Fiction

Shakespeare for Squirrels Christopher Moore

SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS picks up where Moore's earlier novel, The Serpent of Venice, ends, finding King Lear's former fool washing up on the shores of Greece, hoping to become Prospero's new jester. Featuring an assortment of classic characters from many of Shakespeare's most beloved plays, including The...

Razzmatazz Christopher Moore

RAZZMATAZZ is set in 1947 San Francisco and features a ragtag bunch on a hustle that includes a cool bartender and a local madam taking her girls to the State Hospital. In other words, Christopher Moore has a new novel!

 

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The Road from Gap Creek: A Novel Robert Morgan

THE ROAD FROM GAP CREEK follows the lives of a hardscrabble family struggling to survive the depression and the time leading up to the Secomd World War. Robert Morgan is one of the best storytellers to ever come out of Appalachia.

 

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Man in the Blue Moon Michael Morris

MAN IN THE BLUE MOON is a tense story set in early twentieth century Florida. A mysterious fellow suddenly appears and is possibly a wonder - or a con man. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last several decades. We will ship it free...

The Gendarme Mark T. Mustian

THE GENDARME has its beginnings in World War I, when the Turks are sending the Armenians out of the country. It is a book of several powerful themes including how the human spirit fights to survive in the face of hopelessness, how love can transcend nationalities and how racism creates divisions where none really exist...

A Good Hard Look Ann Napolitano

A GOOD HARD LOOK honors the spirit of Flannery O'Connor in this fictive account of pieces of the great writer's life. 

 

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The Fountain of St. James Court: Or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman Sena Jeter Naslund

THE FOUNTAIN OF ST. JAMES COURT:  OR, PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD WOMAN is a writer's reflections as she ages. There is also a story within the story as thoughts of the painter, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun crash through the author's mind as she finishes the book she is writing on the artist's life. 

 

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Blood on Snow Jo Nesbo

BLOOD ON SNOW finds Harry Hole confronting one of Oslo's most powerful crime bosses.

 

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Macbeth Jo Nesbo

MACBETH is this genius crime writer's take on the classic play Macbeth by Shakespeare. Set in a dark and dingy factory town in the 1970s, Nesbo adds a noir-ish flair to the original tale of murder and manipulation.

 

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Knife Jo Nesbo

THE KNIFE features the return of Harry Hole, Nesbo's enduring rogue investigator, as he attempts to make a fresh start in the Oslo police department. Things take a turn, however, when an unrepentant serial murderer and rapist he helped put behind bars is released and, after a hard night of drinking, Harry wakes up...