Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel

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Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel

By Kang Jiyoung; translated by Paige Morris

Rumors of a middle-aged female assassin roil Seoul’s underworld.

Slither

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Slither

By Stephen S. Hall

If not Satan, why Satan-shaped?

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5 Books for Your Adventurous Elementary-Schooler

Keep your thrill-seeking middle-grade reader entertained with these fun, feisty tales!

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Ripple Meets the Deep

By Jason Tinney

Ripple Meets the Deep

This collection of short stories is alive with compelling characters and intriguing prose.

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The Man Who Got Away: Poems

Grace Cavalieri

A poet writes of life with her husband, and of life after he is gone.

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The Denouncer: A Novel

By Paul M. Levitt

The Denouncer: A Novel

Living in the Stalinist Soviet Union, protagonist Sasha must learn to survive within the system.

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Meet Big Lucks Books

This small DC-based press thinks really, really big.

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Bedtime Stories: November 2014

What do book lovers have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a few of them, and here’s what they said.

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Detonator: A Dave Haggard Thriller

A radio reporter tangles with Middle-Eastern terrorists set out to blow up Nationals Park in Washington, DC.

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Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics

After writing a book on Golden Age heroines, Mike Madrid gives the bad girls their due.