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We are thrilled to welcome back Tracy Weber with her new book! Peter Ash Novel 4 by Nick Petrie. In the new edge-of-your-seat adventure, Peter Ash pursues one case--and stumbles into another--in the City of the Blues. June knows Peter needs to be on the move, so she sends him to Memphis to help her friend Wanda Wyatt, a photographer and war correspondent who's been receiving peculiar threats. When Peter arrives in Memphis, however, he finds the situation has gone downhill fast--someone has just driven a dump truck into Wanda's living room.
But neither Wanda nor Peter can figure out why.
A Novel by Taylor Adams. A brilliant, edgy thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath. The author will be making an appearance here at Edmonds Bookshop, Saturday, February 23, - At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, dares to be different. Now, in this riveting new novel by the author of "The Other Alcott," we see the world through her eyes Power of the Dog 3 by Don Winslow.
The explosive and sensational conclusion to The Cartel trilogy. Lots of links to articles about books. Wrap up one of these sweet cookbooks for the home bakers in your life. The column with the great recommendations here. The column by Moira Macdonald here. Works by a Nobel Peace Prize winner and books up for prestigious prizes are among this week's Paperback Picks.
November 26, Crime fiction: New detective novels from John Harvey and Anthony Horowitz shine. In a new biography, a fresh glimpse into the world of macabre illustrator and real-life character Edward Gorey. Mark Dery's excellent Born to be Posthumous fills in the life of the author and artist who once confessed: What do a missing-persons case, a disgruntled ex-reporter and Leonard Cohen all have in common? Lethem's new novel, "The Feral Detective. Jonathan Lethem revisits the genre in The Feral Detective.
The complete review here. The author shows off his screenwriting chops in Wrecked , the third novel in the series; the dialogue is clever and Ide knows how to stage an action scene.
When it comes to the crimes of the powerful, do we have an obligation to come forward? New review in The Seattle Times.
Jonathan Franzen transforms disdain for others and cringing at his own shortcomings into restless, morally-probing novels. Among this week's Paperback Picks are a dystopian feminist thriller by the National Book Award winner, Louise Erdrich and a novel by a legendary writer of comic books, Alan Moore. The Best Bad Things is the first novel by Seattle resident Katrina Carrasco ; it's a remarkably ambitious debut that irresistibly toggles between crime fiction and literary novel, with a fearlessly adventurous heroine at its center.
Just published, November 6, In Brainstorm , Dr. New review in The Seattle Times, here. Watch her talk about the book here. And read a new review in The Seattle Times, here. Movies , TV, Plays We can't figure out if Hollywood is just completely out of new ideas, or if they finally figured out what all of us already know -- you will never run out of great books! Here are just some of the latest titles to make it to the stage or screen, current and upcoming In theaters October 19, In theaters November 9, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.
Adapted as a series for HBO, it is like Italian opera, soapy but sincere. Beginning November 18, The Passage by Justin Cronin. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty.
Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. Brad is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors. But for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey. Monday, January 14, The executive producer is Ridley Scott -- this is always a good thing! View the official trailer. Fahrenheit by Ray Bradbury. In a dystopian world, fireman Montag questions his job burning books and battles his mentor Beatty.
HBO has released a teaser trailer for the movie. Directed by Kirsten Dunst who also co-wrote the screenplay. The story follows a successful year-old woman named Esther played by Dakota who has a mental breakdown and struggles with severe depression and thoughts of suicide. The haunting, emotional drama is due in theaters sometime in Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. The movie based on this YA historical fiction novel will be called Ashes in the Snow.
The story, set in , follows a young girl named Lina who, along with her family, is forced to Siberia during Joseph Stalin's reign of terror. In the cold and bleak wilderness, Lina relies on her passion for art to keep record of the harrowing experience. The Long Home by William Gay. James Franco-directed and --starring film about a young man who unwittingly begins working for the same man who murdered his father.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. A woman falls for an architect and gets an eerie premonition about his house, when she finds out that another woman died there. After her anxiety-ridden mother disappears, year-old Bee does everything she can to track her down, discovering her troubled past in the process. In theaters March 22, It's What I Do: A memoir by the award-winning international photojournalist.
Looking for Alaska by John Green. Green's first young adult novel. My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. A bestselling autobiography by the New York Post writer. It details her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease and her recovery. The November Criminals by Sam Munson. The author's first novel for young adults is a thoughtful coming-of-age story and an engaging teenage noir. No date announced yet. Book 2 in the series, The Twelve , was finally published October 16, The City of Mirrors: A Nove l was finally published May 24, !
The first movie is still listed as "in development Moviemaker Todd Field has arranged to produce, co-write and direct Beautiful Ruins , the newest [] Jess Walter novel. Field previously directed Little Children , based on the Tom Perrotta novel.
Looking for beautiful books? The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is back with an exploration of the meaning of time. The acclaimed author of biographies of William Morris, Eric Gill and others posits Gropius and Bauhaus as the beginning of a new way of thinking. No date announced yet. In her followup to the much-praised Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. The explosive and sensational conclusion to The Cartel trilogy.
More info as it becomes available. Book Awards There are an amazing number of awards given to books and authors throughout the year. We will attempt to keep you updated on the big ones, and on the ones we particularly agree with. The National Book Awards have been announced. The official announcement and the lists of all the finalists here. The Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed. Visit the web site here for information about the other Nobel Prizes awarded for Anna Burns is the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for her novel Milkman - becoming the first author from Northern Ireland to win the prize.
Milkman was published in Britain in May, and the independent publisher Graywolf Press will release the novel in the United States in December Visit the Man Booker website for all kinds of information. The Washington Center for the Book announced its annual Washington State Book Awards honoring works of outstanding literary merit by Washington authors published in The Seattle Times article here. The longlist for this year, and all kinds of information about this award, here. The finalists for the National Book Awards have been announced.
The official National Book Awards website here. An article from The Guardian analyzing the final 6 choices. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed her to resume a dream long deferred.
But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half the globe away, Isma's worst fears are confirmed,.
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