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Murder is a Family Affair Author: Erin Hart While the ancient Irish bogs have birthed their preserved secrets and given pathologist Nora Gavin an insight into fossilized civilizations and modern reasons for murder, her near past remains very much a mystery. Having followed her now lover, Cormac Macguire, through the murky Irish bogs and the reasons for current killings, she now must separate herself, return to America, and face a past that will not – should not – stay submerged. Nora’s sister, Triona, has been dead three years now – her broken, assaulted body discovered in a cutaway place in [...]

Sex in the Suburbs Author: Tom Perrotta Eve Fletcher is a divorcee and an about-to-be empty nester. She is preparing her son, the stereotypical entitled white-boy kegger-freak Brendan, for his first year at college. On the day of, Eve nearly walks in on her moody, distant Brendan and his girlfriend in flagrante delicto and she overhears just enough of his casual, course misogyny to shake her parental confidence. What has she raised!? How will Brendan fare in life if he says . . . things like that . . . and feels that way about women. Clearly, as a responsible, [...]

Because that's where the feathers are... Author:  Kirk Wallace Johnson Usually a compelling true crime story involves some heinous act, like a murder, a kidnapping or a bank robbery.    Feather thievery wouldn’t be expected to make the grade.  But that’s only because the average reader doesn’t understand what names like Pyroderus scutatus and Cotinga cayana mean to a certain type of person.  If fly tying is your thing, these names represent the pinnacle of feathered beauty, serving as the raw materials for the meticulous construction of the most spectacular fishing flies.  Moreover, these birds are so hard to come by [...]