Get 'em While They're Hot!

Here are some new books that aren't actually out yet, but will be soon. And now they're all ready for you to put them on hold. Get your name on the list while the list is still short.

Get 'em while they're hot!

To make sure you hear about ALL of the new adult fiction titles the library gets in, sign-up for the eNewsletter "Just In". Click here to sign-up for "Just In" now! - I really do put every new title I catalog on the 'Just In' list. It's the only place you'll find every new adult fiction title as it comes in! (The only exceptions are the new LDS fiction. They have their own list that you can sign up for, it's called "New LDS Fiction".)

The Lost Symbol By Brown, Dan 2009-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385504225 CHECK CATALOG Dan Brown's eagerly awaited new novel, The Lost Symbol, is the follow-up to his international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, and will once again feature Dan Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. …More

Trial by Fire: A Novel of Suspense By Jance, J. A. 2009-12 - Touchstone Books 9781416563808 CHECK CATALOG Ali Reynolds returns in the newest adventure in the "New York Times" bestselling series by J.A. Jance. …More

Rainwater By Brown, Sandra 2009-11 - Simon & Schuster 9781439172773 CHECK CATALOG A romantic historical novel from bestselling thriller-master Sandra Brown, about an independent woman who runs a boarding house in Dust Bowl Texas. …More

The Lost Art of Gratitude: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel By McCall Smith, Alexander 2009-09 - Pantheon Books 9780375425141 CHECK CATALOG Isabel and her son, Charlie, attend a birthday party, where she finds Minty Auchterlonie, the high-flying financier from "The Sunday Philosophy Club." When Minty confides to Isabel about the troubles at the investment bank she heads, Isabel wonders if Minty can be trusted. …More

Bryant & May on the Loose: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery By Fowler, Christopher 2009-11 - Bantam 9780553807196 CHECK CATALOG …More

The End of the Road: A Maxie and Stretch Mystery By Henry, Sue 2009-11 - New American Library 9780451226044 CHECK CATALOG Maxie McNabb and her miniature dachshund, Stretch, are just back from their latest adventure when a murder shatters the quiet in their hometown of Homer, Alaska. Now it's up to Maxie to find the killer--a search that leads her to a place called the end of the road. …More

Heart's Blood By Marillier, Juliet 2009-11 - Roc 9780451462930 CHECK CATALOG The national bestselling afine folklorist and gifted narratora("Publishers Weekly") of the "Sevenwaters" novels conjures a new sweeping romantic fantasy. Anluan has been crippled since childhood, part of a curse that has besieged his family and his home of Whistling Tor. But when the young scribe Caitrin is retained to sort through family documents, she brings about unexpected changes in the household, casting a hopeful light against the despairing shadows. But to truly free Anluanas burdened soul, Caitrin must unravel the web of sorcery woven by his ancestors before it claims his lifeaand their lovea] …More

Haiku By Vachss, Andrew 2009-11 - Pantheon Books 9780307378491 CHECK CATALOG …More

The Brutal Telling By Penny, Louise 2009-09 - Minotaur Books 0312377037 CHECK CATALOG …More

Dark Slayer By Feehan, Christine 2009-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425229736 CHECK CATALOG New York Times bestselling author Feehan, creator of one of the best vampiric romance series on the market, pens this new novel that features the rarest of Carpathians--a female. …More

The Phoenix Transformed: Book Three of the Enduring Flame By Lackey, Mercedes Author Mallory, James 2009-09 - Tom Doherty Associates 9780765315953 CHECK CATALOG With more than one twist in the telling, centering on a magic-plagued journey across a blistering desert, "The Phoenix Transformed" is the stunning conclusion to The Enduring Flame series. …More

And Another Thing... By Colfer, Eoin 2009-10 - Hyperion Books 9781401323585 CHECK CATALOG - Publication will be an international event, with a one-day global laydown timed to the 30th anniversary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. - And Another Thing... combines the fan bases of two of publishing's bestselling series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (16 million copies sold) and Artemis Fowl (18 million copies sold). - The buzz has been building since the initial announcement of this book: Within hours, everyone from USA Today to the Los Angeles Times and NPR were reporting on it. - Douglas Adams' widow has given her full support to this book--until Eoin Colfer's participation, she had never even contemplated continuing the series. …More

Between the Plums By Evanovich, Janet 2009-09 - St. Martin's Press 9780312588878 CHECK CATALOG "Together at last! From America's favorite #1 "New York Times "bestselling author comes a very special edition containing not one, but three Between-the-Numbers books: "Visions of Sugar Plums," "Plum Lovin' "and "Plum Lucky "Visions of Sugar Plums """It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a twinkle of light anywhere to be seen in her apartment--and there's a strange man in her kitchen. "Plum Lovin' """Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie--and he's not taking no for an answer. "Plum Lucky """Stephanie Plum is looking to get lucky...In an Atlantic City hotel room...In a Winnebago...And with a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart. …More

The Christmas List By Evans, Richard Paul 2009-10 - Simon & Schuster 9781439150009 CHECK CATALOG The New York Times" bestselling author of The Christmas Box" returns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption. …More

Grave Secret By Harris, Charlaine 2009-10 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425230152 CHECK CATALOG …More

Hardball By Paretsky, Sara 2009-10 - Putnam Adult 9780399155932 CHECK CATALOG Chicago politics--past, present, and future--take center stage in "New York Times"-bestselling author Paretsky's brilliant new V.I. Warshawski novel. …More

Her Fearful Symmetry By Niffenegger, Audrey 2009-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781439165393 CHECK CATALOG From the bestselling author of "The Time Traveler's Wife," comes a spectacularly compelling second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London. …More

Hothouse Orchid By Woods, Stuart 2009-09 - Putnam Adult 9780399156014 CHECK CATALOG A brand-new, page-turning Holly Barker novel from perennially entertaining "New York Times"-bestselling author Woods--a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller ("Chicago Tribune"). …More

Locked in By Muller, Marcia 2009-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446581059 CHECK CATALOG Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted. Meanwhile, Sharon becomes a locked-in detective, evaluating the clues from her staff's separate investigations and discovering unsettling truths that could put her life in jeopardy again. As the case draws to a surprising and even shocking conclusion, Sharon's husband, Hy, must decide whether or not to surrender to his own violent past and exact fatal vengeance when the person responsible is identified. …More

Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance By Keillor, Garrison 2009-10 - Viking Books 9780670021093 CHECK CATALOG Margie Krebsbach dreams up the idea of a trip to Rome, hoping to get her husband Carl to make love to her, he's been sleeping across the hall and she has no idea why. She finds a patriotic purpose for the journey. A Lake Wobegon boy, Gussy Norlander, died in the liberation of Rome, 1944, and his grave, according to his elderly brother, Norbert, is in a neglected weed patch near the Colosseum. So it's decided they will go to clean Gussy's final resting place. Margie is unprepared for the enthusiastic response, fifty people want to go with her, including her nemesis, the mayor of Lake Wobegon, Carl's bossy sister, Eloise, Mr. Berge the town drunk, and her treacherous mother-in-law. …More

The Scarpetta Factor By Cornwell, Patricia D. 2009-11 - Putnam Adult 9780399156397 CHECK CATALOG …More