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Abdullah, Shaila, Saffron dreams.
Reflections of America series; bk. 5

Agarwal, Shilpa, Haunting Bombay.
Indian Ghost Story

Ahern, Cecelia, Thanks for the memories.
How can you know someone you’ve never met? Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce Conway leaves the hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces,
she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja
vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why.

Albert, Susan Wittig. Wormwood. [Mystery]
While getting some much needed rest and assisting with some herbal workshops, China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Kentucky Shaker village after a shocking death occurs during her stay.

Ames, Greg. Buffalo lockjaw.

Aridjis, Chloe. Book of Clouds.
Tatiana settles in Berlin, distancing herself from her family, and takes a job transcribing notes for historian, Doktor Weiss, who introduces her to Jonas, a meteorologist.

Backhaus, Bhira. Under the lemon trees.

Baldacci, David. First family. [Suspense]

Barnard, Robert. The killings on Jubilee Terrace: a novel of suspense.

Barr, Nevada. Borderline. [Mystery]
Hoping the adventure of a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Paul takes Anna Pigeon to southwest Texas. Instead of the soul-soothing experience they’d longed for, the couple finds a pregnant woman–more dead than alive–and soon they are sucked into a labyrinth of intrigue that leads from the Mexican desert to the steps of the Governor’s Mansion in Austin.

Barrett, Jo. Don’t let it be true.
Texas rich romance

Bausch, Richard, Peace.
Italy, near Cassino. The terrible winter of 1944. A dismal icy rain, continuing unabated for days. Guided by a seventy-year-old Italian man in rope-soled shoes, three American soldiers are sent on a reconnaissance mission up the side of a steep hill that they discover, before very long, to be a mountain. And the old man’s indeterminate loyalties only add to the terror and confusion that engulf them on that mountain, where they are confronted with the horror of their own time–and then set upon by a sniper.–From publisher description.

Beecroft, Alex. False colors.
Gay Historical Romance

Berg, Elizabeth. Home safe.
Recently widowed Helen Ames and her twenty-seven-year-old daughter Tessa discover that money has disappeared in several big withdrawals from the Ames’ retirement savings. What Helen’s husband did with all their money turns out to be provocative, revelatory–and leads Helen and her daughter to embark on new adventures, and change.

Boyden, Joseph, Through black spruce.
Ontario Cree Indians from Canadian writer

Brown, Dale, Rogue forces. [Suspense]
Scion Aviation International has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq as the U.S. military begins to downsize its presence there. But when Kurdish nationalist attacks led by the Republic of Turkey and joined by the new government in Persia invade northern Iraq, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan makes the decision to take the fight to the Turks.

Chamberlain, Marisha. The Rose variations.
1970s Minnesota

Clark, Carol Higgins. Cursed: a Regan Reilly mystery.
Private Investigator Regan Reilly moved from Los Angeles to New York City when she married her husband, Jack “no relation” Reilly, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad. To help a friend she ends up taking on a case that calls her back to her old stomping ground.

Clark, Mary Higgins. Just take my heart. [Suspense]
Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor and heart-transplant recipient, is given a plum assignment–the murder trial of theatrical agent Gregg Aldrich, accused of murdering his wife. During the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich’s fate is decided by the jury. In the meantime, she does not realize that her own life is now at risk.

Coelho, Paulo. The winner stands alone.
At the Cannes Film Festival, a successful, driven entrepreneur goes to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love. Captured in all their crassness are
producers, actors, aspiring starlets, supermodels, and notorious fashionistas,
whose lives and actions hold sway over millions.

Coles, William. Prelude.
Previously published as: The well-tempered clavier, 2007, London

Dahl, Kjell Ola, The man in the window.

Dallas, Sandra. Prayers for sale.
Set in the high country of Colorado during the Depression, this is the story of an unforgettable friendship between two women–eighty-six-year-old Hennie Comfort and seventeen-year-old Nit Spindle–and the deepest hardships and darkest secrets they shared with each other.

Diamond, Elizabeth. An accidental light.
Psychological drama in London

Dugoni, Robert. Wrongful death. [Mystery]
Just minutes after winning a $1.6 million wrongful-death verdict, attorney David Sloane confronts the one case that threatens to blemish his unbeaten record in the courtroom. Beverly Ford wants Sloane to sue the United States government and military in the mysterious death of her husband, James, a national guardsman killed in Iraq. While a decades-old military doctrine might make Ford’s case impossible to win, Sloane, a former soldier himself, is compelled to find justice for the widow and her four children in what is certain to become the biggest challenge of his career.

Dunn, Sarah, Secrets to happiness. [Smart Funny Women]

Elliott, Elissa. Eve: a novel of the first woman.
We’ve all heard the story of Adam and Eve and how they were banished from the Garden of Eden, but what happened after that? In this novel, which combines Biblical characters and ancient Mesopotamian culture, Eve finally tells her side of the story. Still wracked with guilt for succumbing to Lucifer’s temptation, Eve recounts how she and Adam wandered the world before settling down to create their own garden. Their success in cultivating the soil, however, is matched by their failure to manage their children. Daughter Naava falls in love with the prince of a neighboring city, which results in a clash of cultures that forces the family to flee, while Cain and Abel’s lifelong rivalry turns deadly in this “highly original look at Original Sin” (Kirkus Reviews).

Erastes. Transgressions.
Gay Historical Romance

Estleman, Loren D. The branch and the scaffold: a novel of Judge Parker. [Historical]

Ford, Jamie. Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet.
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

Freeman, Brian, In the dark. [Mystery]
Thirty years ago, Jonathan Stride was a teenager in love with his soon-to-be wife, Cindy Starr, when her sister Laura was murdered. Though the police determined that a transient was responsible, both Jonathan and Cindy thought it unlikely. Now himself a detective in the Duluth police force–and a widower–Jonathan’s past is brought home to him when a former friend of Cindy’s returns with the intent to write a book about Laura’s murder.

Freeman, Castle, All that I have.
Sheriff Lucian Wing confronts a series of trials that test his work, his marriage, and the settled order of his life. Wing is an experienced, practical man who enforces the law in his corner of Vermont with a steady hand and a generous tolerance. Things are not as they should be, however, in the sheriffs small, protected domain. The outside world draws near, and threats multiply: the arrival in the district of a band of exotic, major league criminals; an ambitious and aggressive deputy; the self-destructive exploits of a local bad boy; Wings discovery of a domestic crisis. The sheriffs response to these diverse challenges calls on all the personal resources he has cultivated during his working life: patience, tact, and (especially) humor.

Glass, Matthew, Ultimatum.
World politics and global environmental change

Goodman, Matthew Aaron, Hold love strong
Queens, NY coming of age

Goudge, Eileen. The diary.

Graham, Heather. Nightwalker. [Suspense]
P.I. Dillon Wolf is fascinated by gambler Jessy Spearhawk and by the single word a dying man spoke: Indigo. From the glitz of the Vegas strip to a desert ghost town, the unlikely pair forge ahead with an investigation that will risk both their lives.

Griffin, Lynne Reeves. Life without summer.
Bereavement

Grippando, James, Intent to kill: a novel of suspense.
A fallen baseball star must use his new skills as Boston’s king of sports radio to outwit a dangerous caller and prove–live and on the air–that the hit-and-run that killed his wife was no accident.

Gruenenfelder-Smith, Kim. Misery loves cabernet. [Smart Funny Women]

Haddam, Jane, Living witness. [Mystery]
Gregor Demarkian

Haji, Nafisa. The writing on my forehead.
Muslim families

Halberstam, Joshua. A seat at the table: a novel of forbidden choices.
“Elisha walks through Brooklyn with side curls tucked behind his ears and an oversized black hat on his head. He is a Chassidic Orthodox Jew and the son
of a revered rabbi in whose footsteps he’s expected to follow. When he leaves
his insular world to take classes at a secular college, he vows to remain
unchanged…”–p.[4] of cover.

Hamilton, Jane, Laura Rider’s masterpiece.
After 12 years of marriage, successful plant-nursery owner Laura Rider shares everything with her husband Charlie…except a bed. Laura, who dreams of
becoming a famous author, encourages correspondence–and, later, an affair–
between Charlie and local radio personality Jenna Faroli in the hope that it
will provide her with material for her book. But when her plan works better than expected, Laura discovers that the price of her literary ambitions is higher than she anticipated.

Harris, Charlaine. Dead and gone. [Fantasy]
In Bon Temps, Louisiana, a race of unhuman beings–older, more powerful and far more secretive than vampires or werewolves– is preparing for war. And Sookie Stackhouse will find herself an all-too human pawn in their battle as she investigates the murder of a were-panther. Series basis for HBO series True Blood.

Harvey, Samantha, The wilderness.
Alzheimer’s disease

Helget, Nicole Lea, The turtle catcher.
This debut novel from memoirist Helget is set in rural New Germany, Minnesota in the early part of the 20th century and focuses on two immigrant families: the Richters and the Sutters. Liesel Richter, born with both male and female genitalia, lives a harsh and isolated life. Her only friend is the gentle Lester Sutter, brain-damaged from his abusive father’s beatings. As they grow, a tentative romance blossoms between them, only to be abruptly and violently ended by Liesel’s brothers.

Heller, Zoe. The believers.

Henriquez, Cristina, The world in half.
Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair
with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s
always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

Higginbotham, Susan. The traitor’s wife. [Historical]
“Young Eleanor has two men in her life: her uncle King Edward II, and her husband Hugh le Despenser, a mere knight but the newfound favorite of the king. She has no desire to meddle in royal affairs– she wishes for a serene, simple life with her family. But as political unrest sweeps the land, Eleanor, sharply intelligent yet blindly naive, becomes the only woman each man can trust”–P. [4] of cover.

Hood, Ann. Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine.
It is 1969, and as Peter, Paul, and Mary croon on the radio, poster paints splash the latest antiwar slogans. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of her love child, whom she will name Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, is planning to raise three strong sons. And Elizabeth and Howard get married, organize protest marches, and try to raise their two children with their own earthy, hippie values.

Howard, Ginnah. Night navigation.
Drug addiction & suicide

James, Tania. Atlas of unknowns.
Indian Families

Jiles, Paulette, The color of lightning. [Historical]
The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.

Johansen, Iris. Deadlock. [Suspense]
CIA and MI6 operative John Garret is called on a desperate mission to save Emily Hudson, an archeologist and the only survivor of a ruthless massacre. But their may be more to this job than he is being told.

Johnson, Denis, Nobody move.
Nobody Move, which first appeared in the pages of Playboy, is the story of an assortment of lowlifes in Bakersfield, California, and their cat-and-mouse game over $2.3 million. Touched by echoes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, Nobody Move is at once an homage to and a variation on literary form. It salutes one of our most enduring and popular genres–the American crime novel–but with a grisly humor and outrageousness that are Denis Johnson’s own. –publisher.

Johnson, Todd, The sweet by and by.
Five very different Southern women meet in a nursing home and develop a friendship that resonates over the decades.

Keener, Rachel. The killing tree.
Mentally ill young woman

Khadivi, Laleh. The age of orphans.
Kurds in Iran

King, Laurie R. The language of bees: a Mary Russell novel. [Mystery]

Kingsbury, Karen & Gary Smalley. Return.
Christian Fiction about 9/11

Kolpan, Gerald. Etta. [Historical]
While outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are legendary figures, almost nothing is known about their companion Etta Place–including her real name. In this biographical novel, Etta’s story begins in Philadelphia, where she is born Lorinda Jameson. When her wealthy father’s death leaves her orphaned and penniless, Lorinda heads West and changes her name. She falls for Sundance (real name Harry Longabaugh) and is soon a part of his and Butch’s train-robbing adventures. But that’s just the beginning of a long and colorful career in which she meets real-life historical figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Annie Oakley.

Korelitz, Jean Hanff, Admission.
Princeton drama

Lang, Maureen. My sister Dilly.
Christian Fiction

Lathan, Sharon. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: two shall become one: Pride and prejudice continues. [Romance]
Through the honeymoon and then the challenges of Elizabeth assuming the role of Mistress of Pemberley, the Fitzwilliams’ passion and love for each other grows. To Lizzy’s delight, Darcy’s sister, Georgiana, returns home just as Christmas preparations are underway, but all is not calm–the marquis of Orman, whom Elizabeth first encounters at the Twelfth Night Ball, has sinister intentions.

Le Clezio, J.-M. G. Onitsha.
A novel on white colonialism in Africa through the eyes of Fintan, a 12-year-old boy who joins his parents in Nigeria. He meets an African boy his age and participates in the world of the Africans, contrasting it with the world of the whites.

Lewis, Beverly, The secret.
Christian Fiction about Amish/Seasons of grace; bk.1

Li, Yiyun, The vagrants. [Historical]
20th C. China

Lockwood, Cara. Every demon has his day. [Fantasy]

Lovely, Stephen. Irreplaceable.
On a windy April afternoon, a young woman bicycles along a stretch of Iowa highway, hurrying to get home in time for dinner…So begins this story about two families whose lives intersect forever in the aftermath of a tragic accident.

Macomber, Debbie.Summer on Blossom Street.
Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia and her pragmatic sister, Margaret, start a “Knit to Quit” group in their Blossom Street yarn store in Seattle, bringing in a delightful assortment of customers for weekly self-help sessions, including a local baker who wants a baby as much as Lydia does, a super-stressed chocolate magnate who takes the knitting class after his doctor suggests it, and a young woman who is trying to quit obsessing about a broken engagement.

Mankell, Henning, Italian shoes.

Mayo, C. M. The last prince of the Mexican empire: a novel based on the true story.
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico

McCall Smith, Alexander, Tea time for the traditionally built.
Precious Ramotswe uses her formidable detection talents to track down her tiny white van–sold by her estimable husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and stolen from its new owner–while simultaneously helping to explain the dreadful losing streak of a local football team and smoothing out a snag in Mma Makutsi’s engagement to Mr Phuti Radiphut.

McCoy, Judi. A matter of trust.
“Hiding from her abusive husband, Abby August has lived a lie for 4 years. As a gifted psychic she makes a living reading customers over the phone in order to stay home and care for her 9-year-old daughter. When a stranger moves in next door and befriends her child, she soon finds out the stranger is after her. Ex FBI agent Matt Layton had located his target, but soon learns Abby August is not the faithless wife Roman Zanelli projected. More importantly, Abby and Kate have helped him find the family he lost several years earlier. But can he protect them from a serial killer and an angry husband who has vowed to see them dead?”–p.[4] of cover.

McMahan, Janna. The ocean inside.
Emmett and Lauren Sullivan have always been a team, working together to raise their daughters on tranquil Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Now, with all their attention focused on nine-year-old Ainslie, they barely notice as their older daughter Sloan drifts further away from them and toward a reckless path that could tear the family apart.

Meyer, Philipp, American rust. [Mystery]
Pennsylvania

Michaels, Fern. Mr. and Miss Anonymous. [Suspense]
Two teenage boys are missing and their disappearance may be linked to a shady fertility clinic Sam Parker and Lily Madison visited in college as penniless students. When Sam and Lily learn that one of the missing boys looks exactly like Sam, they set out to discover what really went on at the clinic all those years ago.

Moerk, Christian. Darling Jim.
Irish Suspense

Morgan, C. E., All the living. [Historical]
19th C. Kentucky tobacco farms

Morgan, Jude, An accomplished woman. [Romance]
In this Regency comedy of manners self-reliant Lydia Templeton rejects the county’s most eligible bachelor but years later, when her ward proves surprisingly tricky to manage, discovers that her own spinster’s heart may not
be the closed book she thought it was.

Morris, Mary McGarry. The last secret.
Adultery

Morton, Kate, The forgotten garden.
Australia

Novack, Sandra. Precious.
Runaways

Oates, Joyce Carol, Dear husband.
Short stories

Parker, Robert B., Brimstone. [Western]
Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole track down Virgil’s sweetheart Allie and the three head north to start over in the town of Brimstone. Given their reputations as guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to secure positions as the town’s deputies. But a sanctimonious leader of a local church stirs up trouble at the local saloons, and as the violence escalates into murder, the two struggle to keep the peace.

Pasha, Kamran. Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of Islam. [Historical]

Patterson, James, The 8th confession. [Suspense]
The Women’s Murder Club faces its toughest challenge as Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile murder of two San Francisco millionaires and reporter
Cindy Thomas digs into the brutal slaying of a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless.

Peterson, Tracie. A love to last forever. [Romance]
Nick Lassiter has loved Beth since she first came to their rugged Montana town, but she’s always seemed to think of him more as a brother. Just when he finally gets Beth to consider him, however, a challenger threatens the affection growing between them. But neither Nick nor Beth is prepared when they must face the consequences of Nick’s complicated past. Brides of Gallatin County; book 2

Phillips, Arthur, The song is you.

Pipkin, John. Woodsburner. [Historical]
Henry David Thoreau

Quick, Amanda. The perfect poison. [Romantic Suspense]

Rainone, Sarah. Love will tear us apart.
Coming of age

Rakoff, Joanna Smith, A fortunate age.
Details the lives of a group of Oberlin graduates whose ambitions and friendships threaten to unravel as they chase their dreams, shed their youth,
and build their lives in Brooklyn during the late 1990s and the turn of the
twenty-first century.

Randolph, Ladette. A sandhills ballad.
Women ranchers

Rice, Luanne. The geometry of sisters.
In the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin for Maggie Shaw, her fourteen-year-old daughter Beck, and her sixteen-year-old son Travis.

Roberts, Sheila. Love in bloom. [Romance]
Breast CA

Rolo, Elaine di, A proper education for girls. [Historical]
Originally published as: The peachgrowers’ almanac. London, 2008

Ross, Ann B. Miss Julia delivers the goods.
Abbotsville finds itself the scene of a heist; and Miss Julia knows there’s only one man who can solve the crime. It’s J. D. Pickens, P.I., renowned investigator and Hazel Marie’s wayward love. When he’s summoned, one thing becomes clear: Miss Julia must help set things right between them or find herself the only one who can, quite literally, deliver the goods.

Rucka, Greg. Walking dead. [Suspense]

Scottoline, Lisa. Look again. [Suspense]
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a “Have You Seen This Child?” flyer in the mail, her heart stops–the child in the photo is identical to her adopted
son, Will. She investigates the story behind the flyer, uncovering clues no one
was meant to discover, and when she digs too deep, she risks losing her own life–and that of the son she loves.

Scudiere, A. J. Vengeance. [Suspense]
Two victims of a mafia family team up to extract revenge on the powerful Kurev family. FBI agent Owen Dunham is on their trail, naming the serial murders the Grudge Ninja killings. Even as he questions whether bringing in the ninja is the right thing, the voice in the back of his head is telling him that it will make his career.

Shaw, Deirdre. Love or something like it.

Somerville, Patrick, The cradle.
In the summer of 1997, a newlywed couple, Matt and Marissa, are living in Wisconsin and expecting their first child. With the baby almost due, Marissa
sends Matt on a quest to recover an antique cradle from her mother, who claimed it when she abandoned her family years earlier. Ten years later, a middle-aged couple, Bill and Renee, are living outside Chicago and preparing to see their only son, Adam, off to war in Iraq. Adam’s departure brings to the surface deeply personal memories of Renee’s first love, and forces the confession of a long-held secret that brings the two stories together in the novel’s powerful climax.

Sundell, Joanne. The parlor house daughter. [Historical Romance]
Amidst the hustle and bustle of 1880 Denver, 17-year-old Rebecca Rose, the daughter of a Nevada City prostitute who met a terrible fate, has followed
her mother’s footsteps into the world’s oldest profession. But when wealthy, 25-year-old Morgan Larkspur, who is searching for a little distraction in the arms of a beautiful lady, becomes one of Becca’s clients, they both get more than they bargained for.

Sunley, Christina. The tricking of Freya.
Icelandic family secrets

Umrigar, Thrity N.The weight of heaven.
Adoption, Indian-Americans

Walker, Martin, Bruno, chief of police. [Mystery]
Southwest France

White, Karen, The lost hours.

White, Susan Rebecca. Bound south. [Smart Funny Women]
Southern friendships

Willett, Marcia. The way we were.
Family secrets

Woods, Stuart. Loitering with intent. [Suspense]
New York cop turned lawyer Stone Barrington travels to Key West, Florida, to track down Evan Keating, a young man whose signature is needed on documents allowing his father to sell the family business. Meanwhile, a beautiful Swedish doctor, Annika Swenson, learns the hard way that being involved with Stone is the most dangerous job in America.

Wray, John, Lowboy.
Teenage boy schizophrenia (YA)

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