Fabulous New Fiction from Anne Rice, Sophie Kinsella, and Robert Harris

It's February--a madcap month of presidents, valentines, groundhogs, and Oscars. How fitting, then, that our featured novels run the gamut from thrillers to romcoms to historical and literary fiction. Readers, consider yourself warned, once you start THE FEAR INDEX and DEFENDING JACOB calls will be screened and emails will be ignored. Sophie Kinsella fans will adore I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER and its daffy, delightful heroine, Poppy Wyatt. To thank our subscribers, we are happy to offer free ground UPS shipping on your purchases. Simply enter coupon code "SNOWY12" at checkout to qualify.

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DEFENDING JACOB Written by William Landay Category: Fiction - Thrillers $26.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHq_cStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxU

An ordinary family. A shocking crime. A father's search for the truth.

"DEFENDING JACOB is smart, sophisticated, and suspenseful--capturing both the complexity and stunning fragility of family life."--Lee Child

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THE WOLF GIFT Written by Anne Rice Category: Fiction - Thrillers $25.95 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHqPcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxV

A daring new departure from the inspired creator of THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES... A whole new world--modern, sleek, high-tech--and at its center, a story as old and compelling as history: the making of a werewolf, reimagined and reinvented as only Anne Rice could create.

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I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER Written by Sophie Kinsella Category: Fiction - Humorous $26.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHqfcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxa

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, but in one afternoon her "happily ever after" begins to fall apart. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and keeping her missing engagement ring a secret from her fiance, she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.

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THE FEAR INDEX Written by Robert Harris Category: Fiction - Thrillers $25.95 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHrvcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxb

At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now.

"Addictive . . . Pick this up on an airplane, and you won't want to land . . . "--Reuters

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COINCIDENCE ENGINE Written by Sam Leith Category: Fiction - General $23.99 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHr_cStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxY

A lively, boisterous debut about a mysterious engine and the forces--benevolent and nefarious--who are after it.

"A tremendous novel--droll, savvy, original. An invigorating blast of fiction."--William Boyd, author of ANY HUMAN HEART

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DREAMS OF JOY Written by Lisa See Category: Fiction - Literary $15.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHrPcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxZ

Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from SHANGHAI GIRLS, and Pearl's strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. As Joy's and Pearl's separate journeys to Shanghai converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China's history threatens their very lives.

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MEN IN SPACE Written by Tom McCarthy Category: Fiction - Literary $15.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHrfcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxe

Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism, MEN IN SPACE follows a cast of dissolute bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent, and a stranded astronaut as they chase a stolen painting from Sofia to Prague and onward.

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THE TECHNOLOGISTS Written by Matthew Pearl Category: Fiction - Historical $26.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHovcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxf

The first class at M.I.T. The last hope for a city in peril.

Studded with the suspense and rich historical atmosphere for which Matthew Pearl is renowned, THE TECHNOLOGISTS is a dazzling journey into a dangerous world not so very far from our own, as the America we know today begins to shimmer into being.

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THE HEALING Written by Jonathan Odell Category: Fiction - African American - Historical $26.00 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHo_cStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxc

The pre-Civil War South comes brilliantly to life in this masterfully written novel about a mysterious and charismatic healer readers won't soon forget.

"A terrific novel that will take its place in the distinguished pantheon of Southern fiction."--Pat Conroy, author of THE PRINCE OF TIDES

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FOR YOUNGER READERS

GIL MARSH Written by A.C.E. Bauer Category: Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship $15.99 http://information.randomhouse.com/HS?a=ENX7CkR1RUUm8SA9MOBmF_7nGHxKQ2YHoPcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HheFjplxd

In this modern-day retelling of the story of Gilgamesh for young adult readers, A. C. E. Bauer has carefully woven the classic elements of myth to follow Gil's quest and explore the grief and growth of a young man. ======================================================================

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