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Carl Weber
Big girls do cry
When plus-sized beauty Isis and her sister, Egypt, start a new chapter of the Big Girls Book Club in Richmond, Virginia, they discover that drama follows them everywhere as they deal with family issues, scandalous new members, and betrayal.
Dana HandDeep Creek
Investigating the discovery of more than 40 murdered Chinese gold miners in a 19th-century Idaho territory lake, lawman Joe Vincent teams up with an ambitious company researcher and a metis mountain guide to track the killers across the Pacific Northwest.
Robin Hobb
Dragon keeper
Trader's wife Alise and 16-year-old Thymara must join the caravan traveling up the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River, with the aim of relocating weakened dragons from outside their home town of Cassarick to the long-lost city of Kelsingra.
Wallace StrobyGone til November
After Deputy Sara Cross discovers that her ex-partner fatally shot a man during a routine traffic stop and the details do not support his story that the man had pulled a gun, Sara must follow the truth no matter where it leads in order to protect herself and her son.
Claire SeeberLullaby
After Jess Finnegan's new husband and their eight-month-old son disappear during a trip to the Tate Museum, the police launch a massive manhunt and Jess discovers that the people closest to her are not what they seem.
William BoydOrdinary thunderstorms
After a chance meeting with a stranger leads Adam Kindred to lose his home, family, friends, job, and reputation, the London police and a hired killer are after him, and Adam joins the army of the missing who live underground as he tries to sort through his life.
Blaize ClementRaining cat sitters and dogs
Despite the efforts of Lieutenant Guidry--Dixie Hemingway's on-again, off-again boyfriend--to find a missing girl who may be a witness to a murder, Dixie finds that she must go it alone to confront criminals who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Lindsey DavisRebels & traitors
When Gideon Jukes and Juliana Lovell, who are on opposite sides of the English Civil War, meet during one of the era's most crucial events, they share a mutual attraction, but endless plots, strange alliances, and shadows from the past threaten to tear them apart.
Chris KnopfShort squeeze
After one of Southampton real estate lawyer Jackie Swaitkowski's clients attempts to evict his sister-in-law from his own home, he turns up dead, and Jackie finds herself working on something more dangerous than real estate.
G.A. McKevettWicked craving
Helping out her good friend Detective Sergeant Dirk Coulter, voluptuous P.I. Savannah Reid is hot on the trail of a shady weight loss therapist who tricked his patients into losing their money instead of their weight, and who supposedly killed his wife Maria.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Marion Zimmer Bradley & Carol Berg add new books to the fantasy shelves.
Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross.
Hastur Lord
Regis Hastur, lord of the most powerful of the domains in Darkover, struggles to protect his world from becoming a military base for the new federation being created by the technologically advanced Terran Empire
Anne Tyler.
Noah's compass
Preparing to retire early from an unfulfilling teaching job that supplanted his dream of becoming a philosopher, Liam Pennywell struggles to remember missing memories of the night before he awoke in the hospital with a head injury, an effort that leads to unexpected discoveries.
Daniel Suarez.
Freedom
After the outbreak of a brutal civil war in the American Midwest stemming from the Daemon's civilization-rebuilding activities, reluctant Daemon operative Pete Sebeck leads a small band of enlightened humans in an effort to protect the new world order.
Lou Berney.
Gutshot straight
When ex-con Charles "Shake" Bouchon frees Gina, a housewife he is supposed to deliver to a sleazy 400-pound strip-club owner, he and Gina soon have the Armenian mob on their tail and they must flee to Panama while toting religious artifacts that are just as valuable to the thugs as Gina is.
Paul Adam.
Paganini's ghost
After an unsavory art dealer is found dead in his hotel room, violinmaker Giovanni Castiglione must search for an instrument once owned by famed violinist Niccolßo Paganini--and solve a mystery that has gone unanswered for over a century.
Kaki Warner.
Pieces of sky
Unprepared for the hardships of the Wild West, English authoress and milliner, Jessica Thornton, sets out in search of her brother, and must put her life in the hands of the rough rancher Brady Wilkins after her stagecoach crashes.
David Malouf.
Ransom
A reimagining of the story of Priam's effort to claim the slain body of his son finds the grief-stricken Achilles striking out against Hector after the death of Patroclus during the siege of Troy, an act that invokes a passionate bereavement in the king and ultimately results in a powerful confrontation.
Carol Berg.
The spirit lens : a novel of The Collegia Magica
Librarian and failed student of sorcery Portier de Savin-Duplais is asked by the King of Sabria to investigate an attempted murder with disturbing magical implications in the first book of a new fantasy trilogy.
Spencer Quinn.
Thereby hangs a tail : a Chet and Bernie mystery
A follow-up to Dog On It finds the human-and-canine investigative team endeavoring to rescue an abducted show dog, a case that is complicated by reporter Susie Sanchez's disappearance and Chet's separation from Bernie.
based on an idea by Jeffery Deaver.
Watchlist : a serial thriller
Jeffery Deaver helms a collaborative effort by 21 thriller writers--including Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline and Joseph Finder--that includes two novellas--The Chopin Manuscript, in which Harold Middleton discovers that a score by Chopin holds a deadly secret, and its sequel The Copper Bracelet, which finds Harold drawn into a plot that could lead to a nuclear war.
Hastur Lord
Regis Hastur, lord of the most powerful of the domains in Darkover, struggles to protect his world from becoming a military base for the new federation being created by the technologically advanced Terran Empire
Anne Tyler.
Noah's compass
Preparing to retire early from an unfulfilling teaching job that supplanted his dream of becoming a philosopher, Liam Pennywell struggles to remember missing memories of the night before he awoke in the hospital with a head injury, an effort that leads to unexpected discoveries.
Daniel Suarez.
Freedom
After the outbreak of a brutal civil war in the American Midwest stemming from the Daemon's civilization-rebuilding activities, reluctant Daemon operative Pete Sebeck leads a small band of enlightened humans in an effort to protect the new world order.
Lou Berney.
Gutshot straight
When ex-con Charles "Shake" Bouchon frees Gina, a housewife he is supposed to deliver to a sleazy 400-pound strip-club owner, he and Gina soon have the Armenian mob on their tail and they must flee to Panama while toting religious artifacts that are just as valuable to the thugs as Gina is.
Paul Adam.
Paganini's ghost
After an unsavory art dealer is found dead in his hotel room, violinmaker Giovanni Castiglione must search for an instrument once owned by famed violinist Niccolßo Paganini--and solve a mystery that has gone unanswered for over a century.
Kaki Warner.
Pieces of sky
Unprepared for the hardships of the Wild West, English authoress and milliner, Jessica Thornton, sets out in search of her brother, and must put her life in the hands of the rough rancher Brady Wilkins after her stagecoach crashes.
David Malouf.
Ransom
A reimagining of the story of Priam's effort to claim the slain body of his son finds the grief-stricken Achilles striking out against Hector after the death of Patroclus during the siege of Troy, an act that invokes a passionate bereavement in the king and ultimately results in a powerful confrontation.
Carol Berg.
The spirit lens : a novel of The Collegia Magica
Librarian and failed student of sorcery Portier de Savin-Duplais is asked by the King of Sabria to investigate an attempted murder with disturbing magical implications in the first book of a new fantasy trilogy.
Spencer Quinn.
Thereby hangs a tail : a Chet and Bernie mystery
A follow-up to Dog On It finds the human-and-canine investigative team endeavoring to rescue an abducted show dog, a case that is complicated by reporter Susie Sanchez's disappearance and Chet's separation from Bernie.
based on an idea by Jeffery Deaver.
Watchlist : a serial thriller
Jeffery Deaver helms a collaborative effort by 21 thriller writers--including Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline and Joseph Finder--that includes two novellas--The Chopin Manuscript, in which Harold Middleton discovers that a score by Chopin holds a deadly secret, and its sequel The Copper Bracelet, which finds Harold drawn into a plot that could lead to a nuclear war.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Robert Crais, Lauren Willig, & John Lescroart have new novels on the library shelves
Robert Crais
The First Rule: A Joe Pike NovelElvis Cole's taciturn partner, Joe Pike, investigates an attack on former associate Frank Meyer, a one-time mercenary whose family has been murdered by a professional hit crew and who police suspect has been keeping a dangerous secret.
Melanie Benjamin
Alice I Have Been
Octogenarian Alice, who as a child inspired Lewis Carroll's famous Wonderland character, looks back on a life marked by an implacable mother, her halcyon days in Oxford and the sons who went off to war.
Lauren Willig
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Sent to India to weather the scandal of her hasty marriage, Lady Penelope finds herself in the treacherous court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, where she encounters freedom and deception before her athletic talents draw the attentions of Captain Alex Reid and a dangerous spy.
Amy Greene
Bloodroot
A tale told from myriad viewpoints follows a family from the Great Depression to the present, describing the experiences of a wild young mountain girl, her protective grandmother, the men who love her and the children who struggle to manage her untamed legacy.
John Burdett
The Godfather of Kathmandu
Struggling to focus on a promotion-making case while studying under an exiled drug-pushing Tibetan lama, Thai police detective Sonchai Jitplecheep finds his efforts complicated by a new appointment, his battle for control of an illegal network and a captivating Tantric practitioner
Beth Hoffman
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt
Relegated to the care of an eccentric great-aunt after her mentally unbalanced mother's accidental death, 12-year-old CeeCee is quickly surrounded by the strong women and cultural elements of her new Savannah community
John Lescroart
Treasure Hunt
Released from desk work when a high-profile San Francisco activist is murdered, Hunt Club private investigator Mickey Dade discovers that the victim was involved in suspicious deals that also implicate the beautiful Alicia Thorpe
The First Rule: A Joe Pike NovelElvis Cole's taciturn partner, Joe Pike, investigates an attack on former associate Frank Meyer, a one-time mercenary whose family has been murdered by a professional hit crew and who police suspect has been keeping a dangerous secret.
Melanie Benjamin
Alice I Have Been
Octogenarian Alice, who as a child inspired Lewis Carroll's famous Wonderland character, looks back on a life marked by an implacable mother, her halcyon days in Oxford and the sons who went off to war.
Lauren Willig
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Sent to India to weather the scandal of her hasty marriage, Lady Penelope finds herself in the treacherous court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, where she encounters freedom and deception before her athletic talents draw the attentions of Captain Alex Reid and a dangerous spy.
Amy Greene
Bloodroot
A tale told from myriad viewpoints follows a family from the Great Depression to the present, describing the experiences of a wild young mountain girl, her protective grandmother, the men who love her and the children who struggle to manage her untamed legacy.
John Burdett
The Godfather of Kathmandu
Struggling to focus on a promotion-making case while studying under an exiled drug-pushing Tibetan lama, Thai police detective Sonchai Jitplecheep finds his efforts complicated by a new appointment, his battle for control of an illegal network and a captivating Tantric practitioner
Beth Hoffman
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt
Relegated to the care of an eccentric great-aunt after her mentally unbalanced mother's accidental death, 12-year-old CeeCee is quickly surrounded by the strong women and cultural elements of her new Savannah community
John Lescroart
Treasure Hunt
Released from desk work when a high-profile San Francisco activist is murdered, Hunt Club private investigator Mickey Dade discovers that the victim was involved in suspicious deals that also implicate the beautiful Alicia Thorpe
Friday, January 8, 2010
Former veterinarian James Rollins brings us another thriller full of enthralling science and adventure.
James Rollins.
Altar of Eden
Pregnant veterinarian Maura Kelly, along with U.S. Marshall Jack Menard and two neurobiologists, risks everything, including the life of her unborn child, to unravel the mystery of a smuggler's cache of mutated animals, a puzzle that involves fractal intelligence, stem-cell research, and a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
Cynthia Eden.
Eternal hunter
Trying to hide her supernatural gift--and her identity as an Other--Assistant DA Erin Jerome, when an Other rogue begins "gifting" her bloody corpses, must team up with a bounty hunter who, a shape-shifter himself, dares her to reveal her true nature.
Jim Harrison.T
The farmer's daughter
From the author of Legends of the Fall and The English Major comes a collection of three novellas, in which the title novella depicts a home-schooled 15-year-old girl whose youth meets unexpected brutality, after which she must draw on her reserves to make herself whole.
Orson Scott Card.
Hidden empire
A sequel to the best-selling Empire finds Captain Cole becoming increasingly concerned about new U.S. President Averell Torrent's tough-handed foreign policy stance, a perspective that causes him to be targeted and prompts his investigation into the president's role in an assassination plot.
Douglas Preston.
Impact
Wyman Ford and a team of scientists must figure out how to destroy an alien doomsday weapon aimed at Earth, and the only tools at their disposal are the a handful of weaponless machines-- the Mars Orbiter, a lander and a few satellites--not much to work with, especially since they only have 60 hours to save the planet.
Charles de Lint.
Muse and reverie
A latest anthology of tales set in the "Newford" universe finds the culture of an everyday North American city transformed by magical elements nested in between its people and places.
Bridie Clark.
The overnight socialite
In a modern retelling of "Pygmalion," Lucy Ellis wants to be a fashion designer but ends up in retail, until just-dumped anthropologist Wyatt Hayes transforms her into the next "it" girl to prove himself, and soon they must confront the aristocracy.
Sara Evans with Rachel Hauck.
The sweet by and by
With her wedding only days away and only her faith to get her through the chaos, Jade Freedom Fitzgerald must contend with the sudden arrival of her wild sister and hippie mother, the latter of which is seeking reconciliation before she succumbs to a deadly illness, in a story written by a multi-platinum country music star.
Altar of Eden
Pregnant veterinarian Maura Kelly, along with U.S. Marshall Jack Menard and two neurobiologists, risks everything, including the life of her unborn child, to unravel the mystery of a smuggler's cache of mutated animals, a puzzle that involves fractal intelligence, stem-cell research, and a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
Cynthia Eden.
Eternal hunter
Trying to hide her supernatural gift--and her identity as an Other--Assistant DA Erin Jerome, when an Other rogue begins "gifting" her bloody corpses, must team up with a bounty hunter who, a shape-shifter himself, dares her to reveal her true nature.
Jim Harrison.T
The farmer's daughter
From the author of Legends of the Fall and The English Major comes a collection of three novellas, in which the title novella depicts a home-schooled 15-year-old girl whose youth meets unexpected brutality, after which she must draw on her reserves to make herself whole.
Orson Scott Card.
Hidden empire
A sequel to the best-selling Empire finds Captain Cole becoming increasingly concerned about new U.S. President Averell Torrent's tough-handed foreign policy stance, a perspective that causes him to be targeted and prompts his investigation into the president's role in an assassination plot.
Douglas Preston.
Impact
Wyman Ford and a team of scientists must figure out how to destroy an alien doomsday weapon aimed at Earth, and the only tools at their disposal are the a handful of weaponless machines-- the Mars Orbiter, a lander and a few satellites--not much to work with, especially since they only have 60 hours to save the planet.
Charles de Lint.
Muse and reverie
A latest anthology of tales set in the "Newford" universe finds the culture of an everyday North American city transformed by magical elements nested in between its people and places.
Bridie Clark.
The overnight socialite
In a modern retelling of "Pygmalion," Lucy Ellis wants to be a fashion designer but ends up in retail, until just-dumped anthropologist Wyatt Hayes transforms her into the next "it" girl to prove himself, and soon they must confront the aristocracy.
Sara Evans with Rachel Hauck.
The sweet by and by
With her wedding only days away and only her faith to get her through the chaos, Jade Freedom Fitzgerald must contend with the sudden arrival of her wild sister and hippie mother, the latter of which is seeking reconciliation before she succumbs to a deadly illness, in a story written by a multi-platinum country music star.
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