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BOOKNEWS from ISSN 1056–5655, © the Poisoned Pen, Ltd BOOKNEWS from ISSN 1056–5655, © The Poisoned Pen, Ltd. 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd. Volume 29, Number 7 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 June Booknews 2017 480-947-2974 [email protected] tel (888)560-9919 http://poisonedpen.com FIREWORKS ALL OF JULY… Happy Holiday – The Pen will be closed July 4 AUTHORS ARE SIGNING… Some Events will be webcast at http://new.livestream.com/poisonedpen. 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Now a lone wolf of raids he’d led back in Afghanistan and Iraq when he was an without a PI license, Cassie has tracked the Lizard King from army ranger. In fact, it reminds him so much of the techniques in North Dakota to Yellowstone National Park and set what she the Ranger Handbook that he couldn’t help wondering if the out- believes is the perfect trap. The disappearance of troubled youth laws were former Rangers themselves. If he stands any chance Kyle who’d been under her wing seemed incidental. And inevita- of catching them, he’s going to need the help of old allies, new bly, her plan goes horribly wrong…. Of course it does! Order all enemies, and a lot of luck. A fine, biting series! So why not order four of Box’s Highway Quartet. all of them? Castillo, Linda. Down a Dark Road (St Martins $26.99). Eight Barton, Fiona. The Child (Penguin $26). 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Emma, Jude, and Angela are each tured with, preferably, no violence, but it doesn’t play that way riveted, for reasons that will only gradually emerge, by an item and the question becomes for Kate, does she believe Joseph and in a newspaper reporting the excavation of an infant’s skeleton at look for another killer, or does she work to entrap him? Order the an East London building site. Kate, who could really use another whole Kate Burkholder series, best read in order. major scoop to help keep her job, is also drawn to the story. To read with Castillo, David William, When the English “Readers patient with the relatively slow initial pace until the in- Fall (Algonquin $24.95,). “Part insight into Amish culture, part tertwining stories gain momentum will be rewarded with startling dystopian novel, the story follows the days leading up to a solar twists—and a stunning, emotionally satisfying conclusion.” This storm and its aftermath. 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