Recreation

Fiction New Titles June 2011 (arrived in May)

Adventure

The sixth man David Baldacci.
After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a psychiatric unit, private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy.s lawyer an old friend of Sean King to look into the case.
This green hell Greig Beck.
A biologist working in Paraguay discovers a microorganism that proves destructive. A group of commandos fly in to stem a dangerous and lethal outbreak.
Dead or alive Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood.
For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir.
Pacific glory P.T. Deutermann.
A multilayered World War II adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war.
Potsdam station David Downing.
Trapped in Berlin in the darkest days of 1945, British journalist John Russell, his girlfriend, and his son struggle to survive as the Third Reich collapses around them.
The Delta solution Patrick Robinson.
After Somali pirates capture two U.S. ships, Mack Bedford and the Navy SEALs' Delta Platoon are tasked with not only rescuing the ships, but also completely obliterating all pirates operating in the Indian Ocean.
The informationist Taylor Stevens.
Debut novel featuring dynamic resourceful loner Vanessa Munroe who has combat training and sex appeal and deals in costly information.
Ice Station Peter Tonkin.
Lates in the Richard Mariner series has Mariner at the main control centre of Ice Station Zemlya, Russia's huge new floating nuclear facility, when apparent accidents point to sabotage.
Satori : a novel based on Trevanian's Shibumi Don Winslow.
Action filled thriller that follows assassin Nicholas Hel, fluent in 7 languages and master of a martial art called "naked kill."

American Fiction

Blue collar, white collar, no collar Richard Ford.
Collection of stories about work - how people find it, leave it, refuse it - and how it frustrates and fascinates us.
The weird sisters Eleanor Brown.
Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.
The journey Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Life among the Amish in Kentucky in the first in a new series, Kentucky Brothers.
Just wanna testify Pearl Cleage.
In an African American neighbourhood in Georgia, five supermodels arrive and have booked some appropriate men for breeding purposes.
Palladio Jonathan Dee.
A woman embarks on a passionate affair with a young art student. She disappears and years later he meets her again. From the author of the striking novel "The privileges."
You know who you are Ben Dolnick.
The life of likeable, very earnest Jacob over fifteen years as he moves from child to adult. A delightful mix of nostalgia, comedy and everyday life.
The final testament of the Holy Bible James Frey.
Frey is out to be controversial again with the Messiah himself alive and kicking in New York.
Friendship bread Darien Gee.
Novel with appeal to women who liked "Friday night knitting club" and similar novels. A tale of sisterhood, forgiveness and the healing power of freshly baked bread.
The love of my youth Mary Gordon.
A novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years, walking the streets of Rome and reimmersing themselves in their lost past.
Dreadfully ever after Steve Hockensmith
Four years after Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy marry, Fitzwilliam is infected with a zombie bite, and Elizabeth must find a rumored antidote soon--or face beheading her beloved. Another in the series that may or may not have Jane Austen revolving in her grave.
Chosen Chandra Hoffman.
A young caseworker becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of adoptive and birth parents, with devastating results.
The summer without men Siri Hustvedt.
A sharp tragi-comedy about what happens when a wife has to cope when her husband asks for a marital pause to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman.
The raising Laura Kasischke.
A top student is killed in a car crash. Her boyfriend has no memory of the crash and is haunted by the reactions of his classmates who become convinced the dead girl can be seen.
The moment Douglas Kennedy.
A middle aged American author living in Maine receives a mysterious parcel postmarked Berlin. The sender is a woman he'd had an itnense affair with 26 years ago in the days before the Berlin Wall fell.
Leaving Karen Kingsbury.
The first in a new series about the popular Baxter family fiannly completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story.
A turn in the road Debbie Macomber.
Heart warmer about a woman, her daughter and her former mother-in-law taking a road trip to Florida for a school reunion.
The Paris wife Paula McLain.
Inspired by the fast living, hard drinking lives of the ultimate macho author Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley in Jazz Age Paris.
Swim back to me Ann Packer.
A collection of stories framed by two novellas in one of which two teenagers from different families forge a friendship only to discover the disruptive power of sex.
The story of beautiful girl Rachel Simon.
From the author of the acclaimed biography "Riding the bus with my sister" comes a tale of intellectually handicapped Lynnie and Homan, a deaf African American man, who meet and fall in love.
The hunchback of Neiman Marcus : a novel about marriage, motherhood, and mayhem Sonya Sones.
Her first adult novel is an honest picture of what happens to a woman when middle age arrives, causing her to fall apart and gradually put herself back together again.
The revenge of the radioactive lady Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
In 1953, Dr. Wilson Spriggs gave Marylou Ahearn a radioactive cocktail without her consent as part of a secret government study that had horrible consequences. For 50 years she's been plotting her revenge. At last she's found Spriggs.
The pale king : an unfinished novel David Foster Wallace.
Found among papers after his tragic death in 2008, this unfinished novel is an extraordinary story about life and work set in an inland revenue office in Illinois.
The uncoupling Meg Wolitzer.
In the wake of a drama teacher's decision to direct "Lysistrata" for the high school play, the women in the town begin to sexually reject their husbands and boyfriends in ways that force both men and women to reevaluate their views on relationships and sexuality.
Wrecker Summer Wood.
Wrecker is born in 1965 when the Vietnam War is raging. Three years later his mother goes to prison and the boy is sent to live with distant relatives in the Northern Californian wilds. The tale of a broken boy who unexpectedly finds a loving family.

Australian fiction

Watercolours Adrienne Ferreira.
Schoolteacher moves to a rural backwater where he tries to foster the artistic talent of a pupil from a family who have long connections to the area. An intriguing and heopfeul tale about the triumph of good intentions.
Past the shallows Favel Parrett.
Brothers grow up with their fisherman father on the south coast of Tasmania. Their father is a hard man, a drinker who hides a terrible secret and leavew the boys to cope as best they can.
Love in the years of lunacy Mandy Sayer.
The story of Pearl, a free-spirited young saxophonist in World War II Sydney whose life is transformed by a love affair with James, a black American soldier who shares her love of jazz.

British Fiction

Untold story Monica Ali.
What if Princess Diana hadn't died? What if the tragedy in the Alma Tunnel never happened, and she were still alive today? Where would she be, and what would she be doing?
The devil's garden Edward Docx.
Author of the prizewinning novel "Self help" returns with an intriguing story set deep in the South American jungle where a scientist finds himself reluctantly drawn into local troubles involving remote tribes, cocaine growers and the military.
Bullfighting Roddy Doyle.
Second collection of short stories that focus on modern Ireland and how the middle aged Irish male deals with the new realities of life.
Lucky break Esther Freud.
LIfe at a drama school where Nell, insecure and dumpy, wonders if she'll ever succeed in a world of beautiful and self confident associates.
The registrar's manual for detecting forced marriages Sophie Hardach.
A very promising debut novel with an unlikely hero who is hard to forget, a young Kurdish reugee who is living in Germany and facing deportation with one way to fight it if he dares to try.
King of the badgers Philip Hensher.
A young girl goes missing in a small Devonshire town and the investigation revela,s the obsessions, pretentions and secret lives of the class-obsessed residents.
22 Britannia Road Amanda Hodgkinson.
In this tale of a Polish family desperately trying to put itself back together after WWII, Silvana and Janusz travel to England where they attempt to put the past behind them. But the secrets they carry pull at the threads of their fragile peace. Excellent debut novel.
The pile of stuff at the bottom of the stairs Christina Hopkinson.
Sharp and funny tale of Mary who is sick of her husband's attitude to housework and childcare so she creates a secret Excel version of a child's behaviour chart to log his faults.
The book of lies Mary Horlock.
Excellent debut set on the island of Guernsey with two parallel stories: 180s with a feisty teenager telling what happened that led to the death of a fried and 1960s when a man recalls the German occupation of Guernsey when he was a teenager.
A man of parts David Lodge.
As World War II moves into its final phase, an ailing H.G. Wells looks back on a life filled with great events, books and women.
Today David Miller.
August 1924 and a family assemble at the home of theiir parents for the weekend. As the guests arrives, the father dies and a whole lot of family secrets are uncovered. Impressive first novel about family, bereavement and being English.
Toploader Ed O'Loughlin.
A sharp and exciting satire on the absurdity of war as a secret agent inside the Iraqi Embargoed Zone is involved in a crossfire of panic and madness.
A conspiracy of friends Alexander McCall Smith.
Return to Corduroy Mansions, a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico inhabited by a colourful bunch of characters.
The novel in the viola Natasha Solomons.
Second novel from the author of the delightful "Mr Rosenblum's list." Set in 1938 when young Elise arrives from Vienna to work unwillingly as a parlourmaid in a great house in Dorset.
When God was a rabbit Sarah Winman.
A portrait of childhood that begins with the narrator's bith in 1968 and recounts her family life and relationships as well as her unusual friend Jenny Penny. Interesting first novel.
My dear I wanted to tell you Louisa Young.
A story that intertwines the lives of two very different couples during World War I follows army soldier Riley as he fights for the love of Nadine despite a terrible injury, and Riley's commanding officer Peter Locke, who returns home from the war a bitter and scarred man.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

Summer of love Katie Fforde.
Sian Bishop moves to an idyllic Oxfordshire village with her young son and reliable new man, not knowing that the village has a connection to her dangerous ex.
Heaven scent Sasha Wagstaff.
Romantic comedy set in the South of France where a young Englishwoman marries a penniless waiter who dies and is then revealed to be heir to a great perfume empire.
Rsvp Helen Warner.
Slick first novel in which four women converge for a wedding: the bridegroom's ex, the woman who'd picked up the pieces, the femme fatale who'd failed to grab the groom herself, and the bride to be.

Chinese titles

Qing shu bu xiu ye mo cheng sha lou Liu Xiaonian zhu.
Wei ji yuan = Micro era Liu Cixin zhu.
Shuang mian jiao Liuliu zhu.
Xin shu = Angel heart Liuliu zhu.
Zhe yi ci, wo bu hui xian zou Liupinger zhu.
Zai nian hua zhi shang deng ni Lu Lu zhu.
Feng yu Mai Jia zhu.
Na xie zui chu ai de shi guang Ming Yue zhu.
Su se jin nian bu zi zhi Mingyuebiezhi zhu.
Huan le Mo Yan.
Ai lian you mei you ji xian Mu Fei zuo pin.
Nuannuan bu qing lang zi lai Muxinan zhu.
Fei tai lang he huan huan yang Nan Shi zhu.
Pingjiang Peng Jianming zhu.
Yuan ge Pu Gongyin zhu.
Yu tian de 7 hao mi Qianbaise zhu bian.
Xiang zuo, yu jian hua kai Qianxunqianxun zhu.
You duo shao ai ke yi chong lai Ren Haizhong zhu.
Lao gong, tou xiang ba Rouroudeyaoyao zhu.
Wei xiao shen ai Ru Ruo zhu.
Jin gui ji Ruan Zhao zhu.
Shui xu wo jin xiu liang yuan Sang Ni zhu.
Jiao feng Xin Balu zhu.
Mo ri bing du Xin Zhou zhu.
Cheng qi Xinxianjiuqingren zhu.
Zhan qing si Xixidongdong zhu.
Tian di = Natural enemy Xu Jizhou zhu.
You huo : chang pian zhen po xiao shuo Ya Gang zhu.
Cang er xin Ye Qingcheng zuo pin.
Yan shi bao gao Yingtaoyangzi zhu.
Zhao sheng men Yiwei zhu.
Da cu fang Yu Cheng zhu.
Xing fu de zi dan Yun Ao zhu.
Zha dao Zhao Feng zhu.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The anatomy of a moment Javier Cercas
Published on the 30th anniversary of the attempted coup in the Spanish Parliament in 1981 and examining this key moment in Spanish history.
Monsieur linh and his child Philippe Claudel
Traumatised by war memories, with his family dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring a child to safety. He encounters a widower from another culture and the two men are able to communicate their sorrows and needs. Author is the writer-director of acclaimed movie "I've loved you so long."
Galore Michael Crummey.
Canadian author's rich and detailed tale of hard lives in a fishing community in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Custody Manju Kapur.
When Shagun leaves Raman for another man the custody of their two children is thrown into question and Shagun must decide what price she'll pay for her freedom.
Fiasco Imre Kertesz
Joins his classic novel "Fateless" in telling an epic story of the author's return from the Nazi death camps to find his country overtaken by another totalitatian government.
Miss new India Bharati Mukherjee.
Taken under the wing of an expat teacher for her ambition and talent, Anjali Bose hopes to escape unfavorable prospects and falls in with a crowd of young people in Bangalore, where she endeavors to confront her past and reinvent herself.
Someone else's garden Dipika Rai.
Impressive debut by author who was born in New Delhi and worked as a banker and a journalist. The story of Mamta who learns early what it means to be a poor woman in India but manages to escape her brutal husband and make a life for herself in the city.
Please look after mom Kyung-sook Shin
Follows the efforts of a family to find the mother who went missing from Seoul Station and their sobering realizations when they recall memories that suggest she may not have been happy. A big bestseller in South Korea and sold to 18 other countries.
The sentimentalists Johanna Skibsrud.
Canadian prizewinning debut about a young woman moving back to love with her Vietnam veteran father and trying to learn the truth about him and his past.
The Russian affair Michael Wallner
When Anna begins an affair with the powerful Soviet official, Alexey Bulyagkov, her life begins to look a little bit brighter. But soon her romance comes to the notice of the KGB, and she's forced to spy on him to protect her family.

Mystery

Bones under the beach hut Simon Brett.
In the latest Fethering Mysteries title, amateur sleuths Carole Seddon and best friend Jude investigate murder in the wealthy seaside suburb of Smalting.
A dance of ghosts Kevin Brooks.
Private eye John Craine's wife was murdered 16 years ago and his new case leads him back into what happened. First novel by children's author is a long way from his children's books and may be trying to be as violent and seedy as an author can go.
Hiss of death Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Shortly before the 5K Run for Breast Cancer Awareness, Harry and her pets find the corpse of well-liked OR nurse Paula Benton, one of the event's organizers, who appears to have died of anaphylactic shock from a hornet's sting. But was it murder?
The law of angels Cassandra Clark.
York, 1385. Just as the Mystery Plays are about to unfold, a young woman witnesses a terrible crime and turns to Abbess Hildegard for protection. The third Abbess of Meaux historical mystery.
Felicity's gate Julian Cole.
Sequel to "The amateur historian" features portly cop Sam Rounder and his younger private eye brother, here investigating the murder of an artist, killed in her home by a juicer.
Red on red Edward Conlon.
First novel by former NYPD cop is about two NYPD detectives - one drawn to cases of rough everyday urban combat and the other compelled by stories of suicides and missing persons.
Pain of death Adam Creed.
A woman is discovered beneath the London streets, barely alive. Soon after, DC Josie Chancellor finds an abandoned, newborn baby close to Leadengate station and this leads to a case linked the Soho's clubland.
Among the departed Vicki Delany.
When human bones are tentatively identified as Brian Nowak, a man missing for fifteen years, Sergeant Winters brings the shattered family together to uncover the truth behind his death.
Death in a scarlet coat David Dickinson.
Lord Powerscourt is asked to investigate the death of the 15th Earl of Candlesby after a hunt on his Lincolnshire estate.
The cuckoo's child Marjorie Eccles.
Historical mystery set in 1909 Yorkshire where a young woman comes to work in the home of a wealthy mill owner and finds secrets that lead to murder.
The hanging wood Martin Edwards.
20 years ago a boy went missing in the Lake District and his uncle, who later committed suicide, was suspected. Now the boy's sister has returned to find the truth.
Next of kin Elsebeth Egholm
More Scandinavian crime. Fear has spread to Denmark in the aftermath of the London bombings and a female journalistreceives an anonymous package with footage of a brutal murder. First English translation from top Danish crime writer.
The hanging shed Gordon Ferris.
Post-war Glasgow is the setting for this first novel in which a policeman wants to save his childhood friend, a fellow soldier no accused of murder and facing the gallows.
Now you see her Joy Fielding.
A newly divorced woman embarks on a desperate search for her daughter, believed to have drowned two years earlier.
The fatal touch Conor Fitzgerald.
The body of an elderly English artist is found in a Roman piazza. Commissioner Alec Blume learns the victim was an art forger and involved in a string of suspicious activities.
The redeemed M.R. Hall.
Third novel featuring coroner Jenny Cooper has a dead man found in a cemetery and a young man arrested for a political campaigner's murder for which he may be innocent.
Slugfest Rosemary Harris.
The fourth in the "Dirty Business Mysteries" featuring gardener/sleuth Paula Holliday.
Hanging hill Mo Hayder.
The story of two sisters - one now divorced and penniless, the other a detective inspector - and what happenms when the daughter of one is forced into a corrupt criminal world.
Murder, Majorcan style Roderic Jeffries.
Inspector Alvarez is just considering whether he can surreptitiously leave work early when a colleague calls to tell him that an Englishman has been found dead in his car in his garage, the engine on and the tank empty. Alvarez, chafing over the prospect of an evening on the job, proceeds to the scene, but his hopes of a quick and easy case are dashed – for while the man was found in a car full of fumes, it appears the cause of death was not carbon-monoxide poisoning . . .
Eve Iris Johansen.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan zeros in on the kidnapper and serial killer who years earlier abducted and murdered her seven-year-old daughter, Bonnie.
The hypnotist Lars Kepler
When a family is murdered in Stockholm, Inspector Joona Linna knows there is only one person who can find the killer, a retired hypnotist. Big bestseller in Sweden.
The troubled man Henning Mankell
When Kurt Wallander is called into the case of the disappearance of a retired naval officer, coincidentally his daughter's future father-in-law, he becomes embroiled in a story of Cold War espionage.
The lost sister Russel D. McLean.
Private investigator J McNee returns to business with a new case involving the disappearance of the teenage goddaughter of a local crime boss.
Black flowers Steve Mosby.
The story of a girl who comes back, as if from nowhere, with a black flower and an horrific story of where she's been. A riveting tale from this Leeds-based writer.
Bloody winter Andrew Pepper.
Detective Inspector Pyke goes to Wales to investigate a kidnapping and finds it is linked to unrest and violence in Ireland where a man in a Saville Row suit has been found in a ditch.
The crossing B. Michael Radburn.
A man whose young daughter disappeared a year ago leads a guilt-ridden life in a Tasmanian town with a dark history that may be linked to the disappearance.
Buried prey John Sandford.
Back in 1985, two girls disappeared, and fledgling cop Lucas Davenport couldn't get over it, even when his boss declared the case closed. Now a house has been torn down, the bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic have been found, and Davenport is back on the case.
Save me Lisa Scottoline.
Susan Pressman is volunteering at her daughter's school when an explosion occurs and her daughter is blamed, leaving Susan to figure out what actually happened.
The king of diamonds Simon Tolkien.
Gripping thriller set in the 1960s where a man unjustly accused of murder escapes from prison, Inspector Trave of the Oxford Police heada a manhunt even though he suspects there are others guilty of the crime.
The Venice conspiracy Jon Trace.
Former priest goes to Venice where he is enlisted by the police to help solve a series of ritualistic murders.
The gods of Greenwich Norb Vonnegut.
Jimmy Cusack's rise to the top of Wall Street takes a quick turn for the worse when his hedge fund collapses, leaving him unemployed and broke, but when he is hired by Leeser Capital, he hopes his luck is turning around, but he soon realizes Leeser Capital is pulling him into a dangerous web of greed, lies, and illegal gains.
Bel-Air dead Stuart Woods.
Stone Barrington is all set to manage the sale of a movie studio owned by the recently deceased husband of his ex-girlfriend but Hollywood moguls have other ideas.

New Zealand Fiction

Tom Hungerford : a story of the early days of the Otago goldfields William Baldwin
Tom Hungerford was inspired by the Otago gold rush of 1861, but it is practically unknown, as it was published only as a serial in the Tuapeka Times. The hero, Tom Hungerford, is the model of the great Victorian hero, staunch, loving and determined to right the wrongs done to his family.
La Rochelle's road Tanya Moir.
In 1866, Daniel Peterson and his family give up their comfortable life in London for an unseen farm on Banks Peninsula. Daniel plans to make a fortune growing grass-seed; until he does so, there can be no going back. But the realities of a remote hill country block are very different to the cosy imaginings of a clerk.
The conductor Sarah Quigley.
In June 1941, Nazi troops march on Leningrad and surround it. Hitler's plan is to shell, bomb, and starve the city into submission. Most of the cultural elite are evacuated early in the siege, but Dmitri Shostakovich, the most famous composer in Russia, stays on to defend his city, digging ditches and fire-watching. At night he composes a new work.

Romance

Daycare mum to wife Jennie Adams.
The end of faking it Natalie Anderson.
Picture of innocence Jacqueline Baird.
The road not taken Jackie Braun.
The highest stakes of all Sara Craven.
The doctor and the debutante Anne Fraser.
Jess's promise Lynne Graham.
Molly Cooper's dream date Barbara Hannay.
The man she loves to hate Kelly Hunter.
A Spanish awakening Kim Lawrence.
Abby and the bachelor cop Marion Lennox.
Misty and the single dad Marion Lennox.
Shipwrecked with Mr. Wrong Nikki Logan.
Not for sale Sandra Marton.
After their vows Michelle Reid.
The honourable maverick Alison Roberts.
The unsung hero Alison Roberts.
A heart for home Lauraine Snelling.
Romance is kindled between a young missionary nurse and the man who doesn’t like her present campaign to try and stem the epidemic ravaging an Indian tribe on a reservation.
In the Australian billionaire's arms Margaret Way.
Taming Dr. Tempest Meredith Webber.
Marriage made on paper Maisey Yates.

Saga & Historical

Destiny Louise Bagshawe.
Glossy yarn about a woman who marries a media mogul and finds the life they lead isn't all she thought it would be and being labelled a gold digger may harm her future.
Tomorrow's garden Amanda Cabot.
Third in the Texas Dreams series with romance between schoolteacher Harriet and a former Texas Ranger.
King of the Bosporus Christian Cameron.
Post-Alexander the Great historical adventure, following on from "Funeral games." in which twin heirs to a rich Black Sea kingdom are out to take revenge on those who exiled them.
The garden party Sarah Challis.
The perfect family celebration requires the perfect family...Alice Dunlop knows the best things in life are free. But the approach of her 40th wedding anniversary and 60th birthday surely warrants a proper celebration. With visions of a glorious family gathering complete with a marquee, champagne and beautiful sunshine, Alice has big plans for the big day. Her husband David isn't so enthused.
The midwife's confession Diane Chamberlain.
A story about a midwife whose suicide opens the door to her dark past. Noelle Downie was an unconventional beauty whose calling as a midwife defined her among her friends, Tara and Emerson. Because Noelle's career was one of embracing life, her suicide left her friends largely puzzled. More shocking, though, is an unfinished letter discovered among Noelle's belongings that reveals a secret so horrifying that Tara and Emerson embark on a mission to find the woman the letter is addressed to.
The girl king Meg Clothier.
With no son to succeed him in 12th C. Georgia, King Giorgi appoints his daughter Tamar as his heir but when he dies she is alone and facing hostile forces that have no respect for a woman.
Queen by right Anne Easter Smith.
Historical romance set during the period of the War of the Roses.
The dawn country Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear.
Latest in the long running series, "The First North Americans."
Elizabeth I Margaret George.
Elizabeth's rival for the love of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and mother to the Earl of Essex, the mercurial nobleman who challenged Elizabeth's throne, Lettice Knollys had been intertwined with Elizabeth since childhood. They are both women of fierce intellect and desire: one trying to protect her country, and throne, the other trying to regain power and position for her family and each vying to convince the reader of her own private vision of the truth.
The shirt on his back Barbara Hambly.
The latest Benjamin January tale, mixing history and mystery.
The Price of love Rosie Harris.
Lucy and brother Sam have lived next door to the Tanner family and Lucy longs for the day when she'll marry Robert Tanner. Tragedy strikes along with betrayal and happiness seems unlikely for Lucy.
Moving on Anna Jacobs.
Molly Peel has been downtrodden for years, but everyone has their sticking point. At her daughter’s wedding she’s sidelined in favour of her ex-husband’s new wife. When an accident puts her in hospital no one visits her. Her son, who lives with her, isn’t paying his share of expenses. It’s time to move on and make a better life for herself, painful as that may be.
The brother of fire Christian Jacq
Third in the Mozart series has Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of the brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, initiating Mozart into the Masonic rites inspired by the Egyptian Great Mysteries.
The secret fate of Mary Watson Judy Johnson,.
Set in Far North Queensland 1879 where a gutsy young woman works as a criminal-underworld spy in a tough and lawless world.
Odin's wolves Giles Kristian.
Third in the Raven series. Rave and his Viking warriors set sail in search of Constantinople, known as Miklagard, in search of riches and glory.
Catching the tide Judith Lennox.
Epic tale of secrets, betrayal and passion from 1933 to the 1960s set in Italy and London.
The judgment Beverly Lewis.
Second in the Rose Trilogy, set amongst the Amish. Rose is engaged to an Amish man but still pining for the former foster son of the Bishop.
The lion wakes Robert Low.
First in a new series about Scotland in the 13th century as the death of Alexander III has plunged the land into war, both with itself and with Edward I of England.
The gallows curse Karen Maitland.
England 1210, under the reign of King John, and a servant girl is haunted by an ancient curse.
The butterfly cabinet Bernie McGill.
Two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era when a child died at the big house where one of them worked as a nanny.
The dawn of a dream Ann Shorey.
Third in the "At home in Beldon Grove" series is the story of a tenacious woman who dreams of getting a teaching degree when her husband has told her he has another wife and is leaving.
Little people Jane Sullivan.
Inspired by the real life tour of a troupe of "little people" in 1870, this quirky novel has a young pregnant woman becoming involved in the strange and transient life of P.T. Barnum's circus world.
The unseen Katherine Webb.
England 1911 and a vicar with a passion for spiritualism and his wife live in a sleepy village when a man who is an expert on occult matters arrives and life at the vicarage becomes charged with ambition, love, jealousy and, ultimately, murder.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

The dragon's path Daniel Abraham.
The dragons have gone, the powerful magic that broke the world weakened and the great game of kingdoms goes on in the first of the "Dagger and the coin" fantasy series.
Sea of ghosts Alan Campbell
Fantasy set in a world of entropic sorcerers, poisoned seas, drug-addicted dragons, deadships, telepaths and an ex-soldier with skills in warfare.
The lost gate : a novel of the Mither mages Orson Scott Card.
Danny grew up in a family compound in Virginia, believing that he alone of his family had no magical power. But he was wrong. Kidnapped from his high school by a rival family, he learns that he has the power to reopen the gates between Earth and the world of Westil.
The president's vampire Christopher Farnsworth.
For 140 years, Nathaniel Cade has been the President's vampire, sworn to protect and serve his country but when a new outbreak of an ancient evil comes to light, Cade and his human handler must find the source.
Dead reckoning Charlaine Harris.
Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse finds that, despite vampires and shapeshifters now being out of the closet, they don't necessarily get along with each other.
Born of shadows Sherrilyn Kenyon.
The latest in the League series has Princess Desideria travelling on a diplomatic spaceship when it falls into enemy hands.
All the lives he led Frederik Pohl.
A near-future tale finds a popular theme park opened on the site of ancient Pompeii on the eve of the 2,000th anniversary of the eruption of Vesuvius and threatened by a possible repeat eruption and terrorist attack.
Winter Rod Rees.
The ultimate in virtual society as a virtual world is locked in eternal civil war ruled over by duplicates of eome of the cruellest tyrants of history - Torquemada, Robespierre, etc.
Watch Robert J. Sawyer.
Webmind, an emerging concsiousness on the intenet, has come to the attention of Watch, a secret government agency.
Hybrids Whitley Strieber.
Complex biomechanical hybrids, made with alien gene-splicing techniques and spawned in an underground facility deep below New Mexico, threaten the world, while the U.S. president rages against the scientists who have kept him in the dark.
I don't want to kill you Dan Wells.
John Cleaver, the creepy protagonist of "Mr Monster," is back and, having learned to keep his darker nature under control, is embracing his role as a killer of serial killers.