In the Name of the Family
Library Journal 01/01/2017 In 1502, the fortunes of the Borgia family are riding high. Pope Alexander VI, born Roderic Borgia, is secure in the papacy; his son, Cesare, is seemingly unstoppable in his thirst for conquest up and down Italy. Alexander's dazzling and witty daughter Lucrezia is set to marry (for the third time) into […]
The Lost Book of the Grail
Publishers Weekly š 01/02/2017 Diffident Arthur Prescott, the endearing hero of this thoroughly enjoyable novel from bestseller Lovett (The Bookmanfs Tale), has chosen to teach at the University of Barchester, a backwater institution, because he grew up in Barchester (yes, Anthony Trollopefs cathedral city, as Lovett admits in an authorfs note). A junior lecturer whofs […]
Ripper
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2017 In this follow-up to 2002’s Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed, Cornwell doggedly clings to her accusation that the legendary serial killer was painter Walter Sickert, though she concedes that her original case was overstated. However, in this account she does little to remedy the holes left in the […]
Say Nothing
Publishers Weekly ¡ï 01/09/2017 Shamus Award¨Cwinner Parks¡¯s excellent domestic thriller credibly portrays a family under severe stress. Federal judge Scott Sampson¡¯s tranquil and fulfilling personal life in rural tidewater Virginia with his wife, Alison, and twin six-year-olds, Sam and Emma, is shattered when someone impersonating Alison abducts Sam and Emma from their school. The kidnappers […]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Double Down
The Penderwicks At Point Mouette
The Secret Project
Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history—the creation of the atomic bomb—in this powerful and moving picture book.
The Mother's Promise
“Sure to appeal to fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Lisa Genova; book clubs will be lining up.” ¯Library Journal (starred review)
My Not So Perfect Life
“And something else separates this comic novel from the usual fare . . . the soul of this book concerns female friendship and its dynamics . . . a touch of real wisdom in its slapstick hand that will satisfy Kinsella die-hards as well as new readers.”—The Washington Post
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
"Dunbar has teased out Ona Judge from the shadows of history and given us a determined woman who rejected life as a slave in the comfortable household of George Washington for the risks of freedom . We see Washington — a man torn by conflicting sentiments about slavery — in a new and ambiguous light, […]