Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sherlock Holmes Hunts for Jack the Ripper in Lyndsay Faye’s New Novel

Lyndsay Faye.
Dust and shadow : an account of the Ripper killings by Dr. John H. Watson
A carefully researched vintage-style reimagining of the case of Jack the Ripper pits the nineteenth-century serial killer against Sherlock Holmes, who endeavors to identify and outmaneuver his adversary against a backdrop of their time and without modern technology.

Elizabeth Cunningham.
Bright dark Madonna
Maeve, the contrary Celtic Magdelen, continues her adventures in the early church as she journeys with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and raises their daughter.

Paulette Jiles.
The color of lightning
In post-Civil War Texas, ex-slave Britt Johnson, returning from a trip, discovers his family members murdered and kidnapped as a result of an Indian raid, and sets out to rescue his loved ones and seek revenge.


Jane Kirkpatrick.
A flickering light
Serving as an assistant in F.J. Bauer's Minnesota studio, fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele gains a perfect education in the artistry and business of photography, but the eager young student is unnerved by a growing attraction to her married tutor


Ben Bova.
The immortality factor
When breakthroughs in stem-cell research open the possibility of enabling immortality, a pair of physician brothers stand on opposing sides of a debate between scientific progress and religious fundamentalism, a conflict that is further complicated by a remarkable woman who claims both of their hearts.


Natasha Mostert.
Keeper of light and dust
Hiding the truth about her identity as a magical warrior, Mia Lockheart shares a romance with a childhood friend unaware that she is being watched by a sinister adversary, a scientist and vampire who works to seduce Mia as part of a plan to make her boyfriend his next victim.


Deirdre Shaw.
Love or something like it
First novelist, Shaw follows a 30-year-old women through an ill-fated marriage and a rocky career in her continuing efforts to resolve her past and find her a future she can be happy in.


Jilliane Hoffman.
Plea of insanity
A young prosecutor works a high-stakes murder trial with deeply personal implications.

Mark T. Sullivan.
Triple cross
When his team is killed by a paramilitary force that has taken as hostages the A-list members of an elite resort, Mickey Hennessy, a former U.S. special agent, makes it out alive but resolves to risk his life in order to rescue his three children, who are among the hostages

David Stone.
The Venetian judgment
CIA "cleaner" Micah Dalton finds himself involved in a search for a traitor who is responsible for the death of Mildred Durant, an advisor to a NSA decryption team known as the Glass Cutters.

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