It is the fragment that will lie at the heart of your novel.

The same question lies at the heart of his new novel.

One can almost see Ms. Edwards-Yearwood gaining confidence and momentum as she moves into the heart of her novel.

(Ages 10 and up) Identity theft is at the heart of Eva Ibbotson's quiet, marvelous new novel.

One of them, in turn-of-the-20th-century Jamaica, is at the heart of Patricia Powell's shamelessly lush third novel.

THE incident at the heart of Tom Wolfe's hilarious first novel is no laughing matter.

The need to define the boundaries of obedience is at the heart of Richardson's novel.

This truth lies at the heart of Niall Williams's first novel, a delicate and graceful love story that is also an exaltation of love itself.

Such speculation is at the heart of David Thomson's intriguing and entertaining third novel, "Silver Light."

That, not the spy pursuit of the film, is at the heart of Graham Greene's novel.