New in Paperback

October’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes Matthew Cody's THE DEAD GENTLEMAN, where the Dead Gentleman is dead set on conquering earth and bringing all the dead to life and present and past collide in order to save the future; THE WINTER PONY by Iain Lawrence, which follows a white pony who is chosen to accompany Robert Falcon Scott's quest to the South Pole and finds himself caught up in one of the greatest races of all time; and Richard

Week of October 29, 2012

V IS FOR VENGEANCE is a spiderweb of dangerous relationships.

In ELEGY FOR EDDIE: A Maisie Dobbs Novel, Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet: a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from the working-class neighborhoods of her childhood into London’s highest circles of power.

Week of October 22, 2012

CARRY THE ONE begins in the hours following Carmen’s wedding reception, when a car filled with stoned, drunk and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next 25 years, those involved, including Carmen and her brother and sister, craft their lives in response to this single tragic moment.

THE WINTER PALACE: A Novel of Catherine the Great tells the epic story of Catherine the Great’s improbable rise to power, as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.

Week of October 15, 2012

FALLEN is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives.

JANE FONDA: The Private Life of a Public Woman looks into Jane Fonda's life: her family drama, her film career, her activism during the Vietnam War, the exercise videos that began a fitness craze, and much more.

Week of October 8, 2012

In THE INNOCENT, America has enemies --- ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Robie may have just made the first --- and last --- mistake of his career.

Check out GABBY: A Story of Courage, Love and Resilience from one of the most admired and beloved couples in recent American history. GABBY is an extraordinarily moving story of public service, risk-taking, romance --- and the journey toward recovery.

Week of October 1, 2012

The Paris of the 1860s is a time of change for Rose Bazelet in THE HOUSE I LOVED. A widow living in a neighborhood marked for improvement by the Emperor Napoleon, she takes a stand and vows never to leave her family home. She spends her days reliving memories of her husband and family in the house she has come to love as much as the people who inhabited it.

September 2012

September’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE OUTCASTS, the first installment in John Flanagan’s Brotherband Chronicles, about a group of outcast boys battling at sea; WILDWOOD, which kicks off the Wildwood Chronicles fantasy series, written by Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis (who happens to be Colin’s wife!); and ZOMBIE MOMMY, a continuation of M. T. Anderson’s Pals in Peril series, in which our intrepid heroes embark on a horrifying adventure of life and un-death.