Blueprints
Kirkus Reviews 2015-04-15 Delinsky, whose bestsellers tackle the crises of family life, offers a story of growth for a woman and her adult daughter and the resulting painful divide. Caroline MacAfee is head carpenter for MacAfee Homes and host of the popular home-improvement show Gut It!, which chronicles the company's building projects. The company is […]
The English Spy
Master novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled readers with seventeen thoughtful and gripping spy novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back—from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East. His brilliant hero, Gabriel Allon—art restorer, assassin, spy—has joined the pantheon of […]
Spider Woman's Daughter
Library Journal Tony Hillerman's 18 mysteries followed the investigations of Navajo cops Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Fans mourned when Hillerman died in 2008. Now the late author's beloved characters return in this series relaunch by his daughter, Anne. The book opens with an act of unexpected violence against a dear friend, witnessed by police […]
Rock With Wings
Library Journal 05/01/2015 Married Navajo tribal cops Bernadette "Bernie" Manuelito and Jim Chee (last seen in the Spur Award-winning Spider Woman's Daughter) hope to relax with some vacation time in Monument Valley, but their police work calls them back to duty. Chee stays in Monument Valley on special assignment to a movie company and deals […]
Folly and Glory
Booklist Review : This is the fourth and concluding volume of the Berrybender Narratives, McMurtry's saga of the four-year odyssey of the Berrybender family as they traverse the various river valleys of the American West in the 1830s. Once again, the heart of the story is the evolving relationship between Tasmin Berrybender and her enigmatic, […]
Gingerbread For Liberty! :
School Library Journal Review Gr 1-4-A little-known figure from the American Revolution era is given a fresh look for another generation of history lovers. This book relates the tale of a generous, beloved, and industrious member of the Philadelphia community, originally from Germany, referred to as "the baker." The book centers on his insistence upon […]
Vertigo Fourty Two
Booklist Review *Starred Review* Grimes, recipient of the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America in 2012, shows what mastery is all about in this compelling new Richard Jury mystery. To begin with, Grimes is superlative at describing the physical world; the view, for example, from the champagne bar called Vertigo 42 on […]
The Truth According to Us
Library Journal ★ 04/15/2015 In 1938 Layla Beck is sent from her posh Washington, DC, home to the tiny town of Macedonia, WV. Her father, a U.S. senator, has gotten her a job on the Federal Writers Project as punishment for refusing to marry the wealthy boy of his choosing. Expecting the task of penning […]
All the Single Ladies
Overview In this fast-paced and evocative novel, beloved New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank again takes us deep into the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where three unsuspecting women are brought together by tragedy and mystery Lisa St. Clair knows a thing or two about weathering storms. A dedicated nurse with a healthy sense […]
Radiant Angel
Library Journal 12/01/2014 In the latest John Corey outing (after 2012's The Panther, a No. 1 New York Times best seller), Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force after his little run-in with the Yemeni terrorist called the Panther and is back in New York City working for the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Now he's worried […]