HOT NEW FICTION
APRIL 2008
David
Baldacci. The Whole
Truth. While the head of
the world's largest defense contractor and his minions secretly conspire to
gain even more riches by instigating a war, a multi-national intelligence agent
reluctantly travels to keep the world safe, and an ambitious journalist
receives a mysterious offer to interview the sole survivor of a recent
massacre.
Nevada Barr. Winter Study. Visiting an
isolated Lake Superior isle to study wolf behavior in preparation for her own
park's receipt of a pack, ranger Anna Pigeon joins an esteemed scientific group
that subsequently discovers unusual DNA evidence suggesting that a giant and
dangerous wolf hybrid has been introduced by an unknown source.
Elizabeth Berg. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation. A compelling anthology of short fiction,
including eleven never-before-published pieces, explores the lives of women
breaking free of the convention that controls their lives, in a collection that
includes “Returns and Exchanges,” “Over the Hill and Into the Woods,” and the
title story, about a woman who goes on a happiness binge after ditching Weight
Watchers.
Jennifer Chiaverini. The Winding Ways Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts). A latest installment in the popular series
brings newcomers into the Circle of Quilters who share the original members'
struggles to balance their creative lives with their friendship and their work
and family demands. By the author of The Quilter's Homecoming.
Mary Higgins Clark. Where Are You Now.
Driven by a need to solve the mystery of an older sibling's
disappearance ten years earlier, young lawyer Carolyn MacKenzie launches an
investigation into a bizarre community of people who choose to disappear, embarking
on a driven quest that poses life-threatening consequences.
Harlan Coben. Hold Tight. Worrying about
their sixteen-year-old son Adam in the wake of a friend's suicide and a string
of other traumatic school incidents, Tia and Mike Baye install an activity
monitor on their son's computer and are alarmed to learn that the suicide
victim's mother believes Adam may have been involved.
Barbara Delinsky. Suddenly. Her comfortable
world shattered by the inexplicable suicide of her best friend and medical
partner, Vermont pediatrician Paige Pfeiffer struggles to come to terms with
her grief while caring for her friend's adopted baby, a circumstance that leads
to an unexpected new relationship. By the author of A Woman Betrayed.
Jude Deveraux. Secrets. Having harbored an unrequited love for a man she met in
childhood, Cassandra impulsively breaks an engagement to become the now-widowed
man's nanny, but realizes that her chance for winning his heart is threatened
by dark secrets. By the author of Someone to Love.
Eric Jerome Dickey. Pleasure. Having left a man
who has failed to meet her intimate needs, a woman considers the morally
challenging notion of pursuing relationships with more than one person and
gives into fantasies in her subsequent affairs with a married man and an unmarried
stranger.
Dorothea Benton Frank. Bulls Island. Twenty years after
breaking her engagement to a prominent Southern blueblood in the wake of her
mother's suspicious death, Betts Barrett returns to her home on Bulls Island to
fight local developers and faces unexpected and dangerous challenges.
Joanne Harris. The Girl With No Shadow. A
long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling Chocolat finds Vianne
assuming a low-profile new identity in Paris, where she opens a chocolaterie
and hopes to escape the ghosts of her past before a devious new friend
threatens everything she has worked for.
Carolyn Hart. Death Walked In: A Death on Demand Mystery. In the aftermath of a million-dollar coin
collection theft, bookstore owner Annie Darling and her private-investigator
husband Max are further perplexed by a client's untimely murder in an
antebellum home that the Darlings are restoring.
Alice Hoffman. The Third Angel.
The best-selling author of Here on Earth explores the complex,
ever-changing nature of love in a novel that follows the lives of three women
in love with the wrong men--headstrong Madeleine Heller, attracted to her
sister's fiancé; Frieda Lewis, a runaway doctor's daughter and the muse to an
ill-fated rock star; and Bryn Evans, engaged to be married but secretly
obsessed with her ex-husband.
Lisa Jackson. Lost Souls. True crime writer
Kristi Benz, searching for the one case that will take her to the top, gets her
wish when she enrolls at All Saints College to investigate the brutal murders
of three troubled girls, all of whom were found with the blood drained from
their bodies, and comes face-to-face with a sadistic killer.
Iris Johansen. Quicksand. Obsessed with
finding her daughter, Bonnie, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan enlists the aid of
Dr. Megan Blair to help bring Bonnie's killer to justice, embarking on a
perilous quest, accompanied by Joe Quinn, that will either bring her ultimate
closure and revenge or destroy everything--and everyone--she cares about.
Jhumpa Lahiri. Unaccustomed Earth.
Exploring the secrets and complexities lying at the heart of family life
and relationships, a collection of eight stories includes the title work, about
a young mother in a new city whose father tends her garden while hiding a
secret love affair, as well as “Hema and Kaushik,” “Only Goodness,” and “A
Choice of Accommodations,” among others.
Debbie Macomber. Twenty Wishes.
Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful
bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, creates a list of twenty wishes, along
with several other widows, and, while acting upon her wishes, becomes involved
with an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list--with
unexpected results.
Alexander McCall Smith. The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Mma Precious Ramotswe heads to a Botswana game preserve to investigate
the death of an elderly American tourist, while at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective
Agency, Mma Makutsi institutes the Complaint Half Hour to air her personal
grievances, and at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mma Ramotswe's husband suddenly
decides to mortgage the garage.
Amanda
Quick. The Third Circle: An Arcane
Society Novel. Attempting to
claim a crystal of mysterious power that has been stolen from her family,
gifted crystal worker Leona Hewitt unknowingly captures the heart of psychic
Thaddeus Ware, an Arcane Society member who is out to protect Leona from the
murderous Lord Delbridge, his dangerous associates, and a preternatural hunter.
Karen Robards. Guilty. Sixteen years
after participating in a robbery that had left a police officer dead, Kate, a
Philadelphia prosecutor and single mom, is shocked when she learns that she is
to prosecute one of her co-conspirators, a man who threatens to expose her if
she does not prevent his conviction.
Joseph Wambaugh. Hollywood Crows.
Encountering a seemingly harmless socialite in Margot Aziz, LAPD cops
Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead are unaware that the woman's ugly divorce from
a nefarious nightclub owner is part of a murderous ruse in which both Nate and
Rumstead are being set up.
Stuart Woods. Santa Fe Dead.
When the wife who had hired an assassin to kill him escapes from police
custody, attorney Ed Eagle struggles to survive and protect the life of his new
girlfriend, a situation that is further challenged by the questionable
credibility of a new client. By the author of Short Straw.
Julie Andrews. Home:
A Memoir of My Early Years.
Jimmy Carter. A
Remarkable Mother.
Steve Coll. The
Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century.
Germaine Greer. Shakespeare’s
Wife.
Daoud Hari. The
Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur.
Joyce Meyer. The
Secret to True Happiness: Enjoy Today, Embrace Tomorrow.
Joe Nick Patoski. Willie
Nelson: An Epic Life.
Cokie Roberts. Ladies
of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation.
Rose Rock & Valerie Graham. Mama Rock’s Rules: Ten Lessons For Raising Ten (Or Less)
Successful Children.
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