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HHHH: A NOVEL, by Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor

October 5, 2012

META-HISTORICAL META-NOVEL about the lingering specter of World War II and the utter impossibility of fiction.

Grade: B PLUS

HHHH: A NOVEL
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012

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MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE, by Emily Arsenault

October 3, 2012

A WOMAN UNCOVERS THE secrets behind the death of her best friend, thanks to clues in her unfinished memoir.

Grade: SOLID B

MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE
HarperCollins
2012

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SKIOS, by Michael Frayn

October 2, 2012

MICHAEL FRAYN’S FARCE of jet-set conferencegoers and mistaken identities has lots of charm, insider snark.

Grade: B PLUS

SKIOS
Henry Holt & Company
2012

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THE BLACK OPERA, by Mary Gentle

October 1, 2012

FANTASY SET IN an alternate early 19th century Naples, where music is literally magical and intrigue abounds.

Grade: SOLID B

THE BLACK OPERA
Night Shade Books
2012

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NEVER TELL, by Alafair Burke

September 30, 2012

A TOUGH MANHATTAN DETECTIVE challenges herself to solve the complex mystery of an ultra-rich teenager’s death.

Grade: SOLID B

NEVER TELL
Harper
2012

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THE HYPNOTIST’S LOVE STORY, by Liane Moriarty

September 29, 2012

CHARMING AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC comedy-drama takes on some tough issues of love and abandonment with grace.

Grade: B PLUS

THE HYPNOTIST'S LOVE STORY
Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books
2012

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SACRE BLEU, by Christopher Moore

September 28, 2012

RAMBUNCTIOUS VAN GOGH fanfic extravaganza from Christopher Moore: a surreal carnival ride through art history.

Grade: SOLID B

SACRE BLEU: A COMEDY D'ART
HarperCollins
2012

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A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS, by Alexander McCall Smith

September 27, 2012

THE HILARIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL DENIZENS of Corduroy Mansions are back in another comedy of errors and egos.

Grade: SOLID B

A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS: A CORDUROY MANSIONS NOVEL
Pantheon
2012

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A SIMPLE MURDER, by Eleanor Kuhns

September 26, 2012

HISTORICAL MYSTERY HAS a fascinating setting—a Maine Shaker settlement in 1795—if a somewhat threadbare plot.

Grade: B MINUS

A SIMPLE MURDER
Minotaur/St. Martin's
2012

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ENERGIZED, by Edward Lerner

September 25, 2012

FAST-PACED SPACE THRILLER set in a near future with orbiting power satellites and resorts at center stage.

Grade: SOLID B

ENERGIZED
Tor
2012

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