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Toward the End of Time - John Updike
SUMMARY: JOHN UPDIKE IS "A STYLIST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, capable of illuminating the sublime in the mundane, thereby elevating all of human experience." --Chicago Tribune Toward th... -
The Sunset Limited_ A Novel in - Cormac McCarthy
Review“A brilliantly articulated piece, penned by a wildly acclaimed fiction writer. Nothing short of dazzling. So astonishingly effecting, so powerful, so stimulating!” –_Chicago ... -
The Replacement Child - Christine Barber
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Late on a Monday night, editor Lucy Newroe answers the phone in the *Capital Tribune* newsroom. The caller is the notorious Scanner Lady---an anonymous elderly ti... -
The Fly on the Wall - Tony Hillerman
Review“Fascinating...breathless suspense.” (Minneapolis Tribune ) “Tony Hillerman’s novels are like no others.” (San Diego Union-Tribune ) “[Hillerman] is a master at hi... -
The Best American Short Stories - Geraldine Brooks
Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, this year's collection will be another "sure bet for gripping, emotional challenging reading" (San Diego Union-Tr... -
Roses Are Red - James Patterson
SUMMARY:THE SPECTACULAR EIGHTH #1 BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF POP GOES THE WEASEL#1 Washington Post#1 Publishers Weekly#1 Wall Street Journal#1 Chicago Tribune#1 Entertainme... -
Murder at the Washington Tribun - Margaret Truman
From Publishers WeeklyInstead of using an actual D.C. locale, Truman sets her solid 21st mystery (after 2004's Murder at Union Station) at the fictional Washington Tribune -
Murder at the Opera_ A Capital - Margaret Truman
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Truman's 22nd D.C. mystery (after 2005's Murder at the Washington Tribune), one of her strongest, opens with what looks like a simple crime of pas.... -
Lark and Termite - Jayne Anne Phillips
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **National Bestseller New York Times Notable Book *Chicago Tribune*, *Christian Science Monitor*, *The Washington Post* and *Los Angeles Times* Best Book of the Y... -
Kevin Guilfoile - The Thousand (v5)
SUMMARY: Kevin Guilfoile's riveting follow-up to "Cast of Shadows" ("spellbinding"--"Chicago Tribune;" "a masterpiece of intelligent plotting"--"Salon") centers on an extraordinary...