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The Egyptologist - Arthur Phillips
Beginning on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, this is the story of an archaeologist who becomes obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king, exploring themes of class, ... -
The Education of Hailey Kendric - Eileen Cook
From School Library JournalGrade 7–10—Senior Hailey Kendrick is student government vice-president at her exclusive boarding school and she dates the most popular boy at Evesham. Al... -
The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem
What's a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what's contemporary culture supposed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling w... -
The Dressmaker - Beryl Bainbridge
Wartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs in munitions factories. Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets I... -
The Dream of Scipio - Iain Pears
Amazon.com ReviewLike his elegant debut, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears's The Dream of Scipio is an inventive, gloriously detailed historical novel told f... -
The Dream of Perpetual Motion - Dexter Palmer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A debut so magical so extraordinary it has to be read to be believed .** Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, ... -
The Dragon Done It - Eric Flint
SUMMARY: Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered ... -
The Draco Tavern - Larry Niven
From Publishers WeeklyThe cantina scene in Star Wars, as Niven (_Ringworld_) points out in his introduction, partakes of "a hoary old tradition," as do the 27 Draco Tavern st... -
The Double Comfort Safari Club - Alexander McCall Smith
SUMMARY: Priase for The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency series: "Wise and lovely." --"USA Today" "Mma Ramotswe's observations not only inevitably expose her suspects, but also ... -
The Doll_ The Lost Short Storie - Daphne Du Maurier
Review“This collection of early stories, some originally published in a now out-of-print volume, vividly portrays with humor, candidness, and detail du Maurier’s fascination with t...