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Fiction: February, 2010

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Fiction

An echo in the darkness. Rivers, Francine: About this book Check availability
Continuation of the story of Hadassah has her trying to heal others in first century Rome.
Alice I have been. Benjamin, Melanie: About this book Check availability
A historical novel exploring the life of Alice Liddell Hargreave, the inspiration behind Lewis Caroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Mr. Shivers. Bennett, Robert: About this book Check availability
His daughter savegely murdered, Marcus Connelly takes to the back roads of Depression era America in search of the huanting and illusive culprit, "Mr. Shivers."
The midnight house. Berenson, Alex: About this book Check availability
When members of the elite CIA Task Force 673 begin to go missing or turn up dead, agent John Wells begins the dangerous mission of hunting down the killer.
Sinners' ball. Berkowitz, Ira: About this book Check availability
Ex-NYPD homicide detective, Jackson Steeg, happily wades into the dark underbelly of crooks, thugs and scam artists while trying to get to the bottom of a deadly warehouse fire.
The postmistress. Blake, Sarah: About this book Check availability
Three women, two based in Franklin, Massachusetts and one a reporter in wartime Europe during the height of the London Blitz, go about their lives as best they can while World War II rages.
Where the god of love hangs out: fiction. Bloom, Amy: About this book Check availability
A collection of short stories wittily detailing the love lives and losses of a disparate and engaging group of men and women.
Monsieur Pain. Bolano, Roberto: About this book Check availability
The Mesmerist Pierre Pain, en route to assist a Peruvian poet holed up in a Parisian hospital with a chronic case of the hiccups, is bribed by a pair of mysterious Spanish men to not assist.
The book of fires. Borodale, Jane: About this book Check availability
A pregnant teenager in 18th-century London becomes an unlikely apprentice to a mysterious fireworks master.
Mulligan girl. Boschee, Rebecca L.: About this book Check availability
A customer experience assessor's undercover shopping identity gets her into a romantic tangle.
Ordinary thunderstorms. Boyd, William: About this book Check availability
While trying to start his life over a man witnesses a murder and becomes the prime suspect.
Wild child: stories. Boyle, T. Coraghessan: About this book Check availability
A fictional revision of the historical Victor of Aveyron, the feral child discovered in France in 1796 and brought to heal by the doctor Jean-Mark Gaspard Itard.
The godfather of Kathmandu. Burdett, John: About this book Check availability
When a Hollywood director is gruesomely murdered while visiting Thailand, an odd Bangkok police detective, Sonshai Jitpleecheep, investigates.
American salvage: stories. Campbell, Bonnie Jo: About this book Check availability
Campbell's collection of short stories features tough and wounded people living in rural Michigan.
Remarkable creatures. Chevalier, Tracy: About this book Check availability
After moving from Victorian London to a quaint coastal town, feisty Elizabeth Philpot befriends and assists the young Mary Anning on her quest to become a famous fossil hunter.
The overnight socialite. Clark, Bridie: About this book Check availability
Birdie recasts the Pygmalion/My Fair Lady story in Manhattan where a man of the town wagers that he can transform a chubby would-be designer into a social celebrity.
The burning land. Cornwell, Bernard: About this book Check availability
A reluctant warlord must fight to save Britain from the Danes and the Vikings.
Rebels and traitors. Davis, Lindsey: About this book Check availability
With the English Civil War raging around them, two lovers from opposing sides must confront a reality far more tumultuous then that formed by the human heart.
Watchlist: a serial thriller. Deaver, Jeffery: About this book Check availability
With twenty-one fellow thriller writers assisting him, author Jeffery Deaver spins a harrowing tale hinging on a deadly secret hidden within a Frederic Chopin score.
Burn. Dekker, Ted: About this book Check availability
Having made a fateful decision, to run off with millions of dollars she found on a Gypsy compound, Janeal Mikkando now finds her past catching up to her.
Point Omega. DeLillo, Don: About this book Check availability
A filmmaker tries to get a retired US government scientist to share his vision of a coming human biological change.
The endless forest. Donati, Sara: About this book Check availability
In 1824, the Bonners grapple with threats to their family as they and other residents of Paradise N.Y. rebuild after a flood.
Running. Echenoz, Jean: About this book Check availability
Forced to train as a child in postwar Czechoslovakia, Emil Zatopek shows a peculiar talent for running, catapulting him to world fame and several gold medal wins at both the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.
The disappeared. Echlin, Kim: About this book Check availability
A young Canadian teenager and a Cambodian exile fall in love against the backdrop of the atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot.
Three days before the shooting--. Ellison, Ralph: About this book Check availability
The story of the relationship between a black preacher and the multi-racial race-baiting senator he raised.
The unnamed. Ferris, Joshua: About this book Check availability
A successful lawyer's inexplicable compulsion to drop what he is doing and wander until he collapses wreaks havoc on his family.
Jane bites back. Ford, Michael Thomas: About this book Check availability
Jane Austin is alive and well, the proprietor of an upstate New York bookstore where she cringes over the best selling send-ups of her famous novels and feasts on human blood because, you see, she's a vampire.
Dying gasp. Gage, Leighton: About this book Check availability
Chief Inspector Silva investigates the case of a missing girl leading him to a snuff film ring.
Bloodroot. Greene, Amy: About this book Check availability
The story of an Appalachian mountain family from the depression era through today.
Silencer. Hall, James W.: About this book Check availability
When a wealthy Florida based patriarch is found dead, his son, Frisco Hammond, begins his own investigation, leading him down a path of contract killers, greedy developers and dangerous animals.
The lock artist. Hamilton, Steve: About this book Check availability
A mute pick lock artist writes his memoirs while in prison.
Winter garden. Hannah, Kristin: About this book Check availability
When their loving father passes away, sisters Meredith and Nina put their own lives on hold to return to the Pacific Northwest to make amends with their acerbic Russian-born mother.
The queen's governess. Harper, Karen: About this book Check availability
Katherine "Kat" Ashly becomes governess and surrogate mother to the future Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The wolf at the door. Higgins, Jack: About this book Check availability
When somebody begins to kill off the Prime Minster's elite private intelligence army, one member, Sean Dillon, races to find the culprit before he becomes the next victim.
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. Hoffman, Beth: About this book Check availability
After her mother dies, 12 year-old CeeCee goes to live with her eccentric aunt in Savannah.
Blood ties. Hooper, Kay: About this book Check availability
The FBI's elite Special Crimes Unit, a motley crew of misfits with special powers, work together to catch a ruthless killer whose wrecking havoc across three states.
Among thieves. Hosp, David: About this book Check availability
The Boston based super attorney, Scott Finn, takes on a client who may be linked to one of the greatest unsolved art thefts in history.
Sleepless. Huston, Charlie: About this book Check availability
A police officer battles the forces that are forcing sleeplessness on the public.
Small wars. Jones, Sadie: About this book Check availability
Traumatized by his experience in a post-WW II emergency in the Mediterranean, a young English soldier struggles to regain his life and the love of his wife.
A whisper to the living. Kaminsky, Stuart M.: About this book Check availability
An honest policeman in the post-Soviet Union era, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov hunts down a vicious serial killer while simultanously protecting a British journalist.
The brightest star in the sky. Keyes, Marian: About this book Check availability
Young Dubliners search for love and happiness.
Becoming Jane Eyre. Kohler, Sheila: About this book Check availability
Charlotte Bronte's life told through her writing of Jane Eyre.
The swan thieves. Kostova, Elizabeth: About this book Check availability
A psychiatrist and artist delves into the psyche of a tormented artistic genius.
Breaking out of Bedlam. Larson, Leslie: About this book Check availability
Forced by her children to move into an assisted-living facility, obese and drug-addled 82-year-old Cora Sledge decides a tell-all journal is her best revenge.
The man with two arms. Lombardo, Billy: About this book Check availability
An ambidextrous boy is forced into a life of baseball by his father.
Apparition & late fictions: a novella and stories. Lynch, Thomas: About this book Check availability
A collection of short stories dealing with death by a former funeral director.
Ransom. Malouf, David: About this book Check availability
A retelling of the final days of the Trojan wars.
Rich again. Maxted, Anna: About this book Check availability
Modern day version of Cinderella with the family being ruined by a stalker.
The unbearable lightness of scones. McCall Smith, Alexander: About this book Check availability
The residents of 44 Scotland Street continue to struggle through the lives with humor.
Roses. Meacham, Leila: About this book Check availability
Meacham's generations-spanning story set in a small East Texas town focuses largely on star-crossed lovers from the wealthy Toliver and Warwick families.
Beneath the lion's gaze. Mengiste, Maaza: About this book Check availability
The story of a family on the eve of the Ethiopian revolution.
My before and after life. Miller, Risa: About this book Check availability
Perplexed and angry, two Boston based sisters fly to Israel in hopes of understanding why their father has suddenly embraced Orthodox Judaism while on vacation.
The many deaths of the Firefly Brothers. Mullen, Thomas: About this book Check availability
Having miraculously cheated death, depression era bank robbers, Jason and Whit Fireson, continue to evade capure while becoming folk heroes to millions.
The girl next door. Noble, Elizabeth: About this book Check availability
Trials and tribulations of the residents living in an upper eastside apartment building in NYC.
Worst case. Patterson, James: About this book Check availability
When the children of some of New York's wealthiest families begin disappearing, Detective Michael Bennett works, begrudgingly, alongside FBI Abduction Specialist, Emily Parker, to find the culprit.
Wench. Perkins-Valdez, Dolen: About this book Check availability
Three Black women, who are forced to go to a resort with their white slave owners, contemplate escaping.
The crying tree. Rakha, Naseem: About this book Check availability
A woman reconnects to her life after her beloved son dies.
Doors open. Rankin, Ian: About this book Check availability
Three somewhat disenchanted art lovers and friends surprise themselves by making plans to "liberate" some of their favorite works from the National Gallery.
The 5 greatest warriors. Reilly, Matthew: About this book Check availability
After barely escaping death in Six Sacred Stones (2008), Jack and his team try to rebuild a fabled "Machine" using clues about 5 mysterious ancient warriors.
Be careful what you pray for. Roby, Kimberla Lawson: About this book Check availability
Unbeknownst to her, Alicia Black's husband, the charming Pastor JT Valentine, isn't exactly the paradigm of monogamy she's been led to believe.
The three Weissmanns of Westport. Schine, Cathleen: About this book Check availability
Abruptly divorced after 50 years of marriage, Betty Weissman and her two romantically unlucky daughters move in to a Westport, Connecticut beach cottage hoping to regain control of their love lives.
Day out of days: stories. Shepard, Sam: About this book Check availability
A collection of short stories from the renowned playwright and actor, Sam Shepard, including one in which a customer is accidentally trapped in a Cracker Barrel restaurant and subjected to its awful contemporary music selection.
Pieces of sky. Warner, Kaki: About this book Check availability
A jaded English woman traveling through New Mexico Territory by stagecoach is surprised to find herself falling for a rough and tumble ranger.
Kisser. Woods, Stuart: About this book Check availability
Stone Barrington is back protecting an aspiring actress from NY's criminals.

Mysteries

Death of a valentine. Beaton, M. C.: About this book Check availability
While investigating a murder in a nearby village, Hamish MacBeth begins to question his own engagement.
Raining cat sitters and dogs. Clement, Blaize: About this book Check availability
Dixie Hemingway and her trusty sometimes boyfriend, Lieutenant Guindry, search desperately for a missing girl who holds the key to a murder.
Gator a-go-go. Dorsey, Tim: About this book Check availability
A serial killer comes to the aid of a spring break partying college kid caught up in a drug deal.
The good, the bad, and the uncanny. Green, Simon R.: About this book Check availability
When the powerful agent who leads the Nightside finds out he's dying, he asks the wary P.I. John Taylor to be his successor.
Fell purpose. Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia: About this book Check availability
Bill Slider's investigation into a 16-year old London girl's murder reveals that the late star pupil led a double life.
Skin. Hayder, Mo: About this book Check availability
A presumed suicide has profound effects on the police officers working the case.
Merry wives of Maggody: an Arly Hanks mystery. Hess, Joan: About this book Check availability
The rural town of Maggody, Arkansas wanted to improve it's image by hosting a golf tournament which goes smoothly until the hole in one winner is found beaten to death with a five iron.
Virtually dead. May, Peter: About this book Check availability
Members of Second Life realize that someone is killing off their avatars as well as their real life counterparts.
Wicked craving. McKevett, G. A.: About this book Check availability
The wife of a diet doctor guru is found dead prompting in investigation into his life and medical practices.
Baja Florida. Morris, Bob: About this book Check availability
Latest in the Zack Chasteen has Zack searching for his dying friend's daughter.
Eye of the raven. Pattison, Eliot: About this book Check availability
In 1760, Scotsman Duncan McCallum's struggle to save his Indian Shaman friend Conawago from a British death sentence leads to a shocking discovery.
Thereby hangs a tail. Quinn, Spencer: About this book Check availability
Chet (the dog) and Bernie (his human) make another amusing appearance in this follow up to Dog On It (2009).
Betrayal of the blood lily. Willig, Lauren: About this book Check availability
Unrurly but lovable Lady Frederick Stains finds herself navigating the treacherous straits of British controlled India where dangeous spies and corrupt officials all seem to be conspiring to bring down the Empire.
The fifth servant. Wishnia, K. J. A.: About this book Check availability
In 16th-century Prague, a young girl's body turns up in the store of a Jewish businessman, the consequences of which could lead to a backlash against the entire community if a Jewish sexton and his mentor can't find the true killer in time.

Science Fiction

The authorized Ender companion. Black, Jake: About this book Check availability
Everything you ever wanted to know about author Orson Scott Card's Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction series.
The kingdom of Ohio. Flaming, Matthew: About this book Check availability
A young man in 1900 New York fortuitously runs across a mysterious and troubled young woman who tells him she's travelled into the future.
Freedom. Suarez, Daniel: About this book Check availability
In this sequel to the gripping techno-thriller Daemon (2009), Pete Sebeck leads a small group intent on protecting the new world order.

Fantasy

Flirt. Hamilton, Laurell K.: About this book Check availability
Necormancer Anita Blake meets with a man who desperately wants her to bring his recently deceased wife back to life, a request with consequences too goulish to contemplate.
Dragon keeper. Hobb, Robin: About this book Check availability
In the first volume of the Rain Wild Chronicles, 15 young dragons journey to the ancestral dragon home of Kelsingra in a quest for survival.
The girl with glass feet. Shaw, Ali: About this book Check availability
Oddly and slowly turning into glass, Ida Maclaird seeks a cure for her precarious condition on the magical islands of St. Hauda's.
Carrion comfort. Simmons, Dan: About this book Check availability
A small, elite group of so called "mind vampires" can control the thoughts of humans and it's up to a concentration-camp survivor and Sheriff Bobby Joe Gentry to put and end to their evil ways.
An Irish country girl. Taylor, Patrick: About this book Check availability
As a young girl, housekeeper Kinky Kincaid grew up amongst the rolling hills of rural Ireland where she developed the uncanny gift of seeing into a mystical realm of fairies and Banshee.

Teen (inc. paperbacks)

Naruto. Vol. 47, the seal destroyed. Kishimoto, Masashi (Graphic Novel): About this book Check availability
Naruto. Vol. 47, the seal destroyed. Kishimoto, Masashi (Graphic Novel): About this book Check availability
Raven summer. Almond, David: About this book Check availability
Confessions of a first daughter Cassidy Calloway. Calloway, Cassidy: About this book Check availability
Tempted. Cast, P. C.: About this book Check availability
Hunted. Cast, P. C.: About this book Check availability
Poster boy. Crane, Dede: About this book Check availability
Magic under glass. Dolamore, Jaclyn: About this book Check availability
Initiation. Fine, Susan: About this book Check availability
The summer I got a life. Fink, Mark: About this book Check availability
Splendor. Godbersen, Anna: About this book Check availability
Crocodile tears. Horowitz, Anthony: About this book Check availability
So not happening. Jones, Jenny B.: About this book Check availability
Hold still. LaCour, Nina: About this book Check availability
Mississippi Jack: being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the Lily of the West. Meyer, L. A.: About this book Check availability
Time of the witches. Myers, Anna: About this book Check availability
Shadowland. Noel, Alyson: About this book Check availability
Eragon's guide to Alagaesia. Paolini, Christopher: About this book Check availability
The angel experiment. Patterson, James: About this book Check availability
As you wish. Pearce, Jackson: About this book Check availability
Are these my basoomas I see before me?: final confessions of Georgia Nicolson. Rennison, Louise: About this book Check availability
Bad apple. Ruby, Laura: About this book Check availability
Everwild. Shusterman, Neal: About this book Check availability
Nightfall. Smith, L. J.: About this book Check availability
Jealous?. De la Cruz, Melissa (Paperback): About this book Check availability
Charmed and dangerous: the rise of the Pretty Committee : the Clique prequel. Harrison, Lisi (Paperback): About this book Check availability
Love the one you're with. Vestry, Annabelle (Paperback): About this book Check availability
Infamous: an It Girl novel. Von Ziegesar, Cecily (Paperback): About this book Check availability



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