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June 14, 2008

New releases -- Evanovich, Roby and thrills

Monday: The Beach House by Jane Green (Viking, $25.95). When Nan discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose her beloved house, she rents it out to strangers.

Tuesday: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martins, $27.95). The latest Stephanie Plum novel. Personal vendettas, hidden treasure and a monkey named Carl will send Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

One in a Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow, $19.95). In the first novella by the New York Times best-selling author of the Rev. Curtis Black series, a wife and a husband receive a surprise that will change their lives forever.

Out of Mao's Shadow: Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan (Simon & Schuster, $28). Pan, a reporter for The Washington Post, chronicles the men and women fighting for political change in China.

No Choice but Seduction by Johanna Lindsey (Pocket, $25). Lindsey returns with the aristocratic Malory family: Katey Tyler finds herself at the center of a kidnapping plot involving Sir Anthony Malory's young daughter.

Thursday: Talent by Zoey Dean (Razorbill, $9.99 paper). Thirteen-year-old Mac Armstrong discovers that her own talent is to discover it in others.

Made in the USA by Billie Letts (Grand Central, $24.99). The life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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