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Week of September 5, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of September 5th include MATRIX, Lauren Groff's defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world; OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS by Gary Shteyngart, an elegiac novel about love, friendship, family and betrayal revolving around eight friends, one country house and six months in isolation; Louise Erdrich's wickedly funny ghost story, THE SENTENCE, a tale of passion, a complex marriage and a woman's relentless errors; Lisa Unger's LAST GIRL GHOSTED, a riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game in which secrets, obsession and vengeance converge; and THREE SISTERS, a story of family, courage and resilience from Heather Morris, the bestselling author of the multi-million-copy bestseller THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and CILKA'S JOURNEY.

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Robert Dugoni, author of What She Found

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has agreed to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress. Solving the cold case is an obsession for Lisa’s daughter, Anita. So is clearing the name of her father, a prime suspect who became a pariah. After 25 years, all Anita wants is the truth --- no matter where it leads. For Tracy, that means reopening the potentially explosive investigations Lisa was following on the dark night she vanished. As all the pieces come together, it becomes clear that Tracy is in the midst of a case that will push her loyalties and her resilience to the limit. What she uncovers will come with a greater price than anyone feared.

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August 30, 2022

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this fall. Read more about it, and enter our Fall Preview Contest by Wednesday, August 31st at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of DAISY DARKER by Alice Feeney, which is now available and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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September 2022

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Hulu and "Big Sky" on ABC, along with the season finale of "Tales of the Walking Dead" on AMC; the series premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" on Amazon Prime Video and the conclusion of "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+; the continuation of HBO's "House of the Dragon"; the films Blonde, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Silent Twins and The Good House; and the DVD releases of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Forgiven.

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August 27, 2022

In the last newsletter, I mentioned how laid back our group is, which means I do not have to fuss to entertain them. That's a very good thing!

For last week's meeting, after a very hectic day, I raced to our local garden center just as they were closing and picked up two pies (of course, I think I have six homemade ones in the freezer, but I did not have time to defrost and bake). I found wine glasses, plates and napkins (and in case you were wondering, they all were turquoise), and set a dish of pretzels on the coffee table on the deck. During the day, it had drizzled for a couple of minutes, and I quickly had pulled the chair cushions inside. Now mind you, we have had no rain all summer. Every storm has circled around us. So I brought the cushions back out and was all set for a terrific discussion. Just as we all sat down and began chatting, we started to feel some raindrops. Then more. And then we realized that there was no way we were going to be able to sit there through the storm.

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Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents

Born in Rome, Maria Lagana immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father’s arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Over the coming months, as the bright lights go dark across LA, Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties and jockeying ambitions. But when the arrival of a stranger from her father’s past threatens Maria’s carefully constructed facade, she must finally confront her father’s fate --- and her own.

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Emma Donoghue, author of Haven

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks --- young Trian and old Cormac --- he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?

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Karin Slaughter, author of Girl, Forgotten

Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an athlete, who is smart, pretty and well-liked, this night should be the highlight of her high school career. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, that secret will be silenced forever. Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains a mystery. Her tight-knit group of friends closed ranks; her respected, wealthy family retreated inwards; and the small town moved on from her grisly attack. But that's all about to change. US Marshal Andrea Oliver arrives in Longbill Beach on her first assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But, in reality, Andrea is there to find justice for Emily. The killer is still out there --- and Andrea must discover the truth before she gets silenced, too.

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