The sinister and provocative thriller from crime writing's freshest new voice. Ethan Muller is struggling to establish his reputation as a dealer in the cut-throat world of contemporary art when he stumbles onto a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: in a decaying New York slum, an elderly tenant named Victor ... more »

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 more »

The first corpse was found hooded, bound, and naked, kneeling on a bare mattress in a seedy hotel room. This was no ordinary murder but rather the work of a killer driven by something special, something spectacular. The fact that the dead man was a convicted rapist recently released from prison only ... more »

In praising the witty high school romp How I Paid for College, the New York Times Book Review said, it makes you hope there's a lot more where this came from. There is. In this hilarious sequel Attack of the Theater People, Edward Zanni and his merry crew of high school musical-comedy miscreants move ... more »

In a funny, poignant, wonderfully original debut novel, the author of the acclaimed short-story collection Trouble with Girls weaves a beguiling tale of fathers and sons, sons and lovers&and one unforgettable summer in a young man's lifesomewhere between a past he doesn't understand and a future ... more »

Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from ... more »

Loudmouthed, redheaded Cee Cee Bloom has her sights set on Hollywood. Bertie White, quiet and conservative, dreams of getting married and having children. In 1951, their childhood worlds collide in Atlantic City. Keeping in touch as pen pals, they reunite over the years ... always near the ocean. Powerful ... more »

For decades they have remained close, sharing treasured recipes, honored customs, and the challenges of women shaped by ancient ways yet living modern lives. They are the Hindi-Bindi Club, a nickname given by their American daughters to the mothers who left India to start anewdaughters now grown and ... more »

A talented midwife is arrested for murder when she saves a baby by performing a Caesarean section once she believes the mother has died--only to have her assistant insist later that the woman was still very much alive. Told in the mesmerizing voice of the midwife's daughter, Midwives depicts the aftermath ... more »

... . RELEASE OF THE CAPTIVE XXXII. ANDY XXXIII. THE CABIN ON THE MOUNTAIN XXXIV. A DARING DEED XXXV. THE COT WHERE HE WAS BORN XXXVI. I'M A HAPPY MAN *** an excerpt from CHAPTER I - NORA Why, then, Miss Nora-- Yes, Hannah? You didn't see the masther going this way, miss? What do you mean, Hannah? Father ... more »

"Why don't you just die?" Boyd Schaeffer asks her husband, Russell, one night during a fight. The next day, he does just that. Russell was rich, sensitive, charming, but always unreliable and it is not clear to Boyd what emotional legacy his untimely death has bequeathed her. Boyd already ... more »

I have no pride. I tell anything, Jill Conner Browne is fond of saying. As Her Royal Highness, Boss Queen of the Sweet Potato Queens?, she has told legions of fans, known as SPQ Wannabes, her delectable secrets to living, loving -- and eating -- like a queen. In her words, More is more. How much more ... more »