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Children's & Teen Books Adults Will Enjoy
Befeler, Mike. Retirement Homes Are Murder
Octogenarian Paul Jacobson, who suffers from short-term memory loss, discovers a body stuffed in the trash shoot of his retirement home. Jacobson's running narrative (he writes a journal to stay current with his present-day life) is both humorous and heartbreaking.
Berg, Elizabeth. Dream When You’re Feeling Blue
Set in Chicago at the time of World War II, this is a wonderful, nostalgic story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
Bloom, Amy. Away
This is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, who emigrates to America after her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom.
Bolano, Roberto. The Savage Detectives
Chilean-born Bolano traces the hidden connection between literature and violence in a world where national boundaries are fluid and death lurks in the shadow of the avant-garde.
Britton, Andrew. The Assassin
As the sixth anniversary of 9/11 looms in New York City, the clock is ticking on a terrifying new terrorist strike.
Cain, Chelsea. Heartsick
Emotionally damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. When another killer begins snatching teenage girls off the streets of Portland, Archie has to pull himself together to lead the new task force.
Cleeves, Ann. Raven Black
Set in the remote Scottish Shetland Islands, this taut, atmospheric thriller, the first in a new series, will keep readers guessing until the last page.
Coben, Harlan. The Woods
Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, their lives are about to change again.
Connelly, Michael. Overlook
LAPD detective Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security.
Crais, Robert. Watchman
To pay back an old debt, ex-cop Joe Pike is coerced into protecting Larkin Barkley, a hard-partying young heiress whose life is in danger after a "wrong place wrong time" encounter. This is a first rate thriller with plenty of twists and turns.
Crombie, Deborah. Water Like a Stone
Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James's idyllic holiday at his family's home in the Cheshire countryside is interrupted by murder both past and present.
Delinsky, Barbara. Family Tree
When Dana and Hugh Clarke's baby is born into their wealthy, white New England community, the baby's unmistakably African-American features puzzle her thoroughly Anglo-looking parents. Dana's determination to discover the truth becomes a poignant journey back through her past and her husband's heritage that unearths secrets rooted in prejudice and fear.
Ellis, Robert. City of Fire
Los Angeles burns as Detective Lena Gamble hunts a brutal serial killer.
Evanovich, Janet. Lean Mean Thirteen
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet.
Faber, Michel. Vanilla Bright Like Eminem: stories
A collection of 16 stories that move from unspeakable sadness to moments of exquisitely distilled happiness. By the author of The Crimson Petal and the White.
Ferris, Joshua. Then We Came to the End
This is a funny, big-hearted novel about life in the offices and cubicles of a Chicago advertising agency.
Garwood, Julie. Shadow Dance
This suspenseful romantic novel features a powerful thug who rules by fear, a man who harbors a simmering secret, and an unexpected romance.
Gerritsen, Tess. BoneGarden
Unknown bones, untold secrets, and unsolved crimes from the distant past cast ominous shadows on the present in this gripping thriller.
Grisham, John. Playing for Pizza
A one-time American football star signed to Italy's Parma Panthers becomes entangled in a series of comic misadventures on and off the field.
Hamilton, Masha. Camel Bookmobile
New York City librarian, Fiona Sweeney, has taken an unusual assignment in Kenya. She’s running a bookmobile service powered by camel and serving isolated, semi-nomadic villages.
Harrison, Jim. Returning to Earth
Slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease, Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, begins dictating family stories he has never shared with anyone, hoping to preserve history for his children. The dignity of Donald's death and his legacy encourages his loved ones to find a way to redeem--and let go of--the past.
Hill, Joe. Heart Shaped Box
Judas Coyne buys a ghost for sale on the Internet. What UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.
Hill, Susan. The Various Haunts of Men
Lafferton is an idyllic English village with a lovely cathedral and a stand of ancient stones on "the Hill." But then a woman goes missing, and then another, and another. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to investigate.
Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini's first novel since The Kite Runners is at once an incredible chronicle of 30 years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation found in love.
Jackson, Neta. The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out
This year’s entry in the popular series inspired by a prayer group of real women.
Jin, Ha. A Free Life
As he describes the Wu families move from China to the United States in the 1990s, this accomplished writer brings to life the struggles and successes that characterize the contemporary immigrant experience.
Karon, Jan. Home to Holly Springs
For the first time in decades, Father Tim returns to his birthplace, Holly Springs, Mississippi, in response to a mysterious, unsigned note saying simply: "Come home." This one’s for fans of the popular “Mitford series.”
Konrath, J.A. Dirty Martini
Chicago police Lieutenant, Jacqueline Jack Daniels, faces her toughest adversary yet: a sicko who is poisoning the city’s food supply.
LaHaye, Tim. Kingdom Come
The horrors of the Tribulation are over. Yet evil still lurks in the heart of the unbelieving.
Lefre, Diane. California Transit: stories
Using conversational prose and macabre wit, Lefer zeros-in on a world gone wrong.
Listfield, Emily. Waiting to Surface
This hauntingly beautiful novel--based on the authors own experiences--tells of a magazine editor and mother whose life is changed forever when her husband vanishes without a trace. Ultimately, this is the story of coming to terms with loss and rediscovering the ability to love.
Lutz, Lisa. The Spellman Files
Izzy Spellman is an irrepressible 28-year-old sleuth who works for her parents' San Francisco PI firm. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. Irresistibly funny.
Matar, Hisham. In the Country of Men
This beautifully written debut novel tracks the effects of Libyan strongman Khadafy's 1969 September revolution on the el-Dawani family, as seen by nine-year-old Suleiman.
Martin, Andrew. Blackpool Highflyer
It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks. It lies directly in their path. Full stop of the engine; full steam ahead with the mystery.
Meyer, Joyce. The Penny
Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever.
Murray, Victoria Christopher. The Ex Files
Four women attempt to heal their broken hearts by joining a church prayer group. When tragedy strikes their group, they are forced to examine their lives, choices, and relationships from a new perspective.
Nemirovsky, Irene. Suite Francaise
An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz.
Otis, Mary. Yes, Yes Cherries
These partially linked stories follow the strange and comic adventures of girls and women united by misplaced passions. This is the author’s debut collection.
Patterson, James. 6th Target
Lindsay Boxer and the San Francisco Women’s Murder Club return for another chilling case in this bestselling series.
Patterson, James. Quickie
When Lauren Stillwell witnesses her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to get even. But her revenge goes awry, and she finds her world spiraling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour.
Patterson, Richard North. Exile
This is the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he once loved against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel.
Penney, Stef. Tenderness of Wolves
A man is found murdered and a 17-year-old boy is on the run. While vigilantes and rescue searchers head out to look for the fugitive, all the mother of the boy wants is her son back. She will do anything to see him home safe, even at the peril of her own life.
Piccoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes
This gripping novel considers the tragedy of a school shooting--in 19 quick minutes, 10 are dead and 19 are wounded. It’s told from several different perspectives, including that of the shooter and the judge whose daughter is one of the surviving witnesses.
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Wheel of Darkness
At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangerous artifact mysteriously disappears. Aloysius Pendergast agrees to take up the search that leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the "Queen Victoria"--and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror.
Quinn, Julia. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
This new regency novel from one of the masters of the genre will satisfy Quinn’s loyal readers.
Richard, T. Dawn. A Wrinkle in Crime
This lighthearted sexagenarian whodunit is sure to please fans of cozies.
Richmond, Michelle. Year of Fog
A leisurely walk on a foggy San Francisco beach culminates in every parent's worst nightmare—a missing child.
Russo, Richard. Bridge of Sighs
“A wise, uplifting book: a big-hearted, often comic, yet sturdily realistic testament to the resiliency of ordinary people who surprise us, and themselves, by coping, rebuilding and moving on. Rich, confounding and absorbing--utterly irresistible." –Kirkus Reviews
Saums, Mary. Thistle and Twigg
This is a funny and charming debut mystery featuring two widows living in Tullulah, Alabama.
Sawyer, Kim Vogel. Bygones
Widower, Marie Koeppler, and her grown daughter, Beth, reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned 23 years ago. Soon after their arrival in Sommerfield, a series of mysterious thefts raises the community's suspicions against the "outsiders."
See, Lisa. Peony in Love
Set in 17th-century China, this is a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, and a family saga. Vivid descriptions of daily Qing life, festivals and rituals will appeal to readers of historical fiction.
Schine, Cathleen. New Yorkers
This lighthearted romance revolves around one city block in Manhattan near Central Park. Living on a street like this with a dog is like living in a tiny village, one that has a rhythm all its own. Dogs bring people together unexpectedly, people who would otherwise never meet. In a sense, the dogs act as cupids.
Shatner, William. Star Trek Academy: Collision Course
As Captain Kirk, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and their crews struggle to fulfill their missions, destiny draws them together, merging past and future until the fate of each rests in the hands of the other.
Sherrod, Leslie. Like Sheep Gone Astray
This emotionally infused debut novel follows a young African American minister trying to right the wrongs he committed when he placed his love of money above all else.
Swann, Leonie. Three Bags Full
This is a witty, philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd.
Tatara, Sandra L. Remember Me
She is only forty years old but Dani Monroe feels life has passed her by. Then she purchases a horse and learns to ride, a lifelong ambition. Her growing friendship with Ray Crowley, a sad and lonely man 22 years her senior, becomes her lifeline.
Thompson, Jean. Throw Like a Girl: stories
Twelve stories that take dead aim at the secrets of womanhood, arcing from youth to experience. Each one of Thompson's indelible characters -- lovers, wives, friends, and mothers -- speaks her piece -- wry, angry, hopeful -- about the world and women's places in it.
Wallner, Michael. April in Paris.
Set in 1943, this is the dramatic story of an impossible love between a German soldier and a French Resistance fighter in occupied Paris.
Weir, Alison. Innocent Traitor
Popular biographer, Weir, makes her historical fiction debut with this coming-of-age novel set in the time of Henry VIII. Weir's heroine is Lady Jane Grey.
Wiggins, Marianne. Shadow Catcher
The author blends a fictionalized account of the life of famed photographer, Edward Sheriff Curtis, with that of the novelist who has just completed his story.Curtis emerges as a fascinating, complex figure.
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