Ra's Spiral Path

Category: adult

  • Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction

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    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Genres: Short stories, general fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780938317630 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 146 (includes an afterword) Settings: Range from Rosario to the outskirts of the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico and various locations in the US, including the…

  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

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    By Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Knopf, c2007, 2010 Genre: Suspense, thriller, mystery Series: Millennium trilogy; 3 ISBN: 9780307269997 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 563 (plus 2 pages of notes) Setting: Stockholm and Göteborg, Sweden Time period: Contemporary – around 2005 Plot summary: Even as Lisbeth Salander…

  • Thereby Hangs a Tail

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    By Spencer Quinn Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Atria Books, 2010 Genre: Mystery, humorous stories Series: Chet and Bernie Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781416585855 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: The Valley (an unnamed desert city somewhere between Las Vegas and New Mexico), Rio Loco, Clauson’s Wells, and Las Vegas, NV Time period:…

  • Heart’s Blood

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    By Juliet Marillier Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, historical fiction, historical fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance ISBN: 9780451462930 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 402 Setting: Whistling Tor & Market Cross, Ireland Time period: 12th century Plot summary: When Caitrin, a young female scribe, finally musters the courage to flee…

  • Summer Knight

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    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2002 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 4 ISBN: 9780451458926 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 371 Setting: Chicago, IL & where it meets Faerie Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden has been feeling…

  • The Hummingbird’s Daughter

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    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Little, Brown, and Company, c2005, 2006 Genres: Historical fiction, magical realism Series: Not a series, but the author is currently working on a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9780316154529 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 499 Setting: Ocoroni, Sinaloa & Cabora (near Alamos), Sonora, Mexico…

  • Real Murders

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime, c1990, 2007 Genre: Mystery, cozy mystery (“with teeth” as described in an interview with Harris) Series: Aurora Teagarden Mysteries; 1 ISBN: 9780425218716 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 290 Setting: Lawrenceton, Georgia Time period: 1990ish Plot summary: When a small town librarian, Aurora…

  • Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery

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    By Spencer Quinn Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Atria Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, humorous stories Series: Chet and Bernie Mysteries; 1 ISBN: 9781416585831 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 305 Setting: An unnamed desert city in a valley somewhere between Las Vegas and New Mexico (presumably modeled on Phoenix) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary:…

  • Definitely Dead

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2006, 2007 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 6 ISBN: 9780441014910 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 324 (342 including an excerpt from the next book – All Together Dead) Setting: Bon…

  • Out of Range

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    By C.J. Box Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime, c2005, 2006 Genre: Mystery, eco-fiction Series: Joe Pickett Novel; 5 ISBN: 9780425209455 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 310 Setting: Saddlestring & Jackson Hole, Wyoming Time period: early 2000s Plot summary: When Will Jensen, the game warden for Jackson Hole, commits suicide, Joe…