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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
by Robert Harris
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 3 Jul 2007
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| Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating
or charismatic than Cicero. Imperium recounts in vivid detail the
story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most
powerful and intimidating figures of his age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and many others. |
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Isolation Ward
by Joshua Spanogle
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 1 Jan 2007
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| Straight out of today's hospitals and labs, and tomorrow's headlines, comes a frightening, scalpel-sharp debut medical thriller. In an astounding debut, Spanogle takes us on an all-too-real race against time - as a young doctor enters the dark side of scientific research, desperate to stop a terrifying epidemic before it is too late. |
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Turning Angel
by Greg Iles
Hardcover: Dec 2005
Paperback: 1 Nov 2006
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| 'The job of great fiction is to entertain, elucidate and educate while keeping readers nailed to their chairs; this does all of that brilliantly.' |
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In The Shadow of The Law
by Kermit Roosevelt
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 13 Jun 2006
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| In this complex, ambitious, and gripping first novel, Kermit Roosevelt vividly illustrates the subtle and stark effects of the law on the lives of a group of lawyers, and also on communities and private citizens. |
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The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 1 Jun 2006
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| A stunning display of novelistic mastery - as human, as
gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers
Weekly has called "today's Dostoyevsky of crime literature. |
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Close Case
by Alafair Burke
Hardcover: Jul 2005
Paperback: 30 May 2006
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| Investigating the brutal murder of a hotshot journalist, Samantha Kincaid finds herself caught in the middle of an increasingly personal - and potentially dangerous - struggle between Portland's police and the DA's office. |
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Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: 1 Jul 2005
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| A stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces Scottoline's hallmark themes of justice and family. |
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The Last Goodbye
by Reed Arvin
Hardcover: Feb 2004
Paperback: 1 Jun 2005
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| 'Reed presents sex, money, power, and violence
in an irresistibly melancholy noir package, readers who value intelligence, fine writing and action will find it all in this
outstanding novel.' |
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