June 2010
Connolly, John. Whisperers
Another good Connolly thriller with a small town, major criminals,
supernatural suggestions and edgy detective Charlie Parker.
Coulter, Catherine. Whiplash
Yale professor Edward Kender's father is undergoing chemotherapy when
a key drug runs dry, and it's an induced shortage to make to company billions.
Cussler, Clive with Justin Scott. The SPy: an Isaac Bell Novel
Pre-World War I, an American battleship gun designer dies, and an investigator
senses it's not suicide.
DeMille, Nelson. The Lion
John Corey, special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, again
faces murderous Libyan Asad.
Griffin, W.E.B.& William E. Butterworth IV. The Vigilantes:
a Badge of Honor Novel
Bad guys are being murdered in Philadelphia, vigilante groups claim
responsiblity, but the police doubt their clims and violence is escalating.
Lustbader, Eric Van. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective
Russian assassin Leonid Arkadin hunts Jason Bourne, and Bourne hunts
Arkadin.
McCall Smith, Alexander. Corduroy Mansion
A new McCall Smith series set in an apartment building in London's
Pimlico and featuring one smart dog.
Robert, Nora. The Search
Having survived a serial killer who shot her cop fiance and his K-9
partner to death, Fiona Bristow now lives sedately on an island and runs
a dog-training school....
Silva, Daniel. The Rembrandt Affair
An art restorer is murdered and a recently discovered Rembrandt spirited
away.
Weiner, Jennifer. Fly Away Home
Longtime politician's wife Sylvie is recovering from public humiliation,
daughter Kate escaped a loveless marriage with an unsuitable affair, and
Kate's wild daughter just walked out on an abusive boyfriend.
May 2010
Blum, Jenna. The Stormchasers
When Karena's bipolar twin, Charles, started shasing storms as a teenager,
she started chasing him. Now she's chasing him when he disappears
from a psychiatric ward.
Brown, Dale. Executive Intent
America and China are in an escalating arms-in-space race.
Child, Lee. 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel
Jack Reacher is asked by a local cop to protect the only witness who
can help put away a brutal crime ring.
George, Elizabeth. This Body of Death: an Inspector Lynley Novel
Lnsley is still on leave but is called in to investigate a murder in
a remote cemetery.
Giffin, Emily. Heart of the Matter
When Charlie, son of single-mom attorney Valerie Anderson, ends up
in the care of Dr. Rick Russo everyone's life is upended.
Gross, Andrew. Reckless
A Wall Street trader and his family are murdered in Greenwich, CT and
the police suspect a burglary gone wrong, but are they right?
Hood, Ann. The Red Thread
Maya Lange is a grieving mother who establishes an adoption agency
that places girls from China with American families.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Lisbeth Salander is in intensive care at a Swedish hopital and under
guard - she's accused of three murders. This is the conclusion of
the trilogy.
Parker, Robert B. Blue-Eyed Devil
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back, facing down the town's new
sheriff.
Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child. Fever Dream
This is a tough case for Agent Pendergast: his wife has been murdered.
Quindlen, Anna. Every Last One
A typical suburban family and small acts with big consequences.
Sandford, John. Storm Prey
Investigator Lucas Davenport's surgeon wife was witness to a robbery
gone wrong and now is targeted for murder.
Smiley, Jane. Private Life
Margaret Mayfield is married - to a naval officer and respected
scientist, but he is obsessed with his work and by World War II, and his
obsession is becoming dangerous.
Turow, Scott. Innocent
In a sequel to Presumed Innocent, Rusty Savich's wife has met a questionable
death.
March 2010
Cohen, Harlan. Caught
A reporter who chases down sexual predators helps get a child advocate
arrested. But when the advocate disappears, our reporter starts questioning
her rush to judgement. A Coben stand-alone; good and scary.
Cussler, Clive with Jack Du Brul. The Silent sea: a novel of the
Orgon Files
On the lookout for a crashed satellite in the Agentine jungles, Juan
Cabrillo finds something shocking that leads to other discoveries.
Fairstein, Linda. Hell Gate
Why does the victim of a shipwreck carrying hjuman cargo have the same
rose tattoo as a woman scandalously involved with a New York congressman?
Kellerman, Jonathan. Deception: an Alex Delaware Novel
Kellerman stalwart Milo Sturgis receives a DVD of a battered woman
who accuses several fellow teachers at an exclusive privat school of horrific
sexual predation.
Lee, Chang-Rae. The Surrendered
Little June Han and American G.I. Hector Brennan meet at an orphanage
during the Korean War, where they come under the sway of a radiant but
troubled missionary wife. 30 years later they revisist the consequences.
Mosley, Walter. Know to Evil: a Leonid McGill Mystery
Leonid McGill, Mosley's latest protagonist, is asked to find a young
woman by city hall powerbroker Alfonse Rinaldo.
Robards, Karen. Shattered
A lawyer who pays the rent by reviewing cold cases after her firm goes
belly up discovers photographs of a family that went missing nearly three
daces ago. Funny, but the toddler in the photos looks just like her.
February 2010
Charyn, Jerome. The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
Charyl imagines some rather wild and invented characters to complicate
the poet's life.
DeLillo, Don. Point Omega
The scholarly Richard Elster, asked by the government to give intellectual
grounding to war activities, has fled to the desert to brood.
Erdrich, Louise. Shadow Tag
Famed artist Gil paints intimate and ultimately intrusive portraits
of his wife who is further shocked to discover he is secretly reading her
diary - psychological drama.
Hannah, Kristin. Winter Garden
Sisters Meredity and Nina learn of their mother's suffering during
Russia's terrible 20th century in the telling of a fairy tale.
Harris, Robert. Conspirata
After Imperium, the story of Cicero's struggle to become ruler of Rome.
LaHaye, Tim & Jerry B. Jenkins. Matthew's Story: the Jesus
Chronicles
How tax collector Levi became Matthew of the New Testament.
Lustbader, Eric Van. Last Snow
Why is a U.S. senator who was supposed to be in the Ukraine found dead
on the isle of Capri?
Mankell, Henning. The Man from Beijing
Nineteen people have been killed in a Swedish village and a diary of
a family member who managed Chinese workers slaving to build America's
transcontinental railroad holds the clues.
Palmer, Michael. The Last Surgeon
Investigating her nurse sister's supposed suicide, Gillian Coates discovers
that everyone who was in the operating room during a surgery gone wrong
is dying.
Parker, Robert B. Split Image: a Jesse Stone Novel
Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall find out why a low-level mobster and
then a big, bad crime guy were killed.
Parker, T. Jefferson. Iron River: a Charlie Hood Novel
The Iron River is the stram of weapons crossing the Califronia-Mexico
border and it's facilitating a nasty drug cartel war.
Patterson, James. Worst Cases
Weathly New York children are being kidnapped by a psychopath who asks
them whether they understand the price others pay for their lavish lifestyle.
Robb, J.D. Fantasy in Death
The founder of a computer-gaming giant enters his private playroom
and locks the door behind him. Then what happens?
Schine, Cathleen. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
When 78 year-old Joseph Weissmann divorces his wife because of irreconcilable
difference, she ends up in a tacky Westport, CT beach cottage with her
two grown daughters.
Straub, Peter. A Dark Matter
A Sixties guru, a secret ritual and a dismembered body are scaring
everyone to death.
Theroux, Paul. A Dead Hand: a Crime in Calcutta
Set in India, disaffected journalist Jerry Delfont is asked to investigate
the death of a child.
Trigiani, Adriana. Encore, Valentine
Valentine Roncalli is back and fighting with her brother for creative
control of the Angelini Shoe Company.
January 2010
Balogh, Mary. A Matter of Class
Lady Annabelle Ashton gets caught in a scandal and must be married
off. Reginald Mason is eagerly volunteered as husband by his father,
but, of course, the bride and groom hate each other.
Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures
Mary Anning has special sight, but it doesn't make her popular in her
19th century English town.
Cornwell, Bernard. The Burning Land
After Agincourt, Cornwell recommences his best-selling Anglo-Saxon
saga. Uhtred helps King Alfred keep the Vikings out of Wessex, then
breaks with Alfred to join the enemy.
Delinsky, Barbara. Not My Daughter
High school principal Susan Tate's daughter is pregnant, and now folks
are wondering whether Tate is suficiently in control to be running their
school.
Garwood, Julie. Sizzle
When documentary filmmaker Lyra Prescott leaves her camera running,
it captures a violent crime, and she need protecting by a hunky FBI agent.
Griffin, W.E.B. & Wm E. Butterworth IV. The Honor of Spies:
an Honor Bound Novel
OSS operative Cletus Frade needs to help German POW Wilhelm Frogger
escape so he can help interrogate his parents, in custody for working to
establish safe havens in S. America for top Nazis.
Higgins, Jack. The WOlf at the Door.
Who's knocking off members of a special intelligence unit known as
the prime minister's private army? Only Sean Dillon has a clue.
Hoag, Tami. Deeper Than the Dead
Three children and their teacher come upon a corpse with its eyes and
mouth glued shut, and then new victims keep appearing.
Keyes, Marian. The Brightest Star in the Sky
A frolicsome spirit visits a Dublin townhouse, intending to help its
denizens.
Krentz, Jayne Ann. Fired Up
To counter his scrambled-up genes, a forebear unwisely competed with
an alchemist, Jack Winters must find something called the Burning Lamp.
Another in the successful Arcane Society series.
McLaughlin, Emma & Nicola Kraus. Nanny Returns
Nan of The Nanny Diaries is back, with a husband and an ambitious new
business of her own.
Rankin, Ian. Doors Open
Three art-loving friends aim to "liberate" several paintings from the
National Gallery.
Todd, Charles. The Red Door
England, post-World War l. A man disappears, and the woman living
behind that red door dies. Only Inspector Ian Rutledge gets the connection.
December 2009
Coonts, Stephen. The Disciple
With Iran ready to launch a holy war, it's a good thing that Coonts
stalwarts Tommy and Jake are in touch with some Iranian dissidents conveniently
eager to help stop the fighting.
Dunne, Dominick. Too Much Money
After 20 years Dunne has written a follow up to "People Like Us" and
dishes up the dirt of New York high society.
Grafton, Sue. U is for Undertow
A college dropout drops into Millhone's office and claims to have seen
the burial of a little girl who's long-ago kidnapping is news again.
Koontz, Dean. Breathless
Reclusive Grady Adams spots unusual animals in the ROcky Mountains
and soon he and a veterinarian are on the run....from the government?
McCall Smith, Alexander. La's Orchestra Saves the World
A stand-alone features Lavender who flees German bombs and seetles
in a small town far from London. To lift spirits as WWII drags on,
she establishes an amateur orchestra.
Rutherfurd, Edward. New York: the novel
Rutherfund fictionalizes the history of New York in 608 pages.
Wambaugh, Joseph. Hollywood Moon
Under the light of the full Hollywood moon, women are being attacked.
November 2009
Baldacci, David. True Blue
Fresh out of jail, hotheaded ex-cop Mace Perry is trying to figure
out who framed her.
Chiaverini, Jennifer. The Quilters' Holiday: an Elm Creek Quilts
Novel
When Elm Creek Quilter Gwyn's mentor falls ill, Gwyn makes a holiday
quilt for the bone marrow donor.
Cussler, Clibe & Justin Scott. The Wrecker
Early 1900s detective Isaac Bell wants to know who's sabotaging
the Southern Pacific Railroad's express line.
Gingrich, Newt & William R. Forstchen. To Try Men's Souls:
a Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom
Washington crosses the Delaware with some unhappy men.
Howard, Linda. Ice
The first holiday novel from romatic suspense author Howard.
Jacobs, Kate. Knit the Season: a Friday Night Knitting Club Novel
Dakota Walker does the holidays in Scotland with her family.
King, Stephen. Under the Dome
A crystal-clear dome suddenly cuts off little Chester's Mills, ME,
from the rest of the world.
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Lucuna
In her first novel in nine years, Kingsolver covers some 20 years in
the life of Harrison William Shepherd and weaves a pointed social commentary
on dark moments in the history of both the United States and Mexico.
Koontz, Dean & Keith Champagne & Andy Smith. Nevermore
In this Graphic Novel a man tries to resurrect his dead wife by time-traveling.
Maguire, Gregory. Matchless
Wicked Maguire reinvents the Little Match Girl's story.
Patterson, James. I, Alex Cross.
Alex Cross goes after the bad guy who murdered his niece.
Perry, Anne. A Christmas Promise
At Christmas in Victorian London, two youngsters (one of them the maid
of Perry's Charlotte Pitt) try to find a runaway donkey - and solve a murder.
Robb, J.D. Kindred in Death.
In 2060 New York, Lt. Eve Dallas goes after a murderer who keeps changing
identities.
Roth, Philip. The Humbling
A leading actor suddenly cannot perform.
Russo, Richard. That Old Cape Magic
Jack Griffin revisits Cape Cod, even as his own family undergoes a
few tremors.
Shaara, Jeff. No Less Than Victory.
Shaara wraps up his popular World War II trilogy.