Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Against the Odds
Kat Martin
Hiring private investigator Alex Justice–a former Navy fighter pilot–to help her find a hidden silver mine in the West Texas desert, Sabrina Eckhart finds her multi-acre inheritance turning into a curse when mysterious “accidents” start to plague their search.
Book, Line, and Sinker
Jenn McKinlay
When a salvage company arrives in town to dig up treasure that had been buried on Pirate Island more than 300 years ago, library director Lindsey Norris finds herself knee-deep in a murder mystery when the local tourism director is found dead and her downstairs neighbor is accused of the crime.
Child’s Child
Barbara Vine
Inheriting their late grandmother’s sprawling, book-filled home in London, siblings Grace and Andrew Easton move in together and initially enjoy a shared life that is complicated by Andrew’s gay relationship with a strident novelist, the shattering murder of a friend and Grace’s discovery of a long-lost manuscript.
City of Dark Magic
Magnus Flyte
A music student working in Prague cataloging Beethoven’s manuscripts discovers clues that her deceased mentor may not have committed suicide and becomes involved with a time-travel drug, a 400-year-old dwarf, a handsome Prince and a powerful U.S. senator.
City of Exiles
Alec Nevala-Lee
Assigned to a major investigation overseas, gifted FBI agent Rachel Wolfe and her team are caught in the middle of a secret war between two ruthless intelligence factions as they hunt for a remorseless killer who is linked to one of the strangest unsolved incidents in Russian history.
Cold City
F. Paul Wilson
Traces the early career of self-styled “fix-it” man Repairman Jack, who after moving to New York City establishes relationships with Julio and the Mikulski brothers while investigating a murder, launching a passionate affair and dismantling a child sex slave operation.
Cold Days
Jim Butcher
Brought back to the mortal world as the Winter Knight to Mab, Harry Dresden is at the command of the Queen of Air and Darkness and is expected to kill an immortal, as he begins to realize there is a serious threat to endanger countless innocent victims unless he finds his way out of eternal subservience.
Defender
Lindsay McKenna
While working undercover at Katie Bergstrom’s raptor rehabilitation facility outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, former marine Joe Gannon finds his mission threatened by his attraction to Katie, whom he has been hired to investigate.
Edge of Black
J. T. Ellison
Called in to consult on a case that has rocked the capital and the country, medical examiner Dr. Samantha Owens, amid the media frenzy and Homeland Security alarm bells, investigates the death of three people due to an unknown pathogen released into the Washington Metro.
Experiment in Murder
Margaret Truman & Donald Bain
Defending a patient who has been implicated in the murder of a Washington psychiatrist, Mackenzie Smith uncovers a link between the victim and a rogue government mind control project that has prompted the assassination of a presidential forerunner.
Heat of the Sun
David Rain
From Greenwich Village in the Roaring Twenties to a revelation on a Nagasaki hillside by the sea, this high-spirited debut novel follows Ben “Trouble” Pinkerton, the son of Lieutenant Benjamin Pinkerton and the geisha Madame Butterfly, as he finds himself at the center of some of the biggest events of the century.
Killer Maize
Paige Shelton
When a ferris wheel operator at the Swayton County Fall Festival is murdered and her ex-husband might be involved, Becca Robbins, who is selling her farm-made jams and preserves, must cut through the layers of lies, secrets and superstition to find the truth.
Murder on the House
Juliet Blackwell
To win the renovation project of restoring a haunted bed-and-breakfast, contractor Mel Turner, who can communicate with the dead, must spend one night in the house during which a murder occurs and she must coax the identity of the killer out of the resident spirits.
Nano
Robin Cook
Taking a year off from her medical studies after the murder of her mentor, Pia Grazdani takes a job with a lavishly funded nanotechnology institute in the Rockies, where a culture of secrets and paranoia eventually leads to her discovery of a promising medical treatment and illicit testing methods.
Plum Tree
Ellen Marie Wiseman
In the fall of 1938, as Germany rapidly changes under Hitler’s regime, 17-year-old Christine Bolz, a domestic forbidden to return to the wealthy Jewish family she works for–and to her employer’s son Isaac, confronts the Gestapo’s wrath and the horrors of Dachau to survive and to be with the man she loves.
Political Suicide
Michael Palmer
Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has been implicated in the death of a powerful Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of incriminating facts, including the doctor’s alleged affair with the victim’s wife, before stumbling on a high-level conspiracy that places Lou’s life at risk.
Possible Life
Sebastian Faulks
Five interconnected stories trace the experiences of soldiers whose relationships are irrevocably shaped by war, from a World War II prisoner who endures his incarceration by imagining a cricket match to a man in a Victorian poorhouse who shamefully remembers the son he gave away.
Private London
James Patterson & Mark Pearson
Dan Carter, head of the London division of Private, the world’s most exclusive detective agency must join forces with his ex-wife if he is going to save American student Hannah Shapiro from a threat that has stalked her for eight years.
Shiver
Karen Robards
Repossessing cars to support her small son after being abandoned on the harsh streets of East St. Louis, young single mother Samantha Jones discovers a dying man in the trunk of a car who takes her hostage and forces her to help him reach his protectors.
Thieves of Legend
Richard Doetsch
Blackmailed by a U.S. Army colonel to steal pieces of an ancient Chinese puzzle, reformed thief Michael St. Pierre and his ex-girlfriend, KC Ryan, confront the complex underworld of the Chinese triads, a twisted female assassin and a power-hungry madman.
Thread on Arrival
Amanda Lee
When the elderly gentleman–who showed her a tapestry his grandmother made, which, he believes, reveals the location of pirate treasure off the Oregon coast–is murdered, embroidery shop owner Marcy Singer must unravel this mystery.
Threat Vector
Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney
As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son and the team at the Campus have to act fast of they are going to stop the increasingly rogue nation.
Two Week Wait
Sarah Rayner
Confronting her limited remaining time to have a baby in spite of a health scare and her partner’s reluctance, Brighton-based Lou reaches out to infertile Yorkshire wife Cath to propose an arrangement to benefit both women.
Valley of the Shadow
Carola Dunn
Rescuing a half-drowned Indian refugee who imparts a cryptic message about a family trapped in a cave before he is whisked away, Eleanor Trewynn, her niece Megan and her neighbor, Nick Gresham, embark on a frantic rescue mission that pits them against dangerous human smugglers.
NONFICTION
38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End
Scott W. Berg
Placing this seminal moment in our history in the larger context of the Civil War, this gripping true account revisits the little-known Dakota War of 1882 during which 38 Dakota warriors were hanged the morning after Christmas for defending their lands from white soldiers and settlers on the Minnesota frontier.
Brothers
George Howe Colt
The author blends history and memoir in an account that in alternating chapters explores his quest to understand the impact of his brothers on his life and the complex relationships between iconic brothers, including the Thoreaus, the Van Goghs and the Marxes.
Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe
Patrick K. O’Donnell
Describes the experiences of the US Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion, Company D–also called Dog Company–during World War II as they fought the Germans on Pointe du Hoc, in the Hurtgen Forest and at the Battle of the Bulge.
Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens
Robert Gottlieb
Opening a unique window to Victorian England, this study of the author as a father and as a man highlights the strange and surprising stories of each of Dickens’s 10 children, from Kate, who became a successful artist, to Frank, who died after serving in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace
Molly Caldwell Crosby
Describes the true story of a 1913 collaboration between a notorious jewel thief and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard as they hunted for a precious pearl necklace, worth more than the Hope diamond.
Guerrilla Factory: The Making of Special Forces Officers, the Green Berets
Tony Schwalm
A retired lieutenant colonel presents a behind-the-scenes portrait of the legendary North Carolina camps where Special Forces soldiers are trained, outlining the infamous Q Course where leaders endure brutal tests of strength, stamina and psychology.
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
Jacob Tomsky
A veteran of the hospitality business uses humor and irreverence to describe working in the industry, coming clean on the housekeeping department, the unwritten code of bellhops and what really goes on in a valet parking garage.
Introvert’s Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
Sophia Dembling
This guide encourages those with shy, introverted personalities to honor the traits that make them unique and help them to not feel like they are antisocial and unfriendly, but that they prefer quiet time alone and one-on-one connections.
It’s Not You, It’s Brie: Unwrapping America’s Unique Culture of Cheese
Kirstin Jackson
A professional cook, wine bar manager and cheese program director offers a glimpse into the world of American cheese, describing who makes it, as well as where and how it is made, and offers recipes and pairing suggestions for each variety.
Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
Jake Tapper
A senior White House correspondent traces the October 2009 attack on Combat Outpost Keating by Taliban forces near the Pakistan border, citing the conflict’s status as one of the deadliest battles for U.S. forces and the controversial subsequent Pentagon ruling that the outpost should not have been there in the first place.
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
Laura Markham
A clinical psychologist offers practical, easy-to-apply ideas to help parents regulate themselves and their own emotions in order to foster a better connection with their children to help them grow, thrive and learn emotional intelligence, empathy, and responsibility.
Star Wars and History
Nancy R. Reagin & Janice Liedl
Including photos from the Lucasfilm Image Archives, this first book devoted to analyzing the actual historical events in our past that influenced the sci-fi blockbuster explores the major historical turning points, heroes and villains in human history and their impact on the Star Wars saga.
Thinner This Year
Chris Crowley & Jennifer Sacheck
The author of Younger Next Year teams up with a nutritionist and exercise physiologist in a guide to weight loss that challenges today’s “quick-fix” methods and draws on up-to-date science to outline strategic methods that explain specifically how to eat and exercise for permanent results.
Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?
Robin Marantz Henig & Samantha Henig
Exploring what it means to be 20 today with the help of her millennial daughter, the author examines the latest neuroscience and psychological resources, social media, the Internet, financial pressures and more, and provides the viewpoints of more than 120 millennials and baby boomers.
Published on December 17, 2012.
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