Fiction

"F" Is for Fugitive

By Sue Grafton

Floral Beach wasn't much of a town: six streets long and three deep with a strip of sand fronting the Pacific. It was there, seventeen years ago, that the body of Jean Timberlake had been found. Bailey Fowler, the confessed killer, was convicted. A year after the murder, Fowler walked away from prison, never to be seen again. Then, by sheer fluke, the cops stumbled on Bailey and a case seventeen years dead came murderously to life.

"J" Is for Judgment

By Sue Grafton

"K" Is for Killer

By Sue Grafton

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Joyce Carol Oates (Women Writers: Texts and Contexts)

By Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates’s prize-winning story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” takes up troubling subjects that continue to occupy her in her fiction: the romantic longings and limited options of adolescent women; the tensions between mothers and daughters; the sexual victimization of women; and the American obsession with violence. Inspired by a magazine story about a serial killer, its remarkable portrait of the dreamy teenager Connie has made it a feminist classic. Connie’s life anticipates the emergence of American society from the social innocence of the fifties into the harsher contemporary realities of war, random violence, and crime. The story was the basis for the movie Smooth Talk, which became the subject of much feminist debate. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Oates’s life, an authoritative text of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” an essay by Oates on Smooth Talk, the original Life article about the serial killer, ten critical essays (including two about the film), and a bibliography.

#freetopiary: An Occupy Fable

By Peter Burnett

In an age of NSA spying and unprecedented government oversight, young Alan Stewart wants nothing to do with change?that is until he is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, and forced to face reality. Consumerism, passivity, apathy and distraction. The internet is no place to attempt changing anything that matters. A young Scottish drifter, Alan Stewart, struggles to come of age in a world he knows only through the world wide web. But come of age he does, learning something of truth and the price of freedom along the way. Arrested for a cybercrime he did not commit, Alan is shipped to Scotland's e-crime unit in Aberdeen with a young hacktivist known only as Topiary. After an escape worthy of The 39 Steps they set about establishing a Scottish Occupy camp, along with others who feel that social inequalities are rising to historically unprecedented heights.Introduced to the story of Bradley Manning, Alan is forced to question his long-held political apathy and ask himself what he is prepared to do for the struggle. Another world is possible. Make ready your dreams. Inspired in part by a true story, #freetopiary is not just an insightful commentary on internet privacy and our rights in a world increasingly dependent on technology, but the touching story of a brotherhood and the bonds we develop in times of crisis.

$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery

By Parnell Hall

Stumbling over a murder scene while making a blackmail payment for a young attorney, Cora Felton's efforts to solve the crime put her in the path of a killer who may be targeting her niece and her niece's new baby.

& Sons

By David Gilbert

"An intricately layered novel about a famous reclusive writer and his three sons finds their bond tested by the weight of long-held secrets and a cumbersome legacy shaped by boarding school, Hollywood and the elite circles of the publishing world. By the author of The Normals."

'... And Ladies of the Club'

By Helen Hooven Santmyer

IAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffinrm, intimate yet epic tale of the lifetimes of two women in a small Ohio town and the other members of the Waynesboro ladies' literary society. 1,176p.

'57, Chicago

By Steve Monroe

Thriller about the syndicate, a heroin deal & fixing a boxing match in 1957 Chicago.

'A' 22 & 23

By Louis Zukofsky

8vo. 1st edition. Light edgewear and marginal toning to plain wrappers. D.j. toned at spine and lightly edgeworn, with a few, tiny scuffs to joints and folds. VG/VG in wrappers.

'A' is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)

By Sue Grafton

Book Club Edition

'C' Is for Corpse: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

By Sue Grafton

You haven't read a thriller until you read #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's novels with her unforgettable P.I. Kinsey Millhone…  C IS FOR CALCULATEDHow do you go about solving an attempted murder when the victim has lost a good part of his memory? It's one of Kinsey's toughest cases yet, but she never backs down from a challenge. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Callahan is lucky to be alive after a car forced his Porsche over a bridge and into a canyon. The crash left Bobby with a clouded memory. But he can't shake the feeling it was no random accident and that he's still in danger… C IS FOR CRIMEThe only clues Kinsey has to go on are a little red address book and the name “Blackman.” Bobby can't remember who he gave the address book to for safekeeping. And any chances of Bobby regaining his memory are dashed when he's killed in another automobile accident just three days after he hires Kinsey.  C IS FOR CORPSEAs Kinsey digs deeper into her investigation, she discovers Bobby had a secret worth killing for—and unearthing that secret could send Kinsey to her own early death…

'E' is for Evidence

By Sue Grafton

No one writes a thriller like #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton. In E is for Evidence, PI Kinsey Millhone becomes the victim of a nasty frame-up…E IS FOR EXBeing a twice-divorced, happily independent loner has worked like a charm for P.I. Kinsey Millhone—until holiday weekends like this one roll around. What she needs is a little diversion to ward off the blues. She gets her much-needed distraction with a case that places her career on the line. And if that isn’t enough to keep her busy, her ex-husband, who walked out on her eight years ago, pops back on the radar...E IS FOR ENEMYIt all begins with a $5,000 deposit made into Kinsey’s bank account. Problem is she’s not the one who deposited the money. But when she’s accused of being on the take in an industrial arson case, Kinsey realizes someone is framing her…E IS FOR EVIDENCENow Kinsey’s working for herself. But with new evidence—and corpses—surfacing around her, she’s going to have to act quickly to clear her name before she loses her career, her reputation—and quite possibly her life…

'E' is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

By Sue Grafton

8vo. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Red penciled 'Fran' written across front panel of pink wrappers. Very mild rubbing and fading to extremities and spine. VG in wrappers.

'F' is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)

By Sue Grafton

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton crafts a thriller set in a town so small that P.I. Kinsey Millhone wonders just how private her investigation can be . . .F IS FOR FLIGHTWhen Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it’s hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake—a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys—was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped. F IS FOR FEARAfter all this time, Bailey’s finally been captured. Believing in his son’s innocence, Bailey’s father wants Kinsey to find Jean’s real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinsey’s questions? If there’s one thing Kinsey’s got plenty of it’s persistence. And that’s exactly what it’s going to take to crack the lid on this case.F IS FOR FUGITIVEAs Kinsey gets closer to solving Jean’s murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide—and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried.