A Quilter's Holiday
Library Journal: The Elm Creek Quilters are back for their third holiday outing (after The New Year's Quilt). Everyone is busy making gifts, Sarah is anticipating the birth of twins while her husband takes work out of town, and Sylvia discovers previously unknown family ties. Expect demand from fans of this best-selling gentle series.
The Christmas List
Library Journal: It's possible that Santa just won't come if there isn't a new Evans (A Christmas Box) holiday tale in his bag. This year, it's the story of real-estate mogul James Kier, who gets the chance to read his obituary?before he dies. What he discovers unnerves him as the death notice portrays a ruthless, […]
Murdering Mr. Monti : a Merry Little Tale of Sex and Violence
Smash Cut
Publishers Weekly This superlative romantic thriller from bestseller Brown (Smoke Screen) features a particularly memorable villain, sociopath Creighton Wheeler, who?s obsessed with re-enacting scenes from films like Strangers on a Train and Frenzy. When Creighton?s wealthy uncle, Paul Wheeler, is shot dead in an apparent robbery at an Atlanta hotel, Paul?s close friend, gallery owner […]
The White Queen : a Novel
Library Journal A lovely young widow, Elizabeth, stands by the side of the road, hoping for a boon from the king against whom her husband fought. Her ultimate prize is far more?marriage and a crown, power, and influence. Edward of York risks much by marrying this commoner, but their union (and his new wife's fertility) […]
The Stalin Epigram
Barbara Conaty – Library Journal: Littell's forte has been novels portraying the ambiguous and treacherous world of espionage (e.g., The Company). In a genre-busting switch, he slips into the skin of Osip Mandelstam, Russia's premier poet of the early 20th century. Mandelstam's verses first supported the Bolshevik Revolution but then turned in disgust from its […]
Roadside Crosses : a Kathryn Dance Novel
Jeff Ayers – Library Journal: Deaver brings back body-language expert Kathryn Dance (The Sleeping Doll) in a clever and twisted tale that explores the world of the Internet and the premise that words can be more powerful than any weapon. A roadside remembrance cross is found with the next day's date. When that day arrives, […]