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New & Notable Novels

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Salvatore, R. A.
The Bear

When Yeslnik the Fool unexpectedly tips the war of Honce in his favor to become the realm's most bloody and merciless ruler, Dame Gwydre and Father Artolivan desperately attempt to join forces with Laird Ethelbert while Bransen struggles to extricate himself from his allies.

Brooks, Terry
Bearers of the Black Staff

Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that tore apart the United States.  In an idyllic valley, its borders warded by powerful magic against the horrors beyond, humans, elves, and mutants alike found a place they believed would be their home forever, but after five centuries, the cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished.

Brown, Dale
Executive Intent

When the United States develops a new, state-of-the-art missile defense weapon, it threatens global stability and pits the world's superpowers in a contest for dominance in the space around Earth's orbit.

Padilla, Mike
The Girls from the Revolutionary Cantina

Bonded by a good-natured rivalry and humble barrio origins, Mexican-American career women Julia and Ime find their friendship threatened by a man who attracts both women, a situation for which Julia turns to other acquaintances and considers a risky scheme.

Petterson, Per
I Curse the River of Time

Anticipating a divorce against a backdrop of the fall of communism, Arvid Jansen is further dismayed by his mother's diagnosis with cancer, a situation that prompts his emotionally charged quest for understanding and balance.

Hilderbrand, Elin
The Island

After her daughter, Chess, breaks off an engagement and her fiance subsequently dies in a rock-climbing accident, divorcee Birdie Cousins encourages her younger daughter, Tate, and her sister, India, to join her and Chess on Tuckernack Island for a month, a time when deep secrets are soon revealed.

Weisberger, Lauren
Last Night at Chateau Marmont

A woman who supported her musician lover as he worked his way to rock-star status suddenly finds herself dumped for a Brazilian supermodel, causing her to seek solace in a sisterhood of women who have been jilted by successful men--and are out for revenge.

Shannon, John
On the Nickel:  A Jack Liffey Mystery

Private Investigator Jack Liffey has been confined to a wheelchair, unable to walk or speak, for more than a month, due to a freak accident that may have damaged his spine. So when an old friend calls asking for help in finding his missing 16-year-old son, Jack's teenage daughter, Maeve, intercepts the call and decides to take on the case.

Patterson, James
The Postcard Killers

NYPD detective Jack Kanon and Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson traverse Europe in hot pursuit of a serial killer, one who sends a postcard before each murder and was responsible for the slayings of Jack's daughter and her boyfriend.

Johansen, Iris
Shadow Zone

A discovery by submersible designer Hannah Bryson suggests a possible cause of mythical Atlantis's mysterious demise that has potentially cataclysmic consequences for the modern world.

Harrison, Harry
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

Enjoying his wealthy retirement on Moolaplenty when a long-lost cousin depletes his resources, Slippery Jim takes his wife on a wild tour of the galaxy in search of a way to eliminate a cargo of pigs.

 

Hiaasen, Carl
Star Island

Ann DeLuisa, body double for drug-addled pop star Cherry Pye, is kidnapped by an obsessed paparazzo, and Cherry's entourage must rescue her while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry's public--and from Cherry herself.

 

Shteyngart, Gary
Super Sad True Love Story

In a novel set in the near future, when a beautiful, yet cruel, woman that Lenny Abramov met in Italy says she his coming to stay with him in New York, even the tanks and soldiers stationed in the city and the ongoing war with Venezuela can't get him down.

 

Griffin, W. E. B.
The Vigilantes

Investigating a string of murders targeting criminals in Philadelphia, homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne becomes alarmed when unrelated vigilante groups begin taking credit for the hits, which become increasingly violent and high-profile.

 

Turtledove, Harry
West and East:  The War That Came Early

In 1938, two men held history in their hands. One was Adolf Hitler. The other was British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, who, determined to avoid war at any cost, came to be known as “the great appeaser.”  What if Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler?

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