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Asensi, Matilde.
Everything under the sky.

Barry, Brunonia.
The lace reader.
A young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers has returned to her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, for rest and relaxation. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived, however, when her aunt drowns under mysterious circumstances.

Bayard, Louis.
The black tower. [Historical Mystery]
French mystery starring real-life Eugène François Vidocq, 1775-1857.

Black, Lisa.
Takeover. [Suspense]
What initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly. When forensic scientist Theresa MacLean seizes the opportunity to trade places with the city’s best hostage negotiator, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor.
Being Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself at the crossroads of love and duty as she runs one of the most powerful business dynasties in history.

Brennan, Marie.
Midnight never come. [Fantasy]
In the thirty years since Elizabeth I ascended her throne, fae and mortal politics have become inextricably entwined, in secret alliances and ruthless betrayals whose existence is suspected only by a few. Two courtiers, both struggling for royal favor, are about to uncover the secrets that lie behind these two thrones. And a faerie lady’s courage and loyalty are about to be tested.

Brown, Sandra.
Smoke screen. [Suspense]
When newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Jay Burgess, a rising star detective in the Charleston PD, she remembers nothing of how she got there…or of how Jay wound up dead. A disgraced firefighter realizes that the newswoman, Jay’s last sexual conquest, might be his only chance to get personal vindication — and justice for the seven victims of a police station fire.

Buchanan, Edna.
Legally dead. [Suspense]
U.S. Marshal Michael Venturi of the Witness Protection Program relocates a mobster, now a government witness, to a small rural town after creating a new identity for him. The man proves to be a monster unleashed on an unsuspecting community. The results are tragic. TO combat this problem, Venturi devises a plan that is a combination of Extreme Makeover, Mission Impossible, and CSI — the last in reverse. But when one of Venturi’s clients is murdered, and Venturi’s own loved ones are threatened, Venturi must call upon his former training in both the U.S. Marines Force Recon and the Marshals Service, as he is hunted by police, prosecutors, ruthless killers, and his own former federal colleagues.

Buckley, Christopher.
Supreme courtship.
When a television judge ends up on the Supreme Court, romance and the fate of a presidential election take center stage in this comic political satire.

Burke, Alafair.
Angel’s tip. [Suspense]
When fresh-faced college student Chelsea Hart is found murdered in East River Park, her wavy blond hair brutally hacked off, NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher catches the case–and finds herself under the watchful eye of a psychopath eager to add the prideful young female detective to his list of victims.

Cain, Chelsea.
Sweetheart. [Suspense]
Sequel to Heartsick.

Capella, Anthony.
The various flavors of coffee.

Clarke, Breena.
Stand the storm. [Historical]

Coelho, Paulo.
Brida.
The story of a young Irish girl who dives into sorcery and experiments with different magical traditions. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As she seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch.

Connors, Charlotte.
How Dolly Parton saved my life. [Inspirational]
Smart Funny Women

Cook, Robin.
Foreign body. [Suspense]
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends Jennifer Hernandez, an idealistic UCLA medical student, on a desperate search for answers about her grandmother’s sudden death. With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Jennifer’s grandmother.

Coonts, Stephen.
The assassin. [Suspense]
Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini espionage.

Davidson, Andrew.
The gargoyle.
A very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, crashes his car into a ravine and suffers horrible burns over much of his body. As he recovers in a burn ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned, he awaits the day when he can leave the hospital and commit carefully planned suicide–for he is now a monster in appearance as well as in soul. Then a beautiful and compelling, but clearly unhinged, sculptress of gargoyles by the name of Marianne Engel appears at the foot of his bed and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany.

Eberlein, Xujun.
Apologies forthcoming: stories.
Author from library program shares her experiences growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution and falling in love and marrying an American. These short stories mirror that experience.

Ebershoff, David.
The 19th wife.
The story of Ann Eliza Young’s crusade against polygamy interwines with a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah.

Edgerton, Clyde.
The Bible salesman.
In post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring picks up an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible saleman and recognizes the young man as just the associate he needs–one who will believe he is working as an F.B.I. spy, one who will drive the cars he steals.

Feehan, Christine.
Dark curse. [Romance]
Dragonseeker Lara Calladine and dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pasts–and discover a passion that neither has ever known before.

Frey, Stephen W.
Forced out. [Suspense]
A baseball scout, a remarkable player with a secret, and a Mafia hitman collide with violent and unpredictable results.

Gabhart, Ann H.
The outsider. [Inspirational]
Gabrielle Hope has a special gift of “knowing” the future. When she and her mother join the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the members embrace her ability, although it sometimes frightens quiet Gabrielle. But when one vision comes true, a chain of events and an unlikely love challenge her loyalty to this chaste community.

Gardner, Lisa.
Say goodbye. [Suspense]
For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her johns is too horrifying to be true–but prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with no explanation, and no one but Kimberly seems to care.

Gaylin, Alison.
Heartless. [Mystery]

Ginsberg, Debra.
The grift.
Debut about swindlers in California.

Goodman, Carol.
Night villa.

Gortner, C. W.
The last queen. [Historical]
Juana of Castile is just thirteen when she witnesses the fall of Moorish Granada and uniting of the fractured kingdoms of Spain under her warrior parents, Isabel and Fernando. Intelligent and beautiful, proud of her heritage, Juana rebels against her fate when she is chosen as a bride for the Hapsburg heir–until she arrives in Flanders and comes face-to-face with the prince known as Philip the Fair, a man who will bring her the greatest of passions, and the darkest despair.

Gutcheon, Beth Richardson.
Good-bye & amen.
Maine domesticity.

Harkaway, Nick.
The gone-away world. [Science Fiction]

Harvey, Michael T.
The Fifth Floor. [Mystery]
Sequel to The Chicago Way

Hayder, Mo.
Ritual. [Mystery]
Jack Caffrey series

Hickman, Katie.
The Aviary Gate. [Historical]
In a layered historical novel reminiscent of A.S. Byatt’s Possession, author Katie Hickman (Courtesans) introduces a world of splendor and intrigue through a detailed evocation of the Ottoman Empire. Past and present intertwine as a modern-day scholar researches the 400-year-old story of Celia Lamprey, a sea captain’s daughter who survived a shipwreck only to be imprisoned in the sultan’s harem. If you enjoy adventure stories rife with authentic period detail, you won’t be disappointed by this thrilling book.

Higgins, Jack.
Rough justice. [Suspense]
Dispatched by the President to report on the state of still troubled Kosovo, his trusted agent Blake Johnson runs into a military man there named Harry Miller, who has the same task from the British Prime Minister. They band together just in time to stop a Russian officer from torching a mosque–or rather, Miller stops him, with a bullet to the forehead. This action will have considerable consequences, not only for Miller and Johnson and their associates, including Britain’s Sean Dillon, but for a great many people, all the way to the top of the governments of the United States, Britain, and Russia.

Kagen, Lesley.
Land of a hundred wonders. [Mystery]

Kellerman, Faye.
The Mercedes coffin. [Mystery]
Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series

Kiernan, Kristy.
Matters of faith.

Klavan, Andrew.
Empire of lies. [Suspense]

Kneale, Matthew.
When we were Romans.
Siblings in Rome

Koryta, Michael.
Envy the night. [Mystery]

Leigh, Tamara.
Faking Grace. [Inspirational Romance]

Loehfelm, Bill.
Fresh kills. [Mystery]

Lustbader, Eric.
First daughter. [Suspense]
A troubled ATF agent receives a call from the President-elect of the United States when his daughter is kidnapped.

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne sanction: a new Jason Bourne novel. [Suspense]
“Jason Bourne must confront a nightmare version of himself–an amoral, heartless killer–in this new novel in Robert Ludlum’s bestselling series.”

MacKinnon, Amy.
Tethered. [Mystery]

Michaels, Fern.
Final justice. [Suspense]
Sisterhood series; bk.5

Montanari, Richard.
Badlands: a novel of suspense.

Moore, Antony.
The swap. [Mystery]
Black humor at a reunion

Neggers, Carla.
The angel. [Romance]
As a favor to a friend, search-and-rescue expert Simon Cahill agrees to attend a snooty benefit on Boston’s Beacon Hill. The evening takes an unexpected turn when folklorist Keira Sullivan arrives at the event only minutes after discovering the body of an acquaintance who had been warning her to stop investigating an ancient Celtic legend. Not one to be deterred, Keira nevertheless travels to Ireland, where she becomes trapped inside an ancient ruin. Only Simon can save her and help her to unravel the truth. The Angel is for readers who like books tinged with myth and magic.

Nichols, Lee.
Reconstructing Brigid.
Smart Funny Women

O’Flynn, Catherine.
What was lost. [Mystery]

Pace, Alison.
City dog.
Smart Funny Women

Parr, Delia.
Where love dwells. [Historical]
Candlewood Trilogy; bk.3

Peacock, Justin.
A cure for night. [Mystery]
Legal Suspense

Peebles, Frances de Pontes.
The seamstress. [Historical]
In 1930’s Brazil, a vigilante gang invades the home of two seamstresses, kidnapping one of them.

Perez-Reverte, Arturo.
The king’s gold. [Historical]
Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protege, Inigo Balboa, have returned: battle-weary, short of cash, and with few prospects for honest work. But the Spanish empire is as dangerous as ever, and it’s not long before Alatriste receives an intriguing offer of short-term employment. He and Inigo must recruit a dozen swordsmen and mercenaries for a risky job involving a dazzling amount of contraband gold and a heavily guarded Spanish galleon returning from the West Indies. The offer comes from the king himself, for at stake is nothing less than the Spanish Crown, and its dominion over the wealth of the Americas.

Peterson, Tracie.
Promise to believe in. [Inspirational Historical]
Brides of Gallatin County; bk.1

Reichs, Kathy.
Devil bones. [Mystery]
A call to examine a skull found in a hidden floor space plunges forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan into a case that may involve ritual murder.

Robinson, Roxana.
Cost.
Family and Alzheimer’s disease

Rocha, Luis Miguel.
The last pope. [Suspense]
Assassination of Pope John Paul I

Sakey, Marcus.
Good people. [Mystery]
A family, and the security to enjoy it: that’s all Tom and Anna Reed ever wanted. But years of infertility treatments, including four failed attempts at in-vitro fertilization, have left them with neither. The emotional and financial costs are straining their marriage and endangering their dreams. So when their downstairs tenant–a recluse whose promptly delivered cashier’s checks were barely keeping them afloat–dies in his sleep, the $400,000 they find stashed in his kitchen seems like fate. But Tom and Anna soon realize that their tenant was a criminal who double-crossed some of the most dangerous men in Chicago.

Saul, John.
Faces of fear. [Suspense]
Alison’s new stepfather, the charismatic plastic surgeon Peter Dunn, is certain he can turn Alison into a vision of loveliness. Reluctantly, after Alison agrees to undergo the first procedure she discovers a picture of Peter’s first wife. To Alison’s horror, she notices a resemblance between the image in the photo and the work her stepfather is doing on her.

Shaffer, Mary Ann & Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. [Historical]
As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey–a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.

Shanman, Ellen.
Everything nice. [Romance]
Smart Funny Women

Shefchik, Rick.
Green monster.
Sam Skarda; bk.2/Red Sox Nation

Siddons, Anne Rivers.
Off season.
A beautiful, tragic, and redemptive story of a woman who searches for meaning after her husband dies.

Sittenfeld, Curtis.
American wife.
On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House–and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, “almost in opposition to itself.” How can she both love and fundamentally disagree with her husband? How complicit has she been in the trajectory of her own life? What should she do when her private beliefs run against her public persona?

Slaughter, Karin.
Fractured. [Suspense]
Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation takes on the case of a girl who has been savagely murdered in one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods.

Son, Christine.
Off the menu.
Friendship/Smart Funny Women

Swierczynski, Duane.
Severance package. [Mystery]
Jamie DeBroux is not pleased to be heading to work on a Saturday morning, but his day is only going to get worse: his boss is planning on terminating all of the employees in the office. Literally. Apparently, Jamie’s the only one who didn’t know that the company was a cover for a covert intelligence agency, but that ignorance isn’t going to save him from certain death. Within minutes, at least one man is dead and the rest of the employees scatter in efforts to save their skins. It’s too bad the elevators and stairs are booby trapped.

Tinti, Hannah.
The good thief. [Historical]
19th C. orphans

Wiggs, Susan.
Just breathe. [Romance]
With Chicago — and her marriage — in the rearview mirror, cartoonist Sarah Moon flees to the small northern California coastal town where she grew up. As she comes to terms with her lost marriage, Sarah encounters a man she never expected to meet again: Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob she’d skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he’s been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah discovers she is pregnant. With her ex’s twins.

Wilhelm, Kate.
Cold Case. [Mystery]
Barbara Holloway legal suspense; bk.11

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