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Defending Jacob : A Novel
by William Landay
Hardcover: Jan 2012
Paperback: 26 Feb 2013
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Award-winning author William Landay has written the consummate novel of an embattled family in crisis - a suspenseful, character-driven mystery that is also a spellbinding tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying speed at which our lives can spin out of control.

Turn of Mind
by Alice LaPlante
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 27 May 2012
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A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired surgeon with dementia who clings to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame and unspeakable loss.

The Serpent's Tale
by Ariana Franklin
Hardcover: Jan 2008
Paperback: 3 Feb 2009
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Ariana Franklin combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of historical fiction in her second novel in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, featuring medieval heroine Adelia Aguilar.

Dry Ice : A Novel
by Stephen White
Hardcover: Mar 2007
Paperback: 4 Mar 2008
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New York Times bestselling author Stephen White brings back his popular character, psychologist Alan Gregory, to take on the sociopathic killer from White’s first novel—who, many years later, has walked away from a mental hospital, hungry for revenge.

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.

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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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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