Recreation

New Titles Fiction June 2013 (arrived in May)

Adventure

The hit, David Baldacci.
When government hit man Will Robie is given his next target he knows he's about to embark on his toughest mission yet. He is tasked with killing one of their own, following evidence to suggest that fellow assassin Jessica Reel has been turned.
Shattered trident, Larry Bond.
Witnessing a torpedo attack on a Vietnamese merchant ship by a Chinese nuclear sub, USS North Dakota captain Jerry Mitchell helps to forge a tenuous new alliance with Western Pacific nations in a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy and preventing a full-scale war.
Russian revenge, Peter Clements.
Opens in Finland during the time of the Cold War. An agent of Britain's MI6 is handed over to the KGB and subsequently eliminated after he is exposed by a Soviet spy in Britain's Helsinki embassy.
Pirate Alley, Stephen Coonts.
Grafton and Carmellini are back and joined by the Navy SEALS to battle terrorists on the high seas.
Zero hour, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown.
Scientist discovers how to tap into zero point energy and the outlook for the world is not good.
The trusted, John M. Green.
Imagine a global depression caused, not by greed or stupidity, but by a secret band of brilliant and radical environmentalists, 9S, using cyber-terror to slash the world's population and smash its resource-hungry economy.
A delicate truth, John le Carre.
A moral dilemma, unexpected love, action and intrigue in a well-reviewed tale set in 2008 Gibraltar and 2008 Britain.
Nightshade, Stephen Leather.
Fourth in the Jack Nightingale supernatural thriller series.
Seduction, M.J. Rose.
A suspenseful novel about a grieving woman who discovers the long-lost letters of novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries.
The tower, Simon Toyne.
Third and final instalment in the apocalyptic trilogy/cosmic thriller.
Fire across the Veldt, John Wilcox.
Latest in historical adventure stories featuring Victorian military man Simon Fonthill.

Afrikaans titles

My hart klop muffins, Helen Brain.
Eenoogkoning, Malene Breytenbach.
Geur van vergifnis, Alta Cloete.
Blywende woorde : oordenkings oor vroue wat glo, Sylvia de Kock.
Stryd in die bos, Johan Fourie.
Stuur my groete aan Salome, Jackie Grobler.
Die afreis van Abel Lotz, Chris Karsten.
Sprakeloos, Tom Lanoye
Eendagmooi, Kristel Loots.
Clarence van Buuren : die man agter die donkerbril, Chris Marnewick.
Om die gedagte van geel, Petra Muller.
Die water wat verby is : kortverhale, Johan en Ria Smuts.
Op die agterpaaie, Dana Snyman.
Die neus : 'n raaiselroman, Deborah Steinmair.
Tik, Piet Steyn.
Uitsonderlike boek van Suid Afrikaanse rugby, Wim van der Berg.
Haai Karoo, Etienne van Heerden.
Wolwedans in die skemer, Leon van Nierop.
Etosha : 'n roman, Piet van Rooyen.

American Fiction

Fobbit, David Abrams.
Dark comedy described as the Iraq War's answer to "Catch-22", based on the author's stint as part of the U.S. Army's public affairs team in Iraq.
A step of faith, Richard Paul Evans.
Alan Christoffersen decided to leave his painful memories behind and walk from Seattle to the farthest point on the map, Key West. In St. Louis, when his severe vertigo is diagnosed as the side effect of a brain tumor, Alan must go to Los Angeles for treatment.
Fallen land, Patrick Flanery.
Set on a farm, once the scene of a lynching, now carved up by a developer who goes mad as his big dreams and schemes start to disintegrate.
Flora, Gail Godwin.
Ten-year-old Helen and her summer guardian, Flora, are isolated together in Helen's decaying family house while her father is doing secret war work in Oak Ridge during the final months of World War II. Their relationship and its fallout, played against a backdrop of a lost America will haunt Helen for the rest of her life.
Someday, someday, maybe, Lauren Graham.
From the star of "Gilmore girls" and "Parenthood" comes a witty debut novel about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead in New York City.
The kitchen house, Kathleen Grissom.
When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and the best in the people she has come to call her family.
You, Austin Grossman.
After joining a revolutionary video game company run by his once-closest friends and a team of eccentric nerds, Russell discovers a software bug that leads him to uncover a mystery stretching back twenty years.
The midwife of Hope River, Patricia Harman.
As a midwife working in rural poverty during the Depression, Patience Murphy's only solace is her gift: the chance to escort mothers through the challenges of childbirth. Just beginning, she takes on the jobs no one else wants: those most in need — and least likely to pay.
A dual inheritance, Joanna Hershon.
Forging an intense friendship in their senior year at Harvard, Ed, a Jewish, girl-crazy scholarship student; and Hugh, a Boston Brahmin who dedicatedly pines for the one who got away; abruptly and mysteriously go their separate ways years later and pursue very different lives that are shaped by their past bond.
The obituary writer, Ann Hood.
Woman obsessed with Jackie Kennedy's glamour and an obituary writer in 1919 are linked in unexpected ways in this story that is part mystery and part love story.
Five days, Douglas Kennedy.
Married woman who works at a Maine hospital meets a salesman while on a business trip.
The flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner.
Speed, art, radical politics and terrorism collide in this story of a young woman who heads to New York in 1977 before beginning a love affair with an Italian artist which leads her to Rome.
The view from penthouse B, Elinor Lipman.
Two newly-single sisters, one a divorcee, the other a widow, become roommates with a handsome, gay cupcake-baker as they try to return to the dating world of lower Manhattan.
The Blossom sisters, Fern Michaels.
Swindled out of his home by his gold-digging wife, successful accountant Gus Hollister returns to his grandmother Rose's Virginia farmhouse where he helps the residents of Blossom Farm expand their business and finds the courage to love again.
The enchanted life of Adam Hope, Rhonda Riley.
Impressive first novel. As World War II comes to an end, Evelyn finds a horribly burned soldier on her Southern family's farm but he turns out to be something else.
Miss Julia stirs up trouble, Ann B. Ross.
With a crisp bite in the air, Miss Julia is enjoying a well-earned respite by her new fireplace. But autumn leaves aren't the only things falling. James, Hazel Marie's housekeeper, has had a nasty tumble down some stairs. How can Hazel Marie feed and take care of him, not to mention a husband and two babies, when she barely knows how to boil water?
Strange bodies, Marcel Theroux.
Nick Slopen has been dead for months so when a man claiming to be him turns up it seems like a cunning deception. Interesting tale of madness, death and identity.
The humanity project, Jean Thompson.
A girl who survives a high school shooting, a nurse distracted by an eccentric patient who has a well-endowed charity and a community of messy lives are linked in this multi-faceted tale of our times.
The love song of Jonny Valentine, Teddy Wayne.
The funny and touching tale of a Bieberish kiddie pop sensation, it's also a clever satire of America's obsession with fame and pop music.

Australian fiction

The memory trap, Andrea Goldsmith.
Happily married woman gets job in her hometown, Melbourne, joining her sister, and rediscovers old conflicts involving friends from her past.
The mountain, Drusilla Modjeska.
In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains.
The husband's secret, Liane Moriarty.
The story of a woman who finds a letter from her husband. It says: For my wife, Cecilia Fitzpatrick. To be opened only in the event of my death. Her husband is very much alive. Should she open it? Would you open it?

British Fiction

Asunder, Chloe Aridjis.
Half by chance, half following an ancestral call, Marie works as a museum guard at the National Gallery in London. Her grandfather had been a warder who slipped and fell just before reaching a suffragette who took a knife to the Rokeby Venus just before World War I.
Unexpected lessons in love, Bernardine Bishop.
A busy woman has to adopt her son's baby at the same time as she faces illness. "Frank, courageous and entertaining. I felt better for reading it", said Margaret Drabble.
The aftermath, Rhidian Brook.
Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife Rachael and only remaining son Edmund.
Idiopathy, Sam Byers.
First novel that's funny, cynical yet tender: a tale of a cynical lady, her ex, his new girlfriend and a mother who becomes a sensation on Twitter.
Meeting the English, Kate Clanchy.
Novel about growing up and growing old set in 1969 where a literary giant is felled by a stroke and his warring wives and teenage children gather around him.
Dear thing, Julie Cohen.
Claire and Ben are the perfect couple. But behind the glossy facade, they've been desperately trying and failing to have a baby for years. Now, the stress and feelings of loss are taking their toll on their marriage. Claire's ready to give up hope and get on with her life, but Ben is not.
Can't take my eyes off you, Clare Dowling.
Clara comes home to her small Irish hometown and her family with her boyfriend in tow. However, her long ago ex has old scores to settle.
The monster's lament, Robert Edric.
The dark arts of Aleister Crowley at work amongst London's seedy underworld at the end of World War II.
Under the radar, James Hamilton-Paterson.
The lives of British pilots at the height of the Cold War as a squadron of Vulcan aircraft flies from Britain to America.
Reality, reality, Jackie Kay.
Scottish novel about the lives of Shetland women.
Wedding night, Sophie Kinsella.
Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar!
The woman upstairs, Claire Messud.
Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbour after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.
Heartbreak Hotel, Deborah Moggach.
At Myrtle House, the twin beds have never been so busy. The irrepressible Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B&B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze.
The pre-war house : and other stories, Alison Moore.
Debut short story collection from the author of last year's Booker shortlisted novel "The lighthouse."
The crane wife, Patrick Ness.
First adult novel by YA author. About a man who's woken by a giant crane, shot through the wing, in his garden and the next day a mysterious woman arrives and tells him the most extraordinary story.
The shadow year, Hannah Richell.
From the author of the bestseller "Secrets of the tide" comes the story of five friends who drop out in an abandoned cottage in the English countryside where things happen that will affect them decades after.
The mouseproof kitchen, Saira Shah.
A couple move to Provence with their new baby but the child is born with profound disabilities and the family end up in a mouse-ridden house with eccentric neighbours calling by. An interesting autobiographical novel.
Homecoming, Susie Steiner.
A likeable story of a Yorkshire family struggling to keep the family farm afloat. Described, interestingly enough, as Anne Tyler meets The Archers.

Chinese titles

Mi jing zhi xia = Puzzle games, Chen Yilu.
Bi ye shi nian : xie gei 80 hou de qing chun gao bie xin = Biye shinian, Jinxing zhu.
Xinjiang tan mi lu. Putao Gucheng, Leng Canhe zhu.
Sheng ming ce, Li Peifu zhu.
Xie si di li, Liao Han zhu.
Wang pai te wei, Meiyuqingge zhu.
Shi jie jin tou, Na Duo zuo pin.
Ping xing ta = Three inmates in a boat, Shen Jiake zhu.
Zhu xian, Xiao Ding zhu.
Fu er dai, Xiao Liangsheng zhu.
Bao xian li pei shi = Insurance adjusters, Yin Mushu zhu.
Dou yan, Zhou Haohui zhu.
Zi ben : lao ban men de gong tong mi mi, Zibenzhiying zhu.

Dutch titles

Duister lot, David Baldacci
In het hart, David Baldacci.
De Da Vinci code, Dan Brown
De geschiedenis van de liefde, Nicole Krauss
Mannen die vrouwen haten, Stieg Larsson
Ik verbind u door, Vonne van der Meer.

Farsi titles

Sayr-i hikmat dar Urupa, nigarish Muhammad Ali Furughi.
Agar mi khavahd ad va bist sal umar salim va ulani dashtah bashad, bih ayn ad va bist nuqtah tavajjah kunid, ad va bist rah barayi rasidan bih salamati kamil, Mayk Khusraw
Mahi kih tutfarangiha surkh mishavand : majmuah-i dastan, Baha al-Din Murshidi.
Asal-i talkh, Azin Qazi Mir-Said.
Kart pustal, Ruhangiz Sharifiyan.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
From the author of "Half of a yellow sun" comes a story of love and race centred around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficulties and challenges in the countries they come to call home.
Maya's notebook, Isabel Allende
A 19 year old girl grows up in Berkeley, California, and falls into a life of drug addiction and crime so her grandmother sends her to a remote island off Chile to live amongst traditional rural people.
Horses of god, Mahi Binebine
Translated from the French. Based on a true story of of the suicide bombers who blew up Casablanca's Grand Hotel in 2003.
The dark road, Ma Jian
Young Chinese peasant woman becomes pregnant without waiting for official permission and it leads to her family having to escape for a fugitive life on the run.
69, Ryu Murakami
A 17 year old in a small Japanese city is keen on girls and music and so organises a rock festival and maps out a strategy to win girls.
From the Fatherland, with love, Ryu Murakami
Set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of 'rebels' in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of 'Operation From the Fatherland, with Love'.
Wrecked, Charlotte Roche
From the author of the international bestseller 'Wetlands', a raw and taboo-breaking novel of sex, death, and marriage.
The hope factory, Lavanya Sankaran.
Two families in India - one successful and rich and the other, the family maid, with very little. A novel that looks at the world of politics and crime that make their lives so difficult.
The accidental apprentice, Vikas Swarup.
A young woman in a deadend job in Delhi is approached by a man who claims to be CEO of one of India's biggest companies. He's looking for an heir and if she passes seven tests she will be it.
The puppet boy of Warsaw, Eva Weaver.
The story of Mika, a Jewish boy who inherits a coat from his grandfather and discovers a puppet in the pocket. He becomes a puppeteer in the Warsaw ghetto and later in Poland and the Siberian Gulag.
Gloria, Kerry Young.
From the Jamaican author of the acclaimed "Pao" comes the story of Gloria, a striking beauty aged 16, who is forced to flee her home town and make a new life in Kingston.

French titles

Les proies : Dans le harem de Kadhafi, Annick Cojean.
(Au secours), J'veux pas avoir 30 ans, Theona Coupiret.
La liste de mes envies, Gregoire Delacourt.
La verite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert, Joel Dicker.
"Oh…" : roman, Philippe Djian.
Kaiken, Jean-Christophe Grange.
Le confident, Helene Gremillon.
L'amour fou, Francoise Hardy.
Belle et bete, Marcela Iacub.
Le diner, Herman Koch
Alex, Pierre Lemaitre.
Notre-Dame du Nil, Scholastique Mukasonga.
Barbe bleue, Amelie Nothomb.
L'enquete russe, Jean-Francois Parot.
La tour d'arsenic, Anne B. Ragde
Comment j'ai couche avec Roger Federer ?, Philippe Roi.
Les deux messieurs de Bruxelles, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
Les longs sanglots de l'effroi, Michelle Suze.
Moi, Rene Tardi, prisonnier de guerre au Stalag II B, Tardi
Des clous dans le cur, Danielle Thiery.
Les jeux de l'amour et de la mort, Fred Vargas.

German titles

Coole Spruche fur starke Frauen, [zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von] Pia Stroom.
First German reader : a beginner's dual-language book, Harry Steinhauer.
Landkuche, Dr. Oetker.
Im Tal des wilden Eukalyptus : Australien-Saga, Inez Corbi.
Der Beste zum Kuss : ein Stephanie-Plum-Roman, Janet Evanovich
Der Schwarze Kanal, Jan Fleischhauer.
Lackschaden, Susanne Frohlich.
Ewig Dein, Daniel Glattauer.
Befreite Lust, E.L. James
Der Hundertjahrige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand, Jonas Jonasson
Lafers ABC der Genusse, Johann Lafer
Die Tranen der Maori-Gottin, Sarah Lark.
Nie so wie du, Olivia Lichtenstein
Die Stadtbienen : eine Grostadt-Imkerin erzahlt, Erika Mayr mit Anne Kunze.
Simpel, Marie-Aude Murail
Welpenalarm!, Frauke Scheunemann.
Bernsteinsommer, Susanne Schomann.
Ein Jahr in Neuseeland : Reise in den Alltag, Anja Schonborn.
Kreuzstein, Ulrich C. Schreiber.
Ein Hauch von Leben, Mari Strachan
Geschuttelt, nicht geruhrt : James Bond und die Physik, Metin Tolan ; Joachim Stolze.
… und wer liebt mich?, Hortense Ullrich.
Diagnose Krebs : einmal Holle und zuruck, Heike Wille.

Graphic Novel

Judge Dredd : the complete case files. 19, John Wagner
The house that groaned, Karrie Fransman.
A graphic novel that explores bodies and the spaces they inhabit. It is set in an old Victorian tenement housing six lonely individuals who could only have stepped out of the pages of a comic book.
Julio's day, Gilbert Hernandez.
A graphic novel that begins in the year 1900, with the scream of a newborn, and ends, 100 pages later, in the year 2000, with the death rattle of a 100-year-old man.
Red handed : the fine art of strange crimes, Matt Kindt.
Welcome to the city of Red Wheelbarrow, where the world's greatest detective has yet to meet the crime he can't solve. Every criminal in Red Wheelbarrow is caught and convicted thanks to Detective Gould's brilliant mind and cutting-edge spy technology.
Red Lanterns. Volume 2, Death of the Red Lanterns, Peter Milligan, writer
For all their ferocity and strength, the Red Lanterns are dying, one by one. An infection is spreading throughout the corps, emanating from the decaying power battery on their bloodthirsty leader Atrocitus's home planet.
Red Lanterns. Volume one, Blood and rage, Peter Milligan, writer
Atrocitus and his Red Lantern Corps return in their own series, battling against injustice in the most bloody ways
Hana-Kimi : for you in full blossom. Volume 4, Hisaya Nakajo
Knights of Sidonia. 1, Tsutomu Nihei
Knights of Sidonia. 2, Tsutomu Nihei
Montague Terrace, Warren & Gary Pleece.
Within its boundaries live an array of strange and extraordinary residents, including Paul Gregory, self-exiled pop crooner holed up in his Montague hovel for close to forty years, with only fading memories of a semi-successful music career and a bottle of JD for company.
Black bird. 16, Kanoko Sakurakouji
Doubt. 1, Player, Yoshiki Tonogai
Rabbit Doubt — a mobile phone game — has taken Japan by storm. In it, players are rabbits who must uncover the wolf in rabbit's clothing before falling prey to its mistrust-sowing wiles as well as its teeth.
Judge Dredd. Day of chaos : the fourth faction, John Wagner
Northlanders. Book five, Metal and other stories, Brian Wood, writer
When blacksmith Erik liberates Ingrid from her corrupt, Christian missionary captors, they set out to live by the "old ways", hoping to find something they can feel is their own. The Church won't let them go so easily, though, and sets out to bring them back by any means necessary.
Jerusalem : a family portrait, Boaz Yakin and Nick Bertozzi.
Jerusalem is the story of a single family — three generations of very different people as they are swept up in the chaos of nation-making from 1940 to 1948.

Japanese titles

Ikyo, Doba Shun'ichi.
Nazotoki wa dina no ato de, Higashigawa Tokuya.
Ryusei no kizuna, Higashino Keigo.
Yomu dake de kokoro ga raku ni naru nijuni no kotoba : yomu dake, Ken Honda.
Genso yubinkyoku, Asako Horikawa
Natsukusa no fuga, Hoshio Sanae.
Kage boshi = The shadow, Hyakuta Naoki.
Goruden suranba, Isaka Kotaro.
Shosetsu arimasu, Kadoi Yoshinobu.
Sutibu Jobuzu no ryugi, Rianda Keini .
Maigoishi, Kaji Yoko.
Mae ni susumu chikara : orenai kokoro o tsukuru nanatsu no yakusoku, Kitajima Kosuke.
Shinka suru tsuyosa, Krumm Date Kimiko.
Chiyoko, Miyabe Miyuki.
Gaikotsu biru no niwa, Miyamoto Teru.
Hiyakashi, Nakajima Kaname.
Rushiddo dorimu, Nakajima Sanae.
Chika no hato, Nishi Kanako.
Over heaven : Jojo's bizarre adventure, Ishin Nishio.
Shinjiru chikara, Ohata Daisuke.
Toga, Shibata Tetsutaka.
Yurei jinmei kyujotai, Takano Kazuaki.
Jentoruman, Yamada Eimi.
Suwito hiaafuta = Sweet hereafter, Yoshimoto Banana.

Mystery

The carrion birds, Urban Waite.
An enforcer wants to give up the job and make amends to his son but he needs to steal the money stashed by his boss's rival to set him up.
Death in the floating city, Tasha Alexander.
Entreated for help by a childhood nemesis who has been wrongly accused of murder, Lady Emily launches an investigation in Venice that takes her from elegant palazzi to slums, libraries, and bordellos before she links the crime to a centuries-old puzzle.
Rubbernecker, Belinda Bauer.
Patrick, who has a death obsession, studies anatomy at university when he uncovers a crime that proves he has not been listened to by others.
The shining girls, Lauren Beukes.
A time travelling serial killer? Is this a fiction first? The tale of a psychopath who travels through time toying with his victims at various points in their lives.
Like this for ever, S.J. Bolton.
D.C. Lacey Flint and a creepy case involving a literally bloodthirsty killer who leaves a corpse on a beach.
Taking a chance, Deborah Burrows.
Perth during World War II and Nell, a journalist with a U.S. Press Corps lover, finds the ex-girlfriend of her man has been convicted of an artist's murder.
Fatherhood : and other stories, Thomas H. Cook.
An interesting collection of stories, both traditional crime and noir, from one of America's best literary crime writers.
The deliverance of evil, Roberto Costantini
Italian Commissario Michele Balistreri has a cold case (24 years cold!) that he is coming close to solving in this tale of political intrigue and murder.
The ides of April, Lindsey Davis.
First in a new series of historical mysteries set in Ancient Rome and featuring Flavia Albia, the adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco.
There was an old woman, Hallie Ephron.
A young woman returns to the quirky Bronx riverfront neighbourhood where she grew up, only to find that her mother's house has become a hoarder's nest. As Evie digs into the events of the past few months, a bigger, more sinister story begins to unfold.
Pilgrim soul, Gordon Ferris.
It's 1947 and the worst winter in memory: Glasgow is buried in snow, killers stalk the streets — and Douglas Brodie's past is engulfing him. It starts small. The Jewish community in Glasgow asks Douglas Brodie, ex-policeman turned journalist, to solve a series of burglaries. The police don't care and Brodie needs the cash.
Fitting the profile, Diane Foley.
When a Detective Sergeant returns to New Zealand after completing a police profiling course she finds that it is not an exact science. She discovers this the hard way when she has to find the murderer of a young girl with a long sharp object. There is no forensic evidence at the crime scene, no murder weapon is found and the only suspect is soon eliminated.
The cuckoo's calling, Robert Galbraith.
A model falls to her death and her brother, suspecting it's not suicide, gets a private eye to look into the case. A smart, elegant mystery story.
Touch & go, Lisa Gardner.
Justin and Libby Denbe have it all: a beautiful daughter; a gorgeous house; a great marriage, admired by all. Arriving at the crime scene of their home, investigator Tessa Leoni finds no witnesses, no ransom demands or motive — just a perfect little family, gone.
Blood from a stone, Dolores Gordon-Smith.
When a woman from an aristocratic family is murdered, her artist nephew is suspected but he disappears. Scotland Yard call on author Jack Haldean to investigate.
No way back, Andrew Gross.
Former NYPD detective Wendy falls for a stranger who tears her life apart, leaving her on the run and wanted by the FBI.
Poppet, Mo Hayder.
The mentally ill patients in Amberly Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery, looking for the corpse of a missing woman, is called in to investigate.
The abomination, Jonathan Holt.
A body wearing the robes of a priest is washed up in Venice and Captain Kat Tapo finds clues at an abandoned Roman Catholic asylum. The case is then shut down in this creepy tale of corruption and murder.
Taking Eve, Iris Johansen.
Hoping for a more peaceful time after learning the tragic truth about her child's disappearance years earlier, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is entreated by desperate father Jim Doane to learn the truth about his missing son.
The next time you see me, Holly Goddard Jones.
The disappearance of a tough unpredictable woman in a small Southern town is the focus of a strong story of secrets and lies from a promising first novelist.
Death of a showgirl, Tobias Jones.
Crime thriller about media and corruption that cuts to the heart of political sleaze in Italy.
A darkness descending, Christobel Kent.
Fourth tale featuring Florence detective Sandro Cellini, here mired in the familiar Italian world of political corruption and murder.
A man without breath, Philip Kerr.
Bernie Gunther is back and in the grip of World War II in Poland in the latest tale of intrigue, murder and historical corruption.
The accounting, William Lashner.
Teenagers steal drug money and think they've got away with it but 25 years later their antics come back to bite them.
Alex, Pierre Lemaitre
In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prevost is beautiful, resourceful and tough. She may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out. Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. Gripping French thriller.
The Ophelia cut, John Lescroart.
Defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close friend against murder charges.
The tooth tattoo, Peter Lovesey.
Peter Diamond, head of Bath C.I.D., is in Vienna where mysterious deaths intrude on what was to be a break.
Original skin, David Mark.
Second in the Hull-based crime trilogy featuring DS Hector McAvoy.
The lost, Claire McGowan.
When two teenage girls vanish, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire is called in to help and has to dig into the secrets of the small town where she was born.
Sign of the cross, Thomas Mogford.
The second of the crime series featuring Spike Sanguinetti, here investigating the underbelly of Malta.
Murder as a fine art, David Morrell.
Thomas de Quincey, famous for his memoir, "Confessions of an opium eater," is prime suspect when a series of horrific murders paralyse 19th century London.
The weeping girl : an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery, Hakan Nesser
Teacher is convicted of murdering a female pupil and years later his daughter learns the truth about her father but then she disappears. Dark mystery.
Stolen, Daniel Palmer.
The future looks bright for Boston couple John Bodine and Ruby Dawes. John's online gaming business is growing, and they're talking about starting a family. But when Ruby receives a life-changing diagnosis, and their cut-rate insurance won't cover the treatment she desperately needs, John makes a risky move: he steals a customer's identity and files a false claim for Ruby's medication.
The famous and the dead, T. Jefferson Parker.
The conclusion of his Charlie Hood series is an action tale set at the US/Mexican border.
Blind justice, Anne Perry.
Inspector William Monk searches for proof of his friend's innocence in a controversial and dangerous case, in the nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series.
A place of blood and bone, Mark Peterson.
The second novel featuring Detective Sgt. Minter, Brighton cop, and the case of a very devious serial killer at large.
The dark monk : a hangman's daughter tale, Oliver Potzsch
A follow-up to the internationally best-selling The Hangman's Daughter traces the 1648 investigation by hangman Jakob Kuisl, his headstrong daughter and the town physician into the poisoning murder of a priest whose demise is precariously linked to the Crusades and the Knights Templar treasure.
Two soldiers, Roslund & Hellstrom
Juvenile crime is big in Stockholm and DCI Ewert Grens finds a recent prison break is linked to a gang. Strong Scandinavian action thriller.
Silken prey, John Sandford.
Latest Lucas Davenport tale involves murder, scandal, political espionage and a very dangerous woman.
Eleven days, Stav Sherez.
Second in series featuring DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller and eleven bodies found in a West London convent gutted by fire eleven days before.

New Zealand Fiction

The elbow stories, John Adams.
A self-important surgeon reveals peculiar tastes; regulars at a holiday park watch Sweetie and Cowboy fail at camping; unexpected feelings arise after a child is lost; traditional arranged marriages conflict with modern desires; a family falls apart when Auntie Pam contests Granddad’s will - and much more.
Mist in the valley, Richard Steele.
Mist in the Valley is a tale of missing stock and vanishing people, told in authentic rural style with all the colour of life in rugged country.

Romance

Flirting with danger, Tina Beckett.
Second chance with the rebel, Cara Colter.
First comes baby, Michelle Douglas.
Anything but vanilla, Liz Fielding.
A rich man's whim, Lynne Graham.
The guest list, Melissa Hill.
The matchmaker's happy ending, Shirley Jump.
One more sleepless night, Lucy King.
Maid for Montero, Kim Lawrence.
Tempting Nurse Scarlet, Wendy S. Marcus.
A legacy of secrets, Carol Marinelli.
Her deal with the devil, Nicola Marsh.
Walking disaster, Jamie McGuire.
A father for her triplets, Susan Meier.
A price worth paying?, Trish Morey.
A touch of notoriety, Carole Mortimer.
Return of the rebel doctor, Joanna Neil.
Captive in his castle, Chantelle Shaw.
One baby step at a time, Meredith Webber
The secret Casella baby, Cathy Williams.
Short-straw bride, Karen Witemeyer.
It was only a kiss, Joss Wood.
The winnowing season, Cindy Woodsmall.
Second in the Amish Vines and Orchards series.
Heir to a dark inheritance, Maisey Yates.

Saga & Historical

Sidney Sheldon's The tides of memory, Tilly Bagshawe.
When long-buried mistakes of her youth begin to resurface, old hatreds are rekindled and Alexia De Vere, the conservative party's newest superstar, finds herself on the brink of losing everything: her power, her family, and even her own life.
Glamorous illusions, Lisa T. Bergren.
As she travels with her new family from England to France, Cora faces the hardships as well as the privileges of the family name. But her journey of self-discovery is only just beginning.
Echoes of Titanic, Mindy Starns Clark
Kelsey Tate's great-grandmother Adele endured the sinking of Titanic and made it safely to America, where she not only survived but thrived. Several generations later, Kelsey is a rising star at Brennan & Tate, the firm Adele helped to establish 100 years ago. Now facing a hostile takeover, the firm's origins are challenged when new facts emerge about Adele's actions on Titanic's tragic last night.
The last conquest, Berwick Coates.
Hastings 1066 and two armies face each other to do battle for England. The first of two novels set in the same period.
Blood & beauty, Sarah Dunant.
After her well reviewed tale of the Italian Renaissance, Dunant takes on the most complex and infamous family of the era, the Borgias.
Royal mistress, Anne Easter Smith.
The story of the rise and fall of the final mistress of Edward IV.
West of here, Jonathan Evison.
Since the dawn of recorded history, the Klallam Indians have thrived upon the bounty of the Elwha River. In 1889, on the eve of Washington's statehood, the Olympic Peninsula remains America's last frontier. But not for long. As northwestern expansion reaches its feverish crescendo, the clock is ticking.
Blackpeak Station, Holly Ford.
Rural romance set in the rugged high country of New Zealand's South Island where four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station.
Home front girls, Rosie Goodwin.
Story of young woman working at a department store in Coventry at the beginning of World War II.
The crying game, June Hampson.
Opening in 1944, the story of Trixie, a girl from a troubled background, who becomes a singer in the pubs and clubs of Gosport.
Fly away, Kristin Hannah.
A return to the world of Kate and Tully (from the bestseller "Firefly Lane"). The story of three women who've lost their way and need each other - plus a miracle - to transform their lives.
A noble groom, Jody Hedlund.
Widow Analisa Weiss needs a husband fast to help pay her land contract. Will her mail-order groom arrive before a mysterious new farmhand steals her heart?
The Inquisitor's wife : a novel of Renaissance Spain, Jeanne Kalogridis.
Tale of love, loss and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish Inquisition.
Burial rites, Hannah Kent.
Based on the true story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland in the 19th century. A moving tale of a woman who dared to live her life on her own terms.
Love at any cost, Julie Lessman.
Begins a new romantic historical series, set in 19th century California, called "Hearts of San Francisco".
The lion rampant, Robert Low.
Third in a trilogy about the making of Scotland, where the last great battle for Scotland's throne will be decided on Bannockburn's field.
Mistress to the crown, Isolde Martyn.
The day Lord Hastings came into her husband's store, Elizabeth saw the opportunity she had waited twelve years for a way to separate herself once and for all from her dull, impotent husband, William Shore. The handsome stranger presented not only the chance to partake in the dance of desire, but legal counsel to annul her 12-year marriage.
A debt from the past, Beryl Matthews.
Hampshire 1850. Beth Langton has been running her large family estate for nine months now, after the death of her father. Under the watchful eyes of her godfather and guardian, Lord Edward Sharland, and an excellent estate manager, Henry Greenway, she is loving the work. After a week away with Henry buying cattle, terrible news is waiting for her on her return.
The master of Bruges, Terence Morgan.
Master painter Hans Memling is without peer in the artistic world of fifteenth-century Bruges. But when he falls in love with the Princess Marie, daughter of his powerful patron, the Duke of Burgundy, his life begins to unravel. Made reckless by his passion for Marie, Hans accepts an invitation to visit old allies in London.
The forbidden Queen, Anne O'Brien.
1415: the jewel in the French crown, Katherine de Valois, is waiting under lock and key for King Henry V. While he's been slaughtering her kinsmen in Agincourt, Katherine has been praying for marriage to save her from her misery.
The Paris winter, Imogen Robertson.
Paris 1909 and young Englishwoman comes to study and paint and becomes companion to a young aristocrat who has a dark secret.
Paris : the novel, Edward Rutherfurd.
Presents a multigenerational saga detailing the history of Paris, from its founding under the Romans to the hotbed of cultural activity during the 1920s and 1930s.
The art of war, M.C. Scott.
Three Emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war, Sebastos Pantera, the spy whose name means leopard, returns to Rome intent on bribery, blackmail and persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the commanders and their men to Vespasian's side.
Traitor's field, Robert Wilton.
It's 1648, and Civil War rages in England with the royalists defeated and parliament in turmoil.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

This house is haunted, John Boyne.
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. Ghost story in the M.R. James tradition.
Magician's end, Raymond E. Feist.
The dragons are calling. Civil war is tearing apart the Kingdom of the Isles, for the throne lies empty and rivals are converging. Third book of the Chaoswar Saga.
Portal, Eric Flint, Ryk E. Spoor.
The sequel to Book 3 in the Boundary series, "Threshold."
NOS-4R2, Joe Hill
Story of a serial killer and his unfinished business. Mix of horror and the supernatural.
Blood of dragons, Robin Hobb.
The final instalment of Robin Hobb's series The Rain Wild Chronicles.
The willful princess and the piebald prince, Robin Hobb.
A new novella set in the world of the Farseer Trilogy.
Shift, Hugh Howey.
In a future less than fifty years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by but the truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. Second in the Wool" trilogy.
Without a summer, Mary Robinette Kowal.
Regency-era glamourists Jane and Vincent Ellsworth hope to bolster Melody's chances for a good marriage by accepting a commission from a prominent London family, a job that embroils them in an international crisis. Sequel to "Glamour in glass."
The god tattoo : and other stories of the twilight reign, Tom Lloyd.
Eleven stories that bring added colour and shape to his epic story of the Twilight Reign series.
The new watch, Sergei Lukianenko
At Moscow airport Senior Light Other Anton Gorodetsky overhears a child screaming about a plane crash. He discovers that the child is a prophet - a supernatural being whose predictions come true if they are heard by humans.
Promise of blood, Brian McClellan.
An epic fantasy with a lively cast of characters living in an imagined world that has similarities to the French Revolution.
The quickening, Julie Myerson.
Another in the series of Hammer (as in the famous horror movie studio) novels. The story of a newlywed couple expecting a baby and finding their honeymoon goes very wrong.
Poison, Sarah Pinborough.
A retelling of the Snow White story which puts a modern sexy spin on the characters.
The river of no return, Bee Ridgway.
Time travel debut novel about a man and woman travelling through time to bring down a secret society that controls the past and the future.
Shadows of falling night, S. M. Stirling.
Third in the "Shadowspawn" fantasy series.
House of steel : the Honorverse companion, David Weber with BuNine.
A treasure trove of tech, specs and insights on Weber's "Honor Harrington" series, including a Honorverse novella about the early days of the Manticoran Star Kingdom.