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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton

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A Murder in Hollywood, May 2026
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The Andromeda Evolution, November 2019
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Dragon Teeth, December 2017
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Dragon Teeth, November 2017
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Dragon Teeth, June 2017
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Micro, October 2012
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Micro, December 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Sphere, April 2011
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Pirate Latitudes, September 2010
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Pirate Latitudes, December 2009
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Terminal Man, May 2009
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
State Of Fear, May 2009
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Eaters Of The Dead, May 2009
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Congo, May 2009
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Prey, November 2008
Mass Market Paperback
The Great Train Robbery, November 2008
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
The Andromeda Strain, November 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Next, November 2007
Paperback
Next, December 2006
Hardcover
Eaters of the Dead, September 2006
Paperback (reprint)
State of Fear, November 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Prey, November 2003
Mass Market Paperback
Timeline, November 2003
Paperback
The Andromeda Strain, October 2003
Paperback
A Case of Need, August 2003
Paperback
The Great Train Robbery, November 2002
Mass Market Paperback
The Terminal Man, November 2002
Mass Market Paperback
Travels, November 2002
Paperback
Timeline, November 1999
Hardcover
Airframe, October 1997
Mass Market Paperback
Disclosure, July 1997
Paperback
The Andromeda Strain, July 1997
Paperback
The Lost World, September 1996
Mass Market Paperback
Jasper Johns, April 1994
Hardcover
Rising Sun, December 1992
Mass Market Paperback
Congo, December 1992
Mass Market Paperback
Jurassic Park, November 1991
Mass Market Paperback
Sphere, July 1988
Mass Market Paperback

Also by Jeffery Hudson:

A Case of Need, August 2003
Paperback

A CASE OF NEED
By: Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson

Signet
August 2003
On Sale: August 5, 2003
416 pages
ISBN: 0451210638
EAN: 9780451210630
Paperback
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A Case of Need is Michael Crichton's award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare-and explode-when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?