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Dave Eggers' The Wild Things is available for preorder, in regular hardcover and
limited-edition fur-covered.

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T R A I G   &   M c G R A T H , S H U T - I N   D E T E C T I V E S . BY JENNY TRAIG AND PETER MCGRATH - - - - Not long ago, Peter McGrath and Jenny Traig, cousins, left their jobs to become self-declared shut-in detectives, and invited readers to send in their mysteries. It did not surprise the Shut-Ins one bit when the bulk of these letters came from their own relatives, because that's just the kind of people they are. Herewith, a selection from their family-correspondence case files. Current Case: Case 44 (8/21/06) - - - - Previous Cases: Case 43 (8/1/06) Case 42 (7/18/06) A Holiday Recipe (12/22/05) Cases 40-41 (9/22/05) Cases 38-39 (9/7/05) Case 37 (3/15/05) Cases 35-36 (2/22/05) Cases 33-34 (5/13/04) Cases 31-32 (4/19/04) Cases 29-30 (3/24/04) Cases 27-28 (3/18/04) Cases 25-26 (3/3/04) Cases 23-24 (2/26/04) Cases 19-22 (2/16/04) Cases 14-18 (6/7/03) Cases 10-13 (7/17/02) Cases 6-9 (8/27/01) Cases 1-5 (5/01/01)

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