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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

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• '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.

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

Gone Girl

After a woman disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage. Her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.NPR Bestseller

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• In 2012's Best Mysteries, Mean Girls Rule
• Want A Winner? These Books Made The Critics' Cut
• Sail Into Summer With Novel Picks From Alan Cheuse

The Round House

When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 13-year-old Joe Coutts sets out with his three friends to find the person who destroyed his family.NPR Bestseller

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• Now You're Talking! The Year's Best Book Club Reads
• 'Round House,' 'Forevers' Win National Book Awards
• Hear The 2012 National Book Award Nominees

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

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• 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

Mad River

Investigator Virgil Flowers sets out after three teenagers on a killing and robbery spree through rural Minnesota.NPR Bestseller

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• In 'Mad River,' A Friendly Cop Tackles Rural Crime

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• Bad Sheriff: Murder, Lies And Southern Fried Catfish

The Cutting Season

When the dead body of a young woman is found on the grounds of Belle Vie , the estate's manager, Caren Gray, launches her own investigation into the plantation's history, which leads her to a centuries-old mystery involving the plantation's slave quarters — and her own past.

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• In 'Season,' One Plantation's Double Murder Mystery

The Malice of Fortune

Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci team up to expose a serial killer when Pope Alexander dispatches a Vatican courtesan to discern the truth about his beloved illegitimate son's murder, an investigation that reveals the secret history behind the controversial political work, The Prince.

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• Renaissance CSI: Machiavelli-Da Vinci Detective Duo