Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller (Penguin Press)
Traces the stories of the author's parents' respective childhoods in Kenya and England, recounts her own upbringing in Africa, and offers insight into the impact of their beliefs and the waning of the British empire on her parents' marriage.
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan investigates a possible FBI cover-up with ties to the disappearance of a NASCAR crew member's sister, a right-wing extremist group, and a secret substance.
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse that Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts (Ballantine)
Traces the mid-20th-century story of the champion equine jumper and the Dutch farmer who rescued him from the slaughterhouse, recounting how the farmer discovered Snowman's jumping talents and trained him to compete against the world's most expensive thoroughbreds.
The Measure of the Magic: the Legends of Shannara by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)
Panterra Qu, a newly anointed Knight of the Word who has been entrusted with the last black staff and its powers, must protect thousands of lives that are put in danger when centuries of protective magic disappears.
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