Cross Justice
Library Journal 06/15/2015 Yep, Alex Cross is back—in his North Carolina hometown, where he's returned after 30-plus years to defend a cousin accused of a terrible crime. Soon, Alex is reeling from the discovery of a family secret, and if that doesn't kill him, his hunt for the brutal murderer of several local socialites might. […]
Host
Publishers Weekly 08/10/2015 Bestseller Cook’s engrossing medical thriller revisits themes from 1977’s Coma. Lynn Peirce, a fourth-year medical student at the Mason-Dixon University Medical Center in Charleston, S.C., has her life upended when her lawyer boyfriend, Carl Vandermeer, suffers severe brain damage during a routine orthopedic procedure. Baffled by what went wrong, Lynn and a […]
The Theory of Death
Library Journal 05/15/2015 You'd think former LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker could relax a little in small-town Greenbury, NY, where he heads the police department. But, no, a naked corpse has been discovered in the woods. Tracing the victim to nearby Kneed Loft College with the help of friend and former Greenbury colleague Tyler McAdams, Decker […]
Corrupted
Overview Bennie Rosato the founder of the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm hides her big heart beneath her tough-as-nails exterior and she doesn't like to fail. Now, a case from her past shows her how differently things might have turned out. Thirteen years ago, Bennie Rosato took on Jason Lefkavick, a twelve-year-old boy who was […]
The Japanese Lover
Publishers Weekly ★ 08/10/2015 Allende’s (The House of Spirits) magical and sweeping tale focuses on two survivors of separation and loss: the elderly, renowned designer Alma Belasco, whose silk-screened creations fuel the family foundation, and her young secretary, mysterious Irina Bazili, who works at the progressive old people’s home, Lark House, where Alma lives. Their […]
Dark Corners
starred review Booklist "A worthy addition to the canon… Rendell once again exhumes the depths of obsession and traces each step in a sympathetic character's downward spiral. It has both a mythic element—all the trouble starts with a box that shouldn't have been opened—and a Victorian bent, in that it features an inheritance that dooms […]
Playing With Fire: A Novel
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015 On a trip to Rome, violinist Julia Ansdell, the narrator of this haunting standalone from bestseller Gerritsen (The Bone Garden), buys an old music book titled Gypsy from an antique shop. Inside the book, on a loose sheet of paper, is a handwritten waltz, Incendio, by one L. Todesco. Back home in […]
Depraved Heart
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2015 In bestseller Cornwell's stirring 23rd novel starring Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2014's Flesh and Bone), what at first appears to be an accident quickly turns to murder once Scarpetta determines that Chanel Gilbert, the grown daughter of Hollywood producer Amanda Gilbert, didn't simply fall while trying to change a light bulb in […]
A Banquet of Consequences
Library Journal ★ 09/01/2015 George's 19th entry in her series featuring Scotland Yard's DI Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers (after One Evil Act) finds Havers busy keeping her nose clean to protect her job. Lynley worries that her caution is making her a less effective police officer. Meanwhile, she tries to build some semblance […]
The Lake House
Publishers Weekly ★ 07/27/2015 Bestselling storyteller Morton (The Secret Keeper) excels in this mystery set against the gothic backdrop of 1930s England. In Cornwall, the wealthy Edevane family prepares for its annual midsummer ball at Loenneth, their isolated estate. That night, teenager Alice Edevane is lingering near the nursery when someone kidnaps the cherished Edevane […]