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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch Staff Pick "I urge everyone to read this book. The cover shows a picture of serenity, a scene from the beach of Lake Kivu in Rwanda. The landscape is devoid of human beings and an empty chair sits on the sand. The title in red stands out starkly from this backdrop.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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A Place of Execution by Val Mcdermid Publisher Comments Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezlng day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from her town... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Dialogues of the Dead by Reginald Hill Publisher Comments Normally, there would be nothing sinister about a death by drowning and a motorcycle fatality -- had these tragic occurrences not been predicted before the fact in a pair of macabre "Dialogues" submitted to a Yorkshire short story competition. Yet the... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 7 ) by Henning Mankell Staff Pick Discover Europe's favorite mystery writer. Sweden's Henning Mankell writes a first-rate police procedural that also serves as an indictment of contemporary society. His characters are fully drawn, full of frailties, unexpected courage, and are utterly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh Staff Pick Wow! A first novel with an intriguing plot and totally believable characters. An excellent writer who allows you to empathize with a protagonist who is not always deserving.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When We Were Orphans (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher Comments From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Remains of the Day comes this stunning work of soaring imagination. Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now,... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Torment of Others: a Novel by Val Mcdermid Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author Val McDermid resurrects two of her most compelling characters in her most chilling novel yet... THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD... Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the... (read more) Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr Publisher Comments "The very cleverness of its central motif--a dissertation on the expression of genetic traits, mostly through the evidence of prime-time soap opera--makes The Family Tree a notable debut. Carole Cadwalladr takes the reader deep under the skin of one... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher Comments Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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