New Fiction October 2009

The Confessions of Edward Day
Valerie Martin
F MAR
Edward Day is a New York actor in the 1970’s who life in changed after he is saved from drowning off the Jersey shore.

Day After Night
Anita Diamant
F DIA
Based on the true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than two hundred prisoners from an internment camp, as told through the eyes of four young women.

Down in the Flood
Kenneth Abel
F ABE
Former New Orleans prosecutor Danny Chaisson’s latest case is bid-rigging.  But a gathering storm named Katrina blasts his world apart.

An Echo in the Bone
Diana Gabaldon
F GAL
The continuation of the story of the 18th century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th century wife, Claire Randall.

Fear the Worst
Linwood Barclay
F BAR
Tim Blake’s desperate search for his daughter leads him into a dark world of corruption, exploitation, and murder.

A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore
F MOO
A much heralded novel.  The author’s first in over a decade, focuses on the anxiety and disconnection of post 9/11 America.

Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger
F NIF
The author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, opens her new book with a letter that alters the fate of every character.  Great reviews.

Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow
F DOC
Homer and Langley are brothers living as recluses in their once grand New York Fifth Avenue mansion, but the epic events of the century seem to pass through their cluttered house.

The Hunted
Brian Haig
F HAI
Kidnapped, beaten and forced to relinquish his business and his fortune, Alex Konevitch escapes from Russia to the United States, only to be accused by his own government of stealing millions.

Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
F PYN
The psychedelic 60’s in L.A. finds Doc Sportello helping an ex-girlfriend who’s in love with a land developer who might be the target of a kidnapping.  Paranoia runs deep.

Intervention
Robin Cook
F COO
New York City medical examiner, Jack Stapleton is featured in a vintage Cook thriller that involves DNA science, biotechnology and religion.

Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby
F HOR
What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance?  As he releases the acoustic version of his greatest album, Juliet, Tucker Crowe is about to find out.

Little Bird of Heaven
Joyce Carol Oates
F OAT
When Zoe Kruller is found murdered, the police target two suspects, her estranged husband Delray Kruller and her longtime lover, Eddy Diehl.

The Magicians
Lev Grossman
F GRO
High school senior, Quentin Coldwater loves a series of fantasy novels set in an enchanted land called Fillory.  Unexpectedly, he finds himself admitted to a secret college of magic in upstate New York.

Mercury in Retrograde
Paula Froelich
F FRO
When mercury is in retrograde, the only guarantee is that anything that can go wrong, will.

No Time to Wave Goodbye
Jacquelyn Mitchard
F MIT
The Cappadora family, first introduced in The Deep End of the Ocean, are confronted once again with the terrible events of the past.

Once on a Moonless Night
Dai Sijie
F DAI
The author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress returns with a tale of love and the power of a lost language.

Prospect Park West
Amy Sohn
F SOH
Four stay-at-home mom (“sahms”) provide entertaining drama in this tale of an upscale Brooklyn neighborhood.

The Puzzle King
Betsy Carter
F CAR
Simon Phelps and Flora Grossman find their way to New York City before World War II and become the last hope of their families’ escape from Europe.

Rebel Yell
Alice Randall
F RAN
Arden Jones, Jr. an eminent black conservative and White House advocate at the Pentagon, collapses at the Rebel Yell restaurant.

Resurrecting Midnight
Eric Jerome Dickey
F DIC
International assassin Gideon is in Argentina facing his fiercest adversary yet.

A Separate Country
Robert Hicks
F HIC
The author of The Widow of the South returns to the tumultuous years following the Civil War, with the love story of Confederate general John Bell Hood and his wife, Anna Marie.

Short Girls
Bich Minh Nguyen
F NGU
The author Stealing Buddha’s Dinner tells the story of Van and Linny Luong, two sisters who share a secret, but are unable to confide in each other.

South of Broad
Pat Conroy
F CON
The author’s long awaited novel, his first in fourteen years, features a changing southern culture through the stories of a group of teenagers who face the future in 1969.

The Spire
Richard North Patterson
F PAT
Mark Darrow becomes a college president of his alma mater,  and then begins to investigate a long-ago murder that was allegedly committed by his best friend.

Vanished
Joseph Finder
F FIN
Roger Heller vanishes after he and his wife are attacked.  The only one who has a chance of finding him is his brother, Nick, an investigator with a private intelligence firm.

The White Queen
Philippa Gregory
F GRE
The author of The Other Boleyn Girl begins a new series set amid the feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses.

The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
F ATW
An inventive apocalyptic novel by the author of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Sewickley’s Favorite Books – Summer 2009

The Following books were rated 5 stars by the participants in the Adult Summer Reading Program.

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Accidental Mother Rowan Coleman	Alexandria Lindsey Davis
All Around the Town Mary Higgins Clark	Angels and Demons Dan Brown
The Appeal John Grisham	Arctic Drift Cive cussler
Beach Music Pat Conroy	Big Four Agatha Christie
Blood Work Michael Connelly	Blow Out Catherine Coulter
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Bill O’Reilly	Book Thief Marcus Zusak
A Case of Need Michael Crichton	The Cat who went up the Creek Liliam Jackson Braun
Chasing Smoke Bill Cameron	Columbine Dave Cullen
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas	The Cradle Will Fall Mary Higgins Clark
Crazy Love Leslie Morgan Steiner	Cross Country James Patterson
A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark	Cutting for Stone A. Verghese
Danse Macabre Laurell K. Hamilton	Dark Summer Iris Johansen
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan	Dear and Glorious Physician Taylor Caldwell
Death in Hyde Park Robin Paige	Domestic Affairs Eileen Goudge
Dying for Revenge Eric J. Dickey	The Edge Catherine Coulter
Executive Privilege Phillip Margolin	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
The Faithful Spy Alex Berenson	Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway
Fatally Flaky Diane Mott Davidson	Fault Line Barry Eisler
Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich	Fidelity Thomas Perry
Finding Nouf Zoe Ferraris	Finger Lickin Fifteen Janet Evanovich
Fire and Ice J.A. Jance	First Family David Baldacci
Fortune Hunter Diane Farr	Foul Play Janet Evanovich
Francesca’s Party Patricia Scanlan	Gifts of the Heart Bettie Youngs
A Good Woman Danielle Steel	The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays Andrew Carnegie
The Grand Finale Janet Evanovich	The Great Books Bruce Meyer
Grow Organic Doug Oster and Jessica Walliser	Growing Up Again Mary Tyler Moore
Handle with Care Jodi Piccoult	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince JK Rowling
The Help Kathryn Stockett	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Horse Boy Rupert Isaacson	In Her Defense Stephen Horn
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri	It Only Takes a Moment Mary Jane Clark
The Judgement of Paris Ross King	Junk Beautiful: room-by-room makeovers with junkmarket style Sue Whitney & Ki Nassauer
Kaffe Knits Again Kaffe Fassett	Keeping Faith Jodi Picoult
King’s Oak Anne Rivers Seddons	The Kite Runner Khaled Hoseini
The Last Hurrah Edwin O’Connor	The Last Lecture Randy Pausch
Les Miserables Victor Hugo	Light in the Forest Conrad Richter
Lights Out Tonight Mary Jane Clark	Loitering with Intent Stuart Woods
London Bridges James Patterson	Long Lost Harlan Coben
Look Again Lisa Scottoline	Love, Medicine, and Miracles Bernie Siegel
Mason Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines Kay Gardiner	Meltdown Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
The Memory Collector Meg Gardiner	The Middle Place Kelly Corrigan
Midnight in Sicily Peter Robb	Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult	The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
The Necklace Guy de Maupassant	Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult
Off Season Ann Rivers Siddons	One Day at a Time Danielle Steel
The Outliers Malcolm Gladwell	Perfectly Imperfect Lee Woodruff
Porch Stories Jewel Parker Rhodes	Real Sex Lauren Winner
Running Hot Jayne Krentz	Same Kind of Different as Me Ron Hall
The Scarecrow Michael Connelly	The School of Essential Ingredients Erica Buermister
Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd	Shadow Music Julie Gardwood
Sharpe’s Tiger Bernard Cornwell	The Silent Speaker Rex Stout
Soul Stories Gary Zukav	Still Alice Lisa Genova
Still Watch Mary Higgins Clark	Summer at Tiffany Marjorie Hart
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas James Patterson	Sweetheart Chelsea Cain
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley	Swimsuit James Patterson
Tail Spin Catherine Coulter	Sidney Crosby: Taking the Game by Storm Gare Joyce
TeaTime for theTraditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith	Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
To Have and Have Not Ernest Hemingway	To the Death Patrick Robinson
Today, I am a Ma’am Valerie Harper	Total Control David Baldacci
Trunk Music Michael Connelly	Under Enemy Colors S. Thomas Russell
The Undomestic Goddess Sophie Kinsella	Walk Away the Pounds: The Breakthrough Six-week Program that Helps you Burn the Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great without Dieting Leslie Sansone
Warlock: a novel of Ancient Egypt Wilbur Smith	Wedding Ring Emilie Richards
Weep No More My Lady Mary Higgins Clark	While My Pretty One Sleeps Mary Higgins Clark
The Whole World Over Julia Glass	Wicked Prey John Sandford

New Non-Fiction Books – August 2009

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
Ben Mezrich
338.761 MEZ 2009
Two Harvard undergraduates looking for a way to win social success, hacked into the university’s computer system.  The framework for Facebook was born in a Harvard dorm room.

The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It
Joshua Cooper Ramo
973.931 RAM 2009
How to thrive in a world of unpredictability.

American Passage: The History of Ellis Island
Vincent J. Cannato
325.7 CAN 2009
Between 1892 to 1924 over twelve million immigrants passed through the gates at Ellis Island.

And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street’s Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
David Faber
332.63 FAB 2009
The author relates the story behind the economic crisis: the defining theme of which has been greed, coupled with the regulatory failure of the government.

Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
Edmund L. Andrews
332.722 AND 2009
Even as a New York Times economics reporter, the author succumbed to the temptation of subprime lending and became part of the economic catastrophe.

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges
302.23 HED 2009
The author asserts that a culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies; the society that retreats into fantasy will eventually turn to demagogues and charlatans.

Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur
Pamela Slim
658.11 SLI 2009
How to make a getaway from the corporate grind.

The Evolution of God
Robert Wright
200.9 WRI 2009
The author presents a sweeping journey through history and the development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of ‘08 and the Descent Into Depression
Richard A. Posner
330.973 POS 2009
The author presents a non-technical examination of the current financial disaster and the efforts to cope with it.

Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled and Knuckleheaded Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
Mark Obmascik
796.522 OMB  2009
A look inside the culture of the mountaineering obsessives who try scaling all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains in one year, to become part of an elite group known as the  Fourteneers.

Holy Roller: Finding Redemption and the Holy Ghost in a Forgotten Texas Church
Julie Lyons
289.9 LYO 2009
An inspiring story of a journalists firsthand investigation into the results of faith and prayer in the lives of society’s overlooked people.

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Doug Stanton
958.1047 STA 2009
The dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.

How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
Jim Collins
338.7 COL 2009
Every institution is vulnerable to decline, but it can be avoided.  By the author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t.

How Rome Fell
Adrian Goldsworthy
937.09 GOL 2009
During the second century, the Roman Empire controlled most of the known world.  By the end of the fifth century, the empire had disintegrated, a shadow of its former might.

The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
Dyan Sudjic
745.401 SUD 2009
An informative look at the intersection between art, design, and commerce.

The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise
Joe Scarborough
320.52 SCA 2009
A new take on the nation’s political and economic situation.

Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court
James MacGregor Burns
347.7326 BUR 2009
A penetrating look at the nation’s top court by a noted author.

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day
Daryl Collins, et.al.
339.46 POR 2009
About 40% of the world’s people live on incomes of $2.00 a day or less.  How do the poor find solutions to living on such an amount?  A thoughtful report on the “bottom billion.”

Renegade: The Making of a President
Richard Wolffe
324.973 WOL 2009
The story of how a political newcomer with no money became the world’s most powerful leader.

Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Craig Nelson
629.45 NEL 2009
The dramatic story of the first trip to the moon aboard the 30-story-high Apollo II-Saturn V spaceship.

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford
331 CRA 2009
The author discusses the experience that was once quite common: the activity of making and fixing things with our hands.

Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot
Bruce and Andrea Leininger
133.90135 LEI 2009
The parents of James Leininger were puzzled and disturbed by the nightmares their two-year-old son was having.  They set out on a journey of discovery that led to one conclusion.

Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction
Libby Cataldi
362.29 CAT 2009
The poignant story of a mother’s love and her struggles with her son’s drug addiction.

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played
L. Jon Wertheim
796.342 WER 2009
All the details of the classic tennis match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on July 6, 2008.

The Third Reich at War
Richard J. Evans
940.53 EVA 2009
A narrative of the war along with the personal stories from a wide range of people during the rise and demise of German military might.

The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else
Christopher R. Beha
011.73 BEH 2009
The Harvard Classics were compiled a century ago by Charles Eliot.  The author decides to revisit these classic books over the course of a year.

You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall
Colin Ellard
153.752 ELL 2009
How has modern culture become so directionally challenged?

New Biographies – August 2009

Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
Dara Torres with Elizabeth Weil
B TORRES
From the Olympic medalist who competed at the age 41, comes a  memoir about aging gracefully and pursuing your dreams.

Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown
Jennifer Scanlon
B BROWN
The life of the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and an influential feminist.

The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture
Nathan Rabin
B RABIN
As a child and teenager, pop culture was the author’s means of escape.  Today, pop culture is his life.

Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon
Michael J. Collins
B COLLINS
The story of a construction worker who decided to become a doctor and his path to becoming a surgeon.

Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
C. David Heymann
B KENNEDY
The complex relationship between RFK and Jackie Kennedy is depicted by a Kennedy biographer.

The Bolter
Frances Osborne
B SACKVILLE
The author relates the story of her great-grandmother, Idina Sackville, and her adventurous and scandal filled life as the “high priestess” of the “Happy Valley Set” in Kenya.

Closing Time: A Memoir
Joe Queenan
B QUEENAN
The humorist turns his sights on his own coming-of-age in Philadelphia during the 1960s.

Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
Norman Ollestad
B OLLESTAD
Trained by he father from the age of three to become a “Boy Wonder,” the skills he learned saved his life at age eleven when he and his father were victims of an airplane crash during a blizzard.

Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie
Richard Hack
B CHRISTIE
The romance, scandal and betrayal that marked the life of the  popular novelist is presented in an intimate biography.

Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Matthew Algeo
B TRUMAN
After his term as president, Mr. and Mrs. Truman decided to hit the road.

Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Michael Lewis
B LEWIS
The author explores the difference between the idea of fatherhood and his actual experiences.

In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir
Neil White
B WHITE
Following conviction for bank fraud, the author spent a year in a prison in Carville, Louisiana, housed in the last leper colony in mainland America.

The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce
Hallie Rubenhold
B WORSLEY
The marriage of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and Sir Richard Worsley might have been a fairy tale marriage, but ended in one of the most scandalous and publicized divorces in history.

Lance: The Making of the World’s Greatest Champion
John Wilcockson
B LANCE
The remarkable and controversial life of the seven time winner of the Tour de France.

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham
B ALDRIN
The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on the planet; here is the rest of his story.

My Remarkable Journey
Larry King
B KING
The life of the iconic interviewer as he looks back over 50 years in broadcasting.

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal
Julie Metz
B METZ
Julie Metz’s life changes forever when her husband suddenly collapses and dies.  She soon learns that he had another life that he had kept hidden from her.

Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress
Lee Woodruff
B WOODRUFF
The author of In an Instant, the chronicle of her husband’s recovery from an injury sustained in Iraq, now looks at her life in terms both personal and universal.

Prairie Tale: A Memoir
Melissa Gilbert
B GILBERT
The child star of Little House on the Prairie tells the story of her life and her recovery from self-destructive behavior.

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
Bill Russell
B RUSSELL
The great basketball player discusses his relationship with one of the best coaches in all of sports.

Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement
Richard Brookhiser
B BROOKHISER
The author became a National Review senior editor at age 23.  He tells the story of his relationship with the conservative icon throughout their tumultuous friendship.

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Larry Tye
B PAIGE
The great story of athlete, showman, and philosopher, Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life’s Lessons
James Dodson
B DODSON
The author of Final Rounds, returns to the world of golf and to the famous courses at Pinehurst, North Carolina to recover a lost passion and to share that passion with his son.

Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
James Gavin
B HORNE
A portrait of the celebrated singer and actress.

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Gillian Gill
B VICTORIA
An enduring love story and the most influential marriage of the 19th century is related in this personal history by a noted author.

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Douglas Brinkley
B ROOSEVELT
The “naturalist president” set aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, making conservation a universal endeavor.

Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa
Mark Seal
B ROOT
In January 2006, Joan Root, a sixty-nine-year-old naturalist and filmmaker was murdered in her home on the shore of a beautiful Kenyan lake.  The author explores this real-life mystery and the remarkable life of a noted conservationist.

New Mysteries – August 2009

Awakening
S.J. Bolton
M BOL
Clara Benning is a reclusive veterinary surgeon who is called in when a local man dies from a snakebite.  However,  the postmortem shows that the concentration of venom is much higher than what could be found in a single snake.

The Baker Street Letters
Michael Robertson
M ROB
Two lawyers, who happen to lease offices at 221B Baker Street, begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes.

Below Zero
C.J. Box
M BOX
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is embroiled in a series of killings that may have a connection to a massacre that happened six years ago in Winterkill.

Boneman’s Daughters
Ted Dekker
M DEK
Intelligence officer Ryan Evans, must take on a deranged serial killer, the Boneman, to save his daughter.

Cecilian Vespers
Anne Emery
M EME
A special choir is studying the early traditional music of the Catholic Church when a controversial participant is murdered just before evening vespers.

The Extra
Elizabeth Sims
M SIM
Rita Farmer is flat broke and studying to become a lawyer.  Decked out in a police uniform as an extra in a movie shoot, she finds herself in the middle of a vicious assault.

The Fate of Katherine Carr
Thomas H. Cook
M COO
George Gates was once a travel writer who was fascinated by the places where people disappeared, until the day his eight-year-old son vanishes.

Fire and Ice
J.A. Jance
M JAN
Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont is confronted with a grisly series of murders.  Meanwhile sheriff Joanna Brady investigates a homicide in the Arizona desert.

Floodgates
Mary Anna Evans
M EVA
Faye Longchamp and her team of archaeologists are fighting to save New Orleans’ past, but are horrified when they discover a corpse that is too new be an archaeological find.

The Frightened Man
Kenneth Cameron
M CAM
An American with a past is in London in 1900 when a terrified man tells him that he is being pursued by Jack-the-Ripper.

Greedy Bones
Carolyn Haines
M HAI
Southern belle Sarah Booth Delaney returns home from Hollywood to help save her hometown from the outbreak of a vicious illness.

Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen
M BOW
Lady Georgiana, 34th in line to the throne, returns in her third adventure.

Ignorance of Blood
Robert Wilson
M WIL
In the wake of a terrorist attack on Seville, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón is determined to bring the real perpetrators to justice.  By the author of A Small Death in Lisbon.

The Innocent Spy
Laura Wilson
M WIL
London, June 1940.  The body of silent screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on an iron fence.  Detective Ted Stratton is not convinced that this was a suicide.

Jelly’s Gold
David Housewright
M HOU
Rushmore McKenzie is a retired St. Paul policeman and an unexpected millionaire.  He learns about eight million dollars in mob- connected stolen gold that is still missing and becomes intrigued.

The Killings on Jubilee Terrace
Robert Barnard
M BAR
Faithful viewers of the soap opera Jubilee Terrace loved Vernon Watts, but his fellow cast-members knew him for what he was.  Was his death accidental? Or not?

Liars Anonymous
Louise Ure
M URE
Jessie Dancing’s past catches up with her following the death of real estate tycoon Darren Markson.

The Lord of Death
Eliot Pattison
M PAT
Shan Tao Yun is a former Bejing investigator who has been exiled to Tibet.  When a high-profile murder occurs near Mt. Everest, he  is commanded to discover the killer.

The Magician’s Death
P.C. Doherty
M DOH
Sir Hugh Corbett has been told to steal a book of secrets written by Roger Bacon.  Murder and mayhem result as he tries to decipher the secrets of England’s most outstanding scholar.

Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop
Lee Goldberg
M GOL
Adrian Monk, the obsessive-compulsive investigator, must help Captain Stottlemeyer who has been arrested for the killing of another cop.

Murder on a Midsummer Night
Kerry Greenwood
M GRE
It’s 1929, and slightly bored Phryne Fisher has been called on to find out if the son of a Pre-Raphaelite model has died by homicide or suicide.

The Neighbor
Lisa Gardner
M GAR
A young mother disappears from her South Boston home.  Detective Sergeant D.C. Warren finds that the picture of family normalcy turns murkier below the surface of their seemingly wholesome life.

Palos Verdes Blue
John Shannon
M SHA
Jack Liffey, Los Angeles’ most famous child-finder, is hired to find Blue, the missing teenage daughter of his ex-wife’s best friend.

Persona Non Grata: A Novel of the Roman Empire
Ruth Downie
M DOW
Gaius Petrius Ruso needs to give up his career as a military doctor in Roman Britannia and head back to his family in Gaul, but not all is well on the home front.  A great series.

Sworn to Silence
Linda Castillo
M CAS
Former Amish, now police chief, Kate Burkholder of Painters Mill, Ohio, is confronted with a murder that is horrifyingly similar to ones that had happened 16 years ago.

There’s Something About St. Tropez
Elizabeth Adler
M ADL
Malibu P.I. Mac Reilly and Sunny Alvarez find themselves in the middle of romance, luxury, adventure, and mystery. Great beach reading.

New Fiction – August 2009

The Angel’s Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
F RUI
The author of The Shadow of the Wind returns with a young man who writes sensationalist novels in a Barcelona mansion.

Any Minute
Joyce Meyer
F MEY
Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success, but what happens when her car plunges off a bridge into a river?  What will she discover after her death?

The Apostle
Brad Thor
F THO
When American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action.

Burn
Linda Howard
F HOW
Money changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins the lottery, but it also costs her plenty.

The Castaways
Elin Hilderbrand
F HIL
Intrigue and mystery surround the death of a couple off the coast of Nantucket. By the author of A Summer Affair.

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Rebecca Wells
F WEL
The author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood returns with another southern charmer.

The Devil’s Punchbowl
Greg Iles
F ILES
Penn Cage, the new mayor of Natchez, Mississippi realizes that one of the riverside gambling boats may not be what it seems.

The Doomsday Key
Jams Rollins
F ROL
Three murdered people, on three continents, have a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross. Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are in a race against time.

Dune Road
Jane Green
F GRE
Kit Hargrove is doing well after her divorce and finds the job of her dreams, assisting the blockbuster novelist, Robert McClore.

Exiles in the Garden
Ward Just
F JUS
Alec Malone, son of a powerful U.S. Senator, becomes an outsider as he chooses photography as his profession, and then turns down an assignment to cover the war in Vietnam. An absorbing book.

The Fixer Upper
Mary Kay Andrews
F AND
Out of options, Dempsey Jo Killebrew reluctantly accepts her father’s offer to help refurbish Birdsong, the old family place in Guthrie, Georgia.

Gifts of War
Mackenzie Ford
F FOR
A battlefield promise sends a British soldier on a romantic mission during World War I.

Hope in a Jar
Beth Harbison
F HAR
On the eve of their 20th high school reunion, erstwhile friends, Allie and Olivia, realize that although their dreams may be unrealized, that there is, indeed, hope in a jar.

The Husband Habit
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
F VAL
The author of The Dirty Girls Social Club relates the story of Vanessa, who falls for men who are attached to someone else.

Killer Summer
Ridley Pearson
F PEA
Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming returns in another thriller featuring an annual wine auction attracting high rollers from across the country.

Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann
F MCC
August 1974.  The people of lower Manhattan stare in disbelief at the Twin Towers as they glimpse a mysterious tightrope walker.  In the streets below, ordinary lives become extraordinary.

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
Farahad Zama
F ZAM
What does an Indian man do when his retirement becomes too monotonous?  Open a marriage bureau, of course!

Mist
Carla Neggers
F NEG
Lizzie Rush uncovers evidence that thrill-seeking billionaire Norman Estabrook may be part of a criminal network.  Her dangerous game of cat and mouse may have devastating consequences.

The Moon Looked Down
Dorothy Garlock
F GAR
Young Sophie Heller and her family were able to escape Nazi Germany, but as war fever sweeps their small town in Illinois, they become targets of suspicion and a vicious attack.

The Penny Pinchers Club
Sarah Strohmeyer
F STR
Avid consumer, Kat, finds that drastic times call for drastic measures.  Can hardship lead to happiness?

A Plague of Secrets
John Lescroart
F LES
A murder case is plagued by lies and secrets, but there is one secret that attorney Dismas Hardy is duty-bound to protect.

Return to Sullivans Island
Dorothea Benton Frank
F FRA
Aspiring writer, Beth Hayes, returns to her family’s summer home in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Shadow of Betrayal
Brett Battles
F BAT
The meeting place was carefully chosen: an abandoned church in rural Ireland.  But then something went horribly wrong and Jonathan Quinn was faced with four dead bodies and one astounding clue.

The Shimmer
David Morrell
F MOR
Police officer Dan Page traces his wife’s disappearance to Rostov, Texas where unexplained phenomena attract hundreds of spectators each night.

A Short History of Women
Kate Walbert
F WAL
A portrayal of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, chronicling five generations of women from the close of the 19th century through the early years of the 21st.

Six Suspects
Vikas Swarup
F SWA
The author of Slumdog Millionaire returns with a tale of murder, corruption and opportunity in New Delhi, India.

Summer House
Nancy Thayer
F THA
Three generations of strong-willed women must each wrestle with life-changing decisions.

The Wedding Girl
Madeleine Wickham
F WIC
From the author of The Gatecrasher comes an entertaining story about an elaborate wedding that may come undone by a secret that catches up with the bride.

New Fiction – July 2009

All Other Nights
Dara Horn
F HOR
Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army is ordered to kill his own uncle in New Orleans, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln.

Assegai
Wilbur Smith
F SMI
Leon Courtney is professional hunter in British East Africa, who guides the rich and powerful on safaris in 1913.

Black Water Rising
Attica Locke
F LOC
Down-on-his luck lawyer, Jay Porter, tries to make a new start in Houston, 1981. But saving a woman from drowning isn’t a good beginning. Great reviews for a debut novel.

Cemetery Dance
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
F PRE
William Smithback Jr., a prominent New York Times reporter is killed by a man who was supposedly buried ten days earlier.

Die For You
Lisa Unger
F UNG
Isabel Raine thought she had it all, until the morning her husband, Marcus, kisses her goodbye and simply vanishes.

Figures in Silk
Vanora Bennett
F BEN
Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses — one with the king, the other in the world of silk.

The Four Corners of the Sky
Michael Malone
F MAL
A sprawling novel featuring Navy pilot Annie Peregrine-Goode and the con-artist father who left her when she was seven.

Fugitive
Philip Margolin
F MAR
International intrigue and murder is the focus when con man  Charlie Marsh is suspected of killing a United States congressman.

Heartless
Diana Palmer
F PAL
Secrets and passion abound on Comanche Wells Ranch as Jason returns to find that Gracie is all grown up.

House Secrets
Mike Lawson
F LAW
Joe DeMarco works as a fixer for the Speaker of House and takes a dangerous ride through the halls of power.

In the Kitchen
Monica Ali
F ALI
Executive chef, Gabriel Lightfoot, is doing well running the kitchen at the Imperial Hotel, but several complications intervene.

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
Geoff Dyer
F DYE
Jaded journalist Jeff Atman parties in Italy during the Venice Biennale.  Does he later travel to the holy city of Varanasi, India?

John the Baptizer
Brooks Hansen
F HAN
An epic narrative of the life of John the Baptist.

Knock Out
Catherine Coulter
F COU
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are back and faced with the terror of  a young girl and a madman.

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
J.R.R. Tolkien
F TOL
Two newly published legends from Northern antiquity from the beloved author.

The Lovers
John Connolly
F CON
After losing his private investigator’s license, Charlie Parker is at loose ends until he begins a different type of investigation: an inquiry into the death of his father.

Matters of the Heart
Danielle Steel
F STE
Danger and obsessive love entrap photographer Hope Dunne as she meets famous Irish author, Finn O’Neill.

Medusa
Cliver Cussler with Paul Kemprecos
F CUS
The NUMA team faces what may be their most perilous mission of all.

My Father’s Tears and Other Stories
John Updike
F UPD
The noted author’s final collection of short stories.

Once a Runner
John L. Parker, Jr.
F PAR
The magazine, Runner’s World, considers this “the best novel ever written about running.”

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe
F HOW
Following the death of her grandmother, Connie Goodwin is drawn into the mysteries of the family house, including an ancient key within a 17th century Bible.

Relentless
Dean Koontz
F KOO
Bestselling novelist, Cullen Greenwich, lives a charmed life.  But one critical book reviewer disrupts and soon terrorizes his family and his life.

Road Dogs
Elmore Leonard
F LEO
Condo, Jack and Dawn are back in action in another trademark Leonard novel.

Roadside Crosses
Jeffery Deaver
F DEA
The Monterey Peninsula is stunned when roadside crosses are found along local highways — not as memorials, but as announcements of  a murderer’s intention to kill.

The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly
F CON
Jack McEvoy, from The Poet, is back and is being laid-off as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He decides to go out with a bang, to write the murder story of his career

Sisters & Husbands
Connie Briscoe
F BRI
The sequel to Sisters & Lovers finds three sisters, Beverly, Charmaine and Evelyn facing marital issues in suburban Washington, D.C.

Strangers
Anita Brookner
F BRO
The author’s elegant style is evident in this story of an ordinary man whose longings, doubts, and fears are universal.

You or Someone Like You
Chandler Burr
F BUR
Anne Rosenbaum leads a life of Los Angeles privilege as the wife of a Hollywood executive.  She finds herself leading a book club for the film industry elite.

The Wish Maker
Ali Sethi
F SET
This acclaimed debut novel features a fatherless boy growing up in a family of outspoken women in contemporary Pakistan.

New Non-Fiction, June/July2009

The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year
Michael Stein
362.293 STE 2009
The world of prescription drug addiction seen through the  story of a woman whose life was taken over by her desire for the next pill.

The American Future: A History
Simon Schama
973 SCH 2009
The noted historian looks at the multiple crises facing the United States with references to America’s past history.

Are You Kidding Me? The True Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open
Rocco Mediate and John Feinstein
796.352 MED 2009
The dramatic showdown at the 2008 U.S. Open.

The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds
John Yow
598 YOW 2009
Interesting facts about the lives of birds  outside your window.

Columbine
Dave Cullen
371.782 CUL 2009
A recounting of the horrific events at Columbine High School.

Complexity: A Guided Tour
Melanie Mitchell
501 MIT 2009
Fascinating and elusive questions are presented that the science of complexity is attempting to answer.

The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
David E. Kessler
613.2 KES 2009
Why is it so difficult to resist certain foods and so easy to overindulge?

Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud
Robert Pinsky, ed.
808.81 ESS 2009
A wide range of poetry for speaking and listening enjoyment.

Faith Under Fire: An Army Chaplain’s Memoir
Roger Benimoff
956.7044 BEN 2009
The author’s time as an Army chaplain in Iraq created a crisis of faith and a turning point in his life.

The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Mary Beard
937.7 BEA 2008
A penetrating look at the world famous archaeological site.

The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
Jeffrey Zaslow
302.34 ZAS 2009
Eleven childhood friends formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa.  A bond that has lasted through the years.

Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Jeff Guin
364.1552 GUI 2009
The real story of Bonnie and Clyde is different from the myths that have grown up around them.  Fascinating.

The Horse Boy: A Father’s Quest to Heal His Son
Rupert Isaacson
618.92 ISA 2009
The author was devastated with his son’s diagnosis of autism. Discovering his son’s connection with animals, they went to Mongolia.

House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
William D. Cohan
332.66 COH 2009
With the collapse of Bear Stearns in March 2008, the meltdown on Wall Street officially began. How and why?

K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist
Peter Carlson
947.085 CAR 2009
The true story of a stranger in a strange land: Khrushchev’s tour across America in 1959.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Mark R. Levin
320.52 LEV 2009
The talk radio host discusses a conservative approach to government that includes greater freedom for individual Americans.

A Lion Called Christian
Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
599.757 BOU 2009
The heartwarming story of he reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian.

Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom
Maria Laurino
306.874 LAU 2009
The author of Were You Always an Italian? returns with a spirited look at life as a second-generation American.

One Hundred Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know: Math Explains Your World
John D. Barrow
510 BAR 2009
The uses of mathematics in explaining many of life’s most intriguing questions are entertainingly presented.

One Square Inch of Silence
Gordon Hempton and John Grossmann
333.78 HEM 2009
Silence is our nation’s fastest-disappearing resource.  The author is recording the natural terrestrial soundscapes before they vanish.

Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World’s Holy Dead
Peter Manseau
203.7 MAN 2009
The author traces the trail of religious relics over the centuries.

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg
232.9 SPA 2009
An inspirational tour of Jewish culture during the time of Jesus.

Soldiers Once: My Brother and the Lost Dreams of America’s Veterans
Catherine Whitney
305.90697 WHI 2009
When the author’s brother, a Vietnam veteran, died, he was 53 years old and living in poverty and had not seen his family in 16 years.

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Chris Gardner
158.1 GAR 2009
The author of The Pursuit of Happyness presents a look at  beginning anew.

The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe
Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira de Rosen
338.76 CRO 2009
The behind-the-scenes story of the one of the most talked-about brands. “A smart, sexy business book.”

Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life
James Van Praagh
133.91 VAN 2009
Emotional stories from a well-known medium

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education
Craig M. Mullaney
958.104 MUL 2009
The author had been graduated from West Point, attended Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, but was he prepared for war in Afghanistan?

Valkyrie: The Story of the Plot to Kill Hitler, By Its Last Member
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager
943.086 BOE 2009
The author’s patriotism turned to disgust as he learned of the atrocities of the SS.  He and his brother joined a conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler.

Weather’s Greatest Mysteries Solved!
Randy Cerveny
304.2 CER 2009
Sample mystery:  Why did T. Rex become extinct?  And there’s many more weather conundrums in this fascinating book.

Why Don’t Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom
Daniel T. Willingham
370.1523 WIL 2009
Why can kids remember the smallest details from their favorite television program, yet miss the most obvious questions on theiw history test?

New Fiction – June 2009

Admission
Jean Hanff Korelitz
F KOR
For years Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy career as a Princeton University admissions officer.

Brimstone
Robert B. Parker
F PAR
Guns-for-hire Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole in a follow-up of their adventures in Resolution and Appaloosa.

Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
F TOI
In the early 1950’s Eilis Lacey crosses the ocean from Ireland to make a new life for herself in Brooklyn.

Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Shahriar Mandanipour
F MAN
An acclaimed Iranian author explores what it’s like to live, love and be an artist in the Iran of today.

The Color of Lightning
Paulette Jiles
F JIL
Former Kentucky slave, Britt Johnson and his family travel to an uncertain destiny in the American West of 1863.

Deadlock
Iris Johansen
F JOH
United Nations artifact expert, Emily Hudson is held hostage by an evil captor determined to find a missing link to a legendary treasure.

Etta
Gerald Kolpan
F KOL
Beautiful and refined, Etta Place captivated the nation at the turn of the last century.  Here is her life as imagined by the author in this debut novel.

The Family Man
Elinor Lipman
F LIP
A contemporary comedy of manners featuring Henry Archer and complications with his ex-wife.  Amusing.

Figures in Silk
Vanora Bennett
F BEN
Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses — one with the king, the other in the world of silk.

First Family
David Baldacci
F BAL
Private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are brought into a terrifying situation involving the abduction of the President’s child from Camp David.

A Fortunate Age
Joanna Smith Rakoff
F RAK
The lives of several Oberlin graduates are traced as they chase their dreams in Brooklyn at the turn of the 21st century.

The Geometry of Sisters
Luanne Rice
F RIC
The complexity of emotions between sisters is revealed through the lives of three remarkable sets of siblings.

Intent to Kill
James Grippando
F GRI
Was the hit-and-run accident that killed his wife, Chelsea, really an accident?  Ryan James, a Boston sportscaster, has to find out, especially when he gets an anonymous tip: “I know who did it.”

The Last Secret
Mary McGarry Morris
F MOR
Nora Hammond seems to have the perfect life, until she learns of her husband’s longtime affair, and when a terrible incident from her own youth is revealed.

Laura Rider’s Masterpiece
Jane Hamilton
F HAM
An entertaining comedy by the author of The Book of Ruth.

Lavender Morning
Jude Deveraux
F DEV
Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds.  A mysterious bequest from a loving mentor becomes an introduction to mystery and romance.

Loitering with Intent
Stuart Woods
F WOO
Stone Barrington is not having a good week and some discreet detective work in Key West doesn’t make it any better.

The Lost Quilter
Jennifer Chiaverini
F CHI
A quilt that was sewn by a runaway slave is treasured by master quilter Sylvia Compson, who uncovers the story of Joanna.

Nightwalker
Heather Graham
F GRA
What happens in Vegas sometimes doesn’t stay there.

Prayers for Sale
Sandra Dallas
F DAL
Colorado, 1936. Hennie Comfort is 86 and has lived in Middle Swan all her life.  Her friendship with newcomer 17-year-old Nit Spindle changes both of their lives.

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Reif Larsen
F LAR
Twelve-year-old genius T.S. Spivet learns that he has received a prestigious prize from the Smithsonian and then starts out on a wild cross-country trip.  Great illustrations and great reviews.

Stone’s Fall
Iain Pears
F PEA
The story of the wealthy, influential John Stone and the mystery of his death.  By the author of  An Instance of the Fingerpost.

The Strain
Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
F TOR
A vampiric virus infects New York City.  The contagion must be stopped before it infects the country.

The Story Sisters
Alice Hoffman
F HOF
Three sisters, Elv, Claire, and Meg, each have a fate that they must meet alone.  Vintage Hoffman.

Summer on Blossom Street
Debbie Macomber
F MAC
Knitting and life.  They’re both about beginnings and endings.

Sunnyside
Glen David Gold
F GOL
Charlie Chaplin is the central figure in this sprawling novel depicting the tumultuous years following World War I.

Thanks for the Memories
Cecelia Ahern
F AHE
Hope, love and second chances await two strangers, Joyce Conway and Justin Hitchcock, whose lives are at a crossroads.

Water, Stone, Heart
Will North
F NOR
Newly divorced, Andrew Stratton travels to an English village to learn the art of building stone walls.  A lyrical first novel.

Waveland
Frederick Barthelme
F BAR
Three very out-of-order lives try to find or reinvent themselves in the tattered landscape of Mississippi, post-Katrina.  Love, regret and redemption.

The Weight of Heaven
Thrity Umrigar
F UMR
After the loss of their only son, Frank and Ellie Benton continue to struggle, but hope that a job in far-off India will help them begin again.

New Mysteries, June 2009

About Face
Donna Leon
M LEO
Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti and his wife Paola meet a mysterious woman at dinner party.  Is she somehow connected with a suspicious death and illegal garbage hauling?

The Joys of My Life
Alys Clare
M CLA
May 1199.Queen Eleanor has summoned five members of Hawkenlye Abbey to the Île d’Oléron to discuss the building of a chapel dedicated to the queen’s son, King Richard.

Borderline
Nevada Barr
M BAR
Anna Pigeon is trying to recuperate on a rafting trip with her new husband, Paul, but an attempted murder pulls her into a labyrinth of intrigue.

Cream Puff Murder
Joanne Fluke
M FLU
Hannah Swensen’s boyfriend becomes a murder suspect in this latest entry in the author’s bakery series.  Recipes, of course, included.

Cursed
Carol Higgins Clark
M CLA
Private investigator Regan Reilly returns to her old haunts in L.A. to help out a friend find the “no good bum” who owes her $100,000.

Dante’s Numbers
David Hewson
M HEW
A celebration in Rome of a new film version of Dante’s Inferno ends in chaos with one man dead, and the film’s star and a priceless relic missing.  Detective Nic Costa finds himself in a terrifying limbo.

Dead Man’s Puzzle
Parnell Hall
M HAL
Puzzles abound: who killed cranky hermit, Old Man Overmeyer?

Death and the Lit Chick
G.M Malliet
M MAL
Chick lit mystery writer Kimberlee Kalder is being honored at an exclusive writers’ conference at Dalmorton Castle in Scotland.  You know what happens next!

Dropped Dead Stitch
Maggie Sefton
M SEF
Kelly’s friend Jennifer is a top-notch knitter and party girl.  One night a stranger follows her home, and in the aftermath, Jennifer looks to her close-knit friends for support.

Execution Dock
Anne Perry
M PER
Victorian police commander William Monk is confronted with evil of the sex industry in the dark alleys along the River Thames.

Fatally Flaky
Diane Mott Davidson
M DAV
Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz encounters the bride from hell as well as another murder.  Goldy goes undercover in her chef’s outfit.

Frame Work
Anne G. Faigen
M FAI
When Sarah Brandau travels to Prague for a literary conference, her innocent purchase of an ornate frame plunges her into danger.

Grave Goods
Ariana Franklin
M FRA
England, 1176.  Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, is called upon by Henry II to examine the skeletons of two individuals found in the ashes of Glastonbury Abbey.

Just Take My Heart
Mary Higgins Clark
M CLA
The veteran mystery author returns with the story of a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of man accused of murdering his wife.

The Killing Way
Tony Hays
M HAYS
Arthur has united most of Britain’s clans, but does not yet hold supreme power.  When Merlin is blamed for the brutal murder of a young woman, Arthur’s reputation is at stake.

The Long Fall
Walter Mosley
M MOS
Leonid McGill is an old-school private investigator, but the Manhattan of the 21st century has gotten a bit fancier.

Malice
Lisa Jackson
M JAC
Deception and betrayal confront New Orleans detective Rick Bentz as he is forced to confront the ghosts of his past.

Mating Season
Jon Loomis
M LOO
Detective Frank Coffin, who moves to Cape Cod to escape from his panic attacks, finds that murder can happen even in a small town when heiress Kenji Sole is killed.

A Quiet Flame
Philip Kerr
M KER
After being falsely accused of being a war criminal, ex-Berlin policeman Bernie Gunther is now in Argentina.  It’s 1950 and he is being  pressured by the local police to help in a case that began in 1930.

The Risk of Darkness
Susan Hill
M HILA widowed husband’s grief turns to violence and terror. Chief inspector Simon Serrailler finds himself with romantic concerns as well as police issues in his third outing.

Shadow and Light
Jonathan Rabb
M RAB
Berlin, 1927: the heyday of the Weimar Republic and German cinema is producing acclaimed films.  The death of a studio executive exposes the desperate side of Germany.

She Shoots to Conquer
Dorothy Cannell
M CAN
Amateur sleuth Ellie Haskell is stranded at Mucklesfeld Manor and finds herself in the middle of a TV reality show.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley
M BRA
Great reviews accompany this debut novel that revolves around Flavia de Luce, an 11-year-old science prodigy and her search for the murderer of the man she found in her cucumber patch.

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Alexander McCall Smith
M MCC
Mma Ramotswe is in personal need of her own formidable detection talents in this latest outing in the popular series.

True Detectives
Jonathan Kellerman
M KEL
The disappearance of Caitlin Frostig isn’t a usual case for the
at-odds step-brothers, Moses Reed and Aaron Fox, as they descend into the seamy side of Los Angeles.

Wormwood
Susan Wittig Albert
M ALB
Ex-lawyer and current herbalist China Bayles visits an historic Shaker Village for a brief respite and finds herself entwined in a modern-day mystery.

Wrongful Death
Robert Dugoni
M DUG
Successful attorney David Sloane takes on a challenging case in a suit against the U.S. government in the wrongful death of a national guardsman killed in Iraq.