04-08
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Did Charlie Chaplin’s characters come from his subconscious? Did they emerge from tragic youth? Why were his films so captivating that by the age of twenty-eight he’d became a millionaire? Dr. Stephen Weissman seeks answers in his book Chaplin: A Life, a biographical psychoanalysis.

The book follows Chaplin growing up in England and his relationship with his mother, Hanna Chaplin, .... read more ...




Tender Morsels
Margo Lanagan
Pub Date: 10-10-08
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Tender Morsels: A grim fairy tale beginning with a long drawn out middle and a satisfying ending.

Liga Longfield is the poacher’s daughter who lives on the outskirts of town in a rundown shack where her father keeps her close--too close. With foul concoctions purchased from midwife Annie, Liga’s father gets rid of the evidence of his incestuous activities until the night he dies in a .... read more ...




Strong Enough to Die
Jon Land
Pub Date: May 2009
Publisher: Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

Strong Enough to Die: Complex and masterfully plotted thriller that defies stereotyping.

Caitlin Strong, a third generation Texas Ranger, is the first female Ranger. Five years previous, she and her partner were gunned down in the desert near the Mexican border by smugglers. American Cort Wesley Masters’ blood placed him at the scene of the crime, and he went to prison claiming his in.... read more ...





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