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November 2008 new titles

Fiction - New Titles December 2008

ADVENTURE

The Charlemagne pursuit  Steve Berry.

Charlemagne's tomb yields a manuscript that sets off a deadly international quest.

Vulcan's fire : Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc.  Harold Coyle and Barrett Tillman.

New type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder.

The edge of madness  Michael Dobbs.

A change of pace for Dobbs: a cyber-warfare thriller in which Russian nuclear reactor goes into meltdown while the U.S. Eastern Seaboard is plunged into darkness.

Black butterfly  Mark Gatiss.

Third in the Licifer Box series has our hero now By Appointment To Her Majesty and investigating the case of the bizarre accidents happening to the members of the mysterious Widow's Circle.

The secret of Excalibur  Andy McDermott.

Third story featuring archaeologist Nina Wilde has her on a quest to find King Arthur's celebrated sword.

Angel rising  Christopher Nicole.

MI6's premier double agent/assassin Anna Fehrbach is wanted by the Russians after an attempt on Stalin's life.

The weapon  David Poyer.

TAG Team C, select group of naval officers and special forces are pursued by Iranian warships and jets in an action tale set in the Persian Gulf

Dead line  Stella Rimington.

The fourth Liz Carlyle story has the MI5 intelligence officer out to unravel a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference.

Benin Light  Peter Tonkin.

New adventure for captain and marine adventurer Richard Mariner has him in danger as he guides a supertanker into a dangerous harbour.

The frozen circle  Peter Watt.

1918 and two Aussie soldiers join the British Army to help fight the Bolshevik forces in Northern Russia and a discovery of bodies in an Australian town decades later uncovers a sinister plot.

Afrikaans titles

13 Uur  Deon Meyer.

Onsigbaar  Deon Meyer.

American Fiction

Last of the old guard  Louis Auchincloss.

The veteran chronicler of upper class New York socirety turns his attention to the world of New York law firms.

Man in the dark  Paul Auster.

Elderly man recovering from car accident and plagued by insomnia tells himself stories about a parallel world of America wracked by internal war.

The school on Heart's Content Road  Carolyn Chute.

Story of a utopian community called The Settlement.

The unpossessed city  Jon Fasman.

Modern day Russia and American man gets a job with the Memory Foundation to interview and record the stories of former political prisoners.

Knit two  Kate Jacobs.

Returns to the Manhattan knitting store made famous in the bestseller "The Friday night knitting club."

Sing them home  Stephanie Kallos.

Story of three chaotic adult siblings, out of sorts since their mother vanished during a tornado, and the surprising things that happen to them after their father's death.

Every now & then  Karen Kingsbury.

Alex Brady shuts out all relationships when he loses his beloved father in the Twin Towers. Will he have the courage to open his heart to love again?

World made by hand  James Howard Kunstler.

In the wake of global catastrophes that have destroyed industrial civilization, the inhabitants of Union Grove, a small New York town, do anything they can to get by, as they struggle to deal with a new way of life over the course of an eventful summer.

The hour I first believed  Wally Lamb.

Powerful tale of a couple who move to Colorado and find jobs at Columbine High School. The massacre occurs and the couple have to try and recover their life from there on.

The longing  Beverly Lewis.

Latest in the Courtship of Nellie Fisher series, set amongst the Amish people.

A mercy  Toni Morrison.

Set in 1680s and revealing what was at the heart of slavery in the story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her.

The sweet in-between  Sheri Reynolds.

A teenage girl whose mother is dead and whose father is in prison becomes fixated on a neighbourhood tragedy in this poignant tale of life in a Virginia town.

Firmin : adventures of a metropolitcan lowlife  Sam Savage.

Firmin is the runt of a litter of rats born in the basement of Pembroke Books, a ramshackle old bookstore run by the equally shambolic owner Norman Shine.

The widows of Eastwick  John Updike.

Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie return to the old Rhode Island seaside town where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne.

Australian fiction

Wanting  Richard Flanagan.

Set in Tasmania and dealing with the parallel lives of governor and polar explorer John Franklin, Charles Dickens and an Aborigine girl.

Dissection  Jacinta Halloran.

Helen Garner described this debut novel - about a woman doctor sued for medical negligence and trying to keep family and marriage together - as a novel like no other she has read.

British Fiction

Dreaming Iris  John de Falbe.

Set around a mouldering country house in the Midlands, a tale of unrequited love that a married man has for an American woman.

Dean Spanley  Lord Dunsany

Classic humorous novella about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the screenplay and photos from the new film starring Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill, directed by New Zealand's Toa Fraser.

Black orchids  Gillian Slovo.

Young woman marries the scion of a privileged Sinhalese famil and they move to 1950s England where they find that people are not receptive to strangers, especially families who are half back and half white.

La's orchestra saves the world  Alexander McCall Smith.

1939 and in a Suffolk town a widow forms an amateur orchestra to entertain the locals and soothe her own broken heart.

An Irish country village  Patrick Taylor.

Young Doctor Barry Laverty has only just begun his assistantship under his eccentric mentor, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O?Reilly, but he already feels right at home in Ballybucklebo.

The stepmother's diary  Fay Weldon.

Unsettlling tale abour a woman who tries hard to befriend her new stepdaughter but it's tough going.

The other garden and collected stories  Francis Wyndham

Superb novella and outstanding short stories. Introduction by Alan Hollinghurst.,

Chicklit & romantic comedy

The secret shopper's revenge  Kate Harrison.

The world of the mystery shopper - a part celebration and part rant on bad tempered assistants, smelly changing rooms and other parts of the national obsession.

To love, honour and betray (till divorce us do part)  Kathy Lette.

When Lucy's husband of 18 years leaves her for another woman, she determines to get him back until she falls for a younger man but he may be more interested in her teenage daughter.

The best day of someone else's life  Kerry Reichs.

Comedy about the mother of all wedding seasons - and one woman's mission to survive it with her sanity, and her relationships, intact

Chinese titles

Mo fa xia le xian : gu5  Cheren ... [et al.].

Xi xue gui  Lichade Bodun zhu

San guo you xia zhuan II. 5, Mo shen chuan shuo  Afei zhu.

Di wu zhang tian tang men piao  Agu zhu.

Zao shou  Agu zhu.

San se mao da gai zhuang  Chichuan Cilang zhu

San se mao sha ren yin yue  Chichuan Cilang zhu

San se mao zheng wu biao  Chichuan Cilang zhu

San zi mei qing pin mei  Chichuan Cilang zhu

Huan ying shu  Baoluo Aosite zhu

Shen yu zhi ye  Baoluo Aosite zhu

Tu jie Xi you ji  Bai Hongjun

Menggu di guo  Bao Liying zhu.

7 tian fang ke xiang yu 9 yu fang  Bi Ming, Che Ren.

Hei an zhi ci  Laolunsi Buluoke zhu

Feng ling cao : zhan ji de xing fu  Chun Lei zhu.

Fu  J.M. Kuqie zhu

Fan zui yi xian : meiguo shi nian da an lu = Crime beat : a decade of covering cops and killers  Maikeer Kangnaili zhu ; Li Fenghe yi.

" sheng " xian qi ji  shi di wen. ai er de rui de- ge li ge (Steven Eldred-Grigg) zhu ; shi li an yi.

Niuxilan de wen xue lu cheng = New Zealand : a literary history  Shidiwen (Stevan Eldred-Grigg) zhu ; Shi Li'an (Annie Shih) yi.

Lian ai shi qing  Tengtian Yiyong zhu

Mo shui xue = Ink spell  Kenailiya Fengke ; Liu Xinghua yi.

Yi yuan, you gui. 3, Fei fa ru jing zhe  Gao yong wen.

You jian Xiawa  Lidi Relan zhu

Mu qin  Geng Fu zhu.

F.4A  Guan Lishan zhu.

Yi wang ku cheng ye de wei dao  Guo Linlin.

Xie jiao  Heguozi zhu.

Chou wen bi ji = Notes on a scandal  Zhuoyi Haile zhu ; Qiu Shufang yi.

Luoma xiong sha an  Dawei xiusen zhu ; Shi Qing yi.

Sheng ming ru shi, ru si  Hu Guoying.

Yi yi bu she  Huixing zhu.

Du shi yao qi tan. 4, Bu si yao  Ke Xin zhu.

Du shi yao qi tan. 5, Bu liang shao nian de zi ge  Ke Xin zhu.

Zuo bi shao nu fen dou ji = Cunning girl  Heitian Yan'er zhu ; Yuan Muying yi.

Ni zhuan ming yun zhi lun = The wheel of fate  Lan Xiulang.

Mi lian ren jian  Lanxingren.

Q ban te gong. 18, Bu shi ren wu  Liang Keqing.

Ling jie lai xia  Li Guangfeng.

Wu cheng shu  Li Guangji.

Wai xing ren wu duo nu er guo  zuo zhe Li Mutong.

Zhui zong hai tun lian ren. II  Li Mutong.

Ka fei wang zi yi hou dian = Coffee prince  zuo zhe, Li Shanmei.

Zhi zhi hui fei yan mie shi  Liang Peihu.

Dong wu yu yan  Lin Sha.

Yu le quan bu yi yang ling yi shi jian  Liu Chuoqi zhu.

Shen mo ling yu. 10, Shi mo jian X  Lu Xifa zhu = Demon slayer X.

Shen mo ling yu. 9, Gang tie yi ji  Lu Xifa zhu = Steel vestige.

Lan yue liang jie zhi  Ma Cuiluo zhu ; Dian tu.

Kamen  Meilimei zhu

Pu ning  Fulajimi'er Nabokefu

Ren tou lian + 10  Wei Sili (Ni Kuang) zhu.

Tie shou wu qing  Ni Kuang.

Bai yi nu wu  Ning Huai'en zhu.

Deng ai de feng shui shi  Ning Jing zuo pin.

Di xian  Shang Jinsheng zhu.

Luo yu lu  Tim Yan.

Jing zi li de mo sheng ren  Xideni Xie'erdun zhu

Ni pa hei ma?  Xideni Xieerdun zhu ; Liu Zhuhuan yi.

Guo bao. Er, San hu jiao zun  Shenzhiyiyuan zhu.

Zui hou de jun li  Shi Zhongshan zhu.

Xue yuan qi nuo. 2.  

Ren tou zhong an  Qiaozhi Ximunong zhu

Tiam ming hao ma fu  Qiaozhi Ximunong zhu ; Zhang Lu yi.

Yuan zhang  C.P. Sinuo zhu

Xun zhao tong hua shu  zuo zhe Tang Xiwen

Shi er feng sha  Tianlang.

18 sui de chu ti yan  Yin Meiji zhu, Nan Yan yi.

Qi meng shi dai  Wang Anyi zhu.

Yi du xue yuan  Keaiduodefensi zhu.

Wei ai er sheng  Wu Bailan zhu.

Yi luo zai bu zai fei de ye  Wu Yinglin.

Wang le yan jing de wen  Wu Yinglin.

Fang zong jian hun  Xiangzi.

Piao miao zhi lu zhi qi tian lu. 9, Feng kuang jing lian  Xiao Qian zhu.

Lan gui OL ri zhi  Xiaoxin.

Gym jiao ye jing hun  Xiaoyu.

Qing ren gui wen.  

Wu + fa shi  Xiaoyu.

You yi jiang.  

Xu Dishan zuo pin xuan  Liu Shaoming bian.

Mo fa ming dong. 2, Huan, ai  Yi Xi zhu.

Di jin tou  Yishu.

Huang rong  Yishu.

Kiss zhong du zheng. 2  Yingjiezhi.

Si wang ta luo pai  Yu Lei zhu.

Qing ke  Yu Renqiu zhu.

Liu mang jian dui. vol. 7, Ming tu duo chuan  zuo zhe: Yu Yunfei.

Liu mang jian dui. vol. 8, Zhan yun mi bu  zuo zhe: Yu Yunfei.

Shao nian yin yang shi. Si, Zai huo zhi suo  Jiecheng Guangliu zhu.

Du shi  Zang Xiaofan zhu.

Huang hun li de nuan liu  Zeng Fan'guang.

Mi jing  Zhang Chengzhi.

Ni zong you ai wo de yi tian  Zhang Xiaoxian.

Zhong liang ji qing hua  Zhang Xiaoxian.

Tao hua  Zhang Zhe zhu.

Wu Zetian  Zhao Mei zhu.

Ba gua xi you ji  Zhouliuwoyaoxiuxi zhu.

Anqi er mi cang  Zhu Qianfei.

Yu nei : yi ge qiu fan de zhen shi li cheng  Zou Zhaochen zhu.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Settlement  Christopher Hein

In this strong German novel, a man, a town, and a country wrestle with fifty years of displacement and political upheaval

Me and Kaminski  Daniel Kehlmann

German author of international bestseller "Measuring the world'" is back with a tale of an underachieving art critic who pins his hopes on writing an artist's biography.

Esther's inheritance  Sandor Marai

What is it like to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther has been for over 20 years and he married a sister and disappeared but now he's back. Classic Hungarian novel.

Friendly fire : a duet  A. B. Yehoshua

Israeli novel about a long married couple who spend a week apart. Touching and facinating tale.

Japanese titles

Mukatsuku futari.  

Batteri IV  Asano Atsuko.

Ii jinsei no ikikata.  

Kagebi muki ni saku  Gekidan Hitori.

Nihon no densho origami : natsukashi no orikata to shin arenji  Kobayashi,Kazuo.

Hajimete no bungaku Murakami Ryu  Murakami Ryu.

Shikei no subete : motokeimukan ga akasu.  

Korean titles

Toni wa Puraengki = Deux personnages sur un lit avec temoins  Alraeng Absiru ; Yang Jin-song omgim.

Princess mabop eui ju moon  An Agnes.

The secret  [chiuni Ronda Bon ; omgini Kim U-yol].

Paesyon terorisutu  Annie Choi ; Chong Kyong-ok omkim.

Nyujilraendeu han'insa : Aotearoa-eso han'indeul-i salaon iyagi  Nyujilraendeu han'insa pyeonchanwiwonhoe = A history of Koreans in New Zealand.

Kilgonno ku namja  Han So-jin.

Insaengui suwitchrul dasi kyora  Teri Hatcher ; Kim Mi jong omkim.

Sulo kutbai = Slowly I'm falling in love  Isida Ira ; Kim Hae yong omkim.

Mangaji sulpum  Elrijabesu Kim ; No Jin-son omgim.

Kwanghwamun eso mannapsida  Kim Yong-chol chium.

Naruto.  

Sit'ondongmulki  Ernest Thompson Seton.

Nallari on the pink : changpyon sosol  Yi Myong-nang.

MYSTERY

Killer year : stories to die for : from the hottest new crime writers  Edited by Lee Child.

Incloudes stories by Tess Gerritsen, James Rollins, Jeffrey Deaver, David Morrell, etc.

Blood runs cold  Alex Barclay.

FBI agent found dead in Colorado and another agent has to investigate a tricky case involving dark secrets and intentions.

Agatha Raisin and a spoonful of poison  M.C. Beaton.

Death strikes at the annual jam making competition as LSD is injected into the jams. Agatha suspects the prim vicar's wife.

Once were cops  Ken Bruen.

A member of Ireland's police force, The Guards, as tough as you'd get, is on an exchange programme with the NYPD and things get even tougher in this hardboiled crime tale set in Brooklyn and Dublin.

Dashing through the snow  Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark.

In Branscombe, N.H., novelist Nora Regan Reilly and her PI daughter, Regan Reilly, and their close friends Alvirah and Will Meehan, track down a missing employee of Conklin's Market who is connected with a $160 million lottery and the winnings.

Bright hair about the bone  Barbara Cleverly.

Aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot finds herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy in France that goes back centuries.

Scarpetta  Patricia Cornwell.

NYPD asks Kay Scarpetta to examine a handcuffed man who claims to have been injured during the course of a murder.

Snake dreams  James D. Doss.

Latest in the Charlie Moon series.

A simple act of violence  R.J. Ellory.

Detective assigned to case of serial killings in Washington where the victims don't officially exist, exposing a web of corruption and covert operations.

The good thief's guide to Paris  Chris Ewan.

Second in series featuring mystery writers and professional thief Charlie Howard.

Broken  Karin Fossum

An author has a man break into her house to tell her his story in this gripping psychological thriller from Norway.

Final breath  John Francome.

New racing thriller in which the death of young woman in diving accident which may not have been an accident is a big worry for the people at a big racing stable.

Moriarty  John Gardner.

Turn of the century (19th) and Professor Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, is alive and well and planning to establish crime syndicates in major American cities.

Faces in the pool  Jonathan Gash.

Lovejoy is back and he's been wroingfully imprisoned again where he's offered a way out by a visitor and forced to use his antiques knowledge for curious reasons.

The Archbishop in Andalusia  Andrew M. Greeley.

Archbishop Blackie Ryan travels to Spain for a conference and he is drawn into solving a case of murder among Spanish aristocrats.

Sweet poison  Ellen Hart.

Jane Lawless is at her wit's end keeping her Minneapolis restaurants running while volunteering on her father's campaign for governor when revenge and murder intrude.

Arctic chill  Arnaldur Indridason

A boy's body is found frozen to the ground and the boy's half-brother is missing. Dark thriller that unearths the tensions behind Iceland's outwardly liberal, multicultural society.

The inner circle  Mari Jungstedt

On an archaeological dig, a student is found dead, hanging in a tree, all the marks of a ritual killing. Dark Scandinavian crime tale.

The redemption of Alexander Seaton  Shona MacLean.

Historical crime tale set in the 1620s Scotland where a body is found in the house ofa disgraced cleric who then encounters witch hunts and prejudice in his search for the killer.

The laughter of dead kings  Elizabeth Peters.

Return of art historian Vicky Bliss, here suspecting her on/off boyfriend Sir John Smythe is stealing antiques again which leads her on a wild chase across Europe and Egypt to find the real culprits.

Warning at one  Ann Purser.

Lois Meade is back and has odd things happening in and around her investment property in the latest in this cosy crime series.

Murder under the midnight sun  Nicholas Rhea.

DS Mark Pemberton is on a cruise to the Arctic Circle when a man is found murdered in a loced cabin.

To dream of the dead  Phil Rickman.

Diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins must deal with a flood in the village of Ledwardine, an atheist author in hiding and a recently unearthed row of ancient standing stones.

The fire kimono  Laura Joh Rowland.

Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence.

The Paris enigma  Pablo De Santis

Big bestsller in Spain; set in 1889 Paris where twelve sleuths gather to discuss their best known cases. And one of them is murdered!

Fatal quest  Sally Spencer.

Chief Inspector Woodend reminisces on his long career and an early case that has never been solved.

New Zealand Fiction

The six pack. Three : winning writing from New Zealand Book Month.  

Bitty by the river  Jean Louise Allen.

Short stories featuring Bitty who is 5 when the book starts in 1937 and a young woman when it ends in 1950.

The Four Bad Company  Donald Armstrong.

Spanning a century and a half - 18th & 19th - in the story of four brothers at sea and on land: N.Z. historical adventure.

Dreamboat Dad  Alan Duff.

Rotorua teenager knows that his father was an American soldier who visited during the war and years later a letter arrives that will turn his world around.

Maoriland stories  Alfred A. Grace ; edited by Anne Maxwell.

Alfred Augustus Grace was one of New Zealand's most accomplished early writers and a member of the celebrated 'Maoriland' school of writing that flourished between 1896 and 1915.

Swimmers' rope  Stephanie Johnson.

Tale of friendship, loyalty and guilt in which two childhood friends commit an act that wrecks their friendship but must be confornted years later.

On top of everything  Sarah-Kate Lynch.

When Florence's husband leaves her for a man, her son marries an older woman, her job goes and life seems to be unravelling, the appearance of a mysterious handyman might just mean life is picking up again.

Camerons of the Glen  Donald Offwood.

The story of the Cameron's of Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai Valley, Central Otago.

The bloody brewery  Paddy Sweeney.

A heart warming story of how a bunch of good bastard larrikins on the West Coast took on bureaucracy and brought the price of beer down by opening their own brewery.

Crush  Louisa Warren.

The second of two girls born to a staunchly religious family knows that she will be unable to fulfil their expectations without being true to her own sexual identity.

ROMANCE

Promoted : secretary to bride!  Jennie Adams.

Two little miracles  Caroline Anderson.

The billionaire boss's innocent bride  Lindsay Armstrong.

Pregnant - father wanted  Claire Baxter.

Ruthless tycoon, innocent wife  Helen Brooks.

The billionaire's defiant wife  Amanda Browning.

His mistletoe bride  Cara Colter.

The Santangeli marriage  Sara Craven.

Innocent mistress, royal wife  Robyn Donald.

The wife he's been waiting for  Dianne Drake.

The snow-kissed bride  Linda Goodnight.

The Italian's Christmas miracle  Lucy Gordon.

The Greek tycoon's disobedient bride  Lynne Graham.

The ruthless magnate's virgin mistress  Lynne Graham.

Taken for revenge, bedded for pleasure  India Grey.

The Spaniard's virgin housekeeper  Diana Hamilton.

The Greek doctor's new-year baby  Kate Hardy.

The Greek tycoon's reluctant bride  Kate Hewitt.

The ruthless Italian's inexperienced wife  Christina Hollis.

Marry-me Christmas  Shirley Jump.

Bought for the Sicilian billionaire's bed  Sharon Kendrick.

The billionaire's bride of vengeance  Miranda Lee.

One magical Christmas  Carol Marinelli.

The sheikh's rebellious mistress  Sandra Marton.

The sheikh's wayward wife  Sandra Marton.

Outback doctor, English bride  Leah Martyn.

The Italian's ruthless baby bargain  Margaret Mayo.

Her baby's first Christmas  Susan Meier.

Her Valentine blind date  Raye Morgan.

The prince's waitress wife  Sarah Morgan.

The Venetian's midnight mistress  Carole Mortimer.

Children's doctor, society bride  Joanna Neil.

Cinderella and the sheikh  Natasha Oakley.

Valenti's one-month mistress  Sabrina Philips.

The Greek's forced bride  Michelle Reid.

Claimed for the Italian's revenge  Natalie Rivers.

Count Maxime's virgin  Susan Stephens.

The GP's meant-to-be bride  Jennifer Taylor.

The black sheep's proposal  Patricia Thayer.

The Australian's society bride  Margaret Way.

The royal marriage arrangement  Rebecca Winters.

Manhattan boss, diamond proposal  Trish Wylie.

Saga & Historical

The time of singing  Elizabeth Chadwick.

1173 and Roger Bigod is heir to the vast earldom of Norfolk but a family dispute and a King's young mistress change matters.

A mother's promise  Dilly Court.

When Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be.

Sweetsmoke  David Fuller.

Harrowing powerful look at slavery during the American Civil War. A first novel that came from 8 years of research.

Greek winds of fury  Judith Gould.

Woman on archaeological dig in Greece finds a sinsiter world and a man who offers help and protection.

Daughters of Liverpool  Annie Groves.

Liverpool during World War II and Annie comes to do her bit for the war effort but the son of the familt she's billeted with, a battle scarred veteran of Dunkirk, is a big distraction.

Garlands of gold  Rosalind Laker.

17th C. Rotterdam and an orphan girl, employed as lady's maid to the wife of a wealthy merchant, becomes known for her skill with face balms and other potions and sets out to England to set up a business.

Keeping secrets  Gwen Madoc.

Wales 1930s and two good friends have to keep their friendship secret in the face of a bitter family feud over a will.

The heretic queen  Michelle Moran.

Nefertiti follows in her aunt's footsteps as she marries Rameses the Great, fighting rivals to become one of the few royal wives deified in her own lifetime.

The Fairfax legacy  Pamela Oldfield.

1920s and young girl, confused by her cold mother, turns to her nanny for affection before the familoy is disturbed by a chain of events that bring heartbreak and despair.

Cara Gayle  Geraldine O'Neill.

Set in 1960s Ireland where Cara Gayle escapes her ratbag husband for a few weeks by accompanyi ng her parents to a family weeding in America where she meets a reclusive artist who…

Ninth witness  Bodie & Brock Thoene.

Ninth in the A.D. Chronicles series.

No less than the journey  E.V. Thompson.

Young Cornish miner arrives in America to find uncle working on the mines in Missouri but he ends up with a U.S. marshal and many adventures on the journey.

Remember me  Margaret Thornton.

1907 and young woman joins a touring company, Morgan;s Melody Makers, where she learns about life and love.

The long walk home  Valerie Wood.

Two poor children escape from Hull to seek their fortune in 19th C. London before making their journey back to their home town.

Requiem  Robyn Young.

Third in the Brethren trilogy, epic historical adventure set during the Middle Ages.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Shadow of the scorpion  Neal Asher.

Second in the Polity science fiction series.

The gabble and other stories  Neal Asher.

Short stories that takes you into the galactic futurescape called "The Polity."

All the windwracked stars  Elizabeth Bear.

Posr apocalyptic science fiction loosely based on Norse mythology.

Backup : a story of the Dresden files  Jim Butcher

Spin-off novella from the Dresden Files series features Thomas Raith, Harry Dresden's incubus half- brother.

Princeps' fury  Jim Butcher.

Book five of the Codex Alera fantasy series.

Ender in exile  Orson Scott Card.

In the latest Ender novel, in which the Saviour of Earth chooses to leave his home world and journey out to the colonies.

Queen of oblivion  Giles Carwyn & Todd Fahnestock.

The Heartstone fantasy trilogy concludes with the cunning sorceress Arofaine on a quest to unleash the secrets locked up in the towers of Efften.

The last theorem  Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl.

Story of one man's mathematical obsession, and a celebration of the human spirit and the scientific method. It is also a gripping intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, the Grand Galactics, must overcome differences of politics and religion and come together . . . or perish.

The gods return  David Drake.

Last volume of the Crown of the Isles trilogy.

1635 : the Dreeson incident  Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce.

In the lates "Ring of fire" novel, the 30 Years War still ravages 17th C. Europe but a new force of rulers and manipulators is gaining power.

Quofum : a novel of the Commonwealth  Alan Dean Foster.

Foster's new adventure takes place in the amazing Humanx Commonwealth, home of the ever-popular Pip & Flinx.

Cretaceous dawn  L.M. Graziano and M.S.A. Graziano.

A long-extinct beetle appears in a physics lab. Four-and-a-half people and a dog are hurled 65 million years through time, to the Age of the Dinosaurs, and paleontologist Julian Whitney and his companions have only one chance for rescue.

Swallowing darkness  Laurell K. Hamilton.

The sex and suspense saga of Meredith Gentry in its 7th entry.

Your heart belongs to me  Dean Koontz.

Heart transplant patient has a successful operation then uncovers the identity of the heart donor and from here on life is terrifying.

Foundation  Mercedes Lackey..

Chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, where an orphan escapes slavery when he's chosen by one of the magical horses of Valdemar to be trained as a herald.

Thirteen orphans  Jane Lindskold.

Fantasy tale about an American girl who is transported to another world of smoke and shadows, a world founded by ancient Chinese lore and magic.

The Last Watch  Sergei Lukyanenko

Fourth in the popular Night Watch series has Anton on holiday in Scotland investigating a wildcat vampire, magic treasures and murder.

Dragonheart  Todd McCaffrey.

The dragons of Pern are dying...and the only person who can save them has been dead for over 400 Turns. Fantasy that is this time solely written by Anne's son.

The devil's eye  Jack McDevitt.

Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who has been mind-wiped.

Royal exile  Fiona McIntosh.

First of a new epic fantasy trilogy featuring an army of mercenaries threatening a rich and successful kingdom but underestimating the magical skills of the people.

The lord-protector's daughter  L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

The Corean Chronicles continue with a fantasy taking place in Tempre, capital city of Lanachrona on Corus.

After the downfall  Harry Turtledove.

The latest in his imaginative mix of alternate history and fantasy has Russian soldiers entering Berlin ijn 1945 and encountering dragons, wizards and unicorns.

The United States of Atlantis  Harry Turtledove.

In his alternate history series with England having driven the French from Atlantis and King George out to tighten control over the colonies.

Odd girl out  Timothy Zahn.

Mysterious deaths, encounters with oddly named aliens, chasers and shootouts in the third book of the Frank Compton series.