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The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases by Michael Capuzzo Staff Pick The Murder Room is an absolutely riveting story about the history of the Vidocq Society, a group of forensic scientists, cops, FBI agents, etc., that come together to solve unsolvable crimes. I'm not usually a fan of true crime, but The Murder Room is... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Under the Dome by Stephen King Staff Pick Well-written, compelling, and intelligent on ethical questions, this epic is worth its daunting page count. Reminiscent of his earlier work, particularly The Stand and It, Under the Dome is Stephen King's best book in years.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Staff Pick While the rest of the world seems disappointed in Dan Brown's newest Robert Langdon book, I enjoyed it immensely. Yes, it follows a similar pattern as the previous books and, yes, Langdon again is called upon to save the world from some menacing threat... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $1.75 Used - Hardcover
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All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! by Mel Bartholomew Staff Pick This is the best gardening book ever! I first read Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening years ago while planning my first vegetable garden, and I loved the idea of having a bumper crop of vegetables despite living in an apartment. The updated All New... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dead and Gone: Sookie Stackhouse Novel #9 (Southern Vampire Series) by Charlaine Harris Staff Pick I never tire of Sookie Stackhouse and her adventures. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris's ninth in this series, is great fun! Sookie faces angry fairies who are out to kidnap her in order to force her grandfather, a royal fairy, to bend to their will. But... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Horns by Joe Hill Staff Pick After reading Joe Hill's newest novel, Horns, I am vastly relieved: there is a successor to Stephen King. I've spent a few traumatizing moments wondering what I'd do should there not ever be another King novel or short story. Well, as long as his son... (read more) Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hunting Ground (Alpha and Omega Novels) by Patricia Briggs Staff Pick Briggs has created the perfect tie-in to her Mercy Thompson series. Hunting Ground is the second Alpha and Omega book and expands the supernatural world Briggs introduced in her Mercy books. The Alpha and Omega series features Anna Latham, Omega mate of... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick You may know Stephenie Meyer's name due to her wildly successful young adult vampire series, The Twilight Saga. She takes a break from that with her latest, The Host; touted as her first book for "adults," it's a fun science fiction novel, with just a... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) by Charlaine Harris Staff Pick Dead in the Family is much more character driven than the last book in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. Finding a dead body on her land (no, not the one she knew was there) leads to the discovery that someone (the new Vampire King? the FBI... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Changes (Dresden Files #12) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick Jim Butcher takes risks with Changes, his 12th Harry Dresden novel. Darker than usual, it lives up to the title. The risks pay off: This is undoubtedly Butcher's best Dresden book. Harry faces his worst enemies and battles his darkest internal demons to... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Turn Coat (Dresden Files #11) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick A supernatural whodunit wrapped up in sorcery and magic, Turn Coat is genius. Butcher manages some crafty plot twists, adds some very scary monsters, and throws in political intrigue with White Council machinations. Not only does Harry have to defeat the... (read more) Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon Staff Pick At last! The seventh book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander saga is here! I could hardly wait to get my hands on it and I was not disappointed. While Claire and Jamie are caught up in the American Revolution, their daughter Brianna has settled back... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Silver Borne: (Mercy Thompson #5) by Patricia Briggs Staff Pick Irrepressible, coyote-shifting Mercy Thompson is back and her life is changing in some good ways and a few bad ways. Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs's fifth book in this dark fantasy series, finds Mercy struggling to adjust to her new mate bond with Adam... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Blood Cross: A Jane Yellowrock Novel by Faith Hunter Staff Pick Blood Cross, Faith Hunter's second Jane Yellowrock novel, is a slow burn that heats up to a raging fire. Someone in New Orleans is making vampires and turning them loose on the city, untrained and very hungry. When the killing spree begins to cause... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf Staff Pick The End of America should be required reading for every American. Rather than giving us a partisan 600-page tome on the crimes of the Bush administration, Naomi Wolf lays out clearly and concisely how we as a people have allowed our government to move... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Worst Case by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Staff Pick Worst Case, third in the Michael Bennett series, is an intense read. Written with Michael Ledwidge, it bears the hallmark of James Patterson's tight plotting, plus two engaging and intelligent protagonists. The authors have created a warped do-gooder... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $3.48 Used - Hardcover
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White Night: Book Nine of the Dresden Files (The Dresden Files #09) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick Butcher’s best! Young wizards are being targeted and killed in his area, and Harry Dresden must battle a conspiracy that threatens the White Council from within. If you have only watched the Sci-Fi series The Dresden Files, you are missing half the fun,... (read more) Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files (Dresden Files #10) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick Harry Dresden returns with a vengeance in Small Favor, the 10th book in the Dresden Files series. If you haven't read any of this series start now! Jim Butcher sits at the top of the ever-growing list of Urban Fantasy authors. Harry Dresden is the... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Elusive Bride (Large Print) (Black Cobra Quartet) by Stephanie Laurens Staff Pick I have a hard time turning down a Stephanie Laurens novel, especially since they are such cotton-candy fun. The Elusive Bride, the second book in the Black Cobra quartet, has all the trademark Laurens staples: a valiant but conflicted hero, a strong but... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter Staff Pick Ravishing in Red is a delightful story. Set in Regency London, Audrianna's attempts to clear her father of a horrific crime result in an even worse scandal when she is linked to the nobleman who, she feels, drove her father to suicide. The well-written... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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