Ra's Spiral Path

Category: Books and Reading

  • The Sisters Brothers

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    By Patrick deWitt Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011 Genres: Western, historical fiction, cowboy noir ISBN: 9780062041265 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 328 Setting: Oregon City, Oregon Territory, & California (including San Francisco) Time period: 1851 Plot summary: Charlie and Eli sisters are known throughout the Oregon Territory and California as killers…

  • The Leopard

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    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense,  thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 8 ISBN: 9780307595874 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 513* Setting: Hong Kong, China, Oslo,  Norway, Kigali, Rwanda & Goma, The Congo Time period: Contemporary Plot…

  • Habibi

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    By Craig Thompson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pantheon Books, 2011 Genres: General fiction, mythic fiction Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9780375424144 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 665 (672 includes notes and author description) Setting: A Middle-eastern desert, an unnamed village, and Wanatolia Time period: No set time period –seems like the past, present, and…

  • The Road to Lisdoonvarna

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    By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction ISBN: 9781892284914 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 190 Setting: Ottawa, Canada Time period: mid 1980s Plot summary: Private investigator, Jake Swann, has a big heart, especially when it comes to his friends.  When Jake discovers that…

  • The Redbreast

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    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2000, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, historical fiction Series: Harry Hole; 3 ISBN: 9780062068422 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 553 (563 including an excerpt from The Devil’s Star) Setting: Oslo, Norway, Leningrad, Russia, and Vienna,…

  • The Shining

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    By Stephen King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pocket Books, c 1977, 2001 Genre: Horror ISBN: 9781439570616 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 683 Settings: The Overlook Hotel & Boulder, CO, Stovington, VT, St. Petersburg, FL Time period: Late 1970s Plot summary: Jack Torrance has made mistakes in life – most recently, losing his job…

  • American Gods

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    By Neil Gaiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperTorch, c2001. Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780380789030 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 592 Setting: USA – Eagle Point, Indiana;  Chicago & Cairo, Illinois; House on the Rock & Lakeside, Wisconsin; South Dakota; Lebanon, Kansas; Virginia; Lookout Mountain/ Rock City, Georgia; Fort Pierce, Florida;…

  • Silver Borne

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 5 ISBN: 9780441018192 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy is still adjusting to pack life; this is made…

  • Daughter of Lir

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    By Judith Tarr Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Forge, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction Series: Epona; 3 ISBN: 9780312876166 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 415 Setting: City of Lir, Village of Long Ford, World’s End, Sea of Grass (open steppe) Time period: Prehistory – Neolithic time period Plot summary: When Rhian is…

  • The Keeper of Lost Causes

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    By Jussi Adler-Olsen; translated by Lisa Hartford Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton, 2011 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, suspense, thriller, crime thriller Series: Department Q; 1 ISBN: 9780525952480 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 396 Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide…