Recreation

Fiction New Titles March 2012 (arrived February 2012)

ADVENTURE

Black site, Dalton Fury.
The author of the bestseller "Kill Bin Laden" makes fiction debut with the story of a former Delta Force operative searching for captives in Pakistan's badlands and stumbling on an al-Qaeda plot.
Robert Ludlum's The Janson command, Series created by Robert Ludlum ; written by Paul Garrison.
An ex-assassin for the United States government, Paul Janson, teams up with an accomplished sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid, to rescue a doctor abducted by African pirates in international waters and realizes there are larger forces at work when their liberation mission goes awry.
Blood roots, Michael Green.
The Chatfield family, scattered across the globe, continue to fight for survival. Their only hope is to form one strong community together but power struggles, violence and deception keep them apart. Conclusion to the Blood Line trilogy,
The devil's elixir, Raymond Khoury.
What if there was an herb, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? More apocalyptic adventure with Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin.
Reefs and shoals, Dewey Lambdin.
Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans.
Hawk quest, Robert Lyndon.
Set in 1072. The story of a warrior named Vallon who must capture four rare hawks to pay ransom of a Norman knight. The author has been a keen falconer since boyhood.
The rook, Daniel O'Malley.
Supernatural thriller about woman who is a high level operative in a secret security force charged with protecting Britain from supernatural forces and finding that someone within the organisation is out to kill her.
Oath of office, Michael Palmer.
What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage? When Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree at the office, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself.
Gideon's corpse, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.
Follows "Gideon's sword" with a nuclear scientist who has an interest in Islamic extremism taking a family hostage.
The book of lost fragrances, M. J. Rose.
In the late 1700s an excavation of an ancient Egyptian burial tomb yields a mysterious scent and years later powerful groups vie for the lost
Zero day, Mark Russinovich
A what-if thriller about three large disasters due to computer failures and possibly linked to another 9/11.
Armada, John Stack.
Standalone maritime adventure from the author of the "Masters of the Sea" series has a captain in Drake's navy covering up his Catholicism as England is at war
All necessary force, Brad Taylor.
Terrorists are coming but knows where or when and it's up to Task-Force, operating outside the law, to track down clues.
The war of the dragon lady, John Wilcox.
Lates in the series featuring Simon Fonthill, ex-captain and army scout, set in 1900 when China is plunged into barbaric chaos.

American Fiction

American dervish, Ayad Akhtar.
A first generation Pakistani-American boy in America is taught the Islamic faith by a Pakistani woman newly arrived. All is well until the teacher falls for the boy's father's best friend, a Jewish doctor.
Lunatics, Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel.
An uproarious tale told in alternating voices follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on the run from police, terrorists, and a pizza chain mascot.
Mrs. Nixon : a novelist imagines a life, Ann Beattie.
Pat Nixon remains one of our most mysterious and intriguing public figures, the only modern first lady who never wrote a memoir. This novel, drawing from a number of real sources, is an attempt to draw out the character of the first lady.
The night swimmer, Matt Bondurant.
A suspenseful novel about a young American couple--Elly and Fred--who win a pub on the southern most tip of Ireland and discover the body of an eccentric villager Elly knows floating in the sea. Was it a suicide?
A sister's test, Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Ruth finds her dream to marry Martin Gingerich and raise a family about to be realized when her life is shattered and her faith is put to the test.
River's call, Melody Carlson.
Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her mother, the river, and the Inn at Shining Waters.
The keeper, Suzanne Woods Fisher.
Family relationships and trials of the heart among the Amish in the first of a new series, "Stoney Ridge sessions."
The face thief, Eli Gottlieb.
Officer Dan France investigates who pushed the beautiful Margot down the stairs and discovers a number of people with motives, including a potential lover and a defrauded newlywed. A story of greed and temptation with a crime novel edge to it.
The underside of joy, Sere Prince Halverson.
In the aftermath of her beloved husband's drowning death, Ella's initial support from her in-laws dissolves as long-buried secrets and family tragedies are revealed in the wake of a bitter custody battle against her stepchildren's biological mother.
Contents may have shifted, Pam Houston.
Woman in a dead end relationship decides to fly around the world, finding a reason to love life in different places and learn about herself
A grown-up kind of pretty, Joshilyn Jackson.
Three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a terrible secret, are joined by family bonds and united by their strong big hearted grandmother.
The orphan master's son, Adam Johnson.
Orphan boy becomes a tunnel soldier then rises through the military ranks in North Korea in this powerful story of war blended with a love story.
America pacifica, Anna North.
Very well reviewed novel about a 17 year old girl trying to find out the truth of her mother's disappearance from an island off California, the only warm place left in a world beset by a new ice age.
The odds, Stewart O'Nan.
"A middle aged couple goes all in for love at a Niagara Falls casino."
Come in and cover me, Gin Phillips.
Unusual tale of a young woman archaeologist who is sensitive to ghosts and needs to move beyond the death of her brother some years back.
Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Ross.
First collection of short stories by author of the acclaimed "Mr Peanut" has brothers, loners and lovers navigating lives full of good intentions and muddled motives.
The world we found, Thrity Umrigar.
Four women, all friends from the 1970s, have drifted apart but reunite when one of them is ill.

Australian fiction

There should be more dancing, Rosalie Ham.
The story of Margery who has moved to the 43rd floor of a Brunswick hotel where she contemplates her life.
Free-falling, Nicola Moriarty.
Belinda's life unravels when her fiance dies then strange things happen as she finds an unexpected friend in this tale of love and loss.
The fine colour of rust, Paddy O'Reilly.
In a small Aussie town a single mother gets news that the local school may close so she takes up the cause. A warm and likeable tale of an outback Erin Brockovich!
Mateship with birds, Carrie Tiffany.
A wryly funny and very likeable tale set in rural Victoria post World War II. It follows the lives of Harry, a divorced dairy farmer, and his neighbour Betty, a single mother.
The cartographer, Peter Twohig.
Set in 1950s Melbourne where an eleven year old boy witnesses a murder and maps his travels so he doesn't cross the killer's path. A clever tale with echoes of writers like Jonathan Safran Foer and Mark Haddon.

British Fiction

Waiting for sunrise, William Boyd.
Vienna 1913 and a young English actor is going for his initial appointment with an eminent psychiatrist. A beautiful woman enters and so begins a passionate affair that is linked to the world of wartime intelligence.
The Berlin crossing, Kevin Brophy.
Brandenburg, 1993. The Berlin Wall is down but life has become more complicated for teacher Michael Ritter as he loses hi9s job and his wife. His return home to care for his terminally ill mother gives him new focus and opportunity. Excellent debut from Irish writer who lived in Berlin just after reunification.
A small fortune, Rosie Dastgir.
British Pakistani man is proud of his roots and happy to assist relatives - daughter in London, cousins in Yorkshire, family back in Pakistan - any way he can but good intentions sometimes go wrong. Excellent first novel by writer who has lived in Britain and the U.S.
The memory tree, Tess Evans.
When their mother dies, two children are left with their loving but unstable father. They plant a tree in her memory in this touching tale of love, family and forgiveness.
A tiger in eden, Chris Flynn.
The story of Billy, from the toughest part of Belfast, who ends up in South East Asia where he encounters mercenaries, drugs, Buddhist retreats and more. Described as a cross between "Trainspotting" and "The beach."
A good American, Alex George.
The Meisenheimer family struggles to find their place among the colorful residents of their new American hometown, including a giant teenage boy, a pretty schoolteacher whose lessons consist of more than music, and a spiteful, bicycle-riding dwarf. Author is an Englishman who moved to Missouri.
Tideline, Penny Hancock.
A first novel that has a dark and chilling tone as it tells of a woman who tries to protect a 15 year old teenager from the world.
The thoughts & happenings of Wilfred Price, purveyor of superior funerals, Wendy Jones.
Set in a 1920s Welsh village where the local undertaker proposes to a girl at a picnic then realises he doesn’t really love her and has to stop the expectations of duty.
The child who, Simon Lelic.
A provincial solicitor has to defend a twelve year old discovered to have a murdered a schoolmate. The effect on his own family intensifies as the case unfolds.
The flight of Gemma Hardy, Margot Livesey.
Echoes of Jane Eyre in this story of an orphaned girl in the early 1960s who leaves Iceland to live with her uncle in Scotland and becomes tutor to a troubled child whose guardian has a dark secret.
666 Charing Cross Road, Paul Magrs.
Zany fantasy comedy about a vampire infestation in New York which is about to hit London and only The Scottish Bride, an undead woman lost for centuries, and her friends can stop it.
The roundabout man, Clare Morrall.
A sixtyish man lives on a caravan on a roundabout bothering nobody until a reporter tracks him down and his life is both unravelled and revealed.
Between a mother and her child, Elizabeth Noble.
Happily married couple seem to have it all then one of their children dies and the family falls apart until the mother realises she will have to fight to put her family back together.
My policeman, Bethan Roberts.
A fictionalised account of the story of novelist E.M. Forster and his long time companion, a married policeman. Set in 1950s Brighton.
The man who rained, Ali Shaw.
Magical fable by author of the prizewinning "The girl with glass feet" is the story of a girl whose father was killed in a tornado. She moves to remote Thunderstown where she meets a man with a thunderstorm inside him.
The legacy of Hartlepool Hall, Paul Torday.
Ed Hartlepool has been living in self imposed exile for five years but, with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall.
The soldier's wife, Joanna Trollope.
Her latest bestseller asks the question: does marrying a soldier mean marrying the army?
Girl reading : a novel, Katie Ward.
A kaleidoscopic tale follows the experiences of seven women models from different historical periods, the artists for whom they sit, the factors that shape the creations of their portraits, and the ties that connect them to each other.
The Bellwether revivals, Benjamin Wood.
when he meets and falls in love with Iris Bellwether, a beautiful and enigmatic medical student at King's College, bright, bookish Oscar Lowe is drawn into her world of scholarship and privilege, and soon becomes embroiled in the strange machinations of her brilliant but troubled brother.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

Happily ever after, Harriet Evans.
Novel about a young woman who refuses to believe happy endings are real. At twenty-two, Eleanor Bee is sure about three things: she wants to move to London and become a literary superstar, she wants to be able to afford to buy a coffee and croissant every morning, and she doesn't believe in happy endings. Things change.
The patchwork marriage, Jane Green.
When Andi married Ethan she not only got the man she loved but also the chance to be a mother, to his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, Andi saw this opportunity at motherhood as a precious gift. If only it were that simple.
Midnight in Austenland, Shannon Hale.
Lovelorn woman is sent to Pembrook Park, the Jane Austen fantasy land for those who like that sort of thing, in this follow up to "Austenland."
I've got your number, Sophie Kinsella.
Standalone novel from the "Shopaholic" author. In the course of an evening Poppy loses her engagement ring and her mobile but finds another phone whose owner turns out to be a high-flying businessman.
A walk in the park, Jill Mansell.
Romantic comedy about a girl who runs away from home at 16 and comes back years later for her teenage daughter.
Summer daydreams, Carole Matthews.
Nell McNamara never paid attention in school, spending most of her time daydreaming. Now almost thirty, Nell and boyfriend Olly are working back-to-back shifts just to make ends meet as they care for their adorable four-year-old daughter, Petal. But Nell can't help but wonder: is life passing her by?

Chinese titles

Su shi wang : 100 duo dao jian kang su shi, ying yang ke kou bian hua duo, Shi Jianwei shi fan.
Shan zha shu zhi lian, Aimi.
Si zhe de xue yuan ji, Chichuan Cilang.
Qie ting rou qing, Bai Mulin.
Xin hai ren wu qun xiang, Cai Sixing
Qing bai jia feng, Dong Qiao.
Qu nian de mi mi, Du Zhilang zhu.
Me ji yan ke = It's May's feast!, [Feng Meiji zhu].
She wu, Gao Huiran.
Oh! Father, Kotaro Isaka.
Zhen Tai meng, Jing Shen Gap.
Shui Mo shan he, Jinzi zhu.
Yong nian biao du tong Zhongguo li shi, Lei Dunyuan
Bi xue de ri chang xiao cai, Li Yang Huiling.
Xi yao, Li Bihua.
Shen mi gu. VII, Kong zhong de hua yuan, Li Min, Atushuoli, Haiyan.
Yue du ren sheng 100 pian, Li Yi zhu ; Qiu Jinsi bian ji.
You fang de ai qing guo du, Lin Yongchen.
Ni bu ke bu zhi de jian kang yun dong bi jue, zuo zhe: Liu Zhan.
Long Cenghua du shi bing jia ting tui na fa, Long Cenghua zhu bian
Jia gou sui gou, Mo Yan.
Xing fu ma mi de 280 tian, Nai nai zi zhu.
Bu ji de xin, Ni Kuang.
Xin zhong de xin, Ni Kuang.
Xin, fei ren xie hui, Yuan zhu Ni Kuang.
Ri guang xuan lu, Qiongfeng.
Zi wen qi xia zhuan, Chou He zhu.
Yu er xin zhi : rang hai zi sheng zhang de zui hao, Shufang Liang.
Ye shou pai qi nu, Tao Lesi.
Mei li dao li : wo de shi jie mei rong guan, Yang Meiyi.
Tie xue yuan zheng jun, Zhao Yunyu zhu.
Yao yuan de qin mi guan xi, Zheng Ziling.
Yi hao mi de ji dong, Zheng Ziling.
Qiang la nan you, Zi Cheng.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Me and you, Niccolo Ammaniti
Big bestseller in Italy from the author of "I'm not scared." The story of a 14 year old loner who, on the pretext of a school skating trip, hides in a cellar keeping the world at bay.
Running the rift, Naomi Benaron.
Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.
The flying man, Roopa Farooki.
The story of Mike/Maqil/Mehmet - choose a name! - who is a criminally clever chancer with charm and good looks and a way of constantly reinventing new lives for himself as he goes from country to country, abandoning wives, children and careers as he goes.
The snow child, Eowyn Ivey.
Canadian author. A magical tale of a heartbreak and hope in 1920s Alaska where a childless couple build the figure of a snow girl which then appears to become a real child. A clever mixture of fairtyale and the rigours of a tough life on the Alaskan frontier.
The ruins of us, Keija Parssinen.
An eye-opening first novel about Saudi princes and bureaucrats, wives and extra wives, sons and daughters, fanatics and exiles.
Various positions, Martha Schabas.
A first novel that takes you into the tough world of professional dance through the story of an introverted talented girl who makes it into the Canadian Royal Ballet Academy.
Guilt : stories, Ferdinand von Schirach
Stories of small town atrocities and crimes. The author is a notable criminal defence lawyer in Germany.
The sea on our skin, Madeleine Tobert.
Set in a tiny traditional community on a Pacific Island, the story of a marriage and family where life is not all bliss. The author is from Scotland and has lived in the Pacific Islands, now living in Auckland with her Fijian husband.

Japanese titles

Ukara harakara, Agawa Sawako.
Shuden e sanjippo, Akagawa Jiro.
Uonteddo kaijin nijuichimenso, Akazome Akiko.
Tamayura, Asano Atsuko.
Higurashi furu, Ayasaka Mitsuki.
Hokori are, Azuma Naomi.
Saraba ginko no hikari, Egami Go.
Buraddo basu, Fukami Makoto.
Daisan no jinsei no hajimari, Gin'iro Natsuo.
Kirei na mizu no tsumetai nagare, Gin'iro Natsuo.
Kodomo tono kurashi to kaiwa, Giniro, Natsuo.
Hoshi mamoru inu : shosetsu, Harada Maha.
Watakushi no mitonsan, Higashi Naoko.
Bukku janguru, Ishimochi Asami.
Gyangu eiji, Kawabata Hiroto.
Itoma moshite : dowa no hitobito, Kitamura Kaoru.
Nomeba miyako, Kitamura Kaoru.
Goran no supon, Machida Ko.
E o kaite ichinchi : mado michio hyakusai no gashu, Mado Michio.
Jueki soshite kajitsu, Maruya Saiichi.
Kujikena, Masuno Koichi.
Kasasagitachi no shiki, Michio Shusuke.
Nurui doku, Motoya Yukiko.
Totsugawa keibu jiko naki satsujin, Nishimura Kyotaro.
Darenimo kakeru issatsu no hon, Ogiwara Hiroshi.
Nobunaga no kage, Okada Hidefumi.
Shinuki manman, Sano Yoko.
Dansu horu, Sato Shogo.
Chi wa yoku no iro, Sawada Fujiko.
Anata ga iru basho, Sawaki Kotaro.
Birijian, Shibasaki Tomoka.
Poniteru, Shigematsu Kiyoshi.
Teioboshi, Shindo Fuyuki.
Hebi to tsuki to kaeru, Taguchi Randi.
Tenjo guren, Watanabe Jun'ichi.
Kuya shonin ga ita, Yamada Taichi.

Mystery

The best American mystery stories. 2011, Harlan Coben ; Otto Penzler, series editor.
Presents a collection of the genre's best short mystery stories that have been published in the United States or Canada during the year.
The rope, Nevada Barr.
In 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City and nursing a broken heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return.
Wild thing : a novel, Josh Bazell.
Second novel featuring New York doctor and witness protection programme person Peter Brown who has to accompany a beautiful paleontologist on a very dangerous assignment. Darkly funny tale.
The doll princess, Tom Benn.
First in a planned trilogy featuring an underworld enforcer in 1996 Manchester.
Vulture peak, John Burdett.
Fifth in the series with Royal Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep.
A parliament of spies, Cassandra Clark.
Fourth historical mystery featuring the Abbess of Meaux.
The look of love, Mary Jane Clark.
Professional wedding cake decorator and amateur sleuth Piper Donavan is on cake creating assignment at a West Coast luxury spa for the wealthy and famous -- where nip and tuck and murder are offered in equal measures.
Inquisition, Alfredo Colitto
In 14th-century Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist - a man of science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition. But the corpse brought to Mondino's laboratory one stormy night defies natural law: The victim is a Templar knight, and his heart has been transformed into a block of iron.
Never apologise, never explain, James Craig.
Jake Haggar has been kidnapped by his father who is threatening to sell the boy to a paedophile ring. Carlyle is struggling to get him back. It's not his case but it is his problem it was his fault Jake was taken in the first place. But Carlyle's own caseload includes the murder of Agatha Mills. Her husband, Henry, has been arrested for murder but his explanation is so outlandish that Carlyle wonders if it may just be true.
Taken, Robert Crais.
When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her son faked his own kidnapping she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike and they discover the murderous world of human trafficking.
Death at the Jesus Hospital, David Dickinson.
Three victims, all with strange markings on their chest, make for a difficult case for Victorian detective Lord Francis Powerscourt.
The sea detective, Mark Douglas-Home.
Introduces Cal McGill, detective with a difference - oceanographer and sometime eco-warrior, floating human bodies his speciality.
Siberian red, Sam Eastland.
1939 and Stalin's most trusted secret agent, Inspector Pekkala, is on his deadliest mission and it may save his country or plunge it into disaster.
The cadaver game, Kate Ellis.
When the body of a murdered woman is found in a suburban house, DI Wesley Peterson becomes involved in a sinister manhunt.
Boca daze, Steven M. Forman.
Armed with his unfailing wit and his Boston-bred fighting skills, retired Boston cop Eddie Perlmutter walks straight into the most dangerous game of his life when he tries to shut down a string of illegal pill mills.
Catch me, Lisa Gardner.
At 8pm on 21st January, twenty-eight year old Charlie Grant believes she is going to be murdered and she wants Boston’s top homicide detective, D.D. Warren, to handle her death investigation.
The Piccadilly plot, Susanna Gregory.
Thomas Challoner and the case of the robberies from the home of his master, The Earl of Clarendon, that lead to both murder and treason.
Least of evils, J.M. Gregson.
When a young man is found with gunshot wounds outside the Thorley Grange estate, DCI Percy Peach is immediately on the case. The estate has recently been taken over by Oliver Ketley, a generous local benefactor leading a double life as a ruthless ganglord.
A room full of bones, Elly Griffiths.
A coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop is to be opened at a local museum and archaeologist Ruth Galloway supervises only to find the curator of the museum dead.
Need you now, James Grippando.
Abe Cushman, the evil genius behind a $60 billion Ponzi scheme, has killed himself and taken his secrets to the grave. For Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor at the world's largest Swiss bank, Cushman’s fall has unexpected - and deadly - repercussions.
The flight, M. R. Hall.
Fourth in series featuring coroner Jenny Cooper deals with the case of a lone sailor whose boat was sunk when a plane crashed at sea and a young girl killed.
Good bait, John Harvey.
A 17 year old Moldovian boy is found dead on Hampstead Heath and DCI Karen Sheields and team find it is linked to gang warfare and organised crime across
Four below, Peter Helton.
Second in series featuring Detctive Inspector Liam, working in Bristol.
As easy as murder, Quintin Jardine.
The latest in the Primavera Blackstone series has our sleuth investigating the murder of a casual thief in their tranquil Spanish village.
Death's door, Jim Kelly.
An idyllic island holds a dark secret ... On a hot August day in 1994, 76 holidaymakers travel to an island off the North Norfolk coast. Only 75 return alive - a young man is murdered, the case left unsolved.
Siege, Simon Kernick.
London is under attack and trained gunmen storm a Park Lane hotel. Will the guests survive the night?
Defending Jacob, William Landay.
A respected D.A. is blindsided when his fourteen year old son is charge with the murder of a fellow student.
Raylan, Elmore Leonard.
U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is back and he has a federal warrant to serve on a convicted drug dealer.
Goddess of death, Roy Lewis.
Arnold Landon joins a group tracing looted antiques and ends up faced with the murder of an informer amidst a history of greed, corruption and revenge.
A bespoke murder, Edward Marston.
In 1915 London, an anti-German attack on a bespoke tailoring business leaves the tailor dead, his daughter raped, and his safe empty, and Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion must go all the way to the front lines of World War I and back to find those responsible.
A narrow exit, Faith Martin.
Former Detective Inspector Hillary Greene returns to Thames Valley where she investigates a twenty year old cold case.
The fall, Claire McGowan.
Interesting psychological crime thriller debut in which a woman's fiance is accused of killing a nightclub owner and she has to fight to prove his innocence.
All I did was shoot my man, Walter Mosley.
When Zella Grisham is accused of both shooting her boyfriend and stealing more than six million dollars from the Rutgers Assurance Corp., Leonid McGill investigates, while his own family life begins to unravel around him.
Start shooting, Charlie Newton.
Twenty-five years after a gruesome murder rocked Chicago, a local newspaper runs an expose on new evidence in the case, a smear campaign that stirs up bad blood for officer Bobby Vargas and his brother Ruben, a high-ranking detective.
The constant lovers, Chris Nickson.
Tale of greed, ambition and thwarted love in eighteenth-century Leeds. July, 1732: On a hot summer morning, Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds, is called out when a young woman is found stabbed to death among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey.
Blood counts, Martin O'Brien.
Chief Inspector Jacquot of the Marseilles police and the case of someone from his past who is settling a score with a series of revenge murders.
The chalk girl, Carol O'Connell.
Kathy Mallory, working in Special Crimes Unit, comes upon a little girl who has stange ideas that seem to be linked to nasty events of 15 years ago.
Helpless, Daniel Palmer.
Former Navy Seal raising teenage daughter after the murder of his ex-wife must untangle lies about his past and find out who was responsible.
The jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker.
Bradley Jones, a deputy in the L.A. sheriff's department who's been transporting drugs for a Mexican cartel since he was 17, turns to fellow deputy Hood for help after henchmen of a rival cartel kidnap Jones's pregnant wife, Erin.
Keeping bad company, Gillian Linscott writing as Caro Peacock.
Private investigator Liberty faces a conundrum when her younger brother Tom, an East India Company employee, is unexpectedly summoned to London to give evidence at an official enquiry into the murder of a wealthy merchant.
The eighth veil, Frederick Ramsay.
Set in first-century Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles, a murdered servant girl is found in the palace of King Herod Antipas.
No one left to tell, Karen Rose.
Man falsely imprisoned for murdering fiancee and private eye Paige Holden investigates and discovers a deep cover up and a ruthless killer.
Box 21, Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom.
Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then trapped in a Stockholm brothel. What will happen when they get an unexpected chance at freedom?
The confession, Charles Todd.
Troubled Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder.
The pleasures of men, Kate Williams.
Set in Victorian England where a feisty young woman becomes involved in the pursuit of a serial killer worse than Jack The Ripper.

New Zealand Fiction

Coast, David Carnegie Young.
Evokes the magic of wild country. It sets up a resonance between a departing shore near St Cyrus, Scotland, and a receiving shore in coastal Rangitikei-Whanganui. Here in a volatile estuary landscape, the power of dune country connects fathers and son through three generations.

Romance

First time lucky?, Natalie Anderson.
Doctor's guide to dating in the jungle, Tina Beckett.
Heart surgeon, hero, husband?, Susan Carlisle.
The boss she can't resist, Lucy Clark.
The end of her innocence, Sara Craven.
Untouched by his diamonds, Lucy Ellis.
Runaway bride, Barbara Hannay.
We'll always have Paris, Jessica Hart.
The Sheikh's undoing, Sharon Kendrick.
Say it with diamonds, Lucy King.
Their miracle twins, Nikki Logan.
Secrets of Castillo del Arco, Trish Morey.
The reluctant princess, Raye Morgan.
The talk of Hollywood, Carole Mortimer.
Dr Langley, protector or playboy?, Joanna Neil.
The man who risked it all, Michelle Reid.
Daring to date the boss, Barbara Wallace.
Master of the Outback, Margaret Way.
The secret Sinclair, Cathy Williams.
Hajar's hidden legacy, Maisey Yates.

Russian titles

Raspad. Leto dvukh prezidentov, Chingiz Abdullaev.
Raiskii ugolok dlia smerti, Natalia Andreeva.
Neschastlivoi liubvi ne byvaet, Galina Artemeva.
Oranzhereia, Andrei Babikov.
Chto khochet vasha kfshka, Sofi Oduin-Mamikonian.
Chernoe solntse, Valerii Bolshakov,
Terrakotovaia starukha, Elena Chizhova.
Diabet : metody traditsionnoi i alternativnoi meditsiny, N.A. Danilova.
Diavol nosit lapti, Daria Dontsova.
Zhivaia voda mertvoi tsarevny, Daria Dontsova.
Plokhie slova, Boris Gaiduk.
Proiasnenie iogi. Ioga dipika, B.K.S. Aiengar.
Kogda vzorvetsia gaz?, Danil Koretskii.
Ubei svoiu liubov, Marina Kramer.
Sadovnik iz Ochakova, Andrei Kurkov.
Devushka, kotoraia igrala s ognem, Stig Larsson
Obaiatelnaia Vera, Diana Mashkova.
Familnyi obereg : zakat tsveta flamingo, Irina Melnikova.
Almaznyi endshpil, Elena Mikhalkova.
Kniga o vkusnoi i zdorovoi zhizni, Aleksandr Okun
Suprug dlia bogini, Natalia Orbenina.
Neutolimaia zhazhda, Tatiana Poliakova.
Ukhodi krasivo, Tatiana Poliakova.
Chernaia obeziana, Zakhar Prilepin.
Pautina lzhi, Oleg Roi.
Zona t'my. 1000 rentgen v chas, Artem Rybakov.
Vozdaianie khrabrosti, Vladimir Sobol.
Moi odesskii iazyk, Tatiana Solomatina.
Liudi nashego tsaria : [rasskazy], Liudmila Ulitskaia.
Zelenyi shater, Liudmila Ulitskaia.
Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh!, Tatiana Vedenskaia.

Saga & Historical

The crown, Nancy Bilyeau.
The first in a planned series featuring novice nun Joanna Stafford.
Summer of promise, Amanda Cabot.
Abigail heads west to Wyoming to her sister and meets an heroic fellow stagecoach passenger who she falls for but she is tied to another man back in Vermont. First in the "Westward Winds" series.
The rose of Winslow Street, Elizabeth Camden.
A legal battle between two families over a smummer house in Massachusetts and a romance between a couple from the feuding families.
God of war, Christian Cameron.
The epic story of how Alexander the Great conquered the world is told by this novelist and military historian.
The captain's daughter, Leah Fleming.
Story spanning two generations and three continents and centred on the lives of two women brought together by the sinking of the Titanic.
My sweet valentine, Annie Groves.
Lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London.
The prisoner of paradise, Romesh Gunesekera.
English girl comes to live with family in a grand plantation house where she meets a young Ceylonese translator. Intriguing novel set in 1925 in a place where things were slowly changing.
Home front, Kristin Hannah.
Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts.
Little bones, Janette Jenkins.
London 1899: abandoned by family, a crippled young woman finds work helping a doctor in the West End. The doctor has special expertise: aiding young actressess "in trouble."
The maid of Fairbourne Hall, Julie Klassen.
Pampered girl flees London and takes a job as housemaid at Fairbourne Hall where she has to either reveal her secret or find love.
Queen of glory, Christopher Nicole.
Aged just twenty-one, Lakshmi Bai, otherwise known as Manu, the widowed and recently deposed Rani of Jhansi, finds herself embroiled in the developing Indian Mutiny.
Isabel's wedding, Pamela Oldfield.
An unexpected letter brings life-changing news in this tale of family secrets and ties. Olivia Fratton will scream if she hears the words "Isabel's wedding" one more time; she's struggling to cope with her little sister's demands on their limited budget. But Olivia is not the only Fratton with worries: Isabel, older brother Theo and the golden boy of the family, Luke, all have their own troubles.
An honourable man, Gillian Slovo.
Set in Victorian England and concerned with two major characters: Charles Gordon, career army man, and W.T. Stead, the father of tabloid journalism. Their stories are intercut with the story of a poor working woman in London.
Iago : a novel, David Snodin.
First novel by BBC scriptwriter is the story of Shakespeare's famous villain Iago and is a dark and exciting tale set in Venice.
The Winter Palace, Eva Stachniak.
An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power -- as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Pure, Julianna Baggott.
Dark post-apocalyptic adventure with a heroine described as one part manga heroine and one part post-apocalypse Alice.
Voyage across the stars, David Drake.
Two tales of a journey and battle across the stars set in Drake's Hammer's Slammers universe.
The greatcoat, Helen Dunmore.
Ghost story set in the 1950s where a newlywed woman and her doctor husband settle in a Yorskshire town and a greatcoat found in a cupboard is worn by the wife leading to very strange things happening.
In the Lion's Mouth, Michael Flynn.
Tale of far future humanity where an amnesiac with multiple personalities is kidnapped to be used in a secret rebellion.
Star Wars. Dark plagueis, James Luceno.
The story of the great Sith Lord is told in this standalone Star Wars title.
In the mouth of the whale, Paul McAuley.
Humans versus post-humans in a hard SF novel that shares the same future history of his earlier novels but can be read as a standalone.
Transmission, John Meaney.
The second volume of his epic Ragnarok space opera trilogy.