Editorial Content for The Map of Time
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The idea of time travel has fascinated me for a long time, ever since I read THE TIME MACHINE as a teenager in a high school English class. The complicated systems, consequences and mechanisms by which time travel is possible are the making of stories I love dearly. Then there are the questions: Can the past be changed? Should it be? So much potential for a fantasy lover like me! In THE MAP OF TIME, three stories intertwine to make Victorian England the birth place of time travel, with author H.G. Wells crisscrossing stories to investigate instances of time travel. Read More
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Three love stories set in Victorian England are held together by one person: H.G. Wells and his book, THE TIME MACHINE. Wells is called upon to investigate and help perpetuate incidents of time travel. But he finds himself pondering questions about the future and whether it’s possible to change not only the future but also our lives in the process.
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Three love stories set in Victorian England are held together by one person: H.G. Wells and his book, THE TIME MACHINE. Wells is called upon to investigate and help perpetuate incidents of time travel. But he finds himself pondering questions about the future and whether it’s possible to change not only the future but also our lives in the process.
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Three love stories set in Victorian England are held together by one person: H.G. Wells and his book, THE TIME MACHINE. Wells is called upon to investigate and help perpetuate incidents of time travel. But he finds himself pondering questions about the future and whether it’s possible to change not only the future but also our lives in the process.
Editorial Content for The Beginners
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The coming-of-age story is a fundamental one in literature for many reasons, not in the least because each experience of adolescence, transition and emerging sexuality is at once highly personal and universal. From frank realism to sublime fantasy, the coming-of-age tale can be shaped into a variety of forms depending on the author. In Rebecca Wolff's hands, it's atmospheric, dark, thrilling and strange. THE BEGINNERS, her debut novel, follows 15-year-old Ginger Pritt as she's seduced by a young and eccentric couple who move to her small New England town. Read More
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Theo and Raquel Motherwell are the only newcomers to the sleepy town of Wick in 15-year-old Ginger Pritt's memory. Hampered by a lingering innocence while her best friend becomes embroiled with boys, Ginger is attracted to the worldliness and sophistication of this dashing couple. But the Motherwells may be more than they seem. As Ginger's imagination takes up the seductive mystery of their past, she also draws closer to her town's dark history.
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Theo and Raquel Motherwell are the only newcomers to the sleepy town of Wick in 15-year-old Ginger Pritt's memory. Hampered by a lingering innocence while her best friend becomes embroiled with boys, Ginger is attracted to the worldliness and sophistication of this dashing couple. But the Motherwells may be more than they seem. As Ginger's imagination takes up the seductive mystery of their past, she also draws closer to her town's dark history.
Editorial Content for Fallen
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There are two great things about FALLEN, Karin Slaughter's new novel and the latest installment in her Will Trent/Atlanta series. The first comes near the hair-raising climax, a moment that is creatively on par with Jack Nicholson's immortal "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining. This one takes place while someone is going through some board games, but you need to read every word of what comes before to get the full effect. The second thing? Read More
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Everything Faith learned in the police academy goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room, a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother.
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Karin Slaughter's most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives.
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There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Everything Faith learned in the academy goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room, a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother. When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions. She’ll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton to get some answers. But Faith isn’t just a cop anymore, she’s a witness --- and a suspect. To find her mother, Faith will have to cross the thin blue line and bring the truth to light --- or bury it forever.
Editorial Content for The Hypnotist
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Nordic crime fiction is all the rage now, which I find puzzling. What took so long? The occasional example that would trickle out B.L. (Before Larsson) always seemed to be excellent, whether it was a police procedural such as THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN or a psychological thriller on the order of SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW.
If THE HYPNOTIST doesn't find its way onto every reader's "Best Of" list by the end of the year, it will only be because not everyone read it.
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In this spellbinding international bestseller, a murder leaves only one route to the killer.
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In this spellbinding international bestseller, a murder leaves only one route to the killer.
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Fifteen-year-old Josef Ek lies in a hospital bed, his body covered in countless knife wounds. He has survived a gruesome triple murder that took the lives of his parents and his little sister. In deep shock, he is the sole living witness to the crime. Desperate for information and sure that the killer is out for more blood, Detective Inspector Joona Linna opts for a risky route of interrogation: hypnotism. It’s the only way to discover what the young victim saw.
Joona lures Dr. Erik Maria Bark to the case, despite the doctor’s controversial reputation. It’s the sort of work Erik has sworn he would never do again. At the pinnacle of his career as a psychotherapist, Eric made breakthrough progress with severely traumatized patients --- until one patient’s revelations went too far. Breaking his vow to abandon hypnosis, he now begins to probe Josef’s memories, unleashing a terrifying chain of events that makes his own family the target of lethal vengeance.
Unfolding against the backdrop of Sweden’s haunting landscapes, The Hypnotist marks the American debut of a mesmerizing thriller that has topped bestseller lists throughout Europe. Taking the genre to new heights, each chapter delivers a heart-stopping turn in a world where the mind may be the deadliest weapon.
The questions and discussion topics that follow are designed to enhance your reading of Lars Kepler’s The Hypnotist. We hope they will enrich your experience as you explore this provocative novel.
Editorial Content for The Dog Who Came in From the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel
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Breaking news, Alexander McCall Smith fans: The master of the novella has broken his own mold --- he's written a spy novel! Read More
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The heartwarming, hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved characters, including the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.
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The heartwarming, hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved characters, including the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.
