Recreation

Fiction New Titles August 2012 (arrived in July)

Adventure

The imperial banner, Nick Brown.
Follows on from "Agent of Rome: The siege," an action filled adventure historical set in 270s A.D.
The last refuge, Ben Coes.
Action tale of former SEAL and Delta Force operator, out to prevent a nuclear bomb obliterating Israel's largest city.
Red star burning, Brian Freemantle.
Britain's MI5 tolerates Charlie because he's their best field agent. What none of his colleagues know, though, is that he is married to Natalia Fedova, a colonel in the FSB, the Russian intelligence successor to the KGB.
Mission to Paris, Alan Furst.
Movie matinee idol shooting a film in 1939 Paris becomes drawn into a world of spies of every sort.
The burning lake : a Volk thriller, Brent Ghelfi.
Another prominent journalist is found murdered in Putin's Russia, shot to death on the banks of the Techa River near the radioactive village of Metlino.
The flag of freedom, Seth Hunter.
1797 and Britain stands alone against the forces of Revolutionary France and Captain Nathan Peake is charged with treason and has to uncover Napoleon's invasion plans.
Redemption, Will Jordan.
Launch of a new series featuring former British SAS operative who specialises in bringing home lost, kidnapped or rogue agents.
Bloodline, James Rollins.
A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force enlists the aid of a unique search team. Latest book in the Sigma Force series.
The outsiders, Gerald Seymour.
Action suspense about a team declaring war against organised crime in Spain's gangster belt.
Niceville, Carsten Stroud.
A ten year old boy goes missing in Niceville and one year later an old woman goes missing. A detective investigates and finds the abductions are connected.
Hereward, James Wilde.
Continues after the Battle of Hastings as Hereward plots a rebellion against the conquering Normans.

American Fiction

The unfinished journals of Elizabeth D., Nichole Bernier.
A woman inherits the journals of a late friend and discovers things she never knew. The story of two women: their friendship, marriages and secrets.
Citrus county, John Brandon.
Described as a 21st century Holden Caulfield story. The story of a teenage girl whose family moves to Florida where she meets a neglected boy whose prank leads to tragedy.
The half-stitched Amish quilting club, Wanda E. Brunstetter.
When Amish widow Emma Yoder offers quilting lessons, she acquires a diverse collection of six non-Amish students who form bonds with her and each other as they work through their problems and learn to create beautiful quilts.
Tell the wolves I'm home, Carol Rifka Brunt.
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don't know you've lost someone until you've found them.
Once upon a river, Bonnie Jo Campbell.
Meet Margo Crane, a female Huckleberry Finn, a teenage Scout Finch as she single-handedly takes on a hostile world in this well reviewed debut. After the violent death of her father, in which she is complicit, Margo takes to the Stark River in her boat, with only a few supplies and a biography of Annie Oakley, in search of her vanished mother.
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain.
A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders. Karl Marlantes - author of "Matterhorn" said this was the Catch-22 of the Iraq War.
The newlyweds, Nell Freudenberger.
Love and marriage, secrets and betrayal as a woman moves from Bangladesh to America to marry.
The after wife, Gigi Levangie Grazer.
As she pours out her grief and questions to a tree in her backyard after her husband's death, reality show producer Hannah is astonished when the tree appears to respond, prompting Hannah's discovery that she can communicate with the dead.
Gone, Cathi Hanauer.
A domestic drama about a woman who must hold her family together after her husband disappears.
The world without you, Joshua Henkin.
A family gathers together at their summer home for the memorial service of the youngest son, a journalist killed on assignment in Iraq.
Summerland, Elin Hilderbrand.
After a fatal car crash during a summer celebration on Nantucket Island, four teenagers question if the roots of the accident lie further in the past than they seem; is true healing possible, in even these most devastating circumstances; and, can true friendship ever really die?
Five miles south of Peculiar, Angela Hunt.
Tale of twin sisters, one a Broadway actress whose career is faltering and the other owning an estate.
Coming home : the Baxter family : a story of undying hope, Karen Kingsbury.
Faith, love and a summer lakeside reunion for the Baxter family in the latest of this series.
The collective, Don Lee.
In 1988, Eric Cho, an aspiring writer, arrives at Macalester College. On his first day he meets a beautiful fledgling painter, Jessica Tsai, and another would-be novelist, the larger-than-life Joshua Yoon. Brilliant, bawdy, generous, and manipulative, Joshua alters the course of their lives, rallying them together when they face an adolescent act of racism.
Office girl, Joe Meno.
Set in 1999 where a girl who's a hopeless dreamer and Jack, a 25 year old shirker, decide to start their own art movement.
So far away, Meg Mitchell Moore.
Desperate to escape her parents' ugly divorce and a former best friend's vicious cyber-bullying, thirteen-year-old Natalie bonds with widowed librarian Kathleen over the diary of an early twentieth-century Boston maid.
An unexpected guest, Anne Korkeakivi.
While planning a dinner party in Paris, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat becomes unnerved by the unexpected arrival of her son, a random encounter with a Turkish terrorist, and the recurring appearance of someone dead for twenty years. Echoes of "Mrs Dalloway."
Where'd you go, Bernadette, Maria Semple.
Story of a high achieving child, her genius Microsoft star employee father and her bitter architect mother. A cleverly funny novel about the pushiest parents imaginable.
Reunion, Lauraine Snelling.
Middle aged mother discovers a secret her late mother had hidden for years and meanwhile her 17 year old niece is pregnant.
Dirt, David Vann.
Intense portrait of alienation, lust and violence and the bonds and burdens of family as seen through the life of a young Californian misfit.
Beautiful ruins, Jess Walter.
1962 and a young Italian innkeeper meets an American starlet in a publicity scam. Decades later he goes to Hollywood to find her. Richard Burton features as a major character.
The next best thing, Jennifer Weiner.
Believing she is realizing her dreams when her sitcom is bought, television writer Ruth Saunders finds her happiness threatened by demanding actors and executives as well as an unrequited crush on her boss and her septuagenarian grandmother's upcoming wedding.
The Spinoza problem, Irvin D. Yalom.
In 1909, sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster's office for making anti-Semitic remarks. He is punished by having to memorise passages from the autobiography of Goethe and is stunned to discover that his idol was a great admirer of the seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza.

Australian fiction

No sex in the city, Randa Abdel-Fattah.
28 year old Esma has a good job, has travelled, is clever and smart, is on the hunt for Mr Right but he must be Muslim.
A distant land, Alison Booth.
The final volume in her Jingera trilogy - part love story and part thriller about the Vietnam War and the effects of Australia's involvement.
Hannah & Emil, Belinda Castles.
Story of love and courage and a German veteran of World War I and a Russian Jewess who make a life for themselves just before the next world war
Welcome to normal, Nick Earls.
Short story collection that looks at everyday life in a playful, clever, thought provoking way and is set in Spain, Arizona, Taipei as well as suburban Brisbane.
The mistake, Wendy James.
A woman who'd had a baby as a teenager adopted out has her past dragged up when the child disappears.
Wattle Creek, Fiona McCallum.
Damien McAllister is a man on the brink. Spending long, hard days on a farm he has no affection for, and his nights ignoring the criticisms of his mother, Damien can no longer remember what he's living for. But in a small town like Wattle Creek, there are few people to turn to, and Damien learned long ago to keep his problems to himself.
The mint lawn, Gillian Mears.
North Coast, New South Wales. Clementine is twenty-five and still living in the place where she grew up, rooted there by memories and her own inability to make changes until she has understood her past. The past is dominated by memories of her mother, and her mother, and her mother's attempts to dramatise and enrich small-town life and the perceptions of her three clever, receptive daughters.
Watching the climbers on the mountain, Alex Miller.
Set in Queensland's remote wilds and about a station owner and his unhappy wife whose lives are changed forever by the arrival of a young English stockman.

British Fiction

Lionel Asbo : state of England, Martin Amis.
Martin Amis looks at modern England and he doesn't like what he sees. Either a brilliant portrait of a messy society or a middle class sneer at working class culture.
A time for heroes, Frank Barnard.
A tale of two generations of fighter pilots in the Great War and World War Two.
The harbour, Francesca Brill.
A tale of love's struggle to survive, set in 1940 Hong Kong where a young American journalist meets an English spy.
The missing shade of blue, Jennie Erdal.
A translator in Edinburgh meets a philosopher and his artist wife and is drawn into their colourful lives.
Whatever it takes, Adele Parks.
A Londoner leaves her perfect world when her husband wants to live in Dartmouth. An affecting story of love, family and friendship.
Snake ropes, Jess Richards.
On an island off the edge of the map, tall men come from the mainland to trade. They leave and Mary's little brother is missing. A first novel that is a magical and intriguing dark fairytale.
The boy under the table, Nicole Trope.
Tina is a scared young woman barely existing on the streets of Kings Cross. Forced into prostitution to survive, one cold night she breaks all her rules by agreeing to go home with a customer. What she finds in his house will change her life forever.
Skagboys, Irvine Welsh.
Prequel to his bestselling debut "Trainspotting" set in 1980s Edinburgh with Renton, Spud, Tommy and the psychopathic Begbie before his heroin addiction.

Chinese titles

Yun zhong zhi zhu, Ai Mi zhu.
Ri yue, An Yiru zhu.
An lian, Bayuechangan zhu.
Ai qing hao wai, Chen Cui zhu.
Wuchang cheng, Fang Fang zhu.
Chu ren tou di, Zuo zhe Fang Xiang.
Bei, Huang Guorong zhu.
Fo yang yang, Jian Ming zhu.
Yu Erleng zhi chang qi yu ji, Jin Bo zhu.
Shui jing gu ren = Crystal the bones, Jiufangloulan zhu.
Na yi ye, wo men zhi mao yi, Lai Bao, Wang Xiaoshan, Piaoye xie de.
Wan lai ji jing, Li Haipeng zhu.
Dian shi tai zhang, Li Zhenguo zhu.
Hun huo nan nu, Liu Aiwu zhu.
Tao li hua er jie, Meng Wu zhu.
Gong ti, Nupipi zhu.
Zhi rou, Ouyang Qian zhu.
Guan guan ju jiu, Wang Gang zhu.
Ru lu bo bing, Xianrenyouxian zhu.
Lu fan Yanshi, Yan Geling zhu.
Ru guo, 2, Youshiyoushi zhu.
Lie ai quan cheng, Zibaihe zhu.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Emmaus, Alessandro Baricco
Four young men from proud struggling families lusting for an extraordinary woman in this strange erotic tale of youth and faith.
A palace in the old village, Tahar Ben Jelloun
Mohammed has spent the past 40 years working in France. As he approaches retirement, he takes stock of his life, his devotion to his assimilated children, and decides to return to Morocco, where he spends his savings building the biggest house in the village and waiting for his children and grandchildren to come and be with him.
The investigation, Philippe Claudel
Highly original Kafka-esque fable about The Investigator who is looking into a series of suicides at a huge complex in an unnamed town.
All woman and springtime, B.W. Jones.
Orphans Gi and Il-sun live behind North Korea's iron curtain and are strong friends. A man enters their lives and spirits them across the border to the South. Powerful first novel about friendship and redemption.
Another country, Anjali Joseph.
A superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning Saraswati Park. Paris, London, Bombay: three cities from the backdrop to the story of Leela in her twenties and entering the world of work, love and relationships.
Before the throne, Naguib Mahfouz
From Egypt's Nobel Prize winner comes the extraordinary tale where nearly sixty of Egypt's rulers are summoned to the afterlife Court Of Osiris to receive judgement for what they did to their nation.
The Taliban Cricket Club, Timeri N. Murari.
The Taliban want to hold a cricket tournament and a young female journalist is pursued by the Minister To Promote Virtue And Punish Vice. Described as an entertaining mix where "Bend it like Beckham" meets "The kite runner."
The spider king's daughter, Chibundu Onuzo.
A modern day "Romeo and Juliet" set against the background of Lagos, a city living between tradition and the modern world, and truth, love and family loyalty.
The prisoner of heaven, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Third in series that began with "Shadow of the wind" and continued with "The angel's game."
Night dancer, Chika Unigwe.
M is for Mother. Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything: an apartment block in the Nigerian town of Enugu and enough money to last a lifetime. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name.
The dream of the celt, Mario Vargas Llosa
Explores the life of Irish revolutionary Sir Roger Casement who was executed for treason after his involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Alif the unseen, G. Willow Wilson.
A young man in the Arab Emirates falls for an aristocratic woman already promised to a man of her class, a man involved with state security. Described as a tale of literary enchantment, political change and religious mystery.
Annabel, Kathleen Winter.
In 1968, in a remote part of Canada a baby is born who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but both at once. Surgery is performed and the child is raised as a boy while secretly living with his female 'shadow-self' Annabel.

Mystery

A place in the country, Elizabeth Adler.
A single mother is building up a business when her ex-husband turns up and then disappears. Mix of romance and mystery.
Dead ends, Sandra Balzo.
The second in "Main Street" series set in a small North Carolina town where journalist AnnaLise Griggs investigates two sudden deaths.
Dead and buried, Stephen Booth.
The latest DS Cooper and DI Fry mystery has a fire sweeping across the Peak District national park and a body discovered in its wake.
Never tell, Alafair Burke.
While investigating the suicide of sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim.
The lost girls of Rome, Donato Carrisi
A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes the ancient streets, two men, Clemente and Marcus, sit in a cafe near the Piazza Navona and pore over the details of the case. They are members of the ancient Penitenzeri, a unique Italian team, linked to the Vatican, and trained in the detection of true evil.
The death sculptor, Chris Carter.
A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless: Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind.
Gone missing, Linda Castillo.
4th in series set in an Ohio Amish community featuring Police Chief Kate Burkholder.
Backfire, Catherine Coulter.
FBI duo investigates the case of a prosecutor who gets shot at the trial of an accused serial killer.
The corpse of St James's, Jeanne M. Dams.
Dorothy Martin and her retired Chief Constable husband stumble across a body hidden in St. James's Park.
The midnight man, Paul Doherty.
As Chaucer's pilgrims shelter for the night, it's the physician's turn to enthral his fellow travellers with a terrifying tale. When Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen are summoned to the Church of St Michael's, Candlewick, to perform an exorcism, the demons that plague the church appear to have been summoned by an infamous sorcerer known as the Midnight Man. Latest in the "Canterbury Tales" medieval mystery series.
Death and transfiguration, Gerald Elias.
4th in series with irascible but likeable amateur sleuth and professional violin teacher Daniel Jacobus.
Watching the ghosts, Kate Ellis.
DI Joe Plantaganet investigates a house with a disturbing past.
Wicked business, Janet Evanovich.
Second in the Lizzy and Diesel series.
Night watch, Linda Fairstein.
With the help of NYPD's Mike Chapman, Alex Cooper is set to uncover the shocking secrets that have lurked just beneath the surface of the bustling metropolis of New York for centuries, only to come screaming to light in the present day.
The killer in my eyes, Giorgio Faletti
A murderer obsessed with comic strips and an ex-cop and young female detective race against time to unmask a bizarre killer.
Tuesday's gone, Nicci French.
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police. But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her door. A man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder. The police don't know who it is, how he got there or what happened and Michelle can't tell them.
The road to hell, Gillian Galbraith.
Latest Alice Rice mystery has a body discovered in an Edinburgh park and a dead clergyman found by an altar in the same place.
Ransom River, Meg Gardiner.
Woman juror on big murder case starts recalling disturbing childhood memories about another case.
The governor's wife, Mark Gimenez.
Texan Republican governor and his wife lead bland wealthy lives but when she saves the life of a Hispanic boy things change dramatically.
A particular eye for villainy, Ann Granger.
When one of Ben's neighbours is bludgeoned to death in his sitting room, Ben and Lizzie discover that there is a lot more to Mr Thomas Tapley than meets the eye and more than one person who would benefit from his death.
Some kind of peace, Camilla Grebe and Asa Traff
Scandinavian crime again! Psychotherapist feels she's being spied on then the body of a patient is found nearby.
Murder by the book, Susanna Gregory.
Latest in the Cambridge series of medieval mysteries featuring the physician sleuth Matthew Bartholomew.
The thing itself, Peter Guttridge.
Latest in the Brighton-set series has a disgraced former policeman discovering what happened in the unsolved Brighton Trunk Murder of 1934.
In her blood, Annie Hauxwell.
A woman investigator with the Financial Services Agency is a long term drug addict. When one of her informants is murdered she's under suspicion and has seven days to find the killer.
The chill of night, James Hayman.
A ambitious young attorney is murdered and a Portland homicide detective is put on the case.
Blind goddess, Anne Holt
And more Scandinavian crime! Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates the link between the murder of a drug dealer and later, of a shady killer.
A necessary end, Hazel Holt.
When Sheila Malory reluctantly agrees to help out in one of Taviscombe's charity shops for a few weeks, her friend Rosemary warns her that about the 'control freak' manager Desmond Barlow, and wonders why she couldn't have said 'no'.
Undercover, Bill James.
When Harpur and Iles are called in to investigate an undercover investigation gone wrong, things turn very murky.
Fireproof, Alex Kava.
Another action thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, here leading a search for a serial arsonist.
Potboiler, Jesse Kellerman.
Arthur Pfefferkorn is a has-been, or perhaps a never-was: a middle-aged college professor with long-dead literary aspirations. When his oldest friend, bestselling thriller writer William de Vallèe, is lost at sea, Pfefferkorn is torn between envy and grief, for de Vallèe not only outshone Pfefferkorn professionally, but married the woman Pfefferkorn loved.
The dead season, Christobel Kent.
Third Florence-set tale featuring policeman turned private detective Sandro Cellini.
Ice cap, Chris Knopf.
3rd mystery featuring Jackie Swaitkowski, lawyer to the well-off in The Hamptons.
The Baghdad Railway Club, Andrew Martin.
Captain Jim Stringer, invalided from Western Front, is sent to investigate a case of treason in Baghdad.
Gods and beasts, Denise Mina.
DS Alex Morrow and the case of the fatal robbery of a Glasgow post office where there are connections to party politics and a folk hero.
Summon up the blood, R. N. Morris.
Launch of new series with a whodunit set in 1914 where a tough policeman has to track down a devious killer.
Blessed are the dead, Malla Nunn.
Third in excellent crime series set in 1950's South Africa when apartheid laws were first introduced.
The risk agent, Ridley Pearson.
Opens a new series with the tale of a security firm operating within China where private investigation is illegal.
The Saint Zita Society, Ruth Rendell.
Someone had told Dex that the Queen lived in Victoria. So did he, but she had a palace and he had one room in a street off Warwick Way. Still he liked the idea that she was his neighbour. Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam Place in Pimlico: an exclusive street of white-painted stucco Georgian houses inhabited by the rich. Intriguing standalone tale.
Cold grave, Craig Robertson.
November 1993. Scotland is in the grip of the coldest winter in living memory and the Lake of Menteith is frozen over. A young man and woman walk across the ice to the historic island of Inchmahome which lies in the middle of the lake. Only the man comes back.
Dead men and broken hearts, Craig Russell.
1956 and private eye Lennox is on a case involving a straying husband then finds it is linked to shadowy members of the intelligence community and Glasgow's crime bosses.
Tom-All-Alone's, Lynn Shepherd.
Inspired by the Dickens classic "Blake house," this is a Victorian murder mystery set in a dark London underworld.
Criminal, Karin Slaughter.
The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in and a past that could hold the clue to the killings.
Lambs to the slaughter, Sally Spencer.
A small mining village is rocked by a murder. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatwoski investigates.
Witch hammer, M. J. Trow.
Christopher Marlowe investigates a possible act of witchcraft in the latest title in this historical mystery series.
Heartbroken, Lisa Unger.
While Kate pens an evocative historical novel based on family journals, her neighbor, Emily, flees a volatile relationship to an island in the Adirondacks where she, Kate, and Kate's mother, Birdie, face the consequences of their pasts.
The kings of cool, Don Winslow.
A prequel to "Savages," now filmed with John Travolta, that goes from 1960s Southern California to the recent past with its case of drug dealers, crooked cops and others.

New Zealand Fiction

The big music, Kirsty Gunn.
An epic literary novel of Scottish history, music and life seen through the story of a dying man composing music which will define his life.
The thrill of falling, Witi Ihimaera.
An imaginative collection of longer short stories set in New Zealand and across the world - from a rock chick singer in London to Moby Dick, Darwin's Galapagos tortoise re-encountered, a reenactment of "Casablanca" and more.
Little sister, Julian Novitz.
At 11.06 pm, on 6 September 2001, eighteen year old Shane stands near the house of his girlfriend's father, staring at the hilt of a sword stabbed into the ground. The next morning, his best friend Will is sitting in a police station, trying to explain the tangled relationship between him, Shane, and Shane's girlfriend Eileen.

Romance

The rebel rancher, Donna Alward.
Waking up in the wrong bed, Natalie Anderson.
A girl less ordinary, Leah Ashton.
Doctor's mile-high fling, Tina Beckett.
In the Italian's sights, Helen Brooks.
Keeping secrets, Linda Byler.
Celebrity in Braxton Falls, Judy Campbell.
The sheriff's doorstep baby, Teresa Carpenter.
The tarnished jewel of Jazaar, Susanna Carr.
Dare she kiss & tell?, Aimee Carson.
Diamond ring for the ice queen, Lucy Clark.
Battle for the soldier's heart, Cara Colter.
Distracted by her virtue, Maggie Cox.
In defiance of duty, Caitlin Crews.
Plain Jane in the spotlight, Lucy Gordon.
A vow of obligation, Lynne Graham.
The secrets she carried, Lynne Graham.
Always the best man, Fiona Harper.
Unnoticed and untouched, Lynn Raye Harris.
The darkest of secrets, Kate Hewitt.
The count's prize, Christina Hollis.
The dark side of desire, Julia James.
The Sheikh's jewel, Melissa James.
A secret disgrace, Penny Jordan.
How the playboy got serious, Shirley Jump.
Playing the Greek's game, Sharon Kendrick.
The Navy SEAL's bride, Soraya Lane.
Tom's redemption, Fiona Lowe.
Dr tall, dark and dangerous?, Lynne Marshall.
Unlocking the surgeon's heart, Jessica Matthews.
Marco's temptation, Fiona McArthur.
Enemies at the altar, Melanie Milburne.
Lexi's secret, Melanie Milburne.
Heart of a desert warrior, Lucy Monroe.
Defying Drakon, Carole Mortimer.
The legendary playboy surgeon, Alison Roberts.
Behind the Castello doors, Chantelle Shaw.
A world she doesn't belong to, Natasha Tate.
Argentinian in the outback, Margaret Way.
A royal World apart, Maisey Yates.

Saga & Historical

The ghosts of Athens, Richard Blake.
The Roman Empire faces the barbarian hordes in 612 A.D.
The impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen L. Carter.
In an alternate history novel, Lincoln escapes assassination by John Wilkes Booth only to face impeachment, and Abigail Canner, a young black woman involved in his defense, helps investigate the murder of the president's counsel.
The red chamber, Pauline A. Chen.
An epic reimagining of the Chinese classic "Dream of the Red Chamber" is set against a backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing and follows the intersecting lives of three women, including orphaned Daiyu, who becomes tangled in a web of intrigue with ties to the Emperor's Palace.
Beautiful lies, Clare Clark.
London 1887, Queen Victoria's jubilee, and the Chilean wife of an aristocratic liberal M.P. wants to succeed as an artist and bury the truth of her past.
Across a bridge of dreams, Lesley Downer.
1870s Japan where a couple meet as children and fall in love. Will their relationship survive the limitations their society will impose?
The purple shroud, Stella Duffy.
Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, the daughter of a bear-keeper, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theou doron, 'the Gift of God', Empress of Byzantine Rome and the most powerful woman in the world.
The Cornish house, Liz Fenwick.
Maddie, an artist and widow, inherits a house in Cornwall where she discovers the stories of the generations of women who've lived there.
The Venetian contract, Marina Fiorato.
Venice 1580 where a young female architect is on a quest for three books, written by the legendary architect Andrea Palladio and containing a dangerous secret.
Porch lights, Dorothea Benton Frank.
When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivan’s Island.
A humble companion, Laurie Graham.
Nellie Welche, companion to royalty and keeper of secrets and companion to one of George III's children, has a memoir that will lift the lid on Hanoverian secrets and lies.
No child of mine, Susan Lewis.
Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. It's as frustrating a career as it can be rewarding, though all too often she is left wondering if she has done enough. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Crane comes to her attention everything changes.
Tumbleweeds, Leila Meacham.
Story of three young friends growing up in a small Texas town and the fateful event that casts a shadow over their lives.
The chaperone, Laura Moriarty.
1922 and Cora leaves for New York as chaperone for a girl bent on Broadway stardom.
Park Lane, Frances Osborne.
1914 and 18 year old Grace finds work as a housemaid in a Park Lane mansion where the young woman of the house has joined the suffragette movement.
The painted bridge, Wendy Wallace.
A recent bride is tricked into a Victorian asylum for genteel woman, declared to be hysterical and unhinged.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

The mammoth book of steampunk, Sean Wallace.
Presents a collection of thirty short stories which explores alternate worlds from the past in which women and social classes are oppressed and anachronistic technology is used to bring about a better future.
Iron gray sea, Taylor Anderson.
Matt Reddy sets off in pursuit of a rogue Japanese destroyer, the Hidoiame, while the invasion of Grik "Indiaa" begins with the Human-Lemurian Alliance fighting against the Dominion. 7th in the "Destroyermen" series of alternative history SF.
Empire state, Adam Christopher.
Debut SF novel.. Energy blast rips a hole in reality and births the Empire State, a young, twisted parallel prohibition-era New York.
Mansfield with monsters : the untold stories of a New Zealand icon, Katherine Mansfield, Matt Cowens and Debbie Cowens.
Mansfield with Monsters is a collection of Mansfield's short stories that were uncovered by Dr Marcus Walker. These stories are as they were originally written - with vampires, aliens, and sea monsters - but never published.
The devil delivered and other tales, Steven Erikson.
In Devil Delivered and Other Tales, Steve Erikson tells three different, captivating stories.
Once bitten, Stephen Leather.
As a psychologist for the Los Angeles police department, Jamie Beaverbrook has seen it all. Or so he thinks until the night a full moon brings out the crazies, including Terry Ferriman. Trouble is, Terry isn't exactly crazy. But how else can the police explain finding the girl in an alley off Sunset, crouched over a man's lifeless body, her mouth smeared with blood?
Sky dragons, Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey.
Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragon riders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs. Final installment by the mother and son duo of the Pern saga.
The broken isles, Mark Charan Newton.
War spills into the Boreal Archipelago, as two rival cultures bring their eternal battle into this adjacent realm. 4th in the fantasy series, "Legends of the red sun."
Shadow's master, Jon Sprunk.
A land of death and shadow where only the strongest survive. Yet that is where Caim must go to follow the mystery at the heart of his life. 3rd in the "Shadow" fantasy series, following "Shadow's son" and "Shadow's lure."
The craving, Jason Starr.
Manhattan thrives on desire, the longing for a better apartment a higher-paying job, fame. Simon Burns ought to know, since he nearly lost it all: his job, his family, his home. But now things are turning around, thanks to the pack. Second in "The pack" series.
The apocalypse codex, Charles Stross.
For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the super secret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats.
War maid's choice, David Weber.
Madcap fantasy adventure full of noble steeds, fierce female fighters, dark sorcery, swordplay and more.