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by Alison Weir - Biography, History, Nonfiction

Alison Weir reconstructs the real story of the much-misrepresented Mary Boleyn. Mary was a woman whose star rose and fell in the glittering Tudor court, whose life ended in banishment and relative obscurity when she dared to marry for love.

edited by Harlan Coben and Otto Penzler - Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories

Bestselling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.

Editorial Content for The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

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Joe Hartlaub

If you have ever enjoyed mysteries at any point in your life, you should be reading the annual compilation known as The Best American Mystery Stories. The series, now in its 15th year, is edited by the venerable Otto Penzler and a rotating author of renown --- 2011’s volume has Harlan Coben at the helm --- and functions as a state-of-the-union collage, if you will, of what is arguably fiction’s most varied and respected genre.
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Bestselling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.

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Bestselling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.

by Michael Walsh - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

It begins in California with a devastating biological attack --- a horrific display of homegrown terror unseen on U.S. soil --- just weeks before the presidential election. For the White House, it is a political nightmare. But for the NSA's undercover agent Devlin, it is the ultimate warning.

by Neil McMahon - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Los Angeles has become a bedlam of murder, drugs, conspiracy and obsession, and only one man has the power to put things right.

by Dave Zeltserman - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

New York City Homicide Detective Stan Green has seen better days. As his family life threatens to disintegrate and his work partner disappears, he is assigned to the most shocking case of his career --- a strange and remarkably violent murder. He finds just one witness, a neurologically disabled recluse who sees demonic hallucinations through the souls of others.

Editorial Content for Love and Capital

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Shelby Wardlaw

I am ashamed to admit that not once during my stereotypically angsty collegiate study of communist theory did I wonder whether or not Karl Marx had a wife. Somehow, despite the theory’s demands for equality, the feminine face of communism has been obscured.

"In this beautiful and comprehensive biography, Gabriel restores the voices of Jenny Marx and her children to their rightful place in the birth of a movement that would come to dominate political discourse in the 20th century."

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Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel brings to light the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. We follow them as they roam Europe, on the run from governments amidst an age of revolution and a secret network of would-be revolutionaries.

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Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel brings to light the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. We follow them as they roam Europe, on the run from governments amidst an age of revolution and a secret network of would-be revolutionaries.

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Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, LOVE AND CAPITAL is a heartbreaking and dramatic saga of the family side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death. 

Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel brings to light the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. We follow them as they roam Europe, on the run from governments amidst an age of revolution and a secret network of would-be revolutionaries, and see Karl not only as an intellectual, but as a protective father and loving husband, a revolutionary, a jokester, a man of tremendous passions, both political and personal. 

In LOVE AND CAPITAL, Mary Gabriel has given us a vivid, resplendent and truly human portrait of the Marxes --- their desires, heartbreak and devotion to each other's ideals.

Editorial Content for Death of the Mantis

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Joe Hartlaub

Opening Michael Stanley’s new book is like opening a door and greeting a wonderful friend who visits you once a year or so. The friend in this case is Assistant Superintendent David “Kubu” Bengu, a Botswana police detective, a man of massive size, appetite and personality. Kubu (the nickname means “hippopotamus” in the Setswana language) is one of those people possessed of a quiet but immense dignity, who you would embrace almost immediately in the real world. Read More

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In this third installment of the Detective Kubu mystery series, members of an ancient nomadic tribe are fingered in the murder of a ranger in modern-day Botswana.

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In this third installment of the Detective Kubu mystery series, members of an ancient nomadic tribe are fingered in the murder of a ranger in modern-day Botswana.

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In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana --- an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods --- a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the doomed man, but are they his killers or there to help? Detective David “Kubu” Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism on the part of the local police. But when a second bizarre murder, and then a third, seem to point also to the nomadic tribe, the intrepid Kubu must journey into the depths of the Kalahari to uncover the truth. What he discovers there will test all his powers of detection...and his ability to remain alive.

Editorial Content for The Coldest Fear

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Joe Hartlaub
‘Tis surprising but true. In the short space of two books, Rick Reed has moved onto my must-read list of authors. THE COLDEST FEAR, his sophomore effort in the fiction department, is the propelling force that has landed him there. It has everything you want in a thriller, a crime novel and a mystery: strong characters, plenty of gory story, witty dialogue, and a narrative that demands you keep turning those pages.
 
"Reed...gives the reader a genre story worth every minute and every penny spent."

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A newspaper reporter seems to have a direct line to the person responsible for three gruesome murders --- and a secret he wants to keep hidden. 

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A newspaper reporter seems to have a direct line to the person responsible for three gruesome murders --- and a secret he wants to keep hidden. 

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The first victim is murdered in a Marriott Airport hotel room on the outskirts of Evansville, Indiana. Her eyes and the left hand are removed from the scene and her tongue has been cut out and stuffed in the tub drain where she is found floating in blood. Jack Murphy realizes that this is not just another vicious murder when the body of a second victim is discovered only hours later on the floor of her kitchen in the south-side projects. The missing hand from the first victim is propped by the victims bloody head, the middle finger prominently displayed to those finding the body. A day later a third victim is found, this time gutted and strung up from the bottom of a bridge, left to bend and sway with the current of the Pigeon Creek. With all of these murders, one newspaper reporter seems to have a direct line to the killer, and a secret he wants to keep hidden.

Editorial Content for The Hand That Trembles

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Joe Hartlaub

THE HAND THAT TREMBLES is the fourth of Kjell Eriksson’s wonderful Ann Lindell novels to be published in the United States. Eriksson is a literary superstar in his native Sweden and Scandinavia, and his renown is spreading --- slowly, surely and deservedly so --- across the remainder of Europe as well. He combines intriguing mysteries with taut psychological exploration to create dark and compelling storylines that, at the end of the day, are more often than not the result of actions taken in the heat of passion. Read More

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A Swedish county commissioner disappears, and many years later, one of the town’s natives is convinced that he’s caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. Meanwhile, Ann Lindell is investigating a case of a severed female foot found where a striking number of inhabitants are single men --- and the two cases may be crucially connected.

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A Swedish county commissioner disappears, and many years later, one of the town’s natives is convinced that he’s caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. Meanwhile, Ann Lindell is investigating a case of a severed female foot found where a striking number of inhabitants are single men --- and the two cases may be crucially connected.

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A Swedish county commissioner walks out of a high-level meeting and disappears. Many years later, one of the town's natives is convinced that he's caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. When the rumors reach his hometown, a veteran police officer stumbles across a seemingly unrelated case. Ann Lindell, Eriksson's series detective, must investigate a severed female foot found where a striking number of inhabitants are single men. But the owner of the house where the victim believed to have lived is no longer able to answer any questions….