Sunday, September 20, 2009

Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown’s new thriller, “The Lost Symbol”

Dan Brown.
The lost symbol
The eagerly awaited follow-up to the best-selling The Da Vinci Code once again features Robert Langdon and weaves five years of the author's research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe, in an exhilarating thriller that is full of surprises.

Thad Carhart.
Across the endless river
A tale inspired by the life of Sacagawea's son traces his birth during the Lewis and Clark expedition and youth as a ward of William Clark through his travels in Europe, where he is introduced to a profoundly different culture, has a passionate affair, and reevaluates his life on the frontier.

Jim Kelly.
Death wore white
Rookie detective Peter Shaw and his veteran partner investigate the murder of a truck driver stranded in a blizzard, and end up reviewing the failed child abuse charge brought about by Peter Shaw's father, who was also a detective, years before.

Gerald Elias.
Devil's trill
Living in self-imposed exile while berating his students, blind violin instructor Daniel Jacobus attends a Carnegie Hall competition where a cursed Stradivarius is stolen and an old nemesis is brutally murdered, a situation that forces Daniel to prove his innocence for both crimes.

Andrea Kane.
Drawn in blood
Former FBI agent Sloane Burbank's father witnessed a crime that has now come back to haunt him and Sloane must either betray his secret or withhold the information from the man she loves, former colleague Derek Parker, in a sequel to the best-selling author's novel Twisted.

Charles Todd.
A duty to the dead
World War I nurse Bess Crawford promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to his brother, a request that is treated with skepticism, leading Bess to carry it out herself and put her own life at risk for Arthur's sake.

James Landis.
The last day
Returning to his New Hampshire home after his tour of service in Iraq, an army sniper has a profound religious experience through which he recalls the role of his faith in influencing the time he spent in an adversarial country and his growing appreciation for its culture.

Tracy Kiely.
Murder at Longbourn
Dumping her boyfriend and her unhealthy lifestyle on New Year's, Elizabeth Parker accepts her aunt's invitation to host a murder-mystery party only to see the festivities shattered by an unscripted killing that is further complicated by a childhood nemesis's scheme.

Seanan McGuire.
Rosemary and rue
Retreating into the human world after being rejected by her Faerie family, half-fae changeling Toby finds her anonymity compromised by the murder of a high-profile countess who binds her to investigate, a situation that forces Toby to resume her fae position among dubious companions.

Aaron Elkins.
Skull duggery
While on vacation in Mexico, skeleton detective Gideon Oliver is called in to determine the cause of death on two sets of suspiciously misidentified remains.

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