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Return Of The Thin Man

The Original Screen Stories, After The Thin Man, Another Thin Man, "Sequel To The Thin Man"

Return Of The Thin Man presents two previously unpublished novellas featuring Nick and Nora Charles that became the basis for the 1930s films After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man. Edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett.

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• Nick, Nora (And Asta) Return In 'Thin Man' Novellas

The Exorcist

In D.C. to shoot a film, adored film star Chris MacNeil finds her stay turning into a nightmare when her young daughter, Regan, is possessed by the devil and must endure a brutal exorcism.

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• Possessed By 'The Exorcist': Are You Terrified Yet?
• After 40 Years, Grisly 'Exorcist' Book Gets A Rewrite
• Devilishly Good Books Terrify ... And Delight

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

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• 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

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