Look what we bought!

Lots of interesting new books are now part of Schlow's collection.

Two books happen to have watery deaths in their titles: Drowned by Therese Bohman is set in the lovely Swedish countryside in an ominous thriller with changing alliances between the three main chracters. In The Drowning Girl by Caitlyn Kiernan, schizophrenic India Morgan Phelps (she goes by Imp) tries to write her memoir while dealing with the shifting realities in her mind. Fantasy, art, ghosts and mental illness mix together to create a suspenseful, original story.

Two noir books: Three A.M. by Steven John takes place in a world that just had a deadly plague and is also covered by a mysterious fog. People can only see a few feet in front of them and have to navigate by touch and dim lights. A beautiful woman in a red dress needs help solving a murder from P.I. Tom Vale. Can he fumble his way to solve the underlying conspiracy?  Budapest Noir by Vilmos Kondor is set in the fear-inducing and freedom-tightening time before World War II. Crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon works the streets to solve the mystery of a Jewish prostitute. "Dark and edgy, with interesting characters and locales," says Kirkus Reviews.

Jane Austen the vampire is back for a third book in Janes Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford. Can she defeat her vampire nemesis Charlotte Bronte? Will she find Crispin's Needle, a relic that will make her human again and able to live a mortal life with her sweet fiance Walter?

Kirkus Reviews says "Never mind if you're a baseball fan. This is a damn fine read," about The Might Have Been by Joseph Schuster. A story about a baseball player who never makes it to the big time but continues to love the game despite his missed opportunities. A realistic character you'll root for.

What else? Cat mysteries, dog mysteries, exciting thrillers, hot romances and lots more. Take a look below!
            
Archer, Dale.   Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional.   Crown Archetype.   3/13/2012.   Nonfiction

Babson, Marian.   No Cooperation from the Cat.   Minotaur Books.   3/27/2012.    Mystery

Binet, Laurent.   Hhhh.   Farrar Straus Giroux.   4/24/2012.

Bohman, Therese.   Drowned.   Other Press (NY).   5/22/2012.

Brokaw, Charles.   The Temple Mount Code.   Forge.   11/8/2011.

Brown, Stacia M.   Accidents of Providence.   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH).   2/14/2012.
 

Cash, Wiley.   A Land More Kind Than Home.   William Morrow & Company.   4/17/2012.

Chapman, Janet.   Spellbound Falls.   Jove Books.   2/28/2012.    Romance

Childs, Laura.   Agony of the Leaves.   Berkley Publishing Group.   3/6/2012.    Mystery

Fernando, Roshi.   Homesick.   Knopf Publishing Group.   7/17/2012.
  

Ford, Michael Thomas.   Jane Vows Vengeance.   Ballantine Books.   2/28/2012.
  

Fountain, Ben.   Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.   Ecco Press.   5/1/2012. 
 

Gooden, Philip.   The Ely Testament.   Severn House Publishers.   2/1/2012.    Mystery

Grisham, John.   Calico Joe.   Random House Large Print Publishing.   4/10/2012.  Large Print

Gross, Andrew.   15 Seconds.   William Morrow & Company.   7/10/2012. 
 

Haidt, Jonathan.   The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.   Pantheon Books.   3/13/2012.   Nonfiction
 

Hall, Emylia.   The Book of Summers.   Mira Books.   5/29/2012.

  

Harrison, Thea.   Oracle's Moon.   Berkley.   3/6/2012.    Romance

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.   Kill My Darling.   Severn House Publishers.   2/1/2012.    Mystery

Hunt, Stephen.   Secrets of the Fire Sea.   Tor Books.   3/27/2012.    Fantasy

John, Steven.   Three A.M.   Tor Books.   3/27/2012.
  

Johnson, Craig.   As the Crow Flies: A Walt Longmire Mystery.   Viking Books.   5/15/2012.    Mystery

Kiernan, Caitlin R.   The Drowning Girl.   Roc.   3/6/2012.
  

Knight, Bernard.   Grounds for Appeal.   Severn House Publishers.   2/1/2012.    Mystery

Kogan, Deborah Copaken.   The Red Book.   Hyperion Books.   4/3/2012. 
 

Kondor, Vilmos.   Budapest Noir.   Harper Paperbacks.   1/31/2012.    Mystery

Korkeakivi, Anne.   An Unexpected Guest.   Little Brown and Company.   4/17/2012.
  

Lane, Harriet.   Alys, Always.   Scribner Book Company.   6/12/2012.

  

Levy Mossanen, Dora.   The Last Romanov.   Sourcebooks Landmark.   4/3/2012.

  

Marlowe, Mia.   Touch of a Rogue.   Brava.   3/1/2012.    Romance

McCoy, Judi.   Fashion Faux Paw: A Dog Walker Mystery.   Signet Book.   3/6/2012.    Mystery

McCoy, Judi.   Till Death Do Us Bark.   Signet Book.   8/2/2011.    Mystery

McKevett, G. A.   Buried in Buttercream.   Kensington Publishing Corporation.   4/1/2012.    Mystery

McKinlay, Jenn.   Due or Die.   Berkley.   3/6/2012.    Mystery

Nicolson, Juliet.   Abdication.   Atria Books.   5/22/2012.
  

O'Connor, Varley.   The Master's Muse.   Scribner Book Company.   5/8/2012.
  

Pajer, Bernadette.   Fatal Induction: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery.   Poisoned Pen Press.   5/1/2012.    Mystery

Patterson, James.   Guilty Wives.   Little Brown and Company.   3/26/2012.   Large Print

Pekkanen, Sarah.   These Girls.   Washington Square Press.   4/10/2012.
  

Poole, Sara.   The Borgia Mistress.   St. Martin's Griffin.   5/22/2012.
  

Pulkkinen, Riikka.   TRUE.   Other Press (NY).   3/20/2012.
  

Putney, Mary Jo.   No Longer a Gentleman.   Zebra Books.   5/1/2012.    Romance

Quinn, Spencer.   A Fistful of Collars: A Chet and Bernie Mystery.   Atria Books.   9/11/2012.    Mystery

Radford, Ceri.   A Surrey State of Affairs.   Pamela Dorman Books.   3/29/2012.
  

Raymond, Jon.   Rain Dragon.   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.   4/24/2012.
  

Rollins, James.   Bloodline: A SIGMA Force Novel.   William Morrow & Company.   6/26/2012.
  

Schuster, Joseph M.   The Might Have Been.   Ballantine Books.   3/20/2012.
  

Shadid, Anthony.   House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East.   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH).   2/28/2012.   Nonfiction.

Sigler, Scott.   Nocturnal.   Crown Publishing Group (NY).   4/3/2012.
  

Thayne, RaeAnne.   Woodrose Mountain.   Harlequin Books.   3/27/2012.    Romance

Wallentin, Jan.   Strindberg's Star.   Viking Books.   5/24/2012.
  

Zimmerman, Jean.   The Orphanmaster.   Viking Books.   6/19/2012.  

Favorite authors and bizarre plots

Our latest book order has a baseball novel by John Grisham, the next in the Murder 101 series by Maggie Barbieri, the conclusion of Gail Carringer's steampunk/paranormal Parasol Protectorate series, no. 11 in James Patterson's Women's Murder Club and more books by popular authors.

Now for the bizarre plots:
In Taft 2012 by Jason Heller, William Howard Taft completely disappears in 1912, reappears on the White House lawn 100 years later and ends up running for president as a third party candidate. Perfect for the election year, this satirical novel examines how politics has changed over the last century and how we might reclaim some of our past in order to move forward.

Blueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot imagines the age of FUS (the second word is up and the 1st and 3rd are obscenities), a hallucinogenic, post-apocolypic world where people are connected to a medical internet where they can download hormones and enzymes wirelessly, but also allows their systems to get hacked by DJs who turn them into robots and force them to watch reality tv. The main character is an Olympic medal-winning dishwasher who has been instructed by his future brain to write a book that will be read by the Last Dude. Reviewers call the book crazy, original and funny.

Find more books, for many different tastes, below.    

Andrews, Ilona. Fate's Edge. Ace Books. 11/29/2011. Fantasy

Atkins, Ace. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby. Putnam Adult. 5/1/2012.

Balogh, Mary. The Proposal. Delacorte Press. 5/1/2012. Romance

Barbieri, Maggie. Physical Education.(Murder 101 Mysteries) Minotaur Books. 11/22/2011. Mystery

Bennett, Alan. Smut: Stories. Picador USA. 1/3/2012.

Bond, Larry. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War. Forge. 1/3/2012.

Boudinot, Ryan. Blueprints of the Afterlife. Grove Press. 1/3/2012.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Letter from a Stranger. St. Martin's Press. 3/27/2012.

Burrowes, Grace. Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 10/4/2011. Romance

Burrowes, Grace. The Soldier. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 6/1/2011. Romance

Burton, Mary. Before She Dies. Zebra Books. 2/1/2012.

Carriger, Gail. Timeless. Orbit. 3/1/2012.

Deveraux, Jude. Moonlight in the Morning. Pocket Star Books. 12/27/2011. Romance

Eccles, Marjorie. Broken Music. Minotaur Books. 11/22/2011. Mystery

Eden, Cynthia. Angel of Darkness. Brava. 12/1/2011. Romance

Edwards, Louisa. Some Like It Hot. St. Martin's Press. 11/29/2011. Romance

Estep, Jennifer. Spider's Revenge. Pocket Books. 9/27/2011. Fantasy

Evans, Chris. Ashes of a Black Frost. Gallery Books. 10/18/2011. Fantasy

Fitzhugh, Bill. Exterminators: An Assassin Bug Thriller. Poisoned Pen Press. 1/3/2012. Mystery

Fluke, Joanne. Cinnamon Roll Murder. Kensington Publishing Corporation. 3/1/2012. Mystery

Freethy, Barbara. Garden of Secrets. Pocket Star Books. 9/20/2011. Romance

Giardina, Anthony. Norumbega Park. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1/31/2012.

Gideon, Nancy. Hunter of Shadows. Pocket Books. 11/29/2011. Romance

Goodman, Jo. A Place Called Home. Zebra Books. 12/1/2011. Romance

Graham, Heather. The Unseen. Mira Books. 3/27/2012.

Grisham, John. Calico Joe. Doubleday Books. 4/10/2012.

Hamilton, Laurell K. Kiss the Dead. Berkley Publishing Group. 6/5/2012.

Hanson, Victor Davis. The End of Sparta. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 10/11/2011.

Heller, Jason. Taft 2012. Quirk Books. 1/17/2012.

Hornby, Simonetta Agnello. The Nun. Europa Editions. 12/27/2011.

Jama-Everett, Ayize. The Liminal People. Small Beer Press. 1/10/2012. Sci-Fi

James, Bill. I Am Gold. Countryman Press. 12/5/2011. Mystery

Kay, Francesca. The Translation of the Bones. Scribner Book Company. 1/3/2012.

Kovacs, Ed. Storm Damage. Minotaur Books. 12/6/2011. Mystery

Leon, Donna. Beastly Things: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery. Atlantic Monthly Press. 4/3/2012. Mystery

Luckett, Jacqueline E. Passing Love. Grand Central Publishing. 1/25/2012.

McDonald, Craig. El Gavilan. Tyrus Books. 12/18/2011.

McGivering, Jill. The Last Kestrel. HarperCollins UK. 1/1/2012.

Michaels, Kasey. A Midsummer Night's Sin. Harlequin Books. 11/22/2011. Romance

Patterson, James. 11th Hour. Little Brown and Company. 5/7/2012.

Perini, Robin. In Her Sights. Montlake Romance. 11/29/2011. Romance

Rash, Ron. The Cove. Ecco Press. 4/10/2012.

Robinson, Kim Stanley. 2312 (Firsttion). Orbit. 5/22/2012. Sci-Fi

Russell, Paul. The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov. Cleis Press. 11/8/2011.

Saer, Juan Jose. Scars. Open Letter. 12/13/2011.

Sandford, John. Stolen Prey. Putnam Adult. 5/15/2012.

Shapiro, Alan. Broadway Baby. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 1/24/2012.

Smith, Brad. Red Means Run. Scribner Book Company. 1/10/2012. Mystery

Solomita, Stephen. Angel Face. Severn House Publishers. 11/1/2011.

Stanton, Steve. The Bloodlight Chronicles: Reconciliation. ECW Press.
9/1/2010. Sci-Fi

Stein, Leigh. The Fallback Plan. Melville House Publishing. 1/3/2012.

Sturges, P. G. Tribulations of the Shortcut Man. Scribner Book Company. 2/7/2012.

Szalay, David. Spring. Graywolf Press. 1/17/2012.

Terenzio, Rosemarie. Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss. Gallery Books. 1/24/2012. Biography

Trigiani, Adriana. The Shoemaker's Wife. Harper. 4/3/2012.

Weber, David. How Firm a Foundation. Tor Books. 9/13/2011. Sci-Fi

Woodman, Richard. Ship for the King. Severn House Publishers. 11/1/2011.

Based on a communist fairy tale

Once upon a time in the USSR, the people were promised prosperity greater than that of the U.S. We know that this story does not have a happy ending, but Red Plenty by Francis Spufford has a fascinating premise. Booklist says, "If you think that a novel about the planned economy of the USSR from the 1950s through the 1970s would be boring, think again." Bureaucrats, economists, and scientists, both real and fictional, combine to show the tragic, yet sometimes hilarious, history of a "utopian" experiment that failed miserably.

There's a new medical novel written by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta called Monday Mornings. (Doesn't he have enough to do?) Good reviews so far, it sounds like it will appeal to fans of ER and Gray's Anatomy.

The Reeducation of Cherry Truong by Aimee Phan tells the story of the relationships between a multi-generational family of Vietnamese immigrants. Booklist says "Touching on the events of the Vietnam War, cultural assimilation, reconciliation, forgiveness, and redemption, Phan crafts an epic tale. Through Cherry's eyes, the complex country of Vietnam is lovingly explored in immense, realistic detail."   

Find more up and coming books below!   
 
Anshaw, Carol. Carry the One. Simon & Schuster. 3/6/2012.

Ashworth, Jenn. Cold Light. HarperCollins. 10/16/2012.

Bell, Ted. Phantom: An Alex Hawke Novel. William Morrow & Company. 3/20/2012.

Chaon, Dan. Stay Awake. Ballantine Books. 2/7/2012. short stories

Chung, Catherine. Forgotten Country. Riverhead Books. 3/1/2012.

Cramer, Dale. The Captive Heart. Bethany House Publishers. 1/1/2012.

Desanti, Carole. The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). 3/27/2012.

Donatich, John. The Variations. Henry Holt & Company. 2/28/2012.

Dryden, Alex. The Blind Spy. Ecco Press. 3/20/2012.

Edwardson, Ake. Sail of Stone. Simon & Schuster. 3/13/2012.

Gebbie, Vanessa. The Coward's Tale. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 2/28/2012.

Gray, Shelley Shepard. Missing: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book One. Avon Inspire. 3/20/2012.

Green, Jane. Another Piece of My Heart. St. Martin's Press. 3/13/2012.

Gupta, Sanjay. Monday Mornings. Grand Central Publishing. 3/13/2012.

Hall, Parnell. $10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles. Minotaur Books. 1/31/2012. Mystery

Harrison, Kim. A Perfect Blood. Harper Voyager. 2/21/2012.

Kazinski, A. J.  The Last Good Man. Scribner Book Company. 3/6/2012.

Lansdale, Joe R. Edge of Dark Water. Mulholland Books. 3/25/2012.

Lewis, Beverly. The Fiddler. Bethany House Publishers. 4/10/2012.

Long, Kelly. An Amish Wedding. Thomas Nelson Publishers. 11/29/2011.

Perry, Thomas. Poison Flower: A Jane Whitefield Novel. Mysterious Press. 3/6/2012.

Peters, Ralph. Cain at Gettysburg. Forge. 2/28/2012.

Phan, Aimee. The Reeducation of Cherry Truong. St. Martin's Press. 3/13/2012.

Polites, Taylor M.  The Rebel Wife. Simon & Schuster. 2/7/2012.

Rice, Patricia. The Lure of Song and Magic. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 1/1/2012. Romance

Rogers, Morgan Callan. . Viking Books. 1/19/2012.

Rose, M. J. The Book of Lost Fragrances: A Novel of Suspense. Atria Books. 3/13/2012.

Rosenfelt, David. Heart of a Killer. Minotaur Books. 2/14/2012.

Schulman, Audrey. Three Weeks in December. Europa Editions. 1/31/2012.

Spufford, Francis. Red Plenty. Graywolf Press. 2/14/2012.

Steinhauer, Olen. An American Spy. Minotaur Books. 3/13/2012.

Thompson, James. Helsinki White. Putnam Adult. 3/15/2012.

Tuccelli, Jessica Maria. Glow. Viking Books. 3/15/2012.

Ward, Katie. Girl Reading. Scribner Book Company. 2/7/2012.

White, Kate. So Pretty It Hurts: A Bailey Weggins Mystery. Harper. 3/20/2012.

White, Randy Wayne. Chasing Midnight. Putnam Adult. 3/6/2012.

Wilson, Susan. The Dog Who Danced. St. Martin's Press. 3/13/2012.

Winspear, Jacqueline. Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Harper. 3/27/2012. Mystery

Murderous Puppets, Go Down with the Ship

Could a puppet have committed a murder in The Memory of Blood by Christopher Fowler? It's a witty and suspenseful Golden-Age style British mystery featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit- they solve cases that are too strange for regular police operations. The detectives investigate the creepy history of Punch and Judy shows.

 It's the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and you can slip back into that time through The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott. An aspiring seamstress gets a chance to wait on a world-renowned fashion designer during an ocean journey. Unfortunately, it's on the Titanic. History, courtroom drama and romance combine to make an engaging read.

In The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau, a Muslim boy is rescued by an American soldier during a botched military operation and is sent to live in the United States where he does not thrive, despite a well-meaning foster family and therapy. A chance meeting between the boy and the soldier's grieving mother reveals that there is even more tragedy to the story. "A sobering and accomplished read meant to prick the conscience; highly recommended," says Library Journal.

See what else will be appearing on the New Fiction shelves at Schlow below.    


Ahmed, Saladin. Throne of the Crescent Moon. Daw Books. 2/7/2012. Fantasy

Alcott, Kate. The Dressmaker. Doubleday Books. 2/21/2012.

Barnard, Robert. A Charitable Body: A Novel of Suspense. Scribner Book Company. 1/3/2012. Mystery

Bisson, Terry. Any Day Now. Overlook Press. 3/1/2012.

Blake, James Carlos. Country of the Bad Wolfes. Cinco Puntos Press. 1/31/2012.

Bova, Ben. Power Play. Tor Books. 1/3/2012. Sci-Fi

Brown, Dale. Tiger's Claw. William Morrow & Company. 8/14/2012.

Caldwell, Laura. Question of Trust. Mira Books. 2/21/2012.

Cameron, Peter. Coral Glynn. Farrar Straus Giroux. 2/28/2012.

Clark, Cassandra. A Parliament of Spies: A Mystery. Minotaur Books. 1/31/2012. Mystery

Cole, Myke. Shadow Ops: Control Point. Ace Books. 1/31/2012.

Dau, Stephen. The Book of Jonas. Blue Rider Press. 3/15/2012.

De Jonge, Peter. Buried on Avenue B. Harper. 7/24/2012.

D'Iachenko, Serhii. The Scar. Tor Books. 2/28/2012. Fantasy

Duncan, Alice. Ancient Spirits. Five Star (ME). 2/8/2012. Mystery

Dunn, Matthew. Sentinel: A Spycatcher Novel. William Morrow & Company. 8/7/2012.

Ebersohn, Wessel. Those Who Love Night. Minotaur Books. 1/31/2012. Mystery

Edwards, Selden. The Lost Prince. Dutton Books. 8/16/2012.

Epstein, Leslie. Liebestod: Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn. W. W. Norton & Company. 2/13/2012.

Erickson, Steve. These Dreams of You. Europa Editions. 1/31/2012.

Fairstein, Linda. Night Watch. Dutton Books. 7/10/2012.

Fowler, Christopher. The Memory of Blood: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery. Bantam. 3/27/2012. Mystery

Frankel, Laurie. Good-Bye for Now. Doubleday Books. 8/7/2012.

Fultz, John R. Seven Princes. Orbit. 1/3/2012. Fantasy

Garwood, Julie. Sweet Talk. Dutton Books. 8/7/2012.

Gorman, Ed. Blindside: A Dev Conrad Mystery. Severn House Publishers. 1/1/2012. Mystery

Gregory, Susanna. Mystery in the Minster. Little, Brown Young Readers. 11/1/2011. Mystery

Grossman, Paul. Children of Wrath. St. Martin's Press. 2/28/2012. Mystery

Hambly, Barbara. Ran Away. Severn House Publishers. 12/1/2011. Mystery

Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Random House Large Print Publishing. 11/16/2010. Large Print Nonfiction

Houellebecq, Michel. The Map and the Territory. Knopf Publishing Group. 1/3/2012.

Jacobs, Jonnie. Paradise Falls. Five Star (ME) 3/7/2012. Mystery

Jaffarian, Sue Ann. Gem of a Ghost. Midnight Ink. 2/8/2012. Mystery

Jahn, Ryan David. The Dispatcher. Penguin Books. 12/27/2011.

Jance, J.A. Judgment Call: A Brady Novel of Suspense. William Morrow & Company. 7/24/2012.

Kluge, P.F. The Master Blaster. Overlook Press. 3/29/2012.

Kowalski, David. The Company of the Dead. Titan Books (UK). 3/13/2012. Science Fiction

Leonard, Elmore. Raylan. William Morrow & Company. 1/17/2012.

McComas, Mary Kay. What Happened to Hannah. William Morrow & Company. 2/7/2012.

Robertson, Imogen. Anatomy of Murder. Pamela Dorman Books. 2/16/2012. Mystery

Shrier, Howard. Boston Cream. Vintage Books Canada. 1/31/2012. Mystery

Thompson, Victoria. Murder on Fifth Avenue. Berkley Publishing Group. 5/1/2012. Mystery

Vincent, Norah. Thy Neighbor. Viking Books. 8/2/2012.

White, Stephen. Line of Fire. Dutton Books. 8/7/2012.

Williams, Mazarkis. The Emperor's Knife. Night Shade. 11/29/2011. Fantasy

New Jodi Picoult and P.D. James books to gobble up

I know there are legions of Jodi Picoult fans out there, and I'm excited to tell you that she has a new book coming out at the end of February. It's called Lone Wolf and it's about an estranged son who has to decide whether or not to terminate his comatose father's life support.

I didn't know that P.D. James is a Jane Austen fan. Her latest book, Death Comes to Pemberley, is a mystery set six years after Pride and Prejudice. Wickham is the victim!

An homage to scrapbooking, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston tells the story of young aspiring writer/flapper through a collection of more than 600 pieces of 1920s memorabilia.

In January, you can delve into Joshaua Jackson's A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, a book about a line of Southern women who each had their daughters at 15. The current 15 year old is getting anxious, but then the long-buried body of a baby is found in the back yard, the baby her mother actually gave birth to 15 years ago.

More new books below:

Andrews, V.C. Into the Darkness. Gallery Books. 2/28/2012.

Bacon, John U. Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football. Farrar Straus Giroux. 10/25/2011. Nonfiction

Beaton, M.C. Death of a Kingfisher. Grand Central Publishing. 2/22/2012. Mystery

Frehley, Ace. No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir. Gallery Books. 11/1/2011. Biography

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. North and South. Oxford University Press, USA. 10/15/2008.

Jackson, Joshilyn. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. Grand Central Publishing. 1/25/2012.

James, P.D. Death Comes to Pemberley. Knopf Publishing Group. 12/6/2011. Mystery

Jance, J. A. Left for Dead. Touchstone Books. 2/7/2012. Mystery

Jenner, Kris. Kris Jenner...and All Things Kardashian. Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing. 11/1/2011. Biography

Kaling, Mindy. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns). Crown Archetype. 11/1/2011. Nonfiction

Kellerman, Jonathan. Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine Books. 2/28/2012. Mystery

Kingsbury, Karen. Longing. Zondervan. 11/22/2011.

Kingsbury, Karen. Loving. Zondervan. 3/27/2012.

Lagnado, Lucette. The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn. Ecco Press. 9/6/2011. Biography

Mack, Stephanie Madoff. The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, a Widow's New Life. Blue Rider Press. 10/20/2011. Biography

Matthews, Chris. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero. Simon & Schuster. 11/1/2011. Biography

Michaels, Fern. Making Spirits Bright. Zebra. 11/1/2011.

Picoult, Jodi. Lone Wolf. Atria Books. 2/28/2012.

Pinneo, Sarah. Julia's Child. Plume Books. 1/31/2012.

Preston, Caroline. The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures. Ecco Press. 10/25/2011.

Sharfeddin, Heather. Damaged Goods. Bantam. 3/22/2011.

Thomas, Jodi. The Comforts of Home. Berkley. 11/1/2011.

Homework: Read Brilliant Mystery Stories

What do we offer to you new this week? The latest Dexter and more new books by favorite authors like C.J. Box, Umberto Eco, Orson Scott Card, Clive Cussler, MaryJanice Davidson, Sherilyn Kenyon and Joyce Carol Oates.


Study in Sherlock is a collection of 20 stories based on Sherlock Holmes by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Laura Lippman, Margaret Maron, Thomas Perry, S. J. Rozan, Dana Stabenow, Charles Todd, and Jacqueline Winspear.


What if you could step into the world of Pride and Prejudice? In Midnight in Austenland, Shannon Hale has created a Jane Austen themed resort where all guests are assigned a role and a love interest. Everything is lovely until a body shows up.


Lots more below!

Averill, Thomas Fox. Rode. University of New Mexico Press. 8/16/2011.

Ballard, Mignon F. Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause: A Mystery. Minotaur Books. 11/22/2011. Mystery
Barrick, Ella. Quickstep to Murder. Signet Book. 9/6/2011. Mystery

Basu, Kunal. The Yellow Emperor's Cure. Overlook Duckworth. 10/27/2011.

Bellerose, Sally. The Girls Club. Bywater Books. 9/13/2011.

Box, C. J. Force of Nature. Putnam Adult. 3/20/2012. Mystery

Bradley, Alan. Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon. Poisoned Pen Press. 10/25/2011. Mystery

Brett, Simon. Bones Under the Beach Hut. Five Star (ME). 12/1/2011. Mystery

Card, Orson Scott. Shadows in Flight. Tor Books. 1/17/2012. Sci-Fi

Carr, Robyn. Bring Me Home for Christmas. Mira Books. 10/25/2011. Romance

Christie, Judy. Goodness Gracious Green. Abingdon Press. 9/1/2010.

Christie, Judy. Rally 'Round Green. Abingdon Press. 8/1/2011.

Christie, Judy. The Glory of Green. Abingdon Press. 3/1/2011.

Corby, Gary. The Ionia Sanction. Minotaur Books. 11/8/2011. Mystery

Corby, Gary. The Pericles Commission. Minotaur Books. 11/9/2010. Mystery

Cussler, Clive. The Thief. Putnam Adult. 3/6/2012.

Davidson, MaryJanice. Yours, Mine, and Ours. St. Martin's Press. 2/28/2012. Romance

DeLaney, Edward J. Broken Irish. Turtle Point Press. 9/16/2011.

Draine, Betsy. Murder in Lascaux. University of Wisconsin Press. 10/4/2011. Mystery

Drake, Nick. Egypt: The Book of Chaos. Harper. 12/6/2011. Mystery

Duncan, Elizabeth J. A Killer's Christmas in Wales. Minotaur Books. 10/25/2011. Mystery

Eco, Umberto. The Prague Cemetery. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). 11/8/2011.

Fennell, Judi. Genie Knows Best. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 11/1/2011. Romance

Franc, John. Hooked. Tin House Books. 9/27/2011.

Hale, Shannon. Midnight in Austenland. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 1/31/2012.

Howard, Francine Thomas. Paris Noire. AmazonEncore. 9/20/2011.

Hoyt, Elizabeth. Scandalous Desires. Grand Central Publishing. 11/1/2011. Romance

Kenyon, Sherrilyn. The Guardian. St. Martin's Press. 11/1/2011.

Kleypas, Lisa. Love, Come to Me. Signet Book. 8/30/2011. Romance

La Farge, Paul. Luminous Airplanes. Farrar Straus Giroux. 9/27/2011.

Lake, Jay. Endurance. Tor Books. 11/8/2011. Fantasy

Lapidus, Jens. Easy Money. Pantheon Books. 4/3/2012.

Lightman, Alan P. MR G: A Novel about the Creation. Pantheon Books. 1/24/2012.

Lindsay, Jeff. Double Dexter. Doubleday Books. 10/18/2011.

Millet, Lydia. Ghost Lights. W. W. Norton Company. 10/24/2011.

Oates, Joyce Carol. Mudwoman. Ecco Press. 3/20/2012.

Palmer, Michael. Oath of Office. St. Martin's Press. 2/14/2012.

Parker, Ann. Mercury's Rise. Poisoned Pen Press. 11/1/2011. Mystery

Rees, Matt. Mozart's Last Aria. Harper Perennial. 11/1/2011.

Shepard, Sara. Everything We Ever Wanted. Harper Paperbacks. 10/11/2011.

Stabenow, Dana. Restless in the Grave. Minotaur Books. 2/14/2012. Mystery

Toews, Miriam. Irma Voth. Harper. 9/6/2011.

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Queen of America. Little Brown and Company. 11/28/2011.

Zeltserman, Dave. A Killer's Essence. Overlook Press. 9/21/2011.

Watergate, an adventurous dog, the next Hunger Games and vampires

Which books are special in my last order? A fictional book about Watergate by Thomas Mallon (apropriately called Watergate). Library Journal says the funny historical novel stars "a cast of clowns and self-serving creeps who make the familiar story a veritable opera buffa."

If you liked The Hunger Games, put a reserve on Pure by Julianna Baggott. In this postapocalyptic world an event called the "Detonations" left the survivors scarred, burned and required at 16 to become soldiers, or live targets if they're too damaged to serve. Some, called Pures, were safe inside the "Dome" during the disaster. One of the Pures finds out that his mother might be still alive outside the Dome and goes to look for her.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey is a "fairy tale with an edge." In 1920, a childless couple homesteading in Alaska creates a child out of snow. In the morning the snow child is gone, but a blonde-haired girl appears in the woods and they begin to love her as a daughter. The publicist for this novel said "Ivey's work is why we all in our various ways go into this book business."     
Watergate, Pure and The Snow Child will be released in February.

In the Sci-Fi novel The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen, a Department of Historical Integrity agent has to stop "historical agitators" (or hags) from trying to prevent the world's great disasters from occuring. How can their society have their "perfect" present if they can't learn lessons from horrific mistakes in the past? (To me this book sounds like the opposite of the premise in Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity.)

 A book for dog lovers, Roam: A Novel with Music by Alan Lazar is writen from the point of view of Nelson, a half-beagle, half poodle mix, who goes on an Incredible Journey type of adventure back to his "Great Love," his owner. It's "a touching page-turner" says Publisher's Weekly.

The third book in Guillermo del Toro's "The Strain" vampire invasion series, The Night Eternal, comes out just in time for Halloween. 

Look below, there's more you'll like! 
                 
Baggott, Julianna. Pure. Grand Central Publishing. 2/8/2012.

Bazell, Josh. Wild Thing. Reagan Arthur Books. 2/8/2012.

Bertrand, J. Mark. Pattern of Wounds. Bethany House Publishers. 7/1/2011.

Buchanan, Edna. A Dark and Lonely Place. Simon & Schuster. 11/8/2011.

Cooper, Karina. Blood of the Wicked: A Dark Mission Novel. Avon Books. 5/31/2011.

Crombie, Deborah. No Mark Upon Her. William Morrow & Company. 2/7/2012. Mystery

Day, Alyssa. Vampire in Atlantis. Berkley Sensation. 6/7/2011.

del Toro, Guillermo. The Night Eternal: Book Three of the Strain Trilogy. William Morrow & Company. 10/25/2011.

DeLaney, Frank. The Last Storyteller. Random House. 2/7/2012.

Dorsey, Tim. Pineapple Grenade. William Morrow & Company. 1/24/2012.

Dorsey, Tim. When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State. William Morrow &; Company. 10/25/2011.

Duenas, Maria. The Time in Between. Atria Books. 11/8/2011.

Duffy, Erin. Bond Girl. William Morrow &; Company. 1/24/2012.

Funder, Anna. All That I Am. HarperCollins. 2/7/2012.

Fury, Dalton. Black Site: A Delta Force Novel. St. Martin's Press. 1/31/2012.

Gray, Shelley Shepard. Christmas in Sugarcreek: A Christmas Seasons of Sugarcreek Novel. Avon Inspire. 10/25/2011.

Green, Simon R.  For Heaven's Eyes Only: A Secret Histories Novel. Roc. 6/7/2011.

Hand, Elizabeth. Available Dark: A Thriller. Minotaur Books. 2/14/2012.

Harstad, Johan. Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? Seven Stories Press. 6/7/2011.

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Belonging. Zondervan. 8/16/2011.

Higley, T. L. Pompeii: City on Fire. B&H Publishing Group. 6/1/2011.

Hore, Rachel. A Place of Secrets. Holt McDougal. 1/31/2012.

Houston, Pam. Contents May Have Shifted. W. W. Norton & Company. 2/6/2012.

Ivey, Eowyn. The Snow Child. Little Brown and Company. 2/1/2012.

Jensen, Nancy. The Sisters. St. Martin's Press. 11/8/2011.

Kennedy, Douglas. Temptation. Atria Books. 4/24/2012.

Lazar, Alan. Roam: A Novel with Music. Atria Books. 11/1/2011.

Leon, Bonnie. Wings of Promise. Fleming H. Revell Company. 8/1/2011.

Lindsey, Johanna. When Passion Rules. Gallery Press. 6/14/2011. Romance

Livesey, Margot. The Flight of Gemma Hardy. Harper. 1/24/2012.

Love, Dorothy. Beyond All Measure. Thomas Nelson Publishers. 5/31/2011.

Ludlum, Robert P. Robert Ludlum's the Janson Command. Grand Central Publishing. 2/14/2012.

Mallon, Thomas. Watergate. Pantheon Books. 2/21/2012.

Mason, Richard. History of a Pleasure Seeker. Knopf Publishing Group. 2/7/2012.

Neuman, Andres. Traveler of the Century. Farrar Straus Giroux. 3/13/2012.

Novak, Brenda. Inside. Mira Books. 6/28/2011. Romance

Odell, Jonathan. The Healing. Nan A. Talese. 2/21/2012.

Patterson, James. Private: #1 Suspect. Little Brown and Company. 1/2/2012.

Pearl, Matthew. The Technologists. Random House. 2/21/2012.

Quinn, Julia. Just Like Heaven. Avon Books. 5/31/2011. Romance

Richards, Caroline. The Darkest Sin. Brava. 6/1/2011. Romance

Roberts, Sheila. The Nine Lives of Christmas. St. Martin's Press. 10/25/2011. Romance

Robinson, Peter. Before the Poison. William Morrow & Company. 2/7/2012.

Robotham, Michael. Bleed for Me. Mulholland Books. 2/27/2012.

Sands, Lynsay. The Bite Before Christmas. William Morrow & Company. 10/25/2011. Romance

Woodrell, Daniel. The Outlaw Album: Stories. Little Brown and Company. 10/5/2011.