Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Alex Cross, Run
James Patterson
In the aftermath of a disgraced plastic surgeon’s release from prison, Detective Alex Cross investigates the murder of a young mother whose newborn has disappeared, a case that is further complicated by two additional killings.
Beach House No. 9
Christie Ridgway
When Jane Pearson arrives at the beach house of reclusive journalist Griffin Lowell to help him write his memoir, she engages in a battle of wits with this obstinate man who needs her help more than he ever could have realized.
Bear Is Broken
Lachlan Smith
Following in the footsteps of a successful attorney brother who raised him, Leo searches for answers when a shooting puts his brother in a coma, a situation that reveals startling truths and dangerous enemies on both sides of the law.
Bonnie of Evidence
Maddy Hunter
Organizing a high-tech scavenger hunt while leading a group of Iowa seniors on a tour of Scotland, travel escort Emily Andrew-Miceli is on the case when an underhanded play by one of the teams culminates in a murder, a situation that is complicated by the appearance of a cursed dagger.
Comfort of Lies
Randy Susan Meyers
Traces the intersections of three women five years after a fateful love affair, including a searching woman who gave up her baby for adoption, an adoptive mom who questions her suitability as a parent and a married woman who views her husband’s affair differently upon learning about the baby.
Deadly Stakes
J. A. Jance
Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer from striking again.
Dinner
Herman Koch
Meeting at a fashionable Amsterdam restaurant for dinner, two couples move from small talk to the wrenching shared challenge of their teenage sons’ shattering act of violence that has triggered a police investigation and revealed the extent to which each family will go to protect those they love.
Guilt
Jonathan Kellerman
When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains in a neglected fixer-upper Tudor mansion, psychologist-investigator Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unprecedented narcissism and unspeakable cruelty.
Here I Go Again
Jen Lancaster
Longing for the high-school days when she was popular and feared, 37-year-old Lissy Ryder moves back into her parents’ home after being dumped by her husband and losing her job, a situation that compels her to start her own business and try to change the mean person she was as a teenager.
Hit Me
Lawrence Block
With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute to New York, where people might remember him.
House of Earth
Woody Guthrie
In this story of rural realism and progressive activism that is in many ways a companion piece to the author’s folk anthem This Land Is Your Land, Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle.
Middle Men
Jim Gavin
This story collection features a sequence of men who make doomed forays into middle-class respectability in Southern California, from “Play the Man,” in which a high-school basketball player aspires to a college scholarship, to “Elephant Doors,” in which a game-show production assistant moonlights as a stand-up comedian.
Night Ranger
Alex Berenson
When four friends, working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis, are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isn’t his usual playing field where he discovers that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined.
Patron Saint of Lost Dogs
Nick Trout
Reluctantly returning home to Eden Falls, Vermont, to revive his late father’s failing veterinary practice and then sell it as quickly as possible, Dr. Cyrus Mills finds his plans changing when he gets more and more entrenched in the community and in his relationships with a cast of colorful characters.
Power Trip
Jackie Collins
On a state-of-the-art luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Aleksandr Kasianenko, a billionaire Russian oligarch, his sexy supermodel girlfriend and their guests–five powerful and famous couples–are all held hostage by a master pirate who is working for a Russian mobster with a grudge.
Promise of Stardust
Priscille Sibley
After an accident leaves his wife Elle brain dead, Matt Beaulieu, resolving to take her off life support, changes his mind when the doctors discover that she is pregnant, a decision that results in a controversial legal battle with Elle’s family.
Proof of Guilt
Charles Todd
When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world’s best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor who, dismissing the evidence, has his own suspect.
Reunion at Red Paint Bay
George Harrar
Simon Howe, editor of Red Paint, Maine’s newspaper, finds his predictable life disrupted by the arrival of an anonymous and disturbing postcard that engages him and his family in a full-scale psychological battle with an unidentified stalker.
Schroder
Amity Gaige
Ensconced in a correctional facility at the height of a custody battle with his estranged wife, Erik, a first-generation East German immigrant who changed his name as a youth, surveys his childhood, marriage and experience as a father to consider the disparity between his original and assumed identities.
See Now Then
Jamaica Kincaid
In this beautifully haunting novel about marriage and family from the author of Autobiography of My Mother, a mother and father and their two children, living in a small village in New England, move, in their own minds, between the present, the past and the future.
Seventh Victim
Mary Burton
Lara Church, the only survivor of the Seattle Strangler, who disappeared seven years ago, finds her chance at a normal life shattered when Texas Ranger James Beck informs her that the Strangler is back and determined to kill her.
Speaking from Among the Bones
Alan Bradley
When the tomb of St. Tancred is opened at a village church in Bishop’s Lacey, its shocking contents lead to another case for Flavia de Luce, where greed, pride and murder result in old secrets coming to light, along with a forgotten flower that hasn’t been seen for half a thousand years.
Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
Dina Nayeri
Collecting forbidden paraphernalia in her fascination with America, young Saba Hafezi of 1980s Iran becomes convinced that her suddenly missing mother and twin sister have departed for America without her, a situation that compels her to envision her twin’s Western life throughout subsequent years.
Touch & Go
Lisa Gardner
When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes’ darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far they are willing to go.
Truth About Love and Lightning
Susan McBride
Returning home pregnant and alone, Abby Brink is sure that the mysterious man left behind by a tornado is her long-lost father Sam, but when a lie her mother has been telling for nearly 40 years and Sam’s past is revealed, the fragile life she has built comes crashing down.
Week in Winter
Maeve Binchy
A final novel by the late author follows the efforts of a woman who against the opinions of local detractors turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges.
NONFICTION
Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America
Ernest Freeberg
A history of the culture of invention as epitomized by Thomas Edison demonstrates how America’s lead in the electric light revolution of the late-nineteenth century transformed the country.
All Natural: A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier
Nathanael Johnson
Scrutinizes “all-natural” philosophies to consider the negative aspects of extreme approaches to health care, an investigation that explores potential sources of health-care paradoxes.
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
David Roberts
Describes the epic and heroic journey undertaken by Douglas Mawson, who suffered starvation, the loss of his entire team, and a massive foot injury as he resorted to ultimately crawling back to base camp during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1913.
American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA
Edward Whitacre & Leslie Cauley
The man who was selected by President Barack Obama to come out of retirement and turnaround the nearly bankrupt General Motors after its financial bailout in 2009 offers a memoir of his successes at that company, as well as AT&T.
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G.Greenwald
A pair of leading psychologists argues that prejudice toward others is often an unconscious part of the human psyche, providing an analysis of the science behind biased feelings while sharing guidelines for identifying and learning from hidden prejudices.
Damn Few: Making the Modern Seal Warrior
Rorke Denver & Ellis Henican
Explaining the unique psychology behind the SEALs’ legendary training program, a high-level SEAL officer reveals the modern techniques that transform a chosen few into lethal warriors and details how the SEALs’ creative operations became front-and-center in America’s War on Terror.
Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
Daniel Stashower
Presents the dramatic true story of the “Baltimore Plot” conspiracy to assassinate the 16th President on the eve of the Civil War, tracing the efforts of detective Allan Pinkerton and widowed private eye Kate Warne to identify and stop the would-be killers.
Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Thom Hatch
An in-depth history of the legendary Old West outlaw duo traces their numerous daring robberies before new technologies and advancing civilizations rendered their methods ineffective, sharing insight into their flight to South America and reports about their mysterious deaths.
Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Pam Penick
Describes how to remove high-maintenance, resource-hogging lawns and replace them with alternative grasses, ground cover plants, and hardscaping that are more eco-conscious and easier to sustain.
My Amish Childhood
Jerry S. Eicher
A best-selling fiction author recounts his young life in an Amish family which moved from Ontario to Honduras and then to America when the community failed, and his reasons for departing from his childhood faith later in life.
Shouting Won’t Help: Why I–And 50 Million Other Americans–Can’t Hear You
Katherine Bouton
A former senior editor at The New York Times traces her own experiences of hearing loss while evaluating a growing epidemic of hearing impairment in America, drawing on medical and specialist insights to identify possible causes while sharing perspective on how hearing loss affects everyday life.
Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss
Jillian Michaels
Outlines a plan for rapid and permanent weight loss, identifying gimmick-free practices for enabling positive health transformations.
Surviving Your Child’s Adolescence: How to Understand, and Even Enjoy, the Rocky Road to Adolescence
Carl Pickhardt
Guiding parents through the rough teenage years, a psychologist and parenting expert presents a four-stage model of adolescent growth to help parents anticipate common developmental changes and offers best practices for communication, decision-making and conflict.
What Doctors Eat: Tips, Recipes, and the Ultimate Eating Plan for Lasting Weight Loss and Perfect Health
Tasneem Bhatia & Editors of Prevention
Outlines a weight-loss and disease-prevention plan developed from the strategies of leading doctors that shares favorite recipes and includes such tips as the cholesterol-reducing properties of cinnamon, the benefits of antioxidants in dark chocolate and more.
Published on February 22, 2013.
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