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NEW BOOKS ON THE
SHELVES
Welcome to the Johnson City Library Book
Corner!!
Each week the Library will have a list of some
new titles "On the Shelves" at the Library.
Submitted By Margaret
Bamberger
August 26, 2008
Bradford, Barbra. BEING
Box, C.J. BLOOD TRAIL (Suspense): In the wake
of an elk hunter’s murder,
McInerny, Ralph. ASH WEDNESDAY (Mystery):
Father Dowling becomes embroiled in a decade-old crime when he meets Nathaniel
Green, returning home after being convicted of killing his terminally ill wife,
as he deals with the antipathy of many of his parishioners, ponders the moral
questions involved in the case, and begins to suspect that Green may not have
actually committed the crime to which he confessed.
August
12, 2008
Hogan, Ray. THE
Thompson, David. PEOPLE OF THE
July
25, 2008
Bacon, Charlotte.
Patterson, James. 7th HEAVEN
(Suspense): Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple,
July
1, 2008
Brock, Jim.
BUTTERLIES OF THE SOUTHWEST (Nature): Introduces more than 140 species common to the
Southwest, in a lavishly photographed reference that features detailed
complementary information on butterfly habitation climates, migratory patterns,
and lifecycles.
Sandbeck, Ellen. GREEN HOUSEKEEPING.
(Health): Argues that popular cleaning agents and personal care
products are actually compromising the body’s immune systems while promoting
allergies, offering guides for readers on how to use non-toxic and affordable
alternatives to clean every part of a
house.
June
11, 2008
Miller, Aaron. THE MUCH TOO PROMISED LAND
(Non-Fiction): This honest, critical, and controversial first person
narrative mixes insight, interviews, and analysis to explore why
Reiss, Uzzi. THE NATURAL SUPERWOMAN (Woman’s
Health): Drawing on cutting-edge findings in bioidentical hormone
replacement to counsel women on how to enable maximum health using real-life
lifestyle practices and natural therapies, this guide challenges popular
misconceptions while addressing a range of health
concerns.
May
13, 2008
Grisham, John. THE APPEAL (Suspense): Grisham
presents his latest novel of the courtroom and legal suspense as he offers a
provocative look at the price of American justice.
Lescroart, John. BETRAYAL (Suspense): Taking
over the casework of a recently disappeared attorney, Dismas Hardy and his
friend, detective Abe Glitsky, tackle an unexpectedly challenging appeal to
overturn the life sentence of a National Guard reservist who has been convicted
for a complicated double murder.
Robbins, David. THE BETRAYAL GAME (Suspense):
In 1961, Professor Mikhal Lammeck, a specialist in the history and weaponry of
assassins, becomes caught in the middle of a series of failed assassination
attempts as the CIA, Cuban exiles in Miami, the America mob, and the KGB all
target Fidel Castro in the weeks leading up to the Bay of Pigs invasion.
April
28, 2008
Johansen, Iris. PANDORA’S DAUGTHER
(Suspense): Building a successful practice on her ability to
empathize with patients, physician Megan Blair is haunted by the mysterious loss
in childhood of her mother, from whom she inherited emerging psychic powers that
others would exploit for their own purposes.
Flynn, Vince. PROCTECT AND DEFEND (Suspense): In
the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, CIA
director Irene Kennedy and
operative Mitch Kelly are dispatched to the Middle East to diffuse
April 8, 2008
Baldacci, David. STONE COLD (Suspense):
Protecting a con artist from vengeful casino king Jerry Bagger, Oliver Stone and
his colleagues at the Camel Club find their efforts further challenged by a
ruthless killer who targets Stone by threatening to reveal his mysterious
past.
Iles, Greg. THIRD DEGREE (Suspense): A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows the
experience of thirty-five year old Liz Pike, who awakens in her idyllic
small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims
is an IRS audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered the truth about
her affair with another man.
Kelton, Elmer. THE REBELS (Western): In the mid-1830’s, the Lewis brothers – Andrew, Michael, and
James – the sons of Mordeci Lewis, become caught up in the fierce battle for
April
1, 2008
Parker,
Robert. NOW & THEN (Mystery):
Investigating a new client’s unfaithful wife,
Fletcher, Jessica. PANNING FOR MURDER (Mystery):
Jessica Fletcher’s scenic cruise to Alaska is transformed into a search for a
killer when she is joined by her old friend Kathy, who asks her to help locate
her missing sister Willimena, who vanished from the same ship during a previous
cruise during which Willemina planned to search for a long-lost treasure
belonging to an ancestor from the Gold Rush days.
LaHaye, Tim. MARK’S STORY (Religious Fiction):
Overhearing Jesus’ prophecies of events to come and witnessing such events as
Judas’ betrayal, Peter’s denial, and the Resurrection, Mark becomes a devoted
disciple of Christianity and urges Peter to recount to him the story of Jesus’
life on earth. By the authors of John’s story.
March 24, 2008
Evans, Richard. THE GIFT (Fiction): A new work by
the best-selling author of The Christmas
Box and Finding Noel is an
uplifting tale of hope and faith that celebrates the joy of the season and
follows a theme of the redemptive power of love.
Karon, Jan. HOME TO
Grisham, John. PLAYING FOR PIZZA
(Fiction): Cut from the Cleveland Browns
after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, third-stringer Rick
Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy,
to be their starting quarterback and finds himself confronted by the confusing
diversity of Italian culture, language, and romance.
February 26, 2008
Patterson, James. 7th HEAVEN (Mystery – Large
Print): Investigating the arson deaths of a
wealthy couple, Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki Castellano find the case
further complicated by the disappearance of a former governor’s son, internal
pressure, and the media.
Beaton, M.C. DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY (Mystery):
Suspecting that an elderly matron is not quite the kindhearted favorite her
neighbors believe her to be, Hamish MacBeth investigates the local inspector’s
suspicions when the lady dies under mysterious circumstances but harbors private
opinions about what may have brought about her
demise.
Greeley, Andrew. IRISH TIGER (Mystery): Psychic sleuth Nuala Anne McGail and her husband,
Dermot come to the aid of two senior citizens, whose unexpected, late-in-life
romance is threatened by animosity of Donlan’s daughters and in-laws and by an
unknown enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy their marriage, careers, and
their lives.
February 12, 2008
Ferrante, Louis. UNLOCKED (Biography): A former mafia member and prison inmate reveals how a
childhood devoid of books significantly impacted his criminal development and
how he reshaped his understanding of life, self, and faith by voraciously
reading everything he could obtain in jail.
Parker, Robert. STRANGER IN
December 31,
2007
Clark, Mary Jane. WHEN DAY
BREAKS (Mystery/Thriller): Characters from the author’s popular novels
join forces when the high-profile star of a morning news program is found dead
under suspicious circumstances.
Kava, Alex.
WHITEWASH (Mystery/Thriller): A leading scientist at EcoEnergy, a
company seeking a clean, alternative energy source, Sabrina Galloway is stunned
when she makes an alarming discovery that an unknown saboteur has tampered with
the production process, causing toxic waste to leak into nearby waterways, and
risks her life to uncover the truth about the deadly
conspiracy.
November 27, 2007
Coulter, Catherine. DOUBLE TAKE (Mystery/Thriller): Violently attacked by a stranger six months after the brutal killing of her beloved husband, Julia Ransom is narrowly rescued by special agent Cheney Stone ,who reopens the case of Julia’s husband’s death when he suspects a connection.
Cussler, Clive. THE NAVIGATOR (Mystery/Thriller): Years after an ancient Phoenician statue is stolen from the Baghdad museum, a series of murders sparks interest in the statue’s relevance in Austin and Zavala, who lead the NUMA team on a historical investigation into the lost treasures of King Solomon.
Lustbader, Eric Van. THE BOURNE BETRAYAL (Mystery/Thriller): Rescuing a fellow agent who had been tracking shipments of nuclear materials, CIA agent Jason Bourne is plagued by confusing flashbacks of unfamiliar places and events that make him wonder if his memory has been altered.
November 13, 2007
Albert, Susan. THE TALE OF HAWTHORN HOUSE (Mystery): When a baby arrives on her doorstep during Sarey’s annual summer fete, Beatrix Potter sets out to discover the truth about the abandoned baby, following her only clue, a scarab ring, to Hawthorn House, a legendary manor reputed to be haunted.
Brown, Rita. THE TELL-TALE HORSE (Mystery): When the body of a murdered woman is discovered bound to an equine statue, Sister Jane discovers a link between the victim and a respected member of the Jefferson Hunt Club, but her investigation is complicated when another beautiful woman turns up dead after a hunt day and her determination to catch a killer finds her suddenly fighting to save her own life.
October 23, 2007
Sparks, Nicholas. THE CHOICE (Fiction): Resisting romantic commitments while enjoying a life of boating, swimming, and barbecues, Travis Parker is unable to deny his attraction to new next-door neighbor Gabby Holland, a defensive woman whose long-time boyfriend further challenges Travis’ growing feelings.
Cruise, Jennifer. AGNES AND THE HITMAN (Mystery): Rescued during a break-in by an unlikely hit man who has been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer Cranky Agnes finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a Southern mafia wedding.
Greeley, Andrew. THE BISHOP AT THE LAKE (Mystery): Assigned to watch his rival for a position of archbishop of Chicago, the ambitious Malchai Nolan, Blackie Ryan, a leading candidate for the position, heads to the Nolan family estate in Grand Banks, and is caught in the middle of a dynastic feud over the estate of Spike Nolan, an electronics tycoon, and finds himself investigating the attempted murder of his rival.
Francis, Dick. DEAD HEAT (Mystery): With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning that affects most of the guests at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton finds himself in more trouble when he caters an exclusive luncheon at the Two Thousand Guineas horse race, a party devastated by a bomb blast that kills some of his staff as well as many of the guests.
October 16, 2007
Kellerman, Faye. THE BURNT HOUSE (Suspense): In the emotionally turbulent aftermath of a suspicious commuter plane crash in Los Angeles, police lieutenant Peter Decker investigates the claims of one family that foul play had been involved, a suspicion that gains credibility when a key victim is discovered to be someone else.
Thompson, David. PEOPLE OF THE FOREST (Western): When Nate King chose a new valley in which to build his home, he wanted to get away from all civilization and the inevitable trouble it brings. But Nate can’t duck trouble for very long. A hostile band of Indians has also laid claim to the King’s valley, and they’ve made it clear they’re not willing to share. In a desperate act to punish Nate and his family, they capture his daughter, Evelyn. And Nate will do anything it takes to get her back.
October 9, 2007
Reichs, Kathy. BONES TO ASHES (Suspense): Discovering the skeleton of a young girl in the neighborhood of a childhood best friend who had gone missing thirty years earlier, Tempe Brennan investigates suspicions that victim and her friend are one and the same and that the case is related to two other unsolved deaths.
Cook, Robin. CRITICAL (Suspense): Achieving a successful and profitable life in spite of a troubled past, doctor Angela Dawson pursues business opportunities in three major cities only to find her efforts compromised by a surge of drug-resistant staph infections, which are investigated by medial examiner newlyweds Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapelton.
September 11, 2007
Fern, Michael. UP CLOSE AND Personal. (Fiction): On the anniversary of her daughter Emily’s death, Sarabess, the matriarch of the Windsor family, enlists the help of lawyer Jake Forest to find Trinity, the daughter she gave up for adoption.
Smith, Alexander. THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS (Mystery): Dealing with a newborn son and doting father, James, Isabel Dalhousie stumbles upon a new puzzle when she attends a art auction and finds a painting attributed to a now-deceased artist that features a person whom the artist could only have encountered after his supposed death.
August 20, 2007
Babson, Marian. ONLY THE CAT KNOWS (Fiction): When his beloved twin sister Vanessa is left in a coma after being pushed down a flight of stairs, a vengeful Vance dons her clothes and makeup to masquerade as his sister to find out who might want her dead, but his investigation may be ruined by Vanessa’s Angora cat.
Greenlaw, Linda. SLIPKNOT (Fiction): Returning to the small Maine fishing community of her childhood, marine investigator Jane Bunker finds herself drawn into the case of a town drunk’s death, which she fins unsettlingly linked to local disputes over fishing and paternity rights.
August 14, 2007
Caldwell, Wayne. CATALOOCHEE (Fiction): A portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, this debut novel of place and family , set in North Carolina, is as profoundly moving as the landscape itself and as full of love and revenge as a folk song.
Cook, Claire. LIFE’S A BEACH (Fiction): Ginger is a forty-one year old, back home living in the family FROG (Finished Room Over Garage) and dating a commitment-phobic artist. Then there are her zany parents, a sister who’s obessed with turning fifty , and a shark movie that’s come to town. Claire Cook’s new novel sparkles with warmth, wit, and wisdom – and a real understanding of what it takes to move forward in any stage of life.
August 7, 2007
Ross, Ann B.. MISS JULIA STRIKES BACK (Mystery): Hosting a party while her husband and Hazel Marie are away, Miss Julia discovers that her Princess Diana ring replica and other jewelry pieces have been stolen, and she packs up little Lloyd , Etta Mae Wiggins, and an inebriated private investigator in order to catch the thieves in Palm Beach.
Clark, Mary Higgins. I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE (Mystery): Marrying the son of her father’s wealthy employer, twenty-eight year old gardener’s daughter Kay Lansing becomes increasing disturbed by the suspicion surrounding her husband, Peter, in regard to the mysterious deaths of his first wife and a high-school senior.
July 17, 2007
Patterson, James & Paetro, Maxine. THE 6th TARGET (Fiction): When one of the Women’s Murder Club members is left struggling to survive after a brutal attack, her three companions work to keep her attacker behind bars, while new San Francisco police department partner Lindsay Boxer investigates a series of kidnappings in which children and their nannies are being abducted without ransom demands.
Elmore, Leonard. UP IN HONEY’S ROOM (Fiction): Secretly passing intelligence through a spy ring while running a butcher shop in Detroit, German-born Walter Schoen becomes estranged from his long-suffering wife and is targeted by Marshals serviceman Carl Webster, who believes Schoen is hiding an escaped prisoner of war.
Albert, Susan Wittig. SPANISH DAGGER (Fiction): China Bayles’s demanding schedule is further complicated by her half-brother’s and her husband’s attempt to solve the mystery of her father’s suspicious accidental death, an investigation during which she stumbles on a murdered body in the seemingly tranquil community of Pecan Springs.
Woods, Stuart. FRESH DISASTERS (Fiction): When a managing partner takes on a sleazy con man as a client, attorney Stone Barrington finds himself forced to aid the man’s inept efforts to take down an infamous mafia boss, a case for which he teams up with former partner, Dino.
July 10, 2007
Baldacci, David. SIMPLE GENIUS (Suspense): Checking into a psychiatric institution after the events in Hour Game, former Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is worriedly monitored by partner Sean King, who distracts himself with a murder investigation at a genius enclave where a sophisticated microprocessor is being developed.
Coben, Harlan. THE WOODS (Suspense): Grieving over the murder of his sister twenty years earlier and raising his six-year-old daughter alone after losing his wife to cancer, county prosecutor Paul Copeland is inadvertently tied to a murder investigation that he believes may be related to his sister’s case, a discovery that threatens to reveal long-buried family secrets.
June 26, 2007
Box, C.J.. FREE FIRE. A JOE PICKETT NOVEL (Suspense): Having recently lost his job as a Wyoming game warden, Joe Pickett is recreuited by the devious governor Rulon to oversee a murder investigation involving a confessed killer and overlapping jurisdictions that enabled the man’s release.
Sandford, John. INVISIBLE PREY (Suspense): Investigating the seemingly open and shut double homicide case involving a pair of wealthy elderly women, Lucas Davenport begins to suspect that the handful of small items that were stolen from the crime scene may have had more significant value.
Graham, Mitchell. MAJESTIC DESCENDING (Fiction): Having witnessed a violent argument between two fellow cruise passengers, Atlanta attorney Katherine Adams is horrified to learn that one of them was murdered later that night, a situation that is complicated when the ship begins to sink as part of an international terrorist conspiracy.
Connelly, Michael. THE OVERLOOK (Fiction): Having left the LAPD’s Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch investigates the murder of a doctor whose death is linked to the theft of a dangerous radioactive substance that Harry fears may be part of a large-scale terrorist plot.
June 12, 2007
Kellermen, Jonathan. OBSESSION (Suspense): An Alex Delaware Novel. Grieving over the death of her aunt, a woman who had raised her, and haunted by her aunt’s deathbed confession of murder, young Tanya enlists the assistance of her former counselor, Dr. Alex Delaware, and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis to unravel the truth about a dark secret from the past.
L’Amour, Louis. TO TAME A LAND (Western): When the beautiful Liza Hentrick is abducted and held in a mountain fortress, reclusive gunfighter Rye Taylor must face his deadliest enemy yet, the very man who taught him, as an orphan, about manhood, friendship, and the way of the West.
Rehder, Ben. GUN SHY (Fiction): The well-hidden past of country music superstar Mitch Campbell, the new spokesman for the Nation Weapons Alliance’s campaign in support of America’s right to carry a concealed weapon, is about the come back to haunt him, when an immigrant turns up dead just before a NWA rally, and game warden John Marlin’s investigation threatens to expose everything.
Rosenfelt, David. PLAY DEAD (Fiction): Rescuing a golden retriever from euthanasia, wisecracking New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter subsequently learns the dog was involved in a previous owner’s shocking murder conviction and is persuaded by the man’s sister to reopen the case, the dangerous results.
June 5, 2007
Baldacci, David. SIMPLE GENIUS (Fiction): Former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return to expose a terrifying plot that threatens the entire world.
Child, Lee. BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE (Suspense): When a man is killed by being thrown from a helicopter high over the California desert, loner Jack Reacher discovers that someone is targeting his old friends and teammates and launches a personal campaign to end the conspiracy before it claims any more lives.
Koontz, Dean. THE GOOD GUY (Suspense): Chatting with a nervous stranger sitting at a local bar, Timothy Carrier soon realizes that he has been mistaken for a killer-for-hire and has been given an envelope full of cash and a contract on a young woman. What will he choose to do?
May 29, 2007
Wilder. Thornton. OUR TOWN: A very readable classic, this short little play touches each of us and the ever-present issues of youthful love, marriage, aging, death and life hereafter. Set in small-town New Hampshire, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece moves quickly and easily through the lives of two families and the town itself. The outcome is never in doubt; yet it is suspenseful throughout. We “know” all of the characters; they are members of our family, and our town of the 21st Century. And, yet there is a poignancy and peace that is pleasing to the reader. It’s an hour or two very well invested, both in the reading and the movie starring Paul Newman. By Cy Mill.
Woods, Stuart. FRESH DISASTERS (Mystery Fiction): When a managing partner takes on a sleazy con man as a client, attorney Stone Barrington finds himself forced to aid the man’s inept efforts to take down an infamous mafia boss, a case for which he teams up with former partner Dino.
Martini, Steve. CRITICAL MASS (Mystery Fiction): Burned out lawyer, Joss Cole finds her new life turned upside down when her client is murdered and the trail leads to two missing nuclear devices and a deadly terrorist plot, and involves her with nuclear expert Gideon Van Ry.
Coben, Harlan. THE WOODS (Mystery Fiction): Grieving over the murder of his sister twenty years earlier and raising his six-year-old daughter alone after losing his wife to cancer, county prosecutor Paul Copeland is inadvertently tied to a murder investigation that he believes may be related to his sister’s case.
May 22, 2007
Thurlo, David & Aimee. TURQUOISE GIRL: An Ella Clah novel (Mystery Fiction): Shocked by the murder of a young Navajo woman, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah calls in FBI agen Dwayne Blalock for help, but she soon realizes that the murderer may have a link to her own past and to her father, murdered a decade earlier.
Lahaye, Tim & Jenkins, Jerry. KINGDOM COME (Fantasy Fiction): In the final chapter of the Left Behind series, the horrors of the Tribulation are over and Jesus has set up his perfect Kingdom on Earth, but as believers enjoy a new perfected relationship with their Lord, evil still lurks in the hearts of the unbelieving.
Chaivernini, Jennifer. THE QUILTER’S HOMECOMING (Romantic Fiction): Newlyweds Elizabeth and Henry set out on a cross-country journey to the site of their new home, only to find that they have been victims of fraud and are now penniless, which forces Henry to take a job as a ranch hand while Elizabeth begins a new quilt.
April 30, 2007
Parker,
Barbara. THE PERFECT FAKE (Thriller):
The forgery of a rare 500 year old map sparks a thrilling chase from London
to the Italian Alps in this tale of international intrigue.
Lahaye, Tim, & Jerry B. Jenkins. JOHN'S STORY, THE LAST EYE WITNESS
(Historical Novel):
One of "The Jesus Chronicles", this series of 4 books tells the story of
Jesus from the mouths of those who knew Him best, the Gospel writers.
Brown, Sandra. TEMPERATURES RISING (Romance):
An unforgettable love story of two strangers in a South Pacific paradise
with nothing in common but a mission that will risk their lives, and an
attraction that could be even more dangerous.
Parker, Robert B. HIGH PROFILE. A Jesse Stone Novel (Mystery):
The murder of a notorious public figure places Paradise, Massachusetts, and
it's police chief Jesse Stone in the harsh glare of the media spotlight
where he has to deal with small-minded local officials and two murders with
no clues.
Grelley, Andrew M.
IRISH LINEN (Mystery):
The perils of wartime add special urgency to the latest mysteries being
investigated by Nuala Anne Mc Grail and her adoring husband Dermot Coyne.
The couple finds themselves engrossed in the secrets of two very different
wars.
April 17, 2007
Greeley, Andrew M. THE SENATOR
& THE PRIEST (Novel): An explosive novel about the corrosive political
culture tearing apart America, and one man's family.
Westera, Marleen. SHEEP & GOAT (Children's book): Sheep and Goat have
adventures as they talk about the problems of life.
Lewis, Beverly. THE PREACHER'S DAUGHTER (Novel): This story takes place
in an Amish community in Pennslyvania and is the first of a series. A moving
story of friendship, secrets, and love.
Lewis, Beverly. THE ENGLISHER (Novel): The second in the series about an
Amish community, with Annie Zook struggling to keep her promise to "join church"
and her attraction to a handsome Englisher.
Berry, Steve. THE ALEXANDRIA LINK (Thriller): Formerly an elite operative
for the U.S. State Department, Cotton Malone has become a rare book dealer. He
finds himself targeted in an an e-mail which tells him to get something the
writer wants or his children will die.
April 2, 2007
Lehrer, Jim. THE PHONY MARINE (Novel): When an ordinary man wins an online eBay auction for a Silver Star, his life starts to change as he puts the lapel pin on his suit. He starts bodybuilding gets a crew cut, and transforms himself into a “former Marine”. Will his conscience allow this deception?
Myers, Tamar. HELL HATH NO CURRY (Mystery with recipes): A wedding is three days away when the groom suffers a massive heart attack in the bed of a woman who is not his bride to be. When his curry is found to contain a stimulant Magdalena Yoder looks to find a vindictive former lover of the dead man.
Evans, Richard Paul. FINDING NOEL (Young readers): This is a story about how people come into our live for a reason. It is a love story about Macy and Mark, two young people from different worlds.
Jakes, John. THE GODS OF NEWPORT (Historical Novel): A story of money, excess, unapologetic greed, this novel tell an epic tale of scandalous doing in New England’s most famous resort in the late nineteenth century.
March 25, 2007
Crusie, Jennifer, MANHUNTING (Comedy/Romance): Kate Svenson is a successful, brilliant, businesswoman - who is miserable. She wants to find a man that is rich, handsome and successful. Just one problem, her rejects are dropping like flies.
Delinsky, Barbara. FAMILY TREE (Novel): Dana Clark is happily married and very pregnant. The birth of her daughter brings shock and dismay. Her beautiful, healthy daughter has African-American traits. She explores both her and her husband’s family history to find the truth.
Haig, Brain. MAN IN THE MIDDLE (Thriller): The question Congress wants answered is, who cooked up the evidence that lead our nation to war on phony premises? From Washington’s intelligence arena to Iraq’s killing rooms lie the answers.
Kadohata, Cynthia. CRACKER! The Best Dog in Vietnam (Young Readers): This dog is one of the most valuable weapons of the US Army. She can sniff out bombs, traps and the enemy. Told through the uncanny point of view of Cracker, her friendship with her new owner and their adventures in war come alive.
March 5, 2007
Beaton, M. C., DEATH OF A MAID, a Hamish Macbeth Mystery: Mrs. Gillespie, a maid whose services Macbeth won in a raffle, damages more items than she cleans - an old girlfriend is back, a promotion threatens to transfer him to the city, and Mrs. Gillespie’s is found dead!
Hillerman, Tony. THE SHAPESHIFTER (Mystery): Joe Leaphorn, formerly of the Navajo Tribal Police, finds himself faced with an old unsolved case, which involves a priceless, one-of-a-kind Navaho rug supposedly destroyed in a fire.
Patterson, James. STEP ON A CRACK (Mystery): Detective Michael Bennett, NYPD, finds himself faced with rescuing thirty-four hostages held by a ruthless killer, dealing with losing his wife and having to raise their heartbroken ten children.
Kelton, Elmer. RANGER’S LAW, A Lone Star Saga (Western): Three novels from Kelton’s acclaimed saga of the formative years of the Texas Rangers. Ranger’s Trail, Texas Vendetta, and Jericho, follow the adventures of three young rangers.
ROMANCE:
Macomber, Debbie. CHRISTMAS LETTERS (Romance): In this brand new romantic comedy Katherine O’Connor finds herself opposed to the theories of child psychologist Dr. Wynn Jeffries, based on her five-year-old twin nieces that are being raised according to his "Free Child" methods.
Steel, Danielle. SISTERS (Romance): Four sisters represent a remarkable family, and each has a successful career. When they gather for a family reunion they face a stunning tragedy, and we learn what happens in the following year when four very different women come together under one very lively roof.
Hill, Kirkpatrick. DO NOT PASS GO (Young Readers): A young man named Deet is hurt, angry and ashamed when his father is arrested and sentenced to jail for using drugs. When he visits his dad in jail, he realizes that prisoners are people with stories of their own. He makes surprising discoveries; about his father, his friends, and himself.
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