The Yard
by Alex Grecian
Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives–known as “The Murder Squad”–to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police’s spectacular failure to capture Jack the Ripper, The Murder Squad suffers rampant public contempt. They have failed their citizens. But no one …




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West of Here
by Jonathan Evison
At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived …




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The Weird Sisters
by Eleanor Brown
This is the “delightful” (“People”) “New York Times” bestseller that’s earned raves from Sarah Blake, Helen Simonson, and reviewers everywhere-the story of three sisters who love each other, but just don’t happen to like each other very much… Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. …




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Townie
by Andre Dubus III
I’ve never read a better or more serious meditation on violence, its sources, consequences, and, especially, its terrifying pleasures, than “Townie.” It’s a brutal and, yes, thrilling memoir that sheds real light on the creative process of two of our best writers, Andre Dubus III and his famous, much revered …




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The Poison Tree
by Erin Kelly
With its hip London backdrop and expert pacing, Erin Kelly’s masterful debut, “The Poison Tree,” delivers all the way through to its shocker of an ending. London, 1997. Karen meets exotic, flamboyant Biba and, spellbound, she moves into the crumbling mansion Biba shares with her enigmatic brother, Rex. Drugs and …




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