Recreation

New Titles Fiction March 2014 (arrived in February 2014)

Adventure

The first bird, Greig Beck.
Matt Kerns, linguist, archaeologist and reluctant explorer, returns in another adventure to save the world.
The pattern of fear, Drew Chapman.
Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack.
The King's marauder, Dewey Lambdin.
Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, gets a new commission for HMS Sapphire on the Spanish coast.
Lastnight, Stephen Leather.
The latest gruesome supernatural thriller featuring private eye Jack Nightingale.
Beloved enemy, Eric Van Lustbader.
Whilst carrying out a dangerous mission to discover a mole in the FBI, Jack McClure is framed for the murder of the the Secretary for Homeland Security. To complete his mission he must evade the CIA operatives on his tail and track down an ex-lover.
Imperial fire, Robert Lyndon.
From the author of "Hawk quest" comes an epic tale set after 1066 when vast empires fight for dominance.
Hunt the scorpion, Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo.
A series of attacks all over the globe are linked by a single, deadly intent: someone is gathering everything they need to make a dirty bomb. The terrorists behind it are shadows; their targets unknown. Navy SEAL Commander Thomas Crocker and his elite team need answers.
The Valhalla prophecy, Andy Mcdermott.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase return in their 9th action adventure.
A savage garden, Chris Muir.
Former Navy Seal becomes a jaded mercenary in Africa then has to embark on a dangerous mission to save injured child soldiers.
The Polaris protocol, Brad Taylor.
Fifth in the Pike Logan series.
Deadly impact, Peter Tonkin.
The world's largest liquid natural gas tanker is attacked by pirates and Richard Mariner has to save the ship and crew.

American Fiction

Lost Lake, Sarah Addison Allen.
Story of a widow and her daughter who find healing at a quirky summer resort.
The deepest secret, Carla Buckley.
In the Jodi Picoult tradition, a family drama about marriage and children and a tragedy that shatters a family.
Sea glass summer, Dorothy Cannell.
Recovering from a painful divorce, Sarah Draycott has moved to picturesque village of Sea Glass on the Maine coast to make a fresh start. As she finds herself increasingly caught up in the lives of the Sea Glass residents, Sarah finds her broken heart beginning to heal.
This dark road to mercy, Wiley Cash.
Story of a father's efforts to rescue his young daughter. Described as Harper Lee by way of Elmore Leonard.
A gift to remember, Melissa Hill.
Romantic comedy about a bookshop assistant who cycles into a man walking his dog. The inevitable occurs.
The days of Anna Madrigal, Armistead Maupin.
Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided. A wrap up to his engaging "Tales of the city" series.
That part was true, Deborah McKinlay.
A lonely British woman strikes up a pen pal friendship with a successful American author and they offer each other help and support with their relationship dramas before agreeing to finally meet up in Paris.
The sun and other stars, Brigid Pasulka.
Adrift in a soccer-obsessed seaside village on the Italian Riviera, a young man who has recently lost his mother and brother struggles to bond with his emotionally absent father before being drawn into the world of a scandalous soccer star and his tough-love sister.
Orfeo, Richard Powers.
Composer Peter Els the "Bioterrorist Bach" pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical journey and, through the help of his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime collaborator, he hatches a plan to turn his disastrous collision with Homeland Security into a work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around them.
Bleeding edge, Thomas Pynchon.
A New York fraud investigator, a fillmaker, a Russian mafioso, a government agent, rappers, murderers and the CIA, all part of a dark and clever tale by the master writer.
Still life with bread crumbs, Anna Quindlen.
Upbeat romantic comedy about a photographer whose success has faded and how she moves to the country where she meets a roofer and falls in love.
The Visionist, Rachel Urquhart.
A teenage girl sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father, and seeking refuge with a Shaker community. Very well reviewed debut.
The secret of Raven Point, Jennifer Vanderbes.
Story of war and love set in 1943 where a teenage girl answers the pleas of help from her enlisted brother in Italy.
A man of his own, Susan Wilson.
Returning home from World War II with injuries that shatter his professional baseball dreams, Rick Stanton's reunited with his beloved dog Pax, who had been volunteered for the Army's K-9 Corps and who's forged an equally strong bond with a soldier who joins Rick's family.
Mother, mother, Koren Zailckas.
First novel by author of "Smashed: growing up a drunk girl" is the story of a woman in a psych ward wondering what happened to her sister who ran away from their violent mother.

Australian fiction

Elemental, Amanda Curtin.
Nearing the end of her life, Meggie Tulloch takes up her pen to write a story for her granddaughter, Laura. It begins in the first years of the twentieth century.
Shame and the captives, Tom Keneally.
World War II and a P.O.W. camp to house European, Korean and Japanese captives is built close to a farming community.
The birdwatcher, William McInnes.
Melbourne birdwatcher is off on a weekend to sight a rare bird. He meets a woman whose father was a "twitcher" and this odd couple find each other. Likeable heartwarming tale.
Asking for trouble, Peter Timms.
Surviving a 1950s suburban upbringing and bullied at school, Harry seems to be "asking for it". Darkly funny and quite perceptive tale.

British Fiction

The Darling girls, Emma Burstall.
Three women, one man, and a tangle of lies. When the world famous music conductor Leo Bruck dies suddenly, the three women who loved him meet for the first time at his graveside.
The last enchantments, Charles Finch.
American graduate goes to Oxford for a year off where he meets people who will make him reconsider his life path. The author's mysteries have been excellent so this is an interesting departure for him.
The last word, Hanif Kureishi
Battle of wills between an aging literary sensation and his young biographer. An outrageous and often funny tale.
The unpredictable consequences of love, Jill Mansell.
When Josh Strachan, newly returned to his home in north Cornwall from sunny California, first meets Sophie Wells, he's immediately smitten. Sophie's pretty, she's funny, she has lots of friends and she clearly loves her job as a photographer, despite the sometimes tricky clients. Romantic comedy.
A girl is a half-formed thing, Eimear McBride.
Extraordinary debut novel that tells with insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour.
Emerald germs of Ireland, Patrick McCabe.
Black comedy about what happens to a fortyish Irishman and his mother.
Eat my heart out, Zoe Pilger.
Lively and clever tale of a a post-feminist woman and a woman who’s convinced that love is all she needs. A satire for today.
The last kings of Sark, Rosa Rankin-Gee.
First novel by daughter of author Maggie Gee and writer Nicholas Rankin. A story set around the tiny island of Sark and the lives and loves of three very different young people.
Completion, Tim Walker.
Sharp and sometimes funny state of the nation novel in which a once happy family convene when the family house is to be sold.
Boxer handsome, Anna Whitwham.
Tough debut novel set in the East End about a young boxer who just wants a better life and what happens when he falls for a traveller girl.
Unfaithfully yours, Nigel Williams.
When Elizabeth Price engages private detective Roland 'Orlando' Gibbons to find out the truth about her husband's suspected affair, she unwittingly sets off a chain of correspondence that reunites four formerly close-knit couples.
Mrs. Hemingway, Naomi Wood.
British author takes on an American legend in the story of Ernest Hemingway and his four wives, women who loved and lost the much lauded he-man.
Season to taste ; or, How to eat your husband, Natalie Young.
Always let the meat rest under foil for at least ten minutes before carving. Meet Lizzie Prain. Ordinary housewife. Fifty-something. Lives in a cottage in the woods, with her dog Rita. Likes cooking, avoids the neighbours. Her husband's dead and she is using him in recipes that might make Nigella cringe. Outrageous black comedy.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Erotic stories, Rowan Pelling.
Erotic Stories is a treasury of amorous tales from around the world, ranging from ancient Greek myths to modern stories of longing and lust. From Boccaccio to E.M. Forster to Hanif Kurieshi and even a lashing from Mr Sacher masoch.
An unnecessary woman, Rabih Alameddine.
One of the Middle East’s most celebrated voices, Rabih Alameddine follows his bestseller, The Hakawati, with a heartrending novel that celebrates the singular life of an obsessive introvert, revealing Beirut’s beauties and horrors along the way.
Maps for lost lovers, Nadeem Aslam.
In an unnamed town Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community, and then on a snow- covered January morning Chanda's brothers are arrested for murder. Author is a Pakistani writer who now lives in England.
The Paris architect, Charles Belfoure.
In 1942 Paris, gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money and maybe get him killed. But if he's clever enough, he'll avoid any trouble. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won't find it.
The insufferable gaucho, Roberto Bolano
Unpredictable and daring, highly controlled and yet somehow haywire, the five short stories included here are some of Bolano's best.
The drinker, Hans Fallada
Autobiographical classic written during the Second World War in Germany in 1944 during the author's confinement in a medical asylum. It is a self-portrait of an alcoholic and the effect of his behaviour on his surroundings, especially on his deteriorating marriage.
The little old lady who broke all the rules, Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style. Along with her four oldest friends otherwise known as the League of Pensioners Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Rollicking tale translated from Swedish.
Saving Mozart : the diary of Otto J. Steiner, Raphael Jerusalmy
Time is running out for Otto Steiner, an elderly Jewish music critic who is languishing in a sanitorium in Salzburg on the eve of the Second World War. Music remains his only love, but the forces of darkness are closing in. Then Otto is asked to write the programme notes for the approaching music festival. Well reviewed novel translated from the French.
A true novel. Volume I, Minae Mizumura
Begins in New York in the 1960s, where we meet Taro, a relentlessly ambitious Japanese immigrant trying to make his fortune. Flashbacks and multilayered stories reveal his life: an impoverished upbringing as an orphan, his eventual rise to wealth and success despite racial and class prejudice and an obsession with a girl from an affluent family.
A true novel. Volume II, Minae Mizumura
A well-tempered heart, Jan-Philipp Sendker
Sequel to "The art of hearing heartbeats" follows Julia Win and the gentle people of Burma and Julia's own search for love.

Graphic Novel

Marvel firsts. WWII super heroes, Carl Burgos et al
Freaks' amour, Adapted by Dana Marie Andra ; based on the novel by Tom DeHaven
No. 6. 4, Created by Atsuko Asano ; manga by Hinoki Kino
BlackAcre. Volume two. Family planning, Duffy Boudreau
The dark tower. The gunslinger. Last shots, Creative director and executive director, Stephen King
The wallflower = Yamatonadeshiko shichihenge. 31, Tomoko Hayakawa
Attack on Titan. 10, Hajime Isayama
Terra Obscura. S.M.A.S.H. of two worlds, Alan Moore, Peter Hogan,
Drrr!! Saika arc. 3, Ryohgo Narita
Knights of Sidonia. 6, Tsutomu Nihei
Clive Barker's Hellraiser. The road below, Written by Brandon Seifert ; art by Haemi Jang
Over the wall, Peter Wartman.
Fran : continuing and preceding Congress of the Animals, Jim Woodring

Japanese titles

Koe dashite iko, Asakura Kasumi.
Natsume ke junro, Asakura Kasumi.
Chokorēto no machi, Asukai Chisa.
Varukirīzu = The valkyries, Paulo Coelho.
Dōkoku no ie, Egami Gō.
Kishi kaisei, Egami Gō.
Saihate no kanojo, Harada Maha.
Hashi, Hashimoto Osamu.
Wakasamagumi mairu, Hatakenaka Megumi.
Inori no maku ga oriru toki, Higashino Keigo cho.
Memory, Honda Takayoshi.
Donna bianka, Honda Tetsuya.
Yume o uru otoko, Hyakuta Naoki.
Ugetsu monogatari, Iwai Shimako.
Hakusha, Kaburagi Ren.
Sono momo wa momo no aji shika shinai, Katō Chie.
Seinaru namakemono no boken, Morimi Tomihiko.
Amakakeru, Murayama Yuka.
Sakuya kono hana : sakon no sakura, Nagano Mayumi.
Hoshi ni negai o tsuki ni inori o, Nakamura Kō.
Kinryooku, Nonami Asa cho.
Enzai shikei, Ogawa Satoshi.
Ikinaoshi, Okabe Etsu.
Nagoriuta, Shukawa Minato.
Orugooru, Shukawa Minato.
Asu shinu kamo shirenai jibun, soshite anatatachi, Yamada Eimi.
Oku no oku o mori no oku ni iru, Yamada Yūsuke.
Yumehiki bune, Yamamoto Ichiriki.
Burari burako no koi, Yoshikawa Toriko.

Korean titles

The whiskey jacks, Kim Heechul.
Hǔksan : Kim Hun changp'yǒn sosǒl.
Kan kwa ssǔlgae : Kim Sum sosǒchip.
K'ǔllik mi : Ko Ye-na changp'yǒn sosǒl.
Tongju : Ku Hyo-sǒ changp'yǒn sosǒl.
Aju pot'ong ǔi yǒnae : Paek Yǒng-ok sosǒl.
Noksaek pabel t'ap, Pak T'ae-yǒp chiǔm.
Kodok yǒksi ch'akkagil kǒt ida : Sǒ Chun-hwan sosǒljip, Sǒ Chun-hwan
Nug a mimoja rǔl kǔryǒnna : Son Mina ǔi rodǔ mubi fiction, Son Mi-na chiǔm.
Airin : Yi Chae-ik changp'yǒn sosǒl.
Choehuui jeungin, Yuzuki Yuko.

Mystery

Ripper, Isabel Allende
A fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.
The broken places, Ace Atkins.
A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from prison. Jamey Dixon comes back to Jericho preaching redemption, and some believe him; but for the victim's family, the only thought is revenge.
Stone bruises, Simon Beckett.
Standalone thriller about a man on the run in London who flees to France to escape his past.
Trouble man, Tom Benn.
Manchester and Henry Bane is managing an exclusive nightclub, has a glamorous mistress and a teenage son and is moving into a dangerous underworld. Described as Manchester noir!
The ghost runner, Parker Bilal.
When a surveillance job leads private investigator Makana to the murder of a teenage girl, he and a woman named Zahra search for justice in a country where the authorities can be willing to turn a blind eye to apparent honor killings.
Only one life, Sara Blaedel
From a top Danish crime writer. Detective Louise Rick investigates a mysterious death of an abused girl and finds a predator is at large.
Do or die : reluctant heroes, Suzanne Brockmann.
Launches a new series, "Reluctant heroes," as a Navy SEAL is asked to rescue two children held in a South American embassy.
That old black magic, Mary Jane Clark.
Wedding cake decorator/sleuth Piper Donovan investigates murder in New Orleans.
Harbour Street, Ann Cleeves.
As the snow falls thickly on Newcastle, the shouts and laughter of Christmas revellers break the muffled silence. Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are swept along in the jostling crowd onto the Metro. But when the train is stopped due to the bad weather, and the other passengers fade into the swirling snow, Jessie notices that an old lady hasn't left the train.
Death of an Elgin marble, David Dickinson.
Lord Francis Powerscourt and murder at the British Museum.
The beast in the red forest, Sam Eastland.
Inspector Pekkala is reported dead but Stalin refuses to believe it. A new enemy is about to emerge in this exciting adventure thriller.
North of Boston, Elisabeth Elo.
Intriguingly described as Dennis Lehane meets "Smilla's sense of snow." A suspense tale in which a woman survives the freezing water of the North Atlantic after her fishing boat is intentionally rammed.
Scarred, Thomas Enger
Trine Juul-Osmundsen, Norway's Secretary of State and Henning Juul's sister, is accused of sexually harassing a young male politician. As the allegations cause a media frenzy, Trine receives an anonymous threat telling her to resign.
The bird that did not sing, Alex Gray.
2014 and Commonwealth Games are coming to Glasgow. Security is tight then a bombing and a murder occur. Latest in the Detective Supt. Lorimer series.
Hunted, Elizabeth Heiter.
FBI criminal profiler Evelyn Baine hunts a serial killer called The Bakersville Burier. Debut crime novel.
The killing. III, David Hewson
Homicide detective Sarah Lund and the case of a random killing that precedes an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister. 3rd in the Sarah Lund series that originate in the hit television crime series.
Reckless endangerment, Graham Ison.
Detective Inspector Brock is called to a murder in a house near Heathrow where the victim is the husband of an airline stewardess.
As serious as death, Quintin Jardine.
Primavera Blackstone teams up with a private detective to find out what might be vandals or Catalan extremists.
Killer, Jonathan Kellerman.
Psychologist Alex Delaware and the case of a physician getting a death threat in a custody case.
Stay alive, Simon Kernick.
Race against time thriller about a woman with a deadly secret, three gunmen and a man on the run.
The second deadly sin, Asa Larsson
At the end of a bear hunt in Sweden's wilderness, hunters discover a brutal murder and Rebecks Martinsson is out to find the killer.
The barkeep : a novel of zenspense, William Lashner
Justin Chase is the perfect barkeep, tending bar as he lives his life, in a state of Zen serenity, until Birdie Grackle, a foul-mouthed alcoholic, walks into his bar and makes a startling confession.
The lie of you, Jane Lythell.
Kathy appears successful and happy at home and work but her employee Heja knows about her self doubts and sets out to destroy her.
Worthy Brown's daughter, Phillip Margolin.
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
Cold winter in Bordeaux, Allan Massie.
Winter 1942-3. The war is turning against Germany on the Eastern Front. The Americans land in North Africa. Meanwhile, in Bordeaux, Superintendent Lannes himself an object of suspicion, with one son in Vichy and another with de Gaulle's Free French investigates the murder of a woman. It looks like a crime of passion.
Entry Island, Peter May.
Detective goes to investigate murder in a home on Gulf of St. Lawrence where the victim's wife is the prime suspect but may be innocent.
In the morning I'll be gone, Adrian McKinty.
Third in the Sean Duffy series, strong crime with an Irish background.
Body count, Barbara Nadel.
Latest case for Turkish detective Inspector Ekmin.
Bad wolf, Nele Neuhaus
On a hot June day the body of a sixteen-year-old girl washes up on a river bank outside of Frankfurt. She has been brutally murdered, but no one comes forward with any information as to her identity. Even weeks later, the local police have not been able to find out who she is.
The crooked spire, Chris Nickson.
1361: orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect.
Darkening skies, Bronwyn Parry.
Investigative journalist Jenn Barrett never intended to return to Dungirri, the small town she escaped as a teenager. But startling revelations about local man Mark Strelitz have reopened the investigation into the accident that killed Jenn's cousin, Paula, and she is determined to find out what really happened. Aussie mystery thriller.
Doing harm, Kelly Parsons.
Debut from urologist. A surgeon botches an operation and loses a patient but then discovers that the patient was actually murdered.
The boat, Clara Salaman.
Young couple on honeymoon are trapped in a nightmare when they get on a stranger's boat and by the time they realise the danger they're out at sea.
Lineup, Liad Shoham
After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighbourhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice is done, so he begins his own investigation.
The hanged man of Saint-Pholien, Georges Simenon
Part of the interesting new series of Simenon's Maigret novels.
The verdict, Nick Stone.
Legal thriller in which a young lawyer gets to defend a millionaire but the accused is someone he knows and there are secrets from their shared past.
The land of dreams, Vidar Sundstol
Winner of the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime novel and named by Dagbladet as one of the top twenty-five Norwegian crime novels of all time.
The girl with a clock for a heart, Peter Swanson.
When his girlfriend supposedly committed suicide George discovered that she wasn't who she claimed to be, and now, twenty years later, she's back! Thriller about love, loss and memories.
Hunting shadows, Charles Todd.
Man murdered at society wedding held at Ely Cathedral and Sergeant Ian Rutledge is called in.
The fire dance, Helene Tursten
Murder of a young ballerina sets off alarm bells for Swedish detective Irene Huss who recalls a similar case fifteen years ago.
In the blood, Lisa Unger.
Young woman looking after a manipulative 11 year old boy is a longterm liar and when her friend goes missing her lies attract the police.
Line of sight, David Whish-Wilson.
When a brothel madam is shot on a Perth golf course in 1975 it should be a routine murder enquiry. But it isn't. In fact, there's barely an investigation at all, and Superintendent Swann thinks he knows why.
You will never find me, Robert Wilson.
A daughter gone. A father hunting. Two lives at stake. Tough action thriller.
Black chalk, Christopher J. Yates.
Mystery debut from ex-Oxford writer who works as a puzzle compiler is about a game of dates and consequences at Oxford that escalates into vicious struggle with unpredictable and tragic results.

New Zealand Fiction

The silent village, Merryn Corcoran.
Against the majestic, visual backdrop of the French and Italian Riviera, three generations of strong passionate women fight for the survival and the future legacy of their families. Based on true events and woven with fiction, Merryn Corcoran tells an intimate and compelling story, which finally exposes a cruel and sad secret that has been carefully guarded for over fifty years.
Jason's dunny, Colin Crump.
Life is full of surprises. Big Floyd Johnston didn't expect to find anything more interesting than a pig or two when he set off with his loyal dog on the morning of his seventieth birthday. And, even then, he hardly imagined that the untamed wilderness he stumbled upon that day would soon become his own personal adventure paradise.
After, Elizabeth Cunnane.
Fifteen stories explore periods of change. Although Elizabeth Cunnane's individual experience informs the work, it is also a universal story of loss and love.
Beneath the perfect world, Hannah Graham.
Disillusioned with living in a close-knit Yorkshire farming community, twenty-six year old Alan needs a release from his mundane but pressured life. Intelligent and beautiful, Catherine is everything he wants, but she is as lonely and messed up as he is. Interesting novel by English author who now lives in N.Z.

Romance

Snowed in with the billionaire, Caroline Anderson.
The most expensive night of her life, Amy Andrews.
Beware of the boss, Leah Ashton.
Her hard to resist husband, Tina Beckett.
The dance off, Ally Blake.
His ultimate prize, Maya Blake.
After the party, Jackie Braun.
The rebel doc who stole her heart, Susan Carlisle.
A deal with benefits, Susanna Carr.
More than a convenient marriage?, Dani Collins.
Snowflakes and silver linings, Cara Colter.
The most expensive lie of all, Michelle Condor.
The tycoon's delicious distraction, Maggie Cox.
The final falcon says I do, Lucy Gordon.
The Dimitrakos proposition, Lynne Graham.
Second chance with her soldier, Barbara Hannay.
The prince she never knew, Kate Hewitt.
Defiant in the desert, Sharon Kendrick.
The reunion lie, Lucy King.
Christmas at the castle, Marion Lennox.
From duty to daddy, Sue MacKay.
Rumours on the red carpet, Carole Mortimer.
Confessions of a bad bridesmaid, Jennifer Rae.
From Venice with love, Alison Roberts.
The flaw in his diamond, Susan Stephens.
Date with a surgeon prince, Meredith Webber.
His temporary mistress, Cathy Williams.
The Greek's tiny miracle, Rebecca Winters.
For every season, Cindy Woodsmall.
Forged in the desert heat, Maisey Yates.

Saga & Historical

The moon field, Judith Allnatt.
1914 and George joins the Army after discovering that the girl he loves is promised to someone else.
Liverpool angels, Lyn Andrews.
Born at the turn of the twentieth century, Mae Strickland is only a few days old when her mother suddenly dies. Her aunt Maggie brings Mae up together with her own children, Eddie and Alice, and the girls become like sisters.
The undesirables, Dave Boling.
Story of the second Boer War where British soldiers charged through the South African veldt and imprisoned thousands of Boer families.
Perfect north, Jenny Bond.
1897 and the race to conquer the North Pole. 1930 and the remains of explorers are found and a young journalist finds love letters never sent. First novel by Australian author.
Cavendon Hall, Barbara Taylor Bradford.
BTB gets into the Downton genre here for a tale set in Edwardian England where World War I is about to bring changes to aristoratic life.
The great king, Christian Cameron.
The fourth in the Long War series set in 5th century Egypt where forces gather for the colossal naval battle of Artemesium.
The queen's dwarf, Ella March Chase.
Set in the Stuart Court where a dwarf is given the task of spying on Charles I's French Queen Henrietta Maria.
The runaway woman, Josephine Cox.
Lucy Lovejoy married her childhood sweetheart at 16, but since then she's lost a little more of herself with each passing year. Those looking from the outside think she's like any other wife and mother, but there is no warmth or love at the centre of Lucy's family her children have watched their father belittle her for years and are, much to her sadness, following in his footsteps.
The sinkings, Amanda Curtin.
In 1882, human remains were discovered at the Sinkings, a lonely campsite near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim later identified as Little Jock, a former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome?
Fairfield Hall, Margaret Dickinson.
Ruthlessly ambitious Ambrose Constantine is determined that his daughter, Annabel, shall marry into the nobility. A fish merchant and self-made man, he has only his wealth to buy his way into society. When Annabel's secret meetings with Gilbert, a young man employed at her father's offices, stop suddenly, she learns that he has mysteriously disappeared.
Custard tarts and broken hearts, Mary Gibson.
Young women working in World War I Bermondsey at a custard powder factory strike for a better wage.
Sedition, Katharine Grant.
Two very different young women are brought together when a gentleman hires on to be piano teacher to his daughter. The author is a descendant of the last person to be hanged for sedition in Britain.
Love or duty, Rosie Harris.
Liverpool 1924 and a woman takes in a small girl after an accident and is then faced with a world she never knew existed.
1066 : what fates impose, G.K. Holloway.
England is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are eager to take the crown. While power struggles break out between the various factions at court, enemies abroad plot to make England their own.
Wake, Anna Hope.
1920 and the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from France while three women wait for answers.
The wife, the maid, and the mistress, Ariel Lawhon.
Reimagining of a scandal that rocked 1930s America where a judge disappeared. Seen through the eyes of the three women who knew him best.
I shall be near to you, Erin Lindsay McCabe.
Story of a strong-willed woman who disguises herself as a man to fight beside her husband in the American Civil War. Inspired by a real female soldier's letters home.
Somerset, Leila Meacham.
Deep Southerners plan a wagon train expedition to a new territory called Texas. A tale of slavery, abolition, Civil War, tragedy and triumph.
Beauty, Louise Mensch.
Dream Big. No Limits. Be Bold. Manhattan is there for the taking. Blend it. Sculpt it. Shape it. Use it. There isn't a woman on earth who doesn't have her beauty secrets. But for Dina Kane, beauty is more than just business. It's power.
Unrivaled, Siri Mitchell.
Lucy Kendall always assumed she'd help her father in his candy-making business, creating recipes and aiding him in their shared passion. But after a year traveling in Europe, Lucy returns to 1910 St. Louis to find her father unwell and her mother planning to sell the struggling candy company. Determined to help, Lucy vows to create a candy that will reverse their fortunes.
Meet me under the clock, Annie Murray.
Two young women, sisters, lead different lives after World War II breaks out and find that the pressures of war make them realise what they want most from life.
Revolutionary, Alex Myers.
Novel about the American Revolution that explores life of Deborah Samson who, passing as a man, fought in the Revolutionary War.
Winter, Christopher Nicholson.
An imagining of Thomas Hardy's relationship with his last muse, a young actress. Inspired by the true story of the first theatrical production of "Tess and the D'Urbervilles."
Where courage calls : a when calls the heart novel, Janette Oke, Laurel Oke Logan.
In the early 20th century, new schoolteacher Beth Thatcher is assigned a post in a remote mining community in Western Canada. There her courage — and her heart will be tested in unexpected ways.
Rustication, Charles Palliser.
Christmas 1863. Seventeen-year-old Richard Shenstone has been sent down from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by disturbing sexual desires, he finds temporary refuge in the creaking old mansion inhabited by his newly impoverished mother and his sister, Effie, whose behaviour grows increasingly bizarre.
Duty : a story of love, loyalty and the winds of war, Joan Rowe.
Set during and after World War I which entwines the lives of two different families across the class divide of Britain.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Dangerous women, George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.
George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois have put together a towering anthology of specially-commissioned stories from the most stellar names in the genre, set in a number of readers' favourite fantasy worlds.
Burn, Julianna Baggott.
Inside the Dome, Partridge, having taken his father's place as leader of the Pures, realises that things are not as clear as he thought while outside, Pressia and Bradwell continue their efforts to heal the Wretches, unsure if they can still trust their friend Partridge. Sequel to "Pure."
The witch's daughter, Paula Brackston.
In the spring of 1628, young Bess Hawksmith watches her mother's body swing limp from the Hanging Tree. She knows that only one man can save her from the same fate Gideon Masters, the Warlock. She knows, too, that his help comes at a steep price.
Red rising, Pierce Brown.
Dystopian debut set in a dark future where a class conflict is rising and a man turns revolutionary after his wife's execution. First in trilogy.
A darkling sea, James L. Cambias.
Debut novel from award winner and game designer is described by Robert J. Sawyer as "fast-paced, pure quill hard science fiction."
The fell sword, Miles Cameron.
Sequel to "The red knight" continues this epic fantasy series as the emperor is taken hostage and the capital besieged.
The girl with all the gifts, M. R. Carey.
Strange story of a girl in a wheelchair in a classroom, a genius who is guarded by those in control. Strange and very original tale that has been well reviewed.
The summoning, F.G. Cottam.
When student Adam Parker unearths a mysterious metal artefact during an archaeological dig in a Scottish forest, his life changes forever. For Adam has been summoned to fulfil his destiny, playing his part in an epic battle for supremacy that has been waged for centuries. He is about to be tested to the limits of his endurance.
By blood we live, Glen Duncan.
Third in series has werewolf Talulla drawn to a 20,000 year old vampire who believes he's met her in the last many millenia!
Wolves, Simon Ings.
Two friends working on Augmented Reality decide to become the hunters in the dystopian sf tale.
Dark bites, Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Short story collection from the vampire specialist.
Resonance, John Meaney.
The last book of the Ragnorak trilogy sees the conclusion to a conflict lasting thousands of years.
The whispering, Sarah Rayne.
When Oxford don Michael Flint travels to Fosse House in the Fens to research a book on WWI music and poetry, he is at once aware of the house's eerie menace. And when Michael is forced to spend the night in the house, a dark fragment of the past begins to stir. A fragment that Michael may not be able to resist.
To sail a darkling sea, John Ringo.
Sequel to "Under a graveyard sky" is the second book in the Black Tide Rising series with humanity versus a biological zombie plague.
SF gateway omnibus, John Sladek.
An SF Gateway Omnibus featuring three classic works from John Sladek.
Halo. Mortal Dictata, Karen Traviss.
The Covenant War is over but the Office of Naval Intelligence still faces conflict with the angry colonies.
Supervolcano. Things fall apart, Harry Turtledove.
An explosion of incalculable magnitude in Yellowstone Park propelled lava and ash across the landscape and into the atmosphere, forever altering the climate of the entire continent. Nothing grows from the tainted soil. Stalled and stilled machines function only as statuary.
Archetype, M.D. Waters.
Introduces an inventive futuristic suspense tale about one woman who rebels against everything she's been taught. Described as a gothic thriller in science fiction trappings.