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Tom L

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Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
Staff Pick
Libby Day's mother and two sisters were savagely murdered when Libby was only seven years old. Her testimony in the ensuing trial helped send her brother to prison for the crimes. But is he really guilty? Flynn's accessible and compelling writing style... (read more)

List Price $14.00
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Used - Trade Paper

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
by David Sedaris
Staff Pick
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And Another Thing... (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #6)
by Eoin Colfer
Staff Pick
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By Nightfall
by Michael Cunningham
Staff Pick
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The Night Season Signed Edition
by Chelsea Cain
Staff Pick
The Night Season definitely kept me up past my bedtime. If my mom had been in the next room, I would have been under the blankets with a flashlight. Chelsea Cain deftly depicts the seamier side of the idyllic City of Roses.... (read more)

List Price $24.99
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Used - Hardcover

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