The Distant Hours : a Novel
The Washington Post – Bethanne Patrick: The Distant Hours demonstrates a new leap in Morton's authorial choreography…its multiple story lines intersect in a satisfying conclusion that will leave no reader feeling cheated…a rich treat for fans of historical fiction.
Rescue : a Novel
Library Journal: Webster, a paramedic living with his parents in rural Vermont, meets Sheila Arsenault when he pulls her, bloodied and unconscious, out of a car wreck caused by her driving under the influence of alcohol. Her glossy brown hair draws him compulsively back, and he steadfastly ignores all warning signs as their relationship develops. […]
Outwitting Trolls
Library Journal Tapply, a prolific writer of over 40 works of fiction and nonfiction, built his reputation on his Brady Coyne mystery series. Coyne, a Boston lawyer keen on fly-fishing and the Red Sox, with an ex-wife, disaffected grown children, a trusty dog, and a string of girlfriends, now makes his final appearance. (Beginning with […]
Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe
Library Journal Many an esteemed novelist has tried and failed to capture the charisma of Marilyn Monroe. Drawing on actual events, O'Hagan (Be Near Me) avoids the pitfalls of his predecessors by treating the actress like a human being. This miracle comes courtesy of, yes, a canine narrator; but not just any canine—Maf, short for […]
Happy Ever After
Library Journal Superorganized wedding planner Parker Brown knows exactly the kind of man she will eventually marry—and it certainly isn't a mechanic with a bad-boy smile. But when sexy Mal Kavanaugh zooms to her rescue after she is run off the road, her carefully imagined future does an about-face and evolves along completely unexpected lines. […]
Chasing the Night
Synopsis: A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can’t. Catherine […]
The Emperor's Tomb
Publishers Weekly Cotton Malone teams with old heartthrob Cassiopeia Vitt on a dangerous mission to retrieve a priceless Chinese lamp from the third century B.C.E. in Berry's rousing fifth thriller to feature the ex-federal agent (after The Paris Vendetta). Two high-ranking Chinese government ministers, hard-liner Karl Tang and more liberal Ni Yong, both of whom […]
Hell's Corner
Library Journal: Hell hath no fury like a retired CIA assassin in pursuit of a terrorist. Baldacci's fifth book in the "Camel Club" series (after Divine Justice) opens with Oliver Stone as a wounded victim of a bombing. The terrorist attack takes place in Lafayette Park in front of what should be the most secure […]
The Wolves of Andover : a Novel`
Library Journal In coastal Massachusetts in 1673, wolves still lurked in the shadows, and farmers toiled to keep the forest at bay. Martha Allen is sent to such a farm to help her cousin who's in the final months of her pregnancy. Sharp-tongued and independent, Martha finds life difficult no matter where she is and […]
Port Mortuary
Synopsis: Two baffling cases of carefully conceived murder, one in the distant past and one all too recent, dominate this new Kay Scarpetta novel. A South African hate crime at the very beginning of Kay's career merges with an insidious "post-mortem" slaying that could be the portent of almost unimaginable mass terror. Intense forensic action […]