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Week of October 31, 2011

Tea Obreht's THE TIGER'S WIFE tells the story of Natalia, a young doctor in a Balkan country. Natalia is attempting to piece together the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death through the extraordinary stories and legends from his past.

In I REMEMBER NOTHING, Nora Ephron takes a hilarious look at the past, the present and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn’t (yet) forgotten.

Week of October 24, 2011

Ever since his late mother begged him to avenge his father’s murder, Gideon Crew has been on a mission. Now, in GIDEON'S SWORD by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, he is being closely observed --- and he may have an opportunity to use his skills for more than just this murder.

A blend of captivating personal stories, Paul Auster's SUNSET PARK follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysterious Miles Heller during the dark months of the 2008 economic collapse.

Week of October 17, 2011

A new breed of counterterrorism operator has emerged in Brad Thor's THE ATHENA PROJECT. Part of a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project, four of Delta’s best and brightest women are about to undertake one of the nation’s deadliest assignments.

In DJIBOUTI by Elmore Leonard, documentary filmmaker Dara Barr arrives in Djibouti with her right-hand man, six-foot-six, 72-year-old African American seafarer Xavier LeBo, to film modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships. But almost no one here is who he claims to be.

Week of October 10, 2011

In SWEET VALLEY CONFIDENTIAL: TEN YEARS LATER, Francine Pascal brings back the iconic and beloved identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield. Now, the twins are all grown up, dealing with the complicated adult world of love, careers, betrayal and sisterhood.

EVERYTHING WE EVER WANTED by Sara Shepard is the story of Sylvie, a recently widowed mother of two, who finds her life upended by a late-night phone call from the headmaster of the prestigious private school where her adopted son Scott teaches. Allegations of Scott's involvement in a hazing scandal throw the entire family into chaos.

Week of October 3, 2011

In DON’T SING AT THE TABLE, Adriana Trigiani reveals how her grandmothers’ simple values have shaped her own life, sharing the experiences, humor and wisdom of her beloved mentors to delight readers of all ages.

Shane Scully responds to a call at a once-immaculate mansion in Stephen J. Cannell's THE PROSTITUTES' BALL. The place is deserted --- except for three dead bodies, all shot with the same gun. But when he starts investigating what looks like an open-and-shut case, things take a turn for the worse.

Week of September 26, 2011

In Marcia Muller's LOCKED IN, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone was shot in the head and suffered from locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but with an alert, conscious mind. Now, in COMING BACK, Sharon's friend from physical therapy goes missing, causing Sharon to call upon those closest to her to find out the truth behind the disappearance.

Jonathan Frazen's first novel in nine years, FREEDOM is an epic novel of contemporary love and marriage. Comically and tragically, Frazen captures the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, and the heavy weight of empire.

Week of September 19, 2011

DON'T BLINK by James Patterson and Howard Roughan introduces New York's Lombardo's Steak House, famous for three reasons --- the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations.

EVE is the first book in a trilogy by Iris Johansen, introducing forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, whose mission is to bring closure to families who have experienced the agony of a missing child. Her work is driven by the fact that her own daughter was kidnapped years ago. But now a name from the past has resurfaced. Could he be the missing piece to the puzzle?

Week of September 12, 2011

In Brad Meltzer's political thriller, THE INNER CIRCLE, Beecher White --- a young archivist --- spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government. He has always been the keeper of other people's stories, never a part of the story himself...until now.

A SECRET KEPT is the story of a modern family and the invisible ties that hold it together. By turns thrilling and seductive, Tatiana de Rosnay's novel leaves a lingering effect that is both bittersweet and redeeming.

Week of September 5, 2011

In Robert B. Parker's 38th Spenser novel, PAINTED LADIES, Spenser had a simple job: protect an art scholar during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting. But no one was supposed to die.

In THREE STATIONS, Martin Cruz Smith produces a complex and haunting vision of an emergent Russia’s secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear.

Week of August 29, 2011

From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, FALL OF GIANTS by Ken Follett takes readers into the inextricably entangled fates of five families.

Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has just begun his most harrowing adventure to date in THE EMPEROR'S TOMB --- one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world.

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