July 2010

Adler, Elizabeth It All Began in Monte Carlo
When Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a woman’s scream over the crashing waves, his low-key beach-bum lifestyle is changed forever. A beautiful, distraught woman wearing only a black lace negligee stands in the doorway of a fabulous beach house. In her hand, a gun, and it’s pointed directly at him.

Albert, Susan Wittig  The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree  
In this series debut set in 1930’s Alabama, garden club ladies must add crime solving to their activities. By the same author as the China Bayles mysteries.

Andrews, Donna Stork Raving Mad 
Andrews expands her apiary with this 12th mystery featuring Meg Langslow. Meg is pregnant and hosting a raucous Spanish playwright when a dead body ends up in her house.  

Armstrong, Kelley  Waking the Witch 
This title in the Women of the Underworld series showcases the fascinating Savannah Levine, a powerful young witch with a rebellious past and a troublesome heritage.

Billingsley, ReShonda Tate  Holy Rollers
This is  a touching and funny story of faith, love, and tenacious friendship.

Burke, James Lee  The Glass Rainbow
Dave Robicheaux is back in Louisiana’s New Iberia Parish, tracking a killer, when his best friend is charged with murder and his daughter gets involved in some shady business.

Connolly, John  The Whisperers
A small town, major criminals, supernatural suggestions, and edgy detective Charlie Parker—sounds like another good Connolly thriller. Love the out-of-this-world touches.

Davidson, MaryJanice Undead and Unfinished
Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor does a deal with the devil to gain the ability to read the Book of the Dead.

Dodd, Christina  Chains of Ice 
As a wildlife observer in the untamed mountains, Genny Valente had no idea that a beast more fearsome than any leopard lurked in the forest-a man, one of the Chosen Ones, betrayed by his gift and tormented by his memories.

Feehan, Christine  Water Bound  
Off the shores of Sea Haven, a beautiful diver rescues a man from drowning, a man with no memory of who he is-or why he seems to possess the violent instincts of a trained killer. But soon, he and his savior will be engulfed in a storm of dizzying passion and inescapable danger...  

French, Tana Faithful Place
Rosie never showed on the night she and Frankie were planning to flee inner-city Dublin for London, and he goes it alone. Years later, Frankie returns—because he’s discovered that perhaps Rosie didn’t just dump him.

Gardner, Lisa  Live To Tell 
Sgt. Det. D.D. Warren returns to investigate the case of an entire family that has been wiped out.

Gear, Kathleen People of the Longhouse 
The Gears chronicle the cultural life of the Iroquois tribe circa 1500.  

Gerritson, Tess  Ice Cold
A trip to Wyoming turns into a terrifying fight for survival for Maura Isles.  Stranded by a blizzard, she's forced to take shelter in a remote village where all the residents have mysteriously vanished.   But footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness... watching.  And waiting.

Haddam, Jane  Wanting Sheila Dead  
Gregor Demarkian, a retired FBI agent, is already scheduled to appear on Sheila Dunham’s reality show,  but now Sheila has been beaten and another woman murdered.  But how will he narrow down the suspects when the victim was hated by everyone?

Hall, Parnell  Caper 
PI Hastings takes a simple case involving a truant teenager but ends up with a lot more trouble. 

Hagberg, David  The Cabal
A grief stricken McGarvey is drawn into the most far-reaching and bizarre investigation of his career, the stakes of which could destabilize the US government and shake the foundations of the world financial order.

Hiaasen, Carl  Star Island
Hiaasen’s hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.

Hilderbrand, Elin The Island  
Secrets and intrigue surface when Birdie, her sister, and Birdie’s two daughters share an island house off Nantucket.

Hurwitz, Gregg  They’re Watching
Screenwriter Patrick Davis, who has just been fired from the film, charged with assault and sued by the actor and production company is now receiving DVD’s  in the mail. Someone is secretly filming his family. 

Isaacs, Susan  As Husbands Go 
Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten is married to the perfect man—who’s then found dead in the room of a second-string call girl. Now Susie is out to prove that there’s something wrong with this picture and that things were not as good as they seemed.

Jackson, Lisa  Running Scared
Someone is searching for Kate and her son and is willing to go to any lengths to claim him. And the one man Kate is tempted to trust has dangerous secrets that could change her world forever.

James, Eloisa A Kiss at Midnight
This novel is a fractured fairy tale, a skewed, funny version of Cinderella with a sulky prince and a snappy Cinderella named Kate.

Jance, J. A.  Queen of the Night 
Border patrolman Dan Pardee and Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows chase an elusive criminal, helped by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, while retired homicide detective Brandon Walker takes on a cold case involving an Arizona State University coed killed years ago.

Johansen, Iris  Shadow Zone
Submersible designer Hannah Bryson believes that she has discovered why the ancient city of Marinth collapsed, sending it way beneath the Atlantic waves. And it’s a shocking enough reason that she is being targeted by a killer.

Kava, Alex  Damaged 
As a hurricane roars into the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard retrieves a cooler floating on the waves—and discovers that it is stuffed with body parts. Now Kava stalwart Maggie O’Dell must investigate.

Kingsbury, Karen  Take Four 
In the final book in the Above the Line series, filmmakers Keith Ellison and Dayne Matthews have finally inked a deal to have the nation's top young actor star in their current film. But the actor takes a public fall that threatens his reputation.

Krentz, Jayne Ann  Witchcraft
Mystery writer Kimberly Sawyer lives alone and likes it that way. But when she is threatened by a hooded figure, she knows she needs protection. So it seems like perfect timing when Darius Cavenaugh returns to Kimberly’s life. How did he know she needed him? Was it the intimacy of a soulmate . . . or was it witchcraft?

La Plante, Lynda Silent Scream 
Detective Inspector Anna Travis is put on the investigative team for the high-profile murder of a movie actress about to make it to the big time.

Laurens, Stephanie  The Brazen Bride
Major Logan Monteith, finds himself fighting for his life on the deck of a ship caught in a wild Channel storm. The ship wrecks off Guernsey, and he's washed ashore - wounded and missing his memories. Rescued by the local lady of the manor and her household, he remains with them while they all help him in his efforts to recall his past.  

McCall Smith, Alexander Corduroy Mansions 
Cause for celebration: a new McCall Smith series, set in an apartment building in London’s Pimlico neighborhood and featuring—yes!—a very smart dog.

Miller, Linda Lael   Austin 
World champion rodeo star Austin McKettrick finally got bested by an angry bull. His career over, his love life a mess, the lone maverick has nowhere to go except back home to Blue River and the Silver Spur ranch, where Paige Remington’s bossy brand of TLC is driving him crazy.

Modesitt, L. E.  Imager’s Intrigue  
Rhenn has come into his own. He has a wife and a young child, and a solid career as an imager. But he has made more than one enemy during his journey from apprentice painter to master imager, and even his great powers won’t allow him to escape his past.

Morrison, Mary B.  Darius Jones
This MVP basketball great is doing well with everyone except his son's birth mother. When a drunk driver smashes into his car, his wife Fancy ends up in a coma with only a 50/50 chance of surviving--that's when the drama really begins.

Pronzini, Bill Betrayers 
In this latest installment in a long-running series, betrayals motivate Nameless and his fellow agency detectives.

Ramsay, Frederick  The Eye of the Virgin 
In Sheriff Schwartz’s search for killers and thieves, what appears to be outdated spycraft, a microdot, is found on an icon. The presence of this bit of CIA nostalgia brings in Charlie Garland and the forces from Langley.

Reich, Christopher  Rules of Betrayal
A 1980s crash of an American B-52 on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has repercussions today for a harried doctor whose wife, it seems, is a dangerous spy.

Roberts, Nora   The Search
Having survived a serial killer who shot her cop fiancé and his K-9 partner to death, Fiona Bristow now lives sedately on an island near Seattle and runs a dog-training school. Then she meets Simon Doyle, a reclusive artist with a wild pup in need of instruction. 

Ross, JoAnn  The Homecoming  
Former Navy SEAL Sax Douchett has returned home to the small coastal town of Shelter Bay, Oregon, determined to put war behind him and get on with his life—which is easier said than done when everyone is hailing the former bad boy as a local hero. 

Silva, Daniel  Rembrandt Affair 
An art restorer is murdered and a recently discovered Rembrandt spirited away, so it doesn’t matter whether Gabriel Allon wants to get out of the business. He’s on the hunt.

Tanenbaum, Robert  Betrayal 
This new Butch Karp novel examines the seductive nature of power and the corrupting influence of the "Big Lie" on the U.S. justice system.

Turtledove, Harry  West and East    
Nations are pitted against nations, alliances are forged between old enemies, ordinary men and women are hurled into extraordinary life-and-death situations.

Weber, David  Mission of Honor 
There are forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on the Star Kingdom of Manticore to crush the very life out of it, and Honor's worst nightmares fall short of the oncoming reality. But Manticore's enemies may not have thought of everything after all. Because if everything Honor Harrington loves is going down to destruction, it won't be going alone.

Weiner, Jennifer  Fly Away Home 
Longtime politician’s wife Sylvie is recovering from public humiliation, daughter Kate escaped a loveless marriage by having an unsuitable affair that’s just burned her, and Kate’s wild daughter Lizzie has just walked out on an abusive boyfriend. 

August 2010

Anderson, Susan  Burning Up
Back to lend her family a hand, Macy vows to hold her head high—especially at her high school reunion. But forget about the hottest man in Sugarville escorting her. Though she and fire chief Gabriel Donovan generate enough sparks to burn down the town, he’s a law-abiding, line-towing straight arrow. So not her type. But, maybe—just maybe—he could change her mind about that.

Barr, Nevada Burn 
Anna Pigeon returns in number 16 of the series to solve mysteries in Nevada's home town of New Orleans, Louisiana.  

Brooks, Terry Bearers of the Black
Staff Great Wars’ survivors living peaceably in a valley protected by magic face horrible difficulties when the magic begins to falter.

Brown, Sandra  Tough Customer
Remember Dodge Hanley from last summer’s Smash Cut, another New York Times best seller for Brown? Here he’s helping a former girlfriend whose daughter is being stalked. 

Castle, Jayne  Midnight Crystal 
Book 3 in the Dreamlight Trilogy. For many earthly centuries, a legendary curse has plagued the Winters family, stemming from the tumultuous founding of the Arcane Society. But now, in the futuristic world of Harmony, the curse's final mystery will be unraveled.

Clemens, Judy  Grim Reaper’s Dance 
Clemens, who lives in Ohio, follows up Embrace the Grim Reaper with this second adventure with Death. Before Casey's traveling companion takes a man's life, the man warns her to protect a mysterious package. 

Cook, Robin  Cure
Back at work after her son’s near-fatal illness, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery must investigate the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham. Alas, the toxicology report doesn’t back up her suspicion that he’s been poisoned.  

Crider, Bill Murder in the Air 
Dan Rhodes #17 

Crusie, Jennifer  Maybe This Time
A hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law, and, of course, her jealous fiance. And just when Andie Miller thinks things couldn't get more complicated,  her ex husband North shows up on the doorstep making her wonder if maybe this time things could be different between them.

Cussler, Clive  Lost Empire 
Sam and Remi Fargo, a husband and wife treasure-hunting team who travel to exotic locales around the globe; unraveling ancient mysteries, unearthing long-lost treasures, finding themselves in sticky situations at every turn.

Dickey, Eric Jerome Tempted by Trouble 
A man forced into a life of crime when he loses his job also loses his wife, who runs off in search of something better.

Deveraux, Jude  Scarlet Nights 
In the third entry in the Edilean series, Sara Shaw finds out her fiancé is not who she thinks he is.

Douglas, Carole Nelson  Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme  Temple Barr seeks feline crime-solving help when a dreamed-up mobster history museum goes awry.  

Feehan, Christine  Dark Peril  
One man's battle to save himself and his search for the one woman who will answer all his prayers...as well as satisfy his desire.

Forsyth, Frederick  The Cobra  
In a White House meeting in 2011, a covert concordat is struck to destroy the vast world-wide cocaine industry. The man chosen is a former head of Special Ops for the CIA, Paul Devereaux, nicknamed the Cobra.

Francis, Dick  Crossfire
Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he's badly wounded by a roadside bomb. Tom's world is torn apart by the injury. Six months of recuperation leave is a daunting prospect - but not as bleak as the probability of never rejoining his regiment.

Franzen, Jonathan  Freedom 
What’s happened to environmental lawyer and dedicated family man Walter Berglund and his wife, Patty? Now he’s working for a powerful coal company, she’s become a shrew, and their son has moved in with the prim Republican family next door.

Gregory, Philippa The Red Queen
The second book in the Cousins’ War series tracks Margaret Beaufort’s plot to win the throne.

Griffin, W. E. B. The Vigilantes  
Badge of Honor Series #10 There's a sudden spike in murders in Philadelphia, but no one seems to mind much because the victims all seem to be lowlifes. The more Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne investigates, however, the more he gets a bad feeling.

Haig, Brian  The Capitol Game 
A struggling company invents a miraculous polymer that when painted on any object makes it tougher than steel. So good for the war effort that Wall Street banker Jack Wiley plans for a quick and painless company takeover. Instead he finds himself caught in an escalating scandal involving both big business and government.

Howard, Linda  Veil of Night
Bad news for wedding planner Carrie Edwards. The bride has been brutally dispatched, and Carrie is the main suspect. That’s when the handsome detective enters the plot.

Kellerman, Faye  Hangman 
Even as LAPD Detective Peter Decker investigates the suspicious death of neonatal nurse Adrianna Blanc, his friend Terry and her over-the-edge husband go missing (separately), leaving Decker and wife Rina Lazarus tending their son.

Kenyon, Sherrilyn  No Mercy 
It’s shape-shifter Dev Peltier vs. Samia, once an Amazon and now really peeved to have become a Dark-Hunter through a singular betrayal.

Lackey, Mercedes The Sleeping Beauty   
Unfortunately, Rosamund’s decision to participate in her stepmother’s risky incantation backfires and she falls into a deep, deep sleep.

Leigh, Lora  Renegade  

Lippman, Laura  I’d Know You Anywhere
Writing from Death Row, where he’s ensconced for rape and murder, Walter Bowman says he’d know Eliza Benedict anywhere. She’s older, of course, but he did hold her hostage for six weeks when she was a teenager. And he’s reaching out to Eliza in a way that will change her life.

Macomber, Debbie   1022 Evergreen Place
The tenth book in the Cedar Cove series

Maynard Joyce The Good Daughters 
Ruth is the artistic dreamer, Dana the hard-headed scientist; they were born on the same day in the same hospital. Here’s how their lives crisscross.

McCaffrey, Todd Dragongirl 
In this sequel to the bestselling Dragonheart, Fiona must learn to balance responsibility and ambition, help a friend discover her own place among the dragonriders, and solve the mystery of the illness that threatens the very survival of Pern.

Medeiros, Teresa  The Devil Wears Plaid

Meier, Leslie  Wicked Witch Murder 
Book 16 in the Lucy Stone series As the October moon rises, a killer plans a lethal celebration of his own - and Lucy's the guest of honor...

Patterson, James The Postcard Killers
Couples are being killed in choice settings like Paris and Stockholm, and NYPD detective Jack Kanon’s daughter and boyfriend were among the victims. To track down the killer, Kanon hooks up with a Swedish journalist.

Pearson, Ridley  In Harm’s Way 
Bad news for Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming. New girlfriend Fiona Kenshaw is angry that he can’t keep her picture out of the paper after she participated in a daring river rescue. And a body is found, right after the Seattle police chief calls about a big-city murder that might have some Sun Valley resonance.

Peterson, Tracie Twilight’s Serenaade  
In the Song of Alaska series book 3, Britta Lindquist must choose between her great love of the violin and the man she left behind in Sitka six years ago.

Reichs, Kathy  Spider Bones
When Temperance Brennan is asked to investigate a drowning death in Quebec, she discovers that the victim supposedly died in Vietnam in 1968. So whose remains are in his grave? And why are his dog tags tangled up in yet another set of newly discovered remains? 

Rosenfelt, David  Dog Tags 
When an ex-cop is convicted of a crime, his German Shepherd police dog may be put down. But lawyer Andy Carpenter steps in to defend the dog—and discovers that with the owner it holds the key to a much bigger crime. 

Salvatore, R. A. Bear  
The fourth book in the Saga of the First King series.  Allies and battle lines become tangled, motives indistinguishable as old friends become enemies and old enemies become allies.

Smith, Marrtin Cruz  Three Stations   
Arkady Renko returns in a new mystery about crime and corruption in the cold, dark, impenetrable landscape of modern-day Moscow.

Unger, Lisa  Fragile 
Small town secrets are exposed when a teenage girl’s disappearance resembles another disappearance 20 years ago.

Weber, Carl  Torn Between Two Lovers  
After being run through an obstacle course of drama, Loraine has finally settled down with her husband Leon—or has she?  Her former beau, Michael, has vowed to win her back. When it’s all said and done, lives will be changed, secrets will be revealed, and hearts will be broken.

White, Stephen The Last Lie   
Shortly after Alan and Lauren welcome their affluent new neighbors the couple hosts a dinner party that ends in quiet disaster.  Before Alan can discover all the pieces to the puzzle, a witness is murdered. Alan fears that other witnesses – people he loves – will be next. 

September 2010

Albert, Susan Wittig  The Tale of Oat Cake
Engagements and weddings abound—as well as some quandaries.

Bowen, Rhys  Royal Blood 
Lady Georgiana encounters a bloodied bride in a Romanian castle.

Brown, Rita Mae  A Nose for Justice
This series opener features Mags, who flees financial disaster in New York with wire-haired dachshund Baxter for her aunt Jeep’s Nevada ranch. There, she battles corporate sneaks hoping to divert the water supply to Reno. Then someone ends up dead, and Baxter joins with Jeep’s German Shepherd mix to help investigate.

Cornwell, Bernard  The Fort    
The State of Massachusetts was determined to expel the British, but when they sent a fleet of forty vessels to ‘captivate, kill and destroy‘ they underestimated their enemies, calm in battle and ready for victory.

Cunningham, Michael By Nightfall 
Cunningham's masterly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Full of shocks and aftershocks, it makes us think and feel deeply about the uses and meaning of beauty and the place of love in our lives.

Davidson, MaryJanice  Me, Myself and Why?  
Davidson’s latest  is an outrageously funny novel about a highly unconventional FBI agent, a rather odd serial killer, a best friend on the edge, a gorgeous baker. . .and oh, yeah, love. 

Dekker, Ted  Immanuel’s Veins
It is a dangerous tale of times past, a torrid love story full of deep seduction, a story of terrible longing and bold sacrifice and blood will flow.

Dodd, Christina  Chains of Fire 
The fourth book in the Chosen Ones series.

Drake, David  What Distant Deeps
Captain Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy, have been in the front lines of Cinnabar's struggle against the totalitarian Alliance. Unless Daniel, Adele, and their unlikely allies succeed, galactic civilization will disintegrate into blood and chaos.

Evanovich, Janet  Wicked Appetite 
Diesel drops back into Stephanie’s life for yet another go round.

Follett, Ken  Fall of Giants 
Follett tells the interwoven stories of five different families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—all disrupted by World War I.

Frey, Stephen Heaven’s Fury

Gabaldon, Diana  The Exile 
Ever wondered what Jamie Fraser thought when he encountered Claire Randall in The Outlander, the time-traveling romance that sent Claire back to 1700’s Scotland and launched a blockbuster series? Gabaldon’s new work retells the tale from Jamie’s perspective. What’s more, this is a graphic version.

Glass, Julia  Widower’s Tale
For decades after his wife’s death, Percy Darling has lived a solitary life on his farm outside of Boston. Then, to help his daughter, he lets a progressive preschool move into his barn—even as he worries about his grandson’s increasingly aggressive environmental activism.

Greenwood, Kerry  Dead Man’s Chest 
Phryne Fisher, our intrepid PI and liberated flapper encounters smugglers, surrealists, and pirate treasure.

Gruen, Sara  Ape House 
Gruen here centers on a family of apes who end up on a reality TV show. She even learned ape sign language to write this book. 

Henry, Sue  Cold As Ice   
Peter Jensen moves into the leading role in a romantic suspense story pitting him and other members of the mysterious "Committee"—a group of international secret agents—against Texas billionaire Harry Van Dorn and his diabolical plan to create seven worldwide tragedies for fun and profit.

Jeffries, Sabrina  A Hellion in Her Bed
The second book in the Hellions of Halstead Hall

Kinsella, Sophie  Mini-shopaholic
Becky Brandon’s two year old is a holy terror (big surprise); her personal shopping clients aren’t biting, owing to the economy; and she’s throwing a surprise party for Luke—who has secrets of his own.

Krueger, William Kent  Vermilion Drift 
Cork O'Connor investigates a series of decades-old murders and their connection to his past.

Lewis, Beverly  The Thorn
Lancaster County, with its’ rolling meadows and secret byways, may seem idyllic, but it is not without its thorns. The Rose Trilogy is the stirring saga of two Amish sisters on the fringes of the church, and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives.

Lindsay, Jeffry P.  Dexter Is Delicious
Dexter loves his newborn daughter but can’t stay home with her; he’s been asked to search for a 17-year-old girl last seen hanging out with some goths who pretend to be vampires. Actually, they’re cannibals, and they get a hankering for Dexter.

Mayor, Archer  Red Herring 
Joe Gunther mounts a detailed forensic examination to explain odd drops of blood that link various deaths.

McCall Smith, Alexander  Charming Quirks of Others
With several candidates vying for a headmaster’s position and the receipt of a mysterious letter alleging that one has dark secrets (but which one?), Isabel Dalhousie is asked to check them all out. Soon everyone is looking pretty bad.

McMillan, Terry  Getting to Happy  
McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams; but they return to us full of spirit, sass, and faith in one another. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe.

Miasha  ‘Til Death   
Celess is back and hotter than ever in Miasha's 'Till Death, the blistering third and final installment of the bestselling Secret Society series.

O’Shaughnessy, Perri  Dreams of the Dead  
A riveting new Nina Reilly novel set in South Lake Tahoe in which Nina is drawn into a deadly rivalry between two experts in grave exhumation.

Paretsky, Sara  Body Work 
There is a shooting in Chicago, and the family of a vet just back from Iraq needs V. I. Warshawski to clear his name. 

Patterson, James  Don’t Blink
ReporterNick Daniels endures humiliation, threats, violence, and worse in a thriller that overturns every expectation and finishes with the kind of flourish only James Patterson knows.

Penny, Louise  Bury Your Dead 
a Chief Inspector Gamache Novel 

Rendell, Ruth  Portobello 
When a man finds an envelope stuffed with money, he posts an ad—and is soon linked to the secrets and dangers of others around his Portobello Street neighborhood. 

Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor  My Lost Daughter
JudgeLily Forrester has to use all her intelligence and street smarts to find a way to free Shana from an unscrupulous treatment facility. And time isn't on her side, for there is a sociopath who is using the hospital to stay safe.

Robinson, Peter  Bad Boy 
Bad news for Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. He’s on vacation when a woman comes to the police station to report that she’s found a loaded gun in her daughter’s room (a big no-no under British law). And her daughter is best friends with Banks’s daughter, Tracy. And Tracy has rushed off to warn the gun’s “bad boy” owner.

Sandford, John Bad Blood
As Virgil investigates what at first seems to be a fairly simple crime quickly becomes very complicated as he begins to uncover a multi-generation, multi-family conspiracy – a series of crimes of such monstrosity that, though he's seen an awful lot in his life, even Virgil has difficulty in comprehending it and in figuring out what to do next.

Smith, Haywood  Waking Up in Dixie
It’s a fun twist on the usual midlife crisis story, about a cold, calculating banker who has a stroke and wakes up a nice guy who tells the truth all the time—without any filters—which scares his estranged wife to death. 

Sparks, Nicholas  Safe Haven  
Decades ago, Renee fell in love while studying in Italy with friend Audrey. Then she came home and married her college boyfriend, as everyone anticipated. Now Audrey is dying, and Renee’s life is about to change in a big way. 

Stirling, S. M. High King of Montival   
It's Change Year 24, a generation after high-energy technology died in a catastrophe most of the human race didn't survive. The children born after the Change are taking center stage—and Whoever or Whatever was behind the Change may be taking a hand in their rivalries. An expedition has travelled to Nantucket to find some answers.

Taylor, Patrick  An Irish Country Courtship

Todd, Charles  An Impartial Witness 
World War I nurse Bess Crawford has returned to England, accompanying a convoy of badly burned soldiers, including one who clutches his wife’s picture. Later, she sees the wife in a good-bye embrace with another man. And then the wife is murdered.

Woods, Stuart  Santa Fe Edge 
Hardnosed Santa Fe attorney Ed Eagle is back—all 6’6” of him—and it would be foolish of you (or his new client) to put up any resistance.