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Bones to Ashes (Compact Disc)

By Kathy Reichs, Linda Emond (Read by)
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9780743566155
Abridged
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Published: Simon & Schuster Audio, 08/01/2007

Wow! I'm on vacation for the Labor Day weekend, and while driving I'm listening to Kathy Reichs’ novel Bones to Ashes on audio.  I’m a huge fan of this author and her famous character Temperance Brennan (yes, the same character as the hit Fox TV show Bones). In this installment the brilliant forensic anthropologist Tempe is flooded with memories of a long ago friend who disappeared. When a young girl's skeleton is discovered in Acadia, Canada, she wonders if the body could be that of her lost friend.  At the same time she is helping to investigate a series of cold cases that could lead to a serial predator that may have resurfaced! 

 

Enjoy your holiday weekend.  I will be back on Tuesday if you want to rent this great audio, or if you want to own a copy call the store, order it on our website, or stop in today!

 


$24.26
ISBN-13: 9780670021888
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Published: Pamela Dorman Books, 07/01/2010

When I read The Doctor and the Diva, by author Adrienne McDonnell, I knew this would be a novel to treasure for its storytelling.  I was completely captivated by the tale of Erika, a talented opera singer, and her botanist husband Peter, who for years try to conceive a baby.  When Erika finally realizes her goal of going to Italy to perform, she must choose between her career and her treatments to conceive, with the help of charismatic Dr. Ravell.  By present day standards the treatments would be considered primitive.  Erika's desires to perform and become a mother are complicated by not only the physical limitations of the time, but also the emotional limitations put on women which lead to misunderstandings and anger. 

To make this story even more amazing, it is based on a true story from the author's family and letters that were written at that time.


$22.49
ISBN-13: 9780312374983
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Published: Minotaur Books, 06/01/2010
Last year author Linda Castillo wowed readers and book store owners with Sworn to Silence.  The book also received status as a Great Lakes Great Reads title.  Now, Castillo offers readers another chapter into the lives of Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and the small town of Painters Mill in the thriller Pray for SilenceWhen the Plank family moves to this small Amish community little do they know that in one year the whole family will be slaughtered on their farm on a cold October night. To solve this grizzly case, Kate again enlists the help of state agent John Tomasetti.  As they begin to dig into the background of the Amish Plank family, they uncover that one of the teenage daughters was leading a double life, a shunned son had a violent past and a neighbor was stalking them.The shocking murders, complicated protagonist and vivid crime scenes make this an intense thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

 


$13.46
ISBN-13: 9781936071609
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Unbridled Books, 04/01/2010

Emily St. John Mandel has written a beautiful narrative that threads three different moving plot lines into an amazing story. This novel is a story of the depths of love, the limits of family and the nature of obsession. The author was delightful in person, and I can’t wait for her next novel!


$21.60
ISBN-13: 9780805093384
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Published: Henry Holt and Co., 07/01/2010

For the thousands of people who read Blindside or saw the movie, now Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy tell the story for the first time in their words.  This inspiring couple opened their house to Michael Oher, and that great deed not only changed Michael's life but also their families’ lives forever.  Leigh Anne was raised by a tough as nails U.S. Marshall and Sean grew up poor, but they both shared the belief that helping others was important, and also instilled this belief in their children Collins and Sean Junior.  In a Heartbeat is a wonderful narrative of this remarkable family and it will transform your life. The pictures of the family are an added bonus.


The Search (Hardcover)

$24.26
ISBN-13: 9780399156571
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Published: Putnam Adult, 07/01/2010
The Search by Nora Roberts has moved to the top of my list as a favorite by this New York Times bestselling author. I had a great summer day off and sat outside flipping the pages quickly while reading this fast-paced mystery.


Fiona Bristow was a lucky young woman who escaped from the Red Scarf Killer years ago, but her life becomes a nightmare again when a copycat killer patterns himself after this serial killer. Fiona moves to an island off the Seattle coast and becomes a search and rescue dog trainer to get away from her past.  Now she must confront that past and the man she put behind bars. Her peaceful life is also interrupted by the appearance of Simon Doyle, who shows up at her doorstep in need of training for his puppy. Fiona knows that the puppy will be easy to train, but Simon is another matter.


A Secret Affair (Hardcover)

$21.60
ISBN-13: 9780385343305
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Published: Delacorte Press, 05/01/2010

Bestselling author Mary Balogh delivers a charming historical novel written with wit.  A Secret Affair again features a member of the Huxtable family, this time the dangerous Constantine who has a devil may care attitude. 

 

When Hannah Reid, Duchess of Dunbarton, finds herself a widow at the young age of thirty, she sets her sights on Constantine to be her first lover.  Constantine believes that the cool, reserved Duchess may be just the woman to fill his bed.  What they both find is that the best laid plans could change.  Can both these members of the English Ton keep the secrets that they have, and keep their hearts from breaking?  


$13.46
ISBN-13: 9781936071609
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Published: Unbridled Books, 04/01/2010
When I read the first five pages of Last Night in Montreal I knew that I would love the book and Emily St. John Mandel's use of words.  The plots of three separate stories were woven together to exquisite effect, and the characters were well-constructed.  I felt that I was part of this fabulous story.  I was the guardian watching over a young Lilia, I was Eli's friend who went with him to Montreal, and I was a fellow performer with Michaela.  Last week I was lucky enough to sit down to dinner with this petite, soft-spoken and talented author and talk about her love of the written word.  If you have not read this novel or her latest novel The Singer's Gun, it is time for you to stop into Saturn Booksellers for an autographed copy.

Heart of the Matter (Hardcover)

$24.29
ISBN-13: 9780312554163
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Published: St. Martin's Press, 05/01/2010

Author Emily Giffin again offers her readers a novel written with wit and emotion.  Heart of the Matter is told from the alternating viewpoints of three genuinely good people who are caught in a love triangle.  With each character questioning everything from marriage and loyalty to friendship and compassion, they must look deep within themselves to discover what matters most.  If you enjoyed this author's pervious titles, you will not be disappointed in this latest novel.


$17.96
ISBN-13: 9780692003893
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Published: McElroy, 12/01/2009

Get ready, American history lovers, to learn more about Presidents Zachary Taylor and Benjamin Harrison.  Presidential Scholar Richard L. McElroy has written a book, Battlefield Presidents, which details the lives of these two forgotten presidents.  The details within this book examine these two cousins that grew up in Ohio and both became the President of the United States.  The little known facts about these two men made the book both interesting and exciting.  Come into Saturn Booksellers on Saturday, June 26th  at 11:30 a.m. and meet the author.  If you purchase a copy of this book and have two trivia questions out of three about any president or the first ladies that the author doesn’t know the answer to, you could win a copy of American Presidents and First Ladies.


$13.50
ISBN-13: 9780345506214
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Published: Ballantine Books, 05/01/2010

I had a BLAST reading about Molly Marx. Too bad her character in The Late, Lamented Molly Marx is dead.  When the Random House Publishing representatives were in Gaylord a couple of weeks ago, they recommended that I read this witty, wonderful novel.  I'm so glad that I did. In this novel Molly observes her family, friends and not-so good friends from the hereafter.  She not only watches and listens to what they say, she can even hear what they are thinking, which makes for some laugh out loud moments.   As Molly narrates this story, she explores the bonds of friendship, marriage and the very strong bond of motherhood. 


Seven Year Switch (Hardcover)

$22.49
ISBN-13: 9781401341169
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Published: Hyperion, 06/01/2010

When you finish this delightful story you will want to grab your girlfriends, let your hair down, and call for a margarita!  They say every seven years you reinvent yourself, and Jill Murray is ready to do just that.  But first she must juggle two jobs, her 10 year old daughter, an ex-husband, and an intriguing bike-riding entrepreneur.  Get ready to laugh from the first page to the last!


Hearts on a String (Paperback)

$13.50
ISBN-13: 9780553384758
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Published: Bantam, 05/01/2010
One of Saturn Booksellers’ favorite funny and outrageous authors, Kris Radish, has written another novel about the bonds women share.  Hearts on the String throws together five very different women in Tampa during a spring storm that closes airports around the country.   When Nan loses her cell phone in the toilet of the Tampa airport, four others come to her rescue.  When flights are delayed, these five women decided to book a suite in a motel and there they have the adventure that changes their lives forever.  Kris will again have a fun filled author event at Saturn Booksellers on June 17th at 6:30 p.m.  Call for details and your free ticket to this rollicking good time.