Recreation

Fiction New Titles January 2011

Adventure

Hell's corner David Baldacci.
The Camel Club investigates an explosion that occurs when the British P.M. leaves the White House.
Warlord Ted Bell.
Gentleman spy Alex Hawke is asked for help from H.R.H. Prince Charles who believes someone is preparing to rid the world of the Royal Family. 6th book in the Alexander Hawke series.
American assassin Vince Flynn.
Follows Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first, explosive counterterrorism assignment.
Cut and run Matt Hilton.
Joe Hunter, in his 4th action thriller, grapples with a killer who has stolen his identity in a story that moves from Miami to Colombia and into the jungle.
Adam & Eve Sena Jeter Naslund.
Extraordinary tale of a young widow who keeps a memory stick which contains proof of extraterrestrial life and a wounded soldier who saves her and their flight from villains.
Ghost watch David Rollins.
Special agent Vin Cooper volunteers for a personal security job in Afghanistan then is reassigned to Rwanda where he has to risk his life to save entertainers caught in the middle of a struggle.
The twelfth Imam Joel C. Rosenberg.
With the prophecy of the Twelfth Imam seemingly fulfilled, Iran's military prepares to strike Israel and bring about the End of Days. CIA operative David Shirazi must take action to save his country and the world, but the clock is ticking.
Brothers at war Alex Rutherford.
1530, Agra, Northern India. Humayun, the newly-crowned second Moghul Emperor, is a fortunate man. His father, Babur, has bequeathed him wealth, glory and an empire which stretches a thousand miles south from the Khyber pass; he must now build on his legacy, and make the Moghuls worthy of their forebear, Tamburlaine.
To ride the wind Peter Watt.
Sequel to "To touch the clouds is set in 1916 where the Duffys and the Macintosh families are in the midst of World War I while those at home back in Oz are in danger from someone closer to home.

American Fiction

While we're far apart Lynn Austin.
In a Brooklyn apartment building, three lives intersect as the reality of World War II invades each aspect of their lives. Novel by popular Christian author.
Mothers and other liars Amy Bourret.
Ruby never dreamed that she had done anything wrong by rescuing Lark, an abandoned infant, but now she is forced to make a decision that will change her life, and Lark's, forever. A debut that should appeal to Jodi Picoult fans.
Dogfight, a love story Matt Burgess.
Set over the course of one ill-fated weekend, this strong first novel is the story of Alfredo, a petty drug dealer in working class New York, who's awaiting nthe return of his older brother from prison.
Exley Brock Clarke.
A boy whose father disappears begins a search for him and becomes obsessed with the late reclusive author Frederick Exley as the key to the mystery. Unusual and clever novel by the author of the much praised "An aronist's guide to writers homes in New England."
In the company of others Jan Karon.
Second in new series begun with "Home to Holly Springs." in which Cynthia joins Father Tim on a visit to Ireland where they discover that tragedy has split the family owning the lodge where they're staying.
Unlocked Karen Kingsbury.
Holden Harris is an autistic eighteen-year-old who is bullied at school. Ella Reynolds is the head cheerleader who befriends Holden but has problems of her own at home.
Lost Alice Lichtenstein.
A poetic nd moving novel that will appeal to anyone who has ever known or loved a person with Alzheimer’s or has lost someone they loved.
Solomon's oak Jo-Ann Mapson.
Three people who've suffered huge losses - a young widow who makes ends meet by hosting weddings in her farm chapel, a teenage girl who arrives on her doorstep and a police officer who had been disabled in a violent shootout - come together in this sensitive and moving novel.
The tenth song Naomi Ragen.
Enjoying lives of privilege and promise while planning a wedding, Abigail and her Harvard law student daughter, Kayla, are shattered by a devastating tragedy that prompts Kayla to run away and join a desert commune.
Some sing, some cry Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza.
The story of emancipated slave Elizabeth Mayfield traces her rise as the matriarch of a family of musically gifted Southern women who overcome brutal obstacles while witnessing key moments in American history.

Australian fiction

Fortune cookie Bryce Courtenay.
Takes you into the world of advertising in an intriguing tale of office politics, glamour and love.
Twenty-four seven Shirley Eldridge.
A psychologist/phone counsellor is trying to stay afloat from all that her work and her family throw at her.
Speak to me Sarah Hopkins.
Michael, a psychiatrist, is trying to put his life together after a brain tumour. His lawyer wife Elizabeth is wrestling with her new role as carer and breadwinner. Their teenage children are acting out the chaos their parents refuse to confront.The story of a troubled daughter who cannot talk to her mother, a mother who does not know how to listen, a father who listens but cannot see, and a son who will only talk to God.
Fall girl Toni Jordan.
Sharp, witty and highly entertaining tale of a woman who is a con artist and meets the man of her dreams when she becomes involved in a clever con.
I came to say goodbye Caroline Overington.
Sensitive involving tale, set in the early 1980s, of a working class man who struggles to bring up his children after his wife abandons the family.

British Fiction

Scenes from provincial life : and Scenes from married life William Cooper.
William Cooper's "Scenes from Provincial Life" was first published in 1950, when Joe Lunn was one of the first breed of ordinary male anti-hero protagonists to appear in English fiction. Joe's exploits and ordinariness, as he tries to avoid his mistress Myrtle's attempts to trap him into marriage, brilliantly poke fun at what were, and often remain, the taboo subjects of sex and class. Published at the beginning of the decade, William Cooper's novel ushered in books like "Lucky Jim" and "Room at the Top in the 1950s". This edition also contains the sequel, "Scenes from Married Life".
A tiny bit marvellous Dawn French.
Dawn has a go at fiction with a story of modern family life narrated in turn by a middle-aged child psychiatrist and mother and her two teenage children.
Mr Chartwell Rebecca Hunt.
Two very different lives collide in 1964 - Winston Churchill and a young, vulnerable woman named Esther - when they are visited by the mysterious and charismatic Mr Chartwell who has dark motives. Impressive debut novel.
The stray sod country Patrick McCabe.
Small town Ireland wryly observed with its eccentrics, dreamers, happy and unhappy people in 1958.
Screwtop Thompson : and other tales Magnus Mills.
A compilation of all his clever and darkly humorous short stories in one volume.
And the land lay still James Robertson.
Michael curates an exhibition of his late father's photographs of fifty years of Scottish life and it traces the many intertwined lives of people and what it means to be Scottish. Ambitious and heartfelt novel.
Walking to Hollywood : memories of before the fall Will Self.
"Walking to Hollywood" is a dazzling triptych - obsessive, satirical, elegiac - in which Will Self burrows down through the intersections of time, place and psyche to explore some of our deepest fears and anxieties with characteristic fearlessness and jagged humour.
In-flight entertainment Helen Simpson.
Her new collectio of stories offers acute portraits of lives in transition: of changes for the better, lives stalled and in freefall; of love, loss, and sudden revelations.
An Irish country courtship Patrick Taylor.
In the small Irish village where he hopes to become a full partner in the local medical practice, Barry Laverty questions his ambitions in the face of a romantic reversal, while housekeeper Kinky Kincaid dreads the loss of her status to Dr. O'Reilly's new paramour.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

Me, myself and why? MaryJanice Davidson.
A comedy about a highly unconventional FBI agent, a very odd serial killer, a best friend on the edge, a gorgeous baker, and true love.
Men I've loved before Adele Parks.
Couple with no kids are happily married then he decides it might be good to start a family while she wants to keep her career. Are they really the perfect match they thought they were

Chinese titles

Lu Xiaoman du men fa shu : guan yu tou fa de 50 ge wen ti yi ci jie da Lu Xiaoman zhu.
Piao liang da an shui zhi dao Cao Jing zhu bian.
Feng he ri li Ai Wei zhu.
Li xiang guo de xiao xiao niao Baoqing zhu.
Cong cong na nian Jiuyehui zhu.
Wei zi ji gong zuo dao zui hao : ni di kong jian you duo da = For yourself be best at work/ Ju yuan hua Ju Yuanhua.
Yi zu : da xue bi ye sheng ju ju cun shi lu Lian Si zhu bian.
Dao mu bi ji. Liu Nanpaisanshu zhu.
Yuan zui = Yuanzui Qin Wenming zhu.
Yi ge nan ren de lu li biao Teng Gang zhu.
Lao shi ying tian xia : Zhao Zhangguang ping zhuan Wang Chunyuan zhu.
Hong tu di Ma di er da = Waltzing under the Southern Cross Wang He.
You Wang Meng zhu.
Ri jie xian = Since and always Xia Mingyou zhu.
Ai de lian xi ben = Practice for love Yi Nengjing.
Cong guan ren dao an ren Zeng Shiqiang zhu.
Lao feng kou Zhang Zhe zhu.

Dutch titles

De dwaling Aglaia Bouma.
De avontuurlijke ontsnapping Anita Giebels.
Aan de rivier Steven Herrick
Het zijn net mensen : beelden uit het Midden-Oosten Joris Luyendijk.
De twijfel voorbij Olga van der Meer.
Avondstond Caroline Muntjewerf.
Blauw dat niet vervaagt Melanie. Preijer.
Tot en met de hemel Marika van der Putte.
Het gouden boekje voor de gezondheid : alles over vitamines, mineralen en voedingssupplementen Gert E. Schuitemaker.
De meester en het kantelmoment Ate Veenstra.
De weg tot elkander Nel van der Zee.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The skating rink Roberto Bolano
His first novel in Spanish, only now translated. In a seaside Costa Brava town, an admirer builds a secret ice rink for Nuria Marti, a beautiful ice skating champ, but the ring becomes a crime scene.
How to read the air Dinaw Mengestu.
Leaving behind his marriage and job in New York, Jonas, the son of Ethiopian immigrants, sets out to retrace his mother and father's trip and weave together a family history that will take him from the war-torn Ethiopia of his parents' youth to his life in the America of today.
The Association of Foreign Spouses Marilyn Heward Mills.
The story of mixed marriages in turbulent 1980s Ghana. Eva meets Alfred in London and moves with him to Africa only to discover that life isn't that easy. Fortunately she has the ladies of the title to support her.
The weekend Bernhard Schlink
Reuniting in a secluded country home after decades apart, a group of old friends and lovers exchange clandestine judgments on their divergent paths and celebrate the pardon of one of their number, a convicted murderer and terrorist.
The boat to redemption Su Tong
Chinese novel about a disgraced party official who leaves for a new life among the boat people on a fleet of industrial barges.
The lost and forgotten languages of Shanghai Ruiyan Xu.
Following an explosion in a Shanghai hotel, a businessman loses the ability to speak Chinese, cutting him off from wife, family and culture. His struggle to rebuild his life is beautifully told in this expert debut.

Japanese titles

Kitaarupusu fuyu no wana Azusa Rintaro.
Garakuta Ekuni Kaori.
Onishigure : hana no kojuro hagureken Hanaya Keitaro.
Kaishaku Inui Sojiro.
Tanpopo no mamoribito Kaijima Rei.
Mirakuru sannen kaki hachinen Kanbe Musashi.
Hoshii nowa anata dake Kodemari Rui.
Utsukushii moritsuke no kihon : ryori no insho ga garari to kawaru moritsuke no ruru to kotsu oryori jozu to iwaretai Kubo Kanako.
Kokuhaku Minato Kanae.
Dekai tsuki dana Mizumori Satori.
Oto no hosomichi Mure Yoko.
Ankyo no yado Nishimura Kenta.
Konsarutanto no shitsumonryoku : Dekiru hito no kakureta maindo ando sukiru Noguchi, Yoshiaki.
Cheri Nonaka Tomoso.
Koisuru kumicho Sasamoto Ryohei.
Omoshiroihodo yoku wakaru shinrigaku no hon Shibuya Shozo.
Kirara tantei su Takemoto Kenji.
Otegami kudasai Tanabe Seiko.
Ima aru gan ni katsu jusu : zukai gan o yobo shi gantaishitsu kara dakkyaku suru eiyo taisha ryoho to sono riron Watayo Takaho.
Kofuku roketto Yamamoto Yukihisa.
Yokomineshiki yume o kanaeru kosodate adobaisu : jissai made ni tensaiji ni suru hyaku no kyu ando e Yokomine Yoshifumi.
Fujisan satsujin jiken Yoshimura Tatsuya.

Korean titles

Amu to p'yonji haji ant'a Chang Un-jin changp'yon sosol.
Yollyol hada, nae insaeng! : yolchong pairosu Cho Hye-ryon ui tangdanghan tojon Cho Hye-ryon chium.
Silchong = Chasing the dime : sarajin Lili rul chajaso Maikul Konelli chium
Nae adului aboji = De passievrucht Karel Pan Ron
Jelli piswi Hae I-su sosoljip.
Lemon Keigo Hogashino.
Chigum un chonjaeng chung = Love=war Hyon Ko-un chium.
Na wa hamkke chaesonghwa Hyon Ko-un chium.
Sarang i kkot pinun nara : chakhan iuttul ul wihan kamsong tonghwa Im Na-ra chium.
Eoireong ddung ddang miss ju Ju Miran
Boildeut maldeut Kim Doa.
Kallorirul chojolhanun ttokttokhan resipi Kim Mi gyong.
Ch'angsegi pimil : T'om Noksu changp'yon sosol So Tae-gyong omgim.
Haengbokhan kyolhon saenghwalul wihan pubu paeryo Machumoto Kohei
Geongangeun jasaega mandeunda = Postural exercise Mun Jaeho.
Jidokhan sarang Park Jihyeon.
Kkumun pakdonghanda Song Myong gun.

Mystery

Dangerous to know Tasha Alexander.
Lady Emily is at her mother-in-law's Normandy estate when she discovers a young woman murdered using the modus operandi of Jack the Ripper.
The reborn Lin Anderson.
Gruesome stuff from Scottish author where forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigates the case of a murdered woman whose foetus has been removed.
Busy body M.C. Beaton.
The latest in the long running Agatha Raisin series has Mr Sunday, an overly officious health and safety officer, cracking down on village festivities and then being found dead among the petunias.
The prostitutes' ball Stephen J. Cannell.
Detective Shane Scully arrives at a Hollywood mansion and finds three corpses - a film producer and two prostitutes - and a security camera shows the man who shot them. The only snag is that the bullet casings don't match.
The family Martina Cole.
More rough stuff and gangsters and crime families told with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Port mortuary Patricia Cornwell.
The latest blockbuster in the bestselling Kay Scarpetta series.
Edge Jeffery Deaver.
Detective Kessler, a Washington cop, is targeted by a "lifter," someone who "lifts" information from people.
I kill Giorgio Faletti.
Monaco is paralysed by a series of horrific killings where the murderer removes the faces of his victims post-mortem in this gruesome thriller which was a huge success in Italy.
Death mask Kathryn Fox.
Dr. Anya Crichton, leading Aussie forensic physician, is called in to investigate violent crimes reported against football players.
Wait for dark Scott Frost.
Alex Delillo of LAPD and the case of the caller telling them about a murder that has yet to be committed.
The confession John Grisham.
The story of a young man who' at 19 is found guilty of murdering a high school cheerleader in Slone, Texas.
The sleepwalkers Paul Grossman.
Expert debut set in 1932 Berlin where a Jewish detective investigates a series of bizarre crimes in which sleepwalking young women - delivered by hypnosis - are murdered.
The shimmering blond sister David Handler.
Under pressure to capture a flasher who has been targeting wealthy women in the Dorset Historic District, police officer Desiree Mitry becomes convinced about the culprit's identity and is wrongly accused of murder when her suspect turns up dead after a heated public confrontation.
Velocity Alan Jacobson.
Vail's boyfriend, Detective Robby Hernandez, has seemingly disappeared into the dense air of a Napa Valley evening. There are no clues to his whereabouts, other than a blood stain--and potential connections to a serial killer operating in the wine country.
Chasing the night Iris Johansen.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is drawn into the mystery of a child that had been abducted eight years earlier, and must use her skills with age progression as a way to reunite mother and son. But Eve must face looming demons of her own.
Vermilion drift : a novel William Kent Krueger.
Cork O'Connor investigates a series of decades-old murders and their connection to his own past in this latest suspenseful crime tale.
A lily of the field John Lawton.
A novel set before, during, and after World War II follows the loosely parallel lives of an Austrian cellist, Meret Voytek, whose orchestra becomes part of the Hitler Youth, and Hungarian physist Karel Szabo, who is recruited by the Americans to help build the atomic bomb.
Moonlight mile Dennis Lehane.
Rescued by Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro afdter she vanished as a child and then dumped back into an unhappy home, teenaged Amanda is missing again. A sequel to "Gone, baby, gone."
Djibouti Elmore Leonard.
A documentary film maker goes to Djibouti to chronicle modern-day pirates and is thrown straight into danger.
Red herring Archer Mayor.
Joe Gunther mounts detailed forensic examinations to explain the odd drops of blood that link various deaths.
Coming back Marcia Muller.
San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone is getting slowly back to normal after her injury when her friend from physical therapy goes missing and she has to find her.
Blood count Reggie Nadelson.
Detective Artie Cohen gets a call from his former girlfriend whose Russian neighbour has been murdered.
The Saint-Florentin murders Jean-Francois Parot
Difficult times for Nicolas Le Floch: Louis XV is dead and Nicolas's boss Sartine has been promoted to Minister of State for the Navy. Le Noir, Sartine's successor as Lieutenant General of Police, distrusts Le Floch. Monsieur de Saint-Florentin, the King's new minister, entrusts Commissioner Le Floch with the investigation into the murder of a chambermaid whose throat was cut in unusual circumstances at Saint-Florentin's home.
Bury your dead Louise Penny.
Latest in this first rate Canadian series has Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigating murder within the Literary and Historical Society in Quebec.
Betrayal at Lisson Grove Anne Perry.
1895 and an increasingly violent tide of political unrest is rising fast all over Europe. Special Branch's Inspector Thomas Pitt knows that they must find those responsible before England is overrun by reformists intent on overthrowing the government.
Dark water Caro Ramsay.
A bitterly cold February in Glasgow. Hanging from a rope in the attic of a deserted tenement is the body of a criminal believed to have been hiding out on the Costa del Sol these last ten years. His face has been hideously disfigured.
Dark road to Darjeeling Deanna Raybourn.
Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband, Nicholas Brisbane, join Julia's siblings in tracking down a murderer in India. Set in 1889, the mystery explores India's colonial tensions.
Indulgence in death J.D. Robb.
Murder by crossbow and then by bayonet mean trouble for Eve Dallas in 2060 New York.

New Zealand Fiction

Gravel roads Peter Butler.
Rural New Zealand in the raw and the people of Ailsford as their lives intersect, collide, fall apart and move on.
Frank Sargeson's stories Frank Sargeson
Janet Wilson edits a collection of 13 early works that haven't previously appeared in Sargeson collections.

Romance

Proud rancher, precious bundle Donna Alward.
Star-crossed sweethearts Jackie Braun.
Snowbound seduction Helen Brooks.
Powerful Greek, housekeeper wife Robyn Donald.
A miracle for his secret son Barbara Hannay.
Champagne with a celebrity Kate Hardy.
The reluctant surrender Penny Jordan.
Shameful secret, shotgun wedding Sharon Kendrick.
The virgin's choice Jennie Lucas.
Officer, surgeon, gentleman! Janice Lynn.
Cowgirl makes three Myrna Mackenzie.
Hired by her husband Anne McAllister.
Midwife in the family way Fiona McArthur.
Scandal, unclaimed love-child Melanie Milburne.
Secret prince, instant daddy! Raye Morgan.
When he was bad Anne Oliver.
Bachelor of the baby ward Meredith Webber.
Fairytale on the children's ward Meredith Webber.
Accidentally pregnant! Rebecca Winters.
A mistake, a prince and a pregnancy Maisey Yates.

Saga & Historical

The death of king arthur : Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur Peter Ackroyd.
A new retelling of Malory's "Le morte d'Arthur," focusing on the most well-known characters - Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere and Lancelot.
The fort Bernard Cornwell.
1779 and the third year of the American War of Independence and a small contingent of British infantry are sent to build a garrison while the State of Massachusetts are out to "captivate, kill or destroy" their opponents.
Rival to the queen Carolly Erickson.
Novel about the bitter rivalry between Queen Elizabeth I and her fascinating cousin, Lettice Knollys, for the love of one extraordinary man--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
The jewel of St. Petersburg Kate Furnivall.
Russia 1910 and young pianist is the toast of society. She falls for a Danish engineer but her parents push her in to an engagement to a Russian count.
The dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans.
Story of a woman who's orphaned, raised by bad guardians, married off at a young age, abandoned…and yet throughout has a burning ambition for independence.
The preacher's bride Jody Hedlund.
In 1650s England, a young Puritan maiden is on a mission to save the baby of her newly widowed preacher - whether her assistance is wanted or not. Always ready to help those in need, Elizabeth ignores John's protests of her aid. She's even willing to risk her lone marriage prospect to help the little family.
The plantation Di Morrissey.
When Julie Reagan discovers a book about Malaysia in the 1970s she decides to find out more about her great aunt, the author, and what caused a family rift sixty years before.
Masquerade Nancy Moser.
1880s New York and a rich heiress, wanting to escape from an arranged marriage, arranges for her maid to take her place.
Embers of love Tracie Peterson.
The first in a new inspirational historical romance series is set in 1880s Texas where a young woman trained a bookkepper realises medicine is her calling.
Pearl Deirdre Purcell.
In 1920s’ rural Ireland, Pearl Somers lives happily with her parents, her sisters Opal and Ruby, and her little brother Willie, in the gate lodge of Kilnashone Castle, where her father is chauffeur to Lord and Lady Areton. But one dreadful night, a series of dramatic events unfold and the lives of all are changed forever.
That deadman dance Kim Scott.
The story of the initial decades of British presence in a Western Australia settlement. The author who has mixed Noongar and English heritage has given a fascinating picture of the time and place.
Natasha's dream Mary Jane Staples.
1925 Berlin and an Englishman is looking for answers to a mystery surrounding the Grand Duchess Anastasia when he rescues and falls for a young woman who has fled from Russia.
Legacy Danielle Steel.
After Brigitte Nicholson loses her archeologist boyfriend and her university admissions office job in the span of two days, she agrees to help her mother do some research for a family history project. Brigitte becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative?
Gull Island Grace Thompson.
1917 and girl whose boyfriend is off to war finds herself pregnant. Her father turns her out but a family give her a home on a beach near Gull Island where she her daughter grow up.
The Loveday vendetta Kate Tremayne.
Headstrong Rowena Loveday is cursed by her family reputation but finds refuge with Bryn, ward of her uncle Adam Loveday, who is trying to reclaim his stolen inheritance.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Stone spring Stephen Baxter.
England 8000 years ago but what if the sea had been kept at bay and the lives of hunter gatherers continued. This volume begins a trilogy.
Against all things ending Stephen R. Donaldson.
A return to the world of Thomas Covenant who's been resurrected by Linden Avery in an attempt to find her adopted son Jeremiah.
1635 : the Eastern Front Eric Flint.
The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th C. Europe but the United States, a new nation led by thye King of Sweden, is rising up. Another in his intriguing alternative history series.
Towers of midnight Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
The 13th volume in the Wheel of Time fantasy series, completed after Jordan's 2007 death by Brandon Sanderson.
The heir of night Helen Lowe.
The first in an intriguing new fantasy series, "Wall of night," by Christchurch based author.
The blood countess Tara Moss.
A touch of the paranormal and the macabre come to the New York fashion world.
Version 43 Philip Palmer.
A cyborg cop is sent to investigate a planet run by criminals.
Dark Matter Michelle Paver.
First adult ghost story from well known children's author is set in 1937 when a young man leaves London to be a wireless operator on an Arctic expedition and things very sinister begin to happen.