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Week of July 16, 2012

The BOND GIRL of Erin Duffy’s debut novel --- Alex Garrett --- has always dreamed of conquering the high-powered world of Wall Street. And though she's prepared to fight her way into an elitist boys' club, she quickly realizes she's in over her head. No matter. She's determined to make it in bond sales at Cromwell Pierce, one of the Street's most esteemed brokerage firms.

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Week of July 9, 2012

In John Boyne's THE ABSOLUTIST, Tristan Sadler is delivering a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft --- the man he fought alongside during the Great War. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery, as well as confusion and unbearable pain.

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Week of July 2, 2012

A spell-casting debut from Erin Morgenstern, THE NIGHT CIRCUS tells the story of a circus that arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Both playful and seductive, THE NIGHT CIRCUS, is a mesmerizing love story for the ages.

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June 2012

June's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE BRIDGE TO NEVER LAND, the latest installment in Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's Starcatchers series that details the startling origin of Peter Pan; CLEMENTINE AND THE FAMILY MEETING by Sara Pennypacker, in which Clementine receives some major news from her parents that will change their family forever; TORN, Margaret Peterson Haddix's fourth Missing novel that finds Jonah and Katherine embarking on a chilling journey to discover the Northwest Passage; and THE DANGER BOX, a stand-alone mystery from Blue Balliett (author of CHASING VERMEER, THE WRIGHT 3 and THE CALDER GAME) about a boy whose curiosity just might get the best of him.

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Week of June 25, 2012

From THE LITIGATORS by John Grisham, a young but already burned-out attorney who walked away from his fast-track career at a fancy downtown firm --- the “boutique law firm” of Finley & Figg is ready to tackle a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to actually practice much law. 

In this gripping Rizzoli & Isles thriller from Tess Gerritsen, THE SILENT GIRL, a brilliantly twisted killer stalks the streets of Boston.

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Week of June 18, 2012

From Mia March’s THE MERYL STREEP MOVIE CLUB, two sisters and the cousin they grew up with after a tragedy are summoned home to their family matriarch's inn for a shocking announcement. Suddenly, Isabel, June and Kat are sharing the attic bedroom and barely speaking. But when they join the innkeeper and the other guests for weekly Movie Night --- its Meryl Streep month --- they find themselves sharing secrets and questioning everything they thought they knew about life, love and one another.

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Week of June 11, 2012

DOUBLE DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay features Dexter Morgan enjoying his day job as a blood spatter analyst --- but he lives for his nighttime hobby of hunting other killers. When he discovers that someone is shadowing him, observ­ing him, and copying his methods, Dexter is not pleased. But he is not one to tolerate displeasure --- in fact, he has a knack for extricating himself from trouble in his own pleasurable way.

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Week of June 4, 2012

In the intriguing thriller THE SIXES by Kate White, a secret circle of really mean girls --- the dark side of female empowerment --- becomes the nemesis of a gutsy journalist heroine. From the bestselling author of HUSH and the Bailey Weggins mystery series.

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May 2012

May’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX by Eoin Colfer, which continues the story of the world’s greatest teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl; THE UNDERDOGS, Mike Lupica’s novel about a football star who has to save his team from falling apart after they lose almost everything; TROUBLETWISTERS, a new middle-grade fantasy series from Garth Nix and Sean Williams, in which a set of twins must act as wards against a threatening evil; and R.L. Stine's latest fright --- and one of the scariest book titles we've ever seen --- IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL...FOREVER!

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Week of May 28, 2012

In her first book since THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion has now written with stunning frankness BLUE NIGHTS, a book about her daughter, Quintana Roo, as well as thoughts and fears about having children and about growing old.

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