Monday, October 1, 2012

What's hot for October!


Publishers like to save some of their most notable books for fall release, and it is certainly showing up in our reserve lists!  Here are the most eagerly awaited books according to our patrons:
18. The Tombs by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry features husband and wife archaeologists in a search for the treasure of Attila the Hun.
17. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness is the eagerly awaited sequel to A Discovery of Witches. Scholar and witch Diana and vampire geneticist Matthew travel back to Elizabethan England in their search for a mysterious and powerful manuscript.
16.  Odd Apocalypse by Dean Thomas is the newest entry in the popular series about the fry cook who can see ghosts.  Odd and Annamaria are resting at the estate of a reclusive billionaire but there are spirits who will make their stay anything but peaceful.  A movie version of Odd Thomas will be out next spring.
15. NYPD Red is the latest James Patterson collaboration with Marshall Karp.  The murder of a movie producer calls in the police’s elite taskforce to solve the case.  This is the first of three Patterson titles to make the list this month!
14. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross  has Patterson’s best known character trying to enjoy the holiday until a hostage crisis intervenes.  This book will be released November 12, 2012.
13.  Confessions of a Murder Suspect is the new Patterson YA thriller, co-written with his Women’s Murder Club partner Maxine Paetro.  Tandy Angel’s parents have been murdered, and Tandy finds herself and her siblings are among the suspects.  She wants to clear her name, but her investigation may reveal more secrets than she she’s prepared to face.
12. Bone Tree by Greg Ilses is still scheduled for December 1, 2012.
11. The Risk Agent by Ridley Pearson is the first in a new series and Pearson’s first new adult book in two years.  When a worker for an American company is snatched from the streets of Shanghai, the rescue firm brings in John Knox and Grace Chu to help retrieve him. 
10.  The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts is the last in the Inn at Boonsboro trilogy, in which Ryder Montgomery may meet his match.
9. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman has been popular at Nevermore Book Club.  It’s the story of an Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife who find a baby in a boat.
8.  Death in the Delta:  Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret by Molly Walling is the true story of one woman’s search to find out the truth about her father’s role in a horrific incident.
7.  Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb is the new Eve Dallas mystery.
6.  The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling is the story of an English village which is thrown into chaos after the unexpected death of a prominent town official.  It’s the author’s first novel for adults.
5.  You Don’t Want to Know by Lisa Jackson has a bereaved mother who has just been released from a mental hospital after the death of her son.  Then she starts to see and hear her late child. . . .
4.  No Easy Day:  The Autobiography of a Navy Seal by Mark Owen has been much featured in the media because it covers the death of Osama bin Laden.
3.  Low Pressure  by Sandra Brown has a young woman write a novel about the death of her sister during a tornado eighteen years earlier, but the book seems to be stirring up some memories better left alone.
2.  Last to Die  by Tess Gerritsen is the new Rizzoli and Isles mystery.
And the most requested book for the month is:
The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber, the first in a new series of books set in an inn in Cedar Cove.

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