by Mario Giordano, trans. by John Brownjohn
Sicily's most obstinate Bavarian expat--a retiree turned amateur sleuth--lands in more hot water in the second installment of Mario Giordano's clever, cozy mystery series. Readers were first introduced to Isolde Oberreiter (aka "Poldi")--a spirited, sensual, 60-year-old widow--in Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions. Poldi relocated to a peaceful Sicilian village intending to live out her days while drinking herself to death. Instead, her handsome handyman was murdered, she became swept up in the search for
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by Christina Thompson
Christina Thompson (Come on Shore and We Will Kill You and Eat You All) is married to a New Zealander of Maori descent, which inspired her interest in the Polynesian genome that her sons share. In Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, Thompson explores their history. Where did Polynesians come from? How can a people group so geographically distant--stretching in a loose triangle that covers thousands of miles from New Zealand in the south, to Easter Island in the east, to Hawaii in the north, be so culturally
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by Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy
In Once & Future, Amy Rose Capetta (The Brilliant Death) and Cori McCarthy's (Now a Major Motion Picture) first collaboration, the legend of King Arthur is reimagined as a space opera pitting a courageous heroine against the oppressive forces of capitalism.
The tyrannical Mercer Company controls "everything from people's food to healthcare to the freaking government." Ari Helix, an illegal immigrant in Mercer's territory, and her adoptive brother, Kay, flee company enforcers after a scavenging mission
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