Recreation

Fiction New Titles May 2011 (arrived in April)

ADVENTURE

Last chance to die Noah Boyd.
Soviet spy willing to reveal double agents leaking US information is called home and the FBI need to race against time to follow clues to traitors within America.
The black jackals Iain Gale.
The start of a new WWII series from Iain Gale, author of Alamein. The story of a small team of soldiers ordered to blow up a bridge to stem a German tank pursuit.
Spiral : a novel Paul McEuen.
One of a kind debut thriller by one of the leading researchers in nanoscience. A gripping story of the race to stop proliferation of the ultimate bioweapon.
Gideon's sword Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.
Beginning of a new series featuring Gideon Crew who promises his dying mother that he'll avenge his father's murder. He's now a rogue operative out to steal a Chinese scientist's plans for a new weapon of mass destruction.
The Afrika Reich Guy Saville.
Alternative history set in 1952 and first in a planned trilogy based on research into the real Nazi plans.
Those in peril Wilbur Smith.
The heiress to a giant oil company is cruising in the Indian Ocean when her daughter is kidnapped and held to ransom.

American Fiction

Machine of death : a collection of stories about people who know how they will die Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki.
Machine of Death is an anthology of speculative short stories all based around the question: what if there was a machine that could accurately predict your cause of death? The resulting stories are hilarious, touching, disturbing, and philosophical.
O : a presidential novel Anonymous.
Offers a fictional account of the prominent figures and issues surrounding the 2012 presidential election.
The best American short stories 2010 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines Richard Russo, editor
The peach keeper Sarah Addison Allen.
When Willa's marriage collapses she returns to her small town where she grew up. She discovers a family feud so intense two sisters didn't speak for six decades and finds a secretive man who may be just what she needs.
If wishes were horses Robert Barclay.
Struggling for peace of mind after his wife and son are killed by a drunk driver, Wyatt Blaine restarts an equine therapy organization for troubled teens at the family ranch before the drunk driver's widow begs him to admit her son into the programme.
Once upon a time, there was you Elizabeth Berg.
Sharing nothing in common except their 16-year-old daughter, divorced parents John and Irene reconnect in the wake of a devastating tragedy and discover things about each other that they had not revealed during their marriage.
When the killing's done T. Coraghessan Boyle.
Alma, a biologist, wants to save native species by killing off predators like rats and feral pigs. Animal rights couple Dave and folksinger Anise don't want violence done to any creature.
The Union quilters Jennifer Chiaverini.
In 1862 Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, abolitionism is prevalent, even passionate, so the local men rally to answer Mr. Lincoln's call to arms. Thus the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee are propelled into the unknown. Another in the popular quilting series.
Georgia Bottoms Mark Childress.
Georgia Bottoms, a Southern belle who keeps six lovers--none of whom know of the others--so she can maintain a lavish lifestyle, finds her ruse crumbling when a married preacher she has been seeing plans to confess their affair in front of his congregation.
All the time in the world : new and selected stories E. L. Doctorow.
A collection of short works includes the stories of a couple who become estranged after a mysterious man claims he grew up in their house, and a Russian bus boy who is entangled with an organized crime ring.
Up from the blue Susan Henderson.
Tillie's husband is away on business, the boxes in her new home aren't unpacked, and the telephone isn't even connected yet. Though she's not due for another month, sudden labour pains force Tillie to reach out to her estranged father for help-- a choice that means facing the painful memories she's been running from since she was a child.
The proper care & maintenance of friendship Lisa Verge Higgins.
Three women, unable to confront the problems of their own lives, have in common a friend with a generous soul, an irrepressible spirit-- and a serious illness. In her final letters, Rachel raises one question: What makes a friend live in our hearts forever?
Falling sideways Thomas E. Kennedy.
The story of several employees of The Tank, a downsizing Danish company whose business is a mystery even to some of its executives.
The tiger's wife Tea Obreht.
Set in war-torn Yugoslavia, this is a tale of a woman's experience of the continual violence that swept the Balkans. Yugoslavian author now living in America.
Emily, alone Stewart O'Nan.
Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighbourhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities.
One foot in eden Ron Rash.
1951 and a thuggish war veteran has gone missing from his small town. The sheriff feels he may have been murdered but he can't find a body and has no suspects. Southern gothic tale of love and murder across generations.
The silver boat Luanne Rice.
Three sisters come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time, gathering at their mother's beach house and trying to find out what happened to their father who disappeared at sea.
Miss Julia rocks the cradle Ann B. Ross.
Miss Julia is busy helping friend Hazel Maria get ready for her baby when a body is discovered in a neighbour's tool shed and someone obviously innocent is being blamed.
13, rue Therese Elena Mauli Shapiro.
A novel inspired by a box of mementoes which came into the author's possession when an old lady in her Paris apartment block died.
The tricking of Freya Christina Sunley.
Story of Freya Morris, daughter of sober and responsible Anna, niece of wild and unpredictable Birdie, and granddaughter of the revered poet Olafur. Olafur and his wife fled Iceland to Canada after the massive volcanic eruption of 1875. As a result, Freya grows up with her mother in Connecticut, and her extended family in the Icelandic community of Gimli, Canada.
Blue horse dreaming Melanie Wallace.
'I will not live among you,' says Abigail Buwell when she is taken from her life among the savages and returned, against her will, to 'civilisation' - the last military outpost on the frontier's hostile edge. Only Major Robert Cutter, the commander into whose hands she is delivered, hears her words.
The goodbye quilt Susan Wiggs.
Heartwarming tale about the bonds between mother and daughter.

Australian fiction

Last chance cafe Liz Byrski.
Margot meets an old feminist friend who rails at what has happened to the women's movement in this lively look at women, consumerism, marriage and more.
Friends like these Wendy Harmer.
Jo Blanchard, newly trained marriage celebrant, divorcee, mother of two, former deputy head of exclusive girls school, is touched by scandal and the social set are still talking.
Those who come after Elisabeth Holdsworth.
Moving from WWII Holland to contemporary Australia, a tale of courage and betrayal and a Jewish girl who's sold into the house of the Dutch Royal family in 1920, marries a Count and is betrayed and sent to Dachau where she miraculously survives.
Flock Lyn Hughes.
Peels back the layers of love, obsession, restoration and wallpaper that begins in 1950s Australia where a couple meet, marry and go to live in the Blue Mountains where his career in wallpaper design takes off as her life becomes a struggle with domesticity.
Five bells Gail Jones.
One day in Sydney and four adults converge on Circular Quay, each carrying a childhood and a complicated history from elsewhere. The Australian critic said that this "magnificent new novel propels her to the forefront of Australian literature."
Paycheque Fiona McCallum.
Claire has it all - adoring husband, chic townhouse, good friends, corporate career - but being away from the family farm has made her aware of where her heart lies.
The sparrows of Edward Street Elizabeth Stead.
It's 1948 and Hanora Sparrow and her teenage daughters, Aria and Rosy, have fallen on tough times. With little more than the suitcases they carry and a few pounds between them, they must move to a housing commission camp on the outskirts of Sydney.
Me and Mr Booker Cory Taylor.
There are echoes of that excellent film "An education" in this story of a young women bored with small town life who is introduced to a "smarter" life by an older charming man who turns out to be a failed academic and husband.

British Fiction

Three miles Robert Dinsdale.
Leeds 1940, a city on fire, and one man has to escot a dangerous criminal to justice. A gripping tale about Britain during war that mixes thriller elements with strong characterisation.
The hunger trace Edward Hogan.
The sudden death of David Bryant, the charismatic owner of a rambling Derbyshire wildlife park, leaves an indelible mark on his eccentric teenage son and a woman who'd been infatuated with him and they mourn in their different ways.
The report Jessica Francis Kane.
It is an early spring evening in 1943 when the air-raid sirens wail out over the East End of London. From every corner of Bethnal Green, people emerge from pubs, cinemas and houses, and set off for the shelter of the tube station. But at the entrance steps, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, and 173 people are crushed to death.When an enquiry is called for, it falls to the local magistrate, Laurence Dunne, to find out what happened.
Walking on dry land. Denis Kehoe
When her adoptive mother dies, a young woman tries to find out about her birth mother and uncover a family secret that has been undisturbed for a long time.
Pigeon English Stephen Kelman.
9 year old African bou lives on a London housing estate listening and learning the tricks of inner city survival but when a boy is murdered on the high street and the community is silent about it he decides to start an investigation of his own. Rave reviews for this first novel.
Saints and sinners Edna O'Brien.
A new collection of short stories by the Irish author with settings that range from New York to North London to Ireland.
Disputed Land Tim Pears.
Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offspring, along with partners and children, to the family home in the Welsh Marches for the Christmas holiday. As the gathered family settle in to their first Christmas together for some years, the grown siblings - Rodney, Johnny and Gwen - are surprised when they are invited to each put stickers on the furniture and items they wish to inherit from their parents.
Love and marriage Patricia Scanlan.
Heartwarming family tale about marriage and family from the popular feelgood Irish writer.
More than you can say Paul Torday.
Richard Gaunt is kidnapped and taken to a country house near Oxford where he's kept hostage and offered cash in return for a 'green card' marriage. Another of his quirky highly entertaining stories.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

The Provence cure for the brokenhearted Bridget Asher.
Young widow travels with her obsessive-compulsive 8 year old son and her jaded teenage niece to spend summer in a small French village.
Less than perfect Ber Carroll.
Irish girl who'd been taught to strive for perfection finds life just isn't like that but when she creates a new life in Australia and falls in love again she finds leavintg the past behind hard to do.
Too close for comfort Clare Dowling.
Romantic comedy by a Dublin author about Ali who flees America and a broken marrige and goes to her sister who has some major news of her own.
The secret shopper affair Kate Harrison.
Third in the series about the secret shopper.
Dolci di love Sarah-Kate Lynch.
Violetta, who has a sixth sense with romance, is "spiritual leader" of The Secret League of Widowed Darners, in a small Tuscany town.
The villa girls Nicky Pellegrino.
Story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday somewhere sunny.

Chinese titles

Jia zai Nansantiao : chang pian du shi qing gan xiao shuo Han Suping zhu.
Zhong nian men Hao Xiaoping zhu.
Hun fang He Luo zhu.
O, zhe gai si de yuan Hua Qingchen.
Lian ai ji : sheng nu e zhan du she nan Huang Moqi zhu.
Tong nian shi gu dan de mao xian Jian yu.
Su you Jiang Juechi zhu.
Bie gen wo yi ben zheng jing Jiang Lin zhu.
Xian guan : chang pian xiao shuo Jiuzhongren zhu.
Xing fu de hei bai fa ze Jiyuejiaojiao zhu.
Chun feng chen zui Lanziqinghui zhu.
Ma jiang zhe gui dong xi Li Delu zhu.
Mi hu xiao huang hou Li Po zhu.
Fuzhou chuan qi Li Shijiang zhu.
Yu qing ji Li Sijin zhu.
Bie dui zi ji shuo ru guo Li Suwen zhu.
Yi mao qu ren Li Weiqi zhu.
Hua kai sheng Tang Lianjingzhuyi zhu.
Yuan ge Pu Gongyin zhu.
Lian lian tian mi wei wu Wu Yinglin.
Liu lei de hu die pao pao Wu Yinglin.
Liu Xiaobo da bai Hu Jintao Yu Jie zhu.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The cry of the go-away bird Andrea Eames.
Story of a white teenage girl growing up on a Zimbabwe farm when the economy collapses and Mugabe starts his persewcution of white farmers. Author is British born, educated here in Christchurch and now lives in Texas.
The Beauty of Humanity Movement Camilla Gibb.
Follows a young tour guide working in Hanoi, a Vietnamese woman living in America who is returning to her homeland to learn what happened to her father. Highly praised novel by Canadian author.
Love virtually Daniel Glattauer
Tale of a man who receives an e-mail in error from an unknown woman. They start to converse online and then share their innermost secrets. They keep putting off an actual meeting but will their relationship actually survive a real life meeting? Austrian author.
The messenger Yannick Haenel
Fictionalised tale of a young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer who served as an underground courier during the war then had to convey a message to the allies about the final solution. French author.
Portraits of a marriage Sandor Marai
Follows the experiences of a passionate triangle of lovers, including wealthy bourgeois couple Peter and Ilonka and their survival-minded servant, Judit. Hungarian author.
Anatomy of a disappearance Hisham Matar.
Nuri lives with his father in their Cairo apartment after his mother dies. His father meets a new love and Nuri becomes jealous as their lives become influenced by things outside of their control. Libyan author.

Japanese titles

Otome no mikkoku Akazome Akiko.
Watashi no yasashikunai senpai Akira.
Mamiya kyodai Ekuni Kaori.
Yuzu no hana saku Hamuro Rin.
Kakko no tamago wa dare no mono Higashino Keigo.
Nemurenu shinju Ishida Ira.
Tetsudo shinju Iwai, Shimako.
Rokkuhaha Kakuta Mitsuyo.
Shichinin no teki ga iru Kano Tomoko.
Natsu no iriguchi moyo no deguchi Kawakami Mieko.
Mirei san no seikatsu Kiritani Mirei.
Hangeki Konno Bin.
Kamogawa horumo Makime Manabu.
Hoshi to kagayaki hana to saki Matsui Kesako.
Kokuhaku Minato Kanae.
Shojo Minato Kanae.
Rojiura birujingu Mitsuba Shogo.
Mukashi no hanashi Miura Shion.
Hoshiboshi no fune Murayama Yuka.
Nogawa Nagano Mayumi.
Surechigau senaka o Nonami Asa.
Muri Okuda Hideo.
Sakura yokocho Sakura Momoko.
Tsubasa monogatari Shizukui Shusuke.
Itamu hito Tendo Arata.
Katte ni furuetero Wataya Risa.
Burabura Yano Takashi.
Hitokage Yoshimoto Banana.
Katagoshi no koibito Yuikawa Kei.

Korean titles

2010 orhae ui munje sosol Hanguk Hyondae Sosol Hakhoe yokkum.
Modon P'atchwi chon : Cho Son-hui sosoljip Aiwan kurim.
Pulluto ui chibung : Han Su-yong changpyon sosol.
Yohyongsa yuk'ihiraui salin pogoso T'ak'ehik'o Hat'a ; Kim Kyong-in omgim.
Taun = Prince of thieves Chok Hogon
Komun mok ui kyosil, ch'in'gu rul purunda Kim Kun-u chium
Chol ui adul Kim Su-ro Kim Kyong-min chium.
Igot ida Kim Tae-yon.
T'aep'yongyang ui param Kim Tong-ik chium.
Sorun man siljongdoen Choi Sun ja Kim Un jong.
Yorumui majimak changmi Onda Riku
Tomangcha Orihara Yich'i
Pungja Sin Ran.
Sosu uigyon Son A-ram.
Arumdaun chip Son Sok-ch'un chium.
I san cho san kkot i p'ini : kkum kkunun chongbu ui norae chiuni Son Sok-hyon.
Onulbam jujenun sarang Yi Myong-in.

MYSTERY

The bone yard Jefferson Bass.
Dr. Bill Brockton discovers the dark side of the Sunshine State when he is called in to investigate human remains found on the grounds of a boys' reform school in Florida.
Death of a chimney sweep M.C. Beaton.
In the isolated villages of northern Scotland, the residents rely on chimney sweep Pete Ray. After Police Constable Hamish Macbeth finds a dead body stuffed inside a chimney, the entire town of Lochdubh suspects Pete. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens.
Bone & cane David Belbin.
First adult crime novel from YA author is set in 1990s Nottingham and features a partnership between idealistic prison campaigner/Labour politiician Sarah Bone and her ex, Nick, just released from prison.
Vicious cycle Terri Blackstock.
When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds the abandoned baby of a drug addict, he is accused of kidnapping, and his mother Barbara looks for help from her old lover, Kent Harlan. Sequel to "Intervention."
Bless the bride Rhys Bowen.
Irish sleuth Molly Murphy, soon to be married to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan, has to work on the case of the missing bride of a rich Chinese immigrant.
Cold wind C. J. Box.
When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in- law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do --especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin.
Breaking the rules Suzanne Brockmann.
IN the latest in the Troubleshooter series, Navy SEAL Izzy Zanella and his estranged wife have to reconcile to help a young realtive and end up being pursued by a Las Vegas crime ring.
The night season Chelsea Cain.
For those who like it gory, here's another with Portland detective Archie Sheridan investigating a lot of drownings which may be murder. Surprise, there's another serial killer busy at work.
Mobbed Carol Higgins Clark.
Private investigator Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, hop from one Jersey shore resort town to the next in hopes of solving a tough case, one which is complicated when Regan bumps into an old friend she hardly recognizes.
I'll walk alone Mary Higgins Clark.
Young woman who's a rising star in the architectural world is plagued by identity theft and then is arrested for the murder of a woman she claims she's never met.
Live wire Harlan Coben.
Myron Bolitar's mysterious estranged younger brother disappears, leaving Myron with his son, a teenage boy Bolitar didn't know existed.
The fifth witness Michael Connelly.
Mickey Haller is facing tough times when one of his clients is accused of killing a banker who she'd blamed for trying to seize her home.
Killed at the whim of a hat Colin Cotterill.
Crime reporter Jimm Juree follows her family to a fishing village in the Gulf of Siam and finds that crime is just as prevalent and dangerous in this quiet place.
Shadow pass Sam Eastland.
In this fierce, intelligent follow-up to Eye of the Red Tsar, Inspector Pekkala returns and finds himself enlisted by Stalin himself to look into the death of one of the Soviet Union's top military engineers. But finding the truth in the Soviet Union is never easy.
Breach of trust David Ellis.
Second in series featuring attorney Jason Kolarich, here involved with a murder case which is linked to government corruption.
An evil eye Jason Goodwin.
In the latest featuring Turkish investigator Yashim all is not as it seems in the closed world of the sultan's seraglio.
The house at Sea's End Elly Griffiths.
Third in series featuring forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway has six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff being linked to a wartime plan to stop a German invasion.
Afraid of the dark James Grippando.
Policeman is blinded in a blast but not before a dying woman tells him the name of her killer, her former boyfriend. The latter is now faced eith the death penalty and his lawyer is claiming he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.
Where shadows dance C.S. Harris.
Sebastian St. Cyr finds himself in the realm of international intrigue when he investigates the murder of a foreign office diplomat - a murder his reluctant bride-to-be, Hero Jarvis, knows something about. Set in Regency London: July, 1812.
The Marais assassin Claude Izner
Parisian bookseller Victor Legris finds a new case to investigate very close to home, when his business partner's apartment is burgled. Curiously the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people have been murdered who were connected to to the goblet, Victor becomes convinced of its secret significance.
Mystery Jonathan Kellerman.
Psychologist Alex Delaware and his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to an LA hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention -- a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white. Two days later, Alex is called in on a murder case and is shocked when he recognizes the victim as the woman in white.
The payback Simon Kernick.
Set in Manila where two cops are haunted by the past and about to meet for payback time.
Shaken J.A. Konrath.
Chicago cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has chased and caught dozens of dangerous criminals over the course of her career, but she's about to meet her match.
The gallow's bird Camilla Lackberg
Psychological thriller from Sweden. When a local woman is found dead, everything points to a tragic car snah but when similarities to other unsolved murders are found detectives fear a serial killer may be on the loose.
Drawing conclusions Donna Leon.
Commissario Brunetti - on his 20th case - investigates the supposedly accidental death of an elderly woman.
Surrender Donna Malane.
New Zealand mystery. Missing persons expert has to investigate the truth about her sister's murder as well as solve the case of the decapitated body found in the Rimutaka State Forest.
Rizzo's fire Lou Manfredo.
Sequel to his first rate police novel "Rizzo's war" has veteran cop Joe Rizzo, close to retirement, dealing with a case of the murder of a lonely hermit.
The Somme stations Andrew Martin.
7th in the Detective Sergeant Jim Stringer series. It's 1916 and Stringer has joined up to operate the trains carrying munitions to the front but there is evidence of an enemy within the ranks.
Falling glass Adrian McKinty.
Killian, used to collecting debts and making threats, takes on a new job: finding a top Irish businessman's missing ex-wife.
The echo man Richard Montanari.
Homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano return to investigate a series of crimes that seem to be recreation sof unsolved murders from Philadelphia's past.
The diviner's tale Bradford Morrow.
Schoolteacher/water diviner is dowsing land when she sees a body in a tree. Nobody belives her but then the girl in question turns up, alive but mute.
When the thrill is gone Walter Mosley.
Third thriller featuring New ork private eye Leonid McGill has him hired by a woman who says her husband is playing around and may be planning to kill her. She may, however, be lying.
10th anniversary James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
10th in the Women's Murder Club series. A 15 year old girl is found ill and unconscious on the street, having given birth recently. Where is the baby?
The guardians Andrew Pyper.
Suicide brings a group of childhood friends back to the Canadian town of their youth and the memory of a murder from years back resurfaces and the men must confront their worst fears.

New Zealand Fiction

August Bernard Beckett.
A couple trapped in a car wreck wait for help and their story unfolds duing their ordeal. Part philosophical thriller, part love story.
Wulf Hamish Clayton.
Early 19th century New Zealand and Te Rauparaha has conquered Kapiti Island while English trader John Stewart seeks to trade with him.
Pumpkin eater Tannis Laidlaw.
What makes murder right? Is there ever justification for killing a spouse? Jeanie Connor knows her toxic life is about to destroy her. After more than twenty years of abuse kept secret behind her elegant front door, she decides there is no way out except suicide or premeditated murder. She chooses life and devises a plan, meticulous to the last detail, totally aware of the consequences.
Fosterling Emma Neale.
A story about society's reaction to difference with a young fur covered man found in a forest who is befriended by a young woman and preyed on by the outside world.
Your perfect life will commence shortly Allison O'Neill.
Lucille Ryan's childhood was not your typical one. She never got to run around, play and laugh with other kids. Her mum; Paula, wanted her to have the best start in life which she believed came from education. Forced to spend her every waking moment doing extra work her mum set for her, Lucille is very lonely. She is considered weird by her peers and is lacking in self esteem
From under the over coat Sue Orr.
Collection of vivid, accessible, contemporary stories which can also be read for the way they explore elements from earlier works: from Maori myth and fairy tale to masterpieces by writers such as Katherine Mansfield, James Joyce and Anton Chekov.
Links in the chain P.J. Panckhurst.
This historical novel details the life and experiences of a family in Gravesend, England in the 1840's. It is a blend of fact and fiction and covers their sea journey to Australia and the New South Wales gold-fields and their subsequent arrival in New Zealand in 1857 as early colonial pioneers.
Hokitika town Charlotte Randall.
Hokitika, 1865, at the height of the Gold Rush. In a town with a hundred pubs, young Halfie - aka Harvey, Thumbsucker, Bedwetter, Cocoa and Pipsqueak - gets by as best he can. Most of the time he hangs around the Bathsheba pub, washing dishes, running errands and making the odd coin - and observing from close quarters the parade of miners, dancing girls, petty crims and plain drunks that passes through the doors.

ROMANCE

Honeymoon with the rancher Donna Alward.
The baby swap miracle Caroline Anderson.
The wedding date Ally Blake.
Big decisions Linda Byler.
Third in the faith based romance series, "Lizzie searches for love", about a high-spirited Amish teenager.
Reunited, a miracle marriage Judy Campbell.
To dance with a prince Cara Colter.
One desert night Maggie Cox.
The far side of paradise Robyn Donald.
Socialite or nurse in a million? Molly Evans.
Summer seaside wedding Abigail Gordon.
Secrets of the oasis Abby Green.
A stormy Spanish summer Penny Jordan.
If the red slipper fits Shirley Jump.
Not a marrying man Miranda Lee.
Family affair Debbie Macomber.
Keeping a low profile after a painful divorce, Lacey Lancaster spurns the advances of her handsome neighbour, Jack Walker, in spite of their cats' mutual attraction.
Expecting royal twins! Melissa McClone.
The man with the locked away heart Melanie Milburne.
The heir from nowhere Trish Morey.
Taming the last St Claire Carole Mortimer.
Her not-so-secret diary Anne Oliver.
Hearts aglow Tracie Peterson.
Second in the "Striking a match" series set in 1880s Texas.
The proud wife Kate Walker.

Saga & Historical

A changing land Nicole Alexander.
Second in the saga bout the Gordon family and their determination to hold on to their land in 19th century Australia.
Jamrach's menagerie Carol Birch.
First rate historical novel. Set in 1850s London where a young man comes face to face with an escaped circus animal and is rescued by an explorer/animal collector who takes him to the South Seas to capture a rare animal.
Sarah's choice Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Widowed Sarah Turner has her hands full, raising three young children, tending the lock on the canal, baking bread, and washing clothes for boatmen. Although she's not looking for love, she's vowed not to lose her heart to a boatman. Yet she didn't count on meeting Captain Elias Brooks. Will she follow her heart where it leads or accept the proposal of a handsome land-loving blacksmith?
Softly calls the Serengeti Frank Coates.
The lives of people struggling to survive - from a slum dweller who does odd jobs for a crime lord to a British journalist who meets two women, one a researcher, the other running a shady business - converge in Kenya.
Goddess of vengeance Jackie Collins.
7th of her Lucky Santangelo series. Lucky owns the Keys casino-hotel complex and a billionaire businessman wants it.
Moth to the flame Joy Dettman.
Return to the characters of Woody Creek. It's 1946 and Jenny's father-in-law demands custody of her son.
The London satyr Robert Edric.
Set in the last decade of Victorian England when a puritanical committee ferrets out vice while an impoverished photographer is drawn into a shady underworld while his wife announces she's to become a professional medium.
The other side of happiness Pamela Evans.
For typist Sadie Bell, the 1960s promise a decade of mini-skirts, pop music and endless possibilities. Young and carefree, she lives happily with her parents and older brothers in Hammersmith. When Sadie meets Paul Winston at a Cliff Richard concert, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in her life.
The lost days of summer Katie Flynn.
September 1939 and 14 year old Vinny is sent to stay with an elderly aunt on the isolated Isle of Anglesey. She misses her Liverpool life until she makes friends with a local boy.
Fighting dirty June Hampson.
1983 and Daisy Lane is battling to control her son as his elder brother, just out of prison, is now a hardened criminal.
Destiny's path Anna Jacobs.
Three sisters remain in the Swan River Colony in 1866 and two are happy there but the third wants to see the world.
Au revoir Liverpool Maureen Lee.
Liverpool 1937 and Jessica is married to a miserable man and she meets someone else. Her husband is ruthless in his revenge.
The harlot's press Helen Pike.
Set in 1820 during the reign of George IV. A gutsy young girl, duped at working in a brothel, has to flee when one of her clients is murdered and political enemies of the king try to pin the murder on her.
Plague child Peter Ransley.
First in a trilogy set during the English Civil War with a young man, raised by a poor man in London, returning to his Oxford roots to piece together his past.
The end of longing Ian Reid.
Intriguing tale, based on fact, about a woman who leaves 19th C. Dunedin to follow an evangelist abroad. It turns out he is a charismatic con artist.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

The loving dead Amelia Beamer.
Kate and Michael are roommates in San Francisco where an outbreak of zombie-ism appears in their neighbourhood. Soon they have to run to the one place where they can be safe - Alcatraz.
Twilight's dawn Anne Bishop.
Fills out her popular Black Jewels fantasy universe with a collection of novellas.
Leviathans of Jupiter Ben Bova.
To prove that the massive symbionts, named Leviathans, that inhabit Jupiter's atmosphere possess intelligence, physicist Grant Archer readies a deep-pressure manned probe for immersion in the giant planet's deadly cloud cover. Fast paced space adventure.
Betrayer C. J. Cherryh.
After the civil war among the alien atevi has ended, Tabini-aiji, ruler of the Western Association, and his son, Cajeiri, return to Bujavid and face threats from rebels who remain loyal to the opposition. 12th in the Foreigner series.
The last werewolf Glen Duncan.
The last werewolf is on the run when he disovers the scent of a female and this awakens the possibility of love.
One of our Thursdays is missing : a novel Jasper Fforde.
Literary detective Thursday Next returns. With the advent of the E-Reader and an all-out genre war, the Bookworld is in turmoil.
A discovery of witches Deborah Harkness.
Epic historical romance about an historian who opens a manuscript that exposes her to a world of witchcraft, demons and vampires.
Pale demon Kim Harrison.
Condemned to death for practicing witchcraft, bounty hunter Rachel Morgan is given three days to clear her name and get to the annual witches' convention in San Francisco, an effort that forces her to endure a cross-country drive with a motley crew of supernatural companions.
The inheritance Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm.
A collection of novellas and short stories from one of the most better authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm
Star wars, the old Republic. Deceived Paul S. Kemp.
A novelization of plots in the online video game "Star Wars: The Old Republic" shares the story of a mysterious Sith Lord who defies the Empire and destroys the Jedi Temple, setting the stage for the Treaty of Coruscant.
Lady-Protector L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Latest in the Corean Chronicles fantasy series.
Shadow chaser Alexey Pehov
Shadow Harold, master thief, in the second of this clever fantasy adventure series from Russian author.
Among others Jo Walton.
Story of a girl from Wales who sees fairies and whose mother is an evil witch.After a clash with her mother that left her twin sister dead, Mori ran away, and after due consideration, the state has dumped her with her father, who ran away when she was an infant, and his three creepy half-sisters. They, in turn, have dumped her in an exclusive boarding school for girls, where she is miserable, but takes refuge in, and eventually finds a place for herself because of, her love of science fiction and fantasy literature.