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John Sandford, author of Holy Ghost: A Virgil Flowers Novel

Pinion, Minnesota: a metropolis of all of 700 souls, for which the word "moribund" might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would --- until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and a buddy come up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. They'd heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary had turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things, right? They'd all get rich! What could go wrong?

Week of September 23, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of September 23rd include Kristin Hannah's New York Times bestseller and book club favorite, THE GREAT ALONE, in which a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska, only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature; A SPARK OF LIGHT, Jodi Picoult's powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis; HOLY GHOST, the 11th installment in John Sandford's thriller series featuring Detective Virgil Flowers, who this time investigates a miracle --- and a murder; and THE FABULOUS BOUVIER SISTERS by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, a poignant, evocative and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else --- Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill.