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Decoding a Civil-War Mystery

In Linda Lee Peterson’s latest novel, a San Francisco editor returns to her Southern roots to unravel ancient family intrigue and forbidden love

October 22, 2015 In Linda Lee Peterson’s third novel, The Spy on the Tennessee Walker, San Francisco magazine editor Maggie Fiori learns that her great-great-great grandmother was a nurse who treated soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and who engaged in a love affair with a freed slave. Peterson will appear at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on October 27, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

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Life in Full Color

In Raymond Barfield’s new novel, a young woman accepts her simple life and flawed neighbors as they are, and the result is an unusual love story

October 20, 2015 When Yslea, the narrator of Raymond Barfield’s debut novel, The Book of Colors, wanders past three row houses along the railroad tracks in North Memphis and asks for a glass of water, she begins a difficult but ultimately life-affirming series of relationships.

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Saving Laurel Springs

Saving Laurel Springs

Saving Laurel Springs

Lin Stepp
Kensington
272 pages
$15.99

“I’ve finally come across someone that believes in all the things that I do. . .love, family, faith, intrigue, mystery, loyalty, romance, and a great love for our beloved Smoky Mountains.”

–Dolly Parton

Listening to Mozart

Listening to Mozart

Listening to Mozart

Charles Wyatt
Univ of Iowa Press
180 pages
$20

“Fascinating and provocative.”

—Choice

The End Game

The End Game

The End Game

Catherine Coulter
G.P. Putnam's Sons
464 pages
$26.95

“Another outstanding entry in this series that features FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Michaela Caine… Layer upon layer, The End Game is worth ‘checking’ out.”

—Associated Press

Our Man in Charleston

Our Man in Charleston

Our Man in Charleston

Christopher Dickey
Crown
400 pages
$27

“Our Man in Charleston is a joy to discover. It is a perfect book about an imperfect spy.”

—Joan Didion

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