Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Absence of Mercy
John Burley
A peaceful existence is shattered for a small-town medical examiner who investigates an increasingly disturbing series of animal-like attacks that forces him to choose between hunting down a killer and safeguarding his family.
Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses
Catriona McPherson
Arriving at an all-girls school in Portpatrick to investigate the disappearance of a childhood friend who taught there, aristocratic sleuth Catriona McPherson soon discovers that her missing chum is not the only thing that’s off in this quaint seaside town.
Death of the Black-Haired Girl
Robert Stone
Hoping to save his marriage by ending an illicit affair with a student, college professor Steven Brookman discovers that the young woman’s passions are not easily curtailed and that their relationship has more complicated ramifications than either anticipated.
Forget Me Not
Fern Michaels
Living with the memory of her lonely childhood, Lucy Brighton keeps her distance from her parents, but when they are killed in a car accident, she travels to Florida to settle their estate and finds herself confronted with a mysterious safe and family secrets.
Going Dark
James W. Hall
When his recently-discovered son naively falls in with a cell of environmental terrorists from the Earth Liberation Front, Thorn must stop them before they target Turkey Point, the largest nuclear power plant in Florida.
Heirs of the Body
Carola Dunn
When her cousin Edgar asks to interview possible heirs to the viscountcy, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, with the help of the family lawyer, gathers together four claimants to the title, but when one is murdered, Daisy must uncover a conspiracy before someone else meets the same fate.
Hostage
Kay Hooper
The search for an escaped felon, a mentally unstable bank robber, in the Appalachian Mountains turns more dangerous than either Haven operative Luther Brinkman or Agent Callie Davis could have thought, in the second book in the trilogy following Haven.
Housemaid’s Daughter
Barbara Mutch
After traveling to South Africa for a loveless marriage in 1919, Ada, a young Irish woman isolated in a small town in the harsh desert, befriends the daughter of the housemaid, and must decide what to do when the girl goes missing after being scorned by the community.
Hunted
Karen Robards
When the chief of police and the mayor of New Orleans are taken hostage by disgraced former co-worker Reed Ware, top hostage negotiator Caroline Wallace allows herself to be taken captive only to learn that Reed is being targeted for his discovery of high-level government corruption.
Innocence
Dean Koontz
Foraging for supplies by night in a beautiful but hostile urban world where strangers would kill him on sight, Addison endures a solitary existence before meeting a quicksilver girl engaged in a dangerous duel of wits with a malicious, well-placed enemy.
Innocent Blood
James Rollins & Rebecca Cantrell
An attack outside Stanford University thrusts archaeologist Erin Granger back into the fold of the Sanguines, and, as the threat of Armageddon looms, she must unite with an ancient evil to halt the plans of a man determined to see the world end, a man known only as Iscariot.
Invisible Code
Christopher Fowler
Two of London’s sharpest minds within the Peculiar Crimes Unit are faced with one of the most bizarre cases of their careers as an ill-timed death, a powerful curse, a crazy dowager, and a dead photographer lead them into a world of madness, codes, and the secret of London’s strangest relic.
Knit & Stitch
Hope Ramsay
When her career plans are upended by her mother’s abandonment, Molly Canaday juggles the responsibilities of her yarn shop and the well-intentioned advice of a weekly knitting club before falling for her broken-hearted landlord, who longs to leave the community.
Missing Dough
Chris Cavender
When Maddy’s cheating ex-husband shows up in Timber Ridge with a scheme to win Maddy back, and is later found stabbed to death with a barbecue skewer, Maddy and her sister Eleanor, co-owners of the local pizzeria, must investigate to find the killer.
Morning Glory
Sarah Jio
Fleeing a personal tragedy to take up residence on Boat Street, Ada discovers a trunk left behind by the boathouse’s previous resident, a young newlywed from half a century earlier whose mysterious fate converges with Ada’s own.
Murder and Moonshine
Carol Miller
Recently separated from her husband, Daisy, a small town diner waitress, accidentally uncovers a moonshine operation after one of her customers drops dead, and she finds herself caught between a sweet-talking distiller and a handsome ATF agent.
Murder as a Second Language
Joan Hess
With new-found leisure time, Claire Malloy tries to learn French cooking and becomes an ESL tutor, but ends up investigating a murder when one of her students, an unpleasant Russian woman, is found dead at the Farberville Literary Council.
New Countess
Fay Weldon
As Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate prepare for a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Lady Isobel finds herself at odds with her son’s new American heiress wife in the third book of the trilogy following Long Live the King.
Permanent Member of the Family
Russell Banks
A literary icon known for his searing portrayals of contemporary American life presents a collection of twelve short works that visit morally complex themes in a fractured nation of inhabitants searching for connection and understanding.
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Retribution
Eric Lustbader
Vowing to avenge Rebeka’s death, Jason Bourne is pursued on all sides while investigating the deadly trafficking partnership between Oyang Jidan, a senior member of China’s Politburo, and a recently deceased Mexican drug lord.
Sinister
Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush & Rosalind Noonan
Twenty years after a fire ravages the Dillinger homestead, killing Judd Dillinger, the patriarch of the wealthy family summons his children home for his wedding, unknowingly bringing them in reach of a killer who has been honing his skill, waiting, determined to kill them all.
Someone Else’s Love Story
Joshilyn Jackson
Twenty-one-year-old Shandi Pierce, who is juggling college and raising her three-year-old genius son, falls head over heels in love with a brilliant geneticist who, in the middle of a stick-up at a gas station mini-mart, willingly steps between the armed robber and her son.
Supreme Macaroni Company
Adriana Trigiani
When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family’s celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining her family’s business and enjoying life to the fullest.
Vanishing Thief
Kate Parker
A member of the Archivist Society, antiquarian bookseller Georgia Fenchurch must infiltrate the inner circles of the upper crust to find Nicholas Drake, a kidnapped thief who has been blackmailing leading members of London society.
NONFICTION
27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
Howard Sounes
A collection of interviews reveals undiscovered connections between the dozens of celebrities whose fame was augmented by their early deaths.
French Women Don’t Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude
Mireille Guiliano
The author of French Women Don’t Get Fat discusses how to grow old gracefully while looking and feeling great by embracing French-inspired lifestyle practices and attitudes rather than resorting to plastic surgery.
Getting Away With Murder: Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
Heraldo Muñoz
The lead commissioner of the UN investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto recounts his investigation into this tragic event that forever changed U.S.-Pakistani relations.
Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer
Thom Hatch
Describes General Custer’s legendary successes during the Civil War including his capture of the first Confederate battle flag of the war, rather than focusing on his failure at Little Big Horn.
Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel
Sherill Tippins
Opening the doors to New York’s icon of American artistic invention, this history of the Chelsea Hotel reveals why and how it has become the largest and longest-lived artists’ community of the known world.
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
Renata Calverley
In June of 1942 in Przemysl, Poland, six-year-old Renatka, utterly alone after her mother and grandmother do not return from their shifts at the factory, is passed from place to place where stories become her salvation and she must rely on the kindness of strangers to escape the Nazis.
Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
Jame Tobin
Reveals how FDR’s fight against polio led to one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of American politics as he turned his personal disaster to his political advantage, rallying the nation in the Great Depression and leading it through World War II.
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit
An influential Israeli newspaper columnist presents a groundbreaking examination of Israel that traces the events that led the country to its current state of conflict through the stories of everyday citizens to illuminate the importance of lesser-known historical events.
My Venice and Other Essays
Donna Leon
The author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series presents more than fifty humorous, passionate, and insightful essays about her life in Venice that also explore her family history, her former life in New Jersey, and the idea of the Italian man.
Renewable: The World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy
Jeremy Shere
Presents the history of the search for sources of renewable energy and the scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors who have worked at developing biofuel, solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower alternatives.
Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
Lucy Lethbridge
Depicts the lives of British servants through the letters and diaries of those who served in upper class households and explores the complicated relationships and social implications between the server and those they served.
Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are
Matthew Hertenstein
A leading psychologist demonstrates the power of human intuition to make predictions based on small amounts of information, explaining how intuition is typically surprisingly accurate while offering recommendations on how to tap intuitive skills.
To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing
Simon Garfield
An ode to the dwindling art of letter writing explores its potential salvation in the digital age, chronicling the history of letter writing as reflected by love letters, chain mail and business correspondence.
What Are You Hungry For?: The Chopra Solution to Permanent Weight Loss, Well-Being, and Lightness of Soul
Deepak Chopra
Draws on the latest findings in mainstream and alternative medicine to outline an approach to weight loss that explains how to meet physical, mental, and spiritual needs.
Published on December 18, 2013.
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