Mitch Cullin

• Apr-2001
• / General Fiction
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Whompyjawed: 1. Askew, out of place 2. Off-center or crooked 3. (informal) a person of eccentric or questionable character; odd. Football is Willy Keeler’s ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep the explosive combination of his intellect...

• Sep-2002
• / Action Adventure
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From acclaimed author Mitch Cullin, whose previous books have been described by The New York Times as “brilliant and beautiful . . . rhythmic and telling,” comes Undersurface, a chilling page-turner that recalls Alfred Hitchcock an...

• Apr-2005
• / Suspense
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The basis for the Major Motion Picture Mr. Holmes starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney and directed by Bill Condon.It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young...

• Oct-2005
• / Suspense
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Cullin's novel introduces us to the extraordinary world of Jeliza-Rose, a young girl abandoned in rural Texas. In a story which is suspenseful, darkly surreal, and often humorous, Jeliza-Rose drifts from the harsh reality of her childhood into the fa...

• Mar-2008
• / General Fiction
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Hollis and Debra have settled into their golden years in a gated community outside of Tucson. Although they are devoted to each other, events that took place decades earlier have left Hollis with a deep-seated trauma -- and with a secret he has never...

• Apr-2012
• / General Fiction
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In celebration of National Poetry Month comes the publication of The House of Special Purpose. Written almost two decades ago, and unpublished until now, this haunting story in verse from the acclaimed author of Tideland and A Slight Trick of the Mi...

• Dec-2014
• / Literary
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Struggling to make sense of his life in America, prepubescent immigrant Samuel Chu grapples with the mysteries of learning a language, navigates the urban streets of Los Angeles on a pair of roller skates in the dubious company of ghostly strange...

• Apr-2015
• / Literary
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From the author of A Slight Trick of the Mind: A “hybrid of Stephen King and Jim Thompson” that follows the thoughts of a troubled Texas lawman (Booklist).Branches is a novel at once cautionary and starkly provocative, set in the “gnarled ...

• Apr-2015
• / General Fiction
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At Eric’s Rotisserie, Bing sat outside by himself, nursing white zinfandel beneath the large sunshade that jutted from the center of his table, while blustery wind roamed across campus -- swirling dead leaves and bits of trash around the chairs and...

• Jun-2015
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-2015
• / Mystery
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It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends to his bees, writes in his journal, and grapples with the diminishing powers of his mind. But in the twiligh...