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Allende, Isabel. Island beneath the sea. HISTORICAL FICTION.
“The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible”–Provided by publisher.

Ashworth, Jenn. A kind of intimacy.
Annie Fairhurst is a socially inept and obese Briton who has murdered her husband and child, which is alluded to but not confirmed until later in the story. She moves into a duplex occupied by an unmarried couple, Neil and Lucy, and Annie immediately becomes obsessed with Neil, who unfortunately makes the mistake of being friendly. Interspersed throughout are glimpses of Annie’s past, her troubled marriage and stilted feelings toward her infant daughter, Grace.

Avery, Claire. Hidden wives. SUSPENSE
Contemporary polygamy in Utah.

Bagshawe, Tilly. Sidney Sheldon’s After the darkness. SUSPENSE.
Blessed with the face of an angel and the guileless, trusting nature of a child, Grace Brookstein is the prized wife of the king of Wall Street, Lenny Brookstein. Despite the stock market’s terrifying collapse, the Brooksteins’ glamorous lifestyle of polo tournaments and jets remains untouched–until the day Lenny goes sailing from their Nantucket beach estate and never comes home. When his abandoned yacht is found far out at sea, Grace is devastated. She has no idea that his disappearance is just the beginning of a dark, terrifying nightmare of murder, lies, greed, and betrayal that will shatter her life and destroy everything she has ever known.

Balogh, Mary. A secret affair. ROMANCE.
Regency Huxtable series; bk. 5

Barry, Brunonia. The map of true places.
Zee Finch, a psychotherapist, has come home to Salem to take care of her ailing father and to try to figure out her own life after the suicide of one of her patients, which was made even more difficult by Zee’s past–her mother committed suicide herself, in front of her.

Bass, Elizabeth. Miss you most of all.
Few things are as lasting as the bond between sisters. In her poignant debut, Elizabeth Bass explores the lengths one cobbled-together family will go to for each other, and the power of a connection that never fades

Bender, Aimee. The particular sadness of lemon cake.
Being able to taste people’s emotions in food may at first be horrifying. But young, unassuming Rose Edelstein grows up learning to harness her gift as she becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern.

Blum, Jenna. The stormchasers.
Twenty years after her bipolar brother’s penchant for chasing tornadoes leads to deadly consequences, Karena Jorge finds out that he has escaped from a psychiatric ward, prompting her to join a band of professional stormchasers in hope of finding her disturbed brother.

Bolton, S. J. Blood harvest. MYSTERY.
Missing children in England.

Bonasia, Lynn Kiele. Summer shift.
Forty-four-year-old Cape Cod clam bar owner Mary Hopkins struggles to find the peace, love, and human connection that have eluded her for decades as she copes with her beloved great-aunt’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease, the tragic accident of a young waitress, and her rekindled romance with Dan, a lost love.

Brackmann, Lisa. Rock paper tiger. SUSPENSE.
Iraq war veteran in China

Brashares, Ann. My name is memory.
Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together, and he remembers it all. Daniel has “the memory”, the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he’s previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. Interwoven through Sophia and Daniel’s unfolding present day relationship are glimpses of their expansive history together.

Brown, Janelle. This is where we live.
The bohemian life of artsy new homeowners Claudia and Jeremy is thrown into chaos by the failure of Claudia’s first film, the return of Jeremy’s successful ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments.

Brown, Ryan. Play dead. SUSPENSE.
For the first time in Killington High School history, the Jackrabbits football team is one win away from the district championship where it will face its most vicious rival. On the way to the game, the Jackrabbits’ bus plunges into a river, killing every player except for bad-boy quarterback Cole Logan who is certain the crash was no accident. Bent on payback, Cole turns to a mysterious fan skilled in black magic to resurrect his teammates. But unless the undead Jackrabbbits defeat their murderous rival on the field, the team is
destined for hell. — from publisher description.

Burris, Skylar Hamilton. An unlikely missionary. HISTORICAL.
In this sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte and her husband find themselves in the presence of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who informs them that she has arranged a mission trip for them. This seeming whim of their benefactress will prove to have far greater consequences than any of them can foresee. Charlotte finds herself far away from the world she once knew and the practical niche she had carved within it. Charlotte discovers that the very traits she thought were disadvantages in her old world are valued highly by her fellow workers and even by the harsh Mr. Rivers. But will her practicality and pragmatism enable her to endure tragedy, brace her for the revelation of Mr. Rivers’ past, and equip her to search her soul and discover who she really is?

Cardillo, Linda. Across the table. MYSTERY.
Contains “Across the Table” & “Dancing on Sunday Afternoons.” Restaurant owner in Boston.

Carey, Peter, Parrot and Olivier in America. HISTORICAL FICTION.
Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected in the United States by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.

Catton, Eleanor. The rehearsal.
New Zealand high school sex scandal

Chamberlain, Diane. The lies we told.
Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that’s where the sisters’ similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents’ murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman’s victims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.
—.Secrets she left behind. (2009)
“Keith Weston nearly lost his life in an act of arson. He survived–but with devastating physical and emotional scars. Without his mother, he has no one to help him heal, no money, nothing to live for but the medications that numb his pain. Isolated and angry, his hatred has one tight focus: his half-sister, Maggie Lockwood. Nineteen-year-old Maggie spent a year in prison for the acts that led up to the fire. Now she’s back home.”–p. [4] of cover.

Clevidence, Carin. The house on Salt Hay Road.
A fireworks factory explodes in a quiet seaside town. In the house on Salt Hay Road, Clay Poole is thrilled by the hole it’s blown in everyday life. His older sister, Nancy, is more interested in the striking stranger who appears, dusted with ashes, in the explosion’s aftermath. The Pooles–taken in as orphans by their mother’s family–can’t yet know how the bonds of their makeshift household will be tested and frayed. As their aunt searches for signs from God and their uncle begins an offbeat courtship, they are pulled toward two greater cataclysms: the legendary hurricane of 1938 and the encroaching war.

Cole, Meredith. Dead in the water. MYSTERY.
Photographer in Williamsburg, VA.

Coll, Susan. Beach week.
High school graduates spend the summer at the beach–as their parents deal with the changing times around them.

Cook, Claire. Seven year switch.
After being left alone to raise her young daughter for seven years, Jill’s husband Seth re-enters her life after seven years asking for forgiveness.

Coopersmith, Grace. Nancy’s theory of style. SMART FUNNY WOMEN.
While Nancy Edith Carrington-Chambers is busy preparing for San Francisco society’s biggest fundraiser, the fussy fashionista experiences some cataclysmic revelations that turn her world upside down.

Coulter, Catherine. Whiplash. SUSPENSE.
Married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are investigating a rather unusual case: Senator David Hoffman is experiencing a ghostly apparition with possible malicious intent. They’re no closer to cracking the case when a call comes in from Connecticut: A top foreign Schiffer Hartwin employee has been found murdered behind the drug company’s U.S. headquarters.

Cristofano, David. The girl she used to be. SUSPENSE.
Mafia witness.

Cronin, Justin. The passage. SCIENCE FICTION.
A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop.

Cussler, Clive. The spy. SUSPENSE.
In 1908, a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide. The man’s grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father’s name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case, and Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point not to suicide but to murder.

De Blasi, Marlena. Amandine. HISTORICAL FICTION.
Krakow, 1931. A baby girl is born out of wedlock, and deposited at a remote convent in the French countryside. Amandine is raised by her governess, Solange. As global war looms, the two flee toward Solange’s childhood home, and begin a perilous, years-long odyssey across Occupied France– and deeper into the treacheries of war.

Deaver, Jeffery. The burning wire: a Lincoln Rhyme novel. SUSPENSE.
Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme leads his team–NYPD detective Amelia Sachs, officer Ron Pulaski, and FBI agent Fred Dellray–to find and stop a killer who uses electricity as modus operandi. Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme’s net.

Dekker, Ted. The bride collector. SUSPENSE.
Serial killers & brides

DeMille, Nelson. The lion. SUSPENSE.
Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as “The Lion” has returned to America to make good on his threats and take care of unfinished business. John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, will stop at nothing to find and kill Khahil.

Doiron, Paul. The poacher’s son. SUSPENSE.
Desperate and alone, game warden Mike Bowditch strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive–Mike’s father. But the only way for Mike to save his father is to find the real killer–which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.

Doyle, Roddy, The dead republic.
Irish historical revolutionaries

Duarte, Judy. The house on Sugar Plum Lane.
Inspirational fiction about grandmothers and granddaughters.

Dugoni, Robert. Bodily harm. SUSPENSE.
Desperate and alone, game warden Mike Bowditch strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive–Mike’s father. But the only way for Mike to save his father is to find the real killer–which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.

Eastland, Sam. Eye of the Red Tsar: a novel of suspense.
House of Romanov

Emma, Linda. Prime Meridian.
The explosion of a hidden land mine 6,000 miles away should have had no effect on Jenna. She neither knew anyone fighting in the Iraq War nor felt any strong political connection to the quagmire that was daily splashed across the newspapers’ front pages. But the running loop segment on CNN, and the photojournalist peering out from every frame, brought Jenna back to another life and the boy who challenged her to be more. Danny was gone and the what ifs that she had years ago suppressed, came flooding back. Married with a young daughter, Jenna lives in tiny Meridian and works part time at the local newspaper penning to a readership which worries more about landscapes than landmines. Until Danny’s death, Jenna had considered her life full. But now, she wonders if within the cocoon of suburbia, she hasn’t allowed herself to become the very person against whom Danny once railed. And when another man challenges her to try more, to be more, Jenna is reminded of the potential she once saw in herself and for her life-all the paths she did not take. As Jenna sets off in a in a directionless quest for answers to questions she’s only just beginning to formulate, she wonders if it isn’t too late to take that other road.

Evanovich, Janet. Sizzling sixteen. MYSTERY.
Someone wants to kill Vinnie, but who? The list is long, and it’s up to Stephanie to whittle it down to one in this 16th Stephanie Plum novel.

Everson, Eva Marie. This fine life.
In this unique and tender story of an unlikely romance, boarding school graduate Mariette Puttnam returns to her privileged life at home, unsure where life will take her. More schooling? A job? Marriage? Nothing feels right. How could she know that the answer is waiting for her within the narrow stairwell of her father’s apparel factory, exactly between the third and fourth floors? Set in the summer of 1959.

Farooki, Roopa. Half life.
Intermarriage in Singapore

Frank, Dorothea Benton. Lowcountry summer.
When Caroline Wimbley Levine returned to Tall Pines Plantation, she never expected to make peace with long-buried truths about herself and her family.

Furst, Alan. Spies of the Balkans. SUSPENSE.
As war approaches northern Greece, the spies begin to circle–from the Turkish legation to the German secret service. In the ancient port of Salonika, Costa Zannis, a senior police official, head of an office that handles special “political” cases, risks everything to secure an escape route for those hunted by the Gestapo.

Ganek, Danielle. The summer we read Gatsby.
Sisters who never knew each other inherit a house in the Hamptons.

Garlock, Dorothy. Stay a little longer. ROMANCE.
Historical set in Minnesota.

Gautreaux, Tim. The missing. SUSPENSE.
After the devastation in France just as World War I, Sam Simoneaux went back to New Orleans eager for a normal life. But when a little girl disappears from a department store on his shift, he loses his job and soon joins her parents working on a steamboat plying the Mississippi. Sam comes to suspect that on the downriver journey someone had seen this magical child and arranged to steal her away, and this quest leads him not only into this raucous new life on the river, but also on a journey deep into the Arkansas wilderness. Here he begins to piece together what had happened to the girl–a discovery that endangers everyone involved and sheds new light on the massacre of his own family decades before.

Gibbon, Maureen. Thief.
Interpersonal triangles.

Giffin, Emily. Heart of the matter.
Following a tragic accident, two women–Tessa Russo, a renowned pediatric surgeon, and Valerie Anderson, an attorney and single mother–living in the same Boston suburb but with relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children converge in ways no one could have imagined.

Goodwillie, David. American subversive.
Terrorists.

Grant, Andrew. Die twice. SUSPENSE.
Espionage.

Green, Jane. Promises to keep.
Six people–sisters Callie and Steff Perry, their divorced parents Walter Cutler and Honor Pitman, Lila Grossman and the man of her dreams, Eddie–each receive a shocking note that summons them together for one extraordinary summer in Maine–a summer that will change their lives forever.

Gregory, David. The last Christian. SCIENCE FICTION.
Artificial Intelligence.

Gross, Andrew. Reckless. SUSPENSE.
The shocking murder of a suburban family leads private security investigator Ty Hauck, with Naomi Blum, a tenacious agent from the U.S.
Department of Treasury, to uncover a frightening global conspiracy. Unraveling evidence of a reckless banking scheme that stretches from New York to London to central Europe, they race to avert a disaster that could threaten the security of the United States.

Gruber, Michael. The good son. SUSPENSE.
Somewhere in Pakistan, Sonia Laghari and eight fellow members of a symposium on peace are being held captive by armed terrorists. Sonia, a deeply religious woman as well as a Jungian psychologist, has become the de facto leader of the kidnapped group, while her son Theo, an ex-Delta soldier, uses his military connections to find and free the victims.

Gwin, Minrose. The queen of Palmyra. HISTORICAL FICTION.
“An atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help“–Provided by publisher.

Hall, Tarquin. The case of the man who died laughing: from the files of Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator. MYSTERY.
A prominent Indian scientist dies in a fit of giggles when a Hindu goddess appears from a mist and plunges a sword into his chest. The main suspect is a powerful guru named Maharaj Swami, who seems to have done away with his most vocal critic. Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and spicy, doesn’t believe the murder is a supernatural occurrence, and proving who really killed Dr. Suresh Jha will require all the detective’s earthly faculties. To get at the truth, he and his team of undercover operatives travel from the slum where India’s hereditary magicians must be persuaded to reveal their secrets to the holy city of Haridwar on the Ganges.

Hamilton, Laurell K. Bullet. FANTASY.
Assassins are coming to St. Louis to kill master vampire Jean-Claude, necromancer Anita Blake, and werewolf Richard Zeeman. Anita knows they’re coming, but even being forewarned doesn’t mean the triumvirate will win.

Harris, Robert. Conspirata. HISTORICAL FICTION.
Rome

Harvey, John. Far cry. MYSTERY.
Missing children in England.

Harvey, Michael T. The third rail. MYSTERY.
PI in Chicago.

Hawke, Richard. House of secrets. SUSPENSE.
Family secrets & political intrigue.

Hewson, David. City of fear. MYSTERY.
When a terrorist group stationed in Rome adopts a symbol from an ancient civilization to justify a violent agenda targeting a G8 conference, Nic Costa of the Questura is called upon to discern the plot and uncovers disturbing links to top government levels.

Hijuelos, Oscar. Beautiful Maria of my soul, or, The true story of Maria Garcia y Cifuentes, the lady behind a famous song.
In a part sequel and part retelling of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, the inspiration for the Mambo King’s biggest hit, Maria, now 60 years old, reminisces about her days and nights in Havana, offering a completely different perspective on the Mambo Kings’ story.

Hinton, J. Lynne. Wedding cake.
Hope Spring series

Hobb, Robin. Dragon haven. FANTASY.
As the dragons, the humans–including the strong and defiant Rain Wild girl Thymara; the wealthy dragon scholar and Trader’s wife, Alise; and her companion, the urbane Sedric–and their magical supply barge, captained by the gruff Leftrin, forge their way ever deeper into uncharted wilderness, human and beast alike discover they are changing in mysterious and dangerous ways … and that all of them may not survive.

Hoffman, Paul. The left hand of God. FANTASY.
Follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.

Holmes, Gina. Crossing oceans.
Family secrets in NC

Hood, Ann. The red thread.
The painful and courageous journey toward adoption made by several of her clients forces Maya Lange, founder of The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families, to confront the lost daughter of her past.

Hunt, James Patrick. The silent places. SUSPENSE.
Missouri

Hyland, Tara. Daughters of fortune.
Sisters–Coming of age.

Jackson, Joshilyn. Backseat saints.
After a gypsy predicts that Rose’s violent husband will kill her, Rose grabs a gun and her dog Gretel and sets out on a cross-country escape, following messages that her missing mother has left for her and unraveling family secrets.

Jiji, Jessica. Sweet dates in Basra.
WWII Iraq friendship.

Jones, Shane. Light boxes. FANTASY.
Spirits.

Kargman, Jill. Arm candy. SMART FUNNY WOMEN.

Kennedy, Thomas E. In the company of angels.
Imprisoned for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene has been tortured for months in Pinochet’s Chile when he is visited by two angels who promise that he will survive to experience beauty and love once again. Months later, in Copenhagen, where he has come for treatment, the Chilean exile befriends Michela Ibsen, herself a survivor of domestic abuse.

Koontz, Dean R. Frankenstein: lost souls. FANTASY.
Two years after they saw him die, the man they knew as Victor Helios lives on. Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison; Victor’s engineered wife, Erika 5, and her companion Jocko; and the original Victor’s first creation, the tormented Deucalion, have all arrived at a small Montana town where their old alliance will be renewed–and tested–by forces from within and without, and where the dangers they face will eclipse any they have yet encountered.

Koryta, Michael. So cold the river. SUSPENSE.
After he is hired by Alyssa Bradford to research the life of her 95-year- old billionaire father-in-law, Eric Shaw visits the man’s hometown, where he discovers a restored hotel that has a checkered past–and a newly reawakened evil bent on revenge.

Kwok, Jean. Girl in translation.
Chinese immigrants in NY

LaHaye, Tim F. & Craig Parshall. Edge of Apocalypse.
The End series.

Landis, Jill Marie. Heart of stone.
Irish angel series; bk. 1

Larkin, Allie. Stay.
Impulsively buying a puppy on the Internet after the heartbreak of watching the love of her life marry another, Van is dismayed when her purchase produces a one-hundred-pound German shepherd whose unlikely friendship introduces her to a ruggedly handsome veterinarian.

Larsson, Stieg. The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest. SUSPENSE.
If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge–against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. Final book in a trilogy.

Lindsey, Johanna. That perfect someone. ROMANCE.
Having returned from the high seas after dodging the fiance his greedy father, the Earl of Manford, wanted him to marry, Richard Allen crosses paths with his furious fiance and must flee with her on an ocean voyage once the Earl learns his son is alive.

Lowell, Elizabeth. Death echo. SUSPENSE.
Former CIA agent Emma Cross and former special ops team leader MacKenzie Durand fight their growing attraction to each other as they race to locate the missing yacht “Blackbird” and its cache of lethal cargo. They’ve got seven days to uncover the truth . . . or a major American city will be lost.

Lustbader, Eric. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne objective. SUSPENSE.
The Central Intelligence training program Treadstone produced two graduates of equal skill and determination–Jason Bourne and a vicious Russian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin. As Bourne’s destiny circles closer to Arkadin’s, it becomes clear that the eventual collision of these men is not of their own making. Someone else has been watching and manipulating them. Someone who wants to know, “Who is the more deadly agent?”

Magee, Doug. Never wave goodbye: a novel of suspense.
Kidnapping

Marlantes, Karl. Matterhorn: a novel of the Vietnam War. HISTORICAL FICTION.
High in the mountains of South Vietnam, a young lieutenant is flown to an isolated anonymous hill between Laos and the DMZ where a company of Marines is building a fire-support base. It is his first day in the jungle. From the moment his feet hit the mud–the brass have named the hill Matterhorn–his senses are assaulted by a chaotic swirl of monsoon rain and fog, screeching radios and bulldozers, and the stench of almost two hundred men who are some combination of sick, exhausted, filthy, sodden, and scared out of their minds. He has no idea if he is up to this.

Martin, William. City of dreams. SUSPENSE.
Peter Fallon adventure.

Martini, Steve. The rule of nine: a Paul Madriani novel. SUSPENSE.
US Terrorism.

Matlock, Curtiss Ann. Little town, great big life.
“So what if Winston Valentine is ninety-two years old? He isn’t dead yet! And he’s out to prove it. His exuberant show of life–coming to you live from radio dial 1550–revitalizes Valentine, Oklahoma, for its centennial celebration. The townsfolk are determined to make this an anniversary to remember. Except Belinda Blaine, who, at thirty-eight, doesn’t feel like celebrating. Suddenly she’s carrying a child –and the guilt of an earlier pregnancy nearly twenty years ago. No one in her close-knit community knows of either, including her sweet-mannered husband, Lyle. But disclosing this pregnancy will mean revealing her past and opening her heart. And Belinda’s not quite ready for that. As Belinda struggles over what to do, she finds comfort in unexpected places. After all, in Valentine, neighbors are family and strangers are friends. And this small town holds secrets and mysteries, and takes care of its own.”–P. [4] of cover.

McCauley, Stephen. Insignificant others.

McGovern, Cammie. Neighborhood watch. MYSTERY.

McKenna, Shannon. Fade to midnight.
Shapeshifting Romantic Suspense.

McNeil, Gil. Needles and pearls.
Knitting Smart Funny Women

Meyer, Stephenie. The short second life of Bree Tanner: an Eclipse novella. FANTASY.
In this devastating story, Bree Tanner–a character introduced in Eclipse–and the newborn vampire army prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

Michaels, Fern. Cross roads. SUSPENSE.
Sisterhood series.

Michel, DeLaune. Aftermath of dreaming.
Romantic triangle in CA

Milne, Kevin Alan. Sweet misfortune.
“A story about finding love and proving that happiness is not just a myth”–Provided by publisher.

Mooney, Ted. The same river twice. SUSPENSE.
When Odile Mevel, a French clothing designer, agrees to smuggle ceremonial May Day banners out of the former Soviet Union, she thinks she’s trading a few days’ inconvenience for a quick thirty thousand francs. Yet when she returns home to Paris to deliver the contraband to the American art expert behind this scheme, her fellow courier has disappeared, her apartment is ransacked for no discernible reason, and she has already set in motion a chain of events that will put those closest to her in jeopardy.

Morgan, Jude. Charlotte and Emily: novel of the Brontes. HISTORICAL FICTION.

Morrison, Boyd. The ark. SUSPENSE.
Ancient antiquities.

Nash, Jennie. The threadbare heart.
Disaster and loss.

O’Faolain, Nuala. Best Love, Rosie.
Like many a modern, well-travelled woman, Rosie has lived a fascinating life, full of adventure and the pleasure of many lovers in her younger years. Now, facing the challenges of middle-age, she finds that the things that defined her most — work, love, independence — begin to fail her. She comes home to Ireland to care for her elderly aunt Min, trapped by circumstances in sleepy Dublin. But when an opportunity arises to visit New York again, the story takes an unexpected turn.

O’Farrell, Maggie. The hand that first held mine.
In the thrilling, underground world of bohemian post-war London, Lexie Sinclair is making an extraordinary life for herself. Taken up by magazine editor Innes Kent, she learns to be a reporter, to know art and artists, to embrace her life fully and with a deep love at the center of it.

Oliveira, Robin. My name is Mary Sutter. HISTORICAL FICTION.
Traveling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C., to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong midwife Mary receives guidance from two smitten doctors and resists her mother’s pleas for her to return home.

Orringer, Julie. The invisible bridge. HISTORICAL FICTION.
WWII

Palahniuk, Chuck. Tell-all.
Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie’s death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans–and for posterity.

Palmer, Diana. Dangerous. ROMANCE.
A merciless man with a haunted past, FBI agent Kilraven can’t help being attracted to Winnie Sinclair, a shy 911 operator. When he makes the disturbing discovery that her family’s unsavory past might have a bearing on his cold case, Winnie is determined to help him crack it–and the ice around this Texan’s heart.

Parrish, Stephen. The Tavernier Stones. SUSPENSE.
Cartographer John Graf, shunned by his Amish community for pursuing higher education, becomes embroiled in a mystery when the remains of 17th-century mapmaker Cellarius, the subject of centuries-old conjecture, emerge from a German bog. The discovery of his corpse and a ruby clutched in his death grip gives credence to the existence of the fabled Tavernier Stones, a cache of the world’s most prized missing jewels. Graf joins forces with a gemologist-turned-grifter to solve a puzzle Cellarius encoded into his final and most famous map.

Patterson, James & Maxine Paetro. The 9th judgment. SUSPENSE.
A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar and in just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Before the Women’s Murder Club can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Detective Lindsay Boxer to put her own life on the line–but is it enough to save the city?

Patterson, Richard North. In the name of honor. SUSPENSE.
Capt. Paul Terry, one of the army’s most accomplished young lawyers, must defend Brian McCarran, a general’s son who recently returned from a harrowing tour in Iraq. In the high-profile court-martial, Terry is joined by Brian’s sister, Meg McCarran, who leaves her practice in San Francisco to help save her brother. Before the case is over, Terry will become deeply entwined with Meg and the McCarrans–and learn that families, like war, can break the sturdiest of souls.

Perry, Marta. Rachel’s garden.
It has been almost a year since the Amish community of Pleasant Valley lost Ezra Brand to tragedy. Now his wife Rachel struggles to raise their three children and run their farm. Rachel’s friends and family have come forward to help. But all of their constant advice, however well intentioned, puts undue pressure on Rachel. Pleasant Valley Series.

Perry, Thomas. Strip. SUSPENSE.
Thieves in LA

Pezzelli, Peter. Villa Mirabella.
Italian American family in RI

Pickard, Nancy. The scent of rain and lightning. MYSTERY.
Stand-alone takes place in Kansas

Pintoff, Stefanie. In the shadow of Gotham. MYSTERY.
NY

Puchner, Eric. Model home.
1980a CA

Rachman, Tom. The imperfectionists.
Newspaper business & reporting

Radish, Kris. Hearts on a string. SMART FUNNY WOMEN.
Women traveling.

Rebeck, Theresa. Twelve rooms with a view.
Sisters and inheritance.

Ribon, Pamela. Going in circles.
Humorous roller derby.

Robinson, Patrick. Intercept: a novel of suspense.
Modern Terrorism.

Rose, M. J. The hypnotist. SUSPENSE.
“An FBI agent, tormented by a death he wasn’t able to prevent, a crime he’s never been able to solve and a love he’s never forgotten, discovers that his true conflict resides not in his past, but in a … past life.–Flyleaf.

Ross, Adam. Mr. Peanut.
A police procedural of the soul, a poignant investigation of the relentlessly mysterious human heart. After thirteen years of marriage, David can’t imagine a happy life without Alice–yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. When she dies, David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect.

Sankaran, Vanitha. Watermark: [a novel of the middle ages]. HISTORICAL FICTION.
The daughter of a papermaker in a small French village in the year 1320–mute from birth and forced to shun normal society–young Auda finds solace and escape in the wonder of the written word. Believed to be cursed by those who embrace ignorance and superstition, Auda’s very survival is a testament to the strength of her spirit. But this is an age of Inquisition and intolerance, when difference and defiance are punishable ‘sins’ and new ideas are considered damnable heresy. When darkness descends on her world, Auda–newly grown to womanhood–is forced to flee, setting off on a remarkable quest to discover love and a new sense of self…and to reclaim her heritage and the small glory of her father’s art.

Scotch, Allison Winn. The one that I want.
Tilly Farmer is thirty-two years old and has the perfect life she always dreamed of, married to her high school sweetheart, working as a guidance counselor in her hometown, trying for a baby. At seventeen, Tilly lost her mother to cancer, her father drowned his grief in alcohol, and she played parent to her two younger sisters more often than being a kid herself. Then one sweltering afternoon at the local fair, everything changes. Tilly wanders into the fortune teller’s tent and is greeted by an old childhood friend, now a psychic, who offers her more than just a reading. “I’m giving you the gift of clarity”, her friend says. “It’s what I always thought you needed.” And soon enough, Tilly starts seeing things: her father relapsing, Tyler uprooting their happy, stable life, and even more disturbing, these visions start coming true.

Slaughter, Karin. Broken. SUSPENSE.
When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, Georgia, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner’s death and about a policewoman’s role in the death of Grant County’s popular police chief.

Smiley, Jane. Private life. HISTORICAL FICTION.
Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post-Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. Margaret is a good girl who has been raised to marry, yet Andrew confounds her expectations from the moment their train leaves for his naval base in faraway California. Soon she comes to understand that his devotion to science leaves precious little room for anything, or anyone, else. When personal tragedies strike and when national crises envelop the country, Margaret stands by her husband. But as World War II approaches, Andrew’s obsessions take a different, darker turn, and Margaret is forced to reconsider the life she has so carefully constructed.

Sokoloff, Alexandra. Book of shadows. MYSTERY.
Occult crime.

Solares, Martin. The black minutes.
“When a young journalist named Bernardo Blanco is killed in the fictional Mexican port city of Paracuan, investigation into his murder reveals missing links in a disturbing multiple homicide case from twenty years earlier. As police officer Ramon Cabrera discovers, Blanco had been writing a book about a 1970′s case dealing with the murder of several young schoolgirls in Paracuan by a man known as the Jackal…”–Front inside flap.

Steel, Danielle. Family ties.
In this compelling novel, a young woman overnight becomes mother to her sister’s three small children. Grown now, each of them will choose a different path. Through it all, one thing will remain: family ties.

Steinhauer, Olen. The nearest exit. SUSPENSE.
Intelligent espionage.

Stewart, Leah. Husband and wife.

Strobel, Alison. The weight of shadows.
Christian fiction on spousal abuse.

Temple, Peter. Truth. MYSTERY.
Australian murder.

Thayer, Nancy. Beachcombers.
Lily Fox, the baby of her family, sends her sister Abbie urgent emails begging her to return home to Nantucket. Their middle sister, Emma, has taken to her bed, emotionally devastated after the loss of her high-powered stockbroker’s job and a shockingly unexpected break-up with her fiance. Also, Lily is deeply worried that Marina, the beautiful, enigmatic woman renting their guesthouse, has set her sights on the sisters’ widowed father, Jim.

Thompson, Janice A. It had to be you. ROMANCE.
Weddings by Bella; bk. 3

Tobey, Danny. The faculty club. SUSPENSE.
Enjoying a prestigious first year in law school marked by a coveted job with a top professor and a relationship with a beautiful Rhodes scholar, Jeremy Davis is admitted into a mysterious club that promises him phenomenal successes and hides a deadly ancient secret.

Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Cum laude.
College Freshmen in Maine–a satire.

Wayne, Teddy. Kapitoil.
Oil and Wall Street.

White, Karen S. On Folly Beach.
Folly Beach, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and war. But it’s the personal battles of Folly Beach’s residents that have left the most scars, and why a young widow has been beckoned there to heal her own. To most people, Folly Beach is simply the last barrier island before reaching the great Atlantic. To some, it’s a sanctuary for lost souls, which is why Janie Hamilton’s mother encourages her to buy the local bookstore, Folly’s Finds, hoping it will distract Janie from the loss of her husband. Janie is at first resistant. So much has already changed. But after finding love letters and an image of a beautiful bottle tree in a box of used books from Folly’s Finds, she decides to take the plunge. But the seller insists on one condition: Janie must allow Lulu, the late owner’s sister, to continue selling her bottle trees from the store’s backyard.

Wright, Kim. Love in mid air.
Risking her safe but lackluster marriage in an affluent Southern suburb to embark on an affair that she believes is more fulfilling, Elyse challenges the decisions her book-club friends have made about their own relationships and freedoms.

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