One of the great things about shopping at Lemuria during the holidays is that the staff reads various types of books. You will walk in and see the books that we are working on as a store 
like The Racketeers by John Grisham, A Daring Life by Carolyn Brown (which I did read and loved) and My Bookstore by various authors (Barry Moser wrote an essay about Lemuria) but I can guarantee that each one of us has a list of books that is different from one another as the day is long!
I built a spinner near the Front Desk that has the books I recommend from 2012 but here is a sampling ( they are not in particular order):
If you haven’t read this I am not sure what is taking you so long and it is a must give for Christmas! Here is a link to a blog I wrote earlier this year. I hope Jay Sones sees this one!
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The Absent One by Jussi Adler- Olsen
This is the sequel to my favorite mystery of 2011, The Keeper of Lost Causes. Yes, he is a Scandinavian author but while the books are a little dark the author has come up with some fantastic murder and there is also a touch of comic relief. I will keep reading this series until the end which I hope is not anytime soon. His third book, A Conspiracy of Faith, will be available in May 2013 so right now is the perfect time to start this mystery series! I wrote a blog on this one too. Jussi Adler-Olsen is an author I would love to have come to Lemuria for a signing one day! Fingers crossed!
This is a long time favorite of mine. This is a southern slice and dice series set in Georgia. I do recommend starting this series at the beginning with BlindSlighted (which we do have in paperback) but if are already into Karin Slaughter make sure you have picked this one up!
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The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
If you like to read fiction that is based on real life people like Loving Frank and The Paris Wife then you will not want to miss The Chaperone. I loved this book so much that I practically forced Anna Booth to read it and guess what…she loved it too! Here is the blog she wrote earlier this year!
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The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields
I just finished A Study in Revenge, the sequel to The Truth of All Things, which comes out in January. So this is the perfect time to check out this new series. If you like period mysteries with a little twist of the occult then this series is what you are looking for! Kieran Shields is one of my debut author finds of 2012.
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These are just a few of the books that I absolutely loved in 2012. Frankly, I could sit in the booth all day and post all the books on the spinner to the blog, but come on…it will be tons
more fun if you swing by Lemuria and let me show them to you. The spinner is full of ’em! We can talk books and you can tell me what you think I shouldn’t miss from 2012! I love it when someone ‘sells’ me a book! If you can’t come in please comment below and let me know what your “Don’t Miss of 2012” are!!
Happy Holidays to Y’all!
Oh, I have already started reading for 2013 and it is gonna be a great year!
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