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When Shadows Fall

Harlequin MIRA
416 pages
$24.95


“It’s a guarantee that readers will not figure out all of the details before the end. Ellison has crafted a terrific thriller, and fans of forensic mysteries, such as those by Patricia Cornwell, should immediately add this series to their A-lists. Familiarity with the prior books is not necessary to enjoy this one.”

–Booklist

When Shadows Fall

The Review Mirror

Unsolicited Press
52 pages
$10


“The Review Mirror seeks to understand life as it is reflected within shards of broken glass and mirrors that have changed one’s memories.”

–from the publisher

The Review Mirror

The Land Between the Lakes

University of Tennessee Press
308 pages
$67


“From its promising launch to its ignominious relegation, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s controversial LBL recreation project attracted national and international attention. In Ron Foresta’s capable hands, readers are treated to so much more than a simple chronicle of an idea gone awry, Indeed, he shows us what can happen when we fail to adapt our thinking to changing circumstances. More important, he reminds us how terribly difficult it is to predict—let alone plan for—the future.”

–Geoffrey L. Buckley, author of Extracting Appalachia: Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910–1945

The Land Between the Lakes

The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History of Tennessee

University of Tennessee Press
256 pages
$29.95


This book is the only comprehensive geologic history available on the market for Tennessee. … There are no other books like this that are close to being up to date.”

–Michael A. Gibson, University of Tennessee, Martin

The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History of Tennessee

Once We Were


352 pages
$17.99


“Zhang’s concept is original and provocative; the deep bond between Eva and Addie (the shifts between I, we, and she in Eva’s narration are especially haunting) and the mystery about why their society is so desperate to ‘fix’ hybrids are riveting.”

–Publishers Weekly

Once We Were

Thorazine Beach

Anvil Press
120 pages
$16


“Jack Minyard is a private eye down on his luck. He’s badly overweight and on the wrong side of sixty. He’s lost his marriage, and maybe a little of his mind, too. After narrowly escaping charges in a statewide fraud and money laundering scandal, Jack has been working private contracts and counting on the kindness of strangers (not to mention a pile of prescription drugs) to get by. In a last-ditch play to resurrect his career, Jack takes on a case that puts him on the wrong side of the tracks and in the midst of some of the roughest trade going.”

–from the publisher

Thorazine Beach

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