Here’s a listing of the newest large print titles available at both branches of the Irondequoit Public Library purchased in the month of February.
FICTION:
- Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
Going undercover to investigate the death of a drowning victim at the request of the man’s wealthy and influential uncle, Inspector Thomas Lynley uncovers dark secrets in his client’s family while one of Lynley’s partners, Deborah St. James, becomes increasingly obsessed with a chief suspect’s wife.
- Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
After a five year absence, an 18-year-old runaway returns to her family in Miami to deal with the guilty secret that caused her to flee, in a new novel from the author of Origin.
- Bright’s Passage by Josh Ritter
A debut novel by the acclaimed songwriter follows the story of World War I veteran Henry Bright, who while grieving over the death of his young wife struggles to care for their new infant and travels a fire-stricken landscape accompanied by a guardian angel and a cantankerous goat.
- Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz
Receiving a blackmail threat after a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive rare-book collector, Abby Radwell, a psychic who is able to detect paranormal secrets in old texts, hires paranormal investigator Sam Coppersmith to track down a ruthless killer with supernatural abilities.
- The Dark Earl by Virginia Henley
Although committed to restoring the family’s financial security, Viscount Thomas can’t seem to keep his mind off the beautiful and outspoken Lady Harriet Hamilton in this novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Irish Duke.
- The Devil’s Elixir by Raymond Khoury
When rival forces on both sides of the law discover the existence of a lost herb that induces profound experiences capable of shattering the foundations of Western civilization, a violent competition to locate the herb is overseen by FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, Tess Chaykin, who race to prevent a cataclysmic disaster. By the best-selling author of The Templar Salvation.
- A Good American by Alex George
The Meisenheimer family struggle to find their place among the colorful residents of their new American hometown, including a giant teenage boy, a pretty schoolteacher whose lessons consist of more than just music and an spiteful, bicycle-riding dwarf.
- Left for Dead by J.A. Jance
When the near-fatal shooting of a former police academy classmate reveals clues that his wife and he were operating on the wrong side of the law, Alice Reynolds teams up with Sister Anselm, who is attending an undocumented woman who has been savagely attacked by a drug cartel.
- Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin
A sobering tale set against a backdrop of the 1937 attack on Nanjing follows American missionary and women’s college dean Minnie Vautrin’s decision to remain at her school to help during a violent Japanese attack that renders the school a refugee center for 10,000 women and children. By the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting.
- Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers
While restoring a small historic home in the wilderness of the Swift River Valley, Olivia Frost joins her neighbor, Dylan McCaffrey, on a generations-old treasure hunt that reveals a mystery wrapped in a love story.
- The Silver Lotus by Thomas Steinbeck
Expanding his trading empire, Captain Jeremiah Macy Hammond faces pirates, storms and illness as he crosses the Pacific seeking new markets in the Orient and falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Cantonese merchant family.
- The Sisters by Nancy Jensen
Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other–with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste sets off a chain of misunderstandings that will divide the sisters and reverberate through three generations of women.
- True Blue by Diana Palmer
In this much anticipated installment in the Long, Tall Texans series, smooth-talking San Antonio detective Rick Marquez, who has never met a case he couldn’t solve or a woman he couldn’t charm, soon discovers that all that is about to change.
NONFICTION:
- Imperfect Justice : Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton
The prosecuting attorney for the trial of Casey Anthony offers an inside account of the investigation, explaining how the prosecution built their case and why the media fixation on Anthony may have undermined the case.
- War of the Worldviews : Science Vs Spirituality by Deepak Chopra
Argues that there is design in our universe and a deep intelligence behind life. Without defending organized religion, this title debunks randomness as an explanation for how Nature evolves and shows how consciousness comes first and matter second.
Published on February 23, 2012.
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