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The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

Hardcover, 321 pages, Harper, $27.99, published October 2 2012 | purchase
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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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Live By Night

Live By Night

by Dennis Lehane

Paperback, 401 pages, HarperCollins, $16.99, published May 14 2013 | purchase
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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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Sutton

Sutton

by J.R. Moehringer

Hardcover, 334 pages, Hyperion Books, $27.99, published September 25 2012 | purchase
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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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Pop. 1280

Pop. 1280

by Jim Thompson

Paperback, 217 pages, Random House Inc, $13, published October 1 1990 | purchase
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Mad River

Mad River

by John Sandford

Hardcover, 387 pages, Penguin Group USA, $27.95, published October 2 2012 | purchase
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Investigator Virgil Flowers sets out after three teenagers on a killing and robbery spree through rural Minnesota.NPR Bestseller

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The Cutting Season

The Cutting Season

by Attica Locke

Hardcover, 374 pages, Harper, $25.99, published September 18 2012 | purchase
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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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The Malice of Fortune

The Malice of Fortune

by Michael Ennis

Hardcover, 396 pages, Doubleday, $26.95, published September 11 2012 | purchase
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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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World War Z

World War Z

An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks

Paperback, 342 pages, Random House Inc, $14.95, published October 16 2007 | purchase
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An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors — soldiers, politicians, civilians and others — who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival.NPR Bestseller

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Gone Girl

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

Hardcover, 416 pages, Crown Publishing, $25, published June 5 2012 | purchase
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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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The Beautiful Mystery

The Beautiful Mystery

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

by Louise Penny

Hardcover, 373 pages, Minotaur Books, $25.99, published August 28 2012 | purchase
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When a peaceful monastery in Quebec is shattered by the murder of its renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Quebec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence.NPR Bestseller

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Broken Harbor

Broken Harbor

by Tana French

Paperback, 450 pages, Penguin Group USA, $16, published April 30 2013 | purchase
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In the aftermath of a brutal attack that left a woman in intensive care and her husband and young children dead, brash cop Scorcher Kennedy and his rookie partner, Richie, struggle with perplexing clues and Scorcher's haunting memories of a shattering incident from his childhood.NPR Bestseller

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A Wilderness of Error

A Wilderness of Error

The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald

by Errol Morris

Hardcover, 352 pages, Penguin Group USA, $29.95, published September 4 2012 | purchase
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Writer, filmmaker and former private detective Errol Morris suggests that Jeffrey MacDonald, the Army doctor and infamous "Green Beret killer," might not be guilty after all. MacDonald was convicted more than 30 years ago of murdering his family, despite his claim that his loved ones were slaughtered by four hippies.

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Death and the Penguin

Death and the Penguin

by Andrey Kurkov and George Bird

Paperback, 227 pages, Random House Inc, $14.95, published June 7 2011 | purchase
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