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Booksense Picks 
 | One Good Turn: A Novel by Kate Atkinson Little, Brown and Company $24.99 20% off: $19.99 | A brilliant new thriller from the author of 2005's breakout favorite, Case Histories, again featuring the irresistibly reluctant detective Jackson Brodie. On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders. The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme. Kate Atkinson "writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway," writes Laura Miller for Salon. |  | Perfect Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me by Phillip Hoose Walker & Company $19.95 20% off: $15.96 | Disguised as a nostalgic, coming-of-age baseball memoir, this is a sly, spare meditation on the perils of childhood, the power of celebrity, the vagaries of human kindness, and how even tenuous family bonds can have a surprisingly steely impact.—Joe Pilla, Paperbacks Plus, Bronx, NY |  | Thirteen Moons: A Novel by Charles Frazier Random House $26.95 20% off: $21.56 | Like Cold Mountain, Thirteen Moons is both epic history and a love story told in beautiful, authentic language. Through the memories of Will Cooper, a white boy adopted by the Cherokee People, Frazier paints a vivid portrait of 19th century America. Will's voice is elegant, humorous, and profound, and he presents a fresh and rich view of the Cherokee Nation and America during this pivotal period. Another unforgettable masterpiece.—Sarah Goddin, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC |  | When Madeline Was Young: A Novel by Jane Hamilton DoubleDay $22.95 20% off: $18.36 | The tragic accident that sends Aaron Maciver's young wife back to the mental age of seven, and this event's consequences on two generations of his family, makes for a perfect plot for Jane Hamilton, who once again presents an otherwise ordinary family with an extraordinary crisis. Hamilton gives us unforgettable images, and even some laughs, as her characters grapple with their circumstances. A book club could not ask for a better title for thoughtful discussion.—Cheryl McKeon, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA |
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