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Fiction from Jennings, Jump, Kidd, Koontz, Pötzsch, Torras, and Widger, plus...
Week ending April 13, 2018 Hansen, Malcolm. They Come in All Colors. Atria. May 2018. 320p. ISBN 9781501172328. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781501172342. F [DEBUT] In this emotionally acute debut novel,...
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Sun, Moon, Stars | What We’re Reading & Watching
Today’s the day of the solar eclipse, and everybody’s talking about it. We’ve been anticipating this for weeks, and several LJ/School Library Journal colleagues began discussing an eclipse...
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“Class Mom” Laurie Gelman Earns Top Honors | Debut Spotlight
Laurie Gelman has put her stamp on the world of women’s fiction with her debut novel, Class Mom (LJ 5/1/17), which revolves around the antics of kindergarten class mom Jen Dixon. Here, the author gives...
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Fiction from Hämäläinen, London, Longworth, and Misko and Debuts Galore |...
Week ending March 10, 2017 Buntin, Julie. Marlena. Holt. Apr. 2017. 288p. ISBN 9781627797641. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781627797634. F [DEBUT] From the first page of this stunning first novel, as we meet the...
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The Chimes by Anna Smaill | LJ Review
Smaill, Anna. The Chimes. Quercus. May 2016. 304p. ISBN 9781681445342. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781681445335. SF After an apocalyptic event known as the Allbreaking, most survivors are left unable to hold on...
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E-Originals from Austin, Burke & Jensen, Gray, plus Two Debuts | Xpress Reviews
Week ending March 11, 2016 Austin, Winter. Born To Die. Crimson Romance: F+W Media. (McIntire County, Bk. 2). Mar. 2016. NAp. ebk. ISBN 9781440597220. $4.99. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Deputy Cassy Rivers is...
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The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer | LJ Review
Hamer, Kate. The Girl in the Red Coat. Melville House. Feb. 2016. 336p. ISBN 9781612195001. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9781612195018. F Abducted from a festival near her home in Norfolk, England, eight-year-old...
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Fiction by Berne and Nesser, plus Two Well-Received Debuts | Xpress Reviews
Week ending January 22, 2016 Berne, Suzanne. The Dogs of Littlefield. S. & S. Jan. 2016. 288p. ISBN 9781476794242. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781476794259. F Littlefield, MA, is the perfect suburban oasis,...
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Weina Dai Randel | Debut Spotlight, January 1, 2016
©2015 Weina Dai Randel The first in a duology coming out in March, The Moon in the Palace (LJ 9/15/15) by Weina Dai Randel is a stunning debut for historical fiction fans, especially those fascinated...
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First Novelists Arlidge, Curry, McPherson, Stewart, Stradal, & Others | Debut...
Arlidge, M.J. Eeny Meeny. NAL: Penguin. Jun. 2015. 432p. ISBN 9780451475497. pap. $15; ebk. ISBN 9780698194892. F In this best-selling British thriller, DI Helen Grace is on the track of an anomaly—a...
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Jennifer Weiner, Philippa Gregory, & Lauren Willig’s Last Pink Carnation...
Alcott, Kathleen. Infinite Home. Blackstone. ISBN 9781504638944. Reader TBA. Edith is a widow who rents apartments in her Brooklyn brownstone to an unlikely collection of people: Paulie, an unusually...
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Jami Attenberg, S.J. Watson, & Previously Unpublished Elmore Leonard Shorts |...
Attenberg, Jami. Saint Mazie. Hachette Audio. ISBN 9781478903819. Read by Tavia Gilbert. It’s the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty—even when Prohibition kicks in—and Mazie Phillips never turns...
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Delightful debuts | May 2015 Audio in Advance | Stephanie’s Picks
Frankel, Lauren. Hyacinth Girls. Brilliance. ISBN 9781501221941. Read by Emily Sutton-Smith & Laura Hamilton. While 13-year-old Callie is eventually exonerated of bullying, threatening notes from...
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New Novelists Cameron, Herbert, Levy, Renehan, Womack, & Others | Debut...
Cameron, Graeme. Normal. Mira: Harlequin. Apr. 2015. 304p. ISBN 9780778318507. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781460346860. F The unnamed protagonist just wants things to remain normal. Sure, normal for him is...
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Barrett, Barry, Ekbäck, Olsson, To Name a Few | Debut Fiction
Alexander, Ellie. Meet Your Baker: A Bakeshop Mystery. St. Martin’s. Dec. 2014. 320p. ISBN 9781250054234. pap. $7.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466857247. M On the rebound from a broken marriage, baker Juliet...
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Award Winners Cusk, King, Saramago | Fiction Reviews
Cusk, Rachel. Outline. Farrar. Jan. 2015. 256p. ISBN 9780374228347. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780374712365. F On a flight from London to Athens, two strangers strike up a conversation. The Greek businessman is...
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Stars for Connelly’s New Procedural, Heiny’s Debut, and Robertson’s Complex...
Connelly, Michael. The Burning Room. Little, Brown. Nov. 2014. 400p. ISBN 9780316225939. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780316225922. F Orlando Merced is finally dead from the bullet that struck him in the spine and...
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Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, June 22, 2012
Week ending June 22, 2012 Castillo, Linda. Gone Missing. Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Jun. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780312658564. $24.99. F Police chief Kate Burkholder (Breaking Silence) returns in this...
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