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A breezy holiday villa on the Atlantic coast nestles among sand dunes and Portugal’s native pines.

The Man Made of Smoke Alex North. Celadon, $27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-75789-0 North’s rollicking latest (after The Angel Maker) centers on a serial killer who targets children.