Louise Erdrich, author of The Mighty Red

In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding. Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, an impulsive, lapsed Goth who can't read her future but seems to resolve his. Hugo, a gentle red-haired, home-schooled giant, is also in love with Kismet. He is determined to steal her and is eager to be a home wrecker. Kismet's mother, Crystal, hauls sugar beets for Gary's family, and on her nightly runs, she tunes into the darkness of late-night radio, sees visions of guardian angels, and worries for the future --- her daughter’s and her own. Human time, deep time, Red River time, the half-life of herbicides and pesticides, and the elegance of time represented in fracking core samples from unimaginable depths is set against the speed of climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and the sudden economic meltdown of 2008-2009.

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Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of The Sequel

Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business. That is to say, she’s taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented him. Now she is living the contented life of a literary widow, enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity. But for the second time in her life, a work of fiction intercedes, and this time it’s her own debut novel, The Afterword. When Anna publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. Someone out there knows far too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly...Anna herself. What does this person want, and what are they prepared to do?

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The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

October 2024

As she did with THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, Laura Dave hits all the right notes with THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM. In it, family patriarch Liam Noone is found dead at the bottom of a cliff near the craftsman home on the California coast that he loved. He was a hotel magnate who developed properties that were both high-end and eco-friendly. While Liam’s death is first ruled an accident, one of his sons thinks that there was nothing accidental about it. He enlists the help of his half-sister, who very reluctantly joins him. Their investigation leads them deeper and deeper into their father’s life --- and the people closest to him. As Sam and Nora explore what happened, they have as tentative a relationship as Hannah and Bailey did in THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME.

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Week of October 28, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 28th include BROKEN TRUST, the latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved Spenser series and the first penned by celebrated writer Mike Lupica; ABSOLUTION by Alice McDermott, a riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War; THE BERRY PICKERS, a rich and layered debut novel from Amanda Peters, in which a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family and remain unsolved for nearly 50 years; Lauren Grodstein's WE MUST NOT THINK OF OURSELVES, a piercing story of love, determination and sacrifice, inspired by a little-known piece of the history of the Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II; and ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey, a slender novel of epic power that deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space.

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Week of October 21, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 21st include Prince Harry's internationally bestselling memoir, SPARE, which is full of insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief; THE WATCHMAKER’S HAND, Jeffery Deaver's twisty thriller featuring forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs, who track a criminal with a bizarre and catastrophic m.o. --- toppling the construction cranes in New York City; THE MANOR HOUSE, Gilly Macmillan's terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true; SISTERS UNDER THE RISING SUN by Heather Morris, a phenomenal novel of resilience and survival, sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances; and Loren Grush's THE SIX, the remarkable true story of America’s first women astronauts --- six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle.

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Week of October 14, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 14th include TOXIC PREY, John Sandford's sparkling gem of a thriller in which Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world; GEORGE HARRISON by Philip Norman, a rare and revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unparalleled access to inside sources; David Rosenfelt's ’TWAS THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, where all through the Carpenter house, five dogs are stirring, and not even Andy can get out of working this latest case at his door; and ONE WOMAN SHOW by Christine Coulson, a sly and stylish novel --- remarkably told through museum wall labels --- about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist.

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Week of October 7, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 7th include BLOOD LINES, a pulse-pounding novel from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille featuring the return of Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor, who are on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents; THE OTHER MOTHERS by Katherine Faulkner, a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class and motherhood in an exclusive London community; A MAN OF TWO FACES, the highly original, blistering and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE SYMPATHIZER, Viet Thanh Nguyen; Paul Lynch's PROPHET SONG, a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together; and holiday-themed titles from Sophie Hannah (HERCULE POIROT'S SILENT NIGHT), Susan Wiggs (THE TWELVE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS) and Danny Pellegrino (THE JOLLIEST BUNCH).

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