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The Light in the Ruins
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $26.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $26.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
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The Light in the Ruins
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $35.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $35.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Light in the Ruins
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
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The Light in the Ruins
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $25.95
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $25.95
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
The Light in the Ruins
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $12.99
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $12.99
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Death of an Englishman
Written by Magdalen Nabb
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $9.99
It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on... Read more >
Written by Magdalen Nabb
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $9.99
It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on... Read more >
Also available as an
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Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing
Format: Hardcover, 330 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $26.95
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds... Read more >
Written by David Downing
Format: Hardcover, 330 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $26.95
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing
Format: eBook, 330 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $26.95
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds... Read more >
Written by David Downing
Format: eBook, 330 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $26.95
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Malice of Fortune
A Novel of the Renaissance
Written by Michael Ennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $15.95
A Novel of the Renaissance
Written by Michael Ennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $15.95
When Pope Alexander orders the courtesan Damiata to the remote fortress city of Imola to learn the truth behind the murder of his beloved son, Juan, she knows that failure comes at the price of her own child’s freedom.
However, a string of gruesome murders have left Imola’s residents too gripped...
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Zoo Station
Written by David Downing
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $9.99
By 1939, Anglo-American journalist John Russell has spent over a decade in Berlin, where his son lives with his mother. He writes human-interest pieces for British and American papers, avoiding the investigative journalism that could get him deported. But as World War II approaches, he faces having to leave his son... Read more >
Written by David Downing
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $9.99
By 1939, Anglo-American journalist John Russell has spent over a decade in Berlin, where his son lives with his mother. He writes human-interest pieces for British and American papers, avoiding the investigative journalism that could get him deported. But as World War II approaches, he faces having to leave his son... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Double Game
Written by Dan Fesperman
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
Written by Dan Fesperman
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
A Seattle Times Best Mystery of the Year
A Times of London Best Crime/Thriller Book of the Year
A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a fan who grew up as a...
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Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Hardcover, 350 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.95
The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.
It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Arakos... Read more >
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Hardcover, 350 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.95
The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.
It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Arakos... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby
Format: eBook, 350 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.95
The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically-inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.
It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos... Read more >
Written by Gary Corby
Format: eBook, 350 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.95
The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically-inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.
It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Not My Blood
Written by Barbara Cleverly
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.95
Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands is caught off guard one night in 1933 by a phone call from a distressed boy named Jackie Drummond, who just might be the illegitimate son Joe never knew he had. Jackie is in trouble at his Sussex boarding school, where a teacher has been murdered... Read more >
Written by Barbara Cleverly
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.95
Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands is caught off guard one night in 1933 by a phone call from a distressed boy named Jackie Drummond, who just might be the illegitimate son Joe never knew he had. Jackie is in trouble at his Sussex boarding school, where a teacher has been murdered... Read more >
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Midnight at Marble Arch
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $27.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they... Read more >
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $27.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Midnight at Marble Arch
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $13.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they... Read more >
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $13.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Ionia Sanction
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
And to solve the crime, Nico must uncover a secret that could not only destroy Athens, but will force him to choose between love, ambition, and his own life.
The case takes Nico, in the company of a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians... Read more >
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
And to solve the crime, Nico must uncover a secret that could not only destroy Athens, but will force him to choose between love, ambition, and his own life.
The case takes Nico, in the company of a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians... Read more >
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Dorchester Terrace
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review
Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up... Read more >
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review
Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up... Read more >
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $25.95
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn.
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in... Read more >
Written by Colin Cotterill
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $25.95
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn.
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $25.95
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. Siri
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was... Read more >
Written by Colin Cotterill
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $25.95
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. Siri
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Sacrilege
Written by S.J. Parris
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
Written by S.J. Parris
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. Instead, he is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that Sophia has been...
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The Bedlam Detective
A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.99
From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent Sebastian Becker is sent to interview Sir Owain Lancaster at his country estate. They wealthy industrialist returned alone from a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon, claiming that wild beasts killed his family and colleagues. He tells Becker... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.99
From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent Sebastian Becker is sent to interview Sir Owain Lancaster at his country estate. They wealthy industrialist returned alone from a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon, claiming that wild beasts killed his family and colleagues. He tells Becker... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Truth of All Things
A Novel
Written by Kieran Shields
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.00
When Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Kieran Shields
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.00
When Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of... Read more >
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The Pericles Commission
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $14.95
Written by Gary Corby
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $14.95
Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar. It's a job not made any easier...
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Ratlines
Written by Stuart Neville
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $26.95
Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German national is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate. The German is the third foreigner to die within a few days, and... Read more >
Written by Stuart Neville
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $26.95
Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German national is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate. The German is the third foreigner to die within a few days, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
