Elizabeth George

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American author, Elizabeth George, is The New York Times bestselling author of 20 novels of psychological suspense set in Great Britain. She combines a talent for twisting plots with ethical, agonizing, and sardonic humor. 11 of the novels featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, were adapted for television by the BBC. “When it comes to spellbinding suspense and page-turning excitement, Elizabeth George always delivers.” (Chicago Tribune)

Andrea Mays

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Andrea Mays’ The Millionaire and the Bard, a literary detective story, is the tale of two mysterious men…separated by space and time. Mays “…resurrects an affluent,rapacious eccentric who became wholly consumed with the acquisition of a priceless bonanza of Shakespeare’s folios.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Riveting–Engaging–An American love story.” (The New York Times Book Review) A “page–turning detective story (that) speaks to anyone with a love of literary history.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

Marie Lu

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Marie Lu, author of The New York Times bestselling novels Legend, Prodigy, Champion, and The Young Elites, as well as The Rose Garden, “(weaves) the strands of science fiction dystopia, police procedural, and coming-of-age…with touches of superhero and wild frontier traditions. (The) narrative’s … action is kinetic and the emotional development is beautifully paced.” (Publisher’s Weekly) Lu’s world of diverse characters, high tension, and political intrigue is gripping. If you enjoyed The Hunger Games, you’ll love these books.

Michael Hiltzik

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Big Science “…captures the wonder of nuclear physics without flying off into a physics Neverland (and) is an excellent summary of how physics became nuclear and changed the world.” (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) More than eighty years ago in Berkeley, CA, Ernest O. Lawrence, a … young scientist with a talent for physics … pondered his new invention, the cyclotron. “A fascinating biography of a physicist who transformed how science is done.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Thomas Perry

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Thomas Perry’s latest novel, Forty Thieves, is propulsive and humorous. Known as an incisive writer of psychological crime stories, “Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant.” (Robert Parker) “Thriller fans know what they want — clever protagonists, cunning killers, white-knuckle action, and endlessly inventive variations on deadly cat-and-mouse game strategies–and they are not to be trifled with.” (The New York Times) “Perry is the best suspense writer in the business.” (The Boston Globe)

Aline Ohanesian

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Ohran’s Inheritance, Aline Ohanesian’s debut novel, moves between 1915 and the 1990s telling the story of a significant chapter of history when Armenians were forcibly deported from their homeland, present-day Turkey. She was inspired by a story her grandmother told her when she was 9 years old. “My cousins and I were watching The Sound of Music, and she called me into her bedroom, saying she needed to tell me something, that she had a story too.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life, her latest novel, is about a young woman whose fate hinges on a choice. After meeting an old flame, two possible scenarios unfold–in alternating chapters—with very different results. “(This novel) tackles the big riddle of life: What if? What if I went home with this man? What if I went home with my friends instead? The novel weaves together two threads as a woman finds love and her way in the world.” (Huffington Post)

Amy Stewart

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Based on an actual newspaper headline, Amy Stewart’s Girl Waits with Gun, is compelling. In 1914, in Paterson, N.J., the unsavory son of a wealthy plant owner, smashed his automobile into the horse-drawn buggy occupied by the three sisters. When they asked for $50 for repairs, he and his goons begin a campaign of intimidation and extortion, fixating on the younger sister’s prettiness with plans of abduction and white slavery. (The Guardian) “…an entertaining…novel of how far one woman will go to protect her family,” (The Washington Post)