Recreation

Fiction New Titles May 2012 (arrived April 2012)

Adventure

The innocent, David Baldacci.
Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.
Phantom, Ted Bell.
Counterspy Alex Hawke hunts a madman about to unleash a new super-weapon - one powered by artificial intelligence.
Coup d'Etat, Ben Coes.
Dewey Andreas thinks he's found the perfect hiding place in rural Australia, far from the turbulent forces he once fought against. But powerful men have been looking for Dewey, and now they've found him. Set against a backdrop of rapidly escalating tensions between Pakistan and India.
A foreign country, Charles Cumming.
Six months before she's due to take up a position as the first female head of MI6, Amelia Levene disappears. Former MI6 officer Thomas Kell is sent to find her.
Blowout, Byron L. Dorgan and David Hagberg.
When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.
What doesn't kill you, Iris Johansen.
When a deadly and untraceable weapon is created by an old friend of CIA operative Catherine Ling, she finds herself pitted against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive the quest to protect those she cares about.
The technologists : a novel, Matthew Pearl.
Spring 1868 and Boston is plagued by technological attacks - magnetic storm, melting glass and other oddities - four students must combine forces to defeat the enemy.
An American spy, Olen Steinhauer.
Seeking revenge for his son's death, a Chinese intelligence agent has infiltrated the CIA and left 33 agents dead.
Dark heart : a Mariner novel, Peter Tonkin.
Richard and Robin Mariner are thrust into danger as they enter the dark heart of a troubled West African nation.
The key, Simon Toyne.
Conspiracy thriller about an American woman journalist who is in an isolation ward, feeling she is 'the key': featuring the Catholic church, a plague, and villainous cartels in the style of The Da Vinci Code.

American Fiction

The Gilly salt sisters, Tiffany Baker.
Follows up first-rate debut "The little giant of Aberdeen County" with tale of two sisters, an independent one who's committed to the family farm, and a giddy sister who wants out.
Schmidt steps back, Louis Begley.
The elderly WASP character from the movie "About Schmidt" scrambles for a last chance at love.
The book of Jonas, Stephen Dau.
Expert first novel about young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the US soldier to whom his fate and survival is bound.
Calico Joe, John Grisham.
Thirty years ago 11 year old Paul watched his troubled baseball-playing father clash on the field, and now, as his father is dying, he must face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973.
The good father, Noah Hawley.
Doctor's son becomes a drop-out after his parents divorce, then is caught on camera shooting a politician. Guilt and family love in this debut by a TV writer/producer.
City of hope, Kate Kerrigan.
Heartwarming tale of a widow who, in the 1930s, leaves Ireland to return to New York where she runs a refuge for the homeless, until one day someone from her past comes through the door.
Loving, Karen Kingsbury.
Book 4 in the Bailey Flanigan series continues the story of Bailey and Cody.
Sacre bleu : a comedy d'art, Christopher Moore.
Love story, portrait of an artist and his girlfriend, mystery and comedy - a story about the colour blue.
Rising tides, Emilie Richards.
Nine people have gathered for the reading of Aurore Gerritsen'swill. Some are family, others are strangers. But all will have their futures changed forever when a lifetime of secrets is finally revealed.
The lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan.
Impressive first novel set in 1914, with a woman surviving 3 weeks on the open sea in an overcrowded lifeboat. Described as a psychological exploration of the will to survive.
Miss Julia to the rescue : a novel, Ann B. Ross.
Can Miss Julia spring JD Pickens from a sheriff's clutches and investigate a cult, while still maintaining her image as a proper Southern
The new republic : a novel, Lionel Shriver.
Sharp satire on terrorism and a conspiracy, as a reporter arrives in a place teeming with violence and terror threats.
This will be difficult to explain : and other stories, Johanna Skibsrud.
Loosely connected stories about memory and desire, set everywhere from Japan to Paris to the Midwest.
The dog who danced, Susan Wilson.
Heartwarmer for animal fans, as a woman searches for her missing Sheltie.

Australian fiction

Dinner at Rose's, Danielle Hawkins.
Jo takes up a job in her small home town and life is a bit dull, except for her eccentric honorary Aunty Rose, who she ends up looking after. Then Rose starts matchmaking.
The girl in steel-capped boots, Loretta Hill.
City girl Lena lives on cocktails and cappuccinos, but has to learn a whole new set of survival skills when her boss announces he's sending her to the outback to join a 350-man construction team.
The light between oceans, M.L. Stedman.
Lighthouse keepers off Western Australia in 1926 rescue a baby from a boat containing a man's corpse and keep the baby as their own. Two years later they discover the baby's mother is alive.
The hanging garden, Patrick White with a note from David Marr.
Set in Sydney towards the end of WWII, the story of children in various states of guardianship.

British Fiction

Stonemouth, Iain Banks.
Set in a small town north of Aberdeen and involving two warring crime families.
The day you saved my life, Louise Candlish.
Five people meet by chance on a boat trip on the Seine where they witness an accident.
The devil's beat, Robert Edric.
Early 1900's England. Four young women allegedly witness a terrifying apparition while walking in the woods. Has the devil really revealed himself to them? Are they genuine victims of demonic possession? Or, as most suspect, is their purpose in claiming all of this considerably more prosaic?
The runaway, Katie Flynn.
A young Irish girl struggles to survive in Liverpool as the Second World War draws closer.
The stag and hen weekend, Mike Gayle.
Phil and Helen, a couple in their 30s, are about to commit to each other - IF they can manage to get through their respective stag & hen parties.
The book of summers, Emylia Hall.
Beth is given a scrapbook from her long-estranged mother who has died, and it reveals a childhood Beth has blotted from her memory.
Capital, John Lanchester.
Pepys Road: an affluent London street where, one day, a card drops through each letterbox, saying: "We want what you have."
Life! Death! Prizes!, Stephen May.
When his mother dies in a street robbery 19 year old Billy is left to bring up his 6 year old brother in this strong debut, a tale of grief, resilience and brotherly love.
The secret children, Alison McQueen.
Assam 1925, where two girls, born of two worlds but belonging to neither, are growing up.
Smarty girl : Dublin savage, Honor Molloy.
Autobiographical novel set in 1960's Ireland and following the rise and fall of the O'Feeney family as seen through the eyes of Noleen, a scrappy little girl and a real Dublin character.
Me before you, JoJo Moyes.
A 'romantic thought-provoking tear-jerker' of a book about the relationship between a bitter, angry quadriplegic and the woman who becomes his carer.
The light of Amsterdam, David Park.
From Belfast, three sets of people make their way to Amsterdam - an art teacher and his troubled teenage son, a struggling single mother on her daughter's hen party trip, and a middle-aged couple celebrating the wife's birthday.
The wife who ran away, Tess Stimson.
A woman approaching 40 feels like running away from her job, husband and family. So she does.
Secondhand daylight : a James Ross mystery, D.J. Taylor.
1933 and a struggling writer deals with SoHo, which is getting more and more dangerous with Mosley's Blackshirts on the prowl. Evocative picture of the sleazy side of the 1930s.
The woman who went to bed for a year, Sue Townsend.
The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there, confounding her husband, family and medical experts.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

Better together, Sheila O'Flanagan.
Woman with perfect job, ideal boyfriend and everything in the world loses it all, while her friend finds her own less-than-exciting life is becoming more and more like a soap opera.

Chinese titles

Ai you, shi shang zui la hong de xiao hua lai la, Mumu bian.
Bao bao fu shi tian jia yu pei can, Wan Li zhu bian.
Chuang ye : wo men de gu shi, Zhong yang dian shi tai cai jing pin dao "Shang dao dui shou" lan mu zhu bian.
Da fang. No. 2, Annibaobei zhu bian.
Du li, zuo xing fu nu ren : xing gu nu ren de qi da zi ben, Yu Si zhu bian = Independent be happy women.
Dui zheng te xiao quan shen an mo, Qiao Jinlin zhu bian.
Jia ting xia jiu xiao cai ren ni xuan, zhu bian Wu Haotian, Wu Jie.
Jia wu liao li 1500 zhao, Su Tong bian.
Mei tian shi fen zhong zu di bao jian an mo, Sun Chengxiang zhu bian.
Mi fan sha shou : 80 Dao rang ni wu shi chi xiang de xia fan jue pei mei wei, Sabadina zhu bian.
Tu jie xiao xue wei da jian kang, Ma Yanhong zhu bian.
Tu shuo jin yu de si yang, Wang Zhanhai, Wang Jinshan, Wang Jilong zhu bian.
Wu sheng de qun luo. Xu : "wen ge" qian shang shan xia xiang lao zhi qing hui yi lu, Deng Peng zhu bian.
Xianggang zhi zao : yi meng shi nian, Wei Junzi, Pingguozhu deng zhu.
Yi lu xiang nan : dao shi jie de bian yuan = All the way south. Bei Mei juan, Sun Min bian zhu.
Yin shi xiang yi yu xiang ke su cha shou ce, Hu Weiqin zhu bian.
Yin shi yi ji yi ben quan, Zhongguo bao jian xie hui zhu bian.
Deng ni ai wo = Waiting for your love, Ai Mi zhu.
Chun yan, Annibaobei zhu.
Shan hai jing mi ma, Apu zhu.
Shan hai jing mi ma. 2, Apu zhu.
Shan hai jing mi ma. Di 3 bu, Zhui xun Huangdi bu luo cong xi Ya qian ru zhong yuan de hen ji yu chuan shuo, Apu zhu.
Da pei qi shi hen hao wan : Aqiuqiu de shi shang ri zhi, Aqiuqiu zhu.
Bai Xianyong jing xuan ji, Bai Xianyong zhu.
Nu ren wa keng nan ren tiao, Bai Yanyi zhu.
Ju sheng Huainan : an lian, Bayuechang'an zuo pin.
Ming ai an lian bu xi she = The tuition for secret love and public love, Bingbingqiyue zhu.
Bing jia zhi nan : zhao jie kou de yi shu, Aili Bixiaopu zhu ; Jiang Yingying yi.
Ba ba ai Xihe, Cai Chunzhu zhu.
Mou sha shi shui nian hua = Murdering things past, Cai Jun.
Mo gui lian : yi ben yi shi duo nian de te zhong bing bi ji, Caidao zhu.
Yu = Yu. Juan er, Chi yan zhi tong = Chiyan zhitong, Cangyue zuo pin.
Yu. Juan san, An yue zhi ye, Cangyue zuo pin.
Yun huang, yu. Juan yi, Qing kong zhi lan, Cangyue zuo pin.
Ba shan jiu shi : chong bai E xi da shan, Cao Zongguo zhu.
Kua guo hou hou de da hong men, Zhang han zhi zhu ; hong huang tu shuo.
Mei ying zhi xia : Zhongguo gu dai na xie xi qi gu guai shi, Chen Peng zhu.
Mi yu gu shi 200 ze, Chen Wendao, Chen Tongjie bian zhu.
Hui jia chi fan de zhi hui : ma ma liu gei wo de yin shi mi fang, Chen Yunbin zhu.
Hui jia chi fan de zhi hui. 2, Ma ma chuan gei wo de yin shi pian fang, Chen Yunbin zhu.
Ta de cheng, Chi Li.
Ni jiu shi hai zi zui hao de wan ju = The go-to mom's parents' guide to emotion coaching young children, (Mei) Jinboli Buleien (Kimberlet Clayton Blaine)zhu ; Xia Xinzhuo
Du fo ji shi bai fo : Liuzu Huineng zhuan, Mingyijushi zhu.
Qi ri tan : zi mu biao, yi ji Xilihuasi ren de he li sheng huo, Dao Erdeng zhu.
Cao gen zhi cheng, Dong Changjiang zhu.
Wan li jiang shan : shi ren da chu de "mei shi xin jing", Ermao zuo pin.
Qian shan mu xue =bSealed with a kiss, Feiwosicun zhu.
Xiang han, Feiwosicun zhu.
Ni ruo tian chang, wo gan di jiu, Feiyue'xixie zhu.
Si ren mi shu, Fengzhongyiying zhu.
Jia you wan tong = Tricky kids, (Ao) Andelu Fule (Andrew Fuller) zhu ; Xia Xinzhuo yi.
Zao xiang. Shang, Fushi zhu.
Qian yi shi = The subconscious, Gao Yuan zhu
Ren mian tao hua, Ge Fei zhu ; Ma Ji ping dian ; Zhang Baorui hui hua.
Shan he ru meng, Ge Fei zhu.
Che lie, Gedui zhu.
Qin li min zhu : wo zai Meiguo jing xuan yi yuan = Living Democracy, I want to represent you, Gong Xiaoxia zhu.
Ai qing ka wei zhan, Gu Qixi zhu.
Qing chun mi sa, Gu Xuze zhu.
Yi cun he shan yi cun xue. 1, Chang cheng yi bei 1928-1933., Guan he wu shi zhou zhu.
Jiu jing kao yan de tong zhi men, Han Fengshun zhu.
Wo men yao de xing fu : Hun fang II, He Luo zhu.
Tian e. Guang yuan, Hengshu zhu.
Tian e. Shan yao, Hengshu zhu.
Xun lu Zhongguo: Cong xiang cun dao gong chang de zi jia zhi lu/ Bi de Hai si le zhu;Li Xueshun yi.
Sheng ming shu, Hong Ke zhu.
Feng shen yi, Hua Ling zhu ; Chiya hui.
Yin yang shi wu yu, Huandiewuyue zhu.
Da si le, wo ke yi qian ni de shou ma?, Huang Xiangzi.
"Zhongguo mo shi" dao di you duo du te?, Huang Yasheng zhu.
Yang guang xia de mi, Ji Jie zhu.
Wei ta zhun bei de mou sha, Jiang Feng zuo pin.
Zhai leng, Jiang Jiahua zhu.
Ci ke = Assassin, Jiang Nan zhu.
Long zu. II, Dao wang zhe zhi tong = Dragon raja, Jiang Nan zhu.
Heben a Heben = Oh Audrey Hepburn, Jiang Yitan zhu.
Zhong ji gao zhuang jing = Lord of the competitors, Jiemo zhu.
Nanjing an hun qu, [Ha Jin zhu ; Ji Sicong yi].
Wukong zhuan : wan mei ji nian ban, Jin Hezai zuo pin.
Jin Yuelin hui yi lu, Jin Yuelin zhu ; Liu Peiyu zheng li.
Shui mo shan he : zhong jie pian = Shuimo shanhe, Jin Zi zhu.
San sheng jiu, shen xian cu = Sanshengjiu, shenxiancu, Jinrichi zhu.
Shui Mo shan he, Jinzi zhu.
Jiao yi ri 1940, Kun Jin zhu.
Ren sheng he chu bu gan ga, Lai Bao zhu.
Bu bu cuo, Lan Baise zhu.
Xing fu shi yan, Lan Susu zhu.
Shi lian zhen zhen lian meng = Union of breaking up a couple, Lan Xiaomie zhu.
Tai yang zui hong, lao gong zui qin : rou ruan cai shi nu ren de ying dao li, Lan Yi zhu.
Yi ai ji, Lanbaise zhu.
Lang Xianping shuo : wo men de sheng huo wei shen me zhe me wu nai, Lang Xianping zhu.
Hou lai de ni, hao bu hao?, Laoqian zhu.
Die zhan 1933, Laoxu zuo pin.
Gen Lejia xue xing ge se cai, Le Jia zhu ; Zhang Weidi man hua.
Shi liu shu shang jie ying tao, Li Er zhu.
Mu du bin yi guan zhi gui yi shi jian, Li Feifan zhu.
Mu du bin yi guan zhi gui yi shi jian. 2 = Mudu binyiguanzhi guiyishijian, Li Feifan zhu.
Sheng nu wo zui da, Lianhua zhu.
Wu gan tai jiao tong hua, Ren Xianzhen zhu ; Xin Yunhua deng hui ; Wang Yunwei yi.
San shi sui de cheng ren li : da che qu Bolin, Liu Chang zhu.
Gei nu hai de di yi ben hua zhuang shu, Liu Shuang zhu.
Libiya zhan di ri ji = Battlefield jonrnal in Libya, Luqiu Luwei zhu.
Sui yu er an, Meng Fei zhu.
Fei shuo bu ke, Meng Fei zhu.
Wo de nan ren, ni jiu jing zai xiang shen me?, Nan Renshu zhu, Wang Weiwei yi.
Chen qu, Qijinnian zhu.
Lu xing, ren sheng zui you jia zhi de tou zi, Jimu Luojiesi (Jim Rogers) zhu ; Zhang Junsheng yi.
Sheng huo qiao men yi dian tong, Shen Hao bian zhu.
Shi jie ru ci xian e, ni yao nei xin qiang da, Shi Yong zhu.
Nan ren na dian xin si, nu ren na dian xin ji : yi yu dian po ren qing, hui xin zhi dian mi jin, Su Cen zhu.
Fa xian cu liang hao wei dai, Su Fujia zhu.
Jiao ni zhi zuo min jian shou gong yi pin : xiao ben jing ying zhi fu zhi nan, Sun Huaibin bian zhu.
Nan ren wei shi lao po peng chu lai de : nan ren nu ren jia ting zhi hui shu, Sun Meng bian zhu.
Nu ren wei shi lao gong chong chu lai de, Sun Meng bian zhu.
Ting xia lai xiang shou mei li = Stop and enjoy the beauty, Wang Jianyi zhu.
Bei bi de sheng ren : Cao Cao. Di 1 bu, Wang Xiaolei zhu.
Ru yuan, Wang Xiaorou.
Qiaobusi zhuan : shen yi yang de chuan qi, Wang Yonggang, Zhou Hong zhu.
Jia ting cu liang xi zuo ren ni xuan, Wu Jie, Wu Haotian zhu bian.
Zao an! Tian xin, Wu Xiuxiu zhu.
Cheng zi gu shi = Tales of oranges, bian hui Wusi.
Sanmao bu zai de cheng shi, Xiu Xiu zhu.
Quan qiu hei bang hua ming ce, Xu Miao zhu.
Nu ren xiang jie hun, nan ren xiang si ben, Yang Bingyang Ayawawa zhu.
Fang wu feng shui shi yong shou ce, Yang Wenzhong zhu bian.
Yu Dan qu pin ren sheng, Yu Dan zhu.
Ci sheng wei wan cheng : yi ge mu qin, qi zi, nu er de sheng ming ri ji = Being alive is a gift, Yu Juan zhu.
Dao jia yang sheng da dao, Zhang Qicheng zhu.
Da jia dou you bing, Zhu Deyong zuo pin.
Hen lao hen lao de lao pian fang : xiao bing yi sao guang, Zhu Xiaoping zhu.

Fiction

Floundering, Romy Ash.
Debut from Melbourne-based writer is a dark lyrical tale of a family disrupted in the the rural outback. Shortlisted for major literary award 2011.
Dollhouse, Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe Kardashian.
The sibling celebrities provide a fictional glimpse into their lives, revealing the inner workings of a glamorous, high-profile, and complicated family, and leaving it up to readers to determine which storylines are based on their actual experiences and which ones are purely imaginary.
Milk, sulphate and Alby Starvation, Martin Millar.
Welcome to the bizarre, obsessive world of Alby Starvation - a world full of shoplifting, deaththreats, paranoia, and video game arcades. Martin Millar's surreal tale of the urban counterculture and Alby's frantic struggle to avoid being assassinated by the Milk Marketing Board falls somewhere between Irvine Welsh and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
The beginner's goodbye : a novel, Anne Tyler.
A middle-aged man, torn apart by his wife's death, is gradually restored by her frequent reappearances as an apparent ghost, but things change when he remarries.

Fiction from the rest of the World

No time like the present, Nadine Gordimer.
Post-apartheid South Africa through the story of an interracial couple living in a newly, tentatively, free country.
Satantango, Laszlo Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.
Hungarian novel, hugely praised and made into a movie, now in English. The story of a charismatic man - long thought dead - who returns to his village and proceeds to rip off the inhabitants.
Hector finds time, Francois Lelord ; translated by Carol Gilogley.
Hector, intrepid psychiatrist, has patients worried about time, so he sets off to uncover nuggets of universal wisdom on time in the latest in this series of delightfully warm and funny books.
Puppy love, Frauke Scheunemann ; translated by Shelley Frisch.
A feel-good love story about a resourceful daschund puppy who sets out to find his mistress the perfect mate. Huge bestseller in Germany.

Historical

The unruly passions of Eugenie R., Carole DeSanti.
During France's Second Empire (1860-71), Eugenie R follows her beloved to Paris and finds herself deserted and pregnant.
Bitter greens, Kate Forsyth.
Three women, three lives, telling a 16th century tale of love, black magic, obsession and scandal.
The open world, Stephanie Johnson.
1866 and Elizabeth Smith returns to England with her clergyman friend. A story of early colonial days, love and loss.
The lion at bay, Robert Low.
Scotland in turmoil, murder and treachery combined in the long and bloody rise of Robert the Bruce to his coronation. Second in the Kingdom series.
Silver : return to Treasure Island, Andrew Motion.
A sequel to Treasure Island that tells of Jim Hawkins and a mysterious girl named Natty, following in the footsteps of their fathers.
The mill for grinding old people young, Glenn Patterson.
1897 and an elderly man recounts his journey to manhood in Belfast, a city in flux, where political and sectarian tensions are brewing and a love affair with a Polish barmaid changes all.
The unexpected Miss Bennet, Patrice Sarath.
Pride and Prejudice's Mary Bennet gets her own story.
The truth of all things, Kieran Shields.
In 1892, 200 years after the Salem witch trials, a gruesome new witch hunt begins. A serial killer vs early forensic deduction thriller.

Japanese titles

Dokuta santa no jutaku kenkyujo, Inaba Naoto.
Ito kun, Miki Taku.
Rozu to maho no chizu, Okada Harue.
Okon soshi, Saito Asuka;Natsuko mun.

Korean titles

30 Thirty : cholmun chakka 7-in ui sangsang isang ui sorun iyagi, Kim On-su oe chium.
Ilgop kaji saekkal ro naerinun pi : t'ema sosolchip.
Kip'un pam kirin ui mal : "Munhak ui Munhak" taep'yo chakka chakp'umjip, [Pak Wan-so ... et al.].
Saranghae, nun, [chiuni Ku Kyong-mi oe].
Sorun kae ui mun ul china on saram : Ha Ch'ang-su sosoljip.
Rebollusyon No. 0 : Kanesiro Kajuki sinjak sosol = Revolution No. 0, Kim Nan-ju omgim.
Ushinawareta machi, Misaki Aki.
Penguin highway, Morimi Tomihiko.
Okan no yomeiro, Sakuno Tsukine.
0Ren sheng bu she xian : wo na hao de bu xiang hua de sheng ming ti yan, Like Huzhe zhu ; Peng Huixian yi.
Maewoltang Kim Si-sup : Yi Mun-gu changp'yon sosol.
Ssukpujaengi : Yi Pyong-nye changp'yon sosol.
Kamgak ui sichol : Yi Sin-jo sosolchip.
Sarhae hanun unmyong k'adu : Yun Hyon-sung changp'yon sosol.

Mystery

Mystery Writers of America presents Vengeance, Lee Child (ed).
Features new stories in which characters take the law into their own hands in search of vengeance, with contributions by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaughter as well as up-and-coming new writers in the field.
Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the dark, Tilly Bagshawe.
When elderly multimillionaire art dealer, Andrew Jakes, is found brutally murdered in his ransacked Hollywood home, his young wife raped and beaten, and his art and jewels stolen, the motive seems pretty clear.
The next right thing : a novel, Dan Barden.
Top Californian businessman Randy Chalmers owes it all to his friend/lawyer/AA sponsor. When this friend is found dead, Randy launches his own investigation.
Hush now, don't you cry, Rhys Bowen.
Latest in the Molly Murphy series.
Force of nature, C.J. Box.
A Joe Pickett novel.
Born to darkness, Suzanne Brockmann.
Former Navy SEAL finds work at a fringe scientific research facility where sinister things are going on.
The day of the lie, William Brodrick.
fourth in the Father Anselm series from an author who was an Augustinian friar before leaving the Order to become a barrister.
The big cat nap : the 20th anniversary Mrs. Murphy mystery, Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly.
"Harry" Haristeen and her sleuthing cats, Mrs Murphy and Pewter, on the case of murder. Again.
Gypped : a Regan Reilly mystery, Carol Higgins Clark.
Regan Reilly and husband Jack are in California to look into a healthcare scam.
The lost years, Mary Higgins Clark.
When her academic father is murdered and her mother implicated, Mariah hunts for possible motives.
Stay close, Harlan Coben.
Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede and that desperation and hunger can lurk behind even the prettiest facades.
Sail of stone, Ake Edwardson ; translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
While Swedish Chief Inspector Erik Winter searches for a man apparently looking for his father who died - supposedly - in WWII, a victim of domestic abuse leaves cryptic messages for Winter's African-Swedish female colleague.
A dangerous talent, Charlotte and Aaron Elkins.
Murder and skulduggery in the world of art dealers and collectors in Seattle and New Mexico.
The namesake, Conor Fitzgerald.
3rd in the Rome-set series featuring Commissioner Alec Blume, here frustrated by a murderous mafia boss in hiding in Germany.
Inspector Singh investigates : a curious Indian cadaver, Shamini Flint.
Inspector Singh is sick of sick leave, so when Mrs Singh suggests they attend a family wedding in Mumbai, he grudgingly agrees, forgetting that wherever he goes, mystery follows.
The black rose of Florence, Michele Giuttari ; translated by Howard Curtis.
A young woman, member of the Florence jetset, is murdered and Chief Supt Michele Ferrara discovers it is linked to even more sinister deaths.
Fault line, Robert Goddard.
A search for missing documents in an international mining company uncovers a clutch of mysteries from Jonathan Kellaway's own youth in Cornwall and Italy in the late 1960s.
A pound of flesh, Alex Gray.
Detective Inspector Lorimer finds two serial killers are operating in Glasgow at the same time.
Blood in the water : a Gregor Demarkian novel, Jane Haddam.
The latest Gregor Demarkian mystery.
Death trap, Patricia Hall.
Kate O'Donnell, from 'Dead beat', on her second case and it is again set in London in the 1960's, where a West Indian immigrant is arrested for murder.
Happy days, Graham Hurley.
DC Winter has thrown in his lot with the city's drug baron whose empire is beginning to crumble, and DI Faraday may be able to see justice done.
Victims, Jonathan Kellerman.
Milo and Alex team up once more, but this time in a gruesomely gory case where even Alex is stymied.
She's never coming back, Hans Koppel.
When Ylva Zetterberg doesn't come home from work one day, her husband Mike and the police are all mystified. As Mike battles his own despair and the suspicion of the police, he is unaware that Ylva is still alive, just a stone's throw from their Helsingborg home.
Purgatory Ridge : a novel, William Kent Krueger.
Cork O'Connor is called in to investigate when a deadly explosion rocks the lumber mill of Karl Lindstrom, a wealthy, anti- environmentalist industrialist, whose mill is near an ancient tract of pine forest sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe.
The drowning, Camilla Lackberg ; translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally.
6th in the Patrick Hedstrom series.
Easy money, Jens Lapidus ; translated from the Swedish by Astri von Arbin Ahlander.
Debut novel from top Swedish defence lawyer, a dark look at Stockholm's underworld.
Beastly things, Donna Leon.
A body in a canal with no wallet and wearing only one shoe gives Commissaire Brunetti little to work with in the latest in this series.
The other child, Charlotte Link ; translated from the German by Stefan Tobler.
First UK publication for top German author. Detective Valerie Almond discovers two murders in Scarborough may be linked to WWII and child evacuees to the town.
Cop to corpse, Peter Lovesey.
Chief Supt Peter Diamond and the case of the murders of three policement in the Bath area.
Rizzo's daughter, Lou Manfredo.
3rd in gritty police procedural series.
Capitol murder : a novel of suspense, Phillip Margolin.
Ben Kincaid goes to Washington to defend a senator on a murder charge.
The cold, cold ground, Adrian McKinty.
Northern Ireland 1981, and Det Sgt Duffy investigates a woman's suicide that may be murder and a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera.
Phantom, Jo Nesbo ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.
Latest in the hugely successful mystery series featuring Norwegian detective Harry Hole.
Dead heat, Bronwyn Parry.
A wounded ranger looking for peace in the Aussie bush doesn't find it, in this romantic suspense thriller.
11th hour, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Women's Murder Club, next in the series.
Guilty wives : a novel, James Patterson and David Ellis.
Private : #1 suspect : a novel, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Next instalment in the Private series.
Fall from grace, Richard North Patterson.
Mysterious death of a prominent New Englander on beautiful Martha's Vineyard exposes a nest of dark and deadly family secrets.
Another time, another life : the story of a crime, Leif GW Persson ; translated from the Swedish by Paul Norlen.
A moment in history triggers a conspiracy spanning almost 20 years and revealing murder and extortion in all layers of Swedish society.
Driven, James Sallis.
Sequel to "Drive" (which became the recent hit movie) has the driver leading a quiet life, until his fiancee is killed and his past comes back to haunt him.
The Tintern treasure, Kate Sedley.
An important discovery puts Roger the Chapman's life in danger in the latest of this medieval mystery series.
A dark redemption, Stav Sherez.
New series introducing DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller investigating the dark underside of London's immigrant community.
The Limpopo Academy of private detection, Alexander McCall Smith.
Latest in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
That's how I roll, Andrew Vachss.
Story of a master assassin whose love has forced him to kill his own conscience.
The winter of the lions, Jan Costin Wagner ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
A young prostitute turns up on Detective Kimmo Joentaa's doorstep at Christmas. Not long afterwards one of Kimmo's colleagues, a forensic pathologist, is found murdered and Finland's most famous talk-show host is brutally attacked.
Death of an artist, Kate Wilhelm.
A small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.
Elegy for Eddie : a Masie Dobbs novel, Jacqueline Winspear.
Latest case for psychologist/former war nurse/investigator Maisie Dobbs.
Unnatural acts, Stuart Woods.
Latest in the Stone Barrington series.

New Zealand Fiction

Where the bellbird sings, Elaine Blick.
A 70 year old widow looks back to the house where she boarded in 1962 as a young teacher. The author is a retired teacher from Nelson.
The day she cradled me, Sacha de Bazin.
Based on the life of the infamous Southland baby farmer Minnie Dean, the only woman ever to be hanged in New Zealand.
The intentions book, Gigi Fenster.
While Morris Goldberg waits in the night for news of his daughter, missing in the bush, he recalls his life and his marriage.
Danger close : a novel of the Vietnam War, Dave Hayward.
1967 and the realities of the war in Vietman viewed through the eyes of an experienced New Zealand soldier, who must leave his family behind in the Commonwealth Brigade garrison based in nearby Malaysia.
Love & money : a novel, Greg McGee.
Welcome to 1987 and boom time on the sharemarket. Meet Mike, middle-aged with a high-flying corporate girlfriend and three kids to different mothers.
No second chance, Mark Stephenson.
1947 and Anna, a refugee, begins a new life with Des, a waterside worker. NZ Listener describes this as "a tender and sensitive debut

Romance

Tool belt defender; Captain's call of duty, Carla Cassidy, Cindy Dees
Luca's bad girl, Amy Andrews.
A devilishly dark deal, Maggie Cox.
An offer she can't refuse, Emma Darcy.
A wicked persuasion, Catherine George.
Roccanti's marriage revenge, Lynne Graham.
The ex who hired her, Kate Hardy.
When chocolate is not enough, Nina Harrington.
Marriage behind the facade, Lynn Raye Harris.
Mr Right at the wrong time, Nikki Logan.
A night of living dangerously, Jennie Lucas.
An indecent proposal, Carol Marinelli.
Sheikh without a heart, Sandra Marton.
Savas' wildcat, Anne McAllister.
Dr Cinderella's midnight fling, Kate Hardy.
Falling for the Sheikh she shouldn't, Fiona McArthur.
Brought together by baby, Margaret McDonagh.
The nanny and the boss's twins, Barbara McMahon.
Pregnant with the prince's child, Raye Morgan.
Back in the lion's den, Elizabeth Power.
The good, the bad and the wild, Heidi Rice.
The sweetest summer, Nora Roberts
The witness, Nora Roberts.
Girl who witnessed a mafia murder is still hiding from the world when, years later, a local police wants to solve her case.
The Argentinian's solace, Susan Stephens.
Forbidden to his touch, Natasha Tate.
Once a cowboy, Patricia Thayer.
The devil and Miss Jones, Kate Walker.
A bride for the island prince, Rebecca Winters.
Girl on a diamond pedestal, Maisey Yates.

Russian titles

Liubimye poteshki malysham.
Slon i Maruska, Iosif Brodskii ; [khudozhnik Igor Ganzenko].
Ded Moroz i leto : [skazki], Vasilii Livanov ; [S. Emelianova, illiustratsii].
Selected children's stories by Russian author Vasilii Livanov.

Saga

Wind in the wires, Joy Dettman.
4th in the series finds Woody Creek slowly moving from the 1950's to the swinging '60s.
Whispers in the town, Pamela Evans.
1957 and two West London sisters find their world is turned upside down when two family tragedies strike.
My sweet valentine, Annie Groves.
1941 wartime London, and four women are living their lives in the lead up to Valentine's Day.
A mother's journey, June Hampson.
Gosport, 1941, and 14 year old Vera's sheltered life is about to be turned upside down, with the arrival of the much more worldly Lovell family on her street.
Winds of change, Anna Jacobs.
Miranda's ideas about starting a new life after the death of her elderly and demanding father are threatened by the arrival of her arrogant and domineering half-brother.
The house on Willow Street, Cathy Kelly.
Idyllic Irish coastal village of Avalon is the setting for the story of Tess, who gets a second chance with her first love after her marriage falls.
Perla, Carolina De Robertis.
Set in Buenos Aires, a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
Netherwood, Jane Sanderson.
Great read for those who really enjoy books in the Downton Abbey style.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Frightmares! : a fistful of flash fiction horror, [edited by Stan Swanson].
129 tales to rattle your bones, cause you to ponder your future, make you lose some sleep and, yes, even bring a smile to blood-smeared lips.
Range of ghosts, Elizabeth Bear.
Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study.
Archon : the books of Raziel, Sabrina Benulis.
Angela Mathers, released from a mental institution, seeks a normal life at West Wood Academy free from her haunting visions of supernatural creatures, but becomes the focus of a secret coven who wishes to use her to fulfill a terrifying prophecy.
The collected John Carter of Mars. Volume one, Edgard Rice Burroughs.
Book One of the John Carter of Mars collections, containing 1st-3rd of the original novels, including Princess of Mars, the recent movie.
The collected John Carter of Mars. Volume three, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Book Three, volumes 8-10 of the John Carter of Mars collection.
The collected John Carter of Mars. Volume two, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Book Two of the John Carter of Mars collections, containing the 4th - 7th of the world-famous novels.
Shadows in flight, Orson Scott Card.
5th in the Shadow Saga.
Surrender to the will of the night, Glen Cook.
The old evils, the Instrumentalities from the Time Before Time, have begun to ooze back into the world and Piper Hecht's sister Heris and his living ancestor Cloven Februaren, the Ninth Unknown, have made Piper part of their fight against the return of the dark god Kharoulke the Windwalker.
The burning life, Hjalti Danielsson.
A vicious attack on a deep-space mining colony rains death and destruction on nearly all its inhabitants. Only a handful survive.
Star wars, fate of the Jedi. Apocalypse, Troy Denning.
Jedi and Sith fight side-by-side against an even greater foe in the latest in the Star Wars series.
The road of danger, David Drake.
Latest in space adventure series featuring Captain Daniel Leary.
Body, Inc., Alan Dean Foster.
Set in a future where genetic manipulation has become common and what it means to be human has undergone a big transformation.
The magistrates of hell, Barbara Hambly.
James Asher, former British Secret Service agent, and Don Simon Ysidro, oldest of the London vampires, investigate the undead in 1912.
After the fall, before the fall, during the fall, [Nancy Kress].
2035 - 2036 survivors of ecological disaster that wrecked Earth are trapped by an alien race.
Aftertime, Sophie Littlefield.
Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible.Then she realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization. Book One of the Aftertime series, following on from the novella Survivors.
Horizon, Sophie Littlefield.
As hope emerges from beneath the wastelands of California, Cass Dollar must overcome the worst of what's inside her to defeat the Beaters once and for all. Third in the Aftertime series.
The gathering of the lost, Helen Lowe.
Second in the fantasy series "Wall of night". Local author.
Intrusion, Ken MacLeod.
Set in a near future city where individual choice about pregnancy is controlled by the State.
Echoes of betrayal, Elizabeth Moon.
The imminent nuptials of Lyonya King Kieri are overshadowed by treacherous rumors about his elf queen grandmother, while young Tsaia king Mikeli struggles with political unrest over his decision to elevate a magical woman.
Crucible of gold, Naomi Novik.
Seventh in series featuring Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire, once again taking to the air against the forces of Napoleon.
The chosen seed, Sarah Pinborough.
Third and concluding volume to the Dog-faced Gods trilogy.
The sin eater, Sarah Rayne.
The sins of the past break through to the present when someone inherits an old London house where there's a legend of a chess set that possesses a dark power.
Selling out, Justina Robson.
Next in the Lila Black series.
Triggers, Robert J. Sawyer.
The US president is shot in the head by a would-be assassin and afterwards discovers he has memories not his own.
The shape of desire, Sharon Shinn.
A series of vicious attacks in a local park forces Maria Devane to reconsider her long-standing, passionate love affair with the shape-shifter whose secret she has been guarding for fifteen years.
Lover reborn, J.R. Ward.
Latest in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.