Recreation

Fiction New Titles October 2011 (arrived in September)

ADVENTURE

Gridlock, Sean Black.
When a top adult movie star finds a headless corpse in the back of her car she turns to elite bodyguard Ryan Lock for help.
Carver, Tom Cain.
What if Lehman Brothers had been brought to its knees by the deliberate and willful act of one man bent on a course of financial terrorism? Moreover, what if it was only a dry run for a bigger and even bolder attack on the financial capital of the world, the City of London? Samuel Carver is about to find himself on the biggest mission of his life.
The race, Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
Intrepid detective Isaac Bell engages in his most dangerous case yet. It is the early years of the 20th century, air travel is in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first flier to cross America in less than fifty days.
Canigou, Robert de Boer.
Thriller that takes the reader on a fascinating journey across Europe and Asia, and deep into the history of both continents. The intrigue traces from the origins of the bubonic plague in China - its discovery and what is subsequently learned about it in the following centuries - and the zealous anti-reformation activities of an old Jesuit society in central Europe.
Forbidden, Ted Dekker with Tosca Lee.
500 years since civilisation recovered from chaos. Order reigns and there's no disease, war or hate until one man discovers forbidden truth.
The Gods of Atlantis, David Gibbins.
A lost NAZI bunker in a German forest contains a terrible secret. Marine archaeologist Jack Howard returns to the lost island of Atlantis in the Black Sea to uncover the secret.
Beat the drums slowly, Adrian Goldsworthy.
Second in series begun by "Two soldier gentlemen" takes British army heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna.
Dead men's harvest, Matt Hilton.
The Harvestman is back! And determined to wreak revenge on Joe Hunter. When Rink is ambushed by a team of highly skilled killers, Joe is pretty sure his friend is being used as bait. And the intended prey is Hunter himself. Joe has to go 'off radar' to rescue his friend.
World War Two will not take place, Bill James.
England,1938. War looms, but the Prime minister's talks with Hitler in Munich seem to result in a pact of peace. Now Mount, a secret service officer, is sent on an undercover mission to Berlin. But with all this talk of peace he starts to wonder whether his mission has any point.
The third section, Jasper Kent.
Third in the Danilov Quintet, a mix of historical, adventure and vampire elements.
The Gaudi key, Esteban Martin
Barcelona, city of mystery, and Antonio Gaudi, its most famous exponent are the subjects of this thriller for all lovers of religious conspiracy. As the Grand Master of an ancient religious brotherhood nears death, he chooses to entrust to Antonio Gaudi a sacred object whose existence has been a guarded secret since the early Christian era.
The bloody meadow, William Ryan.
Second in the Captain Alexei Korolev series set in Stalinist Russia follows "The holy thief" with Koralev looking into a suspected suicide
The good jihadist, Bob Shepherd with M.P. Sabga.
Disillusioned SAS veteran joins the world of Black Ops to settle a score - finding and killing an insurgent leader.

American Fiction

The end of everything, Megan Abbott.
Thirteen-year old Lizzie Hood thought that she and her best friend Evie Verver shared everything, but when Evie disappears from their suburban Midwestern community, Lizzie's search uncovers secrets and lies that make her wonder if she knew her friend at all.
The healing, Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Can a man burdened by memories of yesterday find hope in the land of tomorrow? Will peace-loving Samuel and Esther fight for their newfound love? How will God manage to untangle these star-crossed lovers before any damage is done?
Overbite, Meg Cabot.
Sequel to "Insatiable" where a soap opera star meets Lucien, son of Dracula. Mix of comedy and vampires.
Emory's gift, W. Bruce Cameron.
In 1974, when thirteen-year-old Charlie Hall's mother dies and his father retreats into silent grief, Charlie finds himself drifting, nearly friendless, through a northern Idaho junior high school but when a grizzly bear saves his life, Charlie forms an unusual friendship that changes his life.
Open city, Teju Cole.
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed.
The language of flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others as she struggles to overcome her own past.
Black Jesus, Simone Felice.
A young marine returns from Iraq, blinded and scarred by a roadside bomb and harbouring a terrible secret. Called Black Jesus by his fellow soldiers on account of his name being Lionel White and his birthday being Christmas Day, he has returned to his decaying home town to sit in the back of his mother's junkshop, pop Oxycontin and try to forget what he knows. Novel by singer/songwriter.
Ten thousand saints, Eleanor Henderson.
A debut novel that captures the experiences of coming of age in the turbulent 1980s.
Train dreams, Denis Johnson.
A labourer in the early 20th century American West suffers all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune even as the country is being transformed into something bigger and brighter.
1105 Yakima Street, Debbie Macomber.
The 11th book in the Cedar Cove series.
Childish loves, Benjamin Markovits.
Author dies and his colleague inherits his life's work: manuscripts about Lord Byron. The colleague turns literary sleuth top shed light on the author's life and his tarnished reputation.
Second nature, Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Losing her father in a school fire that disfigures her face, Sicily is raised by a dynamic aunt who urges her to pursue a normal life, an effort that is influenced by her fiance, a terrible drunken revelation and an opportunity for a risky full-face transplant.
The leftovers, Tom Perrotta.
What would happen if The Rapture actually took place and millions of people just disappeared from the earth? How would normal people respond? The residents of Mapleton use a variety of coping mechanisms in this thought-provoking novel about love, connection, and loss that is also a sharp and clever take on Middle America.
Sunset bridge, Emilie Richards.
Five very different women--Tracy, a former socialite who has discovered that she's pregnant; Wanda, a waitress turned pie shop owner; Janya, a young Indian wife dealing with an arranged marriage; Alice, a widow raising her tween granddaughter; and Maggie, a former Miami cop--find love and friendship on the barrier island of Happiness Key.
On hummingbird wings, Lauraine Snelling.
On a mission to restore her hypochondriac mother to health, Gillian Ormsby also sets about reviving her mother's wilted garden to its former glory, enlisting the help of Adam, a handsome man who owns a family gardening business with his father.
The foreigners, Maxine Swann.
Three women - an American divorcee, a social climbing Austrian and a young Argentinian activist - come together in contemporary Buenos Aires.
I married you for happiness, Lily Tuck.
As this novel opens, a woman sits holding her husband's hand and reflects on their life together.
The submission, Amy Waldman.
Impressive and timely first novel. Set in the wake of 9/11 when a widow sits on a committee to slect a memorial for those who died. A popular submission comes from a Muslim architect which leads to a storm of controversy.
The family Fang, Kevin Wilson.
A tragi-comedy about performance artists who use their children in their work and question whether family or art are the more important. Highly original fiction debut.

Australian fiction

Empire day, Diane Armstrong.
Bondi Junction in the late 1940s and life is changing as people struggle to rebuild their lives.
Machine man, Max Barry.
When Charles Newmann loses a leg in an industrial accident, as a scientist he sees this as an opportunity. A gruesome comedy about one man's quest for the ultimate in self improvement.
The Pepsi bears and other stories, Anson Cameron.
A collection of fables in which the intuition of animals is set against the hubris of man, Anson Cameron is part court jester, part acclaimed writer of short stories and novels, and part national conscience.
The fix, Nick Earls.
A journalist/spin doctor returns home to Brisbane and has to delve into the past of a man who is up for a bravery award yet may have a murky past.
A man you can bank on, Derek Hansen.
Former bank manager saves a small Aussie town when $3 million stolen from bookies is buried in the town by criminals, hit men and insurance agents converge on the town in this wacky comedy thriller.
Lettah's gift, Graham Lang.
Unusual request in mother's will sends a man on a journey back to his birthplace, Zimbabwe, to deliver an inheritance to a former famil servant. Set the year before the historic 2008 elections.
Lola's secret, Monica McInerney.
Eccentric 84 year old Lola invites a number of 'lucky winners' to the family run motel for Chritmas in this light entertaining tale set in South Australia's picturesque Clare Valley.
The beach house, Helen McKenna.
Set in a small Queensland town of Sunset Point. Nothing much happens here, which is just the way the locals like it ... so when an outsider with grand plans threatens to demolish an iconic landmark and build a huge resort, the battle lines are drawn.
The girl and the ghost-grey mare, Rachael Treasure.
Short stories, many with the rural settings of her popular novels, some romantic and some sinister.

British Fiction

The picture book, Jo Baker.
The story of a family set against a century of British history and moving from a boy who loses his life at Gallipoli to his son who survives D-Day, his son who becomes an Oxford academic and then to that man's daughter, an artist in contemporary London.
Grow up, Ben Brooks.
First novel by a 19 year old writer. The story of Jasper and his experiences with girls, exams, parties, drugs and finding his way in the world.
Worth, Jon Canter.
A couple move to a small village and make friends with their single neighbour. They start to take her side in everything until they realise they are being trapped.
My former heart, Cressida Connolly.
Excellent first novel by nonfiction author about generations of women - the mother who walks out, her daughter who is deserted by her husband and the children who try to make a place in the world in the shadow of their family.
Wild abandon, Joe Dunthorne.
17 year old Kate and her younger brother want to escape from their island commune in the second novel by the author of the much praised and recently filmed "Submarine."
The white devil, Justin Evans.
When Andrew Taylor is sent to the Harrow School, a British institution for privileged adolescents, he is spurned by nearly all of his peers, and becomes immersed in a two-hundred-year-old literary mystery when he finds a friend in the school's poet-in-residence.
Dead water, Simon Ings.
A conspiracy dating from World War II unravels in a clever science/adventure tale of piracy, a shipping magnate encased in a tomb, a disgraced female detective, and more.
The translation of the bones, Francesca Kay.
A young woman who cleans at a Battersea church is involved in an incident that convinces her she's witnessed a miracle. Word gets out and a full scale religious mania descends on the church.
The blue book, A.L. Kennedy.
A woman crosses the Atlantic by liner with a new boyfriend, escaping her ex with whom she's acted as a fake medium to defraud the rich. Intrriguing tale of travelling psychics.
History of a pleasure seeker., Richard Mason
Piet Barol is a clever young Dutchman whose attractiveness to most women and some men is something he uses to get on in the world.
Far from my father's house, Jill McGivering.
Strong story of one woman's fight to secure freedom is set against a background of the interracial tensions in Pakistan.
A cruel bird came to the nest and looked in, Magnus Mills.
A surreal portrait of a world not that alien to us where things are falling apart and a kingdom drifts without its emperor who has gone abroad.
Bertie plays the blues, Alexander McCall Smith
Once more we catch up with the goings-on in 44 Scotland Street. 7th in the series.
Blow on a dead man's embers, Mari Strachan.
From author of the highly original "The earth hums in B flat' comes the story of a woman whose husband returns from World War I as a broken man harbouring dark secrets.
Obedience, Jacqueline Yallop.
Fascinating novel about what happened in a French convent during the years of German occupation.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

The time of my life, Cecelia Ahern.
Lucy Silchester has been ignoring mysterious appointment cards but she's about to find out that there is one she can't ignore.
Wrapped up in you, Carole Matthews.
Thirtyish hairdresser Janie, stuck in her ways, looks a trip to Africa where she falls for her tour guide.
It happened one summer, Polly Williams.
Romcom about wife and mother who dies but doesn't feel dead and realises she needs to organise her husband to find love again.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The glitter scene, Monika Fagerholm
Teenage Johanna lives with her aunt Solveig in a small house bordering the forest on the outskirts of a remote coastal town in Finland. She leads a lonely existence that is punctuated by visits to her privileged classmate, Ulla Backstrom, who lives in the nearby luxury gated community.
Crossbones, Nuruddin Farah.
Prize winning novel about his native Somalia where a journalist reurns home to a country blighted by civil war, piracy and religious intolerance.
Shooting angels, Christopher Hope.
Charlie Criker begins a journey into his own past after a lifetime trying to forget what happned to the woman he loved. Impressive novel by leading South African novelist.
Gods without men, Hari Kunzru.
The twists and turns of a handful of lives - a rock star who's hiding out, a teenage Iraqi refugee, a boy who goes missing in the desert - connected by a trickster who subverts the laws of god and men.
The milkman in the night, Andrey Kurkov
Strange goings on in Kiev where Semyon wanders after dark with no recall in the morning so he asks a friend to shadow him one night.
While the women are sleeping, Javier Marias
Known for his spy trilogy, "Your Face Tomorrow", which has been compared to Proust and hailed as one of the great modern European novels. In his first short story collection for fifteen years he brings together tales which span his entire writing career from the 1960s to the present.
The wedding wallah, Farahad Zama.
A highly enjoyable picture of cosy, conventional India, warts and all in this third book of the series. The marriage bureau may be running successfully, but the course of true love (Indian style) isn’t so smooth for Mr Ali’s niece and office assistant.

French titles

Ouragan : roman, Laurent Gaude.
La peine du menuisier : roman, Marie Le Gall.
Les bienveillantes : roman, Jonathan Littell.
La decouverte du ciel, Harry Mulisch

German titles

Die Frau furs Leben : Roman, Daniel Bielenstein.
Die Hebammen-Sprechstunde : einfuhlsame und naturkundliche Begleitung zu Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Wochenbett und Stillzeit mit Heilkrautern, homoopathischen Arzneien und atherischen Olen, Ingeborg Stadelmann.
Wenn du mich wirklich liebtest, wurdest du gern Knoblauch essen : uber das Gluck und die Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit, Paul Watzlawick.

MYSTERY

The tale of Castle Cottage, Susan Wittig Albert.
The latest in the Beatrix Potter mystery series has Miss Potter eager to marry her fiance but finding that the troubled remodelling of Castle Cottage, their future home, brings problems.
Triple shot, Sandra Balzo.
In the latest Maggie Thorsen coffeehouse mystery, two real estate agents die mysteriously and there's trouble at the coffeehouse.
Jane and the Canterbury tale, Stephanie Barron.
The intrepid nineteenth-century writer investigates the suspicious death of a mysterious man at the wedding of Andrew MacAllister and Adelaide Fiske.
De Luxe, Lenny Bartulin.
Australian secondhand bookseller and crimefighter Jack Susko is back on the case when a former boss needs help. Add in beautiful women, Playboy bunnies, a Nazi luger and the cops.
Good as dead, Mark Billingham.
The latest in the Thorne series has police officer Helen Weeks taken hostage at gunpoint by a man whose son has died in a prison for young offenders.
A dark anatomy, Robin Blake.
Historical mystery set in 1740 where a Squire's wife is murdered in a Lancashire village and a coroner and his doctor friend investigate. Debut novel by author of books on famous artists.
Naughty in Nice, Rhys Bowen.
In Nice to recover the Queen's stolen snuff box, Lady Georgiana Rannoch participates in a Coco Chanel fashion show where a necklace also belonging to the Queen goes missing, forcing her to search for both priceless items and solve a murder. Latest in the Royal Spyness series.
The calling, Alison Bruce.
Cambridge policeman DCI Goodhew investigates the case of a woman who went out to buy a birthday present and never returned.
The night stalker, Chris Carter.
Third tale featuring Detective Robert Hunter of LA Homicide Special Section. Serial killers to the fore again.
Plugged, Eoin Colfer.
The author of the bestselling "Artemis Fowl" series turns to adult crime in a dark comedy-thriller about an ex-Irish army bouncer in a New Jersey casino who becomes embroiled in a world of murder, kidnapping and corruption.
The burning soul, John Connolly.
The latest Charlie Parker mystery is about a man who, with his friend, killed a girl when he was a teenager. He's served his time and built a new life but somebody discovers his secret - just when another girl goes missing.
Murder in burnt orange, Jeanne M. Dams.
Hilda Johansson, Swedish immigrant to Indiana, looks into a suspicious fire and a dubious train crash in the hot summer of 1905.
Garden of secrets past, Anthony Eglin.
Caught up in a centuries-old family conflict when he investigates a murder on the grounds of Shugborough Hall, Laurence Kingston tracks down clues pertaining to a code contained within an ancient, unbreakable garden monument.
Death and the maiden, Gerald Elias.
Third case for blind reclusive bad-tempered violin teacher Daniel Jacobus.
I am God, Giorgio Faletti
A serial killer has New York in his grip and it seems he's mined some of the skyscrapers but who knows which.
Rack, ruin and murder, Ann Granger.
The discovery of a body shatters the peace of a Cotswold village in the second mystery featuring Supt. Ian Carter and Inspector Jess Campbell.
Cooking the books, Kerry Greenwood.
Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant sleuth, is back and this time it's sinister events on the set of a television soap opera. Zany comedy
Mystery in the minster, Susanna Gregory.
Latest in the Cambridge series of medieval mysteries featuring physician/sleuth Matthew Bartholomew.
The diary of a murder, Lee Jackson.
When the wife of a respectable clerk is murdered and there is a handwritten confession, the man's diary tells a very different story.
Pirate king, Laurie R. King.
Sherlock Holmes joins wife Mary Russell as she watches over the actresses in a movie version of "The pirates of Penzance." Suddenly the prop knives turn real and so do the pirates.
Northwest angle, William Kent Krueger.
Discovering a murdered teen while stranded by a gale on the remote Lake of the Woods, detective Cork O'Connor and his daughter, Jenny, also discover a mysterious baby boy whose life is threatened by powerful adversaries.
Crucible of secrets, Shona MacLean.
Midsummer 1631 and Alexander Seaton and his fellow masters are enjoying a holiday with their students when one is murdered.
The retribution, Val McDermid.
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan team up again to face a serial killer unlike any they have ever encountered...
Blindside, G.J. Moffat.
Third in series featuring Glasgow lawyer Logan Finch and security business owner Alex Cahill, here having to go to Colorado to investigate a passenger jet crash.
Hell, Hilary Norman.
Latest in series featuring Detective Sam Beckett has him battling a psycho killer who has plagued his family for years.
Daddy's girl, Margie Orford.
The young daughter of a tough Cape Town policeman is kidnapped and he turns to a police profiler to try and sort the case.
Kill me if you can, James Patterson and Marshall Karp.
During an attack on New York's Grand Central Station, an art student finds a bag with $13 million worth of diamonds. He takes it. Not a good idea.
When the devil drives, Caro Peacock.
1839 and young London women are being attacked at night. Novice private eye Liberty Lane investigates and finds things may be linked to the Royal
The cut, George Pelecanos.
A former Iraq war veteran is working on a case for a defense attorney that leads him to a dope dealer whose connections involve people in very high places.
The invisible ones, Stef Penney.
Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier.
A trick of the light, Louise Penny.
Chief Inspector Gamache, head of homicide at the Surete du Quebec, is called to a tiny village where the art world is gathered and nothing is at seems.
Dorchester Terrace, Anne Perry.
The latest in the Inspector Thomas Pitt series.
The adjustment, Scott Phillips.
Sharp crime noir tale about a PR man with an out of control client and a secretive wartime past that leads to blackmail, extortion and murder.
The man who never returned, Peter Quinn.
In 1945 New York, a recently retired detective is asked to solve a case of a mysterious disappearance in 1930.
The dog who knew too much, Spencer Quinn.
Cool canine Chet and his human Bernie are hired to find a boy possibly snatched by his divorced fatgher but Chet sniffs out new clues that makes things look more complicated.
Flash and bones, Kathy Reichs.
A body is discovered near a speedway and a NASCAR crew member tells Temperance Brennan that his sister disappeared 12 years back.
66 north, Michael Ridpath.
Second in the Fire and Ice series featuring Magnus Jonson, Iceland-born American homicide detective, here investigating someone who is deciding that bankers and politicians should pay the final price.
By any means, Ben Sanders.
Friday rush hour, Auckland city. A lone shooter fires across a packed street and kills a man. Detective Sergeant Sean Devereaux is assigned the case. He's not complaining - his Friday nights are seldom better spent. But the inquiry is not straightforward. Witness accounts are conflicting. The dead man appears to be an unintended victim, with the true target unknown.
Babylon, Stephen Sewell.
First novel by author of the hit Aussie gangland thriller "Animal kingdom" is a strong thriller about an English backpacker on his road trip to hell.
The forgotten affairs of youth, Alexander McCall Smith.
The 8th book in the Isabel Dalhousie series.
Death of the mantis, Michael Stanley.
When a Kalahari ranger is found dead in a dry ravine, his corpse surrounded by three Bushmen, the local police arrest the nomads. Botswana's Detective 'Kubu' Bengu investigates the case."
The quarry, Johan Theorin
Swedish crime set on the island of Oland. A man finds his father barely alive in a burnt-out studio with the only suspect confirmed dead.

New Zealand Fiction

The below country, Nicholas Edlin.
Young woman, daughter of American novelist, works in a law office in Auckland and travels to Korea where she tries to uncover the dark secret of her father's wartime past.
The sweet second life of Darrell Kincaid, Catherine Robertson.
No one knows 'happy endings' like romance novelist Darrell Kincaid. She's delivered eight of them to her readers with pleasure. But it's not to be with book number nine. In the act of adding the final full stop, Darrell has a revelation: it's not the ending that really matters but what comes next.
The catastrophe, Ian Wedde.
The Age of Excess has been good to Christopher Hare. One of the world's top food writers, he has travelled to the best restaurants in the most exotic locations, with the chic dining companion known to readers of his lavish books as The Glace. But, in the new mood of austerity ushered in by the credit crunch, will the world still be interested in his views?

ROMANCE

Once upon a time in Tarrula, Jennie Adams.
Nice girls finish last, Natalie Anderson.
Mr Right there all along, Jackie Braun.
The Italian next door, Anna Cleary.
One night in the Orient, Robyn Donald.
The doctor's reason to stay, Dianne Drake.
Under the Brazilian sun, Catherine George.
Rescued by the brooding tycoon, Lucy Gordon.
Bride for real, Lynne Graham.
The Sultan's choice, Abby Green.
Swept off her stilettos, Fiona Harper.
Blind date rivals, Nina Harrington.
Ordinary girl in a tiara, Jessica Hart.
The secret princess, Jessica Hart.
Dating Dr Delicious, Laura Iding.
From dirt to diamonds, Julia James.
Monarch of the sands, Sharon Kendrick.
The crown affair, Lucy King.
The thorn in his side, Kim Lawrence.
Career girl in the country, Fiona Lowe.
Return of the maverick, Sue MacKay.
To wed a rancher, Myrna Mackenzie.
Cort Mason, Dr Delectable, Carol Marinelli.
Survival guide to dating your boss, Fiona McArthur.
Not-so-perfect princess, Melissa McClone.
From daredevil to devoted daddy, Barbara McMahon.
His poor little rich girl, Melanie Milburne.
Fiancee for one night, Trish Morey.
There's something about a rebel, Anne Oliver.
The Kanellis scandal, Michelle Reid.
The tortured rebel, Alison Roberts.
After the Greek affair, Chantelle Shaw.
The untamed Argentinian, Susan Stephens.
Once touched, never forgotten, Natasha Tate.
Little cowgirl needs a mum, Patricia Thayer.
The return of the stranger, Kate Walker.
The heart of a hero, Barbara Wallace.
Australia's maverick millionaire, Margaret Way.
Girl in the Bedouin tent, Annie West.
It started with a pregnancy, Scarlet Wilson.
The highest price to pay, Maisey Yates.

Russian titles

Ves mir teatr, Boris Akunin
Pup zemli : [roman], Venko Andonovskii
Obmani menia nezhno, Natalia Andreeva.
Kniazi v griazi, Mikhail Barshchevskii.
Mys Bur, Nina Berberova.
Povelitelnitsa : roman, rasskazy, pesa, Nina Berberova.
Derzhava pod zverem, Il'ia Briz.
Lavra : roman, Elena Chizhova.
Tochka nevozvrata : povest i rasskazy, Polina Dashkova.
Trinadtsat trubok ; Burnaia zhizn Lazika Roitshvanetsa, Ilia Erenburg.
Svoe schaste : romany, I. Grekova.
Skoro budet buria roman, Grem Dzhois.
Angely opustosheniia, Dzhek Keruak.
Brodiagi Dkharmy, Dzhek Keruak.
Kogda vzorvetsia gaz?, Danil Koretskii.
Mech Nemezidy, Danil Koretskii.
Zhizn posle zhizni, Aleksandra Marinina.
Pozor i chistota : narodnaia drama v tridtsati glavakh, Tatiana Moskvina.
Mariia-Antuanetta : s trona na eshafot, Natalia Pavlishcheva.
Indus, ili, Ulybka chernogo kota, Oleg Roi.
Nevidimye ruki roman, Stig Sterebakken
Pismovnik, Mikhail Shishkin.
Mama, ne chitai! : ispoved "neblagodarnoi" docheri, Katerina Shpiller.
Deviat mesiatsev, ili, "Komediia zhenskikh polozhenii", Tatiana Solomatina.
Orel deviatogo legiona, Rosemary Sutcliff.
Leto dlinoi v polchasa roman, Karina Tikhonova.
S nebes na zemliu, Tatiana Ustinova.
Mimoletnosti, ili Podumaesh, binom Niutona!, Ekaterina Vilmont.
Opasnoe iskushenie, Eilin Uilks.

Saga & Historical

Sworn sword, James Aitcheson.
An ambitious young Norman soldier fights against desperate odds to consolidate the conquest of England in the years after the Battle of Hastings.
Lazarus is dead, Richard Beard.
Account of the life, death and resurrection of Lazarus from the New Testament.
The sword of Damascus, Richard Blake.
Murderous intrigue brings Aelric to Damascus as the triumphant Muslim caliphate threatens Constantinople. 4th in this series.
Marathon, Christian Cameron.
Second in series deals with the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. when the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in pitched battle.
Heartwishes, Jude Deveraux.
Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking.
The sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt.
Oregon 1851 and Eli and Charlie Sisters, notorious professional killers, are on their way to California to kill a man. Gripping and inventive tale that is on the shortlist for the 2011 Booker Prize.
The circus of ghosts, Barbara Ewing.
New York, late 1840s, and in the wild, noisy, brash and beautiful circus of Silas P. Swift a shadowy, mesmeric woman entrances crowds because she can unlock the secrets of troubled minds. Above them all her daughter sweeps and soars: acrobat and tightrope-walker. People cannot take their eyes from the mysterious woman in the Big Top who can help so many others - but she cannot unlock dark, literally unspeakable, memories of her own.
The somnambulist, Essie Fox.
A Victorian gothic tale of a teenage girl who lives with her widowed mother until she takes a job as companion to a reclusive wife in an isolated - and possibly haunted - country house.
Sarah Thornhill, Kate Grenville.
Sarah, daughter of William Thornhill (from Grenville's "The secret river") tells her story of love and blood ties.
The queen's rival : in the court of Henry VIII, Diane Haeger.
As the beautiful daughter of courtiers, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount is overjoyed when she secures a position as maid of honor to Katherine of Aragon. But when she captures the attention of the king himself, there are whispers that the queen ought to be worried for her throne.
The doctor's lady, Jody Hedlund.
Priscilla knew God wanted her to be a missionary, not a wife. The missionary board declares the only way she can serve is to be married, and so she embarks on a marriage in name only... a marriage that will test her spirit... and the new longings of her heart...
Defender of Rome, Douglas Jackson.
Sequel to "Hero of Rome" as Valerius returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain and finds Emperor Nero's madness is in full flight.
Elm Tree Road, Anna Jacobs.
After being driven from home by their brutal father, Mattie, Nell and Renie find themselves facing greater heartache in the wider world. Nell, fearing what reprisals might come from marrying for love against her father's wishes, has fled to Lancashire with her new husband Cliff and younger sister Renie to start a new life.
The decision, Penny Vincenzi.
1960s and an ex-debutante working in fashion and a working class boy involved in the property market, meet, marry, get rich, split up, and then end up in an epic custody battle.
The roving party, Rohan Wilson.
1829 Tasmania and a group of men, the roving party intent on massacre, search for Aborigines in this powerful and disturbing tale of Australia's past.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

The departure, Neal Asher.
Start of a new series for Asher. Set in a bleak future where the planet is a nightmare, overcrowded and ruled by ruthless dictators intent on killing off millions to stabilise the planet.
The measure of the magic, Terry Brooks.
Sequel to "Bearers of the Black Staff," second and concluding volume of the "Legends of Shannara" fantasy series.
Those across the river, Christopher Buehlman.
A failed academic moves to a small Georgia town to write of the horrors that took place on this family's old plantation but he doesn't realise that a terrible presence lurks there.
The watchtower, Lee Carroll.
Second in a highly original urban fantasy trilogy.
Ready player one, Ernest Cline.
Action science fiction featuring a geeky kid named Wade Watts who gets caught up in a worldwide virtual utopia called Oasis which leads to a virtual treasure hunt for a very real treasure.
Cold fire, Kate Elliott.
Second in the fantasy "Spiritwalker" series has Cat and her cousin key players in a dangerous game of drama and politics.
Dark predator, Christine Feehan.
Hunter of the undead and master executioner Zacarias De La Cruz returns to Peru where he finds betrayal, vengeance, and the consequences of his family's bloody legacy.
Bringer of light, Jaine Fenn.
Fourth title in "The hidden Empire" series.
Legacy of kings, C. S. Friedman.
The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strong and determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery for herself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, where spells are warped by a curse called the Wrath that even the Magisters fear.
The vampire shrink, Lynda Hilburn.
Psychologist treats Goth teenager who wants to become a vampire (as every teenager seems to be wanting to be) and is sceptical until she meets a man who claims to be an 800 year old vampire.
The unincorporated woman, Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin.
This award-winning saga of a revolutionary future takes a new turn. Justin Cord, the unincorporated man, is dead, betrayed, and his legacy of rebellion and individual freedom is in danger. 3rd in the series.
Fenrir, M.D. Lachlan.
Second in the fantasy Craw Trilogy has the Vikings laying siege to Paris.
The bone house, Stephen R. Lawhead.
Kit Livingstone is on the run, hunted by the Burley Men, as he tries to piece together a map that reveals the hidden dimensions of the multiverse. Kit, however, is not the only one traveling through time and space to influence the future of the future. Second in the "Bright Empires" fantasy trilogy.
The tempering of men, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear.
Sequel to "A companion to wolves" in the Iskryne World" fantasy series.
The moon maze game, Larry Niven and Steven Barnes.
Offered a dream job escorting a teenage heir on a fabulous moon role-playing vacation, Scotty Griffin, a personal security specialist, becomes embroiled in a violent reality game involving armed terrorists, psychological tests, and a large audience.
The people next door, Christopher Ransom.
A family lead ordinary lives in a pleasant American suburb when new, charming and exciting neighbours move in. They turn out to be not as perfect as they seem, nor as human, in this scary horror tale.
The pack, Jason Starr.
New to the role of stay-at-home-parent, Simon Burns befriends a tight-knit group of other dads at the playground whose warm welcome into their "pack" may have been literal when he begins to suspect that they are actually werewolves.
The tears of the sun : a novel of the change, S.M. Stirling.
Fifth in the "Change" fantasy series in which Rudi McKenzie - now Artos, The High King of Montival - must fulfill his destiny.
Son of heaven, David Wingrove.
Second instalment of the "Chung Kuo" epic has China on the verge of world domination and rebellion is threatening its dominion.