Riley Sager

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

A Novel

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood. The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul-de-sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy’s presence keep appearing in Ethan’s backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle? The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with former friends and neighbors and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed ghosts roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate. The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place—be it quiet forest or suburban street—is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.

Middle of the Night

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Iain Pears

Ed Glinert

A new collection to coincide with the upcoming major motion picture starring Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes This gripping collection includes many of the famous cases-and great strokes of brilliance-that made the leg­endary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted secretary, Dr. Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke-filled rooms on Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue, and evil in such cases as "The Speckled Band," in which a terrified woman begs Holmes and Watson's help in solv­ing the mystery surrounding her sister's death, and "A Scandal in Bohemia," which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mis­tress. A spine-tingling treat for anyone who loves a classic whodunit, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes shows the inimitable detective at his best.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Clothbound Edition)

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Elizabeth Gray

Blue Star Press

Some loosening of the spine, but all pages and covers fully intact! Otherwise perfect.

A Field Guide to the Great Indoors

Filled with thoughtful reflections, funny musings, and creative activity prompts, this book will remind you that being a homebody is cool-and actually good for you.

The Happy Homebody includes-
. Inspirational quotes and musings for introverts
. Creative journaling prompts for self-reflection
. Playful indoor activities including doodling, coloring, word search, and recipes
. Self-care tips for quiet types
. and more!

In a world that favors noise over naps, this book is your excuse to say "no thanks, I'm staying in today." Then discard your shoes, slip into something comfy, and carve out a few uninterrupted hours to do whatever you want...or nothing at all. This book is your permission slip to put your phone on "do not disturb" and a field guide to celebrating the simple pleasures of hanging out at home.

Bonus items for extra indoor fun-
. Rainbow suncatcher
. Wooden drink coaster
. 3 bookmarks
. A full page of nail art stickers
. ... all designed by author and bestselling artist Elizabeth Gray, better known online as @thegraytergood!

The Happy Homebody

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Rachel Koller Croft

Locked in a toxic female friendship, two vampires careen toward catastrophe in this dark and dazzling page-turner, set amidst London's glittering disco scene. London 1979. Two women with a deep love for disco meet one fateful night on the dance floor, changing the course of both their lives forever. Nicola, a beautiful and brooding vampire for nearly two centuries, can’t resist fun-loving and feisty Amber from America, ultimately offering an eternity together where the glamour of nightlife always takes center stage. But not all is what it seems. Nearly fifty years later, after an unexpected betrayal, Amber wants out from under Nicola’s thumb, but it won’t be so simple to break up this festering friendship when she learns others have done the same—and wound up dead. Sensing Amber’s restlessness and in one last play to keep her close, Nicola proposes they open a nightclub of their very own, hearkening back to their best days as dancing queens. Amber agrees but she’s secretly hatching a dangerous escape plan. And if she fails…the party is over for good.

We Love the Nightlife

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Erica Berry

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell about Fear

For fans of Helen MacDonald’s H is for Hawk and Mary Roach, Erica Berry’s WOLFISH blends science, history, and cultural criticism in a years-long journey to understand our myths about wolves, and track one legendary wolf, OR-7, from the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon A Most Anticipated Book of 2023: TIME, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Salon, Bustle, Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, Financial Times, Reader's Digest, LitHub, Book Riot, Debutiful, and more! "Wolfish starts with a single wolf and spirals through nuanced investigations of fear, gender, violence, and story. A GORGEOUS achievement." —Blair Braverman, author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube “This is one of those stories that begins with a female body. Hers was crumpled, roadside, in the ash-colored slush between asphalt and snowbank.” So begins Erica Berry’s kaleidoscopic exploration of wolves, both real and symbolic. At the center of this lyrical inquiry is the legendary OR-7, who roams away from his familial pack in northeastern Oregon. While charting OR-7’s record-breaking journey out of the Wallowa Mountains, Erica simultaneously details her own coming-of-age as she moves away from home and wrestles with inherited beliefs about fear, danger, femininity, and the body. As Erica chronicles her own migration—from crying wolf as a child on her grandfather’s sheep farm to accidentally eating mandrake in Sicily—she searches for new expressions for how to be a brave woman, human, and animal in our warming world. What do stories so long told about wolves tell us about our relationship to fear? How can our society peel back the layers of what scares us? By strategically unspooling the strands of our cultural constructions of predator and prey, and what it means to navigate a world in which we can be both, Erica bridges the gap between human fear and grief through the lens of a wrongfully misunderstood species. Wolfish is for anybody trying to navigate a world that is often scary. A powerful, timeless, and necessary book for our current and future generations.

Wolfish

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Kelly Link

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Stories

Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Karen Russell, Neil Gaiman, and Aimee Bender, Magic for Beginners is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity. These stories are at once ingenious and deeply moving. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated.

Includes an exclusive conversation between Kelly Link and Joe Hill

Praise for Magic for Beginners
 
"A sorceress to be reckoned with."--The New York Times Book Review
 
"[Kelly] Link's stories . . . play in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and J. K. Rowling, and Link finds truths there that most authors wouldn't dare touch."--Lev Grossman, Time
 
"She is unique and should be declared a national treasure."--Neil Gaiman
 
"Funny, scary, surprising and powerfully moving within the span of a single story or even a single sentence."--Karen Russell, The Miami Herald
 
"This is what certain readers live for: fiction that makes the world instead of merely mimicking it."--Audrey Niffenegger
 
"[These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends, dreams and nightmares are made of."--Laura Miller, Salon, Best Books of the Decade
 
"A major talent . . . Like George Saunders, [Link] can't dismiss the hidden things that tap on our windows at night."--The Boston Globe
 
"The most darkly playful voice in American fiction."--Michael Chabon
 
"I think she is the most impressive writer of her generation."--Peter Straub
 
"Link's world is one to savor. [Grade:] A"--Entertainment Weekly
 
"Intricate, wildly imaginative and totally wonderful . . . will fill you with awe and joy."--NPR

Magic for Beginners

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Lena

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Middle of the Night

Arthur Conan Doyle; Iain Pears; Ed Glinert

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Clothbound Edition)

Elizabeth Gray; Blue Star Press

The Happy Homebody

Rachel Koller Croft

We Love the Nightlife

Erica Berry

Wolfish

Kelly Link

Magic for Beginners

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Riley Sager

Middle of the Night

Arthur Conan Doyle; Iain Pears; Ed Glinert

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Clothbound Edition)

Elizabeth Gray; Blue Star Press

The Happy Homebody

Rachel Koller Croft

We Love the Nightlife

Erica Berry

Wolfish

Kelly Link

Magic for Beginners

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