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Historical fiction arrives at Moss Memorial Library Here are the latest books: "Book of Air and Shadows" by Michael Gruber. A distinguished Shakespearean scholar is found tortured to death. A lost manuscript and its secrets are buried for centuries. An encrypted map that leads to incalculable wealth is discovered. Moving between 21st century America and `17th century England this is a modern thriller that recreates Shakespeare's life at the turn of the 17th century and has an ingenious layered plot. "Napoleon's Pyramids" by William Dietrich is a magnificent adventure and a marvelous tale that reveals the mystical secrets that lie beneath the great Pyramids. "The Visible World" by Mark Slouka is the story of a son's attempt to understand his mother's past and the search leads him to uncover a tragic love affair, and the heroic story of the assassination of a high ranking Nazi by the Czech resistance. "Coal Black Horse" by Robert Olmstead is for fans of Civil War historical fiction, and is a brilliant story of family, allegiance and love. "The Secret of Lost Things" by Sheridan Hay is the tale of a missing manuscript, a young woman's voyage of discovery and the curios bookshop where it all begins. It is literary adventure that includes actual correspondence by Herman Melville. MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS: Robert Ludlum's " Bourne Betrayal" is a new Jason Bourne novel by Eric Van Lustbader. With espionage, betrayals and torture Lustbader skillfully "Christine Falls" by benjamin Black is a debut crime novel by a Booker Prize winning author.
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin Hamid unpicks the underpinnings of the most recent episode of distrust between East and West and is an elegant analysis of our world today.
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