New Release Alerts
The following are books that are soon to be released and are certain to be popular. To place a hold, just click on the title and then on "Request/Hold"and have your Library card handy.
New Release Alerts For February, 2012
Carry The One by Carol Anshaw
When a car of inebriated guests from Carmen's wedding hits and kills a girl on a country road, Carmen and the people involved in the accident connect, disconnect and reconnect throughout 25 subsequent years of marriage, parenthood, holidays and tragedies. By the award-winning author of Aquamarine.
The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker
Two sisters in Cape Cod fight over the town's wealthiest bachelor as they learn about life, love and family history in this novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County.
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell
In this follow up to Beat the Reaper, Pietro Brnwa, operating under the pseudonym Dr. Peter Brown for his own safety, accompanies a paleontologist on a horrible field assignment and faces murderers, mobsters, drug dealers and a lake monster.
Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
A first book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother of a prospective female college student and a young scrap metal thief, in an account that illuminates how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by regional religious, caste and economic tensions.
Stay Close by Harlan Coben
A bored suburban wife, a documentary photographer-turned-paparazzo and a detective who cannot let go of a cold case hide secrets from their loved ones only to have the past return in dangerous ways.
China's Wings by Gregory Crouch
Draws on meticulous research and first-hand sources to document the contributions of China's daredevil pilots before and during World War II, citing the pivotal contributions of American aviation executive William Langhorne Bond and his team in providing emergency supplies in spite of harrowing risks. By the author of Enduring Patagonia.
Thief by Clive Cussler
When a scientist he recently rescued from kidnappers is murdered, Van Dorn Detective Agency chief investigator Isaac Bell discovers that the scientist's secret new invention has the power to revolutionize business and that a ruthless agent is looking to exploit the innovation to seize power for Germany.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Determined to protect her historical family home from Emperor Napoleon's orders to renovate 1860s Paris, Rose Bazelet establishes a defense in the basement of her house on rue Childebert and records her experiences in letters to her late husband.
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
"Berlin, 1939. The Hot-Time Swingers, a popular German American jazz band, have been forbidden to play live because the Nazis have banned their 'degenerate music.' After escaping to Paris, where they meet Louis Armstrong, the band's brilliant young trumpet-player, Hieronymus Falk, is arrested in a cafe by the Gestapo. It is June 1940. He is never heard from again. He is twenty years old, a German citizen. And he is black. Berlin, 1992. Falk, now a jazz legend, is the subject of a celebratory documentary. Two of the original Hot-Time Swingers American band members, Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, are invited to attend the film's premier in Berlin. As they return to the landscape of their past friendships, rivalries, loves and betrayals, Sid, the only witness to Falk's disappearance who has always refused to speak about what happened, is forced to break his silence. Shortlisted for the Man-Booker Prize.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
Working his way through a list of hit targets who were responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of civilians, assassin Mitch Rapp shoots a drunken Libyan diplomat in Paris only to discover that he has been set up and that his handlers would have him permanently silenced.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
After she loses her engagement ring, and her phone is stolen during a hotel fire drill, Poppy Wyatt, discovering an abandoned phone in a trash can, crashes into the life of the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, when she uses his phone to make her wedding preparations.
The Flight Of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Overcoming a life of hardship and loneliness, Gemma Hardy, a brilliant and determined young woman, accepts a position as an au pair on the remote Orkney Islands where she faces her biggest challenge yet.
The Trail Of The Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Struggling with wacky family activities, secrets and feuds, private investigator Isabel Spellman avoids Henry Stone by spending time drinking with his mother and tackling eccentric cases that seem suspiciously pointless. By the award-winning author of Heads You Lose.
Watergate by Thomas Mallon
A retelling of the Watergate scandal from the kaleidoscopic perspectives of seven of its perpetrators and investigators illuminates the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency and imagines the answers to such mysteries as who erased 18 crucial minutes of evidence tape. By the author of Dewey Defeats Truman.
Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This epic retelling of the legend of Achilles follows Patroclus and Achilles, the golden son of King Peleus, as they, skilled in the arts of war and medicine, lay siege to Troy after Helen of Sparta is kidnapped--a cause that tests their friendship and forces them to make the ultimate sacrifice.
American Spy by Olen Steinhauer
When the CIA's Department of Tourism is dismantled by an elaborate Chinese intelligence scheme that has caused numerous agent deaths, survivor Milo Weaver is placed at risk by his former boss, Alan Drummond, who uses one of Milo's aliases to exact revenge. By the Edgar Award finalist author of The Tourist.
Elegy For Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from the working-class neighborhoods of her childhood into London’s highest circles of power.