Reviews by Author

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Aames, Avery: The Long Quiche Goodbye
Adams, Alina: Murder on Ice
Adelaide, Debra: The Household Guide to Dying
Adiga, Aravind: Between the Assassinations
Akeroyd, Simon:Get Started Growing Vegetables
Allan, Barbara: Antiques Disposal
Allen, Jeffrey: Popped Off
Allende, Isabel:

• Inés of my Soul
• Maya's Notebook

America's Test Kitchen: Cook's Country: Best Grilling Recipes
Ang, Tom:

• Digital Photography Through the Year
• Digital Photographer's Handbook
• How to Photograph Absolutely Everything

Arnold, Gaynor: Girl in a Blue Dress

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Bain, Donald (with Jessica Fletcher):

• A Palette for Murder
• The Highland Fling Murders

Ballantyne, Lisa: The Guilty One
Balzo, Sandra:

• Bean There, Done That
• Grounds for Murder
• Uncommon Grounds

Barber, Kimiko (with Hiroki Takemura): Sushi: Taste and Technique
Barclay, Linwood:

• Never Look Away
• The Accident
• Trust Your Eyes

Barry, Brunonia: The Map of True Places
Batista, Paul: Extraordinary Rendition
Battles, Brett: The Silenced
Beecroft, Simon:

• Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side
• Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia

Bell, James Scott: Try Fear
Benison, C.C.:

• Eleven Pipers Piping
• Ten Lords A-Leaping
• Twelve Drummers Drumming

Blashford-Snell, Victoria (with Eric Treuille): Hors d'Oeuvres
Borodale, Jane: The Book of Fires
Bradley, Alan:

• A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia #3)
• I am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia #4)
• Speaking From Among the Bones (Flavia #5)
• The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia #6)
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia #1)
• The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia #2)

Brady, Frank: Endgame
Brashares, Ann: My Name is Memory
Braun, Lilian Jackson: The Cat Who Had 14 Tails
Brenner, Maya: Beaded Jewelry
Brightwell, Emily: Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump
Brookner, Anita: Strangers
Buchanan, Cathy Marie:

• The Day the Falls Stood Still
• The Painted Girls

Burnard, Bonnie:Suddenly
Burton, Bonnie: You Can Draw: Star Wars
Burton, Mary: The Seventh Victim
Buxbaum, Julie: The Opposite of Love
Byron, Ellen: Plantation Shudders

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Cain, Sarah: The 8th Circle
Caldwell, Ian: The Fifth Gospel
Carlin, George (with Tony Hendra): Last Words
Carson, Lori: The Original 1982
Carter, Chris:

• An Evil Mind
• The Death Sculptor
• One by One

Carter, Philip: Altar of Bones
Cassel, Julian (with Peter Parham and Jon Eakes): Do It Yourself
Cavender, Chris: Rest in Pizza
Clark, Marcia: Guilt by Degrees
Clark, Mary Jane:

• Dying for Mercy
• Footprints in the Sand
• It Only Take a Moment
• The Look of Love
• When Day Breaks

Cleave, Chris: Little Bee
Cohen, Tish: The Truth About Delilah Blue
Collins, Suzanne: The Hunger Games
Conklin, Tara: The House Girl
Connelly, Michael:

• The Drop
• The Scarecrow

Cooper, Glenn:

• Book of Souls
• Library of the Dead
• The Devil Will Come
• The Tenth Chamber

Crawford, Isis: A Catered St Patrick's Day
Crymble, Lynn: It Can Happen to You
Cullen, Dave: Columbine

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Daniels, Robert: Once Shadows Fall
Davys, Tim: Tourquai
de los Santos, Marisa: Belong to Me
Degeneres, Ellen: Seriously...I'm Kidding
Depp, Daniel: Loser's Town
Diamant, Anita: Day After Night
Diamond, Elizabeth: An Accidental Light
DK Publishing:

• The Big Idea Science Book
• Big Questions
• Birds of Western Canada
• Canadian Gardener's Guide
• Children's Book of Art
• Children's Book of Music
• Complete Painting and Drawing Handbook
• Craft Techniques and Projects
• Crochet: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide
• Danger!
• Doodlepedia
• Energizing Workout
• Energy Bites
• Essential Back Care
• Garden Design
• Great Canadian Plant Guide
• Smithsonian: Great Design
• Grow Plants in Pots
• Home Herbal
• Ideas That Changed the World
• Look Now
• Natural History
• Optical Illusions
• Smithsonian: Timelines of Science
• The Complete Classical Music Guide
• The Complete Running & Marathon Book
• The History Book
• The Human Body Coloring Book
• The Illustrated Cook's Book of Ingredients
• This Book Made Me Do It

Donnelly, Liza (and Michael Maslin): Cartoon Marriage
Donoghue, Emma: Room
Dowsett, Elizabeth (with Shari Last): Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi

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Eckstut, Arielle (and David Henry Sterry): The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published
Edwards, Kim: The Lake of Dreams

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Farndon, John: Do Not Open
Faye, Lyndsay: The Gods of Gotham
Fei, Deanna: A Thread of Sky
Feinstein, Harold: One Hundred Butterflies
Ferreras, Alberto: B as in Beauty
Fforde, Jasper: Shades of Grey
Finkleman, Ken: Noah's Turn
Finn, Alan (Todd Ritter): Things Half in Shadow
Fitzpatrick, Joe: Strictly Sundays
Flagg, Fannie:

• The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
• I Still Dream About You

Flay, Bobby: Throwdown!
Fluke, Joanne:

• Cinnamon Roll Murder
• Lake Eden Cookbook
• Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

Fortier, Anne: Juliet
Francis, Dick: Dead Cert
Franklin, Ariana: Mistress of the Art of Death
Freeman, Kimberley: Lighthouse Bay
Frey, Stephen: Arctic Fire
Fry, Jason: Star Wars: The Secret Life of Droids

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Gaiman, Neil:

• Coraline
• Instructions(with Charles Vess)

Galbraith, Robert (J.K. Rowling):

• The Cuckoo's Calling
• The Silkworm

Garvis Graves, Tracey: On the Island
Gater, Will:

• The Practical Astronomer (with Anton Vamplew)
• The Night Sky: Month by Month (with Giles Sparrow)

Gaynor, Hazel: The Girl Who Came Home
Genova, Lisa:

• Inside the O'Briens
• Left Neglected
• Love Anthony
• Still Alice

Gildiner, Catherine McClure: After the Falls
Gilliland, Ben: 100 People Who Made History
Giosia, Nadia: Bitchin' Kitchen: Cookin' for Trouble
Goldman, Joel:

• Motion to Kill
• No Way Out

Goldsmith, Mike: How to be a Math Genius
Goldsmith, Sheherazade: A Greener Christmas
Goolrick, Robert: A Reliable Wife
Gorden-Levitt, Joseph: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories
Govani, Shinan: Boldface Names
Gowan, Lee: Confession
Green, George Dawes: Ravens
Green, Jane: Promises to Keep
Greenberg, Jill: Bear Portraits
Grenville, Kate: The Lieutenant
Gregory, Philippa: The Red Queen
Griffiths, Elly: The Janus Stone
Grippando, James:

• Afraid of the Dark
• Lying with Strangers
• Need You Now

Guiliano, Mireille: French Women For All Seasons
Guinn, Jeff: Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Gwin, Minrose: The Queen of Palmyra

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Hannah, Sophie: A Room Swept White
Hansen, Amy Gail: The Butterfly Sister
Harman, Patricia: The Midwife of Hope River
Harris, Tessa: The Anatomist's Apprentice
Harrison, Jon: The Banks of Certain Rivers
Hart, Josephine: The Truth About Love
Harvey, Michael:

• The Third Rail
• We All Fall Down

Haven, Heather: Murder is a Family Business
Hawks, Tony: Round Ireland with a Fridge
Hayes, Jonathan: A Hard Death
Haynes, Elizabeth: Into the Darkest Corner
Hearst, Dorothy:

• Promise of the Wolves
• Secrets of the Wolves

Henderson, Susan: Up from the Blue
Hendy, Jenny: Gardening Shortcuts
Henry, Sue: Murder on the Yukon Quest
Hidalgo, Pablo: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - The Visual Dictionary
Hilderbrand, Elin:

• Beautiful Day
• Silver Girl
• Summer People
• Summerland
• The Castaways

Hill, Casey: Taboo
Hill, Lawrence:

• Any Known Blood
• The Book of Negroes

Hoffman, Beth: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Hogan, Mary: The Woman in the Photo
Hollis, Lee: Death of a Kitchen Diva
Holt, Jonathan: The Abomination
Hopgood, Mei-Ling: Lucky Girl
Hornby, Nick: Juliet, Naked
Howell, Dorothy: Clutches and Curses
Howell, Jason (with Pete McMcullough): 101 Uses for an Old Sandbag...or two
Hull, Linda Joffe: Eternally 21
Hurwitz, Gregg: You're Next
Hyland, M.J.: This is How
Hyzy, Julie:

• Affairs of Steak
• Buffalo West Wing
• Fonduing Fathers
• Grace Among Thieves
• Grace Interrupted
• Grace Under Pressure
• State of the Onion

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Israel, Andrea (with Nancy Garfinkel): The Recipe Club

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Jacobs, Kate: Knit the Season
Jackson, Lisa:

• Tell Me (Savannah #3)
• The Night Before (Savannah #1)

Jenkins, Missy: I Choose to be Happy
Jennings, Maureen:

• Season of Darkness
• Under the Dragon's Tail

Johnson, Jane:

• The Salt Road
• The Tenth Gift

Jokinen, Tom: Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training
Jones, Sadie: The Uninvited Guests
Jordan, Toni: Addition
Juby, Susan:

• Getting the Girl
• The Woefield Poultry Collective

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Kallos, Stephanie: Sing Them Home
Katsu, Alma:

• The Descent Book 3
• The Reckoning Book 2
• The Taker Book 1

Kazinski, A.J.: The Last Good Man
Kellerman, Jonathan: Mystery
Kempster, Rachel (with Meg Leder): The Secret Me Book
Kent, Rebecca: Finished Off
Kilborn, Jack: Afraid
Kleon, Austin: Newspaper Blackout
Kline, Christina Baker: Desire Lines
Kreamer, Anne: Going Grey
Krueger, William Kent: Ordinary Grace

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Lagasse, Emeril: Farm to Fork
Lathrop, John: The Desert Contract
Lee, Janice Y.K.: The Piano Teacher
Lee, Jennifer 8.: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Lescroart, John: The Ophelia Cut
Lippman, Laura: Life Sentences
Lipton, Lauren: Mating Rituals of the North American WASP
Locke, Attica:

• Black Water Rising
• The Cutting Season

Lowe, Sheila: Last Writes
Lukas, Michael David: The Oracle of Stamboul

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Mansell, Jill: Take a Chance on Me
Marberg, Peg: Faux Finished
Maron, Margaret: Sand Sharks
Masterman, Becky: Rage Against the Dying
McAdam, Colin: Fall
McCann, Colum: Let the Great World Spin
McComas, Mary Kay: Something About Sophie
McConkey, Jess: The Widows of Braxton Country
McCreight, Kimberly: Reconstructing Amelia
McDonnell, Adrienne: The Doctor and the Diva
McFadden, Deanna: The Work Boyfriend
McGary, Loucinda: The Wild Irish Sea
McHugh, Erin: The Little Road Trip Handbook
McKay, Ami:

• The Birth House
• The Virgin Cure

McKenzie, Catherine:

• Arranged
• Forgotten

McKenzie, Sophie: Close My Eyes
McKevett, G.A.: Buried in Buttercream
McLaughlin, Staci:

• All Natural Murder
• Green Living Can Be Deadly

McWatt, Tessa: Step Closer
Meier, Leslie:

• Easter Bunny Murder
• Tippy Toe Murder

Meyers, Randy Susan: The Comfort of Lies
Michelon, Pascale: Max Your Memory
Miller, Emma: Plain Killing
Mizushima, Margaret: Killing Trail
Moloney, Susie: The Thirteen
Monninger, Joseph: Eternal on the Water
Moore, Christopher: Fool
Morgenstern, Erin: The Night Circus
Morrison, Boyd: The Ark
Morton, Kate:

• The Distant Hours
• The Forgotten Garden
• The Secret Keeper

Mosley, Walter: The Long Fall
Moss, Iris: Fatal Waters
Motion, Andrew: Silver: Return to Treasure Island
Mugavero, Liz: Kneading to Die
Murphy, Brian D.: See Mix Drink
Murphy, Dennis Richard: Darkness at the Stroke of Noon
Murphy, Yannick: The Call
Myers, Tamar: Estate of Mind

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Nalebuff, Rachel Kauder: My Little Red Book
Needles, Dan: Wingfield's World
Newmark, Elle:

• The Book of Unholy Mischief
• The Sandalwood Tree

Nguyen, Bich Minh: Short Girls
Noble, Elizabeth: The Girl Next Door
Norman, Jill (Editor-in-Chief): The Cook's Book

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Ogawa, Yoko: The Housekeeper and the Professor
Oliveira, Robin: My Name is Mary Sutter

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Packham, Chris: The Practical Naturalist
Pagano, Joan: Strength Training: Exercises for Women
Pak, Sang: Wait Until Twilight
Palma, Félix J.:

• The Map of the Sky
• The Map of Time

Parker, Philip: World History (Eyewitness Companions)
Parker, Steve: The Human Body Book
Pasricha, Neil: The Book of Even More Awesome
Patel, Meera Lee:

• Daily Zen Doodles
• Start Where You Are

Patmore, Frederica (with Vikki Haffenden): The Knitting Book
Pearlman, Ann: The Christmas Cookie Club
Pearse, Lesley: Stolen
Pekkanen, Sarah: The Opposite of Me
Polizzi, Nicole "Snooki": A Shore Thing
Porter, Jane: Odd Mom Out
Potter, Ellen: Slob
Powning, Beth: The Sea Captain's Wife
Pyper, Andrew: The Guardians

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Quindlen, Anna: Every Last One

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Rankin, Lissa (M.D.): What's Up Down There?
Remington, Robert (and Sherri Zickefoose): Runaway Devil
Riggle, Kristina: Keepsake
Ritter, Todd:

• Bad Moon
• Death Notice

Roberts, Alice (Dr.): The Complete Human Body
Robinson, Marilynne: Home
Robinson, Peter: The Penguin Book of Crime Stories: Volume II
Rollins, James:

• The Blood Gospel (with Rebecca Cantrell)
• The Doomsday Key
• The Last Oracle

Rose, Karen: I Can See You
Rose, M. J.:

• Seduction
• The Book of Lost Fragrances
• The Hypnotist

Rosen, Delia: One Foot in the Gravy
Rough Guide: The Rough Guide Book of Brain Training
Rowling, J.K.:

• The Casual Vacancy
• The Cuckoo's Calling
• The Silkworm

Ruditis, Paul: Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary
Ruff, Matt: The Mirage
Rumberg, Hester: Ten Degrees of Reckoning
Russell, Tony: What's that Tree?
Ryan, Annelise:

• Board Stiff (#5)
• Lucky Stiff (#4)

Ryan, P.E.: In Mike We Trust

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Sakey, Marcus: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
Satterlee, Thom: The Stages
Scott, Carey: Crime Scene Detective
Shepard, Anna: Express Housekeeping
Shriver, Lionel:

• Big Brother
• The Post Birthday World
• So Much For That
• We Need to Talk About Kevin

Simonson, Helen: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Simsion, Graeme:

• The Rosie Effect (Rosie #2)
• The Rosie Project (Rosie #1)

Singh, Vivek (and others): Curry Cuisine
Slade, Michael: Red Snow
Slaughter, Karin: Fallen
Smith, Alexander McCall:

• Corduroy Mansions
• La's Orchestra Saves the World
• The Charming Quirks of Others

Smith, Alison: Sew: Step by Step
Smith, Karen Rose: Staged to Death
Smith, Keri: How to Be an Explorer of the World
Smith, Sherri: The Children of Witches
Spalding, Julian: The Best Art You've Never Seen
Sones, Sonya: The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus
Stanger-Ross, Ilana: Sima's Undergarments for Women
Staub, Wendy Corsi: Nine Lives
Stewart, Martha: Martha Stewart's New Pies & Tarts
Stone, Alex: Fooling Houdini
Swarup, Vikas:

• Six Suspects
• Slumdog Millionaire

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Tanner, Haley: Vaclav and Lena
Tearne, Roma:

• Bone China
• Mosquito

Tessaro, Kathleen: The Debutante
Thiede, Todd M.: Time Killer
Thiem, Brian: Red Line
Thomas, Julie: The Keeper of Secrets
Thompson, Ken: Compost
Thrasher, Travis: Ghostwriter
Todd, Charles: The Red Door
Tofield, Simon: Simon's Cat
Tropper, Jonathan: This is Where I Leave You
Turcotte, Gary: The Vigilante Witch Hunter

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Ungaro, Alycea: Pilates Practice Companion
Unger, Lisa: Darkness, My Old Friend
Urrea, Luis Alberto: Into the Beautiful North

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Verdon, John:

• Let the Devil Sleep
• Peter Pan Must Die
• Shut Your Eyes Tight
• Think of a Numb3r

Viets, Elaine: Murder Unleashed

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Waldman, Ayelet: Red Hook Road
Walker, Martin: The Dark Vineyard
Walker, Richard: The Incredible Pop-Up Body Book
Walls, Jeannette: The Glass Castle
Warren, Dianne: Cool Water
Watson, S.J.: Before I Go to Sleep
Webb, Katherine:

• A Half Forgotten Song
• The Legacy
• The Unseen

Webb, Peggy: Elvis and the Tropical Double Trouble
Wecker, Helene: The Golem and the Jinni
Weiner, Jennifer: Fly Away Home
Welford, Mark (and Stephen Wicks): Fresh Flower Arranging
Wells, Tina: Mackenzie Blue
Westlake, Donald E.: Get Real
Whinney, Heather: The Slow Cook Book
White, Kate:

• Hush
• So Pretty It Hurts

Whitehouse, Lucie: The House at Midnight
Willig, Lauren: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
Windham, Ryder:

• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars Year by Year (with Daniel Wallace and Pablo Hidalgo)

Winspear, Jacqueline: A Lesson in Secrets
Woodward, John: How to be a Genius
Wyler, Allen:

• Dead Ringer
• Deadly Errors

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Yu, Ovidia: Aunty Lee's Delights

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Zafón, Carlos Ruiz: The Prisoner of Heaven