Brush Back
Publishers Weekly ★ 05/25/2015 South Chicago provides the setting for MWA Grand Master Paretsky’s electrifying 18th novel featuring PI V.I. “Vic†Warshawski (after 2013’s Critical Mass). Vic thought she had left her old neighborhood—and her former teenage flame, Frank Guzzo—years ago, until he approaches her with a sensitive issue: his mother, Stella, just finished 25 […]
The Marriage of Opposites
“Lilting prose, beautifully meted out folklore and historical references, and Hoffman's deep conviction in her characters (especially those "willing to do anything for love") make reading this "contes du temps passé" a total pleasure.” —Kirkus, starred review
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New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, have to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility–but they're as good at concealing […]
Witches Be Crazy: A Tale That Happened Once Upon a Time In the Middle of Nowhere
Library Journal 06/15/2015 This fast-paced and humorous take on traditional fantasy stories stars Dungar Loloth, a middle-aged blacksmith-turned-innkeeper with a reputation for grumpiness and violence, and mysterious musician and sidekick Jiminy. These two unlikely heroes may be the only ones who can save the kingdom after the untimely death of King Ik. But to reach […]
I See a Pattern Here
This colorful book challenges readers to recognize patterns and to notice how they differ from one another . . . A useful, attractive introduction to patterns. (Booklist)
Naked Greed
Library Journal 02/01/2015 Who knew beer making and distribution could cause so much trouble? Stone Barrington finds out when he rescues a prominent brewery owner from two rogue policemen. Woods on his usual roll.
Go Set a Watchman
Overview: An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2015 Robert Kennedy knew nothing of Jimmy Hoffa until 1956, when his investigations into organized crime as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate’s investigations subcommittee revealed that one of the mob’s many tendrils reached to the Teamsters union. Once Kennedy learned the extent of Hoffa’s influence (not to mention his power), he became […]
After the Storm: A Kate Burkholder Novel
Library Journal 06/15/2015 This seventh book in Castillo's "Kate Burkholder" series (after The Dead Will Tell) opens with a tornado tearing through Painters Mill, OH. In the aftermath of the destruction, a set of bones is discovered in an old barn. Kate is called to the scene, where the forensics team is working to safely […]
Speaking In Bones
Library Journal 04/01/2015 Here's a surprise for formidable forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan: an amateur detective named Hazel "Lucky" Strike is convinced that she knows the identity of some cold-case remains in Tempe's laboratory, having found a tape recorder near the spot where the remains were discovered. And Tempe is starting to believe her. Eighteenth in […]