New February Fiction!

 

Adams, Taylor  Her Last Breath

Armstrong, Kelley  First Sign of Danger (Haven’s Rock)

Beaton, M.C.  Death of a Groom (Hamish)

Berry, Steve  The Devil’s Bible (Cotton Malone)

Box, C.J.  The Crossroads (Joe Pickett)

Burke, James Lee The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux)

Coulter, Catherine The Heir of Whitestone

Farnsworth, Christopher Robert B. Parker’s Big Shot (Jesse Stone)

Fawcett, Heather  Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter

French, Nicci  What Happened That Night (Maud O’Connor)

Greaney, Mark  The Hard Line  (Gray Man)

Goodman, Allegra  This Is Not About Us

Hurwitz, Gregg Antihero (Orphan X)

Johnson, Sadeqa  Keeper of Lost Children

Kellerman, Jonathan  Jigsaw (Alex Delaware)

Kubica, Mary  It’s Not Her

Lawson, Mike The Asset (Joe DeMarco)

Marshall, Kate Alice The Girls Before

McAllister, Gillian  Caller Unknown

Nesbo, Jo  Wolf Hour

O’Connor, Carlene  Murder at an Irish Session (Irish Village Mystery)

Page, Libby  This Book Made Me Think of You

Paris, B.A.  When I Kill You

Parks, Brad  The Flack

Patterson, James  Cross and Sampson

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth  And the Crowd Went Wild (Chicago Stars)

Quindlen, Anna  More Than Enough

Quinn, Kate  The Astral Library

Robb, J.D.  Stolen in Death

Rollins, James  Trust No One

Sanderson, Brandon  Isles of the Emberdark (Cosmere)

Shimeno, Nagi  Messenger Cat Café

Sundin, Sarah  Mists Over the Channel Islands: A Novel of World War II

Thor, Brad  Cold Zero

Ward, J.R.  Crown of War and Shadow

Woods, Evie  The Violin Maker’s Secret

Zhang, Jenny Tinghui  Superfan

New Fiction in October

 

Adams, Ellery  The Tattered Cover (Secret, Book, and Scone)

Albom, Mitch Twice

Andrews, Donna  Five Golden Wings (Meg Lanslow)

Armstrong, Kelley  The Haunting of Payne’s Hollow

Banville, John  Venetian Vespers

Beaton, M. C. Sugar and Spite (Agatha Raisin)

Brett, Simon Mrs. Pargeter’s Past

Briggs, Patricia  Blind Date with a Werewolf

Brunstetter, Richelle  The Amish Ballerina

Carr, Jack Cry Havoc (Tom Reece)

Child, Lee  Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories

Coben, Harlan & Reese Witherspoon  Gone Before Goodbye

Colgan, Jenny  The Secret Christmas Library

Connelly, Michael  The Proving Ground (Lincoln Lawyer)

Cornwell, Patricia  Sharp Force (Scarpetta)

DeMille, Nelson The Tin Men (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor)

Freeman, Brian  Photograph

Gish, Jen Bad Bad Girl

Graham, Heather The Sword of Light

Gregory, Philippa The Boleyn Traitor

Grisham, John  The Widow

Hannah, Sophie  The Last Death of the Year (Hercule Poirot)

Hannon, Irene  Out of Time

Hazelwood, Ali  Mate

Hill, Joe  King Sorrow

Hunter, Stephen  The Gun Man Jackson Swagger:  A Western

Karon, Jan  My Beloved (Mitford)

Kashiwai, Hisasi  Menu of Happiness (Kamogawa Food Detectives)

Kellerman, Jonathan & Jesse Coyote Hills (Clay Edison)

Klavan, Andrew  After That, the Dark (Cameron Winter)

Lee, Harper  The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays

Macomber, Debbie A Ferry Merry Christmas

Mackesy, Charlie  Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse, and the Storm

McFadden, Freida The Intruder

Mizushima, Margaret  Dying Cry (Timber Creek K-9)

Newman, Catherine  Wreck

Patterson, James  The Picasso Heist

Penny, Louise  The Black Wolf

Peterson, Tracie  A Moment to Love

Reich, Christopher  The Tourists

Rose, Jeneva  Dating After the End of the World

Sparks, Nicholas  Remain: A Supernatural Love Story

Stevens, Chevy The Hitchhikers

Nevermore: Kellerman, Wendelboe, O'Grey, Olmstead, Mayhew

Reported by Ambrea 

This week, Nevermore explored a new thriller by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, titled A Measure of Darkness.  Deputy coroner Clay Edison is a busy man.  Between his recent suspension for digging into an old case to his brother recently getting out of prison, he doesn’t have much time in his schedule.  Then one night he’s called to a crime scene in an East Bay neighborhood with multiple victims—and one who’s death is a complete and utter mystery that will put Clay directly into the line of fire.  Our reader found the Kellermans’ novel to be strange, but thrilling.  “It took me to the last page to put it all together,” she admitted, which she found to be an enjoyable quality in a successful mystery/thriller.

Staying in the vein of thrillers, Nevermore shared Hunting the Saturday Night Strangler, a Bitter Wind Mystery series by C.M. Wendelboe.  After two victims were discovered, strangled to death, retired police detective Arn Anderson and TV reporter Ana Maria Villarreal become involved in the case.  They fear these deaths might be a pattern, the problem is getting the Cheyenne police department to believe them—and escaping the notice of the killer before he strikes again.  Our reader said Hunting the Saturday Night Strangler wasn’t a bad novel.  She described it as falling a bit on the mediocre side, as it was so predictable; however, she did note the story had interesting moments and she was particularly taken with the descriptions of Wyoming.

Next, Nevermore checked out Walking with Peety by Eric O’Grey.  Eric was gravely overweight, depressed, and increasingly sick.  After visiting a new doctor, who suggested adopting a shelter dog, Eric met Peety—an overweight, middle-aged, forgotten dog who had seen better days.  Eric had his doubts, but their bond was immediate and, over the next year, Eric lost 150 pounds, escaped the onset of diabetes, and Peety became a healthy, happy companion.  Our reader picked up Walking with Peety, because “I thought it would be fun,” she said.  The book itself was very inspirational and very sweet, but she said the best part was the pictures.  She loved the pictures that accompanied the story, and she recommended the book to her fellow readers looking for something sweet, slightly sentimental but ultimately stirring.

Nevermore also looked back in history at an intriguing book produced by Frederick Law Olmstead, titled A Journey through Texas; Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier.  Published in 1857, before Olmstead became one of America’s foremost landscape architects, A Journey through Texas was Olmstead’s personal trip through Texas to see the landscape and describe the varied peoples living on the southwestern frontier.  Our reader said Olmstead’s book was “fascinating to read.”  She enjoyed it immensely, calling it her “favorite” among the stack of books she borrowed over the holiday.  She particularly loved the descriptions of the landscape by the author, saying it transported her to antebellum Texas and gave her incredible insight into the population during that time.

Stepping back a little further into history, Nevermore explored The Most Disgusting Jobs in Victorian London by Henry Mayhew.  Victorian London was a very dirty place; however, labor was cheap and plentiful—and large numbers of people were employed in filthy jobs to deal with the human and animal waste that littered the city.  Mayhew dives deep into the lives of these people who served in these dirty, filthy jobs, combining historical research with contemporary journalism to create an interesting if a little too informative book.  The Most Disgusting Jobs in Victorian London followed as a close second to A Journey through Texas as our reader’s favorite book.  She said she was fascinated by the history Mayhew incorporates into his work, and she was intrigued by all these jobs of which she’d never heard.  “Mud-larks,” “bone grubbers” and “rag pickers” were just a handful of the most interesting ones she came across.