by Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead
One of Christie's last published novels, and perhaps Hercule Poirot's most controversial investigation, this stunner from the Queen of Crime isn't just a mystery...it made history.
by Joseph Wambaugh · Delacorte Press
The story of ten cops working the nightwatch out of Wiltshire Division in Los Angeles. Off duty they attend choir practice, a euphemism for the orgies of drink, food and sex that help them to escape the emotional torture of police work.
by Chaim Potok · Knopf
David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught....
by Irving Stone · Doubleday
The 19th century archaeologist, with the help of his Greek wife, proved that Homer's Troy, with all its fabulous treasure, really existed.
by Frank De Felitta · Putnam's
When Elliot Hoover loses his wife and daughter, Audrey Rose, in a fiery car crash, his world explodes. To heal his mental anguish and claim some peace, he visits a psychic who reveals to him that his daughter has been reincarnated into Ivy Templeton, a young girl living in New York City. Desperate to reclaim anything from his daughter's past, he searches out Ivy, only to discover that the unbelievable is shockingly true: his daughter is back. Now, in an effort to save her life, Hoover must choose between two horrifying possibilities: leaving his daughter's soul in torment, or taking the life of the young girl in whom she now lives.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
