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Staff Picks for July

Lelia's Picks

The Trouble with Harriet by Dorothy Cannell

Just when Ellie and her husband are set to go off to France on a romantic getaway, Ellie's father, Morley, suddenly appears with an urn containing the remains of his lover, Harriet, who died in a car accident. When Morley loses the urn, a number of questions are unleashed. What exactly is in the urn? And is Morley a pawn in a deadly game?

$5.99

Code to Zero by Ken Follett

In January, 1958, America's best hope to catch up with the Russians in the space race sits on a pad at Cape Canaveral. But the launch of the "Explorer I" satellite is delayed due to the weather, even though it is a sunny day. The real reason rests deep in the mind of a NASA scientist who wakes that morning with his memory completely erased--he knows a dark secret someone wants him to forget.

$7.99

Reservations for Murder by Tim Myers

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$5.99 prior to 15% bestseller discount

Every First Saturday by Bobby Jaye Allen

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$8.99

Death Lurks in the Bush by Kate Grilley

When a special dinner, hosted by Miss Maude to honor her childhood friend, the visiting Queen of Denmark, leaves its guests sidelined with food poisoning, an occurrence that is soon deemed deliberate, it is up to radio host Kelly Ryan to uncover the culprit, in a mystery set against the tropical paradise of the Caribbean.

$5.99

Andrew's Staff Picks

Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard

Ordell Robbie sells illegal high-powered weapons to the wrong people. Jackie Burke couriers his profits, but the feds are on to her and she'll have to do prison time or play ball. This makes her a loose end Ordell needs to tie-up permanently. But Jackie has other options, and with the help of bail bondsman Max Cherry, she could even end up with a serious nest egg.

$7.50

Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen

The only trace of the first victim was his Shriner's fez washed up on the Miami beach. The second victim, the head of the city's chamber of commerce, was found dead with a toy rubber alligator lodged in his throat. And that was just the beginning...

Now Brian Keyes, reporter turned private eye, must move from muckraking to rooting out murder...in a caper that will mix football players, politicians, and police with a group of fanatics and a very hungry crocodile.

$7.50

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

Introducing Anita Blake, vampire hunter extraordinaire. Most people don't even bat an eye at vampires since they've been given equal rights by the Supreme Court. But Anita knows better--she's seen their victims. . . . A serial killer is murdering vampires, however, and now the most powerful vampire in town wants Anita to find the killer.

$6.99 prior to 15% bestseller discount

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Shadow is a man with a past and wants nothing more now than to live a quiet life with his wife. When his wife is killed in a terrible accident, Shadow flies home for the funeral. As a raging storm rocks the plane, the strange man in the seat next to Shadow introduces himself as Mr. Wednesday. He knows more about Shadow than is possible--and he warns Shadow an even bigger storm is coming.

$7.99

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

On Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

$20.00