Do you want to read the latest Jodi Picoult book? How about the latest title from Clive Cussler? We’ve got those, and a lot more, in our list of new titles for March 2012.
FICTION
After Annie
Michael Tucker
A first novel by the actor best known for his performances on LA Law finds celebrity Herbie Aaron bereft by the cancer death of his wife until his natural cantankerous charisma reasserts itself, leading to relationships with a beautiful bartender and a tough-talking golf pro.
Blue Monday
Nicci French
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is placed at the center of a national investigation involving the abduction of a five-year-old child and a client who harbors an obsessive longing for a child with the missing boy’s physical appearance.
Cat’s Claw
Susan Wittig Albert
Pecan Springs’ Police Chief, Sheila Dawson, investigates the apparent suicide of a local computer guru, but believes the death is actually linked to a high-profile robbery in this new mystery from the national best-selling author of the China Bayles series.
Chasing Midnight
Randy Wayne White
Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketer’s fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketer’s private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
Darlings
Cristina Alger
Paul Ross accepts a job working on the legal team for his billionaire father-in-law’s hedge fund and must determine where his loyalties ultimately lie when a huge scandal and a regulatory investigation threatens the family business.
Expats
Chris Pavone
Newly arrived in Luxembourg, mother and expat Kate Moore suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be and as her paranoia grows, she becomes increasingly terrified that her own past is catching up with her.
Fair Game
Patricia Briggs
Charles Cornick, the leader of the North American werewolves, assists the FBI with a local serial killer in which someone is targeting their kind in this new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of the Mercy Thompson series.
Fire Engine Dead
Sheila Connolly
Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, gets involved in an explosive mystery when an arsonist sets a series of warehouse fires that results in the death of a guard–and involves the Fireman’s Museum’s most prized possession.
Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult
When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father’s life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
Lost Saints of Tennessee
Amy Franklin-Willis
After losing his twin to a drowning accident and his wife to divorce, Zeke Cooper leaves his mother and two daughters behind in Tennessee and travels to Virginia horse country, where he considers his responsibility to repair his fractured family.
Monday Mornings
Sanjay Gupta
Set amidst the secret meetings doctors must attend to answer for bad outcomes during surgery, five surgeons confront their personal and professional failings in this novel from the practicing neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent at CNN.
No One Is Here Except All of Us
Ramona Ausubel
When an isolated Jewish village in Romania is threatened by war in 1939, the suggestions of a young child and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank compel the community to reinvent itself while completely detaching from the known world.
Perfect Blood
Kim Harrison
When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet–humanity.
Rebel Wife
Taylor M. Polites
Forced into marriage with a wealthy man after her Southern family is rendered destitute by the Civil War, Augusta becomes a widow a decade later and finds her circumstances hinging on a missing package in a community torn by racial prejudice, violence, and disease.
Redwood Bend
Robyn Carr
After Dylan Childress, who is struggling with a difficult decision, comes to the aid of Katie Malone, who gets stranded on her way to visit Virgin River with her two young sons, they yield to their mutual attraction.
Return to Grace
Karen Harper
When a midnight party in the Amish graveyard near her family’s home leads to the death of one of her friends, Hannah Esh, who fled the Home Valley Amish to pursue a singing career, is drawn back into the world of her past as she attempts to bridge two cultures during the investigation into the shooting.
Royal Wulff Murders
Keith McCafferty
Sheriff Martha Ettinger investigates the suspected murder of a young man retrieved from the Madison river in Montana with a trout fly stuck in his lip in this first novel from the award-winning editor of Field & Stream magazine.
Shadow Patrol
Alex Berenson
John Wells, an undercover operative for the CIA, travels to Kabul to investigate a drug-trafficking operation that involves the agency, the military and the Taliban in this new novel from the author of The Faithful Spy.
Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey
A childless couple working a farm in the brutal landscape of 1920 Alaska discover a little girl living in the wilderness, with a red fox as a companion, and begin to love the strange, almost-supernatural child as their own.
Spellbound Falls
Janet Chapman
In Spellbound Falls, Maine, widow Olivia Baldwin, while trying to get Inglenook camp ready for its new season, tries to deny her attraction to newcomer Maximilian Oceanus–a single father who has a talent for sensing things.
Technologists
Matthew Pearl
The first graduating class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is thrown into turmoil by bizarre phenomena that cause instruments to inexplicably spin out of control, challenging enterprising students to protect lives while combating Harvard rivals.
Thief
Clive Cussler & Justin Scott
When a scientist he recently rescued from kidnappers is murdered, Van Dorn Detective Agency chief investigator Isaac Bell discovers that the scientist’s secret new invention has the power to revolutionize business and that a ruthless agent is looking to exploit the innovation to seize power for Germany.
Unwanted
Kristina Ohlsson
Inspector Fredericka Bergman investigates the kidnapping and murder of a child who had been separated from her mother on a crowded train on a rainy Swedish summer day, a case that points to the work of a brilliant and ruthless killer.
Victims
Jonathan Kellerman
When a killer who rivals Jack the Ripper cuts a bloody swath through the city, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis needs Alex Delaware’s help in catching this homicidal maniac–a disturbing case that sends Alex back into the secretive world of mental health treatment where he discovers an unholy alliance between the mad and the monstrous.
Watergate
Thomas Mallon
A retelling of the Watergate scandal from the kaleidoscopic perspectives of seven of its perpetrators and investigators illuminates the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency and imagines the answers to such mysteries as who erased 18 crucial minutes of evidence tape.
NONFICTION
American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
James Dodson
A celebration of three legendary golfers describes how the sport deteriorated into virtual non-existence before the trio revitalized its popularity, dominating American attention and setting records from the 1930s to the 1950s while transforming how the game was played and regarded.
Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Dale Archer
Identifies eight key traits of human behavior traditionally perceived as liabilities that can be hidden strengths, revealing how such stigmatized characteristics as restlessness, introversion, and obsessiveness can be beneficial.
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Gilbert King
Chronicles a little-known court case in which Thurgood Marshall successfully saved a black citrus worker from the electric chair after the worker was accused of raping a while woman with three other black men.
Diane Fitzgerald’s Favorite Beading Projects: Designs from Stringing to Beadweaving
Diane Fitzgerald
Packed with color photos and amazing designs, one of today’s leading and award-winning bead artists provides a wealth of professional tips for getting great results, along with 24 of her very best, never-before-published projects.
India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India
Akash Kapur
An insider’s look at developments in rural and urban India evaluates the impact of rapid economic growth and modernization on human lives, describing how the author, who lived in the United States as a child, returned to India at 16 and witnessed profound transformations.
Judgment Before Nuremberg: The Holocaust in the Ukraine and the First Nazi War Crimes Trial
Greg Dawson
Documents the little-known story of the Kharkov Trials that sought justice for thousands of Jews killed in the Ukraine two years before the Nuremberg Trials, tracing the author’s visit to the peaceful city where his grandparents and great-grandparents were killed.
Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
Amy Reading
A narrative history of con artistry in America documents the early 20th-century efforts of J. Frank Norfleet to track down a gang of confidence men who swindled him out of everything he had, in an account that places con artistry in America against a backdrop of the nation’s culture.
No Regrets Parenting: Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments With Your Kids
Harley A. Rotbart
A reference for busy parents who embrace a range of lifestyles shares advice for making the most of limited time to promote quality interactions that meet the needs of both children and parents, covering topics from school and sleep to fitness and entertainment.
No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
Mitch Weiss & Kevin Maurer
Based on numerous interviews, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes a Special Forces team who was surprised by their target in Afghanistan before they had a chance to carry out their mission and recounts the battle that won all 10 soldiers Silver Stars.
Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
Identifies the neurological processes behind behaviors, explains how self-control and success are largely driven by habits, and shares scientifically-based guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion
Alain de Botton
Argues that everyone can benefit from the wisdom and power of religion regardless of beliefs and explains how the secular world can glean insights from religious stories about how to live, structure societies, and achieve a greater appreciation for culture.
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The astrophysicist director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, as well as the host of the re-launched series Cosmos discusses the future of space travel and the importance of its exploration for the United States’ economy, security and morale.
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Anne Sebba
A full-scale portrait of the divorcee maligned for her marriage to the abdicated Edward VIII provides coverage of the impoverished early life that fueled her ambitions, theories about her alleged personality disorder and her posthumous status as a female-empowerment icon.
Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It
Craig Timberg & Daniel Halperin
A Washington Post reporter and Harvard AIDS researcher traces the origins of HIV to colonial Africa and the multibillion-dollar war on AIDS to outline recommendations for how to fight the epidemic today, identifying Western and cultural factors that the authors believe are preventing effective treatments
Yes! Energy: The Equation to Do Less, Make More
Loral Langemeier
Presents the author’s formula for achieving financial freedom, living with a spiritual core of certainty and confidence, embracing optimism, engaging with people at a high level, and realizing dreams.
Published on March 16, 2012.
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