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New Fiction for February 2008

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My Big fat supernatural honeymoon. [Fantasy]
ed. by P.N. Elrod

Agee, Jonis.
The river wife. [Historical]

Ahern, Cecelia.
There’s no place like here.
Smart Funny Women

Alexander, Hannah.
Double blind.
Hideaway Series/Romantic Suspense

Anam, Tahmima.
A golden age.
Bangladesh

Attenberg, Jami.
The kept man.

Barker, Pat.
Life class.
WWI perspective

Bennett, Alan.
The uncommon reader.
Queen Elizabeth II

Bernhardt, William.
Capitol conspiracy. [Suspense]
Ben Kincaid series

Berry, Steve.
The Venetian betrayal. [Suspense]
Cotton Malone investigates Alexander the Great

Bock, Charles.
Beautiful children.
Las Vegas Psychological

Box, C. J.
Blue heaven. [Suspense]

Boyd, Virginia.
One fell swoop. [Mystery]
Humorous crime

Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney.
Oscar Wilde and a death of no importance. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle meets Wilde

Brooks, Geraldine.
People of the book.
Investigating a book’s history

Brown, Rita Mae.
The purrfect murder. [Mystery]
Mrs. Murphy series

Buxbaum, Julie.
The opposite of love.
Smart Funny Women debut

Cannell, Stephen J.
Three shirt deal: a Shane Scully novel. [Suspense]

Carey, Peter.
His illegal self.

Castillo, Ana.
The guardians.
Mexican-Americans

Clark, Mindy Starns.
Whispers of the bayou. [Mystery]

Clement, Blaize.
Even cat sitters get the blues: a Dixie Hemingway mystery.

Coetzee, J. M.


Diary of a bad year.

Colley, Barbara.
Wash and die: a Charlotte LaRue mystery. [Mystery]

Collins, Brandilyn.
Crimson eve.
Kanner Lake series; bk.3

Collins, James.
Beginner’s Greek.
Humorous Debut

Cooper, Brenda.
The silver ship and the sea. [Science Fiction]

Cornwell, Bernard.
Sword song: the battle for London. [Historical]

Crusie, Jennifer.
Getting rid of Bradley.
Romantic Suspense

Dansky, Richard.
Firefly rain.
Ghost story

Delinsky, Barbara.
The secret between us.

Dewhurst, Rick.
Bye bye Bertie: a Joe LaFlam mystery.

Donnelly, Jennifer.
The winter rose. [Historical]

Donovan, Felicia.
The Black Widow agency. [Mystery]

Dorsey, Tim.
Atomic lobster. [Mystery]
Serge Storm series

Doyle, Roddy.
The deportees and other stories.
Irish short stories

Emerson, Earl W.
Primal threat. [Mystery]

Erickson, Steve.
Zeroville.
Humorous HollyWood

Estleman, Loren D.
Gas City. [Mystery]
Mafia Noir

Evanovich, Janet.
Plum lucky.
Stephanie Plum celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Diesel

Ferrari, Mark J.
The book of Joby. [Fantasy]
Good vs the Devil

Frazer, Margaret.
The apostate’s tale. [Mystery]
Sr. Frevisse in historical Great Britain

Fulmer, David.
The blue door. [Mystery]
Historical PA

Gehrman, Jody Elizabeth.
Notes from the backseat. [Romance]
Smart Funny Women

Gilb, Dagoberto,
The Flowers.
CA Mexican-Americans

Gilligan, Carol.
Kyra.

Graves, Sarah.
The book of old houses. [Mystery]
Maine

Griffin, W. E. B.
The shooters. [Suspense]
Delta Force

Grippando, James.
Last call. [Mystery]
Jack Swytek legal suspense

Grisham, John.
The appeal.
Legal suspense

Hall, Linda.
Dark water. [Mystery]

Hantover, Jeffrey.
The jewel trader of Pegu. [History]
16th c. Venice

Hart, Ellen.
The mortal groove. [Mystery]
Jane Lawless series

Harvey, John.
Gone to ground. [Mystery]
British crime

Herbert, Brian.
The web and the stars. [Science Fiction]
Timeweb chronicles; bk.2

Hills, Kathleen.
The kingdom where nobody dies. [Mystery]
John Macintyre MI series

Hooper, Kay.
Blood dreams. [Suspense]
Noah Bishop FBI series

Hunt, Angela Elwell.
Doesn’t she look natural?
Fairlawn; #1, Inspirational Smart Funny Women

Iagnemma, Karl.
The expeditions. [Historical]
Detroit fathers & sons

Jacobs, Kate.
The Friday Night Knitting Club.

Kelly, Jim.
The skeleton man. [Mystery]
Philip Dryden

Kennedy, A. L.
Day. [Historical]
WWII

King, Laurie R.
Touchstone. [Historical]
WWI Romantic Suspense

King, Stephen.
Duma Key.

Kramer, Pascale.
The living (Les vivants).
Psychological fiction

Krentz, Jayne Ann.
Sizzle and burn. [Suspense]
Arcane society; bk.3

Lambert, Sonia.
Three mothers.

Malladi, Amulya.
The sound of language.

Afghans in Denmark

Maloy, Kate.
Every last cuckoo.

Vermont

Martin, George R. R.,Dozois, Gardner, and Daniel Abraham.
Hunter’s run. [Science Fiction]

Maxwell, Robin.
Mademoiselle Boleyn. [Historical]

McCarthy, Erin.
Sucker bet. [Romance]
Vegas vampires; bk.4

Mead, Richelle.
Succubus on top. [Fantasy]
Georgina Kincaid; bk.2

Mercier, Pascal.
Night train to Lisbon.
Translated from the German

Miller, Sue.
The senator’s wife.

Millet, Lydia.
How the dead dream.

Mosley, Walter.
Diablerie.
Noir

Murphy, C. E.
Heart of stone. [Fantasy]
Negotiator; bk.1

Nash, Jennie.
The last beach bungalow.

Nemirovsky, Irene.
David Golder; The ball; Snow in autumn; The Courilof affair.
Translated from the French

O’Brien, Patricia.
Harriet and Isabella. [Historical]
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Palmer, Liza.
Seeing me naked.
Smart Funny Women

Paretsky, Sara.
Bleeding Kansas. [Historical]

Parker, Robert B.
Stranger in paradise. [Mystery]
Jesse Stone series

Parker, T. Jefferson.
L.A. outlaws. [Suspense]
LA

Pastan, Rachel.
Lady of the snakes.

Patterson, James & Maxine Paetro.
7th heaven.
Women’s murder club; bk.7

Pattison, Eliot.
Bone rattler. [Historical]

Perez-Reverte, Arturo.
The painter of battles.

Petterson, Per.
Out stealing horses.
Norwegian

Phillips, Marie.
Gods behaving badly. [Fantasy]

Raybourn, Deanna.
Silent in the sanctuary: a Lady Julia Grey mystery.

Read, Cornelia.
The crazy school. [Mystery]
Madeline Dare; bk.2

Reilly, Matthew.
Six sacred stones. [Suspense]

Rice, Luanne.
Light of the moon. [Romance]

Rich, Lani Diane.
Little ray of sunshine.
Smart Funny Women

Richards, Linda.
Death was the other woman. [Mystery]
LA Noir

Robbins, David L.
The betrayal game. [Suspense]
Castro

Sakey, Marcus.
At the city’s edge. [Suspense]

Sallis, James.
Salt River. [Mystery]
John Turner; bk.3

Sansom, C. J.
Winter in Madrid. [Suspense]
Spanish Civil War

Schlink, Bernhard.
Homecoming.

Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia.
When the ground turns in its sleep.
Guatemalan Americans

Sewell, Kitty.
Ice trap. [Suspense]

Smith, Ali.
Girl meets boy: the myth of Iphis.

Smith, Susan Arnout.
The timer game. [Suspense]
Kidnapping

Soule, Maris.
The crows. [Mystery]

Stanley, J. B.
Chili con corpses: a supper club mystery.
#3

Stimson, Tess.
The adultery club. [Romance]

Stuckart, Diane A. S.
The queen’s gambit: a Leonardo da Vinci mystery.

Suri, Manil.
The age of Shiva.
India

Swanwick, Michael.
The dragons of Babel. [Fantasy]

Tallis, Frank.
Vienna blood. [Mystery]
Liebermann papers; v.2

Tang, Camy.
Sushi for one? [Romance]
Smart Funny Women

Todd, Charles.
A pale horse. [Mystery]
Ian Rutledge series

Ure, Louise.
The fault tree. [Suspense]

Walters, Minette.
The chameleon’s shadow. [Suspense]

Way, Camilla.
The dead of summer.

Weisberg, Joseph.
An ordinary spy. [Suspense]
Espionage

Wilson, Eric.
The best of evil.
A shred of truth.
Aramis Black mysteries; bks.1&2

Witchel, Alex.
The spare wife.
Smart Funny Women

Woods, Stuart.
Beverly Hills dead. [Suspense]

Worth, Sandra.
Lady of the roses. [Historical]
War of the roses, bk.4

Young, Sara.
My enemy’s cradle. [Historical]

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