World and Town
10 best books like World and Town (Gish Jen): Heat and Dust, Dos crímenes, The Plotters, Open and Shut, Standing in Another Man's Grave, Jamesland, Madensky Square, Lying Low, Land of Wolves, Saints of the Shadow Bible
| Author | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| ISBN | 1582430152 |
Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant. Longing for passion and independence, Olivia is drawn into the spell of the Nawab, a...
| Author | Jorge Ibargüengoitia |
Un hombre inocente es buscado por la policía. Decide ocultarse con su amante en un lugar apartado mientras pasa el peligro. Pero no tiene dinero. Para conseguirlo viaja a una ciudad de provincia y llega a la casa de un tío suyo, que es el hombre más rico de la región. En los días que siguen, el perseguido,...
| Author | Un-su Kim |
| ISBN | 1925603768 |
The important thing is not who pulls the trigger but who’s behind the person who pulls the trigger—the plotters, the masterminds working in the shadows. Raised by Old Raccoon in The Library of Dogs, Reseng has always been surrounded by plots to kill—and by books that no one ever reads. In Seoul’s...
| Author | David Rosenfelt |
| ISBN | 0446612537 |
"There is nothing like a golden retriever. I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. Mine is named Tara . . . The only problem she has ever caused is that I spend so much time with her in the mornings that I am almost invariably late for work."
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Standing in Another Man's Grave
| Author | Ian Rankin |
| ISBN | 0316224588 |
John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years. For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long...
| Author | Michelle Huneven |
| ISBN | 0747572429 |
Jamesland, the buoyant second novel by Michelle Huneven, critically acclaimed author of Round Rock, is a witty, sophisticated, and deeply humane comedy of unlikely redemption.
When thirty-three-year-old Alice Black discovers a deer in her dining room after fighting with her boyfriend,...
| Author | Eva Ibbotson |
| ISBN | 0099226014 |
Susanna Weber is renowned for producing the most elegant, exquisite couture in Vienna. As all of fashionable society passes through her fitting room, Susanna touches numerous lives as matchmaker, comforter, confidante...and passionate lover.
From the improverished yet proud Countess...
| Author | Diane Johnson |
| ISBN | 0452279453 |
Lying Low is about this random group of people that rent a house. You've got the owner of the house, this judgemental old ballet teacher. There's her photographer brother Anton, whose had several broken marriages, and now has a weird crush on Lynn. Lynn is really Marybeth who committed a crime long ago...
| Author | Craig Johnson |
| ISBN | 0525522506 |
The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.
"It's the scenery--and the big guy standing in front of the scenery--that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries."
--The New York Times Book Review
Recovering...
Saints of the Shadow Bible
| Author | Ian Rankin |
| ISBN | 0316224553 |
Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past
Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years...
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing
| Author | Donna Andrews |
| ISBN | 1250192943 |
Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift.
For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky characters. Now she gives us another hilarious...
