The Paris Wife : a Novel
The Washington Post – Donna Rifkind The Paris Wife is a richer and more provocative book than many reviewers have acknowledged. What they call cliches are simply conventions that all historical novels share…And The Paris Wife is a more ambitious effort than just a Hallmark version of Americans in Paris. It's an imaginative homage to […]
The Priest's Graveyard
Synopsis Two abandoned souls are on the hunt for one powerful man. Soon, their paths will cross and lead to one twisted fate. Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came to America with hopes of escaping haunted memories of a tragic war that took his mother's life. Now he's a priest who lives by […]
22 Britannia Road
Library Journal This debut novel moves between wartime Poland and postwar England as it follows the shifting fortunes of Janusz Nowak and his wife, Silvana. Their young marriage is tested by the German invasion as Janusz enlists and Silvana finds herself left behind in Warsaw with their young son, Aurek. Janusz loses his regiment and […]
Firm Abs Flat Tummy
Synopsis Most assume that truly toning our tummies is an enormous task requiring huge commitment. However this is not the case, and Firm Abs, Flat Tummy can prove it. This essential guide contains workouts for men and women of all fitness levels, showing you the fastest and the most effective and fun ways to shed […]
The Sixth Man
Publishers Weekly At the outset of Baldacci's routine fifth thriller featuring ex Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell (after First Family), the pair, who now work together as private investigators, fly to Maine to meet Ted Bergin, King's old law professor. Bergin has hired King and Maxwell to assist in his defense of […]
Eve
Library Journal Shedding light on forensic sculptor Eve Duncan's (Quicksand; Stalemate) past, Johansen's latest thriller brings to the forefront the father of Eve's missing daughter. When Eve tries to find out if John Gallo had anything to do with Bonnie's disappearance, she ends up as bait in a perilous game between Gallo and dangerous ex-military […]
Chasing Fire
Library Journal: Rowan Tripp, like her legendary firefighter father, is a veteran Missoula, MT, smoke jumper, and she knows nothing can match the thrill of leaping into the heart of a forest blaze and beating it into submission. Even the lingering grief over the death of her jump partner can't keep her from feeling the […]
Save Me
Library Journal What begins as an ordinary day for lunch mom volunteer Rose McKenna quickly morphs into a harrowing event that will spiral her life out of control. When a tragedy occurs at her daughter's elementary school, Rose transforms from heroine to villain in a matter of hours after she is forced to make a […]
Girl's Best Friend
Children's Literature: Maggie Brooklyn seems to find herself in one mysterious situation after another, but being the clever seven-grader that she is, it's no problem for her to follow the clues. This entry in the series centers on finding out who's stealing and reselling dogs, but Maggie also works on finding the courage to talk […]
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
School Library Journal Gr 4 7—Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge has a bad day and loses her hat. She finds herself lost as well, survives an encounter with a poison-tongued jumping tortoise, and overhears a conversation between two underground-dwelling Leafeaters, who have total distain for humans. Persimmony travels to tell the king what she's learned and is […]