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DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a Washington killer who boasts of his killings on his own Web site, as well as an old adversary who has escaped from prison. |
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war. |
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T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton. (Putnam, $26.95.) Kinsey Millhone must contend with a woman who has stolen a nurse’s identity in order to take advantage of Kinsey’s elderly neighbor. |
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THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) A woman who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog she takes in are shadowed by an evil stranger. |
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FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $21.95.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. |
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WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth.” |
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PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $21.95.) An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League’s Parma Panthers. |
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THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How a North Carolina man’s choices play out in his life; from the author of “At First Sight.” |
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STONE COLD, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Members of Washington’s Camel Club are being stalked to prevent them from uncovering government secrets. |
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HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $26.95.) The Mitford character Father Tim returns to his native town to reconnect with family and friends. |
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BOOK OF THE DEAD, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $26.95.) The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta opens a private practice in Charleston, S.C. |
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THE CHASE, by Clive Cussler. (Putnam, $26.95.) In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer all over the West. |
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RHETT BUTLER’S PEOPLE, by Donald McCaig. (St. Martin’s, $27.95.) An authorized sequel to “Gone With the Wind” updates the character of Rhett Butler for the modern reader. |
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THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $25.95.) A former Justice Department operative turned bookseller must find the tomb of Alexander the Great before a Central Asian despot and her allies can get to it. |
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PROTECT AND DEFEND, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $26.95.) An American counterterrorism operative has to avert catastrophe in nuclear Iran. |
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AMAZING GRACE, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) |
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CONFESSOR, by Terry Goodkind (Tor/Tom Doherty) |
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THE GIFT, by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster) |
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THE ALMOST MOON, by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) |
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YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown) |
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BRIDGE OF SIGHS, by Richard Russo (Knopf) |
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PONTOON, by Garrison Keillor(Viking) |
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CHILDREN OF HURIN, by J.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien, and Illustrated by Alan Lee (Houghton Mifflin) |
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HAND OF EVIL, by J.A. Jance (Touchstone) |
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THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE, by Donna VanLiere (St. Martin's) |
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TREE OF SMOKE, by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
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CREATION IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb (Putnam) |
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THEN WE CAME TO THE END, by Joshua Ferris (Little, Brown) |
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THIRD DEGREE, by Greg Iles (Scribner) |
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THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Diaz (Riverhead) |
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THE ORC KING, by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) |
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THE UNCOMMON READER, by Alan Bennett (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
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THE CHRISTMAS PEARL, by Dorothea Benton Frank (Morrow) |
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THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION, by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins) |
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OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson (Graywolf) |
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