New Fiction – November 2009

Black Friday
Alex Kava
F KAV
FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell is sent to the site of a terrorist attack in an American mall for which no one has claimed responsibility.  Is she running out of time?

Breaking the Rules
Barbara Taylor Bradford
F BRA
Following a terrifying encounter in England, a young woman flees to New York to find a new life.  Re-inventing herself, she hopes that her troubles are behind her.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Peter Ackroyd
F ACK
A re-imagination of the classic tale that features Victor Frankenstein, the serious researcher, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet.

A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
F SHR
Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months before they take on a year-long adventure of living in Kenya.

The Children’s Book
A.S. Byatt
F BYA
During the golden era prior to World War I, Olive Wellwood, a famous children’s book author, and her family experience betrayals, passions, and secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

Chronic City
Jonathan Lethem
F LET
An illuminating portrait of the denizens of Upper East Side Manhattan and their delusions, desires, and lies.

Crossers
Philip Caputo
F CAP
Three generations of an Arizona family are forced to confront the violence and loss that have become its inheritance.

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

Generosity
Richard Powers
F POW
Professor Russell Stone encounters a young Algerian woman with a luminous presence.  How can this refugee from perpetual terror be so happy?

Gorgeous East
Robert Girardi
F GIR
An adventure story from the modern-day French Foreign Legion features three legionnaires and the woman they love, the beautiful Louise Vilhardouin.

Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls
F WAL
The author of Glass Castle returns with a true-life novel about the author’s no-nonsense, compelling grandmother.

Hothouse Orchid
Stuart Woods
F WOO
After years of trailing an internationally wanted terrorist, Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida.

The King of Thieves
Michael Jecks
F JEC
In 1325, King Edward of England prepares to pay homage to the French king, Charles IV and decides to send his teenage son in his place.  A complex, multilayered plot in the author’s Knights Templar series.

Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving
F IRV
In 1954, a twelve-year-old boy and his father become fugitives after a terrible hunting accident. From the author of The World According to Garp.

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou
F DOX
And now for something completely different: a graphic novel based on the early life of the philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Love and Summer
William Trevor
F TRE
Ellie Dillahan is a shy orphan girl from the Irish hill country whose life is changed after a chance meeting with Florian Kilderry, who is about to leave Ireland forever.

The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk
F PAM
The Nobel Prize winner’s first novel following his award, examines the privileged life of Kemal, who, while engaged to a daughter of a prominent family, falls in love with a beautiful shopgirl.  A look at Istanbul and a society torn between the traditional and the western world.

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.

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro
F ISH
The author of The Remains of the Day presents five interconnected stories in which music is an essential character.

Pursuit of Honor
Vince Flynn
F FLY
Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his team member, Mike Nash, are forced to take extreme measures during a devastating attack on Washington D.C.

Rough Country
John Sandford
F SAN
When Virgil Flowers goes north for a fishing tournament, he finds himself investigating a murder in some very rough country.

Spartan Gold
Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
F CUS
Treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo are introduced in this action-packed adventure of ancient clues and formidable rivals.

Stardust
Joseph Kanon
F KAN
Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier comes home from war torn Europe to find that his brother, Daniel, has died mysteriously.

Too Many Yesterdays
Sara Hylton
F HYL
At her beautiful manor-house, Charlotte Chayter prepares for her eightieth birthday party, a happy occasion, but one which holds secret dread for what might unfold.

True Blue
David Baldacci
F BAL
A mysterious high-profile homicide in Washington, D.C. collides with the dark side of national security.

The Vintage Caper
Peter Mayle
F MAY
Culinary delights, sumptuous wines, colorful characters and a lot of fun.

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
F MAN
In the ruthless arena of the court of King Henry VIII steps a man willing to gamble his life to win the king’s favor: Thomas Cromwell.

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.

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 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 Fiction Books – 2/20/2009

Arctic Drift
Clive Cussler
F CUS
Dirk Pitt returns in another tale of adventure and derring-do.

Beat the Reaper
Josh Bazell
F BAZ
This debut thriller features Peter Brown, a Manhattan medical intern, who before he became involved with the Federal Witness Protection Program was a mob hit man.  Can he escape his past? “Darkly comic.”

The Bodies Left Behind
Jeffery Deaver
F DEA
A night time call to 911 brings Brynn McKenzie to a scene of horror and a forced flight into the woods of Wisconsin.

Black Ops
W.E.B. Griffin
F GRI
Presidential Agent Charley Castillo learns of a several assassinations that have targeted members of his team from the Office of Organizational Analysis.

Born to Run
James Grippando
F GRI
Intrigue and murder at the top levels of government confront Miami criminal defense lawyer, Jack Swyteck.

The Book of Unholy Mischief
Elle Newmark
F NEW
In Venice, 1498, rumors abound about an ancient book that holds the secrets to unimaginable power.

The Charlemagne Pursuit
Steve Berry
F BER
Attempting to learn the story of his father’s death, Cotton Malone uncovers a bizarre tale of Charlemagne’s tomb and the Nazis.

The Darker Side
Cody McFadyen
F MCF
A thriller that involves a psychopath and murder and a woman with a dark secret.

Eclipse
Richard North Patterson
F PAT
California lawyer Damon Pierce takes on a nearly impossible case: the defense of an African freedom fighter who is accused of murder.

The Hour I First Believed
Wally Lamb
F LAM
Teacher Caelum Quire and his wife Maureen move to Littleton, Colorado and both get jobs at Columbine High School shortly before the notorious shootings.  By the author of She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True.

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
Colleen McCullough
F MCC
Elizabeth and Jane’s younger sister is rescued from a dreary fate in this sequel to Pride and Prejudice.

Just After Sunset: Stories
Stephen King
F KIN
A new collection of stories by the master of horror fiction.

Lark and Termite
Jayne Ann Phillips
F PHI
Starred reviews have been given to this tale of grief and survival in 1950’s West Virginia.

Last of the Old Guard
Louis Auchincloss
F AUC
The author relates the stories of two remarkable men, Adrian Suydam and Ernest Saunders.

The Leper
Steve Thayer
F THA
World War I veteran John Eric Severson is torn from the life and woman he loves and confined to a remote leper’s colony.

A Lion Among Men
Gregory Maguire
F MAG
This third volume of the Wicked series features the Cowardly Lion.

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Tiffany Baker
F BAK
Enormous Truly has a bleak existence on her upstate New York farm in this magical novel that critics say should “race up the bestseller lists.”

A Mercy
Toni Morrison
F MOR
In the 1680s the slave trade was just beginning.  Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader reluctantly takes a small slave girl as  payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner.  A searching story by the award-winning novelist.

The Messenger
Jan Burke
F BUR
Who is Tyler Hawthorne?  Why is Adrian deVille so desperate to find him?  And why does Amanda Clarke find him so attractive?

The Northern Clemency
Philip Hensher
F HEN
This British suburban drama features two families, the Glovers and Sellers over the course of 20 years during the Thatcher era.  Nominated for the Man Booker Prize.

A Promise to Believe In
Tracie Peterson
F PET
The prolific author begins a new series featuring three sisters who operate a roadhouse along a Montana stage coach line.

Show No Fear
Perri O’Shaughnessy
F OSH
Nina Reilly is featured in her first murder investigation, back to the case that ignited her commitment to fight for justice.

Sicilian Tragedee
Ottavio Cappellani
F CAP
Moody aristocrats, vain politicians, inept gangsters, shabby actors and high-tech killers are all part of this Italian novel featuring modern-day Sicily.

Songs for the Missing
Stewart O’Nan
F ONA
College-bound Kim Larsen disappears from her small Lake Erie town on a quiet summer day.

Still Alice
Lisa Genova
F GEN
Psychology professor Alice Howland is 50 years old when she realizes she is becoming increasingly disoriented and forgetful.  Great reviews.

The Treasure
Iris Johansen
F JOH
Two treasure hunters embark on a perilous journey to find an legendary religious relic and thereby earn their freedom.

The Weapon
David Poyer
F POY
U.S. Navy Commander Dan Lenson is handed another assignment: with his elite team, he must defuse emerging naval threats that threaten  from around the globe.

Your Heart Belongs to Me
Dean Koontz
F KOO
A young man receives some very troubling messages after his heart transplant.

New Fiction 12/2/08

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday                                  
Alexander McCall Smith
Isabel Dalhousie returns to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud

Company of Liars
Karen Maitland
In 1348 the Black Plague is gripping England.  Nine desperate strangers try to outrun certain death by traveling through the country.

Cross Country
James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross pursues the most ruthless killer he’s ever encountered. 

A Cure for Night
Justin Peacock
Forced to resign from his prestigious Manhattan law firm for drug abuse, Joel Deveraux becomes a public defender in Brooklyn. 

 Dark Summer
Iris Johansen
Veterinarian Devon Brady never suspects that Ned, a wounded black lab, will plunge her into a whirlwind of terror and destruction.

 Deaf Sentence
David Lodge
Desmond Bates is a recently retired linguistics professor and vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends with his life.

 Devil’s Brood
Sharon Kay Penman
The long-awaited third book in the author’s trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquataine concludes their timeless stories.

 The Eleventh Man                                                      
Ivan Doig   
A college football team from Montana is scattered around the
globe during World War II. One teammate’s assignment is to                              
chronicle the story of each member of his team. 

Exposed
Alex Kava
FBI Agent Maggie O’Dell and Assistant Director Cunningham believe they are responding to a threat made at Quantico. Instead they walk into a trap. 

Extreme Measures
Vince Flynn
Counterterrorism operative, Mitch Rapp, wages war against a bin Laden wannabe whose group is about to descend on America. 

The Fire
Katherine Neville
Finally, twenty years after the publication of The Eight, comes a continuation of the global adventure.

First Daughter
Eric Van Lustbader
After his troubled youth, Jack McClure becomes a top ATF agent.  A call from his friend, the newly elected president, ramps up a search for a kidnapped child.

 The Glass of Time: The Secret Life of Miss Esperanza Gorst
Michael Cox
A story of murder, love and revenge in Victorian England.

The Gate House
Nelson DeMille
The author returns to the fabled Gold Coast of Long Island and the changing world of ultra-WASP John Sutter.

Heat Lightning
John Sandford
The author’s latest outing features Minnesota investigator Virgil Flowers and a disturbing series of murders.

Hot Mahogany                                                               
Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington is trying to enjoy a quiet meal at Elaine’s restaurant when he is drawn into the cutthroat world of priceless antiques.

 I See You Everywhere                                                    
Julia Glass
The intertwined lives of two sisters, the conscientious older sister and the younger, a daring rebel, are depicted over the course of 25 years.

The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks
On a tour of duty in Iraq, U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a young woman that eventually changes his life. 

Lulu in Marrakech
Diane Johnson
Lulu Sawyer arrives in Morocco, hoping to rekindle a romance with Englishman Ian Drumm, and also to begin her assignment as an undercover agent for the CIA.

 A Most Wanted Man
John Le Carré
Issa, a young Russian man smuggled into Hamburg, meets up with Annabel, a civil rights lawyer, and Tommy Brue as they become victims of rival intelligence operations in the War on Terror. 

One Fifth Avenue
Candace Bushnell
Living in New York City’s most elite apartment building, five women pursue relationships and personal dreams in a privileged world.

 An Outrageous Affair
Penny Vincenzi
A family saga  tells the story of Caroline and her two daughters, Chloe and Fleur, and their lives in wartime England to 1950’s Hollywood.

 The School on Heart’s Content Road 
Carolyn Chute
Egypt, Maine is the setting for this story of Mickey Gammon, a 15-year-old dropout, and his introduction into the secretive world of the “Settlement” and its leader, known as “The Prophet.”

A Stopover in Venice
Kathryn Walker
Romance, art history, mystery and Venice!

Testimony
Anita Shreve
A prestigious boarding New England boarding school is rocked by a sexually explicit videotape that includes several students.

 Too Close to Home
Linwood Barclay
In a quiet suburb, in a house only one door away, a family is murdered for no apparent reason.

 What Happened to Anna K.
Irina Reyn
An inventive, modern-day retelling of Anna Karenina takes place in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn. 

Whiskey Rebels
David Liss
Ethan Saunders, a former spy for Washington during the Revolution, follows a trail that leads him to Alexander Hamilton and to the rebellious whiskey-makers who are fiercely opposed to taxation.

The Widows of Eastwick
John Updike
Alexandra, Jane and Sukie return to the town of Eastwick and find themselves dealing with the legacy of their evil deeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Fiction 10/08/08

American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld
Alice falls in love with boisterous Charlie Blackwell, a wealthy son of a prominent Republican family. Eventually her path takes them to the White House.

Everything Under the Sky
Matilde Asensi
This literary thriller involves newly widowed Elvira De Poulain in a hunt for the lost treasure of China’s first emperor.

Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3
Annie Proulx
A new collection of stories by the noted short story author.

The Given Day
Dennis Lehane
At the end of World War I, America was a country torn by political and civil unrest. This large scale novel centers on the events surrounding the Boston Police Strike of 1919. Starred reviews.

Goldengrove
Francine Prose
The well-known author returns with a moving novel that centers on a young girl who faces the sudden loss of her sister.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
A wonderful story about a unique book club that became an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans during WWII.

The Heretic’s Daughter
Kathleen Kent
Martha Carrier and her daughter, Sarah, face the horrors of the witchcraft hysteria that enveloped Salem, Massachusetts.

Home
Marilynne Robinson
The author of Gilead, returns to the small Iowa town to tell the story of the Broughton family.

It’s a Crime
Jacqueline Carey
Mystery reader, Pat Foy, is astonished when her husband, Frank is arrested for accounting fraud at LinkAge.

Just Breathe
Susan Wiggs
Cartoonist Sarah Moon finds she has to tackle real life when her situation begins to mirror her comic strip alter ego.

The Keepsake
Tess Gerritsen
When a preserved “mummy” is discovered in the basement of Boston’s Crispin Museum, an archeologist turns up missing as well.

Killer View
Ridley Pearson
Sun Valley Sheriff Walt Fleming has a horrible situation to face when a skier is missing.

The King’s Gold
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Captain Alatriste returns to Seville, Spain in 1626 following the bloody siege of Breda. More swashbuckling!

The Legal Limit
Martin Clark
Legal intricacies and family secrets involve an attorney, Mason Hunt and his imprisoned brother, Gates.

Liberty
Garrison Keillor
A spectacular Fourth of July in Lake Wobegon is only the beginning is this tale from the heartland.

The Little Book
Selden Edwards
Wheeler Burden, 47, is living in San Francisco in 1988, and suddenly finds himself wandering in a city and time he knows mysteriously well: Vienna, 1897. Intriguing.

My Husband’s Sweethearts
Bridget Asher
When Lucy discovers that her cheating husband is dying, she decides to call the other women in his life to come help.

Night of Thunder
Stephen Hunter
Bob Lee Swagger faces off the Dixie gangsters when his daughter’s life is at stake.

Off Season
Anne Rivers Siddons
After her husband’s death, Lilly travels to the coast of Maine to try to deal with her loss.

The Other Queen
Philippa Gregory
This little known story of Mary, Queen of Scots centers on her time as the “guest” of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his new wife, Bess of Hardwick.

Pecking Order
Omar Tyree
Ambitious Ivan Davis jumps into the high-stakes world of industry promotions and celebrity parties in Southern California.

The Road Home
Rose Tremain
Following his wife’s death, Lev leaves Eastern Europe for London and finds work in a posh restaurant and a room in the home of an Irishman who has also lost his family.

Rough Justice
Jack Higgins
There is intrigue in the halls of power and blood in the streets.

The Sealed Letter
Emma Donoghue
Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, the author blends fact and fiction to create a drama of friends, lovers, and divorce.

Sinner
Ted Dekker
The author’s next installment in the Paradise series confronts a force of raw evil.

Supreme Courtship
Christopher Buckley
The U.S. President, annoyed that the Senate has rejected his nominees for the Supreme Court, nominates a popular TV judge (think Judge Judy)
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This Must Be the Place
Anna Winger
Berlin is a strange city for a young American named Hope until she develops an unlikely friendship with a failed actor, Walter.

Tsar
Ted Bell
Somewhere in Russia lives a man so powerful that no one even knows his name. Counterspy Alex Hawke faces a global nightmare of epic proportions.

Various Flavors of Coffee
Anthony Capella
Robert Pinker, a struggling young artist, accepts a job as a coffee taster and a composer of a “vocabulary of coffee” to describe the many subtle flavors of the brew.

New Fiction 9/08/08

The Beach House
Jane Green
When she learns she may lose her beloved house, Nantucket resident Nan takes out an ad — rooms to rent for the summer.

The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus
Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
An alternate story of the life of Jesus, with notes and a bibliography.

Breath
Tim Winton
On the wild coast of western Australia, two boys fall into the thrall of Sando, a big-wave surfer.

The Condition
Jennifer Haigh
The McKotch family is devastated upon learning about the medical condition of their only daughter.

The Court of the Air
Stephen Hunt
Fantasy and adventure merge in this tale of two orphans, Molly Templar and Oliver Brooks, as they battle to save civilization.

Death Angel
Linda Howard
Drea Rousseau flees from crime boss boyfriend, Rafael Salinas, but after taking part of his fortune with her, can she hide?

December
Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
This emotional portrait of a family in crisis, features 11-year-old Isabelle who inexplicably stopped speaking nine months earlier.

Enlightenment
Maureen Freely
Social and political complexities along with murder and espionage are featured in this tale of modern Turkey.

Exiles
Ron Hansen
In December 1875 the steamship Deutschland ran aground in the Thames estuary. This shipwreck greatly affected the poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Fearless
Diana Palmer
Trouble and temptation clash in the Texas town of Jacobsville.

The Franchise Babe
Dan Jenkins
Jack Brannon, golf writer, is bored with the men’s professional golf tour, and so he begins covering the LPGA and young Ginger Clayton, the franchise babe.

Gossip of the Starlings
Nina de Gramont
As one reviewer writes: “You want a story about prep school? This is a story about prep school.”

House Rules
Mike Lawson
Joe DeMarco, secret troubleshooter for the Speaker of the House, is sent on a quest for the truth after two foiled terrorist attacks and a new law is passed targeting Muslims.

The Island of Eternal Love
Daina Chaviano
Alone in Miami, Cecilia yearns for the island she left behind. A story of Cuba.

The Law of Second Chances
James Sheehan
Convict Henry Wilson has eight weeks to live, but will Jack Tobin, a Florida trial lawyer, decide to work on his case?

Mistress of the Sun
Sandra Gulland
A fascinating look at the life of Louise de la Valliere as she becomes the mistress of Louis XIV.

Morality Tale
Sylvia Brownrigg
The perils and pleasures of a second marriage are portrayed in this comic novel.

My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike
Joyce Carol Oates
The prolific author tells the story of a family that is quite similar to a recent infamous case.

No Choice but Seduction
Johanna Lindsey
Danger and intrigue await Katey Tyler on her grand tour of Europe written by a “master of historical romance.”

No One You Know
Michelle Richmond
A family drama that focuses on the search for a sister’s killer that leads to secrets, revelations, and damaged lives.

Palace Council
Stephen Carter
A political thriller set during the era of Watergate and the Vietnam War written by a highly regarded author.

Promise of the Wolves
Dorothy Hearst
Many generations ago, wolves and still-evolving humans communicated and hunted together. Then everything changed and war began.

The Richest Season
Maryann McFadden
After more than a dozen moves in 25 years of marriage, Joanna Harrison is lonely and tired of being a corporate wife. Faced with another move, she runs away to Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

Say Goodbye
Lisa Gardner
Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, is searching for a serial killer who may not even exist.

Secrets of a Shoe Addict
Beth Harbison
Four friends are in need of thousands of dollars, and fast. The secret that kept Sandra’s shoe addiction alive may be the perfect plan.

Silent Thunder
Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
An American maritime museum has acquired a former Soviet submarine. Is it a trap? Marine architect Hannah Bryson investigates.

The Sister
Poppy Adams
Two sisters, reclusive Ginny and her younger sister Vivien meet again after nearly fifty years.

Sweet Love
Sarah Strohmeyer
A novel about the power of love … and desert.

This Charming Man
Marian Keyes
Four women explore how their love for one man, the debonair Paddy de Courcy, has shaped their lives.

Valfierno: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
Martin Caparrós
On August 22, 1911, the world was shocked to learn that the Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre. A fictional version of the real life crime.

New Mysteries 6/12/08

The Abyssinian Proof

Jenny White
Turkish magistrate Kamil Pasha must deal with the theft of valuable antiquities in nineteenth century Istanbul.

Assassins at Ospreys
R.T. Raichev
Hugh and Antonia Darcy try to prevent a murder, but find themselves investigating a gruesome death instead.

Close Call

John McEvoy
Celia McCann struggles to keep Chicago racetrack, Monee Park, open, but other forces, including hired thugs, are trying to force her to sell the land to developers.

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny
It’s spring in the tiny Canadian village of Three Pines, but relationships there are less idyllic than they seem.

Dark Tide
Andrew Gross
Was a deadly conspiracy behind the explosion at New York City’s Grand Central Station and a suspicious hit-an-run accident in Greenwich, Connecticut?

A Deadly Paradise
Grace Brophy
Commissario Cenni investigates the murder of a retired German cultural attaché in the peaceful Umbrian town of Paradiso.

The Death Dealer
Heather Graham
Genevieve O’Brien knows about nightmares, but a new menace stalking the streets of New York, is not a dream.

Delusion
Peter Abrahams
Twenty years after Nell Jarreau witnessed the murder of her boyfriend, the man who was convicted is being released and has been exonerated on new evidence.

The Devil’s Bones
Jefferson Bass
During an investigation into a suspicious death, forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton tries an unorthodox experiment to help solve the case.

Fathers and Sins
Jo Bannister
Agnes is drawn into an unknown, complex world of her new fiancé and his strange son.

From Dead to Worse
Charlaine Harris
Sookie Stackhouse returns in this tale about the supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana.

The Front
Patricia Cornwell
What lies behind the Front? Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano will soon find out.

The Girl of His Dreams
Donna Leon
Commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice is faced with the murder of a young gypsy girl in another evocative novel by an increasingly popular author.

Goodbye, Ms. Chips
Dorothy Cannell
Ellie Haskell returns to St. Roberta’s boarding school to discover who has stolen an important sports trophy and is seeking to embarrass the school. Can a murder be far behind?

A Grave in Gaza
Matt Beynon Rees
Palestinian history teacher, Omar Yussef, travels to the Gaza Strip where is he part of an inspection team of UN schools.

Hold Tight
Harlan Coben
Tia and Mike Baye are alarmed to learn that the mother of a young suicide victim believes that their 16-year-old son was involved.

Hollywood Crows
Joseph Wambaugh
Seduction, black-market booze, burglary, and murder in Hollywood.

Last Post
Robert Barnard
After the death of her mother, Eve McNabb receives a puzzling letter that hints at a mysterious life her mother may have lived.

The Lost
Roberta Kray
P.I. Harry Lind doesn’t believe in ghosts, but a brutal murder makes him think again.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Alexander McCall Smith
The wonderful Precious Ramotswe investigates new problems and discovers that the biggest miracles in life are often the small ones.

Mummy Dearest
Joan Hess
Claire Malloy, bookseller from Farberville, Arkansas, has finally married Lt. Peter Rosen of the local police department. Their strange honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt soon has creepy overtones.

The Paper Moon
Andrea Camilleri
Italian Inspector Montalbano is beset by some thorny existential problems that have to be put on hold, when a particularly gruesome murder demands his attention.

Seven for a Secret
Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
Lord Chamberlain John hopes to find the answer the murder of woman in the smoky streets of Constantinople.

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
Parnell Hall
Cora Felton and her niece, Sherry must solve a puzzle and a murder, before the killer strikes again.

Unknown Means
Elizabeth Becka
Forensic specialist Evelyn James is called in to investigate what appears to be a locked-room mystery: a wealthy woman is murdered in a high security penthouse suite.

Vita Nuova
Magdalen Nabb
The oldest daughter of the Paoletti family has been killed in their villa outside of Florence. Marshal Guarnaccia is called in.

Wicked City
Ace Atkins
An historical crime novel that depicts Phenix City, Alabama, a city that Look magazine called “the wickedest city in America.”

Wild Inferno
Sandi Ault
Bureau of Land Management Agent, Jamaica Wild, is deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation.

Zapped
Carol Higgins Clark
Regan and Jack Reilly return with an adventure that features the New York blackout of 2003.