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"A by-the-book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are...

"Inheriting a nearby farm with a big catch—forgotten diaries must be recovered, edited and published across the internet within one month—Mikki stumbles upon an eerie cold case from the past that she must solve in order to complete her task"--

"As soon as Lussi Meyer arrives at the prestigious Blackwood-Patterson publishing house, she finds herself the target of mean-spirited pranks by her coworkers. After receiving a strange present during the company's annual Secret Santa gift exchange, her coworkers begin falling victim to horrific accidents, and Lussi suspects her gift may be involved"--

Forgotten on the outskirts of quaint Lenape Hollow, Feldman’s Catskill Resort Hotel has outlasted its heyday as a popular tourist destination and now awaits demolition. But once Mikki is hired to edit a revealing memoir by Sunny Feldman, the last living relative of its original owners, the doomed resort quickly ends up back in the spotlight . . . Unfortunately, everyone’s attention shifts to Mikki when a body is discovered at the demolition site....

When construction at the historical society of Catskills village Lenape Hollow reveals a shocking discovery--human remains walled up in a fireplace--professional editor and amateur sleuth Mikki Lincoln shifts focus from cold-reading to solving a cold case.

"A book editor spends one last summer on Fire Island in this sparkling and surprising new novel from the author of A Shoe Story. As a book editor, Julia Morse lived and breathed stories. Whether with her pen to a manuscript or curled up with a book whileat her beloved Fire Island cottage, her imagination alight with a good tale, she could anticipate practically any ending. The ending she'd never imagined was her own. To be fair, no one expects to...

"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son. After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis...

"BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES El libroq que inspiro la serie de PBS. SI ENTRAS EN ESTE ROMPECABEZAS LITERARIO, NO PODRAS SALIR HASTA LA ULTIMA PAGINA Un asesinato brillante. Tan buena como una novela de Agatha Christie. Quiza incluso mejor, mas inteligente. Susan Ryeland ha sido durante anos la editora del excentrico escritor superventas Alan Conway. Los lectores adoran al protagonista de su serie mas famosa, el detective Atticus Pund, que se...

''An ingenious, devastating, explosive novel about the ramifications of choice from "one of the most original and talented authors working today" (NPR). "How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors...