Dust by Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta Series Book # 21
Massachusetts Chief
Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the
worst mass murders in U.S. history when she’s awakened at an early hour
by Detective Pete Marino.
A body, oddly draped in an unusual
cloth, has just been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT and
it’s suspected the identity is that of missing computer engineer Gail
Shipton, last seen the night before at a trendy Cambridge bar. It
appears she’s been murdered, mere weeks before the trial of her $100
million lawsuit against her former financial managers, and Scarpetta
doubts it’s a coincidence. She also fears the case may have a connection
with her computer genius niece, Lucy.
At a glance there is no
sign of what killed Gail Shipton, but she’s covered with a fine dust
that under ultraviolet light fluoresces brilliantly in three vivid
colors, what Scarpetta calls a mineral fingerprint. Clearly the body has
been posed with chilling premeditation that is symbolic and meant to
shock, and Scarpetta has reason to worry that the person responsible is
the Capital Murderer, whose most recent sexual homicides have terrorized
Washington, D.C. Stunningly, Scarpetta will discover that her FBI
profiler husband, Benton Wesley, is convinced that certain people in the
government, including his boss, don’t want the killer caught.
In Dust,
Scarpetta and her colleagues are up against a force far more sinister
than a sexual predator who fits the criminal classification of a "spectacle killer.” The murder of Gail Shipton soon leads deep into the
dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and
shocking corruption at the highest levels.
For more information on Patricia Cornwell and her latest works visit her website.
The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon
Accursed Kings Series Book # 2
“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”
The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and
silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm
with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak
and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is
unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.
A
web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron
King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the
persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences
Grand Master Jacques de Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing
down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty…
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Sycamore Row by John Grisham
Jake Brigance Series Book # 2
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy
man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself
from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an
act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a
conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance
one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier.
The second will raises far more questions than it answers.
Why
would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had
chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly?
And
what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore
Row?
For more information on John Grisham and his latest works visit his website.
Because We Belong by Beth Kery
Because You Are Mine Series Book # 3
Introduced in New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery’s erotic phenomenon Because You Are Mine, they aroused an "addictive and delicious" (USA Today) romance that dared to break the rules of attraction.
In Because We Belong
Ian and Francesca return to reignite the exquisite passions that drew
them together, and to finally face the intimate secrets that threatened
to separate them forever. The secrets of an inescapable past that was
one man’s darkest mystery—a darkness that seduced one woman and forever
held her spellbound with forbidden desire.
For both of them, the next
step is total abandon.
For more information on Beth Kery and her latest works visit her website.
Holly Blues by Susan Wittig Albert
China Bayles Series Book # 18
China Bayles is fit to
spit when her husband's troubled ex-wife, Sally, shows up at her herb
shop, claiming to be broke with nowhere else to turn. China isn't sure
if it's the goodness of her heart or the scent of Christmas wreaths, but
she invites Sally to stay.
Then China starts receiving menacing
calls from an "ex" of Sally's, who seems to have a connection to the
murder of her parents nearly a decade ago.
With her P.I. husband out of
town, it's up to China to weed out the truth behind whatever it is
Sally's running from before danger catches up to all of them....
For more information on Susan Wittig Albert and her latest works visit her website.
Mean Streets by Various Authors (Anthology)
From four of today’s hottest fantasy authors—all-new novellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s.
The
best paranormal private investigators have been brought together in a
single volume—and cases don’t come any harder than this.
New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher delivers a hard-boiled tale in which Harry Dresden’s latest case may be his last.
Nightside
dweller John Taylor is hired by a woman to find something she lost—her
memory—in a thrilling noir tale from New York Times bestselling author
Simon R. Green.
National bestselling author Kat Richardson’s
Greywalker finds herself in too deep when a “simple job” goes bad and
Harper Blaine is enmeshed in a tangle of dark secrets and revenge from
beyond the grave.
For centuries, the being that we know as Noah
lived among us. Now he is dead, and fallen-angel-turned-detective Remy
Chandler has been hired to find out who killed him in a whodunit by
national bestselling author Thomas E. Sniegoski.
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Kenzie and Gennaro Series Book # 6
Amanda McCready was
four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years
ago. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led investigators
Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to
find the young girl—only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful
mother and a broken home.
Now Amanda is sixteen—and gone again. A
stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her
upbringing. Yet Amanda's aunt is once more knocking on Patrick Kenzie's
door, fearing the worst for the little girl who has blossomed into a
striking, clever young woman—a woman who hasn't been seen in weeks.
Haunted
by their consciences, Kenzie and Gennaro revisit the case that troubled
them the most. Their search leads them into a world of identity
thieves, methamphetamine dealers, a mentally unstable crime boss and his
equally demented wife, a priceless, thousand-year-old cross, and a
happily homicidal Russian gangster. It's a world in which motives and
allegiances constantly shift and mistakes are fatal.
In their
desperate fight to confront the past and find Amanda McCready, Kenzie
and Gennaro will be forced to question if it's possible to do the wrong
thing and still be right or to do the right thing and still be wrong. As
they face an evil that goes beyond broken families and broken dreams,
they discover that the sins of yesterday don't always stay buried and
the crimes of today could end their lives.
For more information on Dennis Lehane and his latest works visit his website.
A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
Safehold Series Book # 4
Young Cayleb Ahrmahk
has accomplished things few people could even dream of. Not yet even
thirty years old, he’s won the most crushing naval victories in human
history. He’s smashed a hostile alliance of no less than five princedoms
and won the hand of the beautiful young Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm.
Cayleb and Sharleyan have created the Charisian Empire, the greatest
naval power in the history of Safehold, and they’ve turned Charis into a
place of refuge for all who treasure freedom.
Their success may
prove short-lived. The Church of God Awaiting, which controls most of
Safehold, has decreed their destruction. Mother Church’s entire purpose
is to prevent the very things to which Charis is committed. Since the
first attempt to crush the heretics failed, the Church has no choice but
to adopt some of the hated Charisian innovations for themselves. Soon a
mighty fleet will sail against Cayleb, destroying everything in its
path.
But there are still matters about which the Church knows
nothing, including Cayleb and Sharleyan’s adviser, friend, and guardian—
the mystic warrior-monk named Merlin Athrawes. Merlin knows all about
battles against impossible odds, because he is in fact the cybernetic
avatar of a young woman named Nimue Alban, who died a thousand years
before. As Nimue, Merlin saw the entire Terran Federation go down in
fire and slaughter at the hands of a foe it could not defeat. He knows
that Safehold is the last human planet in existence, and that the stasis
the Church was created to enforce will be the human race’s death
sentence if it is allowed to stand.
The juggernaut is rumbling
down on Charis, but Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary human
beings stand in its path. The Church is about to discover just how
potent the power of human freedom truly is.
For more information on David Weber and his latest works visit his website.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Kingkiller Chronicle Series Book # 2
My name is Kvothe.
I
have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down
the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with
both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a
younger age than most people are allowed in.I tread paths by moonlight
that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved
women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.
So
begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view--a story
unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in THE WISE MAN'S FEAR, Day Two of the Kingkiller Chronicle,
an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces
Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift,
penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes
entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry
favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt,
comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of
mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or
what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.
All the while,
Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the
mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the
way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced
to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the FAe realm.
There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no
man has ever survived...until Kvothe.
In THE WISE MAN'SFEAR,
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how
difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.
For more information on Patrick Rothfuss and his latest works visit his website.
Somewhere to Belong by Judith Miller
Daughters of Anna Series Book # 1
Johanna Ilg has lived
her entire life in Main Amana, one of the seven villages inhabited by
devout Christians who believe in cooperative living, a simple lifestyle,
and faithful service to God. Although she's always longed to see the
outside world, Johanna believes her future is rooted in the community.
But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew
is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new
life and the man she left behind.
Berta Schumacher has lived a
privileged life in Chicago, and when her parents decide they want a
simpler life in Amana, Iowa, she resists. Under the strictures of the
Amana villages, Berta's rebellion reaches new heights. Will her heart ever be content among the plain people of Amana?
For more information on Judith Miller and her latest works visit her website.
More Than Words by Judith Miller
Daughters of Anna Series Book # 2
Gretchen Kohler is an
Amana storekeeper's daughter with a secret passion for writing. But
artistic pursuits are frowned upon in her conservative Amana village, so
she confines her poems and stories to her journals, letting only close
friends read them.
When a young reporter comes into her store, she
believes she's found a kindred spirit. She shares a few of her stories
with him--only to have her trust betrayed in the worst of ways,
resulting in trouble for her entire community. The scandal is made even
worse by the fact that gypsies have camped nearby and seem to be preying
upon the Amanans' compassionate, pacifist nature.
Will Gretchen lose
her job, her reputation, and the love of her childhood beau all because
of one bad decision?
For more information on Judith Miller and her latest works visit her website.
A Bond Never Broken by Judith Miller
Daughters of Anna Series Book # 3
For many years, Ilsa
Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the
United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The
residents of the towns surrounding the Amana Colonies used to be
accepting of their quiet, peaceful neighbors, but with anti-German
sentiment running high, the Amana villages are now plagued by vandalism,
threats, and insults. Things get even worse when Ilsa finds out her
family won't be allowed to speak German in public--and that Garon, the
childhood friend she's long been smitten with, has decided to join the
army.
Jutta Schmidt is shocked when several members of the Council
of National Defense show up on her family's doorstep. Sure, the Schmidts
once lived in the Amana Colonies, but that was years ago. She's even
more surprised when the council demands that she travel to Amana and
report back on any un-American activities. Not daring to disobey the
government agents, Jutta takes a job at the South Amana hotel, befriends
the daughter of the owners, and begins to eavesdrop every chance she
gets.
When Jutta hears Ilsa making antiwar remarks and observes
Garon assisting a suspicious outsider, she is torn at the prospect of
betraying her new friends. But what choice does she have? And when Garon
is accused of something far worse than Jutta could imagine, can the
Amana community come to his aid in time?
For more information on Judith Miller and her latest works visit her website.
Mirage by Clive Cussler
Orgeon Files Series Book # 9
In October 1943, a U.S.
destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result
of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was
considered a hoax—but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren’t
so sure.
There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned,
something very dangerous to America’s interests, and the rumors link it
to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy
when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment?
Are his
notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he
discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined—but by
the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.
For more information on Clive Cussler and his latest works visit his website.
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
The one and only Fannie
Flagg, beloved author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe,
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, "and" I Still Dream About You, " is at her
hilarious and superb best in this new comic mystery novel about two
women who are forced to reimagine who they are.
Mrs. Sookie Poole
of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters
and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her
husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the
formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for
other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her
daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret
about her mother's past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls
into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her
family, and her future.
Sookie begins a search for answers that
takes her to California, the Midwest, and back in time, to the 1940s,
when an irrepressible woman named Fritzi takes on the job of running her
family's filling station. Soon truck drivers are changing their routes
to fill up at the All-Girl Filling Station. Then, Fritzi sees an
opportunity for an even more groundbreaking adventure. As Sookie learns
about the adventures of the girls at the All-Girl Filling Station, she
finds herself with new inspiration for her own life.
For more information on Fannie Flagg and her latest works visit her website.
Identical by Scott Turow
Kindle County Legal Thriller Series Book # 9
IDENTICAL,
based loosely on the myth of Castor and Pollux, is the story of
identical twins Paul and Cass Giannis and the complex relationships
between their family and their former neighbors, the Kronons. The novel
focuses principally on events in 2008, when Paul is a candidate for
Mayor of Kindle County, and Cass is released from the penitentiary, 25
years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Aphrodite
Kronon.
The plot centers on the re-investigation of Aphrodite's murder,
carried out together by Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of
security for the Kronon family business ZP, and private investigator Tim
Brodie, 81, a former homicide detective.
The complex web of murder,
sex, and betrayal-as only Scott Turow could weave-dramatically unfolds,
and the chilling truth is revealed: people will believe what they want
to believe.
For more information on Scott Turow and his latest works visit his website.
Winners by Danielle Steel
Acclaimed #1 New York
Times bestselling author Danielle Steel delivers her most moving,
emotionally charged novel yet, in which lives are transformed after a
series of heartbreaking accidents, and healing is achieved through the
redemptive power of hope and love.
When a horrific chairlift
accident leaves 17-year-old competitive skier Lily Thomas paralyzed, she
must come to grips with the fact that she'll not only be confined to a
wheelchair for the rest of her life, but will never fulfill her lifelong
dream of winning Olympic gold. Meanwhile, her wealthy father, who has
doted on Lily since her mother died when she was three, is devastated as
he watches his only child lose all she once cherished and suffer
through the arduous road to recovery. But just as all hope seems lost,
Lily meets Teddy, a young man even more badly injured than she, but as
doggedly determined to live an enriching life. Danielle Steel is at her
best in this powerful story of a father and daughter triumphing together
over unthinkable tragedy, creating new lives for themselves and
providing hope for others along the way.
For more information on Danielle Steel and her latest works visit her website.
The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice
Wolf Gift Chronicles Series Book # 2
The tale of THE WOLF GIFT continues...
In
Anne Rice’s surprising and compelling best-selling novel, the first of
her strange and mythic imagining of the world of wolfen powers (“I
devoured these pages . . . As solid and engaging as anything she has
written since her early vampire chronicle fiction” —Alan Cheuse, The
Boston Globe; “A delectable cocktail of old-fashioned lost-race
adventure, shape-shifting and suspense” —Elizabeth Hand, The Washington
Post), readers were spellbound as Rice imagined a daring new world set
against the wild and beckoning California coast.
Now in her new novel, as
lush and romantic in detail and atmosphere as it is sleek and steely in
storytelling, Anne Rice brings us once again to the rugged coastline of
Northern California, to the grand mansion at Nideck Point—to further
explore the unearthly education of her transformed Man Wolf.
The
novel opens on a cold, gray landscape. It is the beginning of December.
Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point.
It is Yuletide. For Reuben Golding, now infused with the wolf gift and
under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises
to be like no other . . . as he soon becomes aware that the
Morphenkinder, steeped in their own rituals, are also celebrating the
Midwinter Yuletide festival deep within Nideck forest.
From out
of the shadows of the exquisite mansion comes a ghost—tormented,
imploring, unable to speak yet able to embrace and desire with desperate
affection . . . As Reuben finds himself caught up with the passions and
yearnings of this spectral presence and the preparations for the Nideck
town Christmas reach a fever pitch, astonishing secrets are revealed,
secrets that tell of a strange netherworld, of spirits—centuries old—who
possess their own fantastical ancient histories and taunt with their
dark, magical powers
For more information on Anne Rice and her latest works visit her website.
The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen
Boleyn Trilogy Book # 2
Henry IX, known as
William, is the son of Anne Boleyn and now the leader of England, his
regency period finally at an end. His newfound power, however, comes
with the looming specter of war with the other major powers of Europe,
with strategic alliances that must be forged on both the battlefield and
in the bedroom, and with a court, severed by religion, rife with plots
to take over the throne.
Will trusts only three people: his older
sister, Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and
Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by Anne Boleyn.
But as
the pressure rises alongside the threat to his life, even they William
must begin to question-and to fear.
For more information on Laura Andersen and her latest works visit her website.