Costco Connection - February 2008

Politics has always been a dirty game.

Now justice is too.

The Appeal—Grisham’s first legal thriller since The Broker—is a powerful, timely and shocking story of political and legal intrigue. This compelling story will leave readers unable to think about the electoral process or the judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

DOUBLEDAY / HARDCOVER Available now

©Lynne Brubaker

“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should
teach a love of reading.” B.F. Skinner

Light of the Moon is a chronicle of mothers and daughters, friendship and family, and an electrifying love that illuminates a path through heartbreak and loss—and will shine in your memory long after the final page.

BANTAM/HARDCOVER Available now

“SPLENDID... absorbing, unpredictable storytelling— ^a ^winning ^combination.—Publishers Weekly, starred rev”iew

DOUBLEDAY/HARDCOVER Available now

Ghosts aren’t the only things that haunt us.
Peony in Love erupts with passion and
beauty as 15-year-old Peony commits
an unthinkable breach of etiquette in
17th-century China.

Maeve Binchy intricately weaves together a seamless story full of greed, infidelity, mental illness, incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career women, alcoholism and the heartbreak of parenting that spans across generations.

RANDOM HOUSE/PAPERBACK On sale February 19

ANCHOR/PAPERBACK Available now

“Souvenir is tender, touching, and completely compelling. I cared so much about these characters, couldn’t put the novel down, read through the night. Therese Fowler writes with such wisdom about young love, intense and impossible choices, and the way one decision ca n affect an entire life.” —Luanne Rice

“The Double Bind may flirt with the
classics, but it’s not your father’s stuffy
old tome: it’s
the sort of
book you want
to read in one
sitting, and it
packs a twist
at the end that
will leave you
speechless.”

—Jodi Picoult

Bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes readers to Chicago during World War II in this compelling story about three sisters, their lively Irish family and the men they love.