A Shadow in Summer

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D.M. Thomas

The Flute-Player, is set in an unnamed city of chaos, probably in Russia; there are glimpses of Leningrad, and the book is dedicated to the dissident Russian poets Mandlestam, Pasternak, Akhmatova, and Tsvetayeva. Elena, a flute player, here is the embodiment of the persecuted creative spirit, endangered by the city's totalitarian regime. Her presence is often lost, though, in the novel's whirl of characters, fast-moving incidents, and mood changes. --http//biography.jrank.org/

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Gary Bigelow

Illustrated with Bigelow's bold linocut art, Sisters of Interment is a series of interconnected stories about the odd characters who live just on the edge of reality. You will meet "Kid Kelly," based on a real life alcoholic boxer. "Desert Mushrooms" is a story based on the author's viewing of archival films of nuclear tests, while accounts of cattle mutilations in the newspaper during the 1960-70s is the basis for "Jackson Pollock's Cow." "The Color Orange" is about two brothers, now deceased, who lived on welfare, collected junk to make folk art, and drank a lot. "The Writing Lesson" is based on Draw Me matchbook covers found on the counters of truck stop restaurants.

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A.M. Dellamonica

"As soon as Sophie Hansa returned to our world, she is anxious to once again go back to Stormwrack. Unable to discuss the wondrous sights she has seen, and unable to tell anyone what happened to her in her time away, Sophie is in a holding pattern, focused entirely on her eventual chance to return. With the sudden arrival of Garland Parrish, Sophie is once again gone. This time, she has been called back to Stormwrack in order to spend time with her father, a Duelist-Adjudicator, who is an unrivaled combatant and fearsome negotiator. But is he driven by his commitment to seeing justice prevail, or is he a sociopath? Soon, she discovers something repellent about him that makes her reject him, and everything he is offering. Adrift again, she discovers that her time spent with her father is not without advantages, however, for Sophie has discovered there is nothing to stop her from setting up a forensic institute in Stormwrack, investigating cases that have been bogged down in the courts, sometimes for years. Her fresh look into a long-standing case between two of the islands turns up new information that could get her, and her friends, pulled into something bold and daring, which changes the entire way she approaches this strange new world"--Jacket.

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Simon R. Green

He was the greatest spy in the world, but the Independent Agent is retiring. But he has decided on one last great game - the six greatest spies in the world today must work together - and compete against each other - to solve the six greatest mysteries in the world. Whoever wins the game will also win the Agent's priceless information.