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May 2004

Tinker by Wen Spencer

"Inventor, girl genius, Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour. Tinker finds herself taking on the Elven court, the NSA, the Elven Interdimensional Agency, technology smugglers and a college-minded Xenobiologist as she tries to stay focused on what's really important--her first date. Armed with an intelligence the size of a planet, steel-toed boots, and a junk yard dog attitude, Tinker is ready to kick butt to get her first kiss."
Recommended by Brenda French

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Inheritance by Tom Savage

"Most people only daydream the possibility; for Holly Smith the dream turned to reality -- then a nightmare. The California girl who has lived a comfortable middle-class life finds herself heiress to a vast fortune and massive house on the East Coast. But from the moment she steps across the threshold of the mansion that is now hers, she feels the chill emanating from those who see her as the interloper -- the woman who robbed them of what was rightfully theirs. And only her death will satisfy the lurking presence determined to wrest from her slender hands the inheritance that is rightfully -- whose?"
Recommended by Leigh DeFreitas

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The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

"Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle--a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. And as she hurtles toward danger in the cold, far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: She alone is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle."
Recommended by Logan Byrne

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The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney

"In the year 1464 B.C., during the reign of the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut, Lt. Bak is commander of the Medjay police in the frontier fortress city of Buhen. Assigned to oversee the honor guard accompanying a golden idol of the god Amon on its journey up the Nile, Bak inadvertently stumbles upon the slain corpse of a soldier. And unless the loyal and able policeman can unravel the tangled mystery surrounding the murder, more deaths will surely follow, leading to far greater crimes that could imperil an empire."
Recommended by Jeremy Roberts

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Naked in Death by J. D. Robb

"It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world. But New York City Detective Eve Dallas knows that the irresistible impulses of the human heart are still ruled by just one thing--passion. When a senator's daughter is killed, the secret life of prostitution she'd been leading is revealed. The high-profile case takes Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the rarefied circles of Washington politics and society. Further complicating matters is Eve's growing attraction to Roarke, who is one of the wealthiest and most influential men on the planet, devilishly handsome . . . and the leading suspect in the investigation."
Recommended by Katie Hannah

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