Fiction, July 2006
General Fiction |Mysteries |Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
General Fiction
- Baker, Calvin
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Jasper Merian, newly freed from slavery in Virginia at the close of the 17th century, leaves for the uncharted free territory to carve out a utopia in the wilderness of the Carolinas. His family battles against the natural and occasionally supernatural world, colonial politics, the injustices of slavery, the Revolutionary War and questions of fidelity and the heart.
- Block, Francesca Lia
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From the author of Necklace of kisses comes a modern-day fairy tale of a willful and intuitive heroine and a world of shocking realism and transcendent magic.
- Clark, Mary Jane
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As KEY News film and theater critic, Caroline Enright knows her reviews have influenced the box office habits of millions — and have angered movie producers and agents. But she is unprepared when her trip to a summer playhouse is interrupted by murder.
- Clarke, Will
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In this fratboy/ghost story, Conrad Sutton is dead at age 19 and seeks revenge against his murderer. The only problem is that Conrad needs a body to effect any real change in the "meat world," so he learns the dark art of possession.
- Coelho, Paul
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Coelho's parable of good versus evil relates the story of a stranger who enters a remote village and proposes a wager to the town: if someone turns up murdered within a week, he'll give the town enough gold to make everyone wealthy.
- Cook, Robin
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Cook's latest medical thriller reveals a healer's dark side in the terrifying story of a doctor who plunges into a web of corruption and lies.
- Coonts, Stephen
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The death of a French intelligence agent on an Air France flight to Amman, Jordan, is the trigger that launches CIA agent Tommy Carmellini's latest adventure.
- Dawesar, Abha
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Prem Rustum, a celebrated aging Indian novelist, unexpectedly meets Maya, a vibrant aspiring writer, and surprises himself by following her to Paris. In the slow, sensuous summer that follows, Prem looks back on his muses, his art and his lost loves.
- Fesperman, Dan
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Revere Falk — an FBI veteran and Arabic speaker — is an interrogator at "Gitmo," assigned to a Yemeni prisoner who may have valuable information about al Qaida. But these duties are temporarily suspended when the body of an American soldier is found washed ashore in Cuban territory. Suddenly, Cold War tension is back and Falk finds himself at the heart of it.
- Fforde, Jasper
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In their second adventure by the author of the Thursday Next novels, "nursery crime" characters Jack Spratt and Mary Mary take on their most dangerous case so far, as a murderous cookie (The Gingerbreadman) menaces the streets of Reading.
- Fies, Brian
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The winner of the 2005 Eisner Award in the category of Best Digital Comic for the original Web version, Mom's cancer is now a graphic novel. It offers an honest, unflinching and sometimes humorous look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families.
- Goldstein, Paul
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From one of the foremost experts in the country on intellectual property law comes a gripping legal thriller of depth and complexity that draws on historical fact and legal scholarship.
- Guene, Faiza
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Disarmingly funny and fresh, Guene's debut novel is a hopeful, wise and intimate portrait of Arab immigrant life, as it follows Doria, a 15-year-old Muslim French girl living in the infamous Paradise projects of suburban Paris.
- Hines, T. L.
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Jude Allman has died and come back to life three times. The modern-day Lazarus escapes into the vastness of Montana until prowling evil circles his adopted hometown. Children are disappearing and Jude may have the key to solving the crimes. What if he's been brought back just for this moment?
- Hooper, Kay
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Agent Riley Crane of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit is used to dealing with bizarre situations and violent death, but when she wakes up alone, head pounding and covered in blood, she knows she's entered a new kind of nightmare.
- Hunt, Angela
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Six college friends meet up at their friend's funeral, and out of loyalty to him, they grant his last request when they embark on a journey at sea — a journey that takes them farther than they'd ever want to go as they land on an uncharted island where all is not as it first appears.
- Jensen, Liz
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Charlotte Schleswig, a 25-year-old prostitute in 1890s Copenhagen, is the narrator of this outlandish novel bursting with sex, time travel and true love.
- Kalfus, Ken
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In this withering satire of American life, Marshall and Joyce are conducting a scorched-earth divorce campaign against each other. On the grim day when New York City is overcome with grief and shock, each thinks the other is dead, and each is visited by an intense, secret, guilty satisfaction. Both survive only to continue their fighting.
- Kennedy, Pagan
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Once a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a crossroads in his career — and his marriage — when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov, a wild but brilliant outlaw he knew in grad school. Litminov has made millions since and has bought a pharmaceutical company solely to develop Mem, an experimental drug that gives the user the ability to live inside his memories with crystal clarity. Duncan becomes a beta tester and loses himself to the most delicious moments of his past — until he finds that the present pales by comparison.
- Lyles, Whitney
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The heroine of Always the bridesmaid finally gets the starring role. All she wants is the perfect wedding to her one true love — and she doesn't want to turn into bridezilla, but her special day is making her want to run the other way.
- Mapson, Jo-Ann
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Four generations of women and their lives converge to deal with the difficult present and to return to the past to tackle unresolved issues of family, truth and love.
- Margolin, Phillip
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Defense attorney Amanda Jaffe is representing an insane derelict charged with a hideous murder who claims he's being famed. Is it possible that a CSI technician would misuse his position? Amanda discovers that a madman with the power to alter the truth is on the loose.
- Mason, Bobbie Ann
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Bestselling author Mason compiles her prizewinning Nancy Culpepper chronicles into one definitive collection, which includes the novella "Spence + Lila," two new, never-before-published stories and one Pushcart Prize winner.
- McGuane, Thomas
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This collection of stories — his first in 20 years — is from one of the country's most acclaimed literary figures.
- Muir, Kate
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In this sophisticated, fun and satirical look at family life along Paris's most exclusive neighborhood, Kate Muir, a columnist for The Times of London, offers a devilishly sneaky, chic and ironic peek at the glittering inhabitants of the Left Bank.
- Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund
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In this romantic debut novel, a reserved provincial French tailor falls head over heels in love with a woman who's hired him to create her wedding dress.
- Patterson, James
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Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on a notorious mob boss when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. It's up to Pellisante and Andie Echeverra, a juror in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello, to seek justice.
- Paz Soldan, Edmundo
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The town of Rio Fugitivo is on the verge of a social revolution — a war waged electronically, where computer viruses are the weapons and hackers the revolutionaries. This is an edgy story about personal responsibility and complicity in a world defined by the ever-increasing gulfs between the global and the local, the virtual and the real.
- Peterfreund, Diana
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In a fabulous blend of the bestselling traditions of Prep and The devil wears Prada this witty, fast-paced novel introduces Amy Haskel, a young college student, who gets in way over her head when she is tapped for membership in the country's most powerful — and notorious — secret society
- Rice, Luann
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Sandcastles is an unforgettable journey into the heart of summers past and summers to come, as a couple meets after a long estrangement for their daughter's wedding.
- Rollins, James
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The elite scientists of Sigma Force race to track the ultimate mystery of mankind — the origins of life. From the frozen peaks of the Himalayas to the diamond fields of the Congo, they face daunting challenges as they try to unlock the cryptic secret.
- Steel, Danielle
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With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be nothing Olympia can't handle — until one sunny day in May when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York.
- Stringer, Vickie M.
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Urban fiction author Vickie Stringer tells the provocative tale of love, lies, loss and the indomitable spirit of a woman called Red.
- Thayer, Nancy
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In Nancy Thayer's latest Hot Flash Club misadventure, the lively ladies assemble on romantic Nantucket Island to definitively answer the question: Can a middle-aged woman find love on the beach?
- Tyree, Omar
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Succcessful male model Terrance Mitchell had no plan at all to ever settle down. Constantly surrounded by beautiful — and insecure — women with dreams and aspirations that include his participation, he knows what women want and feels inspired to try to give it to them.
Mysteries
- Albert, Susan Wittig
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Bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns with the third in her cozy series inspired by the life of author Beatrix Potter. When a mysterious outsider plans to ruin the pristine shoreline of Lake Windermere, Beatrix works with her friends to set things right.
- Billingham, Mark
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To find a vicious killer, Tom Thorne enters a dark and disturbing world with its own rules, its own hierarchy and plenty of secrets.
- Blanc, Nero
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Crossword editor Belle Graham hears that the devastating fire at the Collins family stables may have been a torch job. As Belle's P.I. hubby Roscoe searches through a haystack of clues, Belle's guessing that someone in the Collins family already knows the answers.
- Block Lawrence
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Fascinating professional killer John Keller returns after a five-year hiatus in this third novel, a fierce and poignant tale by a bestselling author and master of the modern mystery.
- Bowen, Michael
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A cold-hearted lawyer is unmourned by clients, colleagues or anyone else. Interest in Vance Hayes' seemingly accidental death is truly perfunctory until it intersects with peril facing Vietnamese-American court reporter Sue Key, tied to Milwaukee's Hmong community.
- Burke, James Lee
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Detective Dave Robicheaux becomes engulfed in a dangerous mystery surrounding a beautiful girl and stolen money.
- Burton, Milton
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A retired deputy sheriff goes undercover in Biloxi, Mississippi, to nail a group of criminals who have been tagged with the name "Dixie Mafia." Drawn into a plan that threatens to engulf him, he learns in the murky world of Southern professional crime, nothing is ever quite what it seems to be.
- Fossum, Karin
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When the theft of a purse from a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. Inspector Konrad Sejer travels from Oslo to provincial Norway and digs below the surface of small-town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives.
- Fowler, Christopher
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A bizarre killer nicknamed "The Highwayman" has turned London's blazing-hot summer into a ticking time bomb, but never fear, detectives John May and Arthur Bryant are on the case.
- Frost, Scott
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Pasadena homicide detective Alex Delillo faces demons from the past in this chilling story of psychological suspense by the author of Run the Risk.
- Greenwood, Kerry
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The author of Death by Misadventure brings back her outrageous heroine, Australian sleuth Phryne Fisher, in the second mystery of this series set in the Roaring Twenties. This time, Phryne has to figure out who finished off a family man whose entire family hated him.
- Holt, Anne
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In Norway, children are disappearing. As public panic escalates, police commissioner Stubo urgently tries to enlist the help of former FBI profiler Johanna Vik, who is already immersed in the investigation of a man who fled to the United States 40 years ago after wrongly being accused of murder. United in a desperate search to decipher a killer's next move, Stubo and Vik must unravel a complex story of madness and revenge — before more innocent children meet the same untimely end.
- Hosp, David
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In the follow-up to his debut Dark harbor, Hosp is back with the story of two detectives and the independent young woman who will risk everything to find her sister's killer.
- Hunsicker, Harry
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How many ways can the past come back to haunt you? Hard-nosed Dallas detective Lee Henry Oswald is about to find out.
- Lippman, Laura
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The unsolved murder of a prosecutor becomes too personal when Tess's boyfriend brings home a street kid who holds an important key to the case. Tess finds out how far official authorities will go to get their way. Soon she's facing felony charges, and the boy has gone into hiding beyond her reach.
- McBain, Ed
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These are the 25 stories that prepared Evan Hunter to become Ed McBain, and that prepared McBain to write the beloved 87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary career.
- Mina, Denise
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Paddy Meehan, a scrappy, self-doubting yet determined reporter, returns with a complex and deadly crime to investigate. Making a connection between a dead prosecutor and a suicide victim, Paddy follows her idea to its shocking — and deadly — conclusion.
- Muller, Marcia
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In the latest installment in the series, McCone is hired to investigate one of San Luis Obispo County's most puzzling cold cases. New evidence suggests that a missing woman may have led a strange double life.
- Penny, Louise
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of investigators are called into the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter.
- Pronzini, Bill
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This classic tale of love, greed, betrayal and violence is told with Pronzini's characteristic twists and turns and his special brand of suspense. It is also a powerful psychological examination of a man, a woman and the wages of sin.
- Reichs, Kathy
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Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent colleague, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan lands in the middle of a gruesome international scheme — a lucrative trade that deals in body parts and leaves its donors dead.
- Robb, J. D.
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Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers — both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm — are brutally killed on the same night.
- Stark, Richard
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This classic by Stark, the alter ego of Mystery Writers of America's Grandmaster Donald Westlake, tells the story of professional thief Alan Grofield, who turns down a heist, then has to defend himself and his wife against the attacks of a fellow thief he spurned.
- Thomas, Will
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Victorian enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery. The duo must not only track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge but also safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests.
- Yancey, Richard
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A bumbling but determined detective employs the help of his loyal secretary — formerly his favorite waitress at the diner — to unravel his first case, a hit-and-run of a family of geese. What can only be called a wild goose chase quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder.
- Zubro, Mark Richard
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A remote Greek island resort is the setting for the gay couple's latest adventure.
Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Conviser, Josh
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In an indeterminate, pacified future, whoever controls Echelon, an electronic surveillance system, controls the world. After Echelon agent Ryan Laing dies and is brought back via nanotech "drones," he possesses an extra connection into Echelon's data flow, which comes in handy when he discovers a coup in progress.
- Park, Paul
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In the sequel to Park's stunning fantasy debut A Princess of Roumania, teenager Miranda Popescu is at the fulcrum of a deadly political and diplomatic battle between conjurers in an alternate fantasy world where "Roumania" is a leading European power.