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CROCODILE TEARS
by Anthony Horowitz.
Realizing that there's big money
in charity—the bigger the
disaster, the bigger the money—
a con artist is poised to create the
biggest catastrophe know to man
and release an airborne strain of
virus so powerful it can destroy
an entire country on a single
gust of wind. The antidote? Teen superspy, Alex Rider.
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Books: Storytime
BOARD BOOKS!
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Wynken, Blynken,
and Nod
by Eugene W. Field
Not a Box
by Antoinette Portis
Old Bear
by Kevin Henkes
Baby Animals
by Priddybooks
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Skippyjon Jones
Shape Up
by Judy Schachner
Baby Loves Spring!
by Karen Katz
How Do I Love You?
by Marion Dane Bauer
The Best Mouse Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
& Felicia Bond
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Beatrice Doesn't Want To
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by Laura Numeroff
Animal Disguises
by Emma Ryan
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Doctor DeSoto
Goes To Africa
by William Steig
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Zoo-Looking
by Mem Fox
Books: Storytime
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James Marshall's
Cinderella
Retold by Barbara Karlin
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Mole's Hill
Sometimes I Wonder
If Poodles Like Noodles by Lois Ehlert
by Laura Numeroff.
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Sea Horses
by Nicole Corse
Night Creatures
by Wade Cooper
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Lego City: Build this City!
by Scholastic
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Oh, No!
We're Doing a Show!
by Dev Ross
Two at the Zoo
by Danna Smith
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ABC I Like Me!
by Nancy Carlson
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The Berenstain Bears
Go Out to Eat
by Jan & Mike Berenstain
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My Friends
by Taro Gomi
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The Pot That Juan Built
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Books: Children
THE THIRTEEN GHOSTS
by Geronimo Stilton.
Creepella is writing a chilling story for The
Shivery News, so she and her niece, Shivereen,
head to scary Squeakspeare Mansion to
interview some ghosts.
• Order # J4602
EVERY DAY ON EARTH
by Steve Murrie & Matthew Murrie.
Every Day on Earth has almost 200 incredible
facts about Earth, space, technology, pop
culture, food, animals, sports, the human body,
and more!
crocodile?
• Order # J4572
BAD KITTY VS UNCLE MURRAY
by Nick Bruel.
Bad Kitty's owners have left her and Puppy alone
for a week with good ol' Uncle Murray as a pet
sitter. How will he survive? Can he even make
it out alive?
• Order # J4599
ALCHEMY AND MEGGY SWANN
by Karen Cushman.
Earthy and colorful, Elizabethan London has
its dark side, but it also has gifts in store for
Meggy Swann.
• Order # J4562
JUDY MOODY GIRL DETECTIVE
by Megan McDonald.
When a puppy who is being trained as a police
dog goes missing third-grader Judy forms a
detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating
her literary heroine, Nancy Drew.
• Order # J4617
LING & TING:
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME!
by Grace Lin.
Ling and Ting are identical twins that people
think are exactly the same, but time and again
they prove to be different.
• Order # J4611
UMBRELLA SUMMER
by Lisa Graff.
After her brother Jared dies, ten-year-old Annie
worried about the hidden dangers of everything,
from bug bites to bicycle riding, until she is
befriended by a new neighbor who is grieving
her own loss.
• Order # J4603
EMILY WINDSNAP
AND THE SIREN'S SECRET
by Liz Kessler.
When Neptune tells Emily and her merman
father and human mother to return to Brightport
to try to make merpeople and humans work
more closely together, Emily faces problems
with old enemies, her now, half-merfolk friend
Aaron, and a mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens.
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WEIRD BUT TRUE! 3
by National Geographic Kids.
Brain-tickling trivia about animals, outer space,
crazy inventions, the human body, weather,
food, geography, and more! Packed with fun
photos and illustrations on every page!
• Order # J4584
NOTES FROM THE DOG
by Gary Paulsen.
When Johanna shows up at the beginning of
summer to house sit next door to Finn, he has
no idea of the profound effect she will have on
his life by the time summer vacation is over.
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JACK PLANK TELLS TALES
by Natalie Babbitt.
Each day Jack Plank searches for a job. And
each evening he has a tall tale to explain why a
particular job wouldn't be suitable. For who
would want to work where there might be a
troll, or the danger of getting a crab caught in
your beard? Or what about a music-loving
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THE SECRET OF ZOOM
by Lynne Jonell.
Ten-year-old Christina lives a sheltered life
until she discovers a secret tunnel, a plot to
enslave orphans, and a mysterious source of
energy known as zoom.
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AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS
by Sarah Weeks.
Eleven-year-old Verbena Colter gets through a
difficult summer of turbulent emotions and
the revelation of a disturbing family secret with
an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost
of a girl who drowned many hears before.
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Books: Children
SCHOLASTIC BOOK
OF WORLD RECORDS 2012
by Jenifer Corr Morse.
Whether kids want to know what the world's
fastest shark is, which country eats the most fast
food, who has the most career hits in the MLB,
or which state has the largest teddy bear, the
Scholastic Book Of World Records 2012 has all of
the answers and much, much more!
THE BIRTHDAY BALL
by Lois Lowry.
When a bored Princess Patricia Pricilla makes
her chambermaid switch identities with her so
she can attend the village school, her attitude
changes and she plans a new way to celebrate
her sixteenth birthday.
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MAMBA POINT
by Kurtis Scaletta.
After moving with his family to Liberia,
twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a
mystical connection with the black mamba, one
of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told
will give him some of the snake's characteristics.
• Order # J4633
THE CLOCKWORK THREE
by Matthew J. Kirby.
An enchanted green violin, an automaton that
comes to life, and a hidden treasure . . . The
Clockwork Three is a richly woven adventure
story that is sure to become a classic!
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MALICE
by Chris Wooding.
Luke, Seth, and Kady have heard all the stories
about Malice—a secret comic about a strange,
awful world full of tricks and traps, and overseen
by a sinister master of ceremonies, Tall Jake. But
if the rumors are to be believed, the children in
this comic are real.
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GO LONG!
by Tiki & Ronde Barber.
When Coach Spangler leaves at the start of
their second year of junior high school,
thirteen-year-old twins Tiki and Ronde wonder
if his replacement, history teacher Mr. Wheeler,
can coach the Eagles to another winning
football season.
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A MILLION SHADES OF GRAY
by Cynthia Kadohata.
In 1975 after American troops pull out of
Vietnam, a thirteen-year-old boy and his
beloved elephant escape into the jungle when
the Viet Cong attack his village.
THE LAND OF OZ
by L. Frank Baum.
Young Tip runs away from his guardian, the
witch Mombi, taking with him Jack Pumpkinhead and the wooden Saw-Horse, and flees to
the Emerald City where he learns the incredible
secret of his past.
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PHINEAS AND FERB'S GUIDE TO LIFE
by Scott Peterson.
Do you ever find yourself feeling bored? Have
you ever wondered how to act when you meet
an alien, or felt the need to know the top-ten
hiding places if you're on the run? Well, you're
in luck! We, Phineas and Ferb, present you
with our foolproof, time-tested Guide to Life!
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A LONG WALK TO WATER
by Linda Sue Park.
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village
in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated
from his family and must walk with other Dinka
tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia,
and Kenya in search of safe haven.
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the answer.
AMPHIBIANS (True or False)
by Melvin and Gilda Berger.
Let’s face it, kids love to ask and answer questions,
which is why the Scholastic True or False series
is packed full of fun questions like "Do all toads
croak?" and "Are all brightly colored frogs
poisonous?" Kids will read the question on the
right-hand page and then flip it over to find out
• Order # J4634
GHOST DOG SECRETS
by Peg Kehret.
Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an
injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid
weather, calls animal control then takes matters
into his own hands, aided by his best friend
and a ghost collie that leads Rust to an even
deeper secret.
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Books: Teens
OTHER
by Karen Kincy.
Gwen Williams is like any seventeen-year-old
except that she is a shapeshifter living in
Klikamuks, Washington, where not everyone
tolerates "Others" like Gwen, but when
someone begins killing Others she must try to
embrace her true self and find the killer before
she becomes the next victim.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare.
Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia. Hermia
loves Lysander, but is betrothed to Demetrius—
much to her dismay. And no one loves Helena,
though her heart belongs to Demetrius. It
seems that love could never be so complicated!
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I SHALL WEAR MIDNIGHT
by Terry Pratchett.
Fifteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, the witch of
the Chalk, seeks her place amid a troublesome
populace and tries to control the ill-behaved,
six-inch-high Wee Free Men who follow her as
she faces an ancient evil that agitates against
witches.
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THE HUNGER GAMES
COMPANION
by Lois H. Gresh.
Go deeper into the post-apocalyptic world
created by Suzanne Collins than you ever
thought possible—an alternative future where
boys and girls are chosen from twelve districts
to compete in “The Hunger Games,” a
televised fight-to-the-death.
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ZOMBIE QUEEN
OF NEWBURY HIGH
by Amanda Ashby.
While trying to cast a love spell on her date on
the eve of the senior prom, Mia inadvertently
infects her entire high school class with a virus
that will turn them all into zombies.
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STRANGE ANGELS
by Lili St. Crow.
Sixteen-year-old Dru's psychic abilities helped
her father battle zombies and other creatures
of the "Real World," but now she must rely
on herself, a "werewulf"-bitten friend, and a
half-human vampire hunter to learn who
murdered her parents, and why.
• Order # J4662
THE DECLARATION
by Gemma Malley.
In 2140 England, where drugs enable people
to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged
Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to
become a house servant, discovers that her
birth parents are trying to find her.
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ETERNAL
by Cynthia Leitich Smith.
When Miranda's guardian angel, Zachary,
recklessly saves her from falling into an open
grave and dying, the result is that she turns
into a vampire and he is left to try to reinstate
his reputation by finally doing the right thing.
• Order # J4659
FOREST BORN
by Shannon Hale.
When her beloved forest no longer gives her
comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna
to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting
women, she happily accepts, only to discover
her own strength comes from places both
expected and unexpected.
• Order # J4632
THE DEAD AND THE GONE
by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
After a meteor hits the moon and sets
off a series of horrific climate changes,
seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take
care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New
York City.
• Order # J4587
INK EXCHANGE
by Melissa Marr.
Seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a
way of reclaiming control of herself and her
body, but the eerie image she selects draws her
into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries,
where she draws on inner strength to make a
horrible choice.
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Books: Teens
NEVER SLOW DANCE
WITH A ZOMBIE
by E. Van Lowe.
All Margot wants is everything on her high
school manifesto to come true: be more
popular than Amanda Culpepper, have a
boyfriend, be invited to parties, and just eight
more things she hasn't attained yet. This all
changes after the school carnival when all of
her classmates have turned into zombies, except Sybil.
• Order # J4651
I KISSED A ZOMBIE,
AND I LIKED IT
by Adam Selzer.
Living in the post-human era when the undead
are part of everyday life, high schooler Alley
breaks her no-dating rule when Doug catches
her eye, but classmate Will demands to turn
her into a vampire and her zombie boyfriend
may be unable to stop him.
• Order # J4649
HEIR APPARENT
by Vivian Vande Velde.
While playing a total immersion virtual reality
game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old
Giannine learns that demonstrators have
damaged the equipment to which she is
connected, and she must win the game quickly
or be damaged herself.
• Order # J4646
GENERATION DEAD
by Daniel Waters.
Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl
with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead. All over the country, a strange phenomenon
is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't
staying dead. But when they come back to
life, they are no longer the same. Feared and
misunderstood, they are doing their best to
blend into a society that doesn’t want them.
• Order # J4664
UNWIND
by Neal Shusterman.
In a future world where those between the ages
of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives
"unwound" and their body parts harvested for
use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths
to uphold their beliefs—and, perhaps, save their
own lives.
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THE TRIPODS
by John Christopher.
Long ago, the Tripods—huge, three-legged
machines—descended upon Earth and took
control. Now people unquestioningly accept
the Tripods' power. But for a brief time in
each person's life—in childhood—he is not a
slave. For Will, his time of freedom is about to
end—unless he can escape to the White Mountains, where the possibility of freedom still exists.
• Order # J4658
WHEREVER NINA LIES
by Lynn Weingarten.
Two years after the disappearance of her older
sister, sixteen-year-old Ellie goes on a quest to
find her. Along the way, Ellie finds a few
things she wasn't planning on. Like love. Mysteries. Lies. And something far more
shocking...the truth.
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THE FOREST OF
HANDS AND TEETH
by Carrie Ryan.
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned
Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and
especially what lies beyond her walled village
and the surrounding forest, where dwell the
Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-heating people
who were once dead.
• Order # J4653
MONSTERS OF MEN
by Patrick Ness.
As a world-ending war surges to life around
them, Todd and Viola face monstrous
decisions, questioning all they have ever known
as they try to step back from the darkness and
find the best way to achieve peace.
• Order # J4713
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TANTALIZE
by Cynthia Leitich Smith.
When multiple murders in Austin, Texas,
threaten the grand re-opening of her family's
vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old,
orphaned Quincie worries that her best
friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolfin-training, may be the prime suspect.
• Order # J4696
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Books: Fiction
THE REDBREAST
by Jo Nesbo.
Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force,
and for his sins he’s been reassigned to
mundane surveillance tasks. But while
monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole
is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with
deep roots in Norway’s dark past, when
members of the government willingly collaborated with Nazi
Germany.
• Order # F6589
THE FIFTH WOMAN
by Henning Mankell.
Ystad is not a mean-streets sort of town, so
that when three murders materialize in a space
of time unsettlingly short, the first thing
Swedish police inspector Kurt Wallander must
figure out is whether the cases are connected.
It doesn't take him long to decide that they
are—moreover, that there's nothing really subtle about the link.
• Order # F6569
WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS
by Dean Koontz.
As a detective, John Calvino is a man of reason
who deals in cold facts. But an extraordinary
experience convinces him that sometimes
death is not a one-way journey, that sometimes
the dead return.
HEAVEN'S FURY
by Stephen Frey.
New York Times bestselling author Stephen
Frey thrills readers with the mesmerizing tale
of a small-town sheriff who must confront the
worst violence that man and nature possess.
• Order # F6574
COWBOYS & ALIENS
by Joan D. Vinge.
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of
Absolution with no memory of his past and a
futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the
help of mysterious beauty Ella and Colonel
Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an
unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and
Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this
world in an epic showdown for survival.
• Order # F6520
AGENT X
by Noah Boyd.
An officer at the Russian embassy—a man
known as Calculus—has approached the FBI
offering to sell a list of Americans who are
giving confidential information to the Russian
SVR. But before a deal can be made, Calculus
is recalled to Moscow, and the Bureau fears the
Russians will be hunting down and killing the traitors unless
the FBI can find them first.
• Order # F6636
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THE FALL OF LUCAS KENDRICK
by Kay Hooper.
New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper
blends intrigue and romance in this classic tale
of love lost and found—as an undercover
agent recruits the woman he abandoned for
a dangerous assignment.
A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE
by Anita Shreve.
A British couple invites newlyweds Margaret
and Patrick to join on a climbing expedition
to Mount Kenya, and they eagerly agree. But
during their harrowing ascent, a horrific
accident occurs. In the aftermath of the
tragedy, Margaret struggles to understand
what happened on the mountain and how these events have
transformed her and her marriage, perhaps forever.
• Order # F6649
EVE
by Iris Johansen.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan believes she is
finally making progress toward capturing the
serial killer who kidnapped and murdered her
seven-year-old daughter, Bonnie.
• Order # F6621
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TOYS
by James Patterson.
Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth possess
super-human strength, extraordinary intelligence, stunning looks, a sex life to die for, and
two beautiful children. Of course they do—
they're Elites, endowed at birth with the very
best that the world can offer. The only
problem in their perfect world: humans and their toys!
• Order # F6737
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Books: Fiction
ACT OF DECEIT
by Steven Gore.
Mt. Shasta is far from the San Francisco
sidewalk on which Harlan Donnally's life
nearly ended in a crossfire. But all too close
to a decades-old secret that will force him
into another.
• Order # F6599
VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES,
WEREWOLVES, AND GHOSTS
edited by Barbara H. Solomon.
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts
collects classic stories from literary masters
inspired by folklore and mythology who dared
to explore the darker side of human nature
and crafted tales that defied convention,
stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that
has endured for generations.
• Order # F6598
FULL DARK, NO STARS
by Stephen King.
Four unforgettable short works from the #1
internationally bestselling author including:
1922; Big Driver; Fair Extension; and A Good
Marriage.
• Order # F6617
DREAM WARRIOR
by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
The son of Warcraft and Hate, Cratus spent
eternity battling for the ancient gods who
birthed him. He was death to any who crossed
him. Until the day he laid down his arms and
walked into self-imposed exile. Now an ancient
enemy has been unleashed and our dreams are
his chosen battlefield. The only hope we have is the one god
who swears he will never fight again.
• Order # F6580
AMERICAN ASSASSIN
by Vince Flynn.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince
Flynn returns with yet another explosive
thriller, introducing the young Mitch Rapp,
as he takes on his first assignment.
MOONLIGHT MILE
by Dennis Lehane.
Amanda McCready was four years old when
she vanished from her blue-collar Boston
neighborhood. Patrick Kenzie and Angela
Gennaro risked everything to find her—only
to orchestrate her return to a neglectful
mother and broken home. Twelve years later,
Amanda, now sixteen, is gone again.
• Order # F6560
THE EVIL INSIDE
by Heather Graham.
For as long as it has stood overlooking New
England's jagged coastline, Lexington House
has been the witness to madness…and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that
once tormented so many has lain as silent as
its victims. Until now.
• Order # F6538
PORT MORTUARY
by Patricia Cornwell.
Patricia Cornwell—the world's #1 bestselling
crime writer—presents an extraordinary novel
in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a
case that could ruin her professionally and
personally.
• Order # F6561
THE EMPEROR'S TOMB
by Steve Berry.
Former Justice Department operative Cotton
Malone has received an anonymous note
carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging
on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a
woman who’s saved his life more than once,
being tortured at the hands of a mysterious
man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked
you to keep safe.
• Order # F6591
DEAD ZERO
by Stephen Hunter.
From New York Times bestselling author and
Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter comes a
thriller that plunges deep into the world of
high-tech national security, the hearts and
minds of those who kill for duty, and the latest
mission for veteran sniper Bob Lee Swagger—
who may have finally met the only man who can out-shoot him.
• Order # F6545
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Books: Fiction
HIDDEN WIVES
by Claire Avery.
Claire Avery's Hidden Wives presents a
piercingly emotional landscape through Sara
and Rachel, two sisters coming-of-age in The
Blood of the Lamb community—a fundamental
polygamist sect in Utah.
• Order # F6586
LOST EMPIRE
by Clive Cussler.
In Lost Empire, the discovery of a long-lost
Confederate ship off the coast of Tanzania sets
off a hunt that rapidly becomes a race to stay
alive.
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THE REVERSAL
by Michael Connelly.
Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is
recruited to change stripes and prosecute the
high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason
Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA
evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty.
WICKED APPETITE
by Janet Evanovich.
Rumor has it that a collection of priceless
ancient relics representing the Seven Deadly
Sins have made their way to Boston’s North
Shore. Partnered with pastry chef Lizzie
Tucker, Diesel bullies and charms his way
through historic Salem to track them down—
and his criminal mastermind cousin Gerewulf Grimorie.
• Order # F6546
THE DREAM-HUNTER
by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Condemned by the gods to live eternity
without emotions, Arik can only feel when
he’s in the dreams of others. For thousands
of years, he’s drifted through the human
unconscious, searching for sensation. Now
he’s finally found a dreamer whose vivid
mind can fill his emptiness.
• Order # F6575
THE SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT
by Dean Koontz.
A crazed woman, her faithful followers, and
their target: your child. One mother experiences
a fear beyond her wildest nightmares in this
terrifying thriller from #1 New York Times
bestselling author Dean Koontz.
• Order # F6547
THE HOST
by Stephenie Meyer.
Featuring one of the most unusual love
triangles in literature, The Host is a riveting
and unforgettable novel about the persistence
of love and the essence of what it means to be
human.
• Order # F6490
EMPIRE OF GOLD
by Andy McDermott.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess
extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that
leads them from Singapore to the jungles of
South America. Inside a storm of political
and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one
of history’s greatest secrets: the mythical
golden city of El Dorado.
• Order # F6614
GRASS ROOTS
by Stuart Woods.
In Stuart Woods's "breathtaking" thriller,
attorney Will Lee returns to his roots—and
gets involved in a political firestorm that could
make or break his career.
• Order # F6526
SERIAL
by John Lutz.
Nailing the killer is priority number one and
only the best will do—that means Frank
Quinn. And Quinn wouldn't want it any
other way. Because he recognizes the victim.
Years ago, as a homicide detective, he saved
her young life. Now the hunt is on, and deep
in his gut, Quinn welcomes it.
• Order # F6487
THE HADES FACTOR
by Robert Ludlum.
An unknown doomsday virus has claimed
the lives of four people across the country—
including Dr. Sophia Russell, a research
scientist working to understand the disease.
Bitter and broken-hearted over her death, Lt.
Colonel Jon Smith is determined to uncover
the cause of the virus that killed her—and prevent it from
turning into a pandemic of epic proportions.
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THOUGH NOT DEAD
by Dana Stabenow.
Kate Shugak will go to the ends of the earth to
solve one Alaskan family’s epic mystery in this
breathtaking novel from New York Times
bestselling author Dana Stabenow.
• Order # F6739
GIDEON'S SWORD
by Doug Preston & Lincoln Child.
At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a
world-class mathematician, accused of treason
and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned
to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned
the truth: His father was framed and
deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath,
she begged her son to avenge him.
SECRETS TO THE GRAVE
by Tami Hoag.
Marissa Fordham is dead, but her daughter
is found at the crime scene, injured but alive.
Now sheriff's detective Tony Mendez and
child advocate Anne Leone begin to peel back
the layers of Marissa's life. And the shocking
truth they discover puts them directly in the
sights of a killer with a stunning secret to keep; because
Marissa Fordham never existed.
• Order # F6648
WORST CASE
by James Patterson.
The son of one of New York's wealthiest
families is snatched off the street and held
hostage. But this kidnapper isn't demanding
money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the
price others pay for his life of luxury . . . and
wrong answers are fatal.
• Order # F6642
JENNIFER GOVERNMENT
by Max Barry.
In a world where corporations run everything,
even giving employees their surnames,
Jennifer Government steps in to help Hack
Nike, who has unwittingly contracted to
shoot teenagers wearing a classy brand of
sneakers.
• Order # F6361
WAGONS WEST: WASHINGTON!
by Dana Fuller Ross.
Commissioned to build the first transcontinental railroad—from Washington to Montana
and beyond—Whip Holt and his men are
prepared to lay down the tracks to America's
future. But their struggle proves to be harder
than the land itself.
• Order # F6702
SMOKIN' SEVENTEEN
by Janet Evanovich.
With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful
of hot men, and a capture list that includes a
dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire,
Stephanie Plum’s life looks like it’s about to
go up in smoke.
• Order # F6584
EVIL GENIUS
by Catherine Jinks.
Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ. At seven, he was
illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s
fourteen and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement,
forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded
by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon.
• Order # F6699
THE JUDAS GATE
by Jack Higgins.
A disturbing tape has made its way to British
intelligence, and from them to the new
President of the United States: battlefield
chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in
which twelve U.S. Army Rangers and a British
medical team died. Most of the Taliban voices
are Afghan, but not all of them—the voice of the commander
bears an Irish accent. The idea that one of their own could be
responsible for such a massacre is appalling, and Sean Dillon is
put in charge of hunting down the traitor.
• Order # F6723
• Order # F6638
BRIDE OF THE NIGHT
by Heather Graham.
She's the vampire that could destroy a nation.
At least, that's what Pinkerton detective Finn
Dunne thinks of Tara Fox. Capturing her
aboard a ship sneaking its way northward,
he's convinced she's been sent to take out
President Lincoln. While she's certainly the
most attractive assassin he's ever faced, that won't keep him
from his duty.
• Order # F6711
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THE PROMISE OF LOVE
by Lori Foster.
Six award-winning and bestselling authors
present a never-before-published anthology
touching upon the obstacles people confront in
their lives—and those who help heal their hearts.
SAVAGE NATURE
by Christine Feehan.
Danger lurks in the shadows and desire
shimmers in the sultry heat in an all-new novel
of the leopard people from #1 New York Times
bestselling author Christine Feehan.
WICKEDLY CHARMING
by Kristine Grayson.
Cinderella's Prince Charming is divorced and at a
dead end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming
has given up on women, royalty, and anything
that smacks of a future. That is, until he meets
up with Mellie.
TALL, DARK AND DEADLY
by Suzanne Brockmann.
Suzanne Brockmann has thrilled audiences with
her tall, dark and dangerous series. Experience it
here, with two more classic tales of heroes who face
the most daring adventure of all—falling in love.
• Order # F6388
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NOWHERE NEAR RESPECTABLE
by Mary Jo Putney.
He's a bastard and a gambler and society's
favorite reprobate. But to Lady Kiri Lawford he's
a hero—braver than the smugglers whom he
rescues her from, more honorable than any lord
she's ever met, and far more attractive than any
man has a right to be. How can she not fall in love?
• Order # F6330
FORGOTTEN SEA
by Virginia Kantra.
Fallen angel Lara Rho is desperate to prove
herself a seeker by rescuing the restless sailor
Justin Miller. He's no angel, but she is
irresistibly drawn to him—and is soon drawn
into an adventure of danger and discovery.
THE WELCOME HOME
GARDEN CLUB
by Lori Wilde.
Caitlyn Marsh stopped believing in happilyever-after when high-school sweetheart, Gideon
Garza, left for Iraq. Now she raises her small
son while her match-making gardening club
members drive her crazy. Then Caitlyn's world
turns upside-down when Gideon swaggers back to Twilight.
• Order # F6271
DARK ENCHANTMENT
by Anya Bast.
Seduced in a dream by a handsome, rugged man,
Charlotte Bennett decides to let pleasure and
desire lead the way—only to discover her "safe"
night of passion has dangerous repercussions.
• Order # F6430
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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS
OF DRAGONS
by Katie MacAlister.
Ysolde Bouchier is still coming to terms with the
dragon part of her, while at the same time trying
to free a friend of Baltic—her Black Dragon
lover—from the weyr, get Baltic to meet with the
dragons who want him dead, rescue a half-dragon
damsel in over her head, raise the shade of the man everyone
says killed her, and clear Baltic's name of the murder charges.
• Order # F6321
DEAD BY MORNING
by Beverly Barton.
Maleah Perdue is dedicated to her work at the
Powell Security agency—until a madman begins
killing her colleagues one by one, mimicking a
notorious serial killer already behind bars.
WICKED LIES
by Lisa Jackson & Nancy Bush.
All her life, Laura has been able to sense
approaching evil. But that won't stop a
psychopath bent on destroying her.
• Order # F6373
WHEN YOU DARE
by Lori Foster.
Molly was abducted and taken to Tijuana by
sex slave traders. She was older than the other
girls, and not as attractive—not the typical kind
of girl that the slavers usually went after. Dare
Macintosh rescues her from the slavers, and
then acts as her bodyguard while they try to
solve the mystery of who abducted her and why.
• Order # F6328
• Order # F6309
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ANY MAN OF MINE
by Rachel Gibson.
Autumn Haven's Las Vegas "to-do" list said to
catch a show and play the slots—not wake up
married to a sexy jerk like Sam LeClaire. The
first moment she saw him eyeing her like a
luscious piece of the dessert buffet, her usually
responsible self told her to run. And she did—
right into the wildest fantasy weekend of her life. But Monday
morning jolted her back to reality, and before she could say
"pass the coffee," Sam was gone.
• Order # F6291
THE KNITTING DIARIES
by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery,
Christina Skye.
In this uplifting anthology, Macomber (Between
Friends), Mallery (Someone Like You), and Skye
(Bound by Dreams) spin three yarns related to a
passion for knitting and accompanied by
appropriate knitting patterns.
• Order # F6275
DEADLY INTENTIONS
by Candice Poarch.
Injured Navy SEAL Brian Knight came to his
grandfather's house to recuperate. He didn't
expect to be greeted by a frightened beauty—or
to get mixed up in her scheme. But Brian has to
pursue the killer who invaded the house—and
he's determined to pursue Lisa as well. Soon,
the two are up against ruthless thieves whose intentions are
more than deadly.
• Order # F6304
of a lifetime?
MOONLIGHT COVE
by Sherryl Woods.
Psychologist Will Lincoln has loved Jess forever. But for all Will's sincerity and charm, Jess fears
he views her as some psychological case study. With her family and the town of Chesapeake
Shores behind him, Will finally makes his case. But is it enough to convince Jess to take the risk
• Order # F6338
ELEVEN SCANDALS TO START
TO WIN A DUKE'S HEART
by Sarah MacLean.
Scandal is the last thing Simon Pearson has
room for in his well-ordered world. The Duke
of Disdain is too focused on keeping his title
untainted and his secrets unknown. But when
he discovers Juliana Fiori hiding in his carriage
late one evening—risking everything he holds dear—he swears
to teach the reckless beauty a lesson in propriety. She has other
plans, however.
• Order # F6294
DANGEROUS IN DIAMONDS
by Madeline Hunter.
When the outrageously wealthy Duke of
Castleford is bequeathed a small piece of
property that houses a modest flower shop, he
encounters its owner, the mysterious Daphne
Joyes—a budding rose who quickly becomes
the object of his seduction.
• Order # F6331
FACE OF DANGER
by Roxanne St. Claire.
Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living
life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of
a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn't just a
thrill . . . it's a ticket to the big time for her
fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a
certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way.
• Order # F6305
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CAN'T HURRY LOVE
by Christie Ridgway.
The three Baci sisters are on a mission to save
Tanti Baci—the winery that's been in their family
for generations—by transforming it into the
perfect wedding destination. But love doesn't
come easy for everyone.
• Order # F6446
THE DEVILISH MONTAGUE
by Patricia Rice.
He thinks he can save all of Europe from a tyrant. She's just trying to rescue a stolen parrot. Marriage
is the farthest thing from their minds—until
they realize they each have what the other wants.
• Order # F6445
BLOOD TIES
by Sharon Sala.
Savannah Slade is not the person she thought
she was. The reading of her "father's" will has
led her to a world-shattering revelation: her
sisters are not her blood kin—and she may be
the heiress to a massive fortune.
• Order # F6402
THE DARKEST SECRET
by Gena Showalter.
Amun, one of the dozen immortal warriors
who absorbed evil demons from Pandora's box,
meets a woman who tempts him like other.
• Order # F6261
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SILK IS FOR SEDUCTION
by Loretta Chase.
Brilliant dressmaker Marcelline Noirot is
London's rising star. And who better to
benefit from her talent than the worst-dressed
lady in London; the Duke of Clevedon's
intended bride? To get to the lady, though,
Marcelline must win over Clevedon, whose
standards are as high as his morals are...not.
• Order # F6444
INSIDE
by Brenda Novak.
Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder
he didn't commit. He's finally been exonerated,
but he can't escape the gang he joined in order
to survive. They'll do anything to keep him
from telling what he knows. And if they can't
get to Virgil they'll go after his sister and her kids.
• Order # F6435
A SEASON OF ANGELS
by Debbie Macomber.
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy—three willing
but sometimes wayward angels—are each given
someone's prayer to answer. But there's just one
catch: each angel must teach her charge a
memorable lesson before the prayer can be granted.
THE MISSING TWIN
by Rita Herron.
Detective Caleb Walker had taken on some
tough cases for Guardian Angel Investigations.
And when Madelyn Andrews came to him,
claiming that her five-year-old daughter was
able to "communicate" with her twin sister
who'd never made it home from the hospital,
he couldn't walk away.
• Order # F6448
THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
by Stefanie Sloane.
Filled with espionage and intrigue, Stefanie
Sloane’s witty and sexy debut is a Regency
historical—the first novel in a back-to-back
Regency Rogues trilogy that features seductive
spies and the ladies they must protect.
• Order # F6408
BLOOD OF THE WICKED
by Karina Cooper.
As an independent witch living off the grid,
Jessie Leigh has spent her life running, trying
to blend in among the faceless drudges in the
rebuilt city. She thought she was finally safe,
but now she's been found in a New Seattle
strip club—by a hard-eyed man on a mission
to destroy her kind.
• Order # F6433
CODE OF THE WOLF
by Susan Krinard.
Outlaw werewolves destroyed his home and
killed his wife. But they made one mistake:
they didn't kill him, too. Now, after ten lonely
years honing his skills with a gun, Jacob
Constantine is back in New Mexico, hell-bent
on justice—until he's ambushed by bandits
and saved by an angel on her own deadly crusade.
• Order # F6486
COVER ME
by Catherine Mann.
It should have been a simple mission—rescuing
a stranded female climber on an Aleutian
Island. But with a snowstorm kicking into
overdrive, Sunny and Wade hunker down in a
cave and barely resist the urge to keep each
other warm...until they discover the frozen
remains of a horrific crime.
• Order # F6436
BEACH LANE
by Sherryl Woods.
In the close-knit community of Chesapeake
Shores, Maryland, Susie O’Brien and Mack
Franklin claim they're not dating, even though
the two spend every spare minute together.
Susie’s thrilled when their friendship finally
heats up. Then, just when happily-everafter
seems within reach, Mack loses the job he loves and Susie faces
a devastating diagnosis.
• Order # F6362
TRACE OF FEVER
by Lori Foster.
Undercover mercenary Trace Rivers first needs
to earn the trust of corrupt businessman
Murray Coburn, then gather the proof he
needs to shut down the man's dirty smuggling
operation. It's a perfect scheme—until
Coburn's long-lost daughter saunters in with
her own deadly plan for revenge.
• Order # F6366
• Order # F6422
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THE FIRE KING
by Marjorie M. Liu.
Long ago, shape-shifters were plentiful, soaring
through the sky as crows, racing across African
veldts as cheetahs, raging furious as dragons
atop the Himalayas. Like gods, they reigned
supreme. But even gods have laws, and those
laws, when broken, destroy.
THE AMOROUS EDUCATION
OF CELIA SEATON
by Miranda Neville.
The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton is a
delightful Regency romantic romp with a
supporting mystery involving a kidnapping
and subsequent murder attempts.
• Order # F6541
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THE BRIDE WORE SCARLET
by Liz Carlyle.
Passion and secrets simmer behind the elegant
façade of Victorian London in another
deliciously intriguing novel featuring the
mysterious men of the St. James Society.
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER
by Sherryl Woods.
There's a fine line between desire and disaster.
At least, that's what improper Southern belle
Maggie Forsythe thinks when unceremoniously
dumped by a fiance even her mother approved
of. Maggie has never cared what anyone thinks,
so why is she hiding away from her South
Carolina Lowcountry home?
• Order # F6542
THE LADY OF THE STORM
by Kathryne Kennedy.
Giles Beaumont is stuck in a role he never
wanted, trying to safeguard a woman of
incendiary powers who doesn't think she
needs a protector.
• Order # F6530
THE PURSUIT OF JESSE
by Helen Brenna.
A wary heroine who learns to trust and a
guilt-ridden hero who finally forgives himself
find healing and love in this warm, realistic
story that touches on some serious issues.
• Order # F6528
BY HIS MAJESTY'S GRACE
by Jennifer Blake.
The Three Graces of Graydon are well-born
sisters bearing an ominous curse: any man
betrothed to them without love is doomed to
die.
• Order # F6424
OUT OF THE RAIN
by Debbie Macomber.
In this reissue of two of Macomber's earlier
series romances, a wedding consultant and a
cynical divorce lawyer learn a few things about
love when they agree to a "convenient marriage"
in Marriage Wanted. A young woman questions
her feelings for the man she loves when an
exciting stranger comes to town in Laughter in the Rain.
• Order # F6529
JUST ONE SEASON IN LONDON
by Leigh Michaels.
With a generous dash of dry wit, an abundance
of clever characterization, and a good dose of
sexy passion, Michaels deftly delivers three
different-yet equally-entertaining romances in
one volume.
• Order # F6531
VAMPIRE IN ATLANTIS
by Alyssa Day.
The most unexpected of all allies to Poseidon's
warriors has proven to be the fiercest—Daniel,
a vampire and Night Guild mage. But even the
strongest alliance can be destroyed when a
vampire's oath crosses paths with a maiden's quest,
and an eleven-thousand-year-old desire is reborn.
• Order # F6428
BEYOND ALL MEASURE
by Dorothy Love.
Ada has loved deeply and lost dearly. But
protecting her heart could mean missing the
love of a lifetime.
• Order # F6423
BAD BOYS OF SUMMER
by Lori Foster.
Bethany Churchill just quit her lousy job,
dumped her lousy boyfriend, and moved into a
new apartment. She's not looking for love, but
her hot new landlord, SWAT officer Lucius
Ryder, aka 'Luscious', is determined to change
her mind. Before long, Bethany is tempted to
find out if he's really as delicious as his nickname.
• Order # F6495
• Order # F6431
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UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
edited by Dana Stabenow.
Unusual Suspects invokes a dozen imaginative
tales featuring otherworldly investigators
trailing uncanny criminals across fantastical
realms governed by the laws of magic.
• Order # F6036
SAVAGES
by Bill Pronzini.
The police said it was an accident; the dead
woman's sister said it was murder...and that
she knew who did it. Detective Nameless isn't
certain, but the more he learns about Nancy
Mathias's secret life, the more inclined he is
to accept the likelihood of foul play.
THE ALPINE VENGEANCE
by Mary Daheim.
Three alarming letters, sent to the sheriff from
an anonymous writer, assert that the murder
conviction of Alpine resident Larry Petersen
ten years earlier was the result of a wrongful
arrest. Adding to the miscarriage of justice,
Petersen recently died behind bars. Then a
fourth letter arrives, threatening retribution in the form of
another death—most likely Emma Lords’ or Sheriff Milo’s.
• Order # F6706
THE HIDDEN MAN
by David Ellis.
Jason Kolarich is a midwestern Everyman with
a lineman’s build and an easy smart-ass remark.
He’s a young, intelligent maverick, but he’s also
struggling with an overwhelming emotional
burden—one that threatens to unravel his own
life, and possibly the lives of those around him.
• Order # F6011
AUNT DIMITY DOWN UNDER
by Nancy Atherton.
A shock wave rocks Lori Shepherd's world when
she hears that her beloved neighbors, Ruth and
Louise Pym, may be dying. Bracing herself for
a final farewell, Lori instead receives a request
from the eccentric sisters: Find their long-lost
brother before it's too late. In granting her dear
friends' dying wish, Lori sets out on a journey full of surprises.
• Order # F6085
OUTLAW MOUNTAIN
by J. A. Jance.
What kind of monster would savagely murder
a 71-year-old and leave her battered corpse to
rot in the Arizona desert? A crime so patently
inhuman, it shocks even those who should be
used to death—like Joanna Brady, sheriff of
Cochise County.
• Order # F6119
GRAVE SECRET
by Charlaine Harris.
Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver
take a break from looking for the dead to visit
the two little girls they both think of as family.
But as they travel to Texas, memories of their
horrible childhood resurface. Family secrets
ensnare them both, as Tolliver learns his father
is out of jail and Harper finally discovers what happened to her
missing sister Cameron. And what she finds will change her
world forever.
• Order # F5881
• Order # F6089
PEPPERONI PIZZA CAN BE MURDER
by Chris Cavender.
A body is found in Eleanor Swift's small-town
pizzeria, A Slice of Delight. Turns out the
body belongs to the nasty brother of delivery
driver Greg Hatcher. When Greg disappears in
a panic, Eleanor and her sister Maddy start
looking for a serial killer.
• Order # F6225
BUFFALO WEST WING
by Julie Hyzy.
With a new First Family moving into the
White House, executive chef Olivia Paras can't
afford to make any mistakes. But when a
mysterious box of take-out chicken shows up
for the First Kids, she soon finds herself in a
no-wing situation.
• Order # F6083
DEVIL'S CLAW
by J. A. Jance.
A spellbinding story of life and death, rage and
murder in the silent Arizona night from New
York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.
• Order # F6081
CURIOSITY THRILLED THE CAT
by Sofie Kelly.
Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson feels
good about letting two adorable cats help
themselves to her home. But as she's about to
find out, it's their help she needs.
• Order # F6172
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GHOULS, GHOULS, GHOULS
by Victoria Laurie.
When M.J. Holliday and the crew of her cable
TV show, Ghoul Getters, venture to the haunted
ruins of Dunlow Castle in Ireland, drawn by
the legend of hidden treasure, they hope the
road will rise up to meet them, that the wind
will always be at their backs-and that the
resident phantom won't push them off a cliff.
• Order # F6067
LOCO MOTIVE
by Mary Daheim.
From USA Today bestselling author Mary
Daheim comes her latest Bed-and-Breakfast
book featuring innkeeper Judith McMonigle
Flynn and her irrepressible cousin Renie in a
mystery that takes them on the wrong side of
the tracks.
• Order # F6292
MIDNIGHT FUGUE
by Reginald Hill.
Yorkshire's criminals have long feared the Fat arm
of the law, in the shape of Chief Superintendent
Andy Dalziel. Sadly for them, Dalziel's proximity
to a terrorist blast put, if anything, further fire in
his belly. Following his near-death, resurrection
and convalescence in a quiet seaside town, the
Fat Man is back to reunite with loyal sidekick DCI Peter Pascoe
for a new adventure.
• Order # F6015
HOLLY BLUES
by Susan Wittig Albert.
The arrival in Pecan Springs, Texas, of Sally
Strahorn, the insecure ex-wife of China Bayles's
husband, PI Mike McQuaid, leads to trouble
in Albert's sprightly 18th China Bayles mystery.
• Order # F6244
LAUGHED 'TIL HE DIED
by Carolyn Hart.
Intrigue and foul play are no strangers to the
idyllic South Carolina sea island of Broward's
Rock. Mystery bookstore owner Annie
Darling and her husband, Max, who specialize
in solving problems, plunge into a startling
web of danger and deceit when a trio of deaths
is linked to the island's youth recreation center.
• Order # F6260
AN UNINVITED GHOST
by E. J. Copperman.
Alison and her resident gumshoe ghost are on their
next case when the deceased Scott MacFarlane
floats in worried that he accidentally killed a
prominent local woman. Turns out she's still
alive...that is, of course, until she's murdered—
in Alison's house.
• Order # F6263
RATTLESNAKE CROSSING
by J. A. Jance.
A gun dealer is the first to die, his entire stock of
weapons cleaned out. But the killer isn’t finished
yet, as a series of brutal, blood-chilling murders
paralyzes the small Southwestern community the
maniac has chosen to feed upon. Every stranger
is suspect, every house the possible sanctuary
of a monster who skillfully eludes each move of his pursuers.
• Order # F6079
COOK THE BOOKS
by Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant.
While compiling a book of recipes from Boston's
top chefs, Chloe Carter comes in contact with
one of her ex-boyfriend's friends, Digger. Chloe
manages to stay cool until later she finds Digger's
apartment charred-with Digger in it. Not
believing that an expert chef would die from
a grease fire, she sets about looking for Digger's killer.
• Order # F6183
DEATH OF A VALENTINE
by M. C. Beaton.
A Valentine's Day parcel explodes in the face of
the Scottish Highlands' Lammas festival queen,
Annie Fleming, as soon as she tries to open it,
killing her instantly. Hamish Macbeth, newly
promoted to sergeant, would rather investigate
with only his trusty pets in tow, but is instead
forced to tote along his new constable, the less than professional
Josie McSween.
• Order # F6068
SENTENCED TO DEATH
by Lorna Barrett.
As the owner of Stoneham, New Hampshire's
mystery bookstore Haven't Got a Clue, Tricia
Miles can figure out whodunit in the latest
bestseller long before she gets to the last page.
But when her friend is killed in a freak accident,
Tricia must use her sleuthing skills to solve a
murder mystery that promises to be much more sinister than
the books on her shelves.
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STAR TREK: TYPHON PACT:
PATHS OF DISHARMONY
by Dayton Ward.
President Nanietta Bacco has sent the Enterprise
crew and a team of diplomats and scientists to
Andor to convene a summit, in the hope of
demonstrating that the Federation's pledge to
helping Andor is sincere. But the Typhon Pact
is watching, and their interests may very well lead the Andorian
people down an even more treacherous path.
• Order # F6121
COYOTE DESTINY
by Allen Steele.
The unexpected arrival of a ship from Earth
after their long isolation from their home world
leaves the inhabitants of Coyote both hopeful
and wary. The lone passenger brings news—
both good and bad.
A MIGHTY FORTRESS
by David Weber.
The young King Cayleb and his queen have
created the Charisian Empire, a sanctuary of
intellectual freedom on a planet restricted to
primitive technology owing to the control of
the Church of God Awaiting. Spearheading
the rebellion against the church, the king's
adviser, in reality a cybernetic avatar of a long-dead officer,
knows that the world's only salvation from destruction lies
in swift technological progress.
• Order # F6205
THE COLLECTED STORIES:
THE LEGEND OF DRIZZT
by R. A. Salvatore.
From the startling origin of Drizzt’s panther
companion, to the tale of Jarlaxle and Entreri’s
first encounter with the dragon sisters, the tales in
The Collected Stories enrich this epic series, and
many are available here for the first time in years.
• Order # F6165
THE GOLDEN SHRINE
by Harry Turtledove.
The Golden Shrine continues the exploits of
Count Hamnet Thyssen and his allies as they
struggle to defeat the mammoth-mounted
Riders, who are aided by powerful wizards.
• Order # F6171
MERCY BLADE
by Faith Hunter.
Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker—
and a vampire killer for hire. But lately she's
found herself taking blood money from the
very vampires she used to hunt.
• Order # F6012
TIME TRAVELERS NEVER DIE
by Jack McDevitt.
When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously
vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had
constructed a time travel device. Fearing his
father may be stranded in time—or worse—
Shel enlists the aid of Dave MacElroy, a linguist,
to accompany him on the rescue mission.
• Order # F6005
WINTER DUTY
by E. E. Knight.
Possessed of an unnatural and legendary
hunger, the Kurians have come to Earth to
establish a New Order built on the harvesting
of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is
night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
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THE GATHERING STORM
by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson.
Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to
unite a fractured network of kingdoms and
alliances in preparation for the Last Battle.
• Order # F6091
GRANTVILLE GAZETTE V
by Eric Flint.
When an inexplicable cosmic disturbance
hurls your town from twentieth century West
Virginia back to seventeenth century Europe—
and into the middle of the Thirty Years War—
you’d better be adaptable to survive. And the
natives of that time period, faced with American
technology and politics, need to be equally adaptable.
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MESSIAH: APOTHEOSIS:
(Book Three)
by S. Andrew Swann.
The last stand against the self-proclaimed God,
Adam, has retreated to the anarchic planet
Bakunin—a world besieged by civil war.
Humanity's last hope lies with Nickolai Rajasthan,
a Moreau who believes that the human race
that created his kind is already damned beyond redemption.
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BACKLASH
(Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi)
by Aaron Allston.
Repercussions from the dark side’s fatal seduction
of Jacen Solo and the mysterious plague of
madness afflicting young Jedi continue to wreak
havoc galaxy-wide. Having narrowly escaped
the deranged Force worshippers known as the
Mind Walkers and a deadly Sith hit squad, Luke and Ben
Skywalker are in pursuit of the now Masterless Sith apprentice.
STARBOUND
by Joe Haldeman.
The workmanlike sequel to 2008's Marsbound
continues the adventures of red planet colonist
Carmen The Mars Girl Dula and her pilot
husband, Paul Collins, as they set out on a deep
space mission to save humankind from possible
annihilation.
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UP JIM RIVER
by Michael Flynn.
There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small
world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish
river as such things go, with a multitude of
bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs
through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything.
RUTHLESS GAME
by Christine Feehan.
GhostWalker Kane Cannon's mission plunges
him into a hot zone more personal than he
anticipated: the hiding place of Rose Patterson—
hunted fugitive, ex-lover, and a fellow GhostWalker desperate to save the life of her unborn
child. Kane's Child.
• Order # F6057
• Order # F6143
BLACK MAGIC SANCTION
by Kim Harrison.
Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires,
werewolves, banshees, demons, and other
supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty
hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she's
never faced off against her own kind...until now.
• Order # F6087
SECRETS OF THE DEMON
by Diana Rowland.
Homicide detective Kara Gillian has a special
talent: she can sense the "arcane" in our world,
and there's quite a bit of it, even in Beaulac,
Louisiana. She's also a summoner of demons,
and works on a task force that deals with
supernatural crimes. Her partners are attractive
and smart FBI agents, but they're not summoners, and they're
not telling Kara why they are on this special force with her.
• Order # F6082
STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT
by John Jackson Miller.
The Outer Rim is a crazy-quilt patchwork of
mini-empires controlled still crazier Sith Lords,
all of whom have their own deranged spins on
Sith philosophy and a healthy hatred for their
rivals. Hiding among the enslaved citizens,
young Jedi Kerra Holt sees Sith madness up-close—
and acts. But how much can a Jedi alone do—and can she
really trust anyone at all?
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DESTROYER OF WORLDS
by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner.
The brilliant, xerophobic Pak are fleeing the
chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy's
core. Any civilization that could possibly
interfere lies shattered in their wake. And
now the fleet of Worlds is in their sights.
• Order # F6010
HALO: EVOLUTIONS Vol. I:
ESSENTIAL TALES OF THE
HALO UNIVERSE
When humanity expanded beyond the safety
of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never
dreamed what dangers they would encounter
there.
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VIEW FROM THE IMPERIUM
by Jody Lynn Nye.
A charismatic leader has arisen who seems able
to control the minds of anyone he meets, and
may be on his way to taking over the entire
galaxy.
• Order # F6239
DEADWORLD
by J. N. Duncan.
She's as tough as anything haunting Chicago's
streets. But to deal with an inhuman power that
won't stay buried, this FBI agent needs help
that comes at an immortal price.
• Order # F6226
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LAW OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN
by William W. Johnstone.
Sitting in a cave in Idaho, Smoke Jensen was
certain about two things: he was cold and he
was being hunted by a small army of men. Smoke knew why he was cold—it was winter. He just didn't have a clear idea of why anyone
was after him.
• Order # F6489
THE TRAILSMAN: GRIZZLY FURY
by Jon Sharpe.
Skye Fargo has faced killers of every shape and
size. But when a monstrous grizzly outside
Gold Creek starts killing people, Fargo finds
himself pitted against a bloodthirsty beast that
has already slaughtered and devoured everyone
who tried to hunt it down.
• Order # F6403
COTTON'S WAR
by Phil Dunlap.
As sheriff of Catron County in New Mexico
Territory, Cotton Burke has put his life on the
line against some of the West's most unrepentant
outlaws. Like Virgil Cruz—who's kidnapped
the woman Cotton loves and threatens to kill
her should the lawman attempt to interfere with
his gang's schemes.
• Order # F6404
THUNDER OVER LOLO PASS
by Charles G. West.
Roberta Morris goes to the McCloud brothers
seeking help in finding her uncle. He's gone
missing in the Bitterroot Mountains while mining
for gold. They are happy to oblige a pretty little
lady who's all alone. But she's not alone. Frank
Burdette and his gang are hot on her trail...and
they know more than Roberta is letting on to the McClouds.
• Order # F6276
REVENGE AT HATCHET CREEK
by Frank Leslie.
Half-white, half-Indian Yakima Henry has
been ambushed and badly injured. Bleeding to
death, he doesn't know who'll get to him first:
the gunslingers or hungry wolves. Thankfully,
comely widow Aubrey Coffin comes along and
drags Yakima to safety. But as he heals, lawless
desperados circle closer to finish the job they started—putting
his innocent savior in the cross fire.
SKELETON LODE
by Ralph Compton.
Arlo Wells and Dallas Holt are two ex-cowpunchers who've hit a patch of bad luck—until
a dying friend tells them of a lost gold mine.
They jump at the chance to get the fortune.
But Arlo and Dallas aren't the only ones who
know about the mine—and their streak of bad
luck is about to turn into a fight for survival.
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victims' bodies.
• Order # F6365
WAGONS WEST: NEVADA!
by Dana Fuller Ross.
Virginia City, 1861. As thousands of fortuneseekers descend on the silver-rich boomtown
hoping to cash in on the Comstock Lode, a
very different cause unites the ranks of
courageous soldiers in the coming Civil War—
the supreme battle for America's future.
• Order # F6374
THE LONER: SEVEN DAYS TO DIE
by J. A. Johnstone.
The Loner wasn't born to the gun. But a
gunman's blood ran in his veins—and it was
only a matter of time before there would be hell
to pay.
• Order # F6332
GUN LAW
by Ralph Cotton.
On the trail of four wanted men, Sherman
Dahl—a hired gun known as "The Teacher"—
finds his prey in the town of Kindred in New
Mexico Territory. He kills all four in a saloon
gunfight that leaves him wounded and in the
care of a soiled dove. But the marshal of Kindred
is a man above the law, and he wants to take Dahl down.
• Order # F6281
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SIDEWINDERS: DEADWOOD GULCH
by William W. Johnstone.
Two years after Wild Bill Hickok made his mark
on Deadwood, Scratch Morton and Bo Creel
make theirs. Their job is guarding gold shipments
from the mining camps—shipments that keep
getting hijacked by a gang called the Devils of
Deadwood who carve pitchforks into their
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BATTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN
by William W. Johnstone.
The kind of man for whom God created the
gun, Smoke Jensen stands as a force of will in
the brutal, lawless west.
WEST TEXAS KILL
by Johnny D. Boggs.
An American original, the great Johnny D.
Boggs weaves a Texas-sized tale of an 1880s
badlands—under the grasp of a lawman gone
rogue.
• Order # F6655
• Order # F6238
SNOWBOUND
by Richard S. Wheeler.
In this powerful biographical novel, Richard
Wheeler—winner of the Owen Wister Lifetime
Achievement Award and five Spur Awards—tells
the amazing tale of the American explorer and
hero, John Fremont, and his attempt to find a
railway route to the west along the 38th parallel.
THE LONER: THE BOUNTY KILLERS
by J. A. Johnstone.
The Loner didn't just bust out of jail, he busted
out twice. The third time might be the
charm—or a bullet in the belly.
• Order # F6492
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DEAD RIVER KILLER
by Frank Leslie.
Bad luck has driven half-breed Yakima Henry
and Sheriff Jack Kelly into the town of Dead
River during a severe mountain winter—where
Yakima must weather a killer who's hell-bent
on making the town as dead as its name.
THE LONER: RATTLESNAKE VALLEY
by J. A. Johnstone.
In the heart of West Texas an ocean of troubles
has come ashore—and the loner is adrift in a
sea of hungry sharks.
• Order # F6236
THE LAST MANHUNT
by Ralph Compton.
Reporter Lester Booker joins legendary
gunfighter Rance March on the trail of a
dangerous outlaw to learn how the West was
really won.
• Order # F6209
A LONE STAR CHRISTMAS
by William W. Johnstone.
In Dodge, a rich man's arrogant son thinks he's
the fastest gun around and delights in pushing
men into gun fights for the pleasure of killing
them. He pushes the wrong man when he
braces Matt Jensen and pays for it. Now the
father wants revenge.
• Order # F6654
BLUE-EYED DEVIL
by Robert B. Parker.
Once, Appaloosa law was Virgil Cole and
Everett Hitch. Now it's Amos Callico, a
vindictive, power-hungry tin star with bigger
aims—and he could use Cole and Hitch on his
side. This time the paid guns aren't for hire,
which makes Callico a very vengeful man.
• Order # F6596
THE FAMILY JENSEN:
HELLTOWN MASSACRE
by William W. Johnstone.
Three generations of mountain men, bound
by a passion for justice, have come together in
William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone's
towering new saga—as the legendary Jensens
fight for one another's lives on the untamed
American frontier.
• Order # F6333
THE GHOST OF APACHE CREEK
by Ralph Compton.
The only folk left behind in Apache Creek are
ghosts, including Marshall Sam Pace. Three
years of solitude have turned Sam into a
phantom, but when a woman on the run
stumbles into town, the former lawman must
protect her and make use of gunslinger skills
long out of practice.
• Order # F6688
• Order # F6324
MASSACRE OF EAGLES
by William W. Johnstone.
In this 16th title of Johnstone's Eagle series,
Falcon McCallister finds himself drawn into the
tensions between displaced Northern Cheyenne
and the settlers massacred by them.
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FATHER OF THE RAIN
by Lily King.
A provocative and masterfully told story of one
woman's lifelong loyalty to her father, Father of
the Rain is a journey into the magnetic pull of
family.
HEALER
by Carol Cassella.
From national bestselling author Carol Cassella
comes the story of one doctor’s struggle to hold
her family together through a storm of broken
trust and questioned ethics.
FAITHFUL PLACE
by Tana French.
With Faithful Place, the highly praised third
novel about the Dublin Murder squad, French
takes readers into the mind of Frank Mackey,
the hotheaded mastermind of The Likeness, as
he wrestles with his own past and the family,
the lover, and the neighborhood he thought
he'd left behind for good.
WINTER BROTHERS
by Ivan Doig.
The author of This House of Sky provides a
magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest
through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a
settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the
Swan diaries with his own journal.
• Order # F6670
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• Order # F6839
• Order # F6673
THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS
OF JACOB DE ZOET
by David Mitchell.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a rich
historical romance set in feudal Japan, an epic
of sacrificial love, clashing civilizations and
enemies who won't rest until whole family
lines have been snuffed out.
• Order # F6672
THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS
by Bruce Machart.
The Wake of Forgiveness compels us to consider
the inescapable connections between sons and
their mothers, between landscape and family,
and between remembrance and redemption.
• Order # F6669
LEFT NEGLECTED
by Lisa Genove.
Left Neglected is an unforgettable story about
finding abundance in the most difficult of
circumstances, learning to pay attention to the
details, and nourishing what truly matters.
• Order # F6634
A DOG'S PURPOSE
by W. Bruce Cameron.
A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional story
of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's-eye
commentary on human relationships and the
unbreakable bonds between man and man's
best friend.
• Order # F6841
DREAMS OF JOY
by Lisa See.
Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets,
nineteen-year-old Joy runs away to Shanghai in
early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist
Z.G. Li. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the
New Society of Red China, heedless of the
dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight
and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her
daughter, no matter the personal cost.
• Order # F6851
THE ANGEL'S GAME
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling
to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned
mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously
taps out story after story, becoming increasingly
desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is
approached by a mysterious publisher offering a
book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at
the chance. But the publisher may be hiding a few troubling
secrets of his own.
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LITTLE PRINCES
by Conor Grennan.
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old
Conor Grennan embarked on a yearlong
journey round the globe, beginning with a
three-month stint volunteering at an orphanage
in civil war-torn Napal. But a shocking truth
would forever change his life.
• Order # F6801
SECRET DAUGHTER
by Shili Somaya Gowda.
Secret Daughter poignantly explores the
emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity,
and love, as witnessed through the lives of two
families—one Indian, one American—and the
child that indelibly connects them.
• Order # F6849
THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS
by Paolo Giordano.
A prime number is a lonely thing. It can only
be divided by itself or by one, and it never truly
fits with another. Alice and Mattia are both
"primes"-misfits haunted by early tragedies.
When the two meet as teenagers, they recognize
in each other a kindred, damaged spirit. Years
later, a chance encounter reunites them and forces a lifetime of
concealed emotion to the surface. But can two prime numbers
ever find a way to be together?
• Order # F6837
THE DESCENDANTS
by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Matthew King’s daughters are out of control, and
their mother, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boatracing accident. She will soon be taken off life
support. As Matt gathers his wife’s friends and
family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult
situation is made worse by the sudden discovery
that there’s one person who hasn’t been told: the man with whom
Joanie had been having an affair. Forced to examine what they
owe not only to the living but to the dead, Matt, Scottie, and
Alex take to the road to find Joanie’s lover, on a journey that
leads to unforeseen humor, growth, and profound revelations.
THE TIGER'S WIFE
by Téa Obreht.
In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia,
a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the
mysterious circumstances surrounding her
beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching
for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The
Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his
encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most
extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told
her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.
• Order # F6852
HANNAH COULTER
by Wendell Berry.
Twice-widowed, alone, and in her late-seventies,
Hannah recalls childhood, young love and loss,
raising children, and the changing of seasons. She offers her steady voice as she contemplates
the deterioration of community, with wise and
often fiery opinions about the way things were,
are, and might have been.
• Order # F6847
TINKERS
by Paul Harding.
An old man lies dying. As time collapses into
memory, he travels deep into his past where he
is reunited with his father and relives the
wonder and pain of his impoverished New
England youth. At once heartbreaking and life
affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on
love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.
• Order # F6838
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
by Sara Houghteling.
A sweeping, sensuous novel of a son's quest to
recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted by
the Nazis during the occupation.
• Order # F6667
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THE BIRD SISTERS
by Rebecca Rasmussen.
Rebecca Rasmussen's masterfully written debut
novel is full of hope and beauty, heartbreak and
sacrifice, love and the enduring power of
sisterhood, and offers wonderful surprises at
every turn.
• Order # F6853
DAISY FAY
AND THE MIRACLE MAN
by Fannie Flagg.
Taken from the pages of Daisy Fay Harper's
journal, this is a coming of age story set in rural
Mississippi that is by turns hilarious and
touching.
• Order # F6848
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ZERO DAY
by David Baldacci.
From David Baldacci—the modern
master of the thriller and #1
worldwide bestselling novelist—
comes a new hero: a lone Army
Special Agent taking on the toughest
crimes facing the nation. (Fiction)
THE LITIGATORS
by John Grisham.
The Litigators is a tremendously
entertaining romp filled with the
kind of courtroom strategies,
theatrics, and suspense that have
made John Grisham America’s
favorite storyteller. (Fiction)
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• Order # F6647
1105 YAKIMA STREET
by Debbie Macomber.
Rachel and Bruce Peyton are
having marital difficulties stirred
up by Bruce's daughter from his
previous marriage. Jolene and
Rachel got along very well and
were close until Rachel married
Bruce and then things deteriorated. (Fiction)
FLASH AND BONES
by Kathy Reichs.
Forensic anthropologist
Temperance "Bones" Brennan
tackles a cold case involving two
bodies buried in asphalt, a NASCAR race, a group of far-right
wing extremists, and perhaps an
FBI cover-up. (Mystery)
SERIOUSLY...I'M KIDDING
by Ellen Degeneres.
Seriously... I'm Kidding, Degeneres'
first book in eight years, brings us
up to date about the life of a
kindhearted woman who bowed
out of American Idol because she
didn't want to be mean. Lively;
hilarious; and often sweetly poignant. (Non-Fiction)
THE IMMORTAL LIFE
OF HENRIETTA LACKS
by Rebecca Skloot.
As Rebecca Skloot tells us in this
riveting human story, Henrietta
Lacks was the involuntary donor
of cells from her cancerous tumors
that have been cultured to create
an immortal cell line for medical research.
(Non-Fiction)
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KILL ALEX CROSS
by James Patterson.
The President's son and daughter
are abducted, and Detective Alex
Cross is one of the first on the
scene. But someone very high-up
is using the FBI, Secret Service,
and CIA to keep him off the case
and in the dark. (Suspense)
• Order # F6616
• Order # F6620
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KIT CARSON'S WAY
by Tom Curry.
The Rio Kid is up against
rampaging Indians and the guns
of the Devil himself. (Western)
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CROSSFIRE
by Dick Francis.
When his mother's prize horse
finishes a vastly disappointing last
in a race he should have won,
Tom Forsyth discovers that the
training business is on the edge,
and facing a threat far more
dangerous than a run of bad form. (Mystery)
• Order # F6570
NIGHTWOODS
by Charles Frazier.
The extraordinary author of Cold
Mountain and Thirteen Moons
returns with a dazzling new novel
of suspense and love set in small
town North Carolina in the early
1960s. (Romantic Suspense)
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
by Johnny D. Boggs.
Fifteen-year-old Zeb Hogan, escapes
from a prisoner-of-war camp in
Florence, South Carolina, and
reluctantly teams up with another
teen: runaway slave Ebenezer
Chase. Zeb seeks revenge on a
Union traitor. Ebenezer wants to be reunited
with his wife and daughter. As they make their
way across the war-ravaged South, they will have
to trust each other if they want to survive. (Western)
• Order # F6635
THE FORGOTTEN
AFFAIRS OF YOUTH
by Alexander McCall Smith.
In this latest installment of the
beloved Isabel Dalhousie series,
our inquisitive heroine helps a
new friend discover the identity
of her father. (Fiction)
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BEST FRIENDS,
OCCASIONAL ENEMIES
by Lisa Scottoline.
From the New York Times bestselling
writing team comes a hilarious new
collection of essays that observe
life from a mother/daughter
perspective. (Non-Fiction)
• Order # F6740
THE AFFAIR
by Lee Child.
Everything starts somewhere. For
elite military cop Jack Reacher,
that somewhere was Carter Crossing,
Mississippi, way back in 1997. A
lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. (Suspense)
• Order # F6704
BONNIE
by Iris Johansen.
When Eve Duncan gave birth to
her daughter, she experienced a
love she never knew existed.
Nothing would stand in the way
of giving Bonnie a wonderful
life—until the unthinkable
happened and the seven-year-old vanished into
thin air. Eve found herself in the throes of a
nightmare from which there was no escape. (Fiction)
• Order # F6703
• Order # F6624
SPONTANEOUS HAPPINESS
by Andrew Weil, M.D.
Dr. Weil offers an array of scientifically proven strategies from
Eastern and Western psychology
to counteract low mood and
enhance contentment, comfort,
resilience, serenity, and emotional
balance. (Non-Fiction)
• Order # F6705
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LEAVING
Bailey Flanigan Series Book 1
by Karen Kingsbury.
Love, loneliness, big opportunities, and even
bigger decisions highlight the first book in the
new Bailey Flanigan series that features members
of the popular Baxter family and finally completes
the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story.
• Order # F6716
LEARNING
Bailey Flanigan Series Book 2
by Karen Kingsbury.
Bailey Flanigan is growing closer to her dream
to be an actress and dancer in New York while
Cody coaches a small high school football
team...on and off the field. But neither feels
complete without the chance to share their
dreams with one other. Can distance truly make the heart
grow fonder?
• Order # F6717
LONGING
Bailey Flanigan Series Book 3
by Karen Kingsbury.
After a long and lonely silence from Cody
Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to
her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon
Paul. Nights on the town in New York City
and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's
Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and
cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever.
• Order # F6718
THE MERCY
by Beverly Lewis.
Two Amish sisters yearning for new beginnings. Hen cares for her injured husband,
uncertain what the future holds. Rose
welcomes a second chance at love when she
least expects it. Is she finally able to give her
whole heart?
• Order # F6715
NECESSARY DECEPTION
by Laurie Alice Eakes.
Discover a world of elegance and intrigue, balls
and masquerades as Laure Alice Eakes whisks
you into the drawing rooms of London Society
on this exciting quest to let the past stay in
the past—and let love guide the future.
• Order # F6653
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AN AMISH WEDDING
by Beth Wiseman.
Fans of Amish fiction will find triple the
enjoyment here thanks to this gathering of
novellas in one book. The trio of stories—all
by accomplished writers of Amish fiction—
create a tight braid of friendship and love as
three young women follow their hearts
despite bumps in the road.
• Order # F6709
THE MAID
OF FAIRBOURNE HALL
by Julie Klassen.
Brimming with romance and danger, The
Maid of Fairbourne Hall takes readers inside
the fascinating belowstairs world of a 19thcentury English manor, where appearances
can be deceiving.
• Order # F6785
THE CAPTIVE HEART
by Dale Cramer.
Ravaged by disease, preyed upon by ruthless
bandits, the Bender family's second year in
Mexico has taken a grievous turn. Faced with
impossible choices, the expatriate Amish
discover, more than ever before, what it
means to live by faith and not by sight.
• Order # F6784
SMITTEN
by Colleen Coble.
The proposed closing of the lumber mill
comes as unwelcome news for the citizens of
Smitten. How will the town survive without
its main employer? A close-knit group of
women think they've got just the plan to save
Smitten. They'll capitalize on its name and
turn it into a tourist destination for lovers. But is this manly
town ready for an influx of romantically-minded guests?
• Order # F6791
LOVE BLOOMS IN WINTER
by Lori Copeland.
1892—Mae Wilkey’s sweet next-door neighbor,
Pauline, is suffering from old age and dementia
and desperately needs family to come help her. But Pauline can’t recall having kin remaining. Mae searches through her desk and finds a
name—Tom Curtis, who may just be the
answer to their prayers.
• Order # F6802
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CHICKEN GARDENS
by Jessi Bloom.
In this essential handbook, awardwinning garden designer Jessi Bloom
covers everything a gardener needs to
know, including chicken-keeping
basics, simple garden plans to get you
started, tips on attractive fencing
options, the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-bystep instructions for getting your chicken garden up and
running.
• Order # F6809
THE NATURE SCAPING
WORKBOOK
by Beth O'Donnell Young.
Much of modern garden design is about
controlling nature to achieve a desired
effect. But for the eco-conscious
homeowner, the best garden designer
is Mother Nature, and following her
lead can result in a beautiful lowmaintenance landscape that requires fewer resources,
attracts natural wildlife, and saves time and money.
• Order # F6810
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE
TO GROWING HEIRLOOM
VEGETABLES
by Marie Iannotti.
Are heirloom vegetables more difficult
to grow than conventional hybrids?
The Beginner's Guide to Growing
Heirloom Vegetables debunks this myth
by highlighting the 100 heirloom
vegetables that are the easiest to grow and the tastiest to
eat. Plant profiles include color photographs, flavor notes,
and growing tips — everything beginning gardeners need
to successfully grow a variety of heirloom vegetables.
• Order # F6827
HANDMADE
GARDEN PROJECTS
by Lorene Edwards Forkner.
You can transform your garden into a
handmade, personality-infused oasis. Author Lorene Edwards Forkner—
part eco-friendly non-traditionalist,
part crafty creative with more ideas
than money—will show you how.
• Order # F6821
FRUIT TREES
IN SMALL SPACES
by Colby Eierman.
Fruit Trees in Small Spaces covers
everything a gardener needs to know
about choosing and nurturing the
most delicious varieties, including
selection, pruning, training, irrigation,
and pest and disease prevention. It
also includes creative recipes for your incredible harvest.
• Order # F6856
ANNUALS
AND PERENNIALS
by Geoff Bryant & Tony Rodd.
This book features more than 1,300
carefully researched plant entries,
including the world's hardiest and
most popular annuals and perennials.
• Order # F6215
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO
GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD
by Monte Burch.
Complete with an A to Z guide to all
the vegetables, fruits, and grains you
can grow on your own, as well as
step-by-step drawings from the author,
you and your family will begin to reap
the benefits of fresh, healthy, and
delicious food straight from the garden and into your
kitchen.
• Order # F6869
TIPS FOR CONTAINER
GARDENING: 300 GREAT
IDEAS FOR GROWING
FLOWERS, VEGETABLES
AND HERBS
by the editors of Fine Gardening.
This latest collection from Fine
Gardening is brimming with 300
essential tips, savvy shortcuts, and
tried-and-true techniques, celebrating the growing
popularity of container gardening.
• Order # F6218
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North Central Regional Library and Links to Literacy
Links to Literacy is the early literacy program that librarians throughout
the NCRL branches use in their weekly storytimes. Links to Literacy is
a program that teaches children the skills needed to begin to learn to
read. The branch librarians model book-sharing techniques for
parents during storytimes, so they can incorporate these ideas
into storytimes at home. Join us at your local community library
for stories, songs, rhymes and fun!
Early Literacy Skills that every child learns before reading:
• LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• BOOK KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION
• ALPHABET RECOGNITION
• PRINT AWARENESS
• PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
• EARLY WRITING
Early Literacy Spotlight: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
One of the most important parts of language development is the concept of narrative skills. Narrative skills is an understanding that stories have a beginning, middle and end which describe a conflict or situation that is resolved by the end
of the story. Reading progressive stories is helpful for this – ones that repeat phrases or concepts and then adds more
phrases or concepts to it as the story goes along. Ask questions as you read the story, such as - what happened?
What do you think will happen next? At the end of the story ask your child to retell the story.
Vocabulary is another important
aspect of Language Development.
Children's books are excellent for
learning new vocabulary. Try to fill
your child's life with rich vocabulary
by taking the opportunity to point out
new words in every situation. When
you are reading with your child and
encounter a word that they don't
understand, be sure to pause and
explain it to them.
These books are good for practicing LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.
Order # J4620
Order # J4625
Order # J4678
The Pot That Juan Built
Mole's Hill
The Berenstain Bears
Go Out to Eat
by David Diaz.
by Lois Ehlert.
by Stan & Jan Berenstain.
Watch NCRL's YouTube video for more information on Links to Literacy:
www.youtube.com/TheNCRLibrary
Check out the new NCRL Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/NorthCentralRegionalLibrary
You can find your local storytime schedule at www.ncrl.org and click on "Locations."