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<title><![CDATA[The Indie Mystery Bestseller List]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[For the eight-week period ending September 26, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.]]></description>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.indiebound.org/indie-bestsellers]]></link>

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<title><![CDATA[Three Stations]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743276740</link>
<description><![CDATA[A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. So begins Martin Cruz Smith’s masterful Three Stations, a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. For the last three decades, beginning with the trailblazing Gorky Park, Renko (and Smith) have captivated readers with detective tales set in Russia. Renko is the ironic, brilliantly observant cop who finds solutions to heinous crimes when other lawmen refuse to even acknowledge that crimes have occurred. He uses his biting humor and intuitive leaps to fight not only wrongdoers but the corrupt state apparatus as well. In Three Stations, Renko’s skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor’s office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow’s main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone—except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to Russia’s premier charity ball, the billionaires’ Nijinksy Fair. Thus a sordid death becomes interwoven with the lifestyles of Moscow’s rich and famous, many of whom are clinging to their cash in the face of Putin’s crackdown on the very oligarchs who placed him in power. Renko uncovers a web of death, money, madness and a kidnapping that threatens the woman he is coming to love and the lives of children he is desperate to protect. In Three Stations, Smith produces a complex and haunting vision of an emergent Russia’s secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear. ]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Three Stations]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Cruz Smith]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[S&S]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743276740]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. So begins Martin Cruz Smith’s masterful Three Stations, a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. For the last three decades, beginning with the trailblazing Gorky Park, Renko (and Smith) have captivated readers with detective tales set in Russia. Renko is the ironic, brilliantly observant cop who finds solutions to heinous crimes when other lawmen refuse to even acknowledge that crimes have occurred. He uses his biting humor and intuitive leaps to fight not only wrongdoers but the corrupt state apparatus as well. In Three Stations, Renko’s skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor’s office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow’s main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone—except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to Russia’s premier charity ball, the billionaires’ Nijinksy Fair. Thus a sordid death becomes interwoven with the lifestyles of Moscow’s rich and famous, many of whom are clinging to their cash in the face of Putin’s crackdown on the very oligarchs who placed him in power. Renko uncovers a web of death, money, madness and a kidnapping that threatens the woman he is coming to love and the lives of children he is desperate to protect. In Three Stations, Smith produces a complex and haunting vision of an emergent Russia’s secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-17T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385343497</link>
<description><![CDATA["Alan Bradley has created greatness with 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, a sort of 'Harriet the Cyanide Expert.' Imagine Ramona Quimby in a quaint English town, as told by Shirley Jackson. Whip-smart and sweet as an arsenic popsicle, Flavia sets out to solve the mystery of the dead body in her garden, while trying to deal with fearsome librarians, bothersome older sisters, priceless missing stamps, and detestable custard pie along the way. Viva la Flavia!" -- Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, NH]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bradley]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Bantam]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385343497]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Alan Bradley has created greatness with 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, a sort of 'Harriet the Cyanide Expert.' Imagine Ramona Quimby in a quaint English town, as told by Shirley Jackson. Whip-smart and sweet as an arsenic popsicle, Flavia sets out to solve the mystery of the dead body in her garden, while trying to deal with fearsome librarians, bothersome older sisters, priceless missing stamps, and detestable custard pie along the way. Viva la Flavia!]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, NH]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Finger Lickin' Fifteen]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312383299</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stephanie’s working overtime tracking felons for the bonds office at night and snooping for security expert Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger, during the day. Can she hunt down two killers, a traitor, and five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, and solve Ranger’s problems and not jump his bones?]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Finger Lickin' Fifteen]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312383299]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Stephanie’s working overtime tracking felons for the bonds office at night and snooping for security expert Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger, during the day. Can she hunt down two killers, a traitor, and five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, and solve Ranger’s problems and not jump his bones?]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Glass Rainbow]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439128299</link>
<description><![CDATA[James Lee Burke’s eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered. While the crimes have all the telltale signs of a serial killer, the death of Bernadette Latiolais, a high school honor student, doesn’t fit: she is not the kind of hapless and marginalized victim psychopaths usually prey upon. Robicheaux and his best friend, Clete Purcel, confront Herman Stanga, a notorious pimp and crack dealer whom both men despise. When Stanga turns up dead shortly after a fierce beating by Purcel, in front of numerous witnesses, the case takes a nasty turn, and Clete’s career and life are hanging by threads over the abyss. Adding to Robicheaux’s troubles is the matter of his daughter, Alafair, on leave from Stanford Law to put the finishing touches on her novel. Her literary pursuit has led her into the arms of Kermit Abelard, celebrated novelist and scion of a once prominent Louisiana family whose fortunes are slowly sinking into the corruption of Louisiana’s subculture. Abelard’s association with bestselling ex-convict author Robert Weingart, a man who uses and discards people like Kleenex, causes Robicheaux to fear that Alafair might be destroyed by the man she loves. As his daughter seems to drift away from him, he wonders if he has become a victim of his own paranoia. But as usual, Robicheaux’s instincts are proven correct and he finds himself dealing with a level of evil that is greater than any enemy he has confronted in the past. Set against the backdrop of an Edenic paradise threatened by pernicious forces, James Lee Burke’s The Glass Rainbow is already being hailed as perhaps the best novel in the Robicheaux series.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Glass Rainbow]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[S&S]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781439128299]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[James Lee Burke’s eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered. While the crimes have all the telltale signs of a serial killer, the death of Bernadette Latiolais, a high school honor student, doesn’t fit: she is not the kind of hapless and marginalized victim psychopaths usually prey upon. Robicheaux and his best friend, Clete Purcel, confront Herman Stanga, a notorious pimp and crack dealer whom both men despise. When Stanga turns up dead shortly after a fierce beating by Purcel, in front of numerous witnesses, the case takes a nasty turn, and Clete’s career and life are hanging by threads over the abyss. Adding to Robicheaux’s troubles is the matter of his daughter, Alafair, on leave from Stanford Law to put the finishing touches on her novel. Her literary pursuit has led her into the arms of Kermit Abelard, celebrated novelist and scion of a once prominent Louisiana family whose fortunes are slowly sinking into the corruption of Louisiana’s subculture. Abelard’s association with bestselling ex-convict author Robert Weingart, a man who uses and discards people like Kleenex, causes Robicheaux to fear that Alafair might be destroyed by the man she loves. As his daughter seems to drift away from him, he wonders if he has become a victim of his own paranoia. But as usual, Robicheaux’s instincts are proven correct and he finds himself dealing with a level of evil that is greater than any enemy he has confronted in the past. Set against the backdrop of an Edenic paradise threatened by pernicious forces, James Lee Burke’s The Glass Rainbow is already being hailed as perhaps the best novel in the Robicheaux series.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-07-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Vintage Caper]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307389190</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Hollywood to Marseille with delicious stops in between, Peter Mayle’s latest novel is filled with the culinary delights and entertaining characters that make him our treasured chronicler of French food and life. The story begins high above Los Angeles at the impressive wine cellar of lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former lawyer and wine connoisseur, who follows leads to Bordeaux and Provence. The unraveling of the ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayle’s seductive rendering of France’s sensory delights—even the most sophisticated of oenophiles will learn a thing or two from this vintage work by a beloved author.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Vintage Caper]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mayle]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307389190]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From Hollywood to Marseille with delicious stops in between, Peter Mayle’s latest novel is filled with the culinary delights and entertaining characters that make him our treasured chronicler of French food and life. The story begins high above Los Angeles at the impressive wine cellar of lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former lawyer and wine connoisseur, who follows leads to Bordeaux and Provence. The unraveling of the ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayle’s seductive rendering of France’s sensory delights—even the most sophisticated of oenophiles will learn a thing or two from this vintage work by a beloved author.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307273208]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2010-07-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Willful Behavior]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143117582</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy's anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case.   Mystery lovers everywhere are addicted to Donna Leon's ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice's beautiful but sinister byways and canals. In Willful Behavior, Brunetti is approached for a favor by one of his wife's students. Intelligent and serious , Claudia Leonardo asks for his help in obtaining a pardon for a crime once committed by her now-dead grandfather. Brunetti thinks little of it-until Claudia is found dead. Soon, another corpse and an extraordinary art collection lead Brunetti to long-buried secrets of Nazi collaboration and the exploitation of Italian Jews-secrets few in Italy want revealed.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Willful Behavior]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Leon]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780143117582]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy's anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case.   Mystery lovers everywhere are addicted to Donna Leon's ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice's beautiful but sinister byways and canals. In Willful Behavior, Brunetti is approached for a favor by one of his wife's students. Intelligent and serious , Claudia Leonardo asks for his help in obtaining a pardon for a crime once committed by her now-dead grandfather. Brunetti thinks little of it-until Claudia is found dead. Soon, another corpse and an extraordinary art collection lead Brunetti to long-buried secrets of Nazi collaboration and the exploitation of Italian Jews-secrets few in Italy want revealed.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-31T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Sizzling Sixteen]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312383305</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a “lucky” bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn’t specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . . BAD LUCK:Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.GOOD LUCK:Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.BAD LUCK:Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie’s messing up Mooner’s vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Ranger’s apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.GOOD LUCK:Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner’s Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin. BAD LUCK:Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.GOOD LUCK:The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky---the only question is . . . with whom?Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Sizzling Sixteen]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[7]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312383305]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a “lucky” bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn’t specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . . BAD LUCK:Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.GOOD LUCK:Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.BAD LUCK:Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie’s messing up Mooner’s vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Ranger’s apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.GOOD LUCK:Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner’s Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin. BAD LUCK:Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.GOOD LUCK:The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky---the only question is . . . with whom?Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-06-21T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Hardball]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451412935</link>
<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited return of V.I. Warshawski   Chicago politics-past, present, and future-take center stage in New York Times bestselling author Sara Peretsky's complex and compelling new V.I. Warshawski novel. When Warshawski is asked to find a man who's been missing for four decades, a search that she figured would be futile becomes lethal. Old skeletons from the city's racially charged history, as well as haunting family secrets-her own and those of the elderly sisters who hired her-rise up with a vengeance.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Hardball]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[8]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Paretsky]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Signet]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780451412935]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The long-awaited return of V.I. Warshawski   Chicago politics-past, present, and future-take center stage in New York Times bestselling author Sara Peretsky's complex and compelling new V.I. Warshawski novel. When Warshawski is asked to find a man who's been missing for four decades, a search that she figured would be futile becomes lethal. Old skeletons from the city's racially charged history, as well as haunting family secrets-her own and those of the elderly sisters who hired her-rise up with a vengeance.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-07-27T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Burn]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312614560</link>
<description><![CDATA["Nevada Barr has established Anna Pigeon as one of the premier characters in crime fiction. Even on leave from the National Park Service, Anna is unable to avoid trouble as she encounters Clare Sullivan, a wanted murderer with a compelling story. The two combine Anna's passion and persistence and Clare's acting ability to track down a group abducting children. Written with Barr's usual verve and precision to natural detail, this is a worthy addition to the saga of Anna." -- Bill Cusumano, Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Burn]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[9]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nevada Barr]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Minotaur]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312614560]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Nevada Barr has established Anna Pigeon as one of the premier characters in crime fiction. Even on leave from the National Park Service, Anna is unable to avoid trouble as she encounters Clare Sullivan, a wanted murderer with a compelling story. The two combine Anna's passion and persistence and Clare's acting ability to track down a group abducting children. Written with Barr's usual verve and precision to natural detail, this is a worthy addition to the saga of Anna.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Bill Cusumano, Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-24T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Last Child]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312642365</link>
<description><![CDATA["John Hart has written a thriller about a young boy searching for his missing twin that will have you on edge and pulling for the hero from the very beginning. The strong characters and twists in the plot had me white-knuckled until I turned the final page." -- Marc Galvin, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Child]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[10]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hart]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Minotaur]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312642365]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[John Hart has written a thriller about a young boy searching for his missing twin that will have you on edge and pulling for the hero from the very beginning. The strong characters and twists in the plot had me white-knuckled until I turned the final page.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Marc Galvin, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-03-09T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hanging Tree]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416563648</link>
<description><![CDATA["Gruley does it again in this second Starvation Lake mystery.  With his journalist's eye for detail, he transports the reader to small town, hockey-obsessed northern Michigan, where they experience a lifestyle and come to know the inhabitants fully.  The characters have even more pull this time around, and the pacing is 'keep-you-up-too-late' perfect!  I'm looking forward to installment number three. Go for the hat trick, Bryan!" -- Beth Simpson, Cornerstone Books, Salem, MA]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Hanging Tree]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[11]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Gruley]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Touchstone]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416563648]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Gruley does it again in this second Starvation Lake mystery.  With his journalist's eye for detail, he transports the reader to small town, hockey-obsessed northern Michigan, where they experience a lifestyle and come to know the inhabitants fully.  The characters have even more pull this time around, and the pacing is 'keep-you-up-too-late' perfect!  I'm looking forward to installment number three. Go for the hat trick, Bryan!]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Beth Simpson, Cornerstone Books, Salem, MA]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-03T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[I'd Know You Anywhere]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061706554</link>
<description><![CDATA["During the summer of 1985, Walter Bowman is a young 'spree' killer when he kidnaps 15-year-old Elizabeth Lerner.  This psychological thriller spans the following 20 years in the life of Elizabeth Lerner/Eliza Benedict.  Having left behind the memory of her captivity and rescue, and of Walter's capture, trial, and death-sentence verdict, she is drawn back to the past when she is contacted by Walter's advocate asking her help in commuting his upcoming execution to a life sentence.  This compelling and sensitive story of predator and prey is a work of suspense not to be missed." -- Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[I'd Know You Anywhere]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[12]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Lippman]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Morrow]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061706554]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[During the summer of 1985, Walter Bowman is a young 'spree' killer when he kidnaps 15-year-old Elizabeth Lerner.  This psychological thriller spans the following 20 years in the life of Elizabeth Lerner/Eliza Benedict.  Having left behind the memory of her captivity and rescue, and of Walter's capture, trial, and death-sentence verdict, she is drawn back to the past when she is contacted by Walter's advocate asking her help in commuting his upcoming execution to a life sentence.  This compelling and sensitive story of predator and prey is a work of suspense not to be missed.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-17T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Faceless Killers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400031573</link>
<description><![CDATA[First in the Kurt Wallander series.  It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold   night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and   his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck.  And as if this didn’t present   enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s   last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the   process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant   sentiments.    Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or   the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case,   Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving   the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize   that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Faceless Killers]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[13]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henning Mankell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400031573]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[First in the Kurt Wallander series.  It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold   night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and   his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck.  And as if this didn’t present   enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s   last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the   process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant   sentiments.    Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or   the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case,   Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving   the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize   that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-01-14T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[One for the Money]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312990459</link>
<description><![CDATA[ONE FINE MESSWelcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash-fast-but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family...ONE FALSE MOVEStephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie's bail bonding company. She's got no experience. But that doesn't matter. As does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli. From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got into her pants, to the time Steph hit him with her father's Buick, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. And now the hot guy is in hot water-wanted for murder...ONE FOR THE MONEYAbject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn't. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she'll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight-and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man...]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[One for the Money]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[14]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312990459]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ONE FINE MESSWelcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash-fast-but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family...ONE FALSE MOVEStephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie's bail bonding company. She's got no experience. But that doesn't matter. As does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli. From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got into her pants, to the time Steph hit him with her father's Buick, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. And now the hot guy is in hot water-wanted for murder...ONE FOR THE MONEYAbject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn't. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she'll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight-and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man...]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Wicked Appetite]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312652913</link>
<description><![CDATA[Life in Marblehead has had a pleasant predictability, until Diesel arrives. Rumor has it that a collection of priceless ancient relics representing the Seven Deadly Sins have made their way to Boston’s North Shore. Partnered with pastry chef Lizzie Tucker, Diesel bullies and charms his way through historic Salem to track them down—and his criminal mastermind cousin Gerewulf Grimorie. The black-haired, black-hearted Wulf is on the hunt for the relic representing gluttony. Caught in a race against time, Diesel and Lizzie soon find out that more isn’t always better, as they battle Wulf and the first of the deadly sins. With delectable characters and non-stop thrills that have made Janet Evanovich a household name, Wicked Appetite will leave you hungry for more.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Wicked Appetite]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[15]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312652913]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Life in Marblehead has had a pleasant predictability, until Diesel arrives. Rumor has it that a collection of priceless ancient relics representing the Seven Deadly Sins have made their way to Boston’s North Shore. Partnered with pastry chef Lizzie Tucker, Diesel bullies and charms his way through historic Salem to track them down—and his criminal mastermind cousin Gerewulf Grimorie. The black-haired, black-hearted Wulf is on the hunt for the relic representing gluttony. Caught in a race against time, Diesel and Lizzie soon find out that more isn’t always better, as they battle Wulf and the first of the deadly sins. With delectable characters and non-stop thrills that have made Janet Evanovich a household name, Wicked Appetite will leave you hungry for more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-09-14T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Lace Reader]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061624773</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Lace Reader is a suspenseful intense read that thoughtfully mixes New England history and lore with the present. This is a one-sitting, must-discuss-afterward type of book!" -- Angela Rodman, Third Street Books, McMinnville, OR]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Lace Reader]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[16]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brunonia Barry]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061624773]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Lace Reader is a suspenseful intense read that thoughtfully mixes New England history and lore with the present. This is a one-sitting, must-discuss-afterward type of book!]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Angela Rodman, Third Street Books, McMinnville, OR]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Professional]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425236307</link>
<description><![CDATA[The wives of Boston's wealthiest men have a mutual secret: they all had an affair with the same cad who's blackmailing them, and Spenser's been hired to stop him. But when the wives start dying one by one, Spenser's new case becomes murder.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Professional]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[17]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert B. Parker]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425236307]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The wives of Boston's wealthiest men have a mutual secret: they all had an affair with the same cad who's blackmailing them, and Spenser's been hired to stop him. But when the wives start dying one by one, Spenser's new case becomes murder.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-09-07T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Maisie Dobbs]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142004333</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hailed by NPR's Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature's favorite sleuths. Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronage of her benevolent employers--she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Maisie Dobbs]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[18]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacqueline Winspear]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142004333]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Hailed by NPR's Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature's favorite sleuths. Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronage of her benevolent employers--she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Killing Floor]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780515141429</link>
<description><![CDATA[While passing through a small Georgia town, former cop Jack Reacher is arrested for murder. Jack knows that he didn't kill anybody. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Reissue.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Killing Floor]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[19]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Child]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780515141429]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[While passing through a small Georgia town, former cop Jack Reacher is arrested for murder. Jack knows that he didn't kill anybody. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Reissue.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Even Money]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425235904</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ned Talbot is a small-time bookmaker on the edge of giving it all up when his world is turned upside down by a man who claims to be his father, long thought dead. And when the mysterious stranger is murdered, Ned feels compelled to find out exactly what is going on. But the more he discovers, the longer the odds become for his survival.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Even Money]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[20]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dick Francis, Felix Francis]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425235904]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Ned Talbot is a small-time bookmaker on the edge of giving it all up when his world is turned upside down by a man who claims to be his father, long thought dead. And when the mysterious stranger is murdered, Ned feels compelled to find out exactly what is going on. But the more he discovers, the longer the odds become for his survival.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-03T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Monster in the Box]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439150375</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Monster in the Box is the latest addition to Ruth Rendell’s "masterful" (Los Angeles Times) Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell, "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world" (Time), takes Inspector Wexford back to his first murder case—a woman found strangled in her bedroom. Outside the crime scene, Wexford noticed a short, muscular man wearing a scarf and walking a dog. The man gave Wexford an unnerving stare. Without any solid evidence, Wexford began to suspect that this man—Eric Targo—was the killer. Over the years there are more unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham. Now, half a lifetime later, Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence. Wexford tells his longtime partner, Mike Burden, about his suspicions, but Burden dismisses them as fantasy. Meanwhile, Burden’s wife, Jenny, has suspicions of her own. She believes that the Rahmans, a highly respectable immigrant family from Pakistan, may be forcing their daughter, Tamima, into an arranged marriage—or worse.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Monster in the Box]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[21]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Rendell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scribner]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781439150375]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Monster in the Box is the latest addition to Ruth Rendell’s "masterful" (Los Angeles Times) Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell, "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world" (Time), takes Inspector Wexford back to his first murder case—a woman found strangled in her bedroom. Outside the crime scene, Wexford noticed a short, muscular man wearing a scarf and walking a dog. The man gave Wexford an unnerving stare. Without any solid evidence, Wexford began to suspect that this man—Eric Targo—was the killer. Over the years there are more unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham. Now, half a lifetime later, Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence. Wexford tells his longtime partner, Mike Burden, about his suspicions, but Burden dismisses them as fantasy. Meanwhile, Burden’s wife, Jenny, has suspicions of her own. She believes that the Rahmans, a highly respectable immigrant family from Pakistan, may be forcing their daughter, Tamima, into an arranged marriage—or worse.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Rain Gods]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439128305</link>
<description><![CDATA[“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post ) brings back one of his most fascinating characters— Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland—in this heart-pounding bestseller. In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can’t shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts to untangle the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed. Damaged young Iraq vet Pete Flores, who saw too much before fleeing the crime scene, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives. Sorting through the lowlifes who are hunting down Pete, and with Preacher Jack Collins, a Godfearing serial killer for hire, in the mix, Hack is caught up in a terrifying race for survival—for Pete, Vikki, and himself.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Rain Gods]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[22]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Pocket Star]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781439128305]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post ) brings back one of his most fascinating characters— Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland—in this heart-pounding bestseller. In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can’t shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts to untangle the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed. Damaged young Iraq vet Pete Flores, who saw too much before fleeing the crime scene, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives. Sorting through the lowlifes who are hunting down Pete, and with Preacher Jack Collins, a Godfearing serial killer for hire, in the mix, Hack is caught up in a terrifying race for survival—for Pete, Vikki, and himself.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-05-03T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Borderline]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425233788</link>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Times bestseller by the author of Winter Study.   To list their spirits, Anna Pigeon and her husband head to Texas for a rafting trip on the Rio Grande. The power of the river works its magic- until the raft is lost in the rapids and someone makes the grisly discovery of a pregnant woman caught between two boulders. Soon Anna will learn that nature isn't the only one who wanted to see the woman and her baby dead.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Borderline]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[23]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nevada Barr]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425233788]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The New York Times bestseller by the author of Winter Study.   To list their spirits, Anna Pigeon and her husband head to Texas for a rafting trip on the Rio Grande. The power of the river works its magic- until the raft is lost in the rapids and someone makes the grisly discovery of a pregnant woman caught between two boulders. Soon Anna will learn that nature isn't the only one who wanted to see the woman and her baby dead.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-04-06T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Double Comfort Safari Club]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375424502</link>
<description><![CDATA[Readers will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved and best-selling series is the finest yet. In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana’s remote and striking Okavango Delta. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before their departure Mma Makutsi’s fiancé, Phuti Radiphuti, suffers a debilitating accident, and when his aunt moves in to take care of him, she also pushes Mma Makutsi out of the picture. Could she be trying to break up the relationship? Finally, a local priest and his wife independently approach Mma Ramotswe with concerns of infidelity, creating a rather unusual and tricky situation. Nevertheless, Precious is confident that with a little patience, kindness and good sense things will work out for the best, something that will delight her many fans.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Double Comfort Safari Club]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[24]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander McCall Smith]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Pantheon]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780375424502]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Readers will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved and best-selling series is the finest yet. In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana’s remote and striking Okavango Delta. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before their departure Mma Makutsi’s fiancé, Phuti Radiphuti, suffers a debilitating accident, and when his aunt moves in to take care of him, she also pushes Mma Makutsi out of the picture. Could she be trying to break up the relationship? Finally, a local priest and his wife independently approach Mma Ramotswe with concerns of infidelity, creating a rather unusual and tricky situation. Nevertheless, Precious is confident that with a little patience, kindness and good sense things will work out for the best, something that will delight her many fans.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-04-20T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[When Will There Be Good News?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316012836</link>
<description><![CDATA[On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[When Will There Be Good News?]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[25]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Atkinson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Back Bay]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316012836]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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