Thursday, January 24, 2008

December New Fiction


The Abduction
Mark Gimenez


The kidnapping of his ten-year-old granddaughter Gracie, brings Ben Brice, a veteran drowning his memories of Vietnam with alcohol, back from the New Mexico wilderness to help save her, but dark family secrets could threaten the child's survival.


Teaching human sexuality from a perspective that information and pleasure are top priorities, divorced mom Ruth Ramsey butts heads with the local soccer coach, a divorced former addict who became an evangelical Christian after hitting rock bottom.

Having set aside her own life in her support of her parents, husband, and children, Helen Knightly confronts the realities of the choices that were imposed upon her during a harrowing twenty-four-hour period of death and revelation.

At the behest of his sister, Otto Ringling finds himself reluctantly accompanying her guru, an enigmatic Mongolian monk, on a trip through Middle America to their childhood home, introducing his passenger to some American "fun" along the way.

Life and art intersect in the colorful life of Sophie Marks.

The Descendants
Kaui Hart Hemmings

A descendant of royalty and one of the largest landowners in Hawaii, Matthew King struggles to deal with his out-of-control daughters--ten-year-old Scottie and seventeen-year-old Alex--as well as his comatose wife, whom they are about to remove from lifesupport.
In the decade before the Islamic Revolution, 12-year-old Yaas navigates family and social life in Tehran.

The author’s latest adventure features a steam locomotive found in a Montana lake that holds the remains of three people who died 44 years before.

Cheating at Canasta

A collection of stories featuring themes of missed opportunities and the inevitability of change.

Double Cross
James Patterson

Alex Cross rejoins the police force to face the most diabolical villain he has ever encountered--a serial killer who aspires to be a celebrity.

A Free Life
Ha Jin

In the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, the Wu family sets out on a journey through America in search of a sense of belonging.

Gentlemen of the Road

The noted literary stylist presents a riff on the legendary adventure novels, with a tale of two 9th century men of fortune.

The Ghost

Power, politics, corruption and murder combine in a thriller which features a ghostwriter who winds up dead.

The Heir

Family drama features Edward Deravenel as he tries to keep a family and a business together during the influenza pandemic of 1918.

After thirty-eight years, Father Tim Kavanagh returns to his childhood home of Holly Springs, Mississippi.

In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story
Jerry Apps

The small Midwestern town of Link Lake is confronted with change and upheaval with the arrival of H. H. Harlow Pickle Company.

The Long Walk Home

Set in a small mountain town in Wales, backpacker Alec Hudson and Fiona Edwards, owner of a bed-and-breakfast, find that their lives will be changed forever.

Mr. Knightley's Diary: A Novel

A retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma from the wonderful Mr. Knightley’s point of view.

Not Yet Drown’d

Catherine MacDonald travels to India to look for her brother, who had been reported drowned in the monsoon floods of 1821.

Pirate Freedom

In a tale of time travel, Father Christopher becomes a pirate captain hundreds of year before his birth.

Protect and Defend
Vince Flynn

The author’s latest political thriller features Iran and the consequences of a preemptive strike by Israel.

The Quiet Girl

A famous circus clown, Kasper Krone, is recruited by an order of nuns who ask him to safeguard group of children with mystical capablities.

Corey Grace, a senator from Ohio, will discover if an honest man can become president.

Third Degree

A marriage implodes during the course of a day with devastating consequences.

Tipperary
Frank Delaney

The fascinating period of Irish history of the early 20th century is illuminated through the lives of Charles O’Brien and April Burke.

Revenge, conspiracy, and murder bring the Camel Club face-to-face with their greatest threat.

Swan Island

Ella’s happy childhood in Swan Island is abruptly ended when her father dies, leaving the family bankrupt.

The Way Life Should Be

Angelo Russo impulsively moves to Maine to meet an online date and a new life.

World Without End

Two centuries after the completion of the gothic cathedral in Kingsbridge, as depicted in Pillars of the Earth, the priory and cathedral are again the center of this novel of the 14th century.

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