New Fiction for July 2008

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Alpert, Mark.
Final theory.
David Swift, a professor at Columbia University, is on the run for his life from the FBI and a ruthless mercenary as he frantically tries to work out an unpublished Einstein theory.

Benioff, David.
City of thieves.

Boaz, Amy.
A richer dust.

Brown, Janelle.
All we ever wanted was everything.

Brown, Rita Mae.
The sand castle.
A life-changing lesson about family and the pleasure and heartbreak that comes with it is told in this story of two sisters, their motherless cousin, and their day-trip to the shores of Chesapeake Bay in August, 1952.

Caldwell, Wayne.
Cataloochee.
Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina sits Cataloochee. In a time when where you was born was where God wanted you, the Wrights and the Carters, both farming families, travel to the valley to escape the rapid growth of neighboring towns and to have a few hundred acres all to themselves.

Carey, Jacqueline.
Kushiel’s mercy. [Fantasy]
Having paid dearly for ignoring Elua’s edict to love as thou wilt, Imriel and Sidonie have finally come forward to publicly confess their love for each other–only to watch the news ignite turmoil throughout the land.

Causey, Toni McGee.
Bobbie Faye’s (kinda, sorta, not exactly) family jewels. [Mystery]
Book 2; Smart Funny Women

Child, Lee.
Nothing to lose. [Suspense]
Reacher series

Clark, Nancy.
July and August.

Clayton, Meg Waite.
The Wednesday sisters.

Coulter, Catherine.
TailSpin. [Suspense]
FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are assigned to protect Dr. MacLean, a physician with frontal lobe dementia that could compromise his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality.

Cussler, Clive.
Plague ship: a novel of the Oregon files. [Suspense]
The crew of the Oregon has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea.

Dave, Laura.
The divorce party.

Davidson, MaryJanice.
Undead and unworthy. [Fantasy/Romance]
Just another happy American family adjusting to marital bliss– if you’re a couple of vampires, your reading list includes The book of the dead, and you’re being visited by an annoying ghost who blames you for her death.

Deaver, Jeffery.
The broken window: a Lincoln Rhyme novel. The mysterious 522 commits vicious crimes and then plants ironclad evidence to implicate innocent men. This timely thriller reunites Lincoln Rhyme with his partner and paramour Amelia Sachs, as they face their toughest adversary yet.

Deutermann, Peter T.
The moonpool. [Mystery]

Dubus, Andre.
The garden of last days.
Explosive elements converge one early September night in a Florida men’s club revealing the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed.

Essex, Karen.
Stealing Athena. [Historical]
Chronicles of the Marbles’ amazing journey through the dynamic narratives of Mary Nisbet, wife of the Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to Constantinople, and Aspasia, the mistress of Perikles, the most powerful man in Athens during that city’s Golden Age.

Evanovich, Janet.
Fearless fourteen: a Stephanie Plum novel. [Mystery]
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

Forkner, Tina Ann.
Ruby among us.

Furst, Alan.
The spies of Warsaw. [Suspense]
A French aristocrat working as a military attache at the French embassy in Warsaw in 1937 tries to gather information for Poland and France, wondering what move Germany will make next. Romantic sparks fly between the French aristocrat’s cousin and a Franco-Polish woman who works as a lawyer for The League of Nations, all against the backdrop of Hitler’s gathering war.

Galant, Debra.
Fear and yoga in New Jersey.

Galloway, Steven.
The cellist of Sarajevo.
While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.

Green, Jane.
The beach house.
Smart Funny Women

Griffin, W. E. B.
Death and honor. [Suspense]
The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral, but crawling with every kind of spy, sympathizer, and military official imaginable.

Gunn, Robin Jones.
Sisterchicks go Brit!.
Two midlife mamas hop over to jolly ole England and encounter so much more than the usual tourist stops. Their journey is lined with evidence of God’s gracious compassion, and both come to realize that God know their every wish.

Guterson, David.
The other.
When two boys–John William Barry and Neil Countryman– meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they’re brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington’s remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits–and each other–to survive.

Keyes, Marian.
This charming man.
Smart Funny Women

Land, Jon.
The Seven Sins: the tyrant ascending.

Lindsey, Johanna.
No choice but seduction. [Romance]
After her mother died, vivacious Katey Tyler fled her dull Connecticut town, hoping to meet her relatives in England and find adventure and romance on a grand tour of Europe. She had no idea that her life-changing travels would have both in spades, as well as danger and intrigue, when she catches the eye of ship owner Boyd Anderson and inadvertently stumbles upon a high-stakes kidnapping.

McFadden, Maryann.
The richest season.
Having lived in a dozen different towns due to her husband’s frequent corporate relocations, Joanna leaves her husband to return to the coastal South Carolina community she loves, while Paul, distraught by Joanna’s abandonment, endeavors to win her back.

Murray, Yxta Maya.
The king’s gold: an old world novel of adventure.

The queen jade: a New World novel of adventure.

Oates, Joyce Carol.
My sister, my love: the intimate story of Skylar Rampike.
The unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an infamous American family.

Parker, Robert B.
Resolution.
When greedy mine owner Eamon O’Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolution’s few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between O’Malley’s men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order don’t exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship.

Patterson, James & Howard Roughan.
Sail. [Suspense]
The Dunnes have set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the father, Stuart is staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they’re already falling apart.

Pattillo, Beth.
The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society.

Rhodes, Jenna.
The dark ferryman. [Fantasy]
As the civil war escalates, Sevryn and Rivergrace are separated from each other as Rivergrace battles the warrior queen Lariel’s accusations of high treason, with only her Dweller sister and the mysterious Dark Ferryman as her allies.

Robinson, Patrick.
To the death. [Suspense]

Rollins, James.
The last oracle. [Suspense]
An ancient relic, a murdered man, an international think tank of scientists known as the Jasons who have discovered a way to bioengineer autistic children, and a plot to wipe out a quarter of the world’s population have two men racing against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history–the Greek Oracle of Delphi.

Siegel, Sheldon M.
Judgment day: a Mike Daley mystery.

Spencer-Fleming, Julia.
I shall not want: a Clare Fergusson/Russ van Alstyne mystery.
People die. Marriages fail. In the small Adirondack town of Millers Kill, New York, however, life doesn’t stop for heartbreak.

Steel, Danielle.
Rogue.
Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with three great kids, a challenging career, and the perfect new man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband, aka the Rogue, who wants her back is his life as a partner in a humanitarian project that could change countless lives.

Stolzman, Rachel.
The sign for drowning.
Anna is a woman haunted by the drowning of her sister when they were girls. When the family falls apart emotionally after the tragedy, young Anna tries to communicate with her dead sister by using sign language. Eventually, her interest in signing leads her to a career as a teacher for deaf children.

Tuccillo, Liz.
How to be single.
Smart Funny Women

Unger, Lisa.
Black out. [Suspense]
A woman has to quickly piece together disturbing events–one of which is the murder of her psychologist–before her past comes to claim her future and her daughter.

Vincenzi, Penny.
An absolute scandal.

Weisberger, Lauren.
Chasing Harry Winston.
A trio of best friends in Manhattan agree to change their lives in the most personal and dramatic way possible — and within one calendar year.

Wiggins, Marianne.
The shadow catcher.

Willett, Jincy.
The writing class.

Williams, Polly.
A bad bride’s tale.

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