 | The Litigators Grisham, John 2011-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385535137 CHECK CATALOG The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American justice system, always drawing us in with an irresistible hook, pull-ing the thread of tension tighter and tighter, and then knocking us out with a conclusion that's never "by the book." Maybe that's why, after more than twenty years of consecutive #1 "New York Times" best sellers, a new novel by America's favorite storyteller is still a major publishing event. …More |
 | The Night Strangers Bohjalian, Christopher A. 2011-10 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307394996 CHECK CATALOG Chip and Emily Linton buy a Victorian in New Hampshire. In the basement there's a mysterious door sealed by 39 bolts—39 being exactly the number of passengers who died when pilot Chip was forced to land his regional jet on Lake Champlain. Soon Chip is haunted (literally) by the dead passengers. …More |
 | The Christmas Note VanLiere, Donna 2011-10 - St. Martin's Press 9780312658960 CHECK CATALOG Gretchen McCray has recently moved into an apartment with her two children to be closer to her mother, Miriam. She and her children are building a life together in a new community when a mysterious young woman, Melissa Summit, moves into the apartment next to them. She has few possessions, little personality, and keeps to herself. 224 pp. 350,000 print. …More |
 | The Christmas Wedding Patterson, James Author DiLallo, Richard 2011-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316097390 CHECK CATALOG The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married--and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day--she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. 272 pp. (General Fiction) …More |
 | Shock Wave Sandford, John 2011-10 - Putnam Adult 9780399157691 CHECK CATALOG The thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel from the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota river town, but two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants, fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predicting ecological disaster. The protests don't seem to be slowing the project, though, until someone decides to take matters into his own hands. The first bomb goes off on the top floor of PyeMart's headquarters. The second one explodes at the construction site itself. The blasts are meant to inflict maximum damage-and they do. Who's behind the bombs, and how far will they go? It's Virgil Flowers's job to find out . . . before more people get killed. …More |
 | The Marriage Plot Eugenides, Jeffrey 2011-10 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374203054 CHECK CATALOG It's the early 1980s--the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. But real life, in the form of two very different guys, intervenes. 416 pp. 400,000 print. (General Fiction) …More |
 | Ed King Guterson, David 2011-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307271068 CHECK CATALOG In Seattle in 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuary--"a guy who weighs risk for a living"--takes a risk of his own, and makes the biggest error of his life. He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair who's taking care of his children for the summer. Diane gets pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, but not before turning the tables on Walter and setting in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. Their orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrity--the "King of Search"--who unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no power to shape. …More |
 | Love on the Line Gist, Deeanne 2011-10 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764209499 CHECK CATALOG Humor and romance abound in this tale of a Texas Ranger tracking a gang while undercover as a linesman, and the alluring birder watching him. …More |
 | Snuff: A Novel of Discworld Pratchett, Terry 2011-10 - Harper 9780062011848 CHECK CATALOG Snuff" is the 38th installment in the "New York Times"-bestselling Discworld canon from Pratchett, the purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse ("Washington Post Book World"). 400 pp. (General Fiction) …More |
 | The Drop Connelly, Michael 2011-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316069410 CHECK CATALOG …More |
 | Well-Tempered Clavicle Anthony, Piers 2011-10 - Tor Books 9780765331342 CHECK CATALOG Picka Bones and his sister Joy'nt are off in search of adventure with three creatures newly arrived from Mundania--and not the sort of creatures readers might expect. Fans of the series will join them in a madcap quest, in this 35th tale of the land of Xanth. 320 pp. 20,000 print. …More |
 | Wonderland Creek Austin, Lynn N. 2011-10 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764209192 CHECK CATALOG Happily-ever-after librarian Alice Ripley unexpectedly finds herself in a real-life adventure filled with mystery and romance in the 1930's as she serves rural communities. …More |
 | The Snow Angel Beck, Glenn 2011-10 - Threshold Editions 9781439187203 CHECK CATALOG Rachel Price's one happy memory from her childhood is of playing outside with her father, Mitch, on a cold and snowy day. Years later, Rachel's daughter, Lily, is the only light in her dark life. Rachel is consumed by an abusive marriage but too afraid to escape. As the snow falls on this Christmas Eve, Rachel learns that it's never too late to start over. 288 pp. 1,000,000 print. (General Fiction) …More |
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