Shaara's New "No Less than Victory" Concludes His WWII Trilogy

Jeff Shaara.
 No less than victory : a novel of World War II
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Rising Tide and The Steel Wave imagines the Battle of the Bulge from the perspectives of Eisenhower, Patton, Churchill, Hitler and an assortment of young soldiers.


Katherine Hall Page.
 The body in the sleigh : a Faith Fairchild mystery
Faith Fairchild looks for a connection between the death of Norah, a teenage drug addict whose body was found in an antique sleigh, and the discovery of a newborn baby boy in the manger in spinster Mary Bethany's barn on Christmas Eve.


Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated and adapted by Peter Ackroyd.
 Canterbury tales
A prose translation of the classic 14th-century poem seeks to retain Chaucer's vigorous and bawdy style while rendering its contents more accessible to modern readers, in a version that places an emphasis on the humanity of key characters.


Mark Arsenault.
 Loot the moon
Former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns in the sequel to the acclaimed Gravewriter only to find himself targeted by a killer who doesn't like Billy's meddling in a case involving the murder of Superior Court Judge Gilbert Harmony.


Sarah Jane Stratford.
 The midnight guardian : a millennial novel
Remembering the devastation of World War I on the vampire communities, ancient vampires break their policy against interfering in human affairs upon the outbreak of World War II but find the Nazi war machine more formidable than anticipated.


Steven F. Havill
Red, green, or murder
Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrances. But Bill soon finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance.


Jeri Westerson.
Serpent in the thorns : a Crispin Guest medieval noir
After the French king's courier is killed by a crossbow in a tavern, a barmaid seeks the assistance of fourteenth-century detective Crispin Guest, who soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder, one that could draw France and England into war.


Peter Mayle.
 The vintage caper
When the exclusive wine collection of a rich Hollywood lawyer is stolen by a cultivated thief, former lawyer and connoisseur Sam Levitt follows leads from Bordeaux to Provence while receiving assistance from a beautiful French colleague


Daniel Judson.
 The violet hour
The Shamus Award-winning author of The Poisoned Rose offers the tale of Caleb Rakowski, who works at, and lives above, his friend Eric Carver's body shop and shelters his pregnant friend from an abusive husband, only to learn the truth about Eric and be propelled into a world of trouble over the course of Mischief Night, Halloween, and the Day of the Dead.


Penny Vincenzi.
 Windfall
A best-selling tale in Britain follows the experiences of doctor's wife Cassia Fallon, whose unexpectedly large inheritance causes her to question her marriage, future, and sensible lifestyle before she starts wondering about the negative influence of her good fortune on her beliefs.