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Published on February 10, 2008

ASIA BOOKS (FICTION)
 
THE APPEAL
JOHN GRISHAM
(A chemical company is accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history.)

STEP ON A CRACK
JAMES PATTERSON
(A tale of an audacious mass kidnap¬ping and the unlikely detective thrust into the primary role of negotiator, sleuth and hero.)

ON CHESIL BEACH
IAN MCEWAN
(A story about how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.)

THE ALEXANDRIA LINK
STEVE BERRY
(A man’s life in danger because he knows the whereabouts of the longvan¬ished Library of Alexandria.)

SIMPLE GENIUS
DAVID BALDACCI
(A couple of former secret service agents investigate the death of a scien¬tist at a CIA training camp.)