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  • We Solve Murders
    Richard Osman
    Hardcover: 09/17/2024
     
    Solving murders. It's a family business.
  • There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven
    Ruben Reyes
    Hardcover: 08/06/2024
     
    An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future ...
  • A Short Walk Through a Wide World
    Douglas Westerbeke
    Hardcover: 04/02/2024
     
    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, ...
  • Ilium
    Ilium: A Novel
    Lea Carpenter
    Hardcover: 01/16/2024
     
    Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the...
  • After Sappho
    After Sappho: A Novel
    Selby Wynn Schwartz
    Paperback: 01/09/2024
     
    An exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the intertwined lives of feminists at ...
  • Wild and Distant Seas
    Tara Karr Roberts
    Hardcover: 01/02/2024
     
    A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their ...
  • Killers of a Certain Age
    Deanna Raybourn
    Paperback: 08/15/2023
     
    They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that...

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