Room
The New York Times – Janet Maslin: Here come the debating points that are embedded in Ms. Donoghue’s story. Was the world inside Room somehow safer than the world outside? Will it be damaging for Jack to have to share his mother with new people in her life—or with the people she left behind? Will […]
The Brave
Synopsis Tom Bedford is living alone in the isolated wilds of Montana. Having distanced himself from his own troubled past, he rarely sees his ex-wife, and his son, Danny, is away in Iraq and hasn’t spoken to him for years. Tom hasn’t always been so removed from society. As a boy, his mother was a […]
Don’t Blink
Publishers Weekly: “Patterson’s novels are sleek entertainment machines, the Porsches of commercial fiction, expertly engineered and lightning fast.”
The Reversal
The New York Times – Janet Maslin: However venerable and well-loved Harry may be, it’s become clear that Mickey’s brazenness brings these books a new brio…[Connelly] has dreamed up a criminal case in which both can be involved. And then, once the story’s larger framework is in place, he executes the subtle sleight of hand […]
Mr. Rosenblum Dreams In English
Publishers Weekly: Screenwriter Solomons's debut novel is the pleasant, ripped-from-the-family-archives story of German exile Jack Rosenblum and his unlikely postwar quest to build a golf course in the Dorset countryside. Fresh off the boat and with a ?Helpful Information and Friendly Guidance for Every Refugee? pamphlet in hand, Jack dives passionately into assimilation, starting a […]
So Cold the River
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: ?a super?natural mystery that intensifies the suspense by thickening the atmosphere. So Cold the River?is a superior specimen, with its eerie tale of a lovely valley in Indiana where at one time an elixir known as Pluto Water bubbled up from the underground springs?Koryta sets a beautiful scene?
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner : an Eclipse Novella
Synopsis Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as […]
The 9th Judgment
From the Publisher Detective Lindsay Boxer chases a Jewel thief, a murderous movie star, and a killer with a vendetta against women and children. A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one […]
Fang : a Maximum Ride Novel
From the Publisher Max and the Flock are flying high over Africa, but this time they're not alone. A sky full of cargo planes accompanies the team as they bring much-needed aid to the continent's poverty stricken regions. Among the volunteers is the mission's benefactor–the mysterious billionaire, Dr. Hans Gunther-Hagen. Max is intrigued by his […]
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Donated in Memory of Theresa Dowd by Mary & Don Beaudin. School Library Journal Gr 3-6: Living in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain, Minli and her parents spend their days working in the rice fields, barely growing enough to feed themselves. Every night, Minli?s father tells her stories about the Jade Dragon that keeps […]