Jane's Picks

I am a lifelong avid reader who has spent my professional life in the book business - both bookselling and publishing. My favorites are literary fiction and well written mysteries and thrillers. Generally I intersperse my reading of them. My lifetime favorite authors are Wallace Stegner, John Fowles, Toni Morrison and Shirley Hazzard. Mystery writers that I love are Robert Goddard, Steve Hamilton, Deborah Crombie, Wilkie Collins, etc. etc.

Jane's current recommendations

Gone Tomorrow (Hardcover)

By Lee Child

$27.00

ISBN-13: 9780385340571
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Delacorte Press, 05/01/2009

For mystery/thriller fans who have not met Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store. An eccentric, intelligent citizen with a military intelligence past, Reacher takes you on an electrifying ride with every novel.

The Defector (Hardcover)

By Daniel Silva

$26.95

ISBN-13: 9780399155680
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Adult, 07/01/2009

Silva is the master of espionage. His hero is an enigmatic art restorer. His tales are riveting.

South of Broad (Hardcover)

By Pat Conroy

$29.95

ISBN-13: 9780385413053
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Nan A. Talese, 08/01/2009

Rejoice Pat Conroy fans. He has returned with a sumptuous tale. His characters are as idiosyncratic as ever; his action both passionate and devastating. This time he tackles race and class in a style that is only Pat Conroys.

Rounding the Horn: Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives--a Deck' (Paperback)

By Dallas Murphy

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780465047604
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Basic Books, 06/01/2005

Angle of Repose (Paperback)

By Wallace Stegner, Jackson J. Benson (Introduction by)

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780141185477
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics, 12/01/2000

Sonata for Miriam (Paperback)

By Linda Olsson

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780143114703
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 03/01/2009

Olsson speaks with the voice of a poet. This author of Astrid and Veronika tells a haunting tale about the consequences of silence. Her story happens at the intersection of the history that we cannot escape and our private lives.

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