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Dana Stabenow.
A night too dark : a Kate Shugak novel
When a man believed to have committed suicide reappears from the wilderness, Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Trooper Jim Chopin struggle to identify the remains of a mysterious victim, a case that is complicated by political factors at the local gold mine.
Adriana Trigiani.
Brava, Valentine
When Valentine Roncalli discovers a long-lost shoe design, a family secret unravels that helps her take control of the company from a conniving relative, but first she seeks the counsel of her ex-fiancGe, Bret Fitzpatrick, to help re-boot the business.
J.D. Robb.
Fantasy in death
Investigating the bizarre murder of a millionaire video game maven within a locked room, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is baffled by a lack of suspects and the victim's demise in spite of his considerable resources.
Paula Reed.
Hester
Widowed Hester Prynne travels with her wealthy heiress daughter to England in search of a quiet life only to land in the inner circle of power-hungry Oliver Cromwell, who wishes to harness Hester's ability to recognize the sins and hypocrisy of others.
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Matthew's story : from sinner to saint
Disappointing his family with his choice to become a tax collector, Levi abandons his initial calling to become a priest and begins questioning the nature of his existence after hearing rumors about a man who is reputed to be the prophesied Messiah.
James Grippando.
Money to burn : a novel of suspense
Presents a story of greed and murder set in the high-stakes atmosphere of New York's Wall Street
Robert B. Parker.
Split image
Overwhelmed by a double homicide involving a mob hit, a high-ranking crime figure, and twin mafia wives, Jesse Stone increasingly succumbs to alcoholism before agreeing to assist fellow investigator Sunny Randall on a seemingly unrelated case.
Katharine McMahon.
The crimson rooms
Haunted by the death of her World War I soldier brother, struggling attorney Evelyn Gifford is astonished to learn that her brother fathered a child with a young nurse, a situation that is complicated by a case involving a wrongfully convicted veteran.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Have some fun with Jaffarian's new mystery or try the first in a new series by the Gears
Connie Willis.
Blackout
Stranded in the past during World War II, three researchers from the future investigate period behavior and seek each other out in a shared effort to return to their own time.
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear.
Coming of the storm
A first entry in a new series by the Golden Spur Award-winning authors of People of the Raven traces the first contact between Native Americans and Europeans in 1539 as viewed by Chickasaw trader Black Shell, who witnesses the brutal progress of Hernando de Soto's military.
Sue Ann Jaffarian.
Corpse on the cob : an Odelia Grey mystery
Our favorite plus-sized heroine is back! Trouble grows faster than a corn crop in July when Odelia reunites with her long-lost mom in a corn maze at the Autumn Fair. For starters, there's the dead body in the cornfield. Then there's her mom crouched beside the corpse--with blood on her hands ...
Joyce Carol Oates.
A fair maiden
Approached by an elegant older gentleman while babysitting in Bayhead Harbor, sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is entranced by his sophisticated home and eventually agrees to pose for his newest painting before realizing that he may have a hidden agenda.
Michael Palmer.
The last surgeon
Working in a mobile clinic while struggling with the challenges of PTSD, veteran doctor Nick Garrity searches for a missing war buddy and finds himself pitted against a terrifying psychopath who is disguising some of his kills as suicides.
Don DeLillo.
Point Omega
Jim Finley, a young filmmaker, attempts to convince Richard Elster, a former secret war advisor, to tell his story on film, an endeavor complicated by the arrival of Richard's daughter from New York and a devastating event that throws everything into question.
Julie Compton.
Rescuing Olivia
Contentedly spending time with a secretive woman until she disappears following a motorcycle crash, Anders is wrongly blamed for the accident and resolves to expose hidden truths from her past, an effort that rekindles his own troubles and places his life in danger.
Adam Haslett.
Union Atlantic
A property rights battle between young banker Doug Fanning and retired teacher Charlotte Graves is marked by Charlotte's bank-president brother, Charlotte's tenacious grip on sanity, and a troubled high school senior.
Lori Lansens.
The wife's tale
Having gained weight and anxieties throughout her twenty-five-year marriage, Mary Gooch is dismayed when her husband fails to return home, a situation that compels Mary to locate and fight for him while combating unhealthy habits.
Blackout
Stranded in the past during World War II, three researchers from the future investigate period behavior and seek each other out in a shared effort to return to their own time.
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear.
Coming of the storm
A first entry in a new series by the Golden Spur Award-winning authors of People of the Raven traces the first contact between Native Americans and Europeans in 1539 as viewed by Chickasaw trader Black Shell, who witnesses the brutal progress of Hernando de Soto's military.
Sue Ann Jaffarian.
Corpse on the cob : an Odelia Grey mystery
Our favorite plus-sized heroine is back! Trouble grows faster than a corn crop in July when Odelia reunites with her long-lost mom in a corn maze at the Autumn Fair. For starters, there's the dead body in the cornfield. Then there's her mom crouched beside the corpse--with blood on her hands ...
Joyce Carol Oates.
A fair maiden
Approached by an elegant older gentleman while babysitting in Bayhead Harbor, sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is entranced by his sophisticated home and eventually agrees to pose for his newest painting before realizing that he may have a hidden agenda.
Michael Palmer.
The last surgeon
Working in a mobile clinic while struggling with the challenges of PTSD, veteran doctor Nick Garrity searches for a missing war buddy and finds himself pitted against a terrifying psychopath who is disguising some of his kills as suicides.
Don DeLillo.
Point Omega
Jim Finley, a young filmmaker, attempts to convince Richard Elster, a former secret war advisor, to tell his story on film, an endeavor complicated by the arrival of Richard's daughter from New York and a devastating event that throws everything into question.
Julie Compton.
Rescuing Olivia
Contentedly spending time with a secretive woman until she disappears following a motorcycle crash, Anders is wrongly blamed for the accident and resolves to expose hidden truths from her past, an effort that rekindles his own troubles and places his life in danger.
Adam Haslett.
Union Atlantic
A property rights battle between young banker Doug Fanning and retired teacher Charlotte Graves is marked by Charlotte's bank-president brother, Charlotte's tenacious grip on sanity, and a troubled high school senior.
Lori Lansens.
The wife's tale
Having gained weight and anxieties throughout her twenty-five-year marriage, Mary Gooch is dismayed when her husband fails to return home, a situation that compels Mary to locate and fight for him while combating unhealthy habits.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Peter Straub, Parnell Hall, & Kristin Hannah are just a few favorite authors with new books out this month.
Bernard Cornwell.The burning land
After breaking with King Alfred of Wessex and joining the Danes and the Vikings in hopes of reclaiming Bebbanburg, warlord Uhtred switches sides again after Alfred's daughter pleads with him to take command of the Mercian army and protect Britain from being conquered.
Peter Straub.A dark matter
Years after a 1960s religious guru's clandestine activities with his most fervent acolytes results in a grisly murder, a man struggles to make sense of what happened to his wife and friends by writing a book for which he asks former followers to relive their experiences
Tim Green.False convictions
Working with a charity organization dedicated to freeing wrongly convicted prisoners, defense attorney Casey Jordan assists an indigent man who was victimized by a corrupt small-town court, a case that turns unexpectedly violent
Robert Stone.Fun with problems :stories
A volume of short works by the National Book Award-winning author of Dog Soldiers includes the stories of a screenwriter's decades-long affair with a drug-addicted actress, a Silicon Valley executive who receives an unwelcome guest and a scuba diver who guides uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return.
Tim Dorsey.Gator a-go-go
After a Miami crime gang ruins his spring break by targeting a snitch's son, drug-addled Serge A. Storms and his equally bloodthirsty deputy, Coleman, aim to track down the gang members and take them out.
Billy Lombardo.The man with two arms
Driven to perfect an unprecedented ambidextrous ability by his dedicated father, baseball pitcher Denny skyrockets into the major leagues and breaks numerous records before an unscrupulous reporter misrepresents Denny's father's character.
Parnell Hall.The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady : a Puzzle Lady mystery
After she accidentally frames her nemesis--Minami, the Sudoku Lady--for a murder at which a Sudoku puzzle was left at the scene, Cora Felton must clear her rival's name and trap the real killer, in a mystery that includes four Sudoku puzzles and two crossword puzzles.
Chris Bohjalian.Secrets of Eden
Haunted by the final words of a newly baptized congregation member who was subsequently murdered by her husband, the Reverend Stephen Drew abandons his pulpit to spend time with an author who writes best-selling books about angels.
Kristin Hannah.Winter garden
Reunited when their beloved father falls ill, sisters Meredith and Nina find themselves under the shadow of their disapproving mother, whose painful history is hidden behind her rendition of a Russian fairy tale told to the sisters in childhood.
After breaking with King Alfred of Wessex and joining the Danes and the Vikings in hopes of reclaiming Bebbanburg, warlord Uhtred switches sides again after Alfred's daughter pleads with him to take command of the Mercian army and protect Britain from being conquered.
Peter Straub.A dark matter
Years after a 1960s religious guru's clandestine activities with his most fervent acolytes results in a grisly murder, a man struggles to make sense of what happened to his wife and friends by writing a book for which he asks former followers to relive their experiences
Tim Green.False convictions
Working with a charity organization dedicated to freeing wrongly convicted prisoners, defense attorney Casey Jordan assists an indigent man who was victimized by a corrupt small-town court, a case that turns unexpectedly violent
Robert Stone.Fun with problems :stories
A volume of short works by the National Book Award-winning author of Dog Soldiers includes the stories of a screenwriter's decades-long affair with a drug-addicted actress, a Silicon Valley executive who receives an unwelcome guest and a scuba diver who guides uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return.
Tim Dorsey.Gator a-go-go
After a Miami crime gang ruins his spring break by targeting a snitch's son, drug-addled Serge A. Storms and his equally bloodthirsty deputy, Coleman, aim to track down the gang members and take them out.
Billy Lombardo.The man with two arms
Driven to perfect an unprecedented ambidextrous ability by his dedicated father, baseball pitcher Denny skyrockets into the major leagues and breaks numerous records before an unscrupulous reporter misrepresents Denny's father's character.
Parnell Hall.The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady : a Puzzle Lady mystery
After she accidentally frames her nemesis--Minami, the Sudoku Lady--for a murder at which a Sudoku puzzle was left at the scene, Cora Felton must clear her rival's name and trap the real killer, in a mystery that includes four Sudoku puzzles and two crossword puzzles.
Chris Bohjalian.Secrets of Eden
Haunted by the final words of a newly baptized congregation member who was subsequently murdered by her husband, the Reverend Stephen Drew abandons his pulpit to spend time with an author who writes best-selling books about angels.
Kristin Hannah.Winter garden
Reunited when their beloved father falls ill, sisters Meredith and Nina find themselves under the shadow of their disapproving mother, whose painful history is hidden behind her rendition of a Russian fairy tale told to the sisters in childhood.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Enjoy some suspense from Kay Hooper, Jack Higgins, & Noah Boyd this week.
Kay Hooper.Blood ties :a Bishop / Special Crimes Unit novel
When part of a murdered body is discovered on a running trail in a sleepy Tennessee town, three agents from the FBI's elite Special Crimes Unit are dispatched to investigate and discover an unearthly series of killings.
Noah Boyd.The bricklayer
The FBI recruits Steve Vail, an agent it has just fired, to solve a brilliant and deadly extortion plot where a group called Rubaco Pentad is killing human targets one by one unless the bureau gives them cash, with the dollar amount and body count escalating each time the agency doesn't pay up.
Marian Keyes.The brightest star in the sky
Seven neighbors in a Dublin townhouse find their lives entangled by the visitation of a sassy and prescient spirit that causes them to rethink their relationships, careers and values.
Joan Hess.Merry wives of Maggody :an Arly Hanks mystery
After local golf instructor Tommy Ridner wins a premier bass-fishing boat by hitting a hole-in-one in a golf tournament, only to be found dead later, Sheriff Arly Hanks must take on the case just as the cut-throat golf tournament begins anew.
Jasper Fforde.Shades of grey :the road to High Saffron
Color Control Agency employee and House of Red member Eddie Russett experiences discontent with his limited vision when he meets Gray Nightseer Jane, who suggests that their color-blind world was brought about by a disaster that nobody is allowed to acknowledge.
Louise Erdrich.Shadow tag
After she discovers that her husband has been reading her diary, Irene America turns it into a manipulative farce, while secretly keeping a second diary that includes her true thoughts about her shaky marriage, its affect on her children, and her struggles with alcohol.
Sandi Ault.Wild penance
After witnessing a dramatic death in the Gorge, Jamaica Wild examines a secret, ancient religious group that reenacts Jesus' crucifixion and practices excessive penance, but is warned not to investigate too closely when someone makes an attempt on her life.
Jack Higgins.The wolf at the door
When several members of an elite intelligence unit are murdered by an unknown assailant with formidable resources, Sean Dillon finds his life in danger upon attempting to obtain evidence proving that an old nemesis is the killer.
When part of a murdered body is discovered on a running trail in a sleepy Tennessee town, three agents from the FBI's elite Special Crimes Unit are dispatched to investigate and discover an unearthly series of killings.
Noah Boyd.The bricklayer
The FBI recruits Steve Vail, an agent it has just fired, to solve a brilliant and deadly extortion plot where a group called Rubaco Pentad is killing human targets one by one unless the bureau gives them cash, with the dollar amount and body count escalating each time the agency doesn't pay up.
Marian Keyes.The brightest star in the sky
Seven neighbors in a Dublin townhouse find their lives entangled by the visitation of a sassy and prescient spirit that causes them to rethink their relationships, careers and values.
Joan Hess.Merry wives of Maggody :an Arly Hanks mystery
After local golf instructor Tommy Ridner wins a premier bass-fishing boat by hitting a hole-in-one in a golf tournament, only to be found dead later, Sheriff Arly Hanks must take on the case just as the cut-throat golf tournament begins anew.
Jasper Fforde.Shades of grey :the road to High Saffron
Color Control Agency employee and House of Red member Eddie Russett experiences discontent with his limited vision when he meets Gray Nightseer Jane, who suggests that their color-blind world was brought about by a disaster that nobody is allowed to acknowledge.
Louise Erdrich.Shadow tag
After she discovers that her husband has been reading her diary, Irene America turns it into a manipulative farce, while secretly keeping a second diary that includes her true thoughts about her shaky marriage, its affect on her children, and her struggles with alcohol.
Sandi Ault.Wild penance
After witnessing a dramatic death in the Gorge, Jamaica Wild examines a secret, ancient religious group that reenacts Jesus' crucifixion and practices excessive penance, but is warned not to investigate too closely when someone makes an attempt on her life.
Jack Higgins.The wolf at the door
When several members of an elite intelligence unit are murdered by an unknown assailant with formidable resources, Sean Dillon finds his life in danger upon attempting to obtain evidence proving that an old nemesis is the killer.
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