Nelson County Public Library

HOT NEW FICTION
MARCH 2008

Jeffrey Archer. A Prisoner of Birth. A fateful meeting between Danny Cartwright, an East End cockney garage mechanic, and Spencer Craig, a young West End barrister on the fast track to success, ends in Danny being arrested, convicted of murder--thanks to Spencer, who becomes the prosecution's main witness--and sent to prison, where he spends his time plotting to escape and seek revenge.

Mary Balogh. Simply Perfect. Having resigned herself to life without love, Claudia Martin, headmistress of Miss Martin's School for Girls, is drawn despite herself and the difference in their stations, to Joseph, the Marquess of Attingsborough, who is willing to defy convention and break every rule in society to make her his, in the conclusion of the romantic Regency series.

Pearl Cleage. Seen It All and Done the Rest. After thirty years in Europe building her reputation as one of her generation's finest actresses and redefining her role as an African-American diva, Josephine Evans is forced to return to the U.S., where she is forced to build a new life, and gets her chance when she takes on an unscrupulous land developer threatening to destroy her Atlanta community.

Linda Fairstein. Killer Heat. Successfully completing her latest rape trail, Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper's victory is spoiled by the discovery of a young woman, whose brutalized body is found in an abandoned building, and followed by a second corpse off the Belt Parkway, and she embarks on a deadly pursuit of a serial killer who leads her on a wild chase through the small islands surrounding Manhattan.

Joy Fielding. Charley’s Web. Struggling to gain journalistic credibility in the face of a disapproving family and other critics, controversial Florida columnist Charley Webb finds her emotional brick wall crumbling when she pens the story of a young woman on death row who may be innocent, an endeavor that inadvertently places the lives of Charley's children at risk.

Lauren Groff. The Monsters of Templeton. Returning in disgrace to her born-again Christian mother's home after an affair with her professor, temperamental Willie arrives at the same time the remains of a prehistoric creature is discovered in the town's lake, a finding that tests Willie's archaeological skills and leads to painful revelations about her family. A first novel.

Jonathan Kellerman. Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel. Baffled by a serial killer who uses disguises to claim his victims, LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis teams up with criminal psychologist Alex Delaware to track down one of the most ingenious and ruthless monsters they have ever faced, following a trail of death that leads back more than a decade and ranges from New York City to L.A.

Sophie Kinsella. Remember Me? Awakening in the hospital after a car crash believing that it is 2004 and that she is a twenty-five-year-old, disorganized, single sales associate, Lexi is stunned to find that she has lost three years in her life, she is the boss of her department, and she is married to a handsome millionaire, but her perfect new life begins to go awry, especially when a man shows up claiming to be her secret lover.

John Lescroart. Betrayal. Taking over the casework of a recently disappeared attorney, Dismas Hardy and his friend, detective Abe Glitsky, tackle an unexpectedly challenging appeal to overturn the life sentence of a National Guard reservist who has been convicted for a complicated double murder.

Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Scarborough. Deluge, Book Three (The Twins of Petaybee). Leaving Petaybee to help rescue a family friend, selkie twins Ronan and Murel are imprisoned by the Company, which wants them as workers, and an unscrupulous scientist, who hopes to study their unusual shape-changing talent, while their parents, Yana and Sean, risk everything to free their sentient world from those that want to exploit it for its resources.

Anne Perry. Buckingham Palace Gardens. When scandal threatens the monarchy after a female guest turns up dead following one of the debauched stag parties of Edward, the Prince of Wales, the Palace calls in Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch to solve the murder with utmost discretion, but his investigation is complicated by political intrigue, hidden rivalries, and high-stakes financial rewards.

Jodi Picoult. Change of Heart. Her life shattered by a devastating act of violence, June Nealson is forced to make a pivotal choice that involves her twelve-year-old daughter and a salvation-seeking criminal. By the author of Nineteen Minutes.

Anne Rice. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. A second volume in the author's series of novels chronicling the life of Christ begins prior to his baptism in the Jordan River and concludes with the miracle at Cana, as he leaves his everyday life in Nazareth to confront his destiny, the Devil's temptations, and the call to be Israel's liberator from Roman occupation.

Danielle Steel. Honor Thyself. Falling victim to an explosion in the heart of Paris, legendary film and stage actress Carole Barber awakens, only to have lost her memories of herself, her career, and her family, and must struggle to put the pieces of her life back together, healing old wounds and recapturing a lost love in the process.

Budge Wilson. Before Green Gables: The Prequel to Anne of Green Gables. A specially authorized prequel to L.M. Montgomery's classic series about the irrepressible red-haired orphan, published to commemorate the original work's one hundredth anniversary, follows Anne's early years before her adoption by the Cuthberts.

HOT NEW NON-FICTION AND BIOGRAPHY

Valerie Bertinelli. Losing It—And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time.

James Donovan. A Terrible Glory: Custer and Little Bighorn.

Stanislaw Dziwisz. A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope.

Joseph T. Glatthaar. General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse.

Max Hastings. Retribution: The Battle For Japan, 1944-45.

Helen Mirren. In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Stop Whining, Start Doing.

Garry Wills. What the Gospels Meant.

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