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10 best books like Home Before Dark (Susan Cheever): Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, Paradise Lost, The Stories of John Cheever, Mistress of the Ritz, River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey, The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, Claws for Concern, My Italian Bulldozer, Death's Autograph

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
AuthorEric Schlosser
ISBN1594202273
A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons

Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological...
Paradise Lost
AuthorJohn Milton
ISBN0140424393
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's...
The Stories of John Cheever
AuthorJohn Cheever
ISBN0375724427
Here are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" and "The Swimmer,"...
Mistress of the Ritz
AuthorMelanie Benjamin
ISBN0399182241
A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II--while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hotel Ritz in Paris--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife...
River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey
AuthorHelen Prejean
ISBN1400067308
In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion are not mutually...
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
AuthorAnderson Cooper
A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives.

Though Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for...
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
AuthorSarah Weinman
ISBN0062661957
7 Hours and 26 Minutes

Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner.

Weaving together...
Claws for Concern
AuthorMiranda James
Claws for Concern is the ninth book in the 'Cat in the Stacks' cozy mystery series written by Miranda James. The books take place in a small town in Mississippi where a librarian, Charlie Harris, solves crimes in his spare time. In this caper, the story is a little too close to him. After chatting with a strange...
My Italian Bulldozer
AuthorAlexander McCall Smith
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any...
Death's Autograph
AuthorMarianne Macdonald
ISBN0312168152
Murder's Bold Inscription

"Whoever had broken into the shop might just have gone upstairs afterwards, might just be there still...My first reaction was anger: I wanted to roar up the stairs, only I could hear Barnabas saying, the way he used to when I was little: "Temper, Dido! Count to twenty-nine..."

Selling...
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
AuthorMasha Gessen
The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.

Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen’s understanding of the events and forces that have wracked...
The Colors of All the Cattle
AuthorAlexander McCall Smith
ISBN1524747807
In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe finds herself running for office--much to her dismay.

When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the Gaborone City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first...
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
AuthorPhilip Shenon
ISBN0805094202
The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy? Did the Warren Commission discover the whole truth of what happened on November 22, 1963?

Philip Shenon, a veteran investigative journalist who...
Prima Facie
AuthorRuth Downie
A novella from the author of bestseller Medicus, featuring reluctant investigator Ruso and his partner Tilla. A tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal in Roman Gaul.

It's AD 123 and the sun is shining on southern Gaul. Ex-military medic Ruso and his British wife Tilla are back after a long absence...
Ruff Justice
AuthorLaurien Berenson
As owner of prize-winning Poodles, Melanie Travis knows how to handle fierce competition. But when a conformation show turns deadly, it’ll take every trick in the book to outsmart a murderer who refuses to lose . . .
 
With the excitement of the spring dog show season sweeping Connecticut,...
Murder In The Afternoon
AuthorFrances Brody
ISBN0749954825
Dead one minute ...

Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry where their stonemason father works. So when they find him dead on the cold ground, they scarper quick smart and look for some help.

Alive the next ...

When help arrives, the quarry...
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