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Grave Peril [February 12, 2011]
Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files [3]: HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other EntertainmentHarry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his caree...
Proven Guilty [February 12, 2011]
Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files [8]: Elevated "into the front rank of urban fantasy heroes" (SF Site), professional wizard Harry Dresden is pledged to fight crime, banish evil, and outwit the masters of dark arts in the shadowy corners of Chicago. Harry, the only ...
Hide [February 12, 2011]
Lisa Gardner
Detective DD Warren [2]: From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In bestseller Gardner's first-rate follow-up to Alone (2005), Bobby Dodge, once a sniper for the Massachusetts State Police and now a police detective, gets called to a horrific crime sce...
Alone [February 12, 2011]
Lisa Gardner
Detective DD Warren [1]: From Publishers WeeklyFor 300-some pages, Gardner (_The Perfect Husband_) keeps readers spellbound—not just by her plot but by the beautifully realized character of Massachusetts police sniper Bobby Dodge. He meets his match ...
The Battle of the Labyrinth [February 11, 2011]
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson & The Olympians [4]: From School Library JournalGrade 5–9—The battle starts, literally, with an explosion and doesn't let up. After Percy destroys the high school band room battling monsters called empousai who have taken on the form of...
The Last Olympian [February 11, 2011]
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson & The Olympians [5]: Review“The clash of modern and classical worlds is both exciting and entertaining.” —_The New York Times Book Review ?_”Riordan masterfully orchestrates the huge cast of characters and manages a coherent, powerful t...
The Sea of Monsters [February 11, 2011]
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson & The Olympians [2]: From School Library JournalGrade 5-9–In this sequel (Miramax Books, 2006) to Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (Hyperion, 2005; Listening Library, 2005) 13-year-old Percy is just finishing up his school year and is...
The Titan's Curse [February 11, 2011]
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson & The Olympians [3]: From School Library JournalGrade 6-9–In this installment, Riordan continues to enliven ancient mythology with wit, contemporary staging, and teenage heroics. Percy Jackson is now 14, a bit older and wiser, yet still...
The Kite Runner [February 11, 2011]
Khaled Hosseini
Amazon.com ReviewIn his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afgha...
Mockingjay [February 11, 2011]
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games [3]: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pa...
The Hunger Games [February 11, 2011]
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games [1]: From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Signature_Reviewed by_ Megan Whalen TurnerIf there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the g...
The Da Vinci Code [February 11, 2011]
Dan Brown
Amazon.com ReviewWith The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history. ...
Deception Point [February 11, 2011]
Dan Brown
Amazon.com ReviewPenzler Pick, In the world of page-turning thrillers, Dan Brown holds a special place in the hearts of many of us. After his first book, , almost passed me by, he wrote , which was probably one of the half-dozen most exciting thrill...
Digital Fortress [February 11, 2011]
Dan Brown
When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of ...
Angels & Demons [February 11, 2011]
Dan Brown
Amazon.com ReviewIt takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, ...
The Lost Hero [February 11, 2011]
Rick Riordan
The Heroes Of Olympus [1]: From School Library JournalGr 5-9-This book will delight fans of The Lightning Thief (Hyperion, 2005) as Percy, Annabeth, and others play roles in the new prophecy and its subsequent quest. A few months after The Last Olymp...
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