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Sweet Tooth

Recruited into MI5 against a backdrop of the Cold War in 1972, Cambridge student Serena Frome, a compulsive reader, is assigned to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer whose politics align with those of the government.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• Delicious Deceit Abounds In McEwan's 'Sweet Tooth'
• Ian McEwan's 'Sweet Tooth' Leaves A Sour Taste
• Ian McEwan's 'Sweet Tooth' Pits Spy Vs. Scribe

The Testament Of Mary

A provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and struggling with guilt, anger and feelings that her son is not the son of God and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause.

News and Reviews

• A New 'Testament' Told From Mary's Point Of View
• A Vengeful Virgin In 'The Testament Of Mary'
• 'Testament Of Mary' Gives Fiery Voice To The Virgin

Jepp, Who Defied The Stars

Jepp, a teenage dwarf living in 16th century Europe, leaves home to seek his destiny.

News and Reviews

• A Tale Of Fate: From Astrology To Astronomy

Sutton

Sutton provides a clever imagining of the surprise pardon of Willie Sutton, one of the most notorious criminals in American history. It traces the remarkable life of this mysterious man, who was known to police as the Babe Ruth of Bank Robbers, and his doomed, dangerous romance with his first love.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• 'Sutton': America's 1920s, Bank-Robbing 'Robin Hood'
• 'Sutton': America's 1920s, Bank-Robbing 'Robin Hood'

The House of Silk

A Sherlock Holmes Novel

With approval from the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a best-selling novelist and Sherlock Holmes expert brings the greatest detective in literary history back to life on Baker Street for the first time since 1930.

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback Oct. 29-Nov. 4
• The Enduring Popularity Of Sherlock Holmes
• Sherlockian Mysteries That Will Keep You Tied Up

Astray

The author of Room presents a collection of short stories featuring a cross-section of society — including runaways, gold miners, attorneys and slaves — from puritan Massachusetts to antebellum Louisiana.

News and Reviews

• History Inspired Travel Tales Of Donoghue's 'Astray'

Wolf Hall

Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price.NPR Bestseller, Literary Award Winner

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• Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'
• New In Paperback, Sept. 6-12

Rules Of Civility

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multimillionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well and a single-minded widow. NPR Bestseller

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• New In Paperback: June 25-July 1
• Booksellers' Picks: Catch The Year's Freshest Reads
• NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of Aug. 4, 2011

Caleb's Crossing

Forging a deep friendship with a Wampanoag chieftain's son on the Great Harbor settlement where her minister father is working to convert the tribe, Bethia follows her friend through his Ivy League education and his efforts to bridge cultures among the colonial elite.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• A Passion For The Past: 2011's Best Historical Fiction
• Conversation Starters: 2011's Top 5 Book Club Picks
• Review: Caleb's Crossing By Geraldine Brooks

Troy

Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.

News and Reviews

• Rewriting Homer, With Some Lurid Twists

Abe Lincoln's Dream

While on a tour of the White House, a schoolgirl finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, face-to-face with the great president's ghost. Together they set off across the country to answer Lincoln's concerns about the nation.

News and Reviews

• In A 'Dream,' Lincoln Checks In On State Of The Union

Live By Night

During Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict, law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime. Starting as a petty thief in Boston, he travels south and eventually becomes the Gulf Coast's most successful rumrunner. In Tampa, Fla., and in Cuba, he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting for their piece of the American dream.NPR Bestseller, Literary Award Winner

News and Reviews

• May 13-19: A Rumrunner, A Swashbuckler And A Team Of Spies
• Details Weigh Down The Drama In 'Live By Night'
• Boozy Birth Of The American Mafia In Lehane's Latest

In Sunlight and in Shadow

Returning home after serving in World War II to run his family business in New York, paratrooper Harry Copeland falls in love with young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale, who risks everything to break off her engagement to another man.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• A Love Song To Family, New York In 'Sunlight'
• A Midcentury Romance, With 'Sunlight' And 'Shadow'
• First Read: Helprin's 'In Sunlight And In Shadow'

Sacre Bleu

A Comedy D'Art

Baker turned painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to discover the truth behind the untimely death of their friend Vincent van Gogh, which leads them on a surreal odyssey into the art world of late 19th century Paris.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback Oct. 8-14
• Art, Mystery And Posh Pigments In 'Sacre Bleu'