THE GENIUS.  Jesse Kellerman
Greed gets Ethan Muller, a 33-year-old Manhattan art dealer, into hot water in Kellerman's superb third stand-alone thriller.

HOLD TIGHT.  Harlan Coben
Mike and Tia's son Adam delivers typically teen angst to his befuddled family. As a precaution, Mike and Tia invest in a spyware program that will report every keystroke on Adam's personal computer so they can track his movements. The results terrify them, and then Adam disappears. Life moves forward, and the questions become complex: How far would you go to protect your family? Sure to be another bestseller for Mr. Coben.

LAVINIA.  Ursula Le Guin
In "The Aeneid," Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Ms. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a this novel set in the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills.

THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW.  Joanne Harris
Since last seen in “Chocolat,” Vianne Rocher has suppressed her magical powers and is living a normal life with her two daughters.  She manages a chocolate shop in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. Halloween winds blow in Zozie, a witch-like itinerant  who lands herself a job at the chocolate store.  It’s more than dark chocolate that Zozie is after.  A wonderful sequel to an ever-popular novel.

THE THIRD ANGEL.  Alice Hoffman
In her enchanting new novel, Ms. Hoffman magically charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men.

AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE.  Jacqueline Winspear
In this latest installment of the bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary psychologist and investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small rural community.

 PRISONER OF BIRTH.  Jeffrey Archer
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe your side of the story?  This is a poignant story of deception, hatred, and revenge by a master storyteller. 

REMEMBER ME?  Sophia Kinsella
After taking a nasty bump on the head, Lexi Smart awakens in a hospital convinced that it’s 2004 and that she’s just missed her father’s funeral. It’s actually three years later and she no longer has crooked teeth, frizzy hair and a loser boyfriend. Fans of the author’s Shopaholic series will enjoy this stand-alone. 

 UNACCUSTOMED EARTH.  Jhumpa Lahiri
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life.