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Description of  New York Times Best Sellers Fiction April 6, 2014

List of Books Included This Week: 1 - MISSING YOU - Harlan Coben Kat Donovan, an N.Y.P.D. detective, searches for the ex-fiance who left her years before her father’s murderer and the reason the users of an online dating site are disappearing. 2 - THE FIXED TRILOGY - Laurelin Paige Collects "Fixed on You," "Found in You" and "Forever With You," the story of Alayna Wither and Hudson Pierce. 3 - THE GOLDFINCH - Donna Tartt A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden. 4 - MAYBE SOMEDAY - Colleen Hoover Sydney, a college student, is fascinated by her mysterious next-door neighbor, Ridge. 5 - THE HUSBAND'S SECRET - Liane Moriarty A woman reads a letter from her husband, very much alive, that was intended to be opened only after his death. 6 - BEAUTIFUL RUINS - Jess Walter Ruins both emotional and architectural, in Italy, Hollywood and elsewhere, figure in this sweeping novel. 7 - THE INVENTION OF WINGS - Sue Monk Kidd The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimke, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday. 8 - ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s. 9 - POWER PLAY - Danielle Two C.E.O.s — one a man, the other a woman — face very different challenges. 10 - RAISING STEAM - Terry Pratchett In this Discworld fantasy set in Ankh-Morpork, Moist van Lipwig is put in charge of a powerful new machine. 11 - SYCAMORE ROW - John Grisham A sequel, about race and inheritance, to “A Time to Kill.” Bonus Book: A Time to Kill 12 - BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR - Jeffrey Archer The Clifton Chronicles reach the 1960s in the fourth volume of the series. 13 - THE CAIRO AFFAIR - Olen Steinhauer The murder of an American diplomat in Hungary has repercussions for the intelligence community in Egypt. 14 - YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN - Jean Hanff Korelitz A therapist who has written a book about how women fool themselves fails to heed her own advice. 15 - LITTLE GIRL LOST - Brian McGilloway A police officer in Northern Ireland, investigating the case of a missing teenager, discovers a little girl wandering in the woods, her hands covered in blood. Bonus: Book 2 - Hurt 16 - THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE - Joel C. Rosenberg A heroic flight from the Nazis. 17 - FERAL HEAT - Jennifer Ashley This novella from the Shifters Unbound series is the story of Jace, a snow leopard Shifter. Bonus Books 0.5 - 5: Shifter Made, Pride Mates, Primal Bonds, Bodyguard, Wild Cat, Hard Mated, Mate Claimed, Lone Wolf, Tiger Magic 18 - BULLSEYE - David Baldacci In this short story, the government assassin Will Robie is caught in the crossfire with Oliver Stone and the Camel Club. 19 - NIGHT BROKEN - Patricia Briggs The ex-wife of Adam, mate of the shape shifter Mercy Thompson, wants him back. Bonus Books 1-7: Moon Called, Blood Bound, Iron Kissed, Bone Crossed, Silver Borne, River Marked, Frost Burned 20 - THE BOOTLEGGER - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott The early-20th-century detective Isaac Bell tracks a wide-ranging international criminal enterprise. 21 - PRIVATE L. A - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan Jack Morgan and Justine Smith search for a high-powered celebrity couple who have disappeared. See my James Patterson - Jack Morgan and Private series thread for complete series 22 - STONE COLD - C. J. Box Joe Pickett, a Wyoming game warden and special assistant to the governor, investigates a mysterious wealthy rancher. See my C. J. Box Collection thread for entire series. 23 - THE CHASE - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg Nicolas Fox (a handsome con man) and Kate O’Hare (an F.B.I. agent) team up to steal back a Chinese artifact taken from the Smithsonian. 24 - BLACK BOX - Cassia Leo When Mikki Gladstone flies to Los Angeles with the intent of killing herself, she encounters Crush, a musician, in the terminal at LAX, and they realize they have met before. 25 - WORDS OF RADIANCE - Brandon Sanderson The second book of the Stormlight Archive fantasy epic, set in the world of Roshar. Bonus: Book 1 - The Way of Kings