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1. Private:  #1 Suspect (Jack Morgan)
Private: #1 Suspect (Jack Morgan)
by James Patterson
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3.8
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Little, Brown and Company
January 2, 2012
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Acclaim for Private"Private will grab you from page one and force you to sit there until you turn the very last page. A great start to new a series from the master of fast-paced thrill rides." (lorisreadingcorner.com )"Slick and suspenseful." (BookLoons.com )"PRIVATE mixes action, mystery and personal drama...Patterson and ... Read more

2. Love in a Nutshell
Love in a Nutshell
by Janet Evanovich
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3.2
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St. Martin's Press
January 3, 2012
Hardcover

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Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award-winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small-town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she’s been fired from her position as a magazine ... Read more

3. Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley
by P. D. James
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2.8
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Knopf
December 6, 2011
Hardcover

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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“A sparkling curio that will appeal to both Janeites and Jamesites.” —Daily Telegraph “Jane Austen herself would have applauded.” —The Spectator “A great joint achievement, and a joyous read.” —The Independent “Death Comes to Pemberley is as good as anything P. D. James has written and that is very high ... Read more

4. 11/22/63: A Novel
11/22/63: A Novel
by Stephen King
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4.4
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Scribner
November 8, 2011
Hardcover

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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de ... Read more

5. 77 Shadow Street
77 Shadow Street
by Dean Koontz
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2.6
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Bantam
December 27, 2011
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PRAISE FOR DEAN KOONTZ“One of the master storytellers of this or any age.”—The Tampa Tribune “Koontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.”—Los Angeles Times  “A rarity among bestselling writers, Koontz continues to pursue new ways of telling stories, never content with repeating himself. He writes of hope and love in the ... Read more

6. Locked On
Locked On
by Tom Clancy
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3.1
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Putnam Adult
December 13, 2011
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There's hardly another thriller writer alive who can fuel an adrenaline surge the way Clancy can... Read more

7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Trilogy)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Trilogy)
by Stieg Larsson
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4.4
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Knopf
May 25, 2010
Hardcover

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Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010 As the finale to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played ... Read more

8. The Litigators
The Litigators
by John Grisham
Avg. Customer Review:
3.8
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Doubleday
October 25, 2011
Hardcover

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PRAISE FOR THE CONFESSION “Brilliant . . . Superb . . . the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible.” —Washington Post “One of Grisham’s best efforts in many seasons . . . a rous­ing return to his dexterous good-guy-faces-corrupt-system ... Read more

9. The Best of Me
The Best of Me
by Nicholas Sparks
Avg. Customer Review:
3.5
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Grand Central Publishing
October 11, 2011
Hardcover

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A Q&A with Author Nicholas Sparks Q: What was your inspiration for writing The Best of Me? A: I suppose the inspiration was two-fold. It had been a long time since I’d ... Read more

10. Kill Alex Cross
Kill Alex Cross
by James Patterson
Avg. Customer Review:
3.1
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Little, Brown and Company
November 14, 2011
Hardcover

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"Patterson's Kill Alex Cross is thriller with family at its heart...It's Patterson at the top of his game...Patterson is presenting three different families--Cross's, the terrorists' and President Coyle's--each with its own darkly parallel definitions of justice, loyalty and love. Underneath the fast-and-furious action, Patterson is exploring what it means ... Read more

11. Red Mist (A Scarpetta Novel)
Red Mist (A Scarpetta Novel)
by Patricia Cornwell
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3.0
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Putnam Adult
December 6, 2011
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The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only ... Read more

12. Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum Novels)
Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum Novels)
by Janet Evanovich
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2.8
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Bantam
November 22, 2011
Hardcover

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Praise for Janet Evanovich   “No less than her plotting, Evanovich’s characterizations are models of screwball artistry. . . . The intricate plot machinery of her comic capers is fueled by inventive twists.”—The New York Times   “[Evanovich’s novels are] among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction.”—GQFrom the ... Read more

13. The Drop (Harry Bosch)
The Drop (Harry Bosch)
by Michael Connelly
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4.3
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Little, Brown and Company
November 28, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2011: With his retirement looming, LAPD's Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch takes on two seemingly unrelated cases. The first is a botched DNA test from a 1989 rape and murder, which has been pinned on a convicted rapist who was only eight years ... Read more

14. A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five
A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five
by George R.R. Martin
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2.9
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Bantam
July 12, 2011
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PRAISE FOR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN’SA SONG OF ICE AND FIRE “What’s A Song of Ice and Fire? It’s the only fantasy series I’d put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. . . . It’s a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who ... Read more

15. A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting
by Jack Higgins
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3.4
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Putnam Adult
January 3, 2012
Hardcover

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'Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ! first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.' Sunday Express 'With fresh plots, interesting characters and vibrant settings, Jack Higgins has firml... Read more

16. The Hunter
The Hunter
by John Lescroart
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4.2
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Dutton Adult
January 3, 2012
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Praise for John Lescroart and Damage: "Lescroart again demonstrates his fiendish delight in keeping those pages turning." -The Washington Post "John Lescroart's writing skills are a national treasure." -The Huffington Post "Lescroart masterfully guides events to a nail-biting denouement." -Entertainment Weekly "Lescroart's ... Read more

17. Halo: Primordium: Book Two of the Forerunner Saga (The Forerunner Saga, Book 2)
Halo: Primordium: Book Two of the Forerunner Saga (The Forerunner Saga, Book 2)
by Greg Bear
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4.0
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Tor Books
January 3, 2012
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A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me. You have asked ... Read more

18. D.C. Dead (Stone Barrington)
D.C. Dead (Stone Barrington)
by Stuart Woods
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1.5
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Putnam Adult
December 22, 2011
Hardcover

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After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he's summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. ... Read more

19. Down the Darkest Road
Down the Darkest Road
by Tami Hoag
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4.2
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Dutton Adult
December 27, 2011
Hardcover

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"Hoag's book...is not just a stroll down memory lane; it is a world where dangers lurked and some people were left to their own devices to protect themselves and those they loved. It is a world Hoag describes perfectly.""A mesmerizing psychological drama on loss, guilt, frustration and ... Read more

20. The Marriage Plot: A Novel
The Marriage Plot: A Novel
by Jeffrey Eugenides
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3.2
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 11, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: Even among authors, Jeffrey Eugenides possesses a rare talent for being able to inhabit his characters. In The Marriage Plot, his third novel and first in ten years (following the Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex), Eugenides describes a year or so in the ... Read more