Recreation

New Titles Fiction March 2017 (arrived in February 2017)

Adventure

Hillary, D. W. Buffa.
When Robert Constable, President of the United States, dies in bed with a woman in a New York hotel room, the public is told that he died suddenly and peacefully of natural causes--and alone. The truth, however, is anything but that.
Ice Station Nautilus, Rick Campbell.
Russia's new ballistic missile submarine, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, is being deployed on its first patrol while America's newest fast attack submarine, North Dakota, is assigned to trail it and collect intel.
Odessa sea, Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.
Over the years, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding trouble. This time, it has found him.
Testament, David Gibbins.
586 BC The ancient world is in meltdown. In desperation the priests of the Temple look to the greatest navigators ever known to save their treasures.
Treason, Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley.
The world's master terrorist, known only as the Falcon, has infiltrated Washington's highest corridors of power.
Curtain of death, W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth, IV.
Third in the Clandestine Operations series.
Burning bright, Nick Petrie.
2nd book in the Peter Ash series, where Ash has a woman's life in his hands and her mystery is stranger than he could ever imagine.
Airborne, Robert Radcliffe.
17 September 1944: the Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36,000 troops by parachute and glider to the Dutch-German Border. In what will become known as the Battle of Arnhem, half of them will fall as casualties of war.
The believer, Joakim Zander
Yasmine Ajam has fled her past in the rough Stockholm borough Bergort, reinventing herself as a trendspotter in New York City. One day she receives a startling message: there are riots erupting on the streets of Stockholm and they appear to be connected with the disappearance of her brother, Fadi.

American Fiction

NK3, Michael Tolkin.
Los Angeles is devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty- foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Dystopian American tale.
Perfect little world, Kevin Wilson.
From the author of "The family Fang" comes a story of a teenage girl pregnant by her art teacher and what happens when she is put in a communal child raising group.

Australian fiction

The golden child, Wendy James.
American family relocate to Newcastle, Australia, and find life quite difficult. Interesting novel that deals with cyber-bullying and the world of social
Mr Wigg, Inga Simpson.
Likeable tale set in the 1970s in New South Wales that tells of the pleasures of a simple farming life.

British Fiction

The postcard, Fern Britton.
TV producer and wife of the local vicar Simon Canter, is struggling to cope with motherhood. The couple have had their only child Jenna, while Penny is in her forties and it's been a big shock to her system. When Simon engages the services of a nanny, Ella, as a way of helping Penny, it only serves to push her further away.
The stolen child, Lisa Carey.
Set on a windswept island off the western coast of Ireland, a gothic tale of twins - one disfigured and the other remarkably beautiful.
The summer seaside kitchen, Jenny Colgan.
Young woman forced to live away from the bright lights of London discovers cooking as an outlet.
My sweet revenge, Jane Fallon.
Paula has had Robert's back since they got together as drama students. She gave up her dreams so he could make it. Now he's one of the nation's most popular actors. And Paula's just discovered he's having an affair. Revenge is in the offing.
Swimming lessons, Claire Fuller.
From the author of "Our endless numbered days" which was a prizewinner and a bestseller. Tale of a man whose wife was missing presumed drowned. When there is a possible sighting of her it raises the question of whether she's dead or she has walked out.
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. Early one morning, among the ruins of the bombed Naples streets, she is forced to go to extreme lengths to protect her family.
Rockadoon shore, Rory Gleeson.
Six friends are on a weekend in remote Western Ireland when a neighbour turns up at night with a gun. Promising debut by young Irish writer.
Bad dreams and other stories, Tessa Hadley.
Highly impressive collection of short stories where ordinary things turn out to be quite extraordinary.
The principals, Bill James.
Two universities in the same city each aim to destroy the other and take over one another's buildings, students and above all bank balance.
This is Memorial Device : an hallucinated oral history of the post-punk scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and Environs 1978-1986, David Keenan.
A love letter to the small towns of Lanarkshire in the west of Scotland in the late 1970s and early 80s as they were temporarily transformed by the endless possibilities that came out of the freefall from punk rock.
My not so perfect life, Sophie Kinsella.
Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams may come true.
Notes from a coma, Mike McCormack.
Rescued from the squalor of a Romanian orphanage, and adopted by the rural community of west Mayo, J. J. O'Malley should have grown up happy. The boy has no gift for it, though, and his new life has a brutal way of giving him plenty to be unhappy about.
Solar bones, Mike McCormack.
McCormack's ambitious and other-worldly novel is both simple and devilishly complex. Once a year, on All Souls' Day, it is said in Ireland that the dead may return. Solar Bones is the story of one such visit home.
Midwinter, Fiona Melrose.
Suffolk farmers, father and son, are haunted bytheir past in Zambia which ended in the violent death of their wife and mother.
Adventures in modern marriage, William Nicholson.
Focusing on Henry and Laura Broad and their daughter Carrie, this is an empathetic dissection of relationships and what keeps them going. It is an acute and compassionate look at male mid-life crises, female sexual desire, death and the fear of it, children and the trouble with them all the things we battle with every day.
Time to say goodbye, S.D. Robertson.
Story of a family tragedy and how the parents fall apart and struggle to come together again. Said to be a good one for fans of Jojo Moyes and Amanda Prowse.
Happiest days : the alternative school logbook 1986-1987, Jack Sheffield.
It's 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth roller-coaster year as headteacher. It's the year of Thatcher's third election victory, Dynasty and shoulder pads, Neighbours and a Transformer for Christmas.
Swing time, Zadie Smith.
Two brown girls dream of being dancers but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten either.
City of friends, Joanna Trollope.
The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life. Or at least, the only life she'd ever known. For who was she if not a City high-flyer, Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London?
Smoke over Malibu, Tim Walker.
Droll tale from the L.A. correspondent for The Independent is a clever tale of frayed male egos and antique dealers in Hollywood.

Fiction from the rest of the World

And every morning the way home gets longer and longer, Fredrik Backman
Intriguing novella by the author of the bestseller, "A man called Ove."
The traitor's niche, Ismail Kadare
At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire. Fascinating novel by the much praised Albanian author.
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee.
From the author of "Free food for millionaires" comes a new novel set in Korea 1911 where a club-footed cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen year old and they have a child who will fall pregnant to a married yakuza.
The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee
An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols written in blood near the corpse. Ahn, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot.

Fiction Selector's Choice

The sleepwalker, Chris Bohjalian.
When Annalee Ahlberg goes missing, her children fear the worst. Annalee is a sleepwalker whose affliction manifests in ways both bizarre and devastating. Once, she merely destroyed the hydrangeas in front of her Vermont home. More terrifying was the night her older daughter, Lianna, pulled her back from the precipice of the Gale River bridge.
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.
English animals, Laura Kaye.
After her traumatic break with family in Slovakia, young woman takes a job at a country house where her employers are kind and welcoming until she tells the lady of the house she is gay.
The afterlife of stars, Joseph Kertes.
Two brothers flee Hungary during the 1956 uprising for the Paris townhouse of their great-aunt.
The fire by night, Teresa Messineo.
Well publicised first novel about two American military nurses during World War II with one working in France and her best friend imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.
The horseman, Tim Pears.
Pastoral tale in the tradition of Thomas Hardy, about the friendship between a carter's son and the daughter of the Master Set in 1911 and the first in a
Verdict of twelve, Raymond Postgate
A woman is on trial for her life, accused of murder. The twelve members of the jury each carry their own secret burden of guilt and prejudice which could affect the outcome. Reprint of classic mystery novel.
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney.
She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, "in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it." Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party.
Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders.
The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. From this seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss.

Graphic novel

John Constantine, Hellblazer. [15], Highwater, Brian Azzarello
Injustice. Gods among us : year five. Volume 1, Brian Buccellato
I am a hero. Omnibus 2, Kengo Hanazawa
Princess jellyfish. 02, Akiko Higashimura
Tokyo ghoul. 10, Sui Ishida
Bloodshot reborn. [Vol. 4], Bloodshot Island, Jeff Lemire
Dark Knight returns. The last crusade, Frank Miller
Arkham Asylum : a serious house on serious Earth, Grant Morrison
For the love of God, Marie!, Jade Sarson.
Ten count. 2, Rihito Takarai
Nekogahara : stray cat samurai. 1, Hiroyuki Takei
Judge Dredd : the complete case files. 25, John Wagner
Judge Dredd : the complete case files. 26, John Wagner
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Judge Dredd : the complete case files. 28, John Wagner

Historical

Congress of secrets, Stephanie Burgis.
In 1814, the Congress of Vienna has just begun. Diplomats battle over a new map of Europe, actors vie for a chance at glory, and aristocrats and royals from across the continent come together to celebrate the downfall of Napoleon.
Dragon Springs Road, Janie Chang.
Fascinating tale set in early 20th Century Shanghai that follows a young Eurasian orphans's search for her long-lost mother.
Huck out West, Robert Coover.
At the end of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, on the eve of the Civil War, Huck and Tom Sawyer decide to escape "sivilization" and "light out for the
Arminius : the limits of empire, Robert Fabbri.
8th book in the Vespasian series set in Ancient Rome.
Rebellion, Livi Michael.
Margaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou: two women who will stop at nothing to place their sons on the English throne.
In the shadow of Denali, Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse.
Allan Brennan lands an apprenticeship to a wilderness guide at Denali, a position that will allow him to investigate his father's death on the mountain, and he finds an unlikely ally in his dangerous search for answers in his boss's daughter, Cassidy.
The wicked city, Beatriz Williams.
Moving into the building that once hid a speakeasy, Ella Hawthorne uncovers the Jazz Age story of a scandalous love triangle involving redheaded flapper Gin Kelly, a rugged Prohibition agent, and a wealthy debonair Princetonian.

Mystery

The death of kings, Rennie Airth.
1949. An unsigned letter arrives on the desk of Chief Inspector Derry of the Canterbury police. Enclosed is a jade pendant, identical to the one that went missing from the body of Portia Blake, an actress murdered a decade previously.
Safe from harm, RJ Bailey.
Here's one from a married writing duo writing under a pseudonym. It launches a planned series featuring a woman who works as the close protection officer to the super rich and famous.
The fifth petal, Brunonia Barry.
Teenage boy dies mysteriously on Halloween night and Salem's chief of police sees there is a link to a notorious unsolved case which is itself linked to the Salem witches.
The killing forest, Sara Blaedel
Following an extended leave, Louise Rick returns to work at the Special Search Agency, an elite unit of the National Police Department. She's assigned a case involving a fifteen-year-old who vanished a week earlier. Blaedel is one of Denmark's top mystery authors.
The Bangkok asset, John Burdett.
In his latest case, Sonchai is paired with young, female inspector Krom. Like him, she's an outsider on the police force, but she is socially savvy and a technological prodigy.
Saving Sophie, Sam Carrington.
Debut thriller about a teenage girl missing with another teenage girl implicated.
The book of mirrors, E.O. Chirovici.
When literary agent Peter Katz receives a partial book submission entitled The Book of Mirrors, he is intrigued by its promise and original voice. The author, Richard Flynn, has written a memoir about his time as an English student at Princeton in the late 1980s, documenting his relationship with the protegee of the famous Professor Joseph Wieder. One night just before Christmas 1987, Wieder was brutally murdered in his home.
Robert B. Parker's Debt to pay, Reed Farrel Coleman.
Latest in the Jesse Stone series.
Inspector French and the sea mystery, Freeman Wills Crofts.
Off the coast of Burry Port in south Wales, two fishermen discover a shipping crate and manage to haul it ashore. Inside is the decomposing body of a brutally murdered man.Vintage crime originally published 1928.
Garden of lamentations, Deborah Crombie.
The pretty girl in the white dress looks as if she's sleeping. But Reagan Keating has been murdered, and the lead detective, DI Kerry Boatman, turns to Gemma James for help.
Rattle, Fiona Cummins.
First novel from former showbiz journalist is about a psychopath apparently creepier than Hannibal Lecter. For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they'll like.
The girl before, JP Delaney.
Author is a pseudonym for a bestselling author and film rights have been sold. It's about two women - one in the present and the other in the recent past - who tell the story of what happened in an ultra-minimalist house. Film rights have been sold.
A high mortality of doves, Kate Ellis.
1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity.
The river at night, Erica Ferencik.
Four female friends plan the trip of a lifetime by whitewater rafting in the Maine wilderness. Gripping thriller described as "In a dark, dark wood" meets "Deliverance."
Perfect remains, Helen Fields.
On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing. In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness.
Retribution, Anthea Fraser.
Latest title in the Rona Parish series.
The Night Bird, Brian Freeman.
Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco-as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks-Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein.
The truth will out, A. D. Garrett.
A mother and daughter are snatched on their drive home from a cinema. The crime has a number of chilling similarities to a cold case Professor Nick Fennimore had been lecturing on.
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano
If Alexander McCall Smith and Anthony Bourdain collaborated on a Sicilian murder mystery laced with wit, food and sex, this would be the result.
Very important corpses : an Ishmael Jones mystery, Simon R. Green.
The Organisation has despatched Ishmael and his partner Penny to Coronach House on the shores of Loch Ness where the secretive but highly influential Baphamet Group are holding their annual meeting.
Winter traffic, Stephen Greenall.
Aussie crime.Sydney's underbelly has been exposed before in crime fiction, but Greenall's visceral verse gives the genre an eloquent kick in the guts said Herald-Sun.
Think wolf, Michael Gregorio.
An Italian park ranger becomes a target of an organized crime family, or maybe of demonic fairies roaming the forest.
The executioner of St Paul's, Susanna Gregory.
The 12th historical mystery in the Thomas Chaloner series.
A life to kill, Matthew Hall.
The latest in the British series featuring coroner Jenny Cooper.
The girl in the glass, James Hayman.
Latest in the series featuring American detectives McCabe and Savage.
What dark clouds hide, Anne Holt
On a summer's day, Johanne Vik arrives at the home of her friends Jon and Ellen Mohr and was greeted by a scene of devastation: their young son, left unattended, has tragically fallen to his death. Meanwhile, Oslo is under attack. Gripping Scandinavian thriller.
Suddenly at home, Graham Ison.
When Richard Cooper is found shot to death in his luxury apartment in North Sheen, London, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Brock and Detective Sergeant Dave Poole are assigned the case.
Heartbreak Hotel, Jonathan Kellerman.
At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients child psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at The Aventura a luxury hotel with a checkered history.
Sirens, Joseph Knox.
Launches a new series featuring DC Aidan Waits who is caught stealing drugs from an evidence locker and is blackmailed into going undercover in
Fear, Dirk Kurbjuweit
A creepy tale translated from the German about a family in a respectable part of Berlin who have strange neighbours downstairs.
Good me bad me, Ali Land.
Debut thriller about a girl from an abusive family who is sent to another family where strange things happen. Clever tale by an author who has worked in the world of adolescent mental health.
Fatal, John Lescroart.
Standalone novel about the unexpected, shattering and lethal consequences of a one-night stand on a seemingly happily married couple.
Ambush, Nick Oldham.
Former Royal Marine, ex-cop and sportfishing skipper Steve Flynn finds that his is the last name on a dead man's hitlist in this fast-paced action thriller.
Copper kettle, Frederick Ramsay.
When his cousin is killed while attending a family moonshine still, Jesse Sutherlin's investigation into the crime is hampered by his family, a girl who insists he get away before he gets killed, and the local sheriff, who arrests him for the murder.
All of a winter's night, Phil Rickman.
A new case for diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins.
Montecristo, Martin Suter
Video journalist is on a train where a stock trader kills himself in this financial thriller set in the backroom world of financial speculation, currency trading and deals going wrong..
Her every fear, Peter Swanson.
A creepy thriller in which a London woman does an apartment swap with an American cousin and a woman across the hall is murdered.
Cold case, Peter Turnbull.
Introducing Maurice Mundy, retired detective constable at the Met; a maverick who's back and about to raise the temperature on a ten-year-old unsolved murder of a young boy.

New Zealand Fiction

The direction of our fear, David Briggs.
On a morning commuter train to Wellington, the lives of three people briefly intersect.
Rough House, Roger Ridley-Smith.
Boarding school in 1940s Christchurch.
Dead is dead and other stories, Jane Seaford.
Collection of twenty intimate stories that hold a spotlight on relationships. The stories delve into the complicated, challenging and diverse incidents that make up everyday life.
The insides of banana skins, Jane Seaford.
Freelance journalist's story about London in the 1960s where a group of teenagers live in a rough flat.
Butades, T.P. Sweeney.
A series of murders breaks the dusty silence of a small rural town. Butades, the town's resident artist, is given the job of drawing lines around the bodies. Without motive or suspect, and with the death count mounting, the Police Chief becomes unhinged, and events lead to a Kafkaesque impasse where no one remains free of suspicion.

Romance

The tycoon's reluctant Cinderella, Therese Beharrie.
Defying her billionaire protector, Angela Bissell.
Surrendering to the vengeful Italian, Angela Bissell.
Bound by his desert diamond, Andie Brock.
The doctor's sleigh bell proposal, Susan Carlisle.
Maid under the mistletoe, Maureen Child.
The tycoon's secret child, Maureen Child.
The doctor's diamond proposal, Annie Claydon.
The guardian's virgin ward, Caitlin Crews.
Holiday with the mystery Italian, Ellie Darkins.
One baby, two secrets, Barbara Dunlop.
Her new year baby secret, Jessica Gilmore.
The Greek's Christmas bride, Lynne Graham.
White Christmas for the single mum, Susanne Hampton.
The prince's convenient proposal, Barbara Hannay.
Her festive doorstep baby, Kate Hardy.
The surgeon's baby surprise, Charlotte Hawkes.
A deal for the Di Sione ring, Jennifer Hayward.
Christmas with the single dad, Louisa Heaton.
A Di Sione for the Greek's pleasure, Kate Hewitt.
A royal vow of convenience, Sharon Kendrick.
The baby proposal, Andrea Lawrence.
Falling for her wounded hero, Marion Lennox.
The army doc's baby bombshell, Sue MacKay.
A dangerous taste of passion, Anne Mather.
Santiago's convenient fiancee, Annie O'Neil.
Slow dance with the best man, Sophie Pembroke.
Bought to carry his heir, Jane Porter.
Married for the Greek's convenience, Michelle Smart.
Winter wedding for the prince, Barbara Wallace.
The desert king's secret heir, Annie West.
Christmas in the boss's castle, Scarlet Wilson.
The prince's pregnant mistress, Maisey Yates.

Saga

The painted sky, Alice Campion.
Nina never knew what happened to her father, the celebrated artist Jim Larkin. One minute he was her devoted dad, the next he'd disappeared without trace. Seventeen years later, she's still haunted by the mystery.
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.
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.
The shipbuilder's daughter, Emma Fraser.
Glasgow, 1928. Margaret Bannatyne lost both of her brothers in the Great War and is now the last remaining child of wealthy and powerful shipyard owner William Bannatyne. Without a male heir to carry on the family business, William expects his daughter to do her duty, marry well and provide him with a grandson to inherit his business.
Bourbon creams and tattered dreams, Mary Gibson.
Handsome Frank Rossi took Matty Gilbie away from her working class roots in Bermondsey, East London and promised her fame and fortune. In America, the Cockney Canary would become a movie star. As his wife, she would be half of a power couple.
A daughter's duty, Maggie Hope.
She's bound by her duty to her family. Forced to leave school at the age of fourteen, young Rose Sharpe's dreams of independence are ruined by her domineering father and constantly ailing mother. It falls to Rose to bring up her young sister and run the household.
A mothers gift, Maggie Hope.
Taken in by her grandparents, Katie Benfield knows she's one of the lucky ones. Even so, she dreams of a better life and of pursuing a nursing
Like mother, like daughter, Maggie Hope.
Sadie Raine has a bad reputation. When she runs off with a Canadian airman, her two young daughters are left behind to pick up the pieces. But Cath Raine is determined to rise above the local gossips.
Orphan girl, Maggie Hope.
When tragedy deprives Lorinda of her family, she is sent to live with her aunt Doris. Treated as an unpaid servant, alone and loveless, Lorinda craves affection. Then she falls in love with Johnny Fenwick, one of her aunt's boarders.
You said forever, Susan Lewis.
Charlotte Goodman is living the dream. Surrounded by family, friends and a stunning vineyard overlooking the ocean, it would be difficult for anyone to believe that she has a troubled past.
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.
The shipyard girls, Nancy Revell.
Sunderland, 1940, and the women go to the shipyards to do their bit for the war effort. Polly never dreamed she would be able to work in the shipyards like the men in her family but times are tough and her new job ends up giving her more than she ever expected.
While the moon burns, Peter Watt.
From the jungles of the Pacific to the boardrooms of Sydney, the stakes have never been higher when you're fighting for love and survival.
In their mother's footsteps, Mary Wood.
Two girls. One horrendous war. The chance to unite a family. Edith and Ada run Jimmy's Hope House where they care for unmarried mothers, and where Edith, a doctor, offers free medical help to the poor of London's East End. Both are struggling to overcome trauma from their past.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Blood in the water, Taylor Anderson.
Ever since the USS "Walker" came from another world war to defy the terrifying Grik and diabolical Dominion, Matt Reddy and his crew have given their all to protect the oppressed Lemurians. Latest in the Destroyerman Sfseries.
The massacre of mankind : a sequel to The war of the worlds by H. G. Wells, Stephen Baxter.
Department Zero, Paul Crilley.
Atticus Graves just wants to make sure his ex-wife doesn't take away his visitation rights. But when Graves stumbles through a portal, he finds himself in a world full of monsters and angels. There are thousands of these doors, thousands of different worlds. And now that he's seen them, Graves is recruited to Department Zero.
Zeroville, Steve Erickson.
Described as Philip K. Dick on smoother acid and with a more up to date soundtrack for a tale of the dying American century.
1636 : the Ottoman onslaught, Eric Flint.
Latest in the longrunning "Ring of fire" SF series.
Rogue One : a Star Wars story, Alexander Freed.
As the shadows of the Empire loom across the galaxy, the Rebellion learns that an Imperial machine of unimaginable destructive power is nearing completion.
Gilded cage, Vic James.
First in the "Dark Gifts" fantasy trilogy from a TV director/author. It's an intriguing tale of English aristocrats using magic to control commoners.
Hold back the stars, Katie Khan.
Excllent first SF novel by London author.
Feversong, Karen Marie Moning.
Latest fantasy title in the MacKayla Lane/Fever series.
Under a watchful eye, Adam Nevill.
Seb Logan is being watched. He just doesn't know by whom. When the sudden appearance of a dark figure shatters his idyllic coastal life, he soon realizes that the murky past he thought he'd left behind has far from forgotten him. Horror story.
Fever dream, Samanta Schweblin
A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Horror story.
The Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Opens a new fantasy series, "Echoes of the fall."
Fallout, Harry Turtledove.
Second in the "Hot war" SF series.
The Affinities, Robert Charles Wilson.
In our rapidly changing world of social media, everyday people are more and more able to sort themselves into affinity groups based on finer and finer criteria. In the near future of Robert Charles Wilson's The Affinities, this process is supercharged by new analytic technologies.

Western

Buffalo wolf, Colin Bainbridge.
Land of the saints, Jay Clinton.
Brolin, B. S. Dunn.
Showdown in Badlands, Shorty Gunn.
Days of death, P. McCormac.