Sunday, August 23, 2009

Brian Haig & Christopher Reich Have New Thrillers on the Library Shelves

Christina Baker Kline.
Bird in hand
While Alison blames herself for a devastating car accident, her estranged husband fantasizes about Alison's best friend, Claire dreams of a different life in spite of a successful career, and Ben envies Alison's seemingly idyllic marriage.


Carole Nelson Douglas.
Cat in a topaz tango : a Midnight Louie mystery
Feline gumshoe Midnight Louie has his paws full when a killer strikes the set of a week-long Las Vegas charity dance event, and Temple Barr must resurrect her teen persona to ensure the safety of her fiance and future step-daughter.


John Farris.
High bloods
Lycan Control agent Rawson monitors and controls the Hollywood area werewolf population, but must discover whatùor whoùis causing them to change when the moon is not full, before full-scale disaster strikes


Brian Haig.
The hunted
Rendered one of Russia's wealthiest men for his entrepreneurial talents, Alex Konevitch ill-advisedly hires the KGB's former deputy director to handle his corporate security and subsequently loses his company before fleeing with his wife to America, where he struggles for survival amid false accusations and a contract on his head.


Thomas Pynchon.
Inherent vice
Reluctantly investigating a kidnapping threat against his ex-girlfriend's billionaire beau, Doc Sportello tackles a bizarre tangle of nefarious characters before stumbling on a mysterious entity that may actually be a tax shelter for a dental group.


David Golemon.
Leviathan
In a latest installment in a best-selling series that includes Legend, brutal attacks on ships throughout the world prompt an investigation by a secret U.S. organization that struggles to outmaneuver the descendant of a mad genius who captains an advanced undersea vessel capable of destroying the human race.


Colin Cotterill.
The merry misogynist
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the only medical examiner in Laos in 1978, realizes that he is dealing with a serial killer when he discovers that the murder of a beautiful young woman who was tied to a tree and strangled resembles similar murders in the countryside.


Christopher Reich.
Rules of vengeance
Rendered a fugitive when he is wrongfully implicated in a terrorist attack that interrupted his secret rendezvous with his dishonored spy wife, Doctors Without Borders physician Jonathan Ransom struggles to clear his name while searching for his wife, only to discover that he may be a pawn in an international plot.


Margaret Maron.
Sand sharks
Anticipating a much-needed summer vacation, Judge Deborah Knott travels to Virginia to join her husband and son only to stumble on a murder scene involving one of her colleagues, a situation that is further complicated by a second murder and growing suspicions that Deborah is a target.


Sandra Brown.
Smash cut
Hired by a woman who believes that the accidental shooting of her Atlanta businessman friend was actually orchestrated by the victim's depraved nephew, famed defense lawyer Derek Mitchell comes to realize that the nephew is a psychotic movie buff who enjoys acting out favorite violent film plots.

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