Once upon a time, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz envisioned an obscure little town that he decided to plunk down somewhere in the California desert. He named the place Pico Mundo, and made it home to an ordinary, but well-liked-by-his-neighbors, young fry cook who just happens to have the ability to communicate with the dead. The rest, as we all know, is history...

In this fourth installment of the beloved Odd Thomas phenomenon, Koontz' modest hero, still missing the companionship of his lost love, Stormy Llewellyn, has returned to a life of quiet anonymity after a particularly harrowing showdown with an enemy of implacable evil. But lately, Odd's been haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide. What does it mean? Inevitably, Odd is drawn to a small coastal town in California, where nothing is as it seems... And in the darkness that follows, dawn will come only after the most shattering of revelations.

Burnishing Dean Koontz' stature as a grand master of suspense and one of our most innovative and gifted storytellers, Odd Hours illuminates a legacy of mystery and hope that will shine on long after you've turned the final page.

The book ships on May 22, 2008. Pre-order it at any of these book clubs:

Tia and Mike Baye never worried that their son, a hockey superstar and solid student, would become one of those sullen teens with "issues." But after 16-year-old Adam's best friend Spencer Hill commits suicide, he becomes rebellious and secretive, giving them reason to install a sophisticated spy program on his computer. When a message orders their son to "just stay quiet" it sends ripples of fear down their spines. What has Adam gotten himself into?

Betsy Hill asks herself the same thing when, searching online, she comes across a picture of her son taken on the night of his death. She's positive she sees Adam Baye in the background. Yet didn't he swear to her and the police that he never saw Spencer that night?

When Adam suddenly goes missing, neither of these parents gets the answers they seek. All they know is that something deep and sinister has infected their community and they're quite correct in fearing that what they've experienced so far is only the darkness before the storm...

Harlan Coben's latest #1 best selling novel is a gut-wrenching cautionary tale of what can go wrong when the lines of communication between parents and children shut down.

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New Hampshire's first death-row prisoner in more than a half century, Shay Bourne has just a few months to go until his execution when word of miracles he's performed in front of stunned inmates and prison officials catapults him into national headlines. No less extraordinary is his last request: to donate his heart to his victim's desperately ill sister.

Called in as the condemned man's spiritual advisor, Father Michael Wright is moved by Bourne's sincerity but can't help asking himself whether it's possible that a convicted murderer could actually be a messiah. It's a question Bourne's lawyer, Maggie Bloom, has little time to contemplate as she tries to find a way to make her client's wish come true. But is there anyone who can convince June Nealon, a woman tormented by grief and rage – and countless dreams of vengeance – to allow the man she hates a clear path on the road to redemption?

Change of Heart, a powerful, emotionally wrought novel raises questions with no easy solutions as Jodi Picoult "forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong" (The Washington Post). But it leaves absolutely no doubt why this #1 bestselling author is widely acclaimed as "a master of the craft of storytelling" (AP Newswire).

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When award-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert traded in her apartment keys, wedding ring, and earthly possessions for a year-long solo trip around the world, she had in mind nothing less than a total rejuvenation of mind, body, and spirit.

Eat, Pray, Love is Gilbert's engrossing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. Moving on to India, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. And in Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.

An intoxicating memoir of renewal, Eat, Pray, Love will touch a nerve in anyone who's ever felt the overwhelming desire to leave it all behind.

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With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now".

In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.

The Power of Now was a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earth has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life and for building a better world.

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It's OSCAR season again, and with the battle for the golden statue heating up, this is a good time to bring into focus a novel based on which this year's favorite to win the best picture award was filmed: No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.

Hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a pair of shot-up SUVs, dead bodies, a load of heroin and more than $2 million in cash. Taking the money could be a colossal mistake – but he does it anyway and hits the road. On the run, trailed by an ex-Special Forces agent and a psychopathic freelance killer, Moss finds help in the form of an aging lawman with a dark secret of his own – and a sinking sense that there's a new breed of man whose destructive power he simply cannot match.

Hailed by many as America's greatest living writer, in this mesmerizing modern-day western Cormac McCarthy presents us with a harrowing story of a war that society is waging on itself…

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James Patterson, the bestselling and probably the most prolific author of the past year, brings out a new page-turner from the Women's Murder Club series – now the basis for a hit primetime TV program.

When a fire that kills a wealthy couple is ruled a homicide, all Detective Lindsay Boxer can do is hope she'll find some clues that haven't gone up in smoke – which is what seems to have happened to California golden boy Michael Campion. The disappearance of the former-governor's son, her other pressing case, is worrisome enough without the heart ailment that makes him a ticking time bomb.

As always, Lindsay's friends in the Women's Murder Club offer sound advice, yet she knows she's the only one who can solve her personal dilemma. It's not that Lindsay isn't thrilled to have her lover, Joe, in San Francisco; his move from D.C. proves his sincerity. It's just that her partner Rich Conklin always manages to find his way into her thoughts. But as fire after fire consumes more innocent couples, and the Campion case takes a shocking turn, Lindsay keeps her focus on the job. And that's when someone puts a match to everything she values most.

The book ships February 7, 2008. Get it at any of the bestseller book clubs:

Well, in his new book only, but still: the undisputed king of the legal thriller is back with a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about the electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?

The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is just not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mould him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice…

The book ships on January 29, 2008. Pre-order it at any of the bestseller book clubs:

The New York Times bestselling author Stephen King returns with a new chilling tale which some of the early reviewers hail as his most brilliant novel to date.

At the center of the story is Edgar Freemantle, a wealthy entrepreneur who suffers a terrible accident which costs him his arm, gives him head injuries and leaves him prone to uncontrollable rages and memory lapses. Told by his doctor to go someplace new and try something different, Edgar leaves the big city for a rented house on Duma Key, an eerie stretch of the Florida coast, hoping to find solace in a pastime he used to enjoy when he was younger – painting.

He soon discovers, however, that his talent is more powerful than he remembered: sometimes, the things he paints become real. Even people…

The book ships on January 22, 2008. Find it at any of the bestseller book clubs:

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