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The last Templar
by Raymond Khoury
When a Vatican exhibit attended by archaeologist Tess Chaykin is stormed by four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights who steal a particular artifact, FBI anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly teams up with Tess for an investigation that takes them through three continents. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.
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The late Mr Shakespeare
by Robert Nye
An old man named Pickleherring, living in Restoration-era London and claiming to be the actor in Shakespeare's troupe who originally played the Bard's most famous female roles, offers an instructive, salacious, and altogether delightful reminiscence of the Shakespeare he knew. 10,000 first printing.
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Interred with their bones
by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Receiving a mysterious box from her eccentric mentor, who claims it contains a newly found work by Shakespeare, theater director and scholar Kate Shelton is horrified when her theater is burned to the ground and her mentor killed, an event that identifies the work of a calculated murderer who sets up crime scenes to resemble Shakespearean deaths.
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Alms for oblivion
by Philip Gooden
When evidence points to Nick Revill as the murderer of his friend and fellow actor, Peter Agate, Nick tries to find the real killer in a search that leads him from the Inns of Court, to gaol, to the English countryside
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The alchemist's door
by Lisa Goldstein
Fleeing to Prague to escape a demon attack, sixteenth-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee assists a mystic rabbi in the creation of a clay Golem that will defend the city's Jewish Quarter and help prevent the fulfillment of a terrible prophecy. 10,000 first printing.
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The moon tunnel
by Jim Kelly
At the scene of an archaeological dig searching for buried Anglo-Saxon treasure on the site of a former POW camp, journalist Philip Dryden is stunned when excavators uncover the skeletal remains of a much more recent corpse trapped in an underground tunnel and sets out to uncover the truth about a fifty-year-old mystery.
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The grenadillo box : a novel
by Janet Gleeson
While working at the home of Lord Montfort, Nathaniel Hopson, a journeyman to master cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, becomes caught up in an investigation into the supposed suicide of his patron, a melancholy man burdened by debt, in a case complicated by a brutal murder, whose only clue is a carved grenadillo box, in a mystery set in Georgian England. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.
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Gentlemen and players : a novel
by Joanne Harris
For generations, privileged young men have attended the elite St. Oswald's School for Boys, but as the new term gets under way, a number of increasingly devastating incidents occurs, including murder, leaving the unraveling school in the hands of the only person who can save it, Roy Straitley. 75,000 first printing.
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The getaway special
by Jerry Oltion
A Nebula Award-winning author presents a powerful novel of intergalatic travel, allies from another world, and a mad scientist that follows Allen Meisner, a member of INSANE (International Network of Scientists Against Nuclear Extermination) who develops a powerful hyperdrive engine that is used to save humanity. 10,000 first printing.
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Being Henry David
by Cal Armistead
Seventeen-year-old 'Hank,' who can't remember his identity, finds himself in Penn Station with a copy of Thoreau's Walden as his only possession and must figure out where he's from and why he ran away.
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Evil genius
by Catherine Jinks
As a diligent student of criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon, Cadel Piggott has grown into quite an intelligent thief and computer hacker, but at fourteen and with new plots on the agenda, Cadel begins to rethink his future and the evil plans his mentor has in store for the world. 100,000 first printing.
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The bunker diary
by Kevin Brooks
Linus Weems, a street person since leaving his father's home, is kidnapped and taken to an underground bunker where he is soon joined by five others, who are alternately cared for and tortured by their unseen captor
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Son of the mob : Hollywood hustle
by Gordon Korman
Having moved away from his mob-related family to an entirely new world at an upscale college in Los Angeles, Vince begins to breathe easy knowing that his new life can begin, but when a collection of uncles starts coming for visits to the dorm, Vince realizes that his real identity won't remain a secret for very long, in the sequel to Son of the Mob.
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Foul trouble
by John Feinstein
When his best friend, the most talented high school basketball player in the country, is targeted by top colleges, the NBA and money managers, Danny Wilcox realizes that a lot of the people surrounding his friend are corrupt back-room dealers who do not have his best interests at heart. By the Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning author of Last Shot.
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A song for Ella Grey
by David Almond
A modern adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth lyrically depicts the experiences of Claire, who struggles as a bystander when her best friend, Ella, becomes involved with a charismatic young man at the beach. By the award-winning author of Skellig. Simultaneous eBook.
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Scarlett Epstein hates it here
by Anna Breslaw
When her beloved television series is abruptly canceled, Scarlett finds herself without an outlet for her obsessive fan-fiction writing as her favorite message board slowly trickles into obscurity, a situation that forces her to experiment with a different form of writing about the people in her life and explore her real-world relationships. Simultaneous eBook.
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Abundance : a novel of Marie Antoinette
by Sena Jeter Naslund
A fictional tale inspired by the life of Marie Antoinette presents the story of a teenage empress's daughter who is forced to leave her family home to marry the future king of France and who rebels against the formality and rigid protocol of court life. By the author of Ahab's Wife. 100,000 first printing.
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Wickett's remedy : a novel
by Myla Goldberg
Dreaming of a better life for herself, Lydia, an Irish-American shopgirl from South Boston, gets her chance when she marries medical student Henry Wickett, the scion of a Boston Brahmin family, but her life is turned upside down when Henry quits medical school to promote a patent medicine and the world is swept by the devastating Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918. 75,000 first printing.
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The boy detective fails
by Joe Meno
As children Billy Argo and his sister Caroline solve a series of mysteries using a detective kit, but as an adult, Billy faces an uncertain future after his sister commits suicide and he finds himself trying to connect with the world again after a stay in the mental hospital
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Tumble & fall
by Alexandra Coutts
With an asteroid set to strike Earth in just one week, three teens on an island off the Atlantic Coast wrestle with love, friendship, family, and regret as they decide how to live their final days
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The book of flying
by Keith Miller
When Pico falls in love with one of the winged people in the City by the Sea, the orphaned young librarian embarks on quest to find the mythical Morning Town, a magical place where those like him who are wingless may gain their wings, encountering a variety of unusual characters and learning valuable lessons about life, love, and determination along the way. A first novel.
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The anatomical shape of a heart
by Jenn Bennett
Sparks fly when 17-year-old Beatrix Adams, who strives to be a medical illustrator, meets Jack, one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists, but even as Beatrix begins to uncover the secrets that have left Jack so wounded, her own family secrets threaten to tear them apart. Simultaneous eBook.
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Among others
by Jo Walton
Seeking refuge in fantasy novel worlds throughout a youth under the shadow of a dubiously sane half-brother who dabbled in magic, Mori Phelps is forced to confront her mother in a tragic battle and gains unwanted attention when she attempts to perform spells herself. By the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Tooth and Claw.
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The Blue Moon Circus : a three-ring novel
by Michael Raleigh
In 1926, with money running out and a broken-down big top, Lewis Tully, the aging owner of a run-down circus, and his oddball assortment of circus performers, head west for one final tour, accompanied by Charlie, a nine-year-old orphan left in his care. 30,000 first printing.
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