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The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank from HarperCollins is $1.99 (Amazon US)

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Twenty Top Book Deals (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Twenty Top Book Deals are £0.99 each.

Two children's books by Alexander McCall Smith from Polygon (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Two children's books by Alexander McCall Smith are £0.99 each. In these delightful tales for children, we find out how the young Precious became a crafty private investigator (of the Number One Ladies' Detective Agency).

Precious and the Monkeys
Precious and the Mystery of Meercat Hill

Endless Love by Scott Spencer from Open Road Media (£1.29) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Excellent book. A tale of tormented, obsessive young love seen through the eyes of a young man. But a love that cannot be."

Seventeen-year-old David Axelrod is consumed with his love for Jade Butterfield. So when Jade’s father exiles him from their home, David does the only thing he thinks is rational: He burns down their house. Sentenced to a psychiatric institution, David’s obsession metastasizes, and upon his release, he sets out to win the Butterfields back by any means necessary.

Brilliantly written and intensely sexual, Endless Love is the deeply moving story of a first love so powerful that it becomes dangerous—not only for the young lovers, but for their families as well.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Scott Spencer, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road by Christopher Aslan Alexander from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Nonfiction Daily Deal (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "It's all there, the happiness and the sadness, the achievements and the frustrations, the facts and the fables, the sites and the smells as Chris Alexander tells us about his seven years living and working in a World Heritage site in the deserts of Uzbekistan."

Chris Alexander originally travelled to Khiva, a remote walled city in Uzbekistan on the route of the ancient Silk Road, to write a guidebook. But he stayed, mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th-century carpet designs – discovering indigo blue, madder red, pomegranate gold and the subtle shades of life in a desert oasis.

Alexander’s entrancing travelogue sees him stripped naked at a former Soviet youth camp, crawling through silkworm droppings, tackling a carpet-thieving mayor, distinguishing natural dyes from sacks of opium in Northern Afghanistan, bluffing his way through My Heart Will Go On for Uzbek TV and seeking sanctuary as an anti-Western riot consumed the Kabul carpet bazaar.

The result is an unforgettable true story of a journey to the heart of the unknown.

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Audible Daily Deal - Fallen (Will Trent, Book 5) UNABRIDGED by Karin Slaughter (Narrated by Shannon Cochran) for $4.95 (Regular Price:$20.97)

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There's no police training stronger than a cop's instinct. Faith Mitchell's mother isn't answering her phone. Her front door is open. There's a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother's house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn't see is her mother. When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she'll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they'll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn't just a cop anymore--she's a witness. She's also a suspect. The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light--or bury it forever.
Karin Slaughter's most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense.
©2011 Karin Slaughter (P)2011 AudioGO

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Eight Editors' Picks and Customer Favorites ($2.99 or Less Each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Eight Editors' Picks and Customer Favorites are $2.99 or Less Each.

The English Girl: A Novel by Daniel Silva
Flight Behavior: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
Poke the Box by Seth Godin
The White Tiger: A Novel by Aravind Adiga

A World Without Heroes (Beyonders) by Brandon Mull
The Great Trek by Zane Grey
Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng
The God of Animals: A Novel by Aryn Kyle

Four books in the Dragonfury series by Coreene Callahan from Montlake Romance ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 14)

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Today only, four books in the Dragonfury series by Coreene Callahan are $1.99 each.

Fury of Fire (Dragonfury Series #1)
Fury of Ice (Dragonfury Series #2)
Fury of Seduction (Dragonfury Series #3)
Fury of Desire (Dragonfury Series #4)

When She Woke: A Novel by Hillary Jordan from Algonquin Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This edge-of-your-seat dystopian tale resonates with current trends. A gripping read."

Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder.

In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Terry Ryan has written a touching memoir of her plucky, talented, and wise mother."

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s.
Stepping back into a time when fledgling advertising agencies were active partners with consumers, and everyday people saw possibility in every coupon, Terry Ryan tells how her mother kept the family afloat by writing jingles and contest entries. Mom's winning ways defied the Church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated views of housewives. To her, flouting convention was a small price to pay when it came to securing a happy home for her six sons and four daughters. Evelyn, who would surely be a Madison Avenue executive if she were working today, composed her jingles not in the boardroom, but at the ironing board.
By entering contests wherever she found them -- TV, radio, newspapers, direct-mail ads -- Evelyn Ryan was able to win every appliance her family ever owned, not to mention cars, television sets, bicycles, watches, a jukebox, and even trips to New York, Dallas, and Switzerland. But it wasn't just the winning that was miraculous; it was the timing. If a toaster died, one was sure to arrive in the mail from a forgotten contest. Days after the bank called in the second mortgage on the house, a call came from the Dr Pepper company: Evelyn was the grand-prize winner in its national contest -- and had won enough to pay the bank.
Graced with a rare appreciation for life's inherent hilarity, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for fun and profit. From her frenetic supermarket shopping spree -- worth $3,000 today -- to her clever entries worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, the story of this irrepressible woman whose talents reached far beyond her formidable verbal skills is told in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit will triumph over the poverty of circumstance.

The Dark by Lemony Snicket from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I would recommend this book to anyone who has a child that loves a good bedtime story."

Laszlo is afraid of the dark.

The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does.

This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark.

With emotional insight and poetic economy, two award-winning talents team up to conquer a universal childhood fear.

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Big Sky Mountain (A Parable, Montana, Novel) by Linda Lael Miller from Harlequin ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 14)

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Before the final chapter (Big Sky Secrets) of Linda Lael Miller's celebrated series in arrives in a few weeks, catch up on the happenings of the rugged cowboys and other residents of Parable, Montana. It could be a second chance at love for newly divorced Kendra and handsome Hutch, but has the resident bad boy grown up, and is he ready to settle down into the family man Kendra wants?

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A Day at the Office by Matt Dunn from Lake Union Publishing ($0.99) is the Amazon AU Kindle Daily Deal (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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For most people, Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolates, and candlelit dinners. But for five of Seek Software’s employees, it’s shaping up to be as much fun as a trip to the dentist.

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The Red Knight (The Traitor Son Cycle) by Miles Cameron from Orbit ($2.99) is the KOBO Daily Deal (December 14)

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Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.

Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men - or worse, a company of mercenaries - against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.

It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.

The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he's determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery, it's just another job. The abby is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can't deal with.

Only it's not just a job. It's going to be a war. . .

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Eleven Top Sport Books Deals (£1.69 or less each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Eleven Top Sport Books Deals are £1.69 or less each.

The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe from Corsair (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a wonderfully evocative modern tale of necromancy stretching from the grey city streets of Edinburgh to the noisy exotic bazaars of Morocco. Classy, camp and chilling."

Seek and you shall find...

After the death of his beloved wife, Andrew Macleod finds solace in his research in Edinburgh.His interest in the ancient practices of magic is purely academic until the soothingly hypnotic rituals and mysterious ceremonies begin to lure him into a consuming quest for knowledge.When his passion escalates into an obsession for power and mastery, Andrew unwittingly becomes the apprentice of Duncan MyIne, who has a strange hold over him.

Though Andrew fears MyIne's menacing tutelage, he allows himself to be drawn deeper into an inner circle of evil.When he finally discovers the demented motivation behind MyIne's interest in him, it is too late for redemption, poised as he is on the edge of the horrific abyss between life and death...

Shades of Milk and Honey (The Glamourist Histories) by Mary Robinette Kowal from Corsair (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This is the fantasy novel you've always wished Jane Austen had written. Full of wit, historical nuance, romantic entanglements and domestic magic, this is pure entertainment.

What's Stopping You Being More Confident (What's Stopping You?) by Robert Kelsey from Capstone (£1.89) is the Amazon UK Kindle Nonfiction Daily Deal (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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With his bestselling book, Robert Kelsey helped thousands of people conquer their fear of failure and unlock their full potential in life.

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The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne from William Morrow ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an exceptional novel of emotional depth and lingering suspense."

Moving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne’s The Guilty One is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty.

Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend 11-year-old Sebastian who has been charged with the murder of a young boy on a London playground. While examining Sebastian’s life in order to save it, Daniel can’t help but be transported to his own difficult youth spent in foster care—a time when the one he trusted the most was the one who betrayed him…

Emotionally wrought, and with an abundance of twists and turns, The Guilty One is a character-driven novel of suspense that explores the true nature of guilt.

Rule: A Marked Men Novel by Jay Crownover from William Morrow Paperbacks ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This has all the elements of the perfect love story: tattooed bad-boy, strong heroine, and loyal friends."

Sometimes opposites don’t just attract – they catch fire and burn the city down

Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule is everything a straight-A pre-med student like Shaw shouldn’t want – and the only person she’s never tried to please. She isn’t afraid of his scary piercings and tattoos or his wild attitude. Though she knows that Rule is wrong for her, her heart just won’t listen.

To a rebel like Rule Archer, Shaw Landon is a stuck-up, perfect princess – and his dead twin brother’s girl. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. He doesn’t have time for a good girl like Shaw – even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is.

But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule have to figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.

Jaran (The Novels of the Jaran) by Kate Elliott from Open Road Media($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I was impressed by how strongly I was stirred emotionally by what was happening in the story."

The first book of Kate Elliott’s epic Novels of the Jaran, set in an alien-controlled galaxy where a young woman seeks to find her own life and love, but is tied to her brother’s revolutionary fate

In the future, Earth is just one of the planets ruled by the vast Chapalii empire. The volatility of these alien overlords is something with which Tess Soerensen is all too familiar. Her brother, Charles, rebelled against them at one time and was rewarded by being elevated into their interstellar system—yet there is reason to believe they murdered his and Tess’s parents.

Struggling to find her place in the world and still mending a broken heart, Tess sneaks aboard a shuttle bound for Rhui, one of her brother’s planets. On the ground, she joins up with the native jaran people, becoming immersed in their nomadic society and customs while also attempting to get to the bottom of a smuggling scheme she encountered on her journey there. As she grows ever closer to the charismatic jaran ruler, Ilya—who is inflamed by an urgent mission of his own—Tess must choose between her feelings for him and her loyalty to her brother.

Jaran is the first volume of the Novels of the Jaran, which continues with An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword,and The Law of Becoming.

Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The brief biographies of these men are well written and inspiring."

In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.

Written in a beautiful and engaging style, Seven Men addresses what it means (or should mean) to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life. What does it take to be a true exemplar as a father, brother, husband, leader, coach, counselor, change agent, and wise man? What does it mean to stand for honesty, courage, and charity, especially at times when the culture and the world run counter to those values?
Each of the seven biographies represents the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Each of the seven men profiled—George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, John Paul II, and Charles Colson—call the reader to a more elevated walk and lifestyle, one that embodies the gospel in the world around us.

Snowzilla by Janet Lawler from Two Lions ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Borrow this book for free on a Kindle device with Amazon Prime.

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Customer review: "An adorable story with some very modern day humor. Highly recommended."

This book features Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images when using Kindle Fire or select Kindle Reading Apps.

Age Level: 6 - 8 | Grade Level: 1 - 3rd

It snowed without stopping for week after week. When it ended at last, Cami Lou took a peek. She bundled and booted and zipped up her brother. “Let’s build a huge snowman unlike any other!” Cami Lou and her brother build the biggest, hugest, most mammoth snowman the world has ever seen. It’s Snowzilla! The snowman becomes an instant sensation, and tourists pour into the small town. But not everyone is impressed. Some say the giant snowman brings giant problems. Then a judge rules that Snowzilla must come down. Can Cami Lou and her brother save Snowzilla?

This fun winter story combines rhyming text with adorable acrylic and colored pencil artwork.

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Knockout Mouse: A Bill Damen Mystery (Silicon Valley Mysteries) by James Calder from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 15)

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Bill Damen goes from amateur filmmaker to murder suspect to amateur sleuth in the debut installment of this mystery series from fan-favorite author James Calder. Following the clues through the world of biotechnology and the halls of Silicon Valley, Damen is on the hunt for the means and motive behind this mysterious murder.

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Audible Daily Deal - A Dog Named Christmas UNABRIDGED by Greg Kincaid (Narrated by Mark Bramhall) for $1.95 (Regular Price:$13.96)

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Todd, the youngest of four children, has a developmental disability that keeps him at home on the farm with his mother and father. One special holiday season, Todd hears an ad on the radio from a shelter looking for temporary homes for their dogs during the holiday week. When Todd's parents at last give in to his pleas for this charitable cause, the family is faced with an entire shelter full of dogs needing homes.

Using his special charms and gifts of persuasion, Todd encourages his whole community to help in the "adopt a dog for Christmas program" and, more importantly, teaches his family the true meaning of goodwill.

©2008 Greg Kincaid; (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Last Train to Istanbul: A Novel by Ayse Kulin from AmazonCrossing ($0.99) is the Amazon AU Kindle Daily Deal (December 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From Ankara to Paris, Cairo, and Berlin, Last Train to Istanbul is an uplifting tale of love and adventure from Turkey’s beloved bestselling novelist Ayşe Kulin.

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Hidden (The Avena Series) by Marianne Curley from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($2.99) is the KOBO Daily Deal (December 15)

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For as long as Ebony can remember, she's been sheltered. Confined to the secluded valley she calls home, home-schooled by her protective parents, and limited to a small circle of close friends. It's as if she's being hidden. But something is changing in Ebony. Something that can't be concealed. She's growing more beautiful by the day, she's freakishly strong, and then there's the fact that she's glowing.

On one fateful night, Ebony meets Jordan and she's intensely drawn to him. It's as if something explodes inside of her-something that can be seen from the heavens. Ebony still doesn't know that she's a stolen angel, but now that the heavens have found her, they want her back.

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The Bat: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbo is $2.99

* Pricematch to B&N's Spotlight Deal

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The electrifying first appearance of Jo Nesbø’s detective, Harry Hole.

Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Never one to sit on the sidelines, Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country. As they circle closer and closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the case.


BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Jo Nesbø's Police.

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Shiver Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater from Scholastic is $10.70 (from $16.18)

The Shiver Trilogy, now in one e-book! (Shiver, Linger, Forever)