Recreation

New Titles Fiction June 2017 (arrived in May 2017)

Adventure

The fix, David Baldacci.
Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent, who suffered a head injury that resulted in giving him the gift of a remarkable memory together with a condition called synaesthesia, takes on another case in The Fix.
Viper's blood, David Gilman.
Edward III has invaded France at the head of the greatest host England has ever assembled. But his attempt to win the French crown is futile. The Dauphin will no longer meet the English in the field and the great army is mired in costly sieges, scavenging supplies from a land ruined by decades of conflict.
Spook Street, Mick Herron.
What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind? Do the Services have a retirement home for people who know too many secrets but don't remember they're secrets? Or does someone come to take care of the senile spy for good?
Three envelopes, Nir Hezroni
Debut tale concerning a rogue agent in the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
Blood forest, Geraint Jones.
Account of one of history's most famous ambushes in which Germanic tribes, led by Armininius, overcame 15,000 Roman legionnaires. Written by a former British Army soldier.
Fly by night, Ward Larsen.
A top-secret drone crashes in the Horn of Africa and prized aircraft ends up in the hanger of a company named Fly by Night Aviation. Jammer Davis is called to investigate a plane a plane crash in the Sudan and discovers a conspiracy that will threaten America like nothing before.
Fly by wire, Ward Larsen.
Falling like a stone from six miles up, a brand new C-500 crashes in central France, killing two pilots aboard. With over one hundred C-500s in service around the world, interest is keen to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Takedown, Stephen Leather.
When a British Special Forces soldier goes rogue, carrying out an attack at a US army base in Syria leading to the death of two men, ex-MI5 controller Charlotte Button is hired to work out what his plan is and to take him down before he can carry it out.
The fallen, Eric Van Lustbader.
The End of Days has arrived and the legions of Hell are upon us. In a hidden cave in the mountains of Lebanon, a man makes a fateful discovery. He has been chosen to bring what has been forbidden for thousands of years out of the darkness and into the light: the Testament of Lucifer.
The end of the day, Claire North.
The enigmatic Charlie, a specter who travels everywhere and visits everyone marked for death, sends messages and makes profound, life-changing offers to those he meets. From the author of "The first 15 lives of Harry August."
Dead man switch, Matthew Quirk.
The suspicious deaths of two members of an elite undercover military team are investigated by Special Ops legend Captain John Hayes, who is horrified to discover that his protege, a brilliant assassin, is the prime suspect.
Change agent, Daniel Suarez.
On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle and his transformation begins. In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol's most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform "vanity edits" on human embryos for a price.
Nomad, James Swallow.
A pulse-racing terrorist thriller with a sickening twist perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim, Bourne, 24 and Homeland.
Retribution road, Antonin Varenne
Burma, 1852. Arthur Bowman, a sergeant in the East India Company, is sent on a secret mission during the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

American Fiction

All grown up, Jami Attenberg.
New York set tale about a 39 year old single woman contending with friends and family.
The white boy shuffle, Paul Beatty.
White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty's electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles.
The house by the lake, Ella Carey.
Anna is content with her well-ordered life in San Francisco. However, when her beloved grandfather, Max, reveals that they are part of an aristocratic family who during World War II were forced to leave their estate in Prussia. Max's ardent wish is for Anna to retrieve a precious item left in that estate over seventy years ago.
I'd die for you : and other lost stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is how it always is, Laurie Frankel.
Rosie and Penn always wanted a daughter. Four sons later, they decide to try one last time and their beautiful little boy Claude is born. Life continues happily for this big, loving family until the day when Claude says that, when he grows up, he wants to be a girl.
History of wolves, Emily Fridlund.
How far would you go to belong? Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in an ex-commune beside a lake in the beautiful, austere backwoods of northern Minnesota. The other girls at school call Linda 'Freak', or 'Commie'.
The devil and Webster, Jean Hanff Korelitz.
President of an elite New England college is supportive of student protest until things go out of control.
The shadow land, Elizabeth Kostova.
American woman goes to Bulgaria where she becomes embroiled in a mystery linking Bulgarian history before World War II to the present
Tell me how this ends, David Samuel Levinson.
In 2022, American Jews face an increasingly unsafe and anti-Semitic landscape at home. Against this backdrop, the Jacobson family gathers for Passover in Los Angeles.
Good kings bad kings, Susan Nussbaum.
Told in alternating perspectives by a varied and vocal cast of characters, Good Kings, Bad Kings pulls back the curtain to reveal the complicated, funny, and tough life inside the walls of ILLC an institution for juveniles with disabilities.
Close enough to touch, Colleen Oakley.
An untraditional, but beautiful love story about the power and possibilities of the human heart. And how two people can touch each other without ever even touching.
The fall of Lisa Bellow, Susan Perabo.
What happens to the girl left behind? A masked man with a gun enters a sandwich shop in broad daylight, and Meredith Oliver suddenly finds herself ordered to the filthy floor, where she cowers face to face with her nemesis, Lisa Bellow, the most popular girl in her eighth grade class.
The futures, Anna Pitoniak.
Story of a young couple who graduate from Yale in 2008, just as the financial crisis begins and there are no jobs for graduates. It is a story of their new start together in New York City and their tentative first steps into adulthood. It is a story of growing up and taking chances and making terrible mistakes.
The impossible fortress, Jason Rekulak.
Amusing coming of age tale set in 1987 New Jersey where three teenage boys want to get a copy of Playboy that features TV presenter Vanna
The velvet hours, Alyson Richman.
As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother's treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she'll ever return.
Idaho, Emily Ruskovich.
One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. Wade, the father, does the stacking. The two daughters, June and May, aged nine and six, drink lemonade, swat away horseflies, bicker, sing snatches of songs as they while away the time. But then something unimaginably shocking happens.
Problems, Jade Sharma.
Maya is a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isn't much fun anymore. She has been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely-calibrated life descends into chaos, and she has to make some choices.
The stars are fire, Anita Shreve.
October 1947. After a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast and are soon racing out of control. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters.
Anything is possible, Elizabeth Strout.
An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss.
The intuitionist, Colson Whitehead.
An elevator inspector becomes the center of controversy when an elevator crashes. The inspector, Lila Mae Watson, is a black woman who inspects by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, and now she must prove her method was not at fault.

Australian fiction

Storm and Grace, Kathryn Heyman.
World-famous free-diver Storm Hisray hits Grace Cain like a bolt from the blue. Instantly smitten, she abandons her life in the city to follow him to his idyllic Pacific island. There he teacher Grace the ways of the deep, and she learns to sink to unimaginable depths on one single breath.
The golden child, Wendy James.
Blogger Lizzy's life is buzzing, happy, normal. Two gorgeous children, a handsome husband, destiny under control. For her real-life alter-ego Beth, things are unravelling. Tensions are simmering with her husband, mother-in-law and even her own mother.
The Starlings, Vivienne Kelly.
Interesting novel by Melbourne author about a small boy whose dad 's football team has lost the first match of the season.
An uncertain grace, Krissy Kneen.
Some time in the near future, university lecturer Caspar receives a gift from a former student called Liv a memory stick containing a virtual narrative. Hooked up to a virtual reality bodysuit, he becomes immersed in the experience of their past sexual relationship. But this time it is her experience.
The midsummer garden, Kirsty Manning.
From medieval France to contemporary Tasmania, two remarkable women follow their hearts to find their strengths, passions and loves.
The missing pieces of us, Fleur McDonald.
Lauren Ramsey was adopted at birth. Now a teacher, her mantra is to never let a child fall through the cracks. But she's so concerned about the welfare of a little boy in her kindy class she doesn't notice that her teenage daughter needs help.
Lake Hill, Margareta Osborn.
All her life Julia Gunn has been weighed down first by a controlling father, then by a staid older husband, and always by a long-buried secret from her teenage years. Now, widowed at just thirty-six, she's going to do something for herself.
The woolgrower's companion, Joy Rhoades.
As the war draws to a close, one woman faces her greatest battle. Australia 1945. Until now Kate Dowd has led a sheltered life on Amiens, her family's sprawling sheep station in northern New South Wales. The horrors of war have for the most part left her untouched. But with her father succumbing to wounds he's borne since the Great War, the management of the farm is increasingly falling on Kate's shoulders.

British Fiction

About last night, Catherine Alliott.
Molly has moved from London to rural Herefordshire chasing the Good Life. Swapping the tube for the saddle, she is living the country dream. Apart from it isn't really her dream. It's her husband David's. And David is, well, rather dead now. Then a distant relative of her late husband kicks the bucket, leaving a London townhouse in her possession, and Molly dares to consider chucking it all in
Calling Major Tom, David M. Barnett.
Calling Major Tom is a heartwarming, quirky and ultimately life-affirming story of friendship, family and forgiveness - and the world's most unlikely
Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett.
Much praised story by Iriish writer is a slim volume that avoids traditional narrative conventions. It may be read as 20 mostly interlinked stories or as a novella fractured into twenty parts.
Addlands, Tom Bullough.
Story of two generations of a family working a farm on the Welsh borders.
How to be human, Paula Cocozza.
A strange and gripping first novel about a woman, a fox and a mystery. Hilary Mantel has praised this one.
These dividing walls, Fran Cooper.
On a winding street in Paris, whilst secrets are whispered on rooftops and heavy boots march in protest on the boulevards below, the lives of number 37's residents are changed forever over the course of one hot summer.
Silver and salt, Elanor Dymott.
Story of two sisters living a quiet life in their deceased father's villa in Greece and what happens when an English family on holiday arrive.
The people at number 9, Felicity Everett.
New neighbours who seem glamorous and eccentric turn out to be something more in this dark tale of envy and betrayal in the
A secret garden, Katie Fforde.
What I want to know', said Lorna, 'is what lies behind the wooded area at the back of the garden? Lorna is a talented gardener and Philly is a plantswoman. Together they work in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the Cotswolds.
The summer house party, Caro Fraser.
In the gloriously hot summer of 1936, a group of people meet at a country house party. Within three years, the country will be engulfed in war, but for now time stands still as they sip champagne on the lawn, engaging in casual flirtations and carefree conversation. Then a shocking death puts an end to it all.
The liberation, Kate Furnivall.
Italy, 1945: as British and American troops attempt to bring order to the devastated cities, its population fights each other to survive. Caterina Lombardi is desperate her mother has abandoned them already and her brother is being drawn into the mafia.
Hoffer, Tim Glencross.
William Hoffer handsome, refined, a little cold perhaps is an established figure in London society. But Hoffer has secrets. He is vague about his Midwestern origins. The counsel he offers a Russian billionaire may extend to murkier topics than art investments.
The French perfumer, Amanda Hampson.
Shorthand typist required by English speaker in the South of France. Live-in, full board plus salary commensurate with experience.' Iris Turner, an unworldly young Englishwoman, arrives in the French Riviera to take up a secretarial role for the mysterious Hammond Brooke.
Pussy, Howard Jacobson
Pussy is the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. Any resemblance to a man always in the news?
Before I was yours, Virginia Macgregor.
Sam and Rosie Keep have always wanted children of their own but life hasn't worked out that way for them. The only option available to them now is adoption: they'll do anything to have a child to love.
White highlands, John McGhie.
Kenya, 1952, a colony on the edge. Settlers drink sundowners on the veranda but the servants can't be trusted. Beyond manicured lawns, in the dark of the forest, freedom is stirring. Johnny Seymour has seen too much war and seeks solace photographing East African wildlife. But when isolated white families are slaughtered by Mau Mau gangs, the British respond brutally and Johnny is reluctantly pulled into the horror.
Skintown, Ciaran McMenamin.
First novel from Irish author is in the "Trainspotting" mode with its tale of one young man's drug-fuelled odyssey through riots, fights, drugs, sex and acid
In extremis, Tim Parks.
Middle-aged man visits his dying mother, needing to tell her something before she dies. Unfortunately he is too late in this dark comedy novel.
If ever I fall, S.D. Robertson.
Dan's life has fallen apart at the seams. He's lost his house, his job is on the line, and now he's going to lose his family too. All he's ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair?
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, Jennifer Ryan.
Kent in 1940 and the women of Chilbury from a choir as part of their war effort. If you liked books lilke "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society', try this.
Orange blossom days, Patricia Scanlan.
In a beautiful southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya deAndalucia, glide open to welcome the new owners. Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the full.

Fantasy

The Djinn falls in love & other stories, Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin.
A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers.
The stars askew, Rjurik Davidson.
A new age has dawned in Caeli-Amur. An oppressive regime has been overthrown and the city's citizens are finally in power. Yet all is not
The remnant, Charlie Fletcher.
Third book of the Oversight trilogy.
Assassin's fate, Robin Hobb.
Third book of the "Fitz and the fool" trilogy.
Born of vengeance, Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Latest title in the "League" series.
Bright air black, David Vann.
Bright Air Black brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia's Colchis as Medea flees her home and father with Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece.
The book of Bera. Part one, Sea paths, Suzie Wilde.
On a long winter night, Bera is left to defend her stark village alone, and in the ensuing battle, her dear childhood friend, Bjorn, is killed. When soon after her father weds her to the chieftain of a rival clan, Bera realises the unthinkable: his second-in-command is responsible for her friend's death.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Exit west, Mohsin Hamid.
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city.
The refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen.
The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and
Kruso, Lutz Seiler
It is 1989, and a young literature student named Ed, fleeing unspeakable tragedy, travels to the Baltic island of Hiddensee. Long shrouded in myth, the island is a notorious destination for hippies, idealists, and those at odds with the East German state.

Fiction Selector's Choice

The evening road, Laird Hunt.
Meet Ottie Lee Henshaw, a startling, challenging beauty in small-town Indiana. Quick of mind, she navigates a stifling marriage, a lecherous boss, and on one day in the summer of 1930 an odyssey across the countryside to witness a dark and fearful celebration involving the Klan.
Mischling, Affinity Konar.
It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood. As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others.
Flesh and bone and water, Luiza Sauma.
Brazilian-born doctor Andre Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about. The letter prompts Andre to remember the days of his youth torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, and a privileged life.
Death of a She Devil, Fay Weldon.
Ruth Patchett, the original She Devil, is now eighty-four and keen to retire. But who can take up her mantle? Enter Tyler Patchett, our new kind of heroine and Ruth's grandson.

Graphic novel

Doctor Strange. [3], Blood in the aether, Jason Aaron
Strange is on the brink of death, his magic nearly depleted. Sensing the Master of the Mystic Arts is at his weakest, his greatest foes will return from the shadows, ready to strike.
Jojo's bizarre adventure. Part 3, Stardust crusaders. 02, Hirohiko Araki
Jotaro and his allies continue their perilous journey to track down the diabolical DIO. Their plane crashed, their submarine sank, so this time they're trying a boat! But enemies are everywhere and Stand users can be anything. Danger comes from the most unexpected places as the most bizarre trip around the world continues!
Injustice. Gods among us : year five. Volume 2, Brian Buccellato
The damned. Volume 1, Three days dead, Cullen Bunn
Princess jellyfish. 04, Akiko Higashimura
The Vision. [1], Little worse than a man, Tom King
The walking dead. Volume 27, The Whisperer war, Robert Kirkman
Old Man Logan. [1], Berzerker, Jeff Lemire
Stardust nation, Deborah Levy
Wolverine. Old man Logan, Mark Millar
Sherlock. A study in pink, Steven Moffat
Doom Patrol. Book three, Grant Morrison
Blame! 3, Tsutomu Nihei
Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire, Neil Gaiman
Leaving Megalopolis. Volume 2, Surviving Megalopolis, Gail Simone & J. Calafiore
Attack on Titan. Before the fall. 10, Ryo Suzukaze
Ten count. volume 3, Rihito Takarai
Saga. [Volume seven], Brian K. Vaughan

Historical

The last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron.
From the author of the bestselling "The bear" comes a tale of two women separated by millenia and an epic journey.
In the name of the family, Sarah Dunant.
It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womaniser and master of political corruption is now on the Papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two, already thrice married and a pawn in her father's plans, is discovering her own power.
The fourteenth letter, Claire Evans.
London, 1881. When Phoebe Stanbury is murdered at her engagement party, it sets in motion a twisting, labyrinthine mystery full of memorable characters and secrets unfolding at every turn.
Stars across the ocean, Kimberley Freeman.
1874: Only days before she is to leave the foundling home where she grew up, Agnes Resolute discovers that, as a baby, she had been abandoned with a small token of her mother: a unicorn button.
The confessions of young Nero, Margaret George.
In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman or child. As a boy, Nero's royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son's inheritance.
The house at Bishopsgate, Katie Hickman.
Celia Lamprey looks out across the rooftops of Aleppo for the last time. After ten years living in the Orient, she and her husband, Paul Pindar, are setting sail for England - taking with them the legendary diamond, the Sultan's Blue, despite the curse that surrounds it.
The vanishing futurist, Charlotte Hobson.
When twenty-two-year-old Gerty Freely travels to Russia to work as a governess in early 1914, she has no idea of the vast political upheavals ahead, nor how completely her fate will be shaped by them.
Beyond the wild river, Sarah Maine.
Scotland,1893. Nineteen-year-old Evelyn Ballantyre, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, has rarely strayed from her family's estate in the Scottish Borders. She was once close to her philanthropist father, but his silence over what really happened on the day a poacher was shot on estate land has come between them.
Troubadour, Isolde Martyn.
Historical adventure (in the mould of "Outlander") about a maidservant and a powerful Lord.
The tyrant's shadow, Antonia Senior.
1652 and England without a monarch. A lawyer to Cromwell finds his loyalties tested when his brother-in-law returns from the court of exiled Charles.

Mystery

The Last Chance Olive Ranch, Susan Wittig Albert.
China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him.
The shadow district, Arnaldur Indridason
A 90-year-old man is found dead in his bed, smothered with his own pillow. On his desk the police find newspaper cuttings about a murder case dating from the Second World War, when a young woman was found strangled behind Reykjavik's National Theatre.
Parting shot, Linwood Barclay.
When a young girl from Promise Falls is killed by a drunk driver, the community wants answers. It doesn't matter that the accused is a kid himself: all they see is that he took a life and got an easy sentence. As pack mentality kicks in and social media outrage builds, vicious threats are made against the boy and his family.
Long black veil, Jennifer Finney Boylan.
Based on the author's real life experience where a college friend's murder is discovered.
Time to win, Harry Brett.
Crime boss is murdered and his widow (in Great Yarmouth) wants to uncover the truth.
Cut to the bone, Alex Caan.
Ruby is a vlogger, a rising star of YouTube and a heroine to millions of teenage girls. And she's missing.
Let the dead speak, Jane Casey.
Eighteen-year-old Chloe Emery returns to her West London home one day to find the house covered in blood and Kate, her mother, gone. There may not be a body, but everything else points to murder.
The devil's triangle, Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison.
FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine are the government's Covert Eyes leading a top-notch handpicked team of agents to tackle crimes and criminals both international and deadly. But their first case threatens their fledgling team.
Don't look for me, Mason Cross.
Don't look for me. It was a simple instruction. And for six long years Carter Blake kept his word and didn't search for the woman he once loved. But now someone else is looking for her. He'll come for you.
Blood curse : the springtime of Commissario Ricciardi, Maurizio De Giovanni
Naples, 1931. In a working class apartment in the Sanita' neighborhood an elderly woman by the name of Carmela Calise has been beaten to death. When Ricciardi and Maione arrive at the scene they start asking the neighbours questions. No one wants to talk.
Everyone in their place : the summer of Commissario Ricciardi, Maurizio de Giovanni
Investigating the death of a duchess in 1931 Naples, Commissario Ricciardi is assisted by Brigadier Maione to connect the victim's demise to her associates in the Neapolitan privileged social circles and the local fascist elite.
The day of the dead : the autumn of Commissario Ricciardi, Maurizio de Giovanni
Believing that Matteo, a young boy from the streets of 1930s Naples, was murdered, Commissario Ricciardi must conduct his investigation in secret since his superiors are preparing for a state visit from Benito Mussolini.
A mask of shadows, Oscar de Muriel.
1889. The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards.
Booked to die, John Dunning.
Former Denver policeman and knowledgeable book collector Cliff Janeway investigates the murder of a bookscout.
If you knew her, Emily Elgar.
When Cassie Jensen arrives on the intensive care ward in St Catherine's hospital, Alice Marlowe the chief nurse, is fascinated by this young, beautiful woman who strikes her as familiar and yet she doesn't know why. But then Alice is astonished to discover something about Cassie that she has been keeping secret from everyone.
Kings of America, R.J. Ellory.
Having fled to New York following his involvement in a terrible crime, Irish-born Danny McCabe throws in his lot with Nicolas and Lucia Mariani, Italian siblings who have come to America to make their fortune.
Sometimes I lie, Alice Feeney.
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me. 1. I'm in a coma 2. My husband doesn't love me any more ...
Crimson Lake, Candice Fox.
Six minutes that's all it took to ruin Detective Ted Conkaffey's life. Accused but not convicted of Claire's abduction, he escapes north, to the steamy, croc- infested wetlands of Crimson Lake.
The skeletons of Scarborough House, Kitty French.
Welcome to Chapelwick, a leafy English town in the hills of Shropshire.
Sunday morning coming down, Nicci French.
Psychotherapist Dr Frieda Klein once again finds herself in the midst of a criminal investigation when the rotting body of an ex-policeman is found beneath the floorboards of her house.
The widow's house, Carol Goodman.
When Jess and Clare Martin move from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to their former college town in the Hudson River valley, they are hoping for rejuvenation of their marriage, their savings, and Jess's writing career. They take a caretaker's job at Riven House, a crumbling estate and the home of their old college writing professor. Things turn sinister.
The special girls, Isabelle Grey.
They are called the 'special girls'. How are they special and why were they chosen? Historical child sex abuse is linked to the murder of a young doctor in this gripping psychological thriller.
The contract : a John Q thriller, JM Gulvin.
New Orleans Texas Ranger is in Louisiana to solve a string of murders and find a missing blues singer.
Duplicity, Jane Haseldine.
Suspense tale with a newspaper reporter up against the city's most devious criminal and her own painful past.
Song of the lion, Anne Hillerman.
When a car bomb kills a young man in the Shiprock High School parking lot, Officer Bernadette Manuelito discovers that the intended victim was a mediator for a multi-million-dollar development planned at the Grand Canyon.
Domina, L.S. Hilton.
Judith Rashleigh has made it. Living in luxury amidst the splendours of Venice, she's finally enjoying the life she killed for.
Mississippi blood, Greg Iles.
Shattered by grief, Penn Cage's world is collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover.
Hope to die, David Jackson.
On a snowy December evening, Mary Cowper is walking her dog through the churchyard of Liverpool Cathedral and that's when the killer strikes. Put on the case, DS Nathan Cody is quickly stumped. Wherever he digs, Mary seems to be almost angelic no-one has a bad word to say about her, let alone a motive for such a violent murder.
Game over, Quintin Jardine.
When supermodel Annette Bordeaux is found battered and strangled in her Edinburgh flat, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner's old team instantly have a global case on their hands.
No easy target, Iris Johansen.
When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped.
Bone box, Faye Kellerman.
On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds.
Heartbreak Hotel, Jonathan Kellerman.
New case for Dr. Alex Delaware.
The cutaway, Christina Kovac.
Debut thriller about a woman who leaves a busy restaurant one night and vanishes.
Since we fell, Dennis Lehane.
Rachel's husband adores her. When she hit rock bottom, he was there with her every step of the way as she slowly regained her confidence, and her sanity. But his mysterious behaviour forces her to probe for the truth about her beloved husband. How can she feel certain that she ever knew him? And was she right to ever trust him?
Death message, Kate London.
October 1987. the morning after the great storm, and a teenage girl vanishes. Years later a the case is reopened. The author is a former serving detective on the Met. Police Homicide Command.
A dark so deadly, Stuart MacBride
Welcome to the Misfit Mob. It's where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can't get rid of, but wants to: the outcasts, the troublemakers.
Blood tide, Claire McGowan.
Latest in series featuring psychologist Paula Maguire.
Burntown, Jennifer McMahon.
Daughter realises her mother died suspiciously in her Vermont town and sets out to find out why.
The long drop, Denise Mina.
Glasgow is the setting for this first rate realistic crime thriller.
You can run, Steve Mosby.
Psychological thriller in which a car crashes into a garage with a woman imprisoned inside. This leads to a search for a man who has been abducting women for 20 years.
Where the lost girls go, R. J. Noonan.
Rookie cop Laura Mori catches her first investigation when the fiery crash of a sports car lights up the night sky. The fire burns the body beyond recognition, but the police are able to identify the car as that of Kent Jameson, celebrity author and benefactor.
The girl who can't lie, Nikki Owen.
No matter how fast you run, the past always catches up with you. Dr. Maria Martinez is out of prison and on the run. Members of The Project - a ruthless underground organisation are after her.
Fallout, Sara Paretsky.
V. I. Warshawski's impossible goddaughter, Bernie, convinces her to look for August, a young filmmaker who has disappeared.
Die last, Tony Parsons.
12 Dead Girls. As dawn breaks on a snowy February morning, a refrigerated lorry is found parked in the heart of London's Chinatown. Inside, twelve women, apparently illegal immigrants, are dead from hypothermia.
Skeleton god, Eliot Pattison.
Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates a report that a nun has been savagely assaulted by ghosts.
The ice, Laline Paull.
Her debut, "The bees," was shortlisted for the Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction. This very different tale is a political thriller that begins with a frozen corpse being expelled into the Bering Sea.
An echo of murder, Anne Perry.
Latest (her 23rd!) in the William Monk series.
The Paris librarian, Mark Pryor.
Hugo Marston's friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot.
A dangerous crossing, Rachel Rhys.
A mystery writer under a pseudonym with a Golden Age style mystery set on an ocean liner destined for Australia.
Scarweather, Anthony Rolls
1913. John Farringdale, with his cousin Eric Foster, visits the famous archaeologist Tolgen Reisby. At Scarweather Reisby's lonely house on the windswept northern coast of England Eric is quickly attracted to Reisby's much younger wife, and matters soon take a dangerous turn. Vintage mystery.
The Ripper's shadow : a Victorian mystery, Laura Joh Rowland.
The year is 1888 and Jack the Ripper begins his reign of terror.
Golden prey, John Sandford.
The latest in the long running series featuring Lucas Davenport.
One perfect lie, Lisa Scottoline.
Single mother Heather would do anything for her son, Jordan. His talent on the high-school baseball field could be his only ticket to college. Yet there are those in Jordan's team who have the potential to lead him down a darker path.
The intrusions, Stav Sherez.
When a distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted, and that the man threatened to come back and 'claim her next', Detectives Carrigan and Miller are thrust into a terrifying new world of stalking and obsession.
The escape, C.L. Taylor.
When a stranger asks a woman for a lift and she obliges, she soon wishes she hadn't. Sinister British thriller.
The dog walker, Lesley Thomson.
A haunted house, a broken family and a body that has never been found. Stella and Jack must reawaken the secrets of the past in order to solve the mysteries of the present.
The red hunter, Lisa Unger.
Claudia Bishop's life fell apart when the aftermath of a brutal assault left her with a crumbling marriage, a newborn daughter, and a constant sense of anxiety about the world around her. Looking for a fresh start with a home restoration project and growing blog, she takes on a crumbling house which unknown to her has an ugly history.
Based on a true story, Delphine de Vigan
Author with writer's block makes a new friend who then tries to steal it. Roman Polanski is to film this soon with Eva Green.

New Zealand Fiction

A moment's silence : stalking the stalker, Christopher Abbey.
Set against a backdrop of actual events in 1995, Martyn Percival, a middle-aged New Zealander, seeks adventure on his first OE to the United Kingdom. A chance sighting, providing a possible link between an explosion and the whereabouts of a renegade IRA operative, has him reporting his suspicions to an attractive police sergeant in the Cotswolds.
The Ivan, Erin Eldridge.
Elise lives in occupied Berlin, under Russian rule. Her husband, Erich, is in France with the German army, then becomes a prisoner of war. Divided and alone, each struggles to cope in a dangerous and unfamiliar world.
Good sons : a novel of the Great War, Greg Hall.
In early 1914 Frank Wilson and his two close friends, Tom Davis and Robert Sutherland, are growing up in Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand.
The death ray debacle, David McGill.
In June 1935 Takapuna inventor Victor Penny was attacked by foreign agents seeking what the newspapers dubbed a 'death ray'. The government secretly shifted him to Somes Island in Wellington harbour to develop the weapon. The novel of this true story is told by Temporary Acting Detective Dan Delaney, seconded to Special Branch, forerunner of the Security Intelligence Service.
Brushstrokes of memory, Karen McMillan.
On her thirty-second birthday, Rebecca is in high spirits. Life could not be better. She adores her husband of seven years, Daniel, a successful musician. She is carving out a reputation as a talented painter after several successful exhibitions. She expects to juggle travel, motherhood and a stellar career in the future. But in 2013 she wakes in a hospital after a head injury and finds out that nine years, nine months and nineteen days of her life are erased from her memory.
Leap of faith, Jenny Patrick.
Billy is a young, impressionable dreamer. In 1907, he strikes off on his own, keen to prove himself an able worker on the new railway. It's being cut through steep mountainsides and across deep gullies to join the two ends of the Main Trunk Line.
Five strings, Apirana Taylor.
Mack is a larger-than-life street philosopher and Puti's a former gang member looking for something more. Together, they're at the bottom of the heap. They live out their lives in a haze of smoke and alcohol, accompanied by a host of other characters scraping by on the fringes of society. Will any of them be redeemed?
Lifting, Damien Wilkins.
Amy is a store detective at Cutty's, the oldest and grandest department store in the country. She's good at her job. She can read people and catch them. But Cutty's is closing down. Amy has a young baby, an ailing mother and a large mortgage. She also has a past as an activist. Lifting opens in a police interview room, with Amy narrating the weeks leading up to the chaotic close of Cutty's, a time when the store moves from permanent feature to ruin and when people under stress do strange things.
Stranger love, Richard Woolley.
Spun around the real events of December 1642, when Dutchman Abel Tasman first sighted New Zealand and Maori people first saw Europeans.

Romance

Someone to hold, Mary Balogh.
Promise of Hunters Ridge, Sarah Barrie.
How not to fall in love, actually, Catherine Bennetto.
The boss's nine-month negotiation, Maya Blake.
The ten-day baby takeover, Karen Booth.
Any day now, Robyn Carr.
His mistress with two secrets, Dani Collins.
The Spanish tycoon's takeover, Michelle Douglas.
London bound : a heart of the city novel, C.J. Duggan.
You're the one that I want, Giovanna Fletcher.
A mother to make a family, Emily Forbes.
The Argentinian's virgin conquest, Bella Frances.
The Italian's one-night baby, Lynne Graham.
Reunited by a baby bombshell, Barbara Hannay.
Reunited by their pregnancy surprise, Louisa Heaton.
The secret heir of Alazar, Kate Hewitt.
Talk of the town, Rachael Johns.
If wishes were horses, Karly Lane.
Expecting the billionaire's baby, Andrea Laurence.
Stranded with the secret billionaire, Marion Lennox.
Forbidden to the playboy surgeon, Fiona Lowe.
The nurse's baby secret, Janice Lynn.
Their one night baby, Carol Marinelli.
Stone castles, Trish Morey.
Crowned for the Drakon legacy, Tara Pammi.
The girl who knew too much, Amanda Quick.
Miss Prim and the maverick millionaire, Nina Singh.
Once a Moretti wife, Michelle Smart.
Thoughtful, S. C. Stephens.
The boss who stole her heart, Jennifer Taylor.
Now you're mine, Avril Tremayne.
The desert king's captive bride, Annie West.

Saga

The shifting light, Alice Campion.
Nina Larkin should be happy. She's transformed her rundown outback property, The Springs, into a successful artists' retreat; she's won a distinguished art prize, and she's living with her soulmate, trail-blazing grazier Heath Blackett. But the chance discovery of a portrait of her father, renowned artist Jim Larkin, makes her question everything.
The married girls, Diney Costeloe.
In the small Somerset village of Wynsdown, Charlotte Shepherd is happily married to farmer Billy. She arrived from Germany on the Kindertransport as a child during the war and now feels settled in her adopted home.
A family secret, Josephine Cox.
Sometimes you just need the courage to tell the truth. Although she's surrounded by a loving family, Marie feels lost: living with a lie can be very lonely. Marie has been carrying a secret for years, one that could ruin the lives of those she loves most, and the guilt she feels weighs heavily.
Evie's victory, Kitty Danton.
As a new year begins and the world is at war, Evie Yeo is turning over a new leaf. Her nearest and dearest in the little Devon village of Lymbridge, the war effort for the boys on the front, and her class of infant pupils will be getting all of her attention this year and nothing will soften her resolve.
Until you come home, Ellie Dean.
It is 1944 and Anne Black is making the best of a new life in Somerset, but bringing up her daughters so far from their father, her mother Peggy and their real home of Cliffehaven isn't easy.
The guardian angel, Elizabeth Gill.
1855. Alice Lee, middle-aged and unmarried, is the only volunteer when the minister asks his congregation to help young Zebediah Bailey. Zeb is in prison for a ghastly crime, and the townspeople would rather forget than forgive this local lad who lost his way
The Mersey daughter, Annie Groves.
Rita Kennedy has finally seen through her good-for-nothing husband, Charlie. Now he's gone AWOL with his fancy woman and left her at the mercy of the local gossips. Her future is full of uncertainty and the only thing that keeps her going is knowing that her children are safe from the Luftwaffe - and the letters that she receives from Jack Callaghan, her childhood sweetheart.
Daughters of Penny Lane, Ruth Hamilton.
In 1946, Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane, having lost three sisters and her house in Bootle to the bombs that fell over Liverpool.
Before the rains, Dinah Jefferies.
1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband's death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza's only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she's determined to make a name for herself.
When the music stopped, Beryl Matthews.
London, 1910. Twins Lester and Lillia Holdsworth are destined for the stage. Lester is a brilliant pianist; Lillia a magnificent opera singer. But their cruel father has other ideas for their future.
Heart of the sky, Fiona McArthur.
A year after a tragic accident changed her life forever, Tess Daley is in desperate need of a change. When she is offered a position with the Flying Doctor Service, she seizes the opportunity to make a fresh start.
Spindrift, Tamara McKinley.
An epic emotional journey about love and sacrifice set between the magical Isle of Skye and the promising new frontier of distant Tasmania.
Birmingham Rose, Annie Murray.
Life is bleak for Rose Lucas, a spirited, intelligent girl, born into a large family in the slums of pre-war Birmingham. But her friendship with Diana, daughter of a vicar from middle-class Moseley, gives her hope.
Beneath the cypress tree, Margaret Pemberton.
Summer, 1935: Best friends Kate Shelton, Ella Tetley and Daphne St Maur are on the cusp of a new life, having graduated with Classics degrees. Kate is desperate to start work on an archaeological dig straight away, and is thrilled to be given a position at the famous Knossos palace site in Crete.
The boy with the latchkey, Cathy Sharp.
It's the 1950's and the orphans of Halfpenny Street have found a new home in the Essex countryside at Halfpenny House. Meanwhile, back among the slum clearances of Bethnal Green, St Saviour's has now been partially given over to a home for disturbed girls though it still serves as a reception centre for local children who are in desperate need.
Against all odds, Danielle Steel.
Kate Madison's stylish second-hand clothing shop has been a big success in New York, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now her children have grown up, they are ready to forge lives of their own.

Science fiction

Halo. Envoy, Tobias S. Buckell.
Original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the popular videogame series.
Convergence : a Foreigner novel, C.J. Cherryh.
18th book in the long running Foreigner series.
Walkaway, Cory Doctorow.
Hubert, Seth, and their ultra-rich heiress friend Natalie are getting a little old to hang out at the "Communist parties," techno-raveups in abandoned industrial spaces, full of insta-printed drugs and toys. And Natalie was finished, years ago, with her overcontrolling zillionaire dad. And now that anyone can manufacture food, clothing, shelter with equipment comparable to a computer printer, there seems to be little reason to to stick with the world of rules and jobs.
Spaceman of Bohemia, Jaroslav Kalfar.
Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation.
The burning world, Isaac Marion.
R is recovering from death. He's learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love. He can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart building a new world from the ashes of the old one.
New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson.
The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island.
The collapsing empire, John Scalzi.
Space opera with extra-dimensional field known as The Flow.
Borne, Jeff VanderMeer.
In a ruined nameless future city a scavenger finds a creature entangled in the fur of a huge despotic bear.
Star Wars. Thrawn, Timothy Zahn.
One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating characters in the Star Wars universe.

Western

The border search, Abe Dancer.
Riding the line, Will DuRey.
The lawless breed, Ralph Hayes.
Brothers in blood, Lee Lejeune.
Incident at Pegasus Heights, I.J. Parnham.
Treachery at Baynes Springs, Bill Sheehy.