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Fiction Core Collection

CORE COLLECTION

A Selection Guide

2013 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SIXTEENTH EDITION

EDITED BY

EVE-MARIE MILLER,

LIZA OLDHAM

AND

CHRISTI SHOWMAN FARRAR

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Preface v Directions for Use vi Part 1. List of Fictional Works 1 Part 2. Title and Subject Index 89

PREFACE

Fiction Core Collection is a selective list of fiction titles recommended for adult readers. This 2013 Supplement is intended for use with the Sixteenth Edition of the Collection and contains entries for approximately 600 titles.

The items in the Collection are considered appropriate for libraries serving adult readers and have been selected with guidance from reviews and the advice of an advisory committee of librarians with special expertise in fiction. This supplement includes both the most popular fiction published in the past year and important new literary and titles. Also included are previously published titles filling gaps in such as , , and mystery. Although out-of-print titles are eligible for inclusion in Fiction Core Collection, in the belief that good fiction is not obsolete simply because it goes out of print, all titles included in this Supplement were available for purchase at the time of publication.

In the Directions for Use, users can find information about this supplement’s arrangement and content. For a fuller introduction to the Collection, please see the prefatory pages of the Sixteenth Edition.

EBSCO Publishing is indebted to the publishers who generously supplied copies of their books as well as information about editions and prices. We are also grateful to the librarians of our advisory committee, who gave so generously of their time and expertise in advising the editors in their selection process.

Advisory Committee

Jennifer Baker Priscille Dando Fiction Librarian Head Librarian Seattle Public Library Robert E. Lee High School Seattle, Springfield, Virginia

Angela Carstensen Don Wentworth Director of Library and Media Services Senior Staff Librarian Convent of the Sacred Heart Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh , New York Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania DIRECTIONS FOR USE

PART 1. LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS

Books are listed alphabetically under main entry, usually the author. Each entry also includes information about publisher, date of publication, paging, price, ISBN, and control number; a descriptive abstract; and excerpts from reviews. Within this section, Core Collection Stars are indicated by a star (). Core Collection Stars are the most highly recommended titles and together form a short list that can serve as a guide to the librarian with a limited budget or one who needs a small number of books in a given area. For supplemental titles, please consult the online database.

PART 2. TITLE AND SUBJECT INDEX

This index to books in the Classified Collection of this supplement lists books under title, subject, and analytical entries and also includes added entries for publishers’ series, for joint authors, and for editors, and name and subject cross references, all arranged in one alphabetical listing.

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

More detailed instructions on the use of this supplement can be found in the Sixteenth Edition of Fiction Core Collection.

STANDARDS USED

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., 2002 revision, 2005 update. : American Library Association, 2005.

McCarthy, and Joseph Miller, eds. Sears List of Subject Headings. 20th ed. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 2010. FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT

A come involved in gay relationships, which strain their own bonds. . . . [The author captures] the world the father and Abercrombie, Joe brothers have made for themselves in contemporary New The heroes; Joe Abercrombie. 1st ed. Orbit York City, . . . the jitteriness of Ivan’s manic episodes, the 2011 xi, 541p. ill. tensions of urban gay life, and the coping with family ac- ISBN 9780316044981; 0316193569; 9780316193566 ceptance and AIDS.” (Libr J) This tells the story of a “-day battle . . . set in the same world as [author Joe] Abercrombie’s First Alexander, Hannah Law Trilogy. . . . Union commander Lord Marshal Kroy co- Last resort; Hannah Alexander. Steeple Hill ordinates the fight with the aid of a motley group of incom- Books 2005 311p. Hideaway series (pbk.) $6.99; petent, self-important officers. . . . Col. Bremer dan Gorst is (pbk.) o.p. officially a royal observer who nurses a burning desire to kill ISBN 9780373785971; 0373785402 or be killed. Leading a much smaller army against the Union LC 2005282645 is Dow, whose grip on the throne of the Northmen is In this by Hannah Alexander, a Christy tenuous and based on fear and brutality. Calder, a slippery Award-Winning author, “Clarissa Cooper, twelve, vanishes and cunning egotist, advocates peace while plotting to take near her home -- abducted, evidence suggests, by someone Black Dow’s place.” (Publishers Weekly) close to her. . . . Noelle Cooper races back to her hometown to help in the search. In the effort to save her young cousin, Albert, Susan Wittig she steps into a web a secrets that has haunted her family for The Darling Dahlias and the cucumber tree; Su- generations. . . . Nathan Trask will do anything to protect san Wittig Albert. Berkley Prime Crime 2010 xii, Noelle from danger. Noelle’s childhood friend, he might be 290p Darling Dahlias mysteries (hc) $24.95 much more . . . if she dares turn to him.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780425234457 LC 2010010033 Alexander, Tamera, 1961- This book “begins in May 1930 in the small town of Dar- Rekindled; Tamera Alexander. Bethany ling, Alabama. . . . The Dahlias comprise the 12 members of 2006 334p Fountain Creek chronicles $14.99 a gardening club dedicated to beautifying their town while ISBN 0764201085 (pbk.); 9780764201080 struggling to survive the Depression.” (Booklist) They “are LC 2005028052 still excited about their clubhouse, an old estate . . . whose In this book, “[t]en years ago Kathryn Jennings made a garden includes a possibly haunted cucumber tree, which vow. For better or worse. And that promise still holds true, might shelter a buried treasure. Also distracting the mem- even though her marriage has not turned out as she expected. bers -- especially widow and probate clerk Verna Tidwell; When her husband fails to return home one stormy legal secretary and freelance journalist Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ night, she struggles to keep their ranch, but her efforts are Lacy, and Mayor Jed Taylor’s wife, Ophelia Snow -- are a blocked at every turn. After a . . . glimpse into her husband’s prison break and the disappearance of drugstore clerk Eva past, Kathryn uncovers a hidden truth. What she wouldn’t Louise ‘Bunny’ Scott, the town tart. After Bunny turns give to turn back time and be able to love her husband for up dead in a wrecked stolen van, the ladies investigate.” the man that he was, not for the man she always wanted him (Publishers Weekly) to be.” (tameraalexander.com)

Alenyikov, Michael Alexander, Victoria Ivan and Misha; stories. Michael Alenyikov. Secrets of a proper lady; Victoria Alexander. TriQuarterly Books 2010 199p. Books 2007 375p. Last man standing $7.99 ISBN 0810127180; 9780810127180 ISBN 0060882646; 9780060882648 LC 2010024016 LC 2009510987 This collection of short stories, the 2011 winner of the In this book, “Lady Cordelia Bannister simply cannot Northern Book Award for Fiction, “revolves marry a man she has not herself, no matter what her around a pair of fraternal twins, Ivan and Misha, brought to father decrees. So, pretending to be her own companion, America as children, along with their father, Louie. Ivan in- she decides to seek out information about her intended by herited his father’s dark good looks and his mother’s bipolar meeting with his secretary—a man who soon beguiles her. disease . . . Misha has his mother’s blond coloring and the But Lady Cordelia doesn’t know the truth—the man [she] burden of responsibility for his brother. Both brothers be- can’t resist is really her intended, Daniel Sinclair. Daniel has nearly won the wager he made with three of London’s

1 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT most eligible bachelors. While two of his compatriots have Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- surrendered to the shackles of marriage, he’s remained free The sins of the father; Jeffrey Archer. St. Mar- to woo any woman he chooses. Yet duty forces him to con- tin’s Press 2012 339p. The Clifton chronicles $27.99 sider Lady Cordelia, so, determined to find a way to escape ISBN 1250000971; 9781250000972; 9781429949033 honor intact, he continues the masquerade he started.” (Pub- LC 2011046558 lisher’s note) Author Jeffrey Archer continues her “Clifton Chroni- cles” book series. “First, Harry is sent to trial and prison. Ampuero, Roberto Then Barrington, whose relationship to Harry is The Neruda case; Roberto Ampuero; translated murky, departs England for the U.S., leaving behind a child by Carolina De Robertis. 2012 Harry doesn’t know has been born. . . . Harry gets out of 340p. prison . . . by volunteering for a military special operations ISBN 159448743X; 9781594487439 group. . . . Emma learns Sefton Jelks, Wall Street attorney, LC 2012001890 was paid by a wealthy client to finagle Harry into prison. This book by Roberto Ampuero presents a “fictional in- . . . Finally, the cast gathers in post-war England, where a terpretation of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda’s final days in paternity case is settled once and for all.” (Kirkus Reviews) 1973 . . . Neruda, who’s ill with cancer as Chile teeters to- ward upheaval because of his friend President Allende’s re- Arvin, Reed form platform, seeks out unemployed Cuban Cayetano Brûlé Blood of angels; a novel. Reed Arvin. Harp- in Valparaíso and hires him to investigate the whereabouts of erCollins Publishers 2005 viii, 354p (pbk.) $7.99 a former acquaintance, Dr. Ángel Bracamonte. Never mind ISBN 9780060596354; 0060596341; 9780060596347 that Brûlé is no detective. The aging poet-cum-political ac- LC 2004060931 tivist persuades the young Brûlé . . . travel to Mexico City, This book tells the story of “Thomas Dennehy, assistant the last place Neruda saw Bracamonte. The mission seems DA of Davidson County, Tenn., [who will] be certified as cut and dried, except Neruda has not only withheld critical the first lawyer in the country to have sent the wrong man information, he has sworn Brûlé to secrecy. Nobody must to the death chamber. As if that isn’t enough, he must also know the identity of who Brûlé is looking for or why he is prosecute a charismatic member of the local Sudanese com- looking for him.” (Publishers Weekly) munity, Moses Bol, accused of killing a prostitute, in a trial that threatens to engulf Nashville in a full-scale . Anderson, Catherine Dennehy is tough, in court and out, and has plenty of . . . Star bright; Catherine Anderson. Signet 2009 personal problems—primarily an ex-wife for whom he has 418p. geneal. table Coulter family series $7.99 conflicting feelings and an 11-year-old daughter he adores. . ISBN 0451225716; 9780451225719 . . While trying to sort through his problems, Dennehy falls LC 2009510890 for an unlikely lady, Fiona Towns, a local minister and Mo- In this book, written by “New York Times” best-selling ses Bol’s alibi.” (Publishers Weekly) author Catherine Anderson, “[f]aking her own death to es- cape her murderous husband, Rainie Hall takes refuge in the Aslam, Nadeem rural community of Crystal Falls, where she finds work as a Maps for lost lovers; Nadeem Aslam. 1st Ameri- bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by dangerously good-look- can ed. Knopf 2005 xii, 379 p o.p.; (pbk.) $14.95 ing Parker Harrigan. . . . Rainie fears she can never escape ISBN 1400042429; 9781400076970 retribution from the man who has sworn to kill her— and LC 2004059428 that her mere could jeopardize everything the Har- In this book, author Nadeem “Aslam . . . explores the rigan family holds dear.” (Publisher’s note) interwoven lives of Pakistani immigrants in an English town they have rechristened Dasht-e-Tanhaii, ‘the Wilderness of Andrews, Mary Kay Solitude’ or ‘the Desert of Loneliness.’ The disappearance of Summer rental; Mary Kay Andrews. 1st ed.; St. Jugnu and Chanda, lovers who broke Islamic law to live in Martin’s Press 2011 viii, 402p sin, throws the small community into upheaval. The police ISBN 9780312642693; 0312642695 arrest Chanda’s brothers, whom they believe murdered the LC 2011004404 couple to avenge their family’s shame. . . . Aslam depicts This book tells the story of “three lifelong friends who an insular ex-pat Pakistani community fighting to preserve grew up together in Savannah--unemployed banker El- its cultural heritage and losing the battle to its -born lis, model Julia, teacher Dorie--and reunite in Nags Head, children. . . . At the heart of the turmoil is sexual freedom, N.C., for a month-long holiday at a rundown rental elegantly and Aslam illustrates the many ways women’s lives are re- named the Ebbtide. But when the 30-somethings BFFs, stricted and romantic love is denied in the name of religion.” each of whom is struggling with life-changing crises, take (Publishers Weekly) in Maryn, a stranger and runaway-wife, the beachy holiday takes on a dangerous edge. To the rescue comes handsome Auslander, Shalom landlord Ty, who’s renting out his ramshackle family home Hope; a tragedy. Shalom Auslander. Riverhead in hopes of staving off foreclosure.” (Publishers Weekly) Books 2011 p. cm. ISBN 9781594488382 LC 2011046843 The novel tells the story of “a young Jewish business writer and his family, who buy a house in rural New York.

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They find that their purchase has included a whole lot more used for target practice. . . . Meanwhile, life in the Dome has than they bargained for. The , Solomon Kugel, its own privations. The younger inhabitants, known as Pures discovers there’s a secret tenant in the attic - none other because of their unblemished bodies, are being subjected to than Holocaust writer-victim Anne Frank. The iconic Anne a series of ‘codings,’ devised to enhance their physical ca- Frank, now very old, miraculously survived the Nazi death pabilities and suppress potentially rebellious behavior.” (N camps and took up residence in this bucolic enclave, camp- Y Times) ing in Kugel’s attic and writing a book about her life. Kugel targets . . . all sorts of social worries, such as anti-Semitism; Baker, Jo and oddities from gluten allergies to the tanning fad to the The undertow; Jo Baker. Alfred A. Knopf 2012 real estate business.” (NPR) 335p. ISBN 0307957098; 9780307957092 Austin, Lynn LC 2012002079 All she ever wanted; Lynn Austin. Bethany This historical novel by Jo Baker traces “a family, con- House 2005 400p (pbk.) $14.99 structed over decades, through relationships, wars and se- ISBN 0764228897; 9780764228896 crets . . . Starting in London in 1914, it introduces young LC 2005018574 sweethearts William and Amelia Hastings. . . . Amelia, In this book, “Kathleen Seymour’s carefully constructed pregnant with Billy, will always stay faithful to William’s world starts to collapse when her teenage daughter, Joelle, is memory . . . and when shipmate George Sully . . . threat- caught shoplifting and a row with her boss leaves Kathleen ens, Amelia and Billy see him off together. Billy has a talent unemployed. After a few sessions with a therapist, Kathleen for cycling, but his prospects . . . are clouded by issues of tries reconnecting with her daughter by taking her to a party money and class, and then World War II intervenes. Billy hosted by the estranged family members Kathleen left years survives to marry Ruby . . . The couple’s first child is Will, ago. Through multiple points of view and . . . [several] flash- partly disabled by Perthes disease. . . . Clever Will achieves backs to previous generations, [author Lynn N.] Austin . . . academic success at Oxford, but marries unhappily. It’s with illustrates how shame and bad choices can affect families for his artistic daughter Billie that the book reaches its . . . con- years.” (Publishers Weekly) clusion.” (Kirkus)

Avery, Ellis Bank, Melissa The last nude; Ellis Avery. Riverhead Books The wonder spot; Melissa Bank. Viking 2005 2012 310p. $25.95 324p (pbk.) $14.00; o.p. ISBN 1594488134; 9781594488139 ISBN 9780143037217; 0670034118 (acid-free paper) LC 2011027708 LC 2004061189 This book relies on historical events that occurred “[i]n This book follows “Sophie Applebaum, a sarcastic, self- 1927 . . . [when] Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka encoun- deprecating middle child from a suburban Jewish family who tered 17-year-old Rafaela while in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne moves from a fish-out-of-water adolescence to a how-did-I- and took her home, using her as a model for six significant get-here adulthood. . . . Sophie’s (mis)adventures in life and paintings (including Beautiful Rafaela) and briefly becom- love include an attempt to use lyrics from Bob Dylan’s ‘It ing her lover. . . . Inspired by these bare facts, [author Ellis] Ain’t Me, Babe’ to argue against the necessity of attending Avery . . . has crafted a . . . work that imagines the relation- Hebrew school and a penchant for imagining her future life ship between artist and model.” (Library Journal) with men she barely knows.” Also described in the story are “a grandmother’s slip into senility, Sophie’s mother’s dip into infidelity, a brother’s turn toward Orthodox Judaism. B Through it all, Sophie never quite escapes the sense of being a ‘solid trying to do a liquid’s job.’” (Publishers Weekly) Baggott, Julianna Pure; Julianna Baggott. Grand Central Publish- Bannon, James ing 2012 431p. I2; James Bannon. Banco Picante Press 2012 ISBN 9780983912439 ISBN 9781455503063; 9781455503032; This “science-fiction and psychological revolves 9781611733563; 9781455503056 around a terminally ill bio-software scientist’s attempt to LC 2011010209 upload his mind into the consciousness of an unborn baby This book is set “sometime in the unspecified future, to once again be with the woman he loves.” Neuroscientist [where] a series of detonations as all but destroyed the world. Edward Frame’s plan results in the creation of , a child A handpicked few were given refuge in the Dome, a high- born with the mind and awareness of a grown man. The tech bubble designed to withstand environmental disaster. follows Adam as he grows into a young man and faces the Those left outside were not so fortunate. The intensity of the unintended consequences of Edward’s actions. “[James] explosions not only devastated the landscape but changed Bannon’s debut novel is a science-fiction thriller . . . but . . forever those who survived it, fusing people with animals, . ultimately a . . . romance and . . . [an] exploration into the with objects, with the earth.” It follows Pressia, a “survivor frailty and preciousness of human existence.” (Kirkus) . . . In a few days’ time, on her 16th birthday, Pressia will be claimed by the OSR . . a paramilitary force that terrorizes the ravaged city. She will be ‘untaught to read’ and either trained as a killer or, if her deformations are too debilitating,

3 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Barr, Nevada Baxter, Stephen The rope; by Nevada Barr. Minotaur Books ; Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter. 2011 357p. 2005 324p Time odyssey o.p.; ISBN 1410444864; 9781410444868 978-0-312- (pbk.) $7.99 61457-7 ISBN 034545250X; 9780345452511 LC 2011035837 LC 2004062354 This book tells the story of fictional Anna Pi- In this science fiction novel, “[h]ostile aliens intend to geon, who, “[i]n 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus blow up the Sun and wipe humanity out. . . . In 2037, a gi- from , . . . takes a . . . job as a seasonal em- ant solar flare disrupts electrical and electronic processes on ployee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On Earth. Having predicted the flare, genius physicist Eugene her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. . Mangles . . . extrapolates . . . that on April 20, 2042, another . . Anna . . . wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural huge solar eruption will fry the Earth down to the bedrock. . well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how . . [T]he . . . characters—British Astronomer Royal Siobhan she found herself in this situation. . . . [I]t soon becomes McGorran chief among — . . . come up with the idea clear that someone has trapped her there, in an inescapable of a space shield. . . . Meanwhile, Lieutenant Bisesa Dutt of prison, and no one knows that she is even missing. . . . Anna the British Army, having lived five years in another reality, Pigeon must muster the courage, determination and will to . . . contacts Siobhan with her suspicions about the mysteri- live that she didn’t even know she still possessed to survive, ous Firstborn, alien intelligences who want to expunge the outwit and triumph.” (Publisher’s note) human race.” (Kirkus)

Bates, Judy Fong Beachy, Stephen Midnight at the Dragon Café; Judy Fong Bates. Boneyard. Verse Chorus Press 2011 303p il McClelland & Stewart 2004 317p. Library binding pa $15.95 $22.95 ISBN 978-1-891241-33-8 ISBN 9781417697786; 0771010982 LC 2011-15261 LC 2004381288 “A ‘collaborative’ novel, the skeleton of which was sup- This book, “[s]et in the 1960s, [tells] . . . the story of a posedly assembled by teen Jake Yoder, whose work young girl, the daughter of a small Ontario town’s solitary Beachy claims to have discovered and then saved from the Chinese family, whose life is changed over the course of one young man’s attempts to burn the stories he had come to summer when she learns the burden of secrets. Through Su- deem sinful. Convinced the stories were destined for literary Jen’s eyes, the hard life behind the scenes at the Dragon Café greatness — as a rare example of Amish literature, at the unfolds. . . . Su-Jen’s . . . mother, a beautiful but embittered very least — USF professor Beachy hung meat on the text woman, settles uneasily into their new life. Su-Jen feels the where necessary. Verse Chorus Press then agreed to publish weight of her mother’s unhappiness as Su-Jen’s life takes her the novel, though Beachy’s editor, Judith Owsley Brown, outside the restaurant and far from the customs of the tradi- expresses her doubt regarding the existence of Yoder in tional past. When Su-Jen’s half-brother arrives, smouldering boneyard’s preface, extending that skepticism to Beachy’s under the responsibilities he must bear as the dutiful Chinese sanity (and that of his therapist) in a series of footnotes that son, he forms an alliance with Su-Jen’s mother, one that will bubble and whisper from the book’s margins, occasionally have devastating consequences.” (Publisher’s note) (and quite purposely) distracting from the proper. Boneyard is a grotesque funhouse of kinky sex (often with Baxter, Stephen gas masks on), egregious footnoting, child abuse, delusions Manifold; time. Stephen Baxter. Ballantine Pub. of rock ‘n’ roll grandeur, and he-said-she-said narrative fin- Group 2000 440p Manifold trilogy (pbk.) $7.99; ger-pointing.” (East Bay Express) o.p. ISBN 9780345430762; 9780345430755 Bear, Elizabeth LC 99042045 Range of ; Elizabeth Bear. Tor 2012 In this book, “[a]fter washing out of NASA’s astronaut 334p. training program, Reid Malenfant . . . sets up the Bootstrap ISBN 9780765327543 corporation, intending to lure humans into space with the LC 2011025171 promise of the limitless natural resources available there. In this fantasy book, “Temur, grandson of the Great Sheena 5, a genetically engineered smart squid, will pilot his Khan, is walking away from a battlefield where he was left unmanned first mission. Though NASA and other powers- for dead. All around lie the armies of his cousin and that-be attempt to shut him down, Malenfant plows ahead his brother, who made war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is until he’s warned by renegade mathematician Cornelius now the legitimate heir by blood to his grandfather’s throne. Taine that Earth will be destroyed within 200 years. Taine . . . Once-Princess Samarkar is climbing the thousand steps persuades Malenfant to listen for messages from the future, of the Citadel of the Wizards of Tsarepheth. She was heir to in case someone survived and wants to tell them how. Sure the Rasan Empire until her father got a son on a new wife. . enough, a coded neutrino pulse directs Malenfant’s attention . . These two will come together to stand against the hidden to an asteroid where Sheena discovers a space/time portal.” cult that has so carefully brought all the empires of the Cela- (Kirkus) don Highway to strife and civil war through guile and deceit and sorcerous power.” (Publisher’s note)

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Beaton, Kate This book follows “15-year-old Temple,” who Hark! A vagrant; Kate Beaton. Drawn and Quar- was “[b]orn into a crumbling society plagued by zom- terly 2011 168p il bies. . . . When she is assaulted at a safe house, she mur- ISBN 1770460608; 9781770460607 ders her human attacker, Abraham Todd, and runs from his LC 2011505458 vengeful brother, Moses. Temple soon acquires a traveling The book offers a collection of comic strips by author partner, a slow mute by the name of Maury, and begrudg- Kate Beaton, “a series of short gag cartoons, primarily about ingly takes responsibility for his care, remembering a history and literature, with a particularly Canadian bent. . . . young boy she swore to protect but couldn’t save. Fleeing about long-suffering heroines like , Laura Moses, the ‘meatskins,’ and her own battered conscience, Secord, and ‘Every Lady Scientist in History Who Ever Did Temple still finds moments of simple joy in the brutal Anything Until Now’ highlight the absurdities of gender dis- world.” (Publishers Weekly) parity. . . . A number of these comics are driven simply by absurdity itself: a kingdom whose royal mascot is a fat pony; Benaron, Naomi a Batman; and teens who solve crimes in a real-life  Running the rift; Naomi Benaron. Algonquin fashion: by hiding behind the school, smoking weed, and Books of Chapel Hill 2012 365p. lying about it later.” (Quill & Quire) ISBN 9781616200428; 1616200421 LC 2011026349 Begley, Louis This book, the winner of the 2010 Bellwether Prize, tells About Schmidt; Louis Begley. 1st ed. Alfred the story of “Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy. . . . Knopf; Distributed by 1996 273p Born a Tutsi, he is thrust into a world where it’s to Albert Schmidt $23 stay apolitical—where the man who used to sell you gifts for your family now spews hatred . . . where your Hutu coach is ISBN 0679450335; 9780679450337 secretly training the very soldiers who will hunt down your LC 96008244 family. Yet in an environment increasingly restrictive for the This book tells the story of Schmidt, a “retired lawyer Tutsi, he holds fast to his dream of becoming ’s first whose lucrative practice was notable for its meticulousness Olympic medal contender in track, a feat he believes might but is now all but anarchistic, . . . [who] misses his late wife deliver him and his people from this violence. When the kill- and is uneasy alone in their stately Long Island mansion. His ing begins, Jean Patrick is forced to flee, leaving behind the sense of isolation is compounded by his estrangement from woman, the family, and the country he loves. Finding them his only child, Charlotte, whom he uncharitably thinks of as again is the race of his life.” (Publisher’s note) a ‘smug, overworked yuppie,’ and by his displeasure over her impending marriage to a lawyer he claims not to like because he’s a dull-witted workaholic, when, in fact, it’s his Bennett, Robert Jackson Jewishness Schmidt can’t abide.” (Booklist) The company man; Robert Jackson Bennett. 1st ed.; Orbit 2010 466p. Belanger, Andy ISBN 9780316054706 pa; 0316054704 Kill Shakespeare; the blast of war/ Volume 2. LC 2010011247 created and written by Conor McCreery and Anthony This book, “an novel,” is set in a reality where “by 1919 . . . 50 years of mind-boggling technologi- Del Col; art by Andy Belanger; colors by Ian Herring cal innovations flowing from quiet Lawrence Kulahee have l; lettering by Chris Mowry, Neil Uyetake, and Shawn changed the face of the world. After a chance meeting with Lee; original series edits by Tom Waltz. IDW 2011 Kulahee, ruthless entrepreneur William McNaughton real- 148p. izes the economic potential of the unassuming genius. In ISBN 1613770251; 9781613770252 short order, the skies are full of airships, the roads with auto- This book, the second volume of the series, mobiles, and the U.S. becomes the most powerful nation on presents a sweeping fantasy of magic, war, , and Earth. . . . Disparities in wealth have produced a society that love [which] is set in a world where Shakespeare’s charac- seems headed towards social collapse. Unrest has spurred ters dwell and Shakespeare himself is an absent god strug- the formation of a labor-union movement, many of whose gling with a heavy conscience. The second volume builds to members and organizers are dropping like flies, killed in in- the climactic finale of Hamlet’s quest to find the creatorgod explicable circumstances. . . . Enter quasi-policeman Hayes Shakespeare and return peace to a land torn apart by an evil to sort things out. He’s a highly troubled man but also seems army led by Richard III and Lady Macbeth. Joined by love to have psychic gifts rivaling in scale the intellectual gifts of interest Juliet, the warrior Othello, the wise fool Falstaff, and Kulahee.” (Booklist) the spy Iago, Hamlet has built an army of rebels, the prodi- gals, who hold off their enemies while he searches for their Bennett, Robert Jackson creator. But even victory comes at a cost as friends and foes The troupe; Robert Jackson Bennett. Orbit die in a great final battle. (Publishers Wkly) 2012 505p. ISBN 9780316187527 Bell, Alden LC 2011018068 The reapers are the angels; a novel. Alden Bell. The author melds an energetic reimagining of medieval Henry Holt and Company 2010 225p. pa $15 with [a] . . . backdrop of impresarios, puppeteers, and ISBN 9780805092431; 0805092439 amazing feats of strength in this tale of turn-of-the-century LC 2009048158 vaudevillians. The performances of Hieronomo Harry Sile- nus’s quartet leave dazzled yet unable to remem-

5 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT ber what they have seen. Teen piano prodigy George Carole, dered, Zinzi is drawn into an investigation that involves teen believing that Harry is his father, joins the quartet and learns pop stars, sleazy record producers, and ethics-challenged their actual mission: to sing the song of creation that keeps newspapermen.” (Publishers Weekly) the world alive and safe. As darkness closes in, the exhaust- ed and increasingly fractious performers gamble everything Beverley, Jo for one more bit of the song. (Publishers Wkly) Winter Fire; Jo Beverley. New American Li- brary 2003 311p Malloren chronicles (pbk.) $7.99 Bergman, Megan Mayhew ISBN 0451210654 Birds of a lesser paradise; stories. Megan May- LC 2004572913 hew Bergman. Scribner 2012 224p. In this book, “Genova Smith convinces her employers, ISBN 9781451643350; 9781451643367; the elderly Trayce ladies, to let her bring an abandoned baby 9781451643374 with them to a Christmas party at Rothgar Abbey, even as LC 2011019400 she does her best to get the Marquess of Ashart, the man she This book features a collection of [short] stories, most of mistakenly believes to be the father, to accept responsibility them revolving around motherhood, animals and conflicting for his actions. Ash has no intention of claiming the child, loyalties. . . . [In] Housewifely Arts, a single mom drives but he agrees to accompany his great aunts to the holiday her 7-year-old son nine hours south to a roadside zoo near fete. . . . When she is caught with Ash in a seemingly com- Myrtle Beach in hopes of hearing one last time her mother’s promising situation, Genova agrees to a pretend betrothal voice . . . or rather the perfect mimicry of that voice by the but has no intention of giving in to her desires for the wick- 36-year-old African gray parrot. . . . In The Cow That Milked edly handsome Ash.” (Booklist) Herself, a young mother-to-be gets an ultrasound in the of- fice of her husband, a loving but distracted and harried vet- Bhattacharya, Rahul erinarian. . . . In Every Vein a Tooth, a woman who shelters The sly company of people who care; Rahul refugee animals . . . watches helplessly as her boyfriend . Bhattacharya. 1st American ed. Farrar, Straus and . . drifts away. . . . The woman’s response is . . . to carry Giroux 2011 278p. on as she always has, no matter the human consequences. ISBN 0374265852; 9780374265854; 978-0-374- (Kirkus) 26585-4; 0-374-26585-2 LC 2010047596 Berry, Steve “The narrator of this novel journeys into Guyana’s inte- The third secret; a novel. Steve Berry. Bal- rior to seek answers about the country’s past.” (N Y Times lantine Books 2005 400p. map (hc. : alk. paper) Book Rev) $24.95 ISBN 0345476131; 034547614X Billingsley, ReShonda Tate LC 2005045759 Let the church say amen; ReShonda Tate Bill- This book’s background takes place in “Fatima, Portu- ingsley. 2004 ix, 277p Amen series gal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant chil- (pbk.) $6.99 dren, sharing with them three secrets, two of which are soon ISBN 0743477146; 9780743477147 revealed to the world. The third secret is sealed away in the LC 2004050397 Vatican, read only by popes, and not disclosed until the year This book tells the story of “Reverend Simon Jackson 2000. . . . Vatican City, present day: Papal secretary Father [who] has always felt destined to lead, and he’s done a good Colin Michener is concerned for the Pope. . . . When Pope job of it -- having transformed his small Houston church Clement sends Michener to the Romanian highlands, then to into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. a Bosnian holy site, in search of a priest, . . . [he] finds him- But while the good Reverend’s been busy tending his flock, self embroiled in murder, . . . deceit, and his forbidden pas- his family’s gone astray. His nineteen-year-old daughter, sion for a beloved woman. . . . [I]n , . . . he learns Rachel, gives new meaning to ‘baby mama drama.’ David, that the third secret of Fatima may dictate the very fate of the the oldest at twenty-seven, has been spiraling into a life of Church–a fate now lying in Michener’s own hands.” (Pub- crime ever since his promising football career came to an lisher’s note) end. Blessedly, Jonathan, Simon’s beloved middle child, is in control of his life and is poised to take his side as associate Beukes, Lauren pastor -- or so everybody thinks.” (Publisher’s note) Zoo city; Lauren Beukes. Angry Robot 2011 317p. (pbk.) $15 Binet, Laurent, 1972- ISBN 9780857662163  HHhH; Laurent Binet; translated from the LC 2010475248 French by Sam Taylor. Farrar, Straus and Giroux This book, the winner of the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, offers a “parallel world . . . [where] those who cause 2012 327p. ISBN 0374169918; 9780374169916 someone’s death are both blessed and cursed with compan- LC 2011046063 ion animals who mark them as killers while giving them spe- In this book, which “[t]ak[es] its title from the German cial powers. In a run-down slum in Johannesburg, journalist for ‘Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich,’ [author Laurent] and former addict Zinzi December uses the power provided Binet . . . tells two stories: primarily that of the daring mis- by her Sloth to find lost objects, supplementing her meager sion to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the prominent Nazi income by running 419 scams. When a rich client is mur- Protector of Bohemia and Moravia known as . . . ‘The Man

6 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS with the Iron Heart’. . . . It is also, however, the metafic- ’s Costa Brava for their vacation. . . . War games are tional tale of Binet’s struggles with shaping the story.” Udo’s passion, and he’s the German champion . . . [and] (Publishers Weekly) he’s brought with him a World War II game, the eponymous Third Reich. . . . [T]he core of the novel [is] the game and Bisson, Terry . . . [Udo’s] obsession with a mysterious, badly scarred guy Numbers don’t lie; Terry Bisson. Tachyon Pub- known as El Quemado (the Burn Victim). . . . No one is sure lications 2005 176p of his background; South America? There’s even a sugges- ISBN 1892391325; 9781892391322 tion he’s the re-incarnation of an Incan warrior. At first Udo This collection of science fiction short stories is centered idealizes him as a , but he’s plenty smart, a po- around “Wilson Wu. . . . No piker, Wu manages to walk, in etry lover. Udo teaches him the game; El Quemado catches ‘one long step for mankind,’ from an auto repair garage in on fast. Power shifts from the cocksure Udo to his humble a nondescript part of Brooklyn directly to the moon in ‘The opponent as the German crumbles, on the board and off.” Hole in the Hole.’ He even brings back half of a buggy (Kirkus) left behind by astronauts and casually explains the situation “Not long after his death, [Bolaño’s] heirs discovered as ‘a periodic incongruent neotopological metaeuclidean an unpublished manuscript, The Third Reich, written more adjacency.’ In the second tale, ‘The Edge of the Universe,’ than 20 years ago, and now translated into English by Na- Wu saves the expanding universe from shrinking. Finally, he tasha Wimmer. While it might not feature the narrative fire- patches ‘a hole in the fabric of space-time’ in ‘Get Me to the works of his award-winning The Savage Detectives (1998) Church on Time.’” (Publishers Weekly) or the sprawl of 2666, it’s no less brilliant. . . . The novel chronicles a month in the life of Udo Berger, a young Blackstock, Terri German on vacation in northeast Spain with his girlfriend, Ingeborg. Udo is a prodigy, a widely respected master of Shadow in serenity; Terri Blackstock. Zonder- ‘war games’ — a type of strategy-based board game popu- van 2011 352p. lar among hobbyists in the 1970s and 1980s. He plans to ISBN 9780310332312; 9780310332329 use his time off to research an article he’s writing about The This book tells the story of Carny Sullivan, who “grew Third Reich, a challenging World War II simulation . . . . up in the zany world of a traveling carnival. Quaint and His plans are derailed, though, once he and Ingeborg meet peaceful Serenity, , has given her a home, a life, and Charly, a charming, impulsive fellow German tourist, and El a child. Logan Brisco is the smoothest, slickest, handsom- Quemado (‘The Burned One’), a mysterious beach dweller est man Serenity, Texas has ever seen. But Carny Sullivan who shows an unexpected interest in the game. After Charly knows a con artist when she sees one . . . [F]rom his Italian disappears while windsurfing, it doesn’t take long for Udo to shoes to his movie-actor smile, Logan has the rest of the realize that no amount of skill or strategy can keep his life town snowed. Carny is determined to Brisco’s selfish from falling apart.” NPR intentions before his promise to the townspeople for a cut in a giant amusement park sucks Serenity dry. Yet, as much Bond, Larry as she hates his winning ways, there is a man behind that suave smile, a man who may win her heart against her will.” Exit plan; Larry Bond. Forge 2012 412p. ISBN 0765331462; 9780765331465; 9781429957052 (Publisher’s note) LC 2011277667 This military novel depicts a tale of SEAL ad- Blake, Robin ventures and global politics. . . . [T]wo high-level members A dark anatomy; Robin Blake. Macmillan 2011 of the Iranian military conclude that their nuclear engineers 359p. map $11.04 won’t be able to build an atomic weapon anytime soon. ISBN 023074835X; 9780230748354 They come up with a desperate plan: pretend to be readying LC 2011431238 a nuclear test to trick the Israelis and into imple- In this mystery novel, “[t]he Lancashire estate of Garlick menting a first strike. This action will secure the backing of Hall is the scene of a gruesome murder and Titus Cragg, the rest of the Arab world in a regional war against Israel. lawyer and coroner, is called upon to investigate and arrange Proof of this plan rests with two disaffected Iranians, Shirin a coroner’s jury. When Dolores Brockletower, the wife of Naseri, who works in a nuclear lab, and her husband, Yousef, the squire, is found with her throat cut in the woods near her an officer in the country’s air defenses. After the couple offer home, Titus calls upon his friend doctor Luke Fidelis to help proof to the CIA, a SEAL team sets out to bring them out of investigate. . . . [W]hen the corpse is stolen . . . it is obvi- Iran. (Publishers Weekly) ous someone is willing to go to great lengths to prevent an investigation.” (Kirkus) Bourne, Joanna  The black hawk; Joanna Bourne. Berkley Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003 Sensation 2011 336p.  The Third Reich; a novel. Translated from ISBN 9780425244531 pa; 9781410447456 the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. 1st American ed. LC 2012659025 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011 277p. $25 This espionage thriller tells the story of two spies. “Adri- ISBN 9780374275624; 978-0-374-27562-4; an Hawker spied on France for England while Justine De- 9781250013934 Cabrillac gathered intelligence for the Police Sècrete. They LC 2011025798 were teens when they met in Paris in 1794, and as they grew This book tells the story of “Udo Berger and his girl- up, their paths crossed often in a changing world. Sometimes friend Ingeborg, in their 20s, [who] arrive on they were on the same side, and sometimes they were op-

7 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT posed, but it was inevitable that they fall bittersweetly in to death. Joe has his doubts about Will’s ‘suicide,’ but little love, knowing that any minute duty could take precedence time to investigate given other distractions: a vast and re- over passion. Their tempestuous love affair unfolds in flash- mote territory to patrol, questionable practices by a hunting backs, alternating with scenes from 1818 London, where outfitter, pressure to approve an exclusive housing develop- somebody tries to kill Justine and frame Hawker, now head ment on a wildlife trail and protests by animal rights activ- of the British Intelligence Service with as many enemies in ists. At home, Joe’s contentious wife, Marybeth, deals with England as in France.” (Publishers Weekly) mysterious threats and daughter Sheridan’s teenage angst. To complicate matters further, Joe’s reputation as a hard- Box, C. J. headed law enforcer, unwilling to politics, precedes  Free fire; by C.J. Box. G.P. Putnam’s Sons him.” (Publishers Weekly) 2007 352p map Joe Pickett mysteries o.p.; (pbk.) $7.99; o.p. Boyd, William ISBN 9780399154270; 9780425221242; 0399154272 Waiting for sunrise; a novel. . LC 2007000539 Harper 2012 353p. In this book, “Joe Pickett, having recently been fired ISBN 9780061876769 from his job as a Wyoming game warden, is working on his LC 2011036857 father-in-law’s ranch when he receives a call from the gov- This book follows, former espionage agent . . . Lysander ernor’s office . . . [regarding] McCann, a lawyer who Rief . . . [i]n 1913 Vienna, [who,] having gone to consult a slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a far-off corner Freudian psychoanalyst . . . for a sexual problem, . . . en- of Yellowstone National Park. After the murders, McCann counters Hettie Bull, a highly strung expat Englishwoman of immediately turned himself in at the nearest park ranger sta- potent carnal enchantment. Though Hettie lives with some- tion. . . . [But] the crimes were committed in a thin sliver one and Rief is engaged to be married to an English actress, of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction, the they begin an affair. But she accuses him of raping her and so-called free-fire zone. McCann had taken advantage of a hes arrested, only to be rescued by British diplomatic of- loophole in the law: neither the state of Wyoming nor the ficials, kicking off a web of intrigue that enmeshes Rief in federal government can try him for his crime, so he walks ever more mysterious circumstances. The action moves to out of prison a free man. Governor Rulon . . . wants his own wartime France, Geneva, and London, where Rief is made investigation into the murders. The governor will reinstate to pay for his freedom by undertaking dangerous espionage Joe as a game warden if he’ll go to Yellowstone to investi- missions. (Publishers Weekly) gate.” (Publisher’s note) Boyden, Joseph Box, C. J. Three-day road; a novel. Joseph Boyden. Viking Open season; C.J. Box. G.P. Putnam 2001 2005 354p. o.p.; (pbk.) $15 293p. Joe Pickett mysteries (pbk.) $7.99; (acid-free ISBN 0670034312; 9780143037071 paper) o.p. LC 2004066149 ISBN 9780425185469; 0399147489 This book follows “Cree Indians Xavier Bird and Eli- LC 00050992 jah Whiskyjack [who] join the Canadian Army in 1915 This book “introduc[es] Wyoming game warden Joe . . . expect[ing] to go to France, become warriors and kill Pickett . . . [who] is struggling to fill the shoes of his men- Germans. What they don’t expect is that the war will drive tor, legendary Vern Dunnegan, as warden of Twelve Sleep one of them mad and make the other a morphine-addicted County, and trying to support his wife and growing family cripple. . . . Elijah is outgoing and boastful, while Xavier is on the meager salary he makes. The hours are long, the work quiet and reserved, but both are deadly efficient soldiers. A hard but satisfying, and Joe’s honesty and integrity would parallel story line tells of Niska, Xavier’s aunt, a Cree Indian pay off if he could avoid ‘bonehead moves’ like . . . allow- prophet and healer, as she tells of the sad decline of Cree ing a poacher to grab Joe’s firearm from him. When that . . . culture and waits for her nephew to come home. . . . [O]ne of poacher turns up dead and bloodied in Joe’s woodpile with the men’s addiction to drugs and killing causes him to take only a cooler containing unidentified animal scat, his life, extreme risks; when he finally commits murder to hide the livelihood and family will never be the same. . . . [The plot ugly truth, his friend sees only one solution to save his own includes] local political and bureaucratic intrigue, a high- soul.” (Publishers Weekly) stakes pipeline scheme and an endangered species that Joe’s eldest daughter ‘discovers.’” (Publishers Weekly) Boyle, Elizabeth Along Came a Duke; Rhymes with Love. Eliza- Box, C. J. beth Boyle. Avon 2012 384p. Out of range; C.J. Box. G.P. Putnam’s Sons ISBN 0062089064; 9780062089069 2005 308p. Joe Pickett mysteries (acid-free paper) In this novel, author Elizabeth Boyle o.p.; (pbk.) $7.99 launches the Rhymes with Love Regency series with this . . ISBN 0399152911; 9780425209455 . Cinderella story. The duke of Preston is the worst sort of LC 2004060141 rake, ruining young men with reckless wagers and seduc- In this “fifth Joe Picket novel, . . . the Wyoming game ing innocent misses during parties. Tabitha Timmons is an warden is temporarily transferred from his backwater base, orphan who lives with her aunt and uncle and works her Saddlestring, to Jackson, a sophisticated tourist mecca, to fingers to the bone as a scullery maid. A sensible girl who replace warden Will Jensen, who apparently shot himself speaks her mind, she immediately pegs Preston as a ne’er- do-well. It takes a late-night dinner and an impromptu danc-

8 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS ing lesson for her to sense hints of Prince Charming. Tabitha and the peculiar goings-on in nearby Gibbet Wood—where may be naive about many things, but she is resourceful and young Robin Ingleby was found hanging...... While the practical when it comes to saving herself from greedy rela- local police do their best to keep up with Flavia in solving tives interested in her inheritance. (Publishers Weekly) Rupert’s murder, his killer may pull Flavia in way over her head.” (Publisher’s note) Bradley, Alan I am half-sick of ; Alan Bradley. Dela- Brewer, Sonny corte Press 2011 297p. Flavia De Luce mysteries The poet of Tolstoy Park; a novel. Sonny Brew- ISBN 9780385344012 (hardback); 9780345532152 er. Ballantine Books 2005 xi, 254p map $21.95; (); 0385344015 (pbk.) $15 LC 2011022373 ISBN 034547631X; 9780345476326 This book tells the story of “the precocious Flavia de LC 2005297258 Luce -- an eleven-year-old-sleuth with a passion for chem- This work of “chronicles the real-life istry and a penchant for crime solving. . . . [W]hen a film journey of Henry Stuart, who, in 1925 at the age of 67, is crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces’ decaying English diagnosed with consumption and told he only has a year to estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern live. Henry decides to leave his home in Idaho. . . . [He] . . . nobody is prepared for the evening’s shocking conclu- chooses a small plot of land in Fairhope, Alabama, as his sion: a body found, past midnight, strangled to death with a final residence, and he corresponds with a man named Peter length of film.” (Publisher’s note) “Despite the murder and Stedman in order to get the supplies to build a house. On the subsequent investigation, ‘Shadows’ is more about the de train to Alabama, Henry gives his shoes away to a porter and Luce family than anything else. . . . [T]he real plot revolves determines to live out the rest of his days in solitude. But around Flavia’s simultaneous desire to understand more life might have other plans for him: on the final leg of his about the de Luces and nervousness about what she might journey he meets a friendly schoolteacher named Kate, and learn.” (arts.nationalpost.com) Peter also seeks to develop a rapport with Henry. Henry tries to shut them all out until one life-altering night gives him a Bradley, Alan new perspective.” (Booklist) The sweetness at the bottom of the pie; Alan Bradley. Delacorte Press 2009 373p Flavia De Luce Brin, David mysteries (pbk.) $15 Existence; David Brin. Tor 2012 556p. (hard- ISBN 9780385343497; 9780385342308 cover) $27.99 LC 2008041787 ISBN 9780765303615; 9781429946964 This book follows “11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. . LC 2012017272 . . In an early 1950s English village, Flavia is preoccupied This science fiction book tells the story of “Gerald Liv- with retaliating against her lofty older when a rude, ingston [who] is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred redheaded stranger arrives to confront her eccentric father, years, people have been abandoning things in space, and a philatelic devotee. Equally adept at quoting 18th-century someone has to clean it up. But there’s something spinning works, listening at keyholes and picking locks, Flavia learns a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn’t on that her father, Colonel de Luce, may be involved in the sui- the decades’ old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and cide of his long-ago schoolmaster and the theft of a priceless brings it in, rumors fill Earth’s infomesh about an ‘alien stamp. The sudden expiration of the stranger in a cucumber artifact.’ Thrown into the maelstrom of worldwide shared bed, wacky village characters with ties to the schoolmaster, experience, the Artifact is a game-changer. A message in and a sharp inspector with doubts about the colonel and his a bottle; an alien capsule that wants to communicate. The enterprising young detective daughter mean complications world reacts as humans always do: with fear and hope and for Flavia.” (Publishers Weekly) selfishness and love and violence. And insatiable curiosity.” (Publisher’s note) Bradley, Alan The weed that strings the hangman’s bag; a Fla- Brin, David via de Luce mystery. Alan Bradley. Delacorte Press Born to darkness; Suzanne Brockmann. Ballan- 2010 364p map Flavia De Luce mysteries $24 tine Books 2012 416p. Fighting destiny ISBN 9780385342315 ISBN 9780345521279; 9780345521293 LC 2009043002 LC 2012003863 This is the second mystery novel featuring girl detective This book is set “in the not-too-distant future, [in which] Flavia de Luce, introduced in The Sweetness at the Bottom is a war zone. A new drug, Destiny, keeps people in of the Pie (2009). When master puppeteer Robert Porson’s perfect physical shape while driving them insane. It’s manu- “van breaks down in the village of Bishop’s Lacey, Flavia factured from the hormones of preteen girls procured by the . . . helps Rupert and his charming assistant, Nialla, put to- nefarious Organization. Trying to combat the tide are em- gether a performance in the local church. . . . But even as the path Michelle ‘Mac’ Mackenzie of the Obermeyer Institute, newcomers . . . set the stage for Jack and the Beanstalk, there which teaches ‘Greater-Thans’ to harness their supernatural are signs that something just isn’t right: Nialla’s strange powers for good, and blacklisted former Navy SEAL Shane bruises and solitary cries in the churchyard, Rupert’s unex- Laughlin. The Greater-Thans race to save the girls before the plained disappearances and a violent argument with his BBC Organization discards them.” (Publishers Weekly) producer, the disturbing atmosphere at Culverhouse Farm,

9 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Brockmann, Suzanne women. When the sisters return to their childhood home, os- Born to darkness; Suzanne Brockmann. Ballan- tensibly to care for their ailing mother, but really to lick their tine Books 2012 416p. Fighting destiny wounds and bury their secrets, they are horrified to find the ISBN 9780345521279; 9780345521293 others there. . . . But the sisters soon discover that everything LC 2012003863 they’ve been running from—one another, their small home- This book is set “in the not-too-distant future, [in town, and themselves—might offer more than they ever ex- which] Boston is a war zone. A new drug, Destiny, keeps pected.” (Publisher’s note) people in perfect physical shape while driving them insane. It’s manufactured from the hormones of preteen girls pro- Brown, Stacia M. cured by thenefarious Organization. Trying to combat the Accidents of providence; Stacia M. Brown. tide are empath Michelle `Mac’ Mackenzie of the Ober- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012 x, 259p. meyer Institute,which teaches `Greater-Thans’ to harness ISBN 0547490801; 9780547840116; 9780547490809 their supernatural powers for good, and blacklisted for- LC 2011015933 mer Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin. The Greater-Thans race This work of historical fiction tells the story of a murder to save the girls before the Organization discards them.” case “against Rachel Lockyer, an unmarried glovemaker’s (Publishers Weekly) apprentice, for breaking the 1624 ‘ to Prevent the De- stroying and Murdering of Bastard Children.’ No one ques- Brockway, Connie tions that Rachel buried her infant daughter; the case hinges The golden season; Connie Brockway. Onyx on whether the child was born dead. . . . [Criminal investi- 2010 388p. (pbk.) $7.99 gator Thomas] Bartwain is increasingly uneasy, especially ISBN 9780451412836; 0451412834 when he finds a flaw in the law. Meanwhile Rachel remains LC 2010479420 largely silent . . . because she does not want to expose Wil- This book follows “Lydia Eastlake, . . . the toast of the liam Walwyn, who has been her adulterous lover. . . . Wal- town . . . [who] never thought her considerable fortune wyn is a well-known leader of the Levelers, a human-rights would ever run out. Now she is left with one option if she advocacy group that originally supported [political leader doesn’t want to learn how to economize: find a wealthy man Oliver] Cromwell and is now under attack. . . . Events in the to marry before word of her financial reversal gets out. After plot are based on historical incidents.” (Kirkus) meeting kind and sexy Captain Ned Lockton, Lydia thinks she may have found her perfect match, but what she doesn’t Browne, S. G. know is that Ned, whose own family is rapidly draining the Lucky bastard; S.G. Browne. Gallery Books ancestral coffers, is hunting for a spouse too, and only heir- 2012 358p. esses need apply.” (Booklist) ISBN 1451657196; 9781451657197; 9781451657203 LC 2011050997 Bronsky, Alina This supernaturally themed comedy novel from [S.G.] The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine; trans- Browne introduces P.I. Nick Monday . . . [who] is . . . one lated from German by Tim Mohr. Europa Editions of the few hundred people in America who are able to poach 2011 304p. luck, and then sell it on the black market. . . . Nick’s trouble begins when a knockout named Tuesday Knight breezes in ISBN 9781609450069 pa with an offer of $100,000 to recover her father’s stolen luck. This book tells the story of “Rosa Achmetowna . . . Not long after, a Chinese crime boss named Tommy Wong [who] lives in a cramped Soviet apartment with her husband, tries to strong-arm Nick into poaching a particularly rare teenage daughter Sulfia, and a nosy, disagreeable roommate. form of luck. Meanwhile, a couple of government agents are . . . [W]hen the ‘rather stupid’ Sulfia winds up pregnant, on Nick’s tail, and who knows what motivates the mysteri- Rosa immediately tries a variety of crude home remedies ous Scooter Girl orbiting around the whole scene. (Kirkus) for aborting Sulfia’s baby—but nine months later, Aminat is born.” (Publishers Weekly) “When Aminat, now a wild and willful teenager, catches the eye of a sleazy German Buckley, Fiona cookbook writer researching Tartar cuisine, Rosa is quick to Queen of ambition; an Ursula Blanchard mystery broker a deal that will guarantee all three women a passage at Queen Elizabeth I’s court. Fiona Buckley. Scrib- out of the Soviet Union. But as soon as they are settled in the ner 2002 286p. Ursula Blanchard mysteries $23 West, the . . . dysfunctional ties that bind mother, daughter ISBN 0743202643 and grandmother begin to fray.” (Publisher’s note) LC 2001049558 In this novel, “Ursula Blanchard, lady-in-waiting and es- Brown, Eleanor pionage agent to Queen Elizabeth I, . . . deal[s] with murder The weird sisters; Eleanor Brown. Amy Ein- and intrigue in [author Fiona] Buckley’s fifth . . . Elizabe- horn Books/G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2011 320p. than mystery. . . . In the early summer of 1564, Ursula is ISBN 0399157220; 9780399157226; 978-0-399- at Withysham, her country manor house, where she and her 15722-6 eight-year-old daughter are waiting for the plague to end in LC 2010029599 France. . . . Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth is preparing a Roy- “There is no problem that a library card can’t solve. al Progress to Cambridge University. Ordered to court ear- The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a . . . lier than expected, Ursula learns that the queen’s Secretary Shakespeare professor who speaks almost entirely in verse, of State, Sir William Cecil, is fearful about a student play to has named his three daughters after famous Shakespearean be presented to the queen just after she enters the town and

10 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS greets the public. Ursula and her good friend, Rob Hender- life threatened but forges on, unraveling the conspiracy and, son, are sent ahead to investigate.” (Publishers Weekly) ultimately, making a fateful decision regarding her future.” (Publishers Weekly) Buckley, Fiona Queen without a crown; Fiona Buckley. Crème Buckley, Fiona de la Crime 2012 240p. Ursula Blanchard mysteries The fugitive queen; an Ursula Blanchard mys- ISBN 9781780290140 tery at Queen Elizabeth I’s court. Fiona Buckley. This book follows Ursula Blanchard, a “spy and lady-in- Scribner 2003 277p. Ursula Blanchard mysteries waiting” for Queen Elizabeth I of England. “Elizabeth wants $24 Ursula to sniff out possible traitors by visiting targeted sites ISBN 074323751X near the border. The queen knows Ursula is already working LC 2003045736 on a case for a young royal messenger named Mark, who . . . This historical novel “feature[s] Ursula Blanchard, half- needs to clear his late father’s name. The father was wrong- sister, confidant and agent of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1568, the fully accused of a poisoning death some 20 years ago, and queen summons Ursula to court ostensibly because Ursula’s only proof of innocence will satisfy the parents of Mark’s ward, Penelope Mason, has been paying too much attention intended. . . . Ursula gets a break in this cold case from a to a married music master. Ursula travels with Penelope to portrait artist. If Ursula can find the portrait of Mark’s father, the north of England to find a husband for her ward, but her she might save Mark from a broken heart. Since the painting real mission is to convey a very private verbal message di- is probably in a home near the Scottish border, she combines rectly to Mary Tudor, formerly Queen of Scots, who’s held her two missions. Before long, the clever and gutsy Ursula captive in isolated Bolton Castle. Ursula also seeks to learn is riding for her life.” (Libr J) what role Mary may have had in the recent mysterious death of her husband, Lord Darnley. Ursula suffers considerable Buckley, Fiona pain, anxiety and concern for her own daughter in the pro- Queen’s ; a mystery at Queen Elizabeth’s cess.” (Publishers Weekly) court: featuring Ursula Blanchard. Fiona Buckley. Scribner 2000 348p Ursula Blanchard mysteries Buckley, Fiona $23.00 The siren queen; an Ursula Blanchard mystery at ISBN 0684862670 Queen Elizabeth I’s court. Fiona Buckley. Scribner LC 99036455 2004 277p Ursula Blanchard mysteries $25 This novel features “Ursula Blanchard, the heroine of ISBN 0743237528; 9780743237529 [author Fiona] Buckley’s . . . historical mystery series, of LC 2004045284 which this is the third entry. . . . This time out, the 27-year- This book follows “Ursula Blanchard, half sister to old lady-in-waiting is sent on a dangerous mission to France Queen Elizabeth I and occasional spy for the realm. . . . on the brink of civil war. In an effort to mitigate the threats While paying a reluctant visit to the seemingly foolish duke from Spain and France, 28-year-old Queen Elizabeth I wish- of Norfolk to discuss the possibility of an early betrothal for es to negotiate accords among the warring French Catholics her young daughter, Ursula learns that her host has been con- and Protestants, and to secure her support among the lat- ducting an ill-considered correspondence with the incarcer- ter. Since Ursula had planned to accompany the father of ated Mary, queen of Scots. Determined to leave the duke’s her deceased husband (Luke Blanchard) on a trip to retrieve estate before the impressionable Meg becomes even more his young ward from the Loire valley, Elizabeth entrusts her besotted with the icy Edmund Dean, she is prevented from with a letter to be personally delivered to Catherine, Queen returning home by the brutal murders of a courier and a ser- of France. . . . On her guard, she sets out for Paris to com- vant. As Ursula attempts to untangle a treasonous web of plete her mission.” (Publishers Weekly) deceit and double-cross, she places her own life in danger in order to protect the queen and the sister she has pledged to Buckley, Fiona love and serve in secrecy.” (Booklist) The doublet affair; a mystery at Queen Elizabeth I’s court: featuring Ursula Blanchard. Fiona Buckley. Bunn, T. Davis Scribner 1998 294p. Ursula Blanchard mysteries Lion of Babylon; Davis Bunn. Bethany House (hbk.) o.p.; (pbk.) $22.99 2011 378p. ISBN 0684838427; 9780743489089 ISBN 9780764209932; 0764209930; 9780764209055 LC 98043016 pa; 0764209051 pa This book follows “Ursula Blanchard, . . . lady-in- LC 2011008207 waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, [who] is the only female spy This book tells the story of “[a]n unlikely American op- employed by the queen’s right-hand man, William Cecil. . . erative [who] has to infiltrate the inner circles of Iraqi poli- . Ursula is requested by the queen and Cecil to retire tem- tics and culture to save the life of a friend and three compan- porarily from court and to stay . . . at the home of Leonard ions who have gone mysteriously missing. Marc Royce is and Ann Mason, who are suspected of harboring sympathies surprised to be taken in by an Iraqi family that thinks the dis- for the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. Working undercov- appearances may be connected to the kidnapping of dozens er as a , Ursula seeks to gather information on a of children.” (Publishers Weekly) “Marc must unravel the conspiracy that may involve a London clockmaker and the truth in a covert operation requiring utmost secrecy -- from Masons’ tutor. She is helped significantly by her married ser- both the Americans and the insurgents. But even more secret vants, Fern Dale and Roger Brockley. . . . Ursula finds her than the operation is the underground dialogue

11 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT taking place between sworn enemies. Will the ultimate Rec- Burrowes, onciler between ancient enemies, current foes, and fanatical The heir; Grace Burrowes. Sourcebooks Casa- religious factions be heard?” (Publisher’s note) blanca 2010 471p. Windham novels ISBN 1402244347; 9781402244346 Burney, Claudia Mair In this romance novel, “The earl of Westhaven is deter- Wounded; a love story. Claudia Mair Burney. mined to avoid his father’s marital machinations by remain- David C. Cook 2008 362p. (pbk.) $14.99 ing in sweltering London while Society departs for the coun- ISBN 9781434799388 try. Westhaven takes great pleasure in his well-run house- LC 2008931895 hold until his new housekeeper, Anna Seaton, mistakes his In this book, “[p]oor in health but rich in faith, Gina Mer- intentions toward a chambermaid and knocks him flat with ritt—a young, broke, African-American single mother—sits a fireplace poker. Anna is too educated and polished to have in a pew on Ash Wednesday and has a holy vision. When it been born to service, but she makes a tender nurse. As their fades, her palms are bleeding. Anthony Priest, the junkie sit- affections grow, Westhaven believes he’s found a candidate ting beside her, instinctively touches her when she cries out, for marriage who would please him and satisfy his father, but Gina flees in shock and pain. A prize-winning journalist but Anna refuses Westhaven’s proposal. Her hidden back- before drugs destroyed his career, Anthony is flooded with a ground contains ugly obligations, and she’s determined to sense of well-being and knows he is cured of his addiction. keep outrunning them even as he tries to change her mind.” Without understanding why, Anthony follows Gina home to (Publishers Weekly) find some answers. Together they search for an answer to this miraculous event and along the way they cross paths Burrowes, Grace with a skeptical evangelical pastor, a gentle Catholic priest, The soldier; Grace Burrowes. Sourcebooks Cas- a . . . religious zealot, and a . . . transvestite drug dealer.” ablanca 2011 410p. Windham novels (Publisher’s note) ISBN 140224567X; 9781402245671 This historical romance novel is a “Regency-era tale of Burns, Charles a duke’s illegitimate son and a countryside baker. Rewarded  Black hole; Charles Burns. for his military service with a title and a long-neglected es- 2005 1 v. ill. $29.95 tate, Devlin St. Just’s attempt to find peace is disrupted by ISBN 9780375714726; 9780375423802; 037542380X the young bastard daughter of the estate’s previous owner. LC 2005046431 Feeling responsible for her, Devlin invites little Winnie and This book takes place in “[s]uburban Seattle, [in] the her aunt, Emmaline Farnum, into his home. Emmie feels mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague swept along but can’t resist the opportunity to stay close to has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by her niece. As Emmie and Devlin become confidantes, her sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number friendship, insight, and ample charms help him heal from of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and his emotional war wounds, but Emmie’s precarious posi- concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no tion in the community and shattering secrets drive her to flee turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key charac- even if it means leaving Winnie--and her heart--behind.” ters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who (Publishers Weekly) are about to get it — what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even Butcher, Jim to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinat- Proven guilty; a novel of the Dresden files. Jim ing and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation Butcher. ROC 2006 404p Dresden files o.p.; (pa- itself — the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and perback) $9.99 ennui, the for escape. And then the murders start.” ISBN 0451460855 (hardcover); 9780451461032 (Publisher’s note) LC 2005030130 In this novel, “Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only consulting Burrowes, Grace wizard, takes on phobophages, creatures that feed on fear Lady Maggie’s secret scandal; Grace Burrowes. who attack a horror film convention, in the . . . eighth install- Sourcebooks Casablanca 2012 416p $7.99 ment of [author Jim] Butcher’s increasingly complicated ISBN 9781402263774 Dresden Files series. . . . Harry finds that fighting monsters In this romance novel, thirty, independent, and firmly on is only the prelude to maneuvers amid the warring wizards the shelf, Lady Magdalene Windham, the adopted illegiti- of the Council and the Court. Less and mate daughter of the Duke of Moreland, lives a quiet, sedate less V.I. Warshawski with witchcraft, Harry aims his deduc- life. But Maggie is being plagued by her past, and when her tive powers at political intrigues rather than crime solving. . reticule goes missing--and with it some letters she is desper- . . Harry, taking on an apprentice, has to face up to the conse- ate to have back--she goes to her family’s discreet, incred- quences of his all-too-human failings.” (Publishers Weekly) ibly observant private investigator, Benjamin Hazlit, the one man who can help her. Although he hides it, Ben quickly Buzzelli, Elizabeth Kane realizes that Maggie is not revealing the whole truth; getting Dead dogs and Englishmen; Elizabeth Kane her to trust him with her secrets--or her heart--is not going Buzzelli. Midnight Ink 2011 346p. An Emily Kin- to be easy. (Libr J) caid mystery; #4 ISBN 0738718785; 9780738718781 LC 2011005658

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This book follows “gruff Deputy Dolly Wakowski,” Bá, Gabriel who in this episode of the series “finds herself pregnant,  Daytripper; Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá; with [and] [f]reelancer Emily Kincaid. . . . Their lives keep in- coloring by Dave Stewart; lettering by Sean Konot; tersecting over murders . . . that Emily helps Dolly solve [introduction by Craig Thompson]. Vertigo 2011 while writing them up for the Northern Statesman. This time they must identify (Mexican?) woman shot in 247p chiefly col. ill. ISBN 9781401229696; 9781451713947 the back of the head in a deserted house. . . . Off the pair go LC 2010941519 to question migrants, who are skipping town at an alarming This , winner of the Eisner Award, tells the rate after dead dogs are left on their doorsteps. Meanwhile, story of “Brás de Oliva Domingos, [who] writes obituaries Emily’s ex . . . has befriended eccentric Cecil Hawke, and for a Brazilian paper but dreams of writing novels like his convinced the wealthy Englishman that Emily can edit his famous father and seizing love and life as his friend Jorge manuscript. . . . But when Emily starts reading, the manu- urges. We glimpse nine episode is Brás’s life: first , script is . . . about two friends on a killing spree, one of glimpse of true love, son’s birth, and more--and at the end whom has a gnawed-off finger just like Cecil’s.” (Kirkus) of each episode comes ‘what if?’ What if Brás dies that day? Readers are presented with nine obituaries for Brás at differ- Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- ent ages, i.e., nine endings to his story.” (Libr J)  Ragnarok; A.S. Byatt. Grove Press 2011 177p. ill. ISBN 1-84767-064-4; 978-1-84767-064-9; 9780802129925; 9780753188842 C LC 2011508517 “Recently evacuated to the British countryside and with Cain, Chelsea World War Two raging around her, one young girl is strug- Kill you twice; Chelsea Cain. Minotaur Books gling to make sense of her life. Then she is given a book of 2012 336p. Archie and Gretchen thrillers (hardcov- ancient Norse .” (Publisher’s note) er) $25.99 ISBN 9780312619787; 9781250014887 Byock, Ira LC 2012013604 The best care possible; a physician’s quest to In this mystery novel, part of a series following “the transform care through the end of life. Ira Byock. ‘Beauty Killer,’ Gretchen Lowell . . . Portland, , po- Avery 2012 320p. lice detective Archie Sheridan . . . is healing, slowly, from all the wounds, physical and psychological, that Gretchen ISBN 9781583334591 has inflicted upon him, and Gretchen is safely ensconced in LC 2011047587 the Oregon State Mental Hospital. . . . Archie gets a call from This crime novel stars Raylan Givens, . . . a United Gretchen’s psychiatrist with a message that the killer Archie States marshal known for his ever-present hat and is hunting is after Gretchen’s child.” (Booklist) his quick draw. . . . While working in Miami, Givens once gave a mafia enforcer 24 hours to get out of town. When the clock wound down, Givens shot him dead. As penance, he Callihan, Kristen was demoted back to his hometown in mountainous Harlan Firelight. Forever 2012 400p. (pbk) $5.99 County, Ky. . . . [The book] follows Givens through three ISBN 9781455508594 assignments. In the first, he discovers a dope dealer ina This book tells the story of “Miranda Ellis, [who] has bathtub, missing his kidneys. . . . Next Givens is brought on an unearthly talent for creating fire from thin air. Lord Ben- as security for an ethically challenged mining company ex- jamin Archer has lived for decades under the influence of ecutive. . . . [The] third assignment . . . [involves] the search a dark curse and wears a black mask over his disfigured for a missing university student . . . whos also a suspect in a face. After Miranda’s family is ruined, she weds Benjamin series of bank robberies. (N Y Times) for his money and is surprised when passion and romance follow. Shortly after the wedding, Benjamin stands accused Byrd, Sandra of a gruesome series of homicides. As he and Miranda hunt To die for. 2011 332p. the true killer, Miranda soon sees the innocent, passionate man behind , while wary Benjamin begins to trust ISBN 9781439183113 pa in his wife’s love even though it endangers them both.” LC 2010048161 (Publishers Weekly) This book tells “the story of Meg Wyatt, . . . the best friend to Anne Boleyn since their childhoods on neighboring manors in Kent. . . . [A]s Anne’s favor rises and falls, so does Cameron, Peter Meg’s. And though she’s pledged her loyalty to Anne no Coral Glynn; Peter Cameron. Farrar, Straus and matter what the test, Meg just might lose her greatest love— Giroux 2012 210p. and her own life—because of it. Meg’s childhood flirtation ISBN 0374299013; 9780374299019 with a boy on a neighboring estate turns to true love early LC 2011034926 on. When he is called to follow the Lord and be a priest she This book tells the story of “Coral, a nurse, sent to Hart turns her back on both the man and his God. Slowly, though, House in 1950 to tend the dying Mrs. Hart.” (Libr J) Her son both woo her back through the heady times of the English Major Hart “has an aversion to spending the rest of his life reformation. In the midst of it, Meg finds her place in history, alone. He had been badly wounded in the war and has few her own calling to the Lord that she must follow, too, with social contacts beyond his childhood friend Robin, who’s in consequences of her own.” (Publisher’s note) love with the major. . . . Hart somewhat ambivalently returns

13 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT some of Robin’s affection, but . . . he and Coral get engaged. 2010, Catherine . . . tries to unravel his story and rebuild his . . . On their wedding night their marriage is immediately bird.” (Times Literary Supplement) thwarted by Inspector Hoke, who’s investigating a mysteri- ous murder that occurred in the woods near Hart House. . . Carkeet, David . Uncertain whether Coral has any culpability in the crime, Double negative; David Carkeet. Felony & Hart urges her to disappear to London, where she lives for Mayhem Press 2008 246p. o.p.; $14.95 two years. . . . Their on-again/off-again relationship teeters ISBN 9781933397085; 9781590203002 on the brink until Coral finally makes up her mind.” (Kirkus) LC 2008046001 This book’s murder-mystery plot is set at the Wabash Carey, Jacqueline Institute, which is “[d]edicated to the study of toddlers Banewreaker; Jacqueline Carey. Tor 2004 431p and their development of verbal skills . . . [and] home to a map The sundering (pbk.) $7.99 nest of sublimely cranky academics. When one of them is ISBN 9780765344298; 9780765305213; 0765305216 bludgeoned to death, Jeremy Cook – the Institute’s premier LC 2004048093 scholar and the book’s . . . hero – becomes the prime suspect. The background for this fantasy novel takes place at To clear his name, Cook resolves to solve the case, even if it a time when “the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and means taking time off from his hobby of teaching imaginary Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest words to the Institute’s tiny ‘subjects.’” (Publisher’s note) among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers’ War, which Sundered Carriger, Gail the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast Blameless. Orbit 2010 374p. ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of ISBN 0316074152; 9780316074155 Men. Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. In this novel, after [q]uitting her husband’s house and Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Com- moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon be- mander General of his army. . . . Now there is a new proph- comes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria ecy that tells of Satoris’s destruction and the redemption of dismisses her from Council, and . . . Lord Akel​ the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the dama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as alliance with the last High King of Men.” (Publisher’s note) only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London’s are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly Carey, Jacqueline dead. While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more  Kushiel’s Scion; Jacqueline Carey. Warner inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Books 2006 xii, 753p map Kushiel’s legacy (pbk.) Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for $7.99; o.p.; o.p. Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. Only they know ISBN 9780446610025; 044650002X; 9780446500029 enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly LC 2005023648 inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the This volume of the “Legacy series marks the start of a vampires. (Publisher’s note) new trilogy set in Terre d’Ange, the author’s reimagined Renaissance world. The story picks up where volume three, Carriger, Gail ‘Kushiel’s Avator’ (2003), left off, though Imriel nó Mon- Changeless; Gail Carriger. Orbit 2010 388p. trève de la Courcel, a prince of the blood, now narrates in Parasol protectorate place of the . . . heroine of the previous books, Phèdre nó ISBN 0316074144; 9780316074148 Delauney. As a boy, Imriel is abandoned by his treasonous LC 2010515877 parents and subjected to terrible indignities by pirates. Later In this novel, “Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, rescued and adopted by Phèdre, he grows into a position of awakens in the wee hours of the mid- afternoon to find her authority and learns many skills, including sexual prowess. husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal He has a torrid affair with a married woman, and finally sur- werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disap- vives a terrible siege at a walled city he courageously de- pears—leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural fends.” (Publishers Weekly) soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria. But Alexia is armed Carey, Peter, 1943- with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal  The chemistry of tears; by . Al- of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to fred A. Knopf 2012 229p. Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: ISBN 9780571279985; 0307592715; 9780307592712 upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can. LC 2012005880 She might even find time to track down her wayward hus- “The principal narrator of Peter Carey’s . . . novel is [mu- band, if she feels like it.” (Publisher’s note) seum horologist] Catherine Gehrig. . . . [Her] boss . . . gives her a new project to work on, a set of tea chests contain- Carriger, Gail ing the parts of a nineteenth-century mechanical bird, along Soulless; the . Gail Carriger. Yen Press with a stack of notebooks written by a man named Henry 2012 224p. Parasol protectorate Brandling. . . . Two parallel quests begin: in 1854, Henry, . . ISBN 031618201X; 9780316182010 . find[s] someone who will make a bird for his young; . . . in LC 2010414717

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This Manga graphic novel adaptation of the book by Gail grant money is in fact a payoff from Fleur, written off by the Carriger tells the story of “Alexia Tarabotti [who] is labor- bank as a charitable donation, and a scandal breaks.” (Pub- ing under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no lisher’s note) soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking Chao, Patricia all standards of social etiquette. . . . Alexia accidentally kills Mambo peligroso; a novel. Patricia Chao. Harp- the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, erCollins 2005 x, 300p o.p.; (pbk.) $13.95 messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to ISBN 0060734175; 9780060734183 investigate.” (Publisher’s note) LC 202004054019 In this book, “[w]hen Catalina Ortiz Midori walks into a Carriger, Gail shabby New York dance studio for her first mambo class, she Timeless. Orbit 2012 402p. has no idea her life is about to change. A Japanese-Cuban ISBN 0316127183; 9780316127189 immigrant who has lost touch with her Cuban roots, Catalina This novel is the fifth in Gail Carriger’s Parasol- Pro is mesmerized by the one-eyed teacher, El Tuerto, a titan tectorate series. Two years after moving into vampire Lord of the New York mambo scene, and drawn to the dazzling Akeldama’s third closet, the soulless Lady Alexia Maccon technique of Wendy Cardoza, a Bronx ‘mambera’ who is one receives a summons from the world’s oldest vampire, who of its reigning queens. Catalina’s apprenticeship with them, requests an with Alexia’s soul-stealing, scene- and her growing obsession with the world of mambo . . . will stealing two-year-old daughter, Prudence. Accompanying . . . draw her into a sinister Miami exile scheme through her them to Egypt are Alexia’s werewolf husband, Conall; the disreputable cousin Guillermo.” (Publisher’s note) mysterious inventor Madame Lefoux; and Alexia’s best friend, fluttery actress Ivy Tunstell, and her family and Chase, Loretta colorful theatrical troupe. Back in London, beta werewolf Miss Wonderful; Loretta Chase. Berkley Sensa- Professor Lyall and new pack member Biffy find love in tion 2004 342p Carsington brothers series $7.99 unexpected places while investigating nefarious goings-on. ISBN 9780425194836; 0425194833 (Publishers Weekly) LC 2004574938 This book tells the story of “Alistair Carsington [who] . . Carroll, Susan . wishes he didn’t love women quite so much. To escape his Midnight bride; Susan Carroll. Ballantine Books worst impulses, he sets out for a place far from civilization: 2001 307p. Bride Finder trilogy (pbk.) $6.99; o.p. Derbyshire . . . where he hopes to kill two birds with one ISBN 9780345436368; 0345433971 stone: avoid all temptation, and repay the friend who saved LC 20010269593 his life on the fields of Waterloo. But this noble aim drops This book offers a “19th-century historical romance. . him straight into opposition with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, . . [It tells] the story of Dr. Valentine St. Leger, . . . who a woman every bit as intelligent, obstinate, and devious as possesses a supernatural gift for healing others by absorbing he—and maddeningly irresistible. Mirabel Oldridge already their pain into his own body. . . . Kate Fitzleger . . . has loved has her hands full keeping her brilliant and aggravatingly Val ever since she came to his English country village when eccentric father out of trouble. The last thing she needs is a she was adopted by a local. Not one to let family tradition stunningly attractive, oversensitive and overbright aristocrat stand in her way, Kate sets out to find a book of sorcery in reminding her she has a heart.” (lorettachase.com) Prospero’s deserted tower. She steals the wizard’s tome and, disregarding his warning, casts a spell on her beloved. In the Chase, Loretta meantime, a sickly midnight visitor appears at Val’s home Not quite a lady; Loretta Chase. HarperCollins bearing a magic crystal that once belonged to the St. Legers. 2007 372p Carsington brothers series $6.99 The talisman has a strange effect on Val, curing his disabled ISBN 0061231231; 9780061231230 pa leg and stirring his darker passions.” (Publishers Weekly) LC 2007583781 This romance novel follows “Darius Carsington, fifth Cartwright, Justin son of the earl of Hargate, [who] spends his life in two pur- Other people’s money; Justin Cartwright. suits: ‘(1) studying animal behavior, especially breeding Bloomsbury USA 2011 288p. and mating behavior, and (2) devoting his leisure hours to ISBN 9781608192731 emulating this behavior’—with women. But his demand- LC 2011003212 ing father finds Darius’s interests worthless and gives him This is a novel by the author of To Heaven by Water a choice: either marry or go to work renovating his father’s (2009). “Tubal and Co. is a small, privately owned bank in recently acquired countryside estate. Darius chooses the lat- England. As the company’s longtime leader, Sir Harry Tub- ter, making him neighbors with Lady Charlotte Hayward, a al, slips into senility, his son Julian takes over the reins— beautiful woman who’s vowed never to marry. . . . Behind and not all is well. The company’s hedge fund now owns her vow, though, Charlotte hides a shameful 10-year-old innumerable toxic assets, and Julian fears what will hap- secret that she’s loathe to reveal . . . but nonetheless finds pen when their real value is discovered. Artair Macleod, an herself falling hard for Darius.” (Publishers Weekly) actor manager whose ex-wife, Fleur, was all but stolen by Sir Harry, discovers that his company’s monthly grant has not been paid by Tubal. Getting no answers from Julian, he goes to the local press, and an eager young reporter begins asking questions. Bit by bit, the reporter discovers that the

15 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Chung, Catherine Clark, Marcia Forgotten country; Catherine Chung. Riverhead Guilt by degrees; a novel by Marcia Clark. Lit- Books 2012 tle, Brown and Co. 2011 441p. ISBN 9781594488085 ISBN 9780316129534 LC 2011047577 LC 2011034636 In this book, “[o]n the night Janie waits for her sister, In this book, [Marcia] Clark brings back Hannah, to be born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since DA Rachel Knight in this sequel to . . . Guilt by Associa- the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a tion. This new book opens with a gruesome murder of a cop daughter in every generation, so Janie is charged with keep- followed by the street killing of a homeless man. Knight is ing Hannah safe. . . . Years later, when Hannah inexplica- soon following a treacherous path to find the killer, dodg- bly cuts all ties and disappears, Janie embarks on a mission ing department politics along the way. We learn more about to find her sister and finally uncover the truth beneath her Knight’s disturbing childhood and her love life, as her gal family’s silence. To do so, she must confront their history, pals--a fellow district attorney and a badass cop--share their the reason for her parents’ sudden move to America twenty work and their lives, bringing additional depth to the tale. years earlier, and ultimately her conflicted feelings toward But it is the , a psychopath with a brutal her sister and her own role in the betrayal behind their es- and nerves of steel, who dominates the show. (Libr J) trangement.” (Publisher’s note) Clark, Wahida Church, James Thug lovin’; Wahida Clark. Grand Central Pub. and blood; James Church. Thomas 2009 342p. Dunne Books / St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008 294p In- ISBN 0446178098; 9780446178099 spector O novels $13.99 LC 2008051427 ISBN 9780312372910; 0312372914 This book is the fourth novel in Wahida Clark’s Thug LC 2008030116 series, in which Tasha and Trae Macklin have reformed This book takes place “[i]n the winter of 1997, [when,] somewhat but are still in urban grit . . . . [T]he cou- trying to stay alive during a famine that has devastated much ple’s moved to L.A. although Trae briefly returns to the East of North Korea, Inspector O is ordered to play host to an Coast for some revenge killing after his cousin Shaheem’s Israeli agent who appears in Pyongyang. When the wife of murdered. Three years later, Tasha has three children and a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious . . . Trace opens up a flashy nightspot, Club New York. To circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious pro- do this, he makes a connection with Charles Li, a Chinese viso: Don’t look too closely at the details, and stay away mobster, and his dangerous daughter, Charli. Then Sabeerah, from the question of missiles. O knows he can’t avoid find- a devious young witness to Trae’s New Jersey crime, moves ing out what he is supposed to ignore on a trail that leads him to L.A. and tries to blackmail Trae. In another plot line net, from the dark, chilly rooms of Pyongyang to an abandoned Rick Bryant, the couple’s neighbor, gets involved with Kyra, secret facility deep in the countryside, guarded by a lonely Tasha’s old friend, whose hubby, Marvin, is using drugs. general; and from the streets of New York to a bench beneath (Publishers Weekly) a horse chestnut tree on the shores of Lake Geneva, where the Inspector discovers he is up to his ears in missiles---and Clarke, Richard A., 1951- worse.” (Publisher’s note) The scorpion’s gate; Richard A. Clarke. G.p. Putnam’s Sons 2005 305p map $24.95 Clark, Marcia ISBN 0399152946  Guilt by association. Little, Brown & Com- LC 2005048875 pany 2011 368p. In this book, set “in the near future, . . . [a] radical new ISBN 9780316129510; 0316129518 government has taken over Saudi Arabia and renamed it Is- LC 2010031573 lamyah; an oil crisis looms; and Iran, , and China pre- In this book, “[s]omeone has been watching D.A. Rachel pare to invade Islamyah while a power-mad U.S. secretary Knight--someone who’s Rachel’s equal in brains, but with of defense plots his own invasion and the reestablishment more malicious intentions. It began when a near-impossible of the corrupt Saudi monarchy. Only a few intelligence case fell into Rachel’s lap, the suspectless homicide of a operatives from the United States and England are aware homeless man. In the face of courthouse backbiting and a of what’s happening and work desperately to forestall an gauzy web of clues, Rachel is determined to deliver justice. unnecessary war.” The author is best known as a “former She’s got back-up: tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller. [U.S.] national coordinator for security and counterterror- As Rachel and Bailey stir things up, they’re shocked to un- ism.” (Library Journal) cover a connection with the vicious murder of an LAPD cop a year earlier. Something tells Rachel someone knows Cleave, Chris the truth, someone who’d kill to keep it secret.” (Publish-  Gold; a novel. Chris Cleave. Simon & Schus- er’s note) ter 2012 336p. ISBN 1451672721; 9781451672725; 9781451672732; 9781451672749 LC 2011043699 This novel [is] about the world of professional cycling. Zoe Castle and Kate Meadows met at age 19 trying out for

16 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS the British Cycling Team and have been friends and rivals and soon discovers that there have been other mysterious for 13 years now. Kate might have more natural ability, but deaths, hearkening sinister ties to the present case. Now, as Zoe is the more driven of the two. Kate is married to a fellow the sovereignty of Britain is in decline and an India racer, Jack Argall, and they have an eight-year-old daugh- is on the rise, Sandilands must navigate the treacherous cor- ter, Sophie, who suffers from leukemia. Zoe is pursued by ridors of political decorum.” (Publisher’s note) her own demons and has a tabloid reputation for sleeping around, which doesn’t sit well with her agent. Things be- Coben, Harlan, 1962- gin to heat up when the International Olympic Committee Stay close; Harlan Coben. Dutton 2012 400p. changes its rules so that only one cyclist, either Zoe or Kate, ISBN 9780525952275 will be eligible to compete in the 2012 London Games. LC 2012001871 (Publishers Weekly) In this book, “three people are haunted by the disappear- ance of Stewart Green 17 years earlier in Atlantic City: pho- Cleaver, Steven tographer Ray Levine; housewife Megan Pierce; and Detec- Saving Erasmus; a novel. Steven Cleaver. Para- tive Broome, who investigated the disappearance and be- clete Press 2007 182p $21.95 friended Green’s wife and kids. The disappearance of Carl- ISBN 9781557254986; 1557254982 ton Flynn on February 18, the same date Green went miss- LC 2006037285 ing, helps reignite the smoldering case, pointing the way to In this novel, chosen by “Library Journal” as a 2007 other victims and a strange pattern. Flynn’s case also results Best Christian Fiction title, “[w]hen fresh seminary gradu- in a pair of preppie, very scary sadists calling themselves ate, Andrew Benoit, is sent to the tiny parish of Erasmus, he Ken and Barbie entering the scene.” (Publishers Weekly) soon encounters the Angel of Death who threatens to destroy the town. . . . Along the way, Andrew follows many paths Coleman, Ashley of inquiry, discovering the history of the American cinema, Murder mamas; Ashley & JaQuavis. Urban encounters with medieval saints, fear of the apocalypse, the Books 2011 236p. Angel of Death, and conversations with a curious group of ISBN 1601625006; 9781601625007 mystics who meet at the Instant Coffee Cup. This modern- LC 2011276990 day Jonah tries desperately to save a small town only to In this book, “Aries is a beautiful woman with an ugly discover that he himself is the one who needs saving.” (Pub- secret—she’s part of the Murder Mamas, a crew of mur- lisher’s note) derers for hire. . . . Her husband and son in Barbados have no idea of her true identity and the things she’s done, and Clements, Rory she’s happy to keep it that way. Unfortunately, Case has Revenger; Rory Clements. 2011 other plans for Aries. He’s got a score to settle with Macy, a 429p. former partner who stole the woman he loved. Case might ISBN 9780385342841; 0385342845 have let things go, except for one thing: Macy left behind LC 2010053015 the thug lifestyle to become the mayor of Los Angeles, and This book tells the story of “John Shakespeare, the his new ‘clean up the streets’ campaign is seriously cutting playwright’s older brother, [who] has left the intelligence into Case’s business. . . . Aries still has an unpaid debt with world behind to teach at a small school, but he’s drawn back Case, and he hunts her down to tell her he’s willing to can- into the treacherous world of spying by two powerful and cel the debt—only if she completes the hit on Macy.” (Pub- competing rivals -- the earl of Essex and Queen Elizabeth’s lisher’s note) new spymaster, Sir Robert Cecil. Essex asks Shakespeare to find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Coleman, Ashley colonists of Roanoke, Va. One of them has reportedly been Murderville; first of a trilogy. Ashley- Cole seen walking the streets of London, and Essex wants the in- man, JaQuavis Coleman. Cash Money Content 2011 telligencer to confirm or dispel those rumors. Meanwhile, 272p. Murderville trilogy Cecil, who fears that Essex’s scheming threatens the mon- ISBN 9781936399000; 9781936399024 arch, seeks to have Shakespeare work as a double agent.” LC 2011922348 (Publishers Weekly) This book, the first of a trilogy, focuses on “[t]wo children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A’shai, [who] are Cleverly, Barbara brought together by chance only to be forced apart by the The last kashmiri rose; Barbara Cleverly. Car- most inevitable and tragic fate. . . . Liberty is dying of a fatal roll & Graf Publishers 2002 287P Detective Joe heart condition. . . . A’shai blames himself for not protecting Sandilands mysteries $14.00 Liberty, but all Liberty asks is for A’shai to tell her a story, ISBN 9781616950026; 0786710594 to help her remember what brought them to this point. . . . LC 2002073834 As Liberty lies dying, A’shai walks her through their past, In this book, set “[i]n a land of saffron sunsets and blaz- reliving their ill-fated journeys through the streets. Their ing summer heat, an Englishwoman has been found dead, story will take them from an arranged marriage, through her wrists slit, her body floating in a bathtub of blood and Mexico’s drug cartel, child brothels, hustling in Detroit, to water. But is it suicide or murder? The case falls to Scot- escaping the high-powered heads of L.A.’s underworld.” land Yard inspector Joe Sandilands, who survived the horror (Publisher’s note) of the Western Front and has endured six sultry months in English-ruled Calcutta. Sandilands is ordered to investigate,

17 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Coleman, JaQuavis and . . . Boswell are pulled through a portal into the dark The dopeman’s wife; JaQuavis Coleman. Ur- realm . . . it gets its chance. But . . . the Infernals have not ban Books 2009 vi, 230p. Dopeman’s trilogy reckoned on the bravery and cleverness of a boy and his dog, ISBN 1601621590; 9781601621597 or the loyalty of Samuel’s friend, the hapless demon Nurd, LC 2009504291 or the presence of two clueless policemen and the unlucky, This book tells the story of a young woman named Nau- if cheerfully optimistic, driver of an ice-cream van. Most of tica’s journey through a world of drugs, crimes, and dan- all, no one has planned on the intervention of an unexpected gerous men. After her relationship with “Zion, a gangster band of little men.” (Publisher’s note) who moves 20 bricks of coke to lock down Flint, MI, turns horrifyingly abusive. . . . Nautica relieves him of $80,000 Cook, Claire and motors to Baltimore. But on the way she must deal with Best staged plans; Claire Cook. 1st ed.; Voice- hookers, pimps, psychos, and, finally, . . . gangster Tical, the Hyperion 2011 viii, 238p drug boss of B-more. . . . [Then,] hoods from Flint show ISBN 9781401341176; 9781401341855 up. Tical might be able to save her, but chances of a happy LC 2010041839 ending are slim. The backstory sets streetwise Nautica on This book tells the story of Sandra, “a professional home a journey powered by cocaine and ecstasy to phenomenal stager based out of the Boston area. Knowledgeable about wealth dripping with bling.” (Libr J) home design and full of ideas, she somehow can’t manage to get her own house ready for the market, thanks to her Collins, Brandilyn slacking-off husband and son. When she gets an offer to Crimson eve; Brandilyn Collins. Zondervan stage a boutique hotel in , she leaps at the chance to 2007 342p Kanner Lake series (pbk.) $14.99 run away and get some distance and perspective.” (Libr J) ISBN 0310252253; 9780310252252 “Busybody Sandy . . . discovers a post-mom identity, set- LC 2007012727 tling a goofy score with an officious Post Office worker, and This book is “the 3rd book in [author] Brandilyn Collins’ tossing a lifeline to an unlucky woman in dire need of an act Kanner Lake series. . . . [The story follows] Carla Radling of faith.” (Publishers Weekly) [who] is targeted by a hit man and is unsure . . . why some- one wants her dead. She . . . stumbles into safety, but on the Cooper, Isabel run, she can never be sure who to trust. The story unfolds No proper lady; Isabel Cooper. Sourcebooks through present day action and the diary entries from Carla’s Casablanca 2011 368p. 16 year old diary.” (rbclibrary.wordpress.com) ISBN 9781402259524 pa; 9781402259531 This book, named a Best Book of the Year by “Publish- Conlon, Edward ers Weekly and Library Journal,” tells the story of “a woman  Red on red; Edward Conlon. 1st ed.; Spiegel from a dystopian future . . . where humanity is losing the & Grau 2011 442p. war against demonic forces unleashed by a 200-year-old evil ISBN 9780385519175; 9780385519182 wizard, Alex Reynell. To destroy Reynell, Joan goes back to LC 2010017534 England in 1888, where magician Simon Grenville becomes This book “tells the . . . story of two NYPD detectives, her guide to a completely different way of life. When she Meehan and Esposito: one damaged and introspective, the practices proper Victorian flirtation on Simon, their heady other ambitious and unscrupulous. Meehan is compelled by attraction flairs.” (Publishers Weekly) haunting and elusive stories that defy easy resolution, while Esposito is drawn to cases of rough and ordinary combat. A Corey, James S. A. fierce and unlikely friendship develops between them and Caliban’s war; by James S. A. Corey. Orbit plays out against a tangle of mysteries: a lonely immigrant 2012 624p. The expanse $15.99 who hangs herself in Inwood Hill Park, a serial rapist prey- ISBN 9780316129060 ing on upper Manhattan, a troubled Catholic schoolgirl who LC 2011031646 appears in the wrong place with uncanny regularity, and a This book by “[James S.A.] Corey . . . returns to the po- savage gang war that erupts over a case of mistaken iden- litically charged future solar system of ‘Leviathan tity.” (Publisher’s note) Wakes’ . . . . Eighteen months have passed since the now de- funct corporation Protogen tried—with horrifying results— Connolly, John, 1968- to harness an alien molecule with the power to rearrange The infernals; John Connolly. 1st Atria Books living and inanimate matter. . . . The shaky détente among hardcover ed. Atria Books 2011 311p. Mars, Earth, and the Outer Planets Alliance shatters after ISBN 9781451643084 (hc); 9781451643107 (ebook); aliens attack Earth and Mars forces on Ganymede, making 9781451643091 (tp) it look like Earth was the aggressor. Capt. James Holden, LC 2011021366 lately of the OPA, joins up with a botanist on Ganymede This book tells the story of “an ordinary English boy, his whose missing toddler might be the key to this new incident, loyal dog, and their encounters with demons and dark lords. . while U.N. diplomat Chrisjen Avasarala and Martian soldier . . Samuel, who is now 13. . . has a bit of an undeserved repu- Bobbie Draper try desperately to avoid interplanetary war.” tation as a troublemaker, when in reality he and [his dog] (Publisher’s Weekly) Boswell managed to save the world from an invasion from Hell.” (Kirkus) “[A]n angry demon is seeking revenge for Samuel’s part in foiling the invasion . . . and when Samuel

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Corey, James S. A. Cornwell, Bernard  Leviathan Wakes; James S.A. Corey. 1st ed. The last kingdom; a novel. Bernard Cornwell. Orbit 2011 582p. HarperCollins Publishers 2005 333p map Saxon ISBN 9780316129084 pa; 0316129089 stories o.p.; o.p.; (pbk.) $14.99 LC 2010046442 ISBN 0060530510 (acid-free paper); 9780060530518; This book tells the story of “Jim Holden, [who] is XO of 9780060887186 an ice-hauler swinging between the rings of Saturn and the LC 2004054236 mining stations of the Belt. . . . His ship’s captain . . . orders This book is “set in medieval England prior to the unifi- Holden and a shuttle crew to investigate what proves to be cation of the four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. . . . Northumbria a derelict. Holden realizes it’s some sort of trap, but an im- is invaded by the fearless Danes, and Uhtred, the rightful mensely powerful, stealthed warship destroys the ice-hauler, heir to the earldom of Bebbanburg, is captured by the enemy. leaving Holden and the shuttle crew the sole survivors. This Raised as a Viking warrior by Ragnar the Terrible, his be- unthinkable act swiftly brings Earth . . . Mars . . . and the . loved surrogate father, Uhtred is still torn by an innate desire . . Belt to the brink of war. Meanwhile, . . . cynical, hard- to reclaim his birthright. Fighting as a Dane but realizing drinking detective Miller . . . receives orders to track down that his ultimate destiny lies along another path, he seizes . . . a girl. . . . [T]he trail leads towards Holden, the derelict, the opportunity to serve Alfred, king of Wessex, after Rag- and what might prove to be a horrifying biological experi- nar is horribly betrayed and murdered by Kjartan, a fellow ment.” (Kirkus) Dane. . . . Uhtred awaits his chance to settle the blood feud with Kjartan and to seize Bebbanburg from his treacherous Cornwell, Bernard uncle.” (Booklist) Lords of the North; Bernard Cornwell. Harp- erCollinsPublishers 2007 xvii, 317p map Saxon Cornwell, Bernard stories $25.95 The pale horseman; Bernard Cornwell. Harper- ISBN 9780060888626 (acid-free paper); 0060888628 Collins 2006 xv, 349p map Saxon stories $22.99; (acid-free paper) (pbk.) $13.95 LC 2006043627 ISBN 0060787120; 9780061144837 This book, “set in A.D. 878, . . . chronicles the adven- LC 2005046290 tures of 21-year-old Saxon warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg. This book, “set in ninth-century England . . . continues . . . Uhtred, who despite his Danish upbringing supported the story of Uhtred, a young Northumbrian nobleman and King Alfred of Wessex in the fight against the Danes in warrior who is torn between his Saxon patriotism and his The Pale Horseman, helps free Guthred, an enslaved Dane, admiration for England’s Danish invaders. . . . On one hand, who proclaims himself king of Northumbria. . . . [Uhtred] he admires the bloodthirstiness of the Danes and dislikes the . . . attempts to destroy such enemies as Kjartan the Cruel, sickly, priestlike King Alfred of Wessex, whose hold is tenu- Sven the One-Eyed and Ælfric (Uhtred’s thief of an uncle) ous at best. On the other, Uhtred is Saxon, and he and Alfred and woos his beloved Gisela, Guthred’s Valkyrie-like sis- are the only forces protecting their culture.” (Library Jour- ter. Uhtred must overcome many challenges, notably King nal) “Taking refuge in a boggy marshland, the ragtag rem- Guthred’s shocking betrayal that leads to Uhtred’s spending nants of the Saxon army desperately attempt to regroup. . . . two years as a shipboard slave.” (Publishers Weekly) Further complicating the matter is the fact that Uhtred faces a dilemma when he realizes he must choose between Cornwell, Bernard allegiance to the king he has grown to admire and loyalty to Sword song; the battle for London. Bernard Ragnar, his much-loved foster brother.” (Booklist) Cornwell. Harper 2008 xv, 314p map Saxon stories (hbk.) $25.95 Cotterill, Colin ISBN 9780060888640; 0060888644; 9780007219735; Slash and burn; Colin Cotterill. Soho Crime 0007219733; 9780060888664; 0060888660; 2011 290p. Dr. Paiboun novels 9780061370946; 0061370940 ISBN 9781616951788; 9781616951160 LC 2008299876 LC 2011030330 This book takes place in “[t]he year . . . [of] 885, . . . This novel tells the story of “Dr. Siri, . . . Laos’s national [when] England is at peace, divided between the Danish coroner, . . . [who is] dragged into one last job for the Lao kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in government: supervising an excavation for the remains of the south. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian U.S. fighter pilot who went down in the remote northern Lao lord . . . has finally settled down. He has land, a wife, and jungle ten years earlier. The presence of American soldiers two children, and a duty given to him by King Alfred to hold in Laos is a hot-button issue for both the Americans and the frontier on the Thames. But then trouble stirs: a dead the Lao involved, and the search party includes high-level man has risen, and new Vikings have arrived to occupy the politicians and scientists. But one member of the party is decayed Roman city of London. Their dream is to conquer found dead, setting off a chain of accidents Dr. Siri suspects Wessex, and to do it they need Uhtred’s help. Alfred has oth- aren’t completely accidental. Everyone is trapped in a cabin er ideas. He wants Uhtred to expel the Viking raiders from in the jungle, and the bodies are starting to pile up.” (Pub- London. Uhtred must weigh his oath to the king against the lisher’s note) dangerous turning tide of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles.” (Publisher’s note)

19 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Crais, Robert flaunt her individuality. She . . . drives Father ‘what-a-hunk’ Taken; Robert Crais. G.p. Putnam’s Sons 2012 Joe Russo crazy with her curve-hugging clothes. Annie once 341p. Elvis Cole novels dreamed that she would have a future with Joe, but her hopes ISBN 9780399158278; 0399158278 were dashed when he left her to join the priesthood. Now, 15 LC 2012372608 years later, Joe has decided to hang up his rosary beads and In this book, “the police tell a wealthy industrialist that give love another try. . . . While the two attempt to rekindle her missing son has faked his own kidnapping.” When “she their romance, Annie becomes a part owner of her father’s hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike” to investigate, “Cole soon de- outdated clothing store. . . . Joe has his own problems to termines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend contend with as well—namely, his domineering mother and have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing her matchmaking machinations.” (Publishers Weekly) world of the professional border kidnappers who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another-buying, Cross, Janine selling, and stealing victims like commodities. Fortunately, Touched by venom; Janine Cross. ROC 2005 the kidnappers don’t yet know who the boy is, but when 353p Dragon Temple o.p. Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, ISBN 0451460480 he himself is taken and disappears. Now it is up to Pike to LC 2005014310 retrace Cole’s steps.” (Publisher’s note) This book, “set in Malacar, a land with a repressive pa- triarchal society that both worships and enslaves dragons, . Cramer, W. Dale . . introduces headstrong nine-year-old Zarq Darquel, who  Bad ground; W. Dale Cramer. Bethany House lives a harsh but not completely unpleasant life as a mem- 2004 382p $12.99 ber of the pottery clan on a dragon estate. When destitution ISBN 076422784X (pbk.); 9780764227844 forces her father to sell Waisi, Zarq’s beautiful older sister, LC 2004002023 into sexual slavery, her mother, Kavarria, who belongs to In this book, “[t]he day before his mother’s funeral, the disdained Djimbi race, tries to save Waisi at all costs, newly orphaned 17-year-old Jeremy Prine is given a letter in but more tragedy follows. Zarq, her life governed by her which she tells him, ‘When the time is right I want you to go mother’s madness and obsession, eventually winds up as find your Uncle Aiden. . . . You have something I couldn’t a sexually mutilated nun caring for retired bull dragons.” give him, and he has something I couldn’t give you.’ He (Publishers Weekly) hitchhikes to where Aiden, aka Snake, works a hard-rock tunnel south of Atlanta, and Jeremy manages to wangle a Cruse, Howard job. [Author W. Dale] Cramer invites the reader into the life The complete Wendel; by Howard Cruse. Uni- of the rock tunnel workers—hard-bitten, simple men with verse Pub. 2011 288p. ill. simple desires—as Jeremy wrestles with change, loss and ISBN 0789322161; 9780789322166 becoming a man.” (Publishers Weekly) LC 2010934608 This book is a compilation of Howard Cruse’s comic Cramer, W. Dale strip Wendel, which was published in the newspaper The Ad- Levi’s will; a novel. W. Dale Cramer. Bethany vocate in the 1980s. Cruse’s feature was an episodic chron- House 2005 394p (pbk.) $14.99; o.p. icle of life as experienced by young Wendel Trupstock, his ISBN 9780764207129; 0764229958 lover Ollie and their friends, who collectively represented LC 2005004602 a particular slice of the American LGBT demographic dur- This book begins “[i]n 1943, [when] 19-year-old Will ing a particularly stressful period in recent history, when the Mullet flees his pacifist Amish community of Apple Creek, afterglow of gay liberation collided with the AIDS epidemic , leaving behind a pregnant girl and a rigid, God-fearing and the ascendancy of Moral Majority-fueled homophobia. home to find a new life. He enlists in the military, marries a Simultaneously a mirror of the days’ new events and a co- southern belle and tries to erase every trace of his past. But medic portrayal of everyday queer life, drawing Wendel re- he can’t completely disengage from his roots, and nor, he be- quired . . . what the cartoonist calls an elasticity of , latedly discovers, does he want to. Levi, Will’s father, is slow balancing lightheartedness with pain, erotic mischief with to accept the prodigal son. Decades pass, and . . . Will’s life mundane follies. (Kirkus) and relationship with his own children unfolds. . . . [Author W. Dale] Cramer shifts eras and narrative styles from chap- Crusie, Jennifer ter to chapter, sometimes following Will’s life in the 1940s Anyone but you; Jennifer Crusie. Harlequin as a young single man, sometimes chronicling other decades 1996 283p Love & Laughter o.p.; o.p. leading up to and including the 1980s.” (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 9780373440047; 9780373771387 LC 2007582920 Criswell, Millie This book tells the story of “Nina Askew, [for whom] What to do about Annie? Millie Criswell. Ivy turning forty means freedom.” She buys a puppy named Fred Books 2001 316p Baltimore novels who “manage[s] to put Nina face-to-face with Alex Moore, ISBN 0804119511 her gorgeous, younger downstairs neighbor. Alex looks LC 2001116593 great on paper—a sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single In this book, “[h]aving grown up in Baltimore’s Little E.R. doctor who shares Fred’s abiding love for Oreos—but Italy with a Jewish father and an Italian mother, Annie Gold- a ten-year difference in age, despite his devastating smile, man feels caught between two worlds and is determined to is too wide a gap for Nina to handle. Ignoring her insistent best friend, some interfering do-gooders and the ubiquitous

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Fred—not to mention her suddenly raging hormones—Nina de Rosnay, Tatiana thinks anyone but Alex would be a better bet for a relation- Sarah’s key; Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin’s ship.” (jennycruise.com) Press 2007 294p $25.95 ISBN 9780312370831; 0312370830 LC 2007010080 D This novel begins in “Paris, July 1942 . . . [when] Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French Dare, Tessa police as they go door to door arresting Jewish families in A night to surrender. Avon 2011 400p. the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger ISBN 9780062049834 brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard—their se- In this book, [Tessa] Dare . . . pairs up an educated spin- cret hiding place—and promises to come back for him as ster and a wounded hero in this . . . the first in the Spindle soon as they are released. Sixty Years Later: Sarah’s story Cove series. Lt. Col. Victor “Bram” Bramwell is travel- intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journal- ing with fellow soldiers when a flock of sheep stalls them. ist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles They set explosives to scatter the sheep, but Susanna Finch, onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions a woman living nearby, gets too close. Fortunately, Bram about her own future.” (Publisher’s note) knocks her out of harm’s way just in time. The instant attrac- tion between Susanna and Bram is complicated by Bram’s DeLillo, Don having just inherited a title, a crumbling castle, and the right  The angel Esmeralda. Scribner 2011 213p to summon a militia. The last will be nearly impossible in $24 the peaceful woman-dominated community of Spindle ISBN 978-1-4516-5584-1 Cove, where few are thrilled by the military newcomers. LC 2011-33996 (Publishers Wkly) This book offers a collection of short stories. Various stories include the following themes: “the dread embodied Dare, Tessa in a child’s random abduction (‘The Runner’), the sense of A week to be wicked. Avon 2012 375p. Spindle doom experienced by a jailed financial crook as he listens Cove to a litany of crisis and chaos on TV (‘Hammer and Sickle’) ISBN 0062049879; 9780062049872 and . . . a sexual encounter on a remote tropical island (‘Cre- The plot of this romance novel “unites an unlikely pair ation’). . . . [T]he title story . . . [is a] tale of two nuns set in . as a wastrel viscount comes to the aid of a serious scientist. . . the South Bronx during the 1970s, at its worst.” (America) Minerva Highwood asks Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, to “DeLillo’s first collection of short fiction, compiling sto- accompany her on a journey from spinster haven Spindle ries written between 1979 and 2011, serves as a liberating Cove to Edinburgh, where she plans on winning a prize reminder that terror existed long before there was a war on for her presentation to the geological society. The journey it.” (N Y Times Book Rev) will appear as an aborted elopement, but Minerva is will- ing to risk social stigma to achieve fame. She promises DeSilva, Bruce Colin her cash winnings, as the confirmed bachelor can’t Cliff Walk; a Liam Mulligan novel. Bruce DeSil- access his trust fund until he marries. Minerva and Colin’s va. Forge 2012 318p. mishap-filled trip results in passion that neither expected.” ISBN 076533237X; 9780765332370 (Publishers Weekly) LC 2012001817 In this mystery novel, Liam Mulligan . . . [is a journalist] De Robertis, Carolina who records the layoffs and cutbacks inflicted on his daily  Perla; by Carolina De Robertis. Alfred A. paper in Providence, Rhode Island, as he struggles to keep Knopf 2012 256p. doing investigative work. A last-minute assignment to cover ISBN 9780307947840; 9780307599599 a soiree at a Newport mansion finds Mulligan catching a LC 2011041833 breather on the famed Cliff Walk fronting the mansions and This book tells the story of “Perla, the narrator, . . . [who] facing the sea. He’s just in time to see a man in a tuxedo fall is a young university student . . . [with] a dark secret: Her fa- to his death on the rocks below. The man turns out to be an ther was a naval officer who during the late 1970s and early Internet pornographer with ties to Rhode Islands power elite. ’80s helped round up the ‘disappeared,’ dissidents who were And his death turns out to be from a gunshot in his neck. . . arrested and executed by the military regime, often dropped . [Mulligans] examination into the Cliff Walk murder leads into the Atlantic Ocean from airplanes. . . . But that legacy into the porn empire, which has tentacles in so many power becomes unavoidable to her when a man appears in Perla’s brokers pockets, and into a series of child murders. (Book- home, soaked and dank-smelling and constantly thirsty. He’s list) a of one of the disappeared, but also quite real: The water that he can’t shake off soaks the apartment. His sur- DeSilva, Bruce real presence unlocks a host of memories for Perla, and the island; Bruce DeSilva. Thorndike Press novel alternates between her perspective, as she recalls her 2010 304p. difficult relationship with her father, and the stranger’s per- ISBN 0765327260; 9780765327260 spective, as he recalls the horrific rapes and other abuses he LC 2011389934 suffered while in military custody.” (Kirkus) This crime mystery novel by Bruce DeSilva follows the journalist Liam Mulligan. His beat is Providence, Rhode

21 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Island, and he knows every street and alley. He knows the ness leads Dido to investigate Madderstone for herself. The priests and prostitutes, the cops and street thugs. He knows discovery in a drained pool on the abbey grounds of a human the mobsters and politicians--who are pretty much one and skeleton raises the stakes. Dean . . . integrates a wealth of the same. Someone is systematically burning down the historical detail, especially regarding the rights of women neighborhood Mulligan grew up in, people he knows and and the inheritance laws in effect in the early 19th century. loves are perishing in the flames, and the public is on the (Publishers Wkly) verge of panic. With the police looking for answers in all the wrong places, and with the whole city of Providence on Dekker, Ted his back, Mulligan must find the hand that strikes the match. Forbidden; Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. Center (Publisher’s note) Street 2011 384 pp. ISBN 9781599953540 Dean, Anna LC 2011004779 Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of Miss Dido Kent; Anna Dean. 1st U.S. ed.; Minotaur Books Dekker, Ted 2010 300p. Immanuel’s veins; Ted Dekker. Thomas Nelson ISBN 0312562942; 9780312562946 2010 367p. (hardcover : alk. paper) 25.99 LC 2009041130 ISBN 9781595540096; 1595540091 The book tells the tale of [s]pinster aunt Miss Dido Kent LC 2010016894 [who] is summoned to Bellfield Hall, the Montague country This book is an “18th century novel set in the Carpathian estate, by her niece Catherine, who wants her to discover Mountains. When two warriors are charged by Catherine the why Richard Montague, her fiancé, ran off after declaring Great of Russia to guard two young women at risk of harm, he was a ruined man. Before Dido can solve this puzzle, an Toma, the narrator and protagonist, must choose between unknown woman is found murdered in the Hall’s shrubbery, his duty and honor and the passion he feels for one of the and Richard’s strange departure makes him a prime suspect. two, the beautiful Lucine. When she falls into the hands of a Can Dido discover the truth hidden behind a wealth of se- group of descendants of Nephilim—offspring of the angels crets, or will this house party have a decidedly unhappy end- who bred with humans, as mentioned in Genesis—Toma ing? (Libr J) must rescue her by means of blood and a love he’s never known but must come to understand first himself: the blood Dean, Anna of Immanuel’s veins.” (Publishers Weekly) A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspicions of Miss Dido Kent; Anna Dean. Minotaur Books 2011 Delaney, Frank 335p. Ireland; a novel. Frank Delaney. HarperCollins ISBN 0312596960; 9780312596965 Publishers 2005 559p (pbk.) $14.99; o.p. LC 2010042003 ISBN 9780061244438; 0060563486 In this detective novel, a “murder among the English LC 2004054202 gentility . . . challenges the inquisitive prowess of Miss Dido In this book, “BBC reporter [Frank] Delaney . . . [offers Kent. . . . Dido is residing in the fashionable town of Rich- a] fictionalized history of his native country, . . . [Ireland]. mond with her cousin, Mrs. Flora Beaumont, when the ladies In 1951, when Ronan O’Mara is nine, he meets the aging learn that the charming, eligible bachelor Mr. Lansdale has itinerant Storyteller, who emerges out of a ‘silver veil’ of finally come into his fortune on the death of his invalid aunt. Irish mist, hoping to trade a yarn for a hot meal. Welcomed This happy occasion is disrupted by the vicious gossip of inside, the Storyteller lights his pipe and begins, telling of Mrs. Midgely, a neighbor who insinuates that Mrs. Lansdale the architect of Newgrange, who built ‘a marvelous, im- was murdered. . . . When Mrs. Midgely prevails upon the mortal structure . . . before Stonehenge in England, before local apothecary to bring the case to the magistrates, Dido the pyramids of Egypt,’ and the dentally challenged King gives in to her natural curiosity. By paying visits, eavesdrop- Conor of Ulster, who tried, and failed, to outsmart his wife. ping in shops and attending to the subtleties of parlor games, The stories utterly captivate the young Ronan, . . . with their Dido aspires to defend Mr. Lansdale’s innocence.” (Kirkus) warriors and kings, drinkers and devils. . . . When Ronan’s mother banishes the Storyteller for telling a blasphemous Dean, Anna tale, Ronan vows to find him. He also becomes fascinated A woman of consequence; the investigations of by Irish myth and , and, as the years pass, he discovers Miss Dido Kent. Anna Dean. Minotaur Books / A his own gift for .” (Publishers Weekly) Thomas Dunne Book 2012 383p. The Dido Kent series Delaney, Frank ISBN 0312626843; 9780312626846; 9781429942560 The matchmaker of Kenmare; Frank Delaney. LC 2012003258 1st ed.; Random House 2011 x, 397p. This book, [s]et in 1806, is [Anna] Deans . . . third mys- ISBN 9781400067848; 0679604332; 1400067847; tery featuring Miss Dido Kent. . . . Dido writes to her sis- 9780679604334 ter, Eliza, of Penelope Lambe’s falling and hitting her head LC 2010035301 at ruined Madderstone Abbey, where the sweet-tempered, In this book, “[a]s World War II rages on, Ben remains good-natured girl had gone in the hope of getting a glimpse haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his wife, the of the abbey ghost known as the Grey Nun. Penelope’s claim actress Venetia Kelly. Searching for purpose by collecting to have seen the Grey Nun shortly before losing conscious- stories for the Irish Commission, he travels to a re-

22 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS mote seaside cottage to profile the . . . Matchmaker of Ken- at Midway sinks a Japanese aircraft carrier that helped dev- mare. Ben is immediately captivated by the forthright Miss astate Pearl Harbor, and Glory Hawthorne, a woman both Begley, who is remarkably self-assured in her instincts but love who has become a navy nurse. Having seen the sav- provincial in her experience. . . . But when Charles Miller, agery of naval war, Marsh fears he may not have the cour- a striking American military intelligence officer, arrives on age to face it again. Mick, an Annapolis football hero, has the scene, Miss Begley develops an intense infatuation and problems with alcohol and authority. He fears that he may looks to make a match for herself. Miller needs a favor, but be grounded. Ultimately, both are off Samar when a small it will be dangerous. Under the cover of their neutrality as group of tiny escort carriers and destroyers finds itself fac- Irish citizens, Miss Begley and Ben travel to London and ing an overwhelming force of cruisers—and the Yamato, the effectively operate as spies. As they are drawn more deeply largest battleship ever built.” (Booklist) and painfully into the , both discover the perils of neutrality--in both love and war.” (Publisher’s note) Deutermann, Peter T., 1941- The cat dancers; P.T. Deutermann. St. Martin’s Delius, Friedrich Christian Press 2005 341p Cam Richter mysteries (hbk.) Portrait of the mother as a young woman; Fried- $24.95; (pbk.) $6.99 rich Christian Delius; translated from the German by ISBN 0312333773; 9780312933425 Jamie Bulloch. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012 119p. LC 2005046583 ISBN 0374533296; 9780374533298; 9780956284006 In this book, “[w]hen two petty criminals who’ve bru- LC 2011046065 tally murdered three innocent people are turned loose on a This book follows “the heavily pregnant young narrator” technicality, they and others begin to die in horrible ways. as she “takes a long walk though the streets of . . . But A police lieutenant in rural North Carolina, . . . Cam Rich- while that is all that actually happens, her thoughts wander ter begins to suspect a vigilante group is responsible for the freely, touching often on her absent husband, Gert, a soldier growing body count. Some of his own cops and a group stationed in North Africa. Suffering from a chronic but not of ‘cat dancers’ -- outdoors types who like to sneak up on life-threatening leg wound . . . Gert had hoped to be sta- mountain lions and photograph them face on, close up, and tioned in Rome as a minister. But in 1943, with the Germans teed off -- may count among the members. Of course, Rich- losing the war, he is redeployed to Tunis. His bride remains ter himself is also a suspect.” (Library Journal) in Italy . . . . Pious and naïve, she counts herself blessed to be wintering in the Italian sun while so many are strug- Devoto, Pat Cunningham gling, and fixates on the timeless . . . beauty and sensuality The summer we got saved; Pat Cunningham of Rome . . The specific horrors of the war figure little in her Devoto. Warner Books 2005 411p msp hardcover thoughts, other than a vague recognition that the Führer who o.p. o.p.; (pbk.) $21.99 ‘places himself above God’ should not be obeyed blindly.” ISBN 0446576964; 9780446697156 (Kirkus) LC 2004010408 This book, “takes place in Alabama and Tennessee dur- Dermansky, Marcy ing the early 1960s. Tab is a junior high school girl, . . . her Twins; Marcy Dermansky. William Morrow childhood friend, Maudie, is a black polio victim who wears 2005 295p. (pbk.) $14.99; (acid-free paper) $21.95 a leg brace and recently survived a fire at the Tuskegee Polio ISBN 9780060759797; 9780060759780 Institute. Tab’s father, Charles, is a hardworking farmer de- LC 2004063574 scended from one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan. . . . This book follows “two teenagers [as they] struggle When Tab and her older sister embark on a secret trip to the with identity and self determination. To the casual observer, Highlander Folk School with their socially conscious aunt, twins Chloe and Sue are exactly the same. . . . Of course, they become unwilling participants in an interracial camp, Chloe understands that they’re very different people, but living with Civil Rights activists. At the same time, Maudie Sue wants nothing more than to be one with Chloe, whom is recruited to help prepare resistant for she’s convinced is prettier, smarter and nicer. The chapters voter registration by teaching life skills and reading, and alternate between the voices of Sue and Chloe, moving . . . Charles is . . . supporting the candidate running against seg- through their high school years with their attendant dramas regationist George Wallace. The stories converge when the and tragedies.” (Publishers Weekly) The book “takes on bu- main characters experience the tragic consequences of their limia, lesbian relationships, and the pressures of high-school involvement with integration.” (School Library Journal) academics and sports. . . . Gradually the girls trade emotional places: Chloe becomes the free-spirited party girl while Sue Diamond, De’nesha feels proud of her normality.” (Booklist) Hustlin’ divas; De’nesha Diamond. Dafina Books 2010 343p. Deutermann, Peter T., 1941- ISBN 0758247559; 9780758247551 Pacific glory; P.T. Deutermann. St. Martin’s In this novel, “Memphis is the crime capital of Amer- Press 2011 vii, 389p. ica, and no one knows that better than the women born ISBN 9780312599447; 0312599447 and raised in its mean streets. It’s put sisters Ta’Shara and LC 2010041944 LeShelle on opposite sides of the street game, where blood This book tells “the story of Annapolis friends Marsh means nothing and loyalty doesn’t last long. It’s also got Vincent, who barely survives the Savo [Island] debacle [dur- Yolanda, an ambitious drug mule, and Melanie, a police de- ing World War II,] and Mick McCarty, whose dive bombing tective, caught up with the same man -- the notorious hustler

23 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Python. These four women think they’ve got the game fig- In this book, “[a]fter living half his life in Phoenix, Ariz., ured out, but the one man they have in common will have with his aunt, 12-year-old Russell ‘Rusty’ Harry comes back them living double lives and wondering who will come out to the tiny town of Gros Ventre to live with his father, Tom, on top.” (Publisher’s note) the owner of a popular saloon. . . . Rusty entertains him- self in the cavernous back room, which Tom operates like Dibdin, Michael a pawnshop.” Soon, “12-year-old Zoe Constantine shows ; . Bantam Books 1989 up and soon becomes Rusty’s partner in crime in the back- 266p. Aurelio Zen mysteries (pbk.) $13.95; o.p. room, listening to the bar through a concealed air vent.” ISBN 9780679768548; 055305337X (Publishers Weekly) LC 88-47832 In this book, the winner of the 1988 award, Domingue, Ronlyn “Italian Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen is dispatched to The mercy of thin air; a novel. Ronlyn investigate the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti, a powerful Domingue. Atria Books 2005 310p. Perugian industrialist. But nobody much wants Zen to suc- ISBN 0743278801; 0743278828; 9780743278805 ceed: not the local authorities, who view him as an inter- LC 2005045287 loper, and certainly not Miletti’s children, who seem content This book has “[t]wo strands: first the story of Razi No- to let the head of the family languish in the hands of his lan, growing up in New Orleans in the 1920s, . . . set on abductors -- if he’s still alive. Was Miletti truly the victim of breaking the comfortable family mould by making a career professionals? Or might his kidnapper be someone closer as a doctor. Then she falls in love with Andrew O’Connell to home: his preening son Daniele, with his million-lire and her plans become complicated. . . . [O]ne summer morn- wardrobe and his profitable drug business? His daughter, ing, she accidentally drowns. By choice, and from where Cinzia, whose vapid beauty conceals a devastating secret?” she narrates, she stays between this world and the unknown; (Publisher’s note) every memory of her life remains perfectly intact. More than seventy years later, Razi finds Andrew’s once-treasured Doetsch, Richard bookcase at a garage sale. She watches a young couple take Half-past dawn. Atria Books 2011 356p. it home, Amy and Scott, burdened with secrets of their own. ISBN 9781439183977; 143918397X; 1439183996; As their . . . relationship unravels, Razi remembers her past 9781439183991 with Andrew and how . . . he coped after her death.” (Pub- LC 2011034027 lisher’s note) In this story, “Jack Keeler, a district attorney for the city of New York, . . . wakes up one morning to an empty house. Doughty, Louise He has a stitched-up bullet wound on his chest and a bizarre Whatever you love; a novel. Louise Doughty. tattoo covering his arm. Jack has no memory of what hap- Harper Perennial 2012 369p. pened.” After seeing a newspaper article describing a car ISBN 0062094661; 9780062094667 crash in which he and his wife supposedly died, “Jack be- LC 2011028521 gins a desperate mission to restore his life and find answers This book, a finalist for the Orange Prize and the Costa to what has happened.” (Miami Herald) Other elements of Novel Award, looks at “the loss of life, love, and rational- the story include “an Asian people out of legend, an assassin ity. Laura Needham is a single mother raising two children.” who will stop at nothing to avenge his death sentence, and Her 9-year-old daughter dies in a hit-and-run on a diary whose contents tell the future.” (Publisher’s note) page one. “As Laura grapples with her daughter’s death, her already complicated relationship with her ex-husband Doherty,p. C. grows more so.” Laura slowly loses her mind and “moves The Mysterium; a Hugh Corbett medieval mys- to the brink of a breakdown that might end in violence.” tery. P.C. Doherty. Minotaur Books 2012 312p. (Publishers Weekly) Hugh Corbett mysteries ISBN 0312678193; 9780312678197; 9781429942409 Doyle, Arthur Conan LC 2012003259 The narrative of John Smith; edited and with In this murder mystery novel set in 1304 London, Eng- an introduction by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower land, “[k]eeper of the Secret Seal Sir Hugh Corbett, prob- and Rachel Foss. British Library 2011 138p il $15 lem solver for King Edward I, is tasked with solving sev- ISBN 978-0-7123-5841-5; 0-7123-5841-2 eral murders whose roots may lie deep in the past. Walter This unfinished novel “provides insights into Conan Evesham, Chief Justice in the Court of the King’s Bench, Doyle’s perennial interest in topics such as medicine and re- has been accused of bribery and corruption. His attempts to ligion, and shows flashes of his humour. However, as its edi- atone for his sins at the Abbey of Syon are cut short when tors acknowledge, this is a work in progress; a compendium he’s murdered in his locked cell.” (Kirkus) of ideas, lacking narrative drive.” Telegraph (UK)

Doig, Ivan Doyon, Stephanie  The bartender’s tale; Ivan Doig. Riverhead The greatest man in Cedar Hole; Stephanie Books 2012 400p. $27.95 Doyon. Simon & Schuster 2005 375p o.p.; $24.99 ISBN 1594487359; 9781594487354 ISBN 0743271335; 9780743271349 LC 2012017498 LC 2004062600

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This book is set “in the small, inbred town of Cedar simple wedding in Madrid, where she lives. Sira’s plans are Hole, [where] mediocrity is the watchword. . . . Bright and thrown off track when she meets Ramiro Arribas, the cun- good-hearted, [Robert J. Cutler] becomes one of Cedar ning older manager of a typewriter shop who convinces her Hole’s prime boosters. . . . Although he is generally regarded to embark on an exotic life in Morocco. The future that he as the town’s leading citizen, not everyone thinks so highly envisions for her differs from what he imagines for himself, of him. His wife . . . resents the time he spends on civic however, and he abandons Sira after pilfering her inheri- activities, and his childhood rival, Francis ‘Spud’ Pinkham tance and leaving her saddled with debt. Newly adrift, Sira . . . still smarts at the memory of being bested at the Lawn travels to northern Morocco, where she is reluctantly taken Rodeo contest. When Robert is killed in a traffic accident, in by Candeleria, a disreputable woman known for hous- Spud begins to think he will inherit Robert’s mantle, espe- ing dispossessed souls. In Candeleria’s care, Sira returns cially after a spring discovered on his property turns him into to her roots as a dressmaker’s apprentice. Realizing her tal- a wealthy man.” (Booklist) ent with a needle and thread, Candeleria takes advantage, quietly financing Sira’s efforts and taking half the profits.” Drake, Nick (Publishers Weekly) Egypt; Nick Drake. HarperCollins 2011 x, 335p. maps Duncan, Dave ISBN 9780060765941; 9780060765958 When the saints; Dave Duncan. Tor 2011 332p. LC 2011276351 The brothers Magnus In this historical fiction book, “[t]he future of Egypt lies ISBN 0765323486; 9780765323484 in the hands of chief detective Rahotep in this final install- LC 2011021617 ment of Nick Drake’s . . . ancient Egyptian trilogy. King Tu- This book is “set in Jorgary, a in late tankhamun has died without an heir, and his young widow, 15th-century Central Europe. Certain individuals possess Queen Ankhesenamun, last of her dynasty, struggles to a form of magic called Speaking, which involves invoking maintain power and order. To defeat her enemies, she has but saints . . . to work miracles. The Magnus clan has loyally one hope: to forge an alliance with the Hittites, a powerful, served the kings of Jorgary for centuries. However, Cardi- militant new empire that threatens Egypt’s supremacy. The nal Zdenek, the real ruler of Jorgary . . . knows that Duke loyal Rahotep, chief detective of the Thebes Medjay—the Wartislaw of Pomerania has invaded Jorgary with an army ancient capital’s elite police force—and his friend, the royal of Wends. . . . The four surviving Magnus brothers, Wulf, envoy Nakht, are sent on a clandestine mission to the Hit- Otto, Anton and Vlad, have . . . been dispatched to Gallant tite homeland, to persuade the king to agree to a marriage to organize the defenses. Young Wulf is a Speaker, powerful between one of his sons and Ankhesenamun—a union that but untrained and ignorant of magic’s rules, wracked with would bring peace to the region and consolidate the queen’s doubts as to whether his talents truly emanate from saints power.” (Publisher’s note) or demons. Zdenek arranges for another Speaker, from a mysterious organization known as the Saints, to assist with DuPree, Kia Wulf’s education.” (Kirkus) Silenced; a novel. Kia DuPree. Grand Central Pub. 2011 336p. $13.99 Dunn, Mark ISBN 9780446547741 pa Ella Minnow Pea; a progressively lipogrammatic LC 2011000858 epistolary . by Mark Dunn. MacAdam/Cage In this book, 30-year-old Nicola Cola Hampton struggles Pubs. 2001 205p (alk. paper) $22.00 to keep her family together. Told from the perspectives of ISBN 9780967370163; 0967370167 both Cola and her young daughter, Teyona (Tinka), the novel LC 2001042585 opens with Cola losing her job and moving Tinka and her This novel “takes place in the present day on the fictional older sons--14-year-old Marquan and 12-year-old Taevon- island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina, where over -into Sursum Corda, a notorious D.C. housing project. Cola a century earlier, the great Nevin Nollop invented a 35-letter desperately wants to prevent her children from making the panagram (a phrase, sentence or verse containing every let- same mistakes that she and their fathers have made: Mar- ter in the alphabet). . . . Nollop was deified for his achieve- quan’s father is serving a life sentence for murder; Taevon’s ment. . . . Life seems almost utopian in its simplicity until is a womanizer; and Tinka’s has simply disappeared. Despite letters of the alphabet start falling from the inscription on Cola’s best efforts, Marquan steals a car, is associated with a the statue erected in Nollop’s honor, and the island’s gov- double homicide, and a few years later is charged with capi- erning council decrees that as each letter falls, it must be tal murder; Taevon deals drugs; and Tinka’s boyfriend robs extirpated from both spoken and written language. Forced liquor stores and gas stations. (Publishers Wkly) to choose from a gradually shrinking pool of words, the novel’s —a family of islanders—seek ways Duenas, Maria to communicate without employing the forbidden letters.” The time in between; Maria Duenas; translated (Publishers Weekly) by Daniel Hahn. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. Atria Books 2011 615p. Duran, Meredith ISBN 9781451616880; 1451616880 A lady’s lessons in scandal; Meredith Duran. LC 2011019250 Pocket Star Books 2011 400p. This book “opens during the mid-1930s as Spain is on ISBN 9781451606935 pa the brink of civil war and young Sira Quiroga is preparing a

25 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT This book tells the story of “Nell Whitby, [who] has In this book, “[d]eep in the Russian countryside, a thirty- grown up in the slums of London’s Bethnel Green. . . . When ton killing machine known officially as T-34 is being devel- her mother is on her death bed she tells Nell that she is the oped in total secrecy. Its inventor is a rogue genius whose daughter of the Earl of Rushden. Nell writes a letter to the macabre death is considered an accident only by the inno- earl asking for help for her dying mother, but she never hears cent. Suspecting assassins everywhere, Stalin brings in his from him. . . . After her mother’s death, Nell goes to Rush- best—if least obedient—detective to solve a murder that’s den’s home planning to exact her revenge upon him. . . . tantamount to treason. Answerable to no one, Inspector Being held at gunpoint aside, [Simon St. Maur] views this Pekkala has the dictator’s permission to go anywhere and as his lucky day . . . marrying one of the heiresses of the interrogate anyone. But the closer Pekkala gets to answers, late Earl of Rushden is a coup even he could never imagine. the more questions he uncovers—first and foremost, why is Simon strikes a bargain with Nell: he will teach her to be a the state’s most dreaded female operative, Commissar Major proper lady and she will agree to marry him.” (theromance- Lysenkova, investigating the case when she’s only assigned dish.com) to internal affairs?” (Publisher’s note)

Edugyan, Esi E Half-blood blues; Esi Edugyan. Picador 2012 343p. Eagle, Kathleen ISBN 9781250012708 Ride a painted pony; Kathleen Eagle. MIRA LC 2011044816 Books 2006 314p. This novel, shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, ISBN 0778323595; 9780778323594 tells the story of “Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the LC 2007282428 cabaret scene [in 1940s Paris, France], [who] was arrested In this book, “Nick Red Shield, who is Sioux, swerves in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years off a rain-slicked Missouri road and comes across an injured old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years white woman in the bushes. Thinking he was the cause, later, Sid, Hiero’s bandmate and the only witness that day, Nick offers ‘Joey’ shelter at a local motel. The woman’s real is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, name is Lauren Davis; her taken name of Joey is the name Sid discovers there’s more to the journey than he thought of her son, who has been kidnapped by his father, Richard when Chip shares a mysterious letter, bringing to the surface Vargas. Richard’s friend Jack Reed was supposed to kill secrets buried since Hiero’s fate was settled.” (themanbook- Lauren, but couldn’t bring himself to finish the job. Lauren erprize.com) and Nick quickly fall for each other; back at Nick’s South Dakota ranch, she begins to work his new paint horse, True Edwards, Kim Colors (Lauren’s a former jockey). But Lauren can’t let . The memory keeper’s daughter; Kim Edwards. . . the man she’s falling in love with distract her from her Viking 2005 x, 401p (pbk.) $15; $24.95 primary goal—reuniting with her son.” (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 9780670034161; 9780143037149; 0670034169 LC 2005042257 Eastland, Sam This book “hinges on the birth of fraternal twins, a Archive 17; a novel of . Sam Eastland. healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome. . . . [W]hen Bantam Books 2012 262p. young Norah Henry goes into labor, her husband, orthopedic ISBN 9780345525734; 9780345525758 surgeon Dr. David Henry, must deliver their babies himself, LC 2011011626 aided only by a nurse. Seeing his daughter’s handicap, he This novel is a thriller set in the Soviet Union under Sta- instructs the nurse, Caroline Gill, to take her to a home and lin (after 2011’s Shadow Pass) [in which] . . . much of the later tells Norah . . . that their son Paul’s twin died at birth. book’s action [takes place in] Siberia. Countless lives hang Instead of institutionalizing Phoebe, Caroline absconds with on the caprice of Joseph Stalin, including that of Inspector her to Pittsburgh. David’s deception becomes the defining Pekkala, a former czarist guard who served time as a politi- moment of the main characters’ lives. . . . David’s undetected cal prisoner before becoming Stalin’s (mostly) trusted inves- lie warps his marriage; he grapples with guilt; Norah mourns tigator. In 1939, the dictator sends Pekkala to his old labor her lost child; and Paul not only deals with his parents’ icy camp, Borodok, to look into the murder of Isaac Ryabov, relationship but with his own yearnings for his sister as a former cavalry captain and one of the last surviving col- well.” (Publishers Weekly) leagues of Colonel Kolchak, a close ally of the Russian im- perial family. Pekkala must go undercover to catch whoever Edwardson, Ake slit Ryabov’s throat and stay in the good graces of Stalin, Sail of stone; Åke Edwardson; translated by Ra- who fears that Ryabov’s demise may pose a threat: to his chel Willson-Broyles. Simon & Schuster 2012 402p. rule. (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 1451608500; 9781451608502 LC 2011028497 Eastland, Sam This book presents a pair of fresh cases for Erik Winter Shadow pass; a novel of suspense. Sam East- and Aneta Djanali, of the Gothenburg Police. Though she land. Bantam Books 2011 289p. Inspector Pekkala hasn’t made any complaints herself, her neighbors have re- ISBN 055380782X; 9780553807820; 9780553908091 peatedly indicated that Anette Lindsten has been attacked. LC 2010027234 . . . Imagine her surprise when, on a return visit, she finds Anette’s father and brother packing up her things--and then her even greater surprise when she learns that Anette has no

26 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS brother and that the solicitous men were a pair of thieves. . . Ellory, R. J. . Winter, meanwhile, is chasing his own will-o’-the-wisp at A simple act of violence; R.J. Ellory. Overlook the urging of his old girlfriend Johanna Osvald, who’s wor- Press 2011 464p. ried because her fisherman father Axel has vanished during ISBN 9781590203187 a trip to Scotland. It soon becomes clear that Axel was inves- LC 2011016139 tigating the disappearance of his own father, John Osvald, This book presents the story of “a serial murder investi- from a fishing trawler during the war. (Kirkus) gation in Washington DC, told in parallel with a history of the most squalid period in the annals of the CIA -- its shock- Eggers, Dave, 1970- ing activities in Nicaragua, financed by the smuggling of How we are hungry; stories. by Dave Eggers. tons of cocaine into America.” (guardian.co.uk) “Detective 2005 218p (pbk.) $15.00 Robert Miller is assigned to the case and rapidly uncovers a ISBN 1400095565; 9781400095568 complication: the victims do not officially exist. Their per- LC 2005042321 sonal details do not register on any known systems, and as This book offers a collection of short stories. “The col- Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts to face lection starts with ‘Another,’ a story of a middle-aged divor- truths about the corrupt world he lives in.” (Publisher’s note) cee galloping through the Egyptian deserts and subjecting himself to the pain of the relentless jolting of the horse’s Englander, Nathan gait until he finally learns to absorb its rhythm. His search  What we talk about when we talk about Anne for more sights and further experiences is endless, and on he Frank; stories. Nathan Englander. Alfred A. Knopf goes, disappointed but insatiable, streaming into the wilder- 2012 224p ness. . . . ‘The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water’ is a . ISBN 9780307958709 . . long in which Pilar, a dermatologist, flies to LC 2011033756 Costa Rica to meet her friend Hand . . . in the knowledge In this book of “eight stories [about Jewish identity and that they’ll end up having sex, but uncertain what emotions victimhood], three center on a preoccupation with the Holo- will bind them beyond lust and friendship.” (The Guardian) caust, one on the related subject of anti-Semitism, and an- other on the also related subject of the loss of dear ones in Elias, Gerald the Israeli-Arab conflict. . . . In ‘Camp Sundown,’ a camp for  Death and transfiguration; a Daniel Jacobus Jewish elders (hence the heavy of the name), the aged novel. Gerald Elias. Minotaur Books 2012 322p. campers decide for reasons that remain unclear that one of Daniel Jacobus mysteries their number was actually a concentration-camp guard, and ISBN 9780312678357; 9781250014801 they gather together and murder him.” (New Republic) LC 2012005488 This book tells the story of “Vaclav Herza . . . [who] Ephron, Amy has been music director of Harmonium for forty years. . . . One Sunday morning; a novel. Amy Ephron. It is the eve of the opening of a dramatic new concert hall William Morrow 2005 213p. (pbk.) $12.95; (acid- designed by Herza himself. It is also the eleventh hour of free paper) o.p. intense contract negotiations with the musicians that have ISBN 9780060585532; 0060585528 strained relations within the organization. When the acting LC 2004059200 concertmaster, Scheherazade O’Brien, is summarily dis- This book opens on “[o]ne Sunday morning [when] four missed by the despotic Herza for the permanent concertmas- women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel ter position, an audition she was poised to win, O’Brien slits see a beautiful young woman whom they all know leaving a her wrists and the orchestra becomes convulsed. Now, blind, nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. The sight cantankerous violin teacher Daniel Jacobus . . . investigates of twenty-year-old Lizzie Carswell with Billy Holmes is Herza’s dark past.” (Publisher’s note) shocking and potentially ruinous. And though the ladies do not know the whole story -- and despite their mutual promise Ellis, David to keep what they’ve seen to themselves -- it is only a mat- In the company of liars; David Ellis. G.P. Put- ter of time before one of them talks . . . with heartbreaking nam’s Sons 2005 378p (pbk.) $1.99; o.p. consequences for them all.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780425204290; 0399152474 LC 2004057342 Epperson, Tom This “novel is centered on a woman who is on trial for Sailor; Tom Epperson. Forge 2012 352p. murder—Allison Pagone, caught between compet- ISBN 0765328925; 9780765328922; 9781429998604 ing forces, each represented by someone who may not care if LC 2011047593 the pressure kills her in the end. A prosecutor wants Allison This book is a thriller novel by Tom Epperson. After convicted and put on death row. An FBI agent believes she years of suffering the terror of being married to a criminal, can squeeze her into ratting on her family. A daughter and an [Gina] took the one thing he ever gave her that she want- ex-husband need to save their own skins. And circling them ed—her son, Luke. . . . With her husband behind bars, her all: a group who would prefer to eliminate her quietly and father-in-law will stop at nothing for revenge. . . . With a anonymously, but who also are not what they seem. Our first vast network that stretches across the country, every favor picture of Allison is in the moments following her death. The is called in to kill Gina and return Luke to his grandfather. story then moves backward in time.” (vjbooks.com) Gina can trust no one. . . . So with a gun and stolen diamonds in her purse, and derelicts, the law, and hit men on her tail,

27 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Gina takes Luke and runs. . . . then they meet Gray. He says 952-8; 1-56512-952-0 he’s a sailor, but he seems to be hiding a lot. And when the LC 201020224 time comes, he’s the only thing standing between her and the “The book charts the trajectory, over 127 years, of Port grave. (Publisher’s note) Bonita, a fictional outpost on the Olympic Peninsula, west of Seattle.” (N Y Times Book Rev) Eschbach, Andreas The carpet makers; Andreas Eschbach; translat- ed by Doryl Jensen; [with a foreword by Orson Scott F Card]. Associates Books 2005 300p $24.95; (pbk.) $15.99 Fairstein, Linda ISBN 0765305933 (alk. paper); 9780765314901 Night watch; Linda Fairstein. Dutton Adult LC 2004058866 2012 402p. Alexandra Cooper novels (hardback) This book, “[s]et on a low-tech world where the main $26.95 industry is the manufacture of carpets of human hair,” this ISBN 0525952632; 9780525952633 book presents a “mosaic of stories of myriad people and cul- LC 2012009632 tures trapped in stagnation by one powerful man’s petty an- In this mystery novel by Linda Fairstein, “[w]hile visit- ger. Intended for the emperor on a distant planet, the carpets ing her boyfriend, Luc, an acclaimed chef, in the charming are so finely made that each carpet maker can only finish French town of Mougins, NYC prosecutor Alexandra Coo- one in his lifetime, working with hairs from the bodies of per trips over . . . a serial murder case that just might be her his wives, who are chosen for the quality and color of their undoing. The local authorities appear clueless about foren- tresses. And so life goes, generation after generation, even sics; the only thing they seem capable of doing is pointing after rumors and, finally, ships from the new government a finger at Luc. . . . At the same time, Alex learns that a arrive with word of the emperor’s removal. The new inter- prominent West African leader living in France is accused stellar government learns the emperor secretly maintained of rape by a housekeeper while he was staying in New York, thousands of carpet-making planets.” (Publishers Weekly) and her colleagues, investigators Mercer and Chapman, get the case. When the couple returns to New York, Alex dives Evans, Justin into the rape case as Luc prepares to reopen one of the city’s The white devil. Harper 2011 366p most famous French restaurants, Lutece.” (Booklist) ISBN 9780061728273; 0061728276; 9780061728280 pa; 0061728284 pa Fay, Juliette LC 2010051662 Deep down true; Juliette Fay. “When Andrew Taylor is sent to the Harrow School, a 2011 xi, 399, 13p. British institution for privileged adolescents, he is spurned ISBN 014311851X; 9780143118510 by nearly all of his peers, and becomes immersed in a two- LC 2010038552 hundred-year-old literary mystery when he finds a friend in This book tells the story of recent divorcée Dana Stellgar- the school’s poet-in-residence.” (Publisher’s note) ten. “Her 7-year-old, Grady, is struggling with the absence of his father and becoming moody and morose. She discov- Evans, Nicholas ers that her 12-year-old, Morgan, is bulimic and succumbing The divide; Nicholas Evans. Putnam 2005 to pressure from her popular friends. Her 16-year-old niece, 403p. (hbk.) o.p.; Library binding $31.95 Alder, literally crashes into their lives and begs Dana to take ISBN 0399152067; 9781585476879 her in for several months. . . . To top it all off, Dana’s well- LC 2005048723 to-do ex-husband is suddenly struggling with his child-care In this book, “[t]wo skiers . . . find a body encased in ice: payments.” (Booklist) “As she enters the slipstream of post- . . . Abbie Cooper, wanted for eco-terrorism and murder. Her divorce romance and is befriended by the town queen bee, parents come to claim her body: Ben from Santa Fe, where Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself he lives with his lover Eve, Sarah from . . . Long Island. and being liked doesn’t end in middle school . . . and that Sarah’s cruel accusation that Ben is responsible for Abbie’s sometimes it takes a real friend to help you embrace adult- death spins the story back to when they were a happy family hood in all its flawed complexity.” (Publisher’s note) . . . or at least had the appearance of one. . . . [T]he façade of marital harmony shatters on Ben’s 46th birthday at the Faye, Lyndsay Divide, a Montana dude ranch, where he meets Eve. . . . The gods of Gotham; Lyndsay Faye. Amy Ein- Abbie takes her parents’ split badly, and her youthful en- horn Books 2012 414p. $25.95 thusiasm for saving the planet . . . turns dangerous after she ISBN 9780399158377 meets Rolf, a cell leader for the Earth Liberation Front. . . . LC 2011047675 Abbie and Rolf go underground to lead a quasi-criminal ex- This book is “[s]et in 1845 New York City. . . . Timothy istence, despite her parents’ televised appeals to turn herself Wilde, a 27-year-old former bartender, adjusts to life as a in.” (Kirkus) policeman in New York’s newly formed police force. . . . In short order on his lower Manhattan beat, he runs across an Evison, Jonathan infanticide and the body of a 12-year-old Irish boy whose  West of here; a novel. Jonathan Evison. Al- spleen has been removed. The investigation the novice de- gonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2011 486p maps tective launches into the boy’s murder brings him deep into ISBN 1565129520; 9781565129528; 978-1-56512- the heart of human darkness.” (Publishers Weekly)

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Fellowes, Julian Flynn, Gillian Snobs; a novel. by Julian Fellowes. St. Martin’s  Gone girl; a novel. Gillian Flynn. Crown Press 2005 265p. o.p.; o.p.; (pbk.) $15.99 2012 419p. ISBN 0312336926; 9780312336929; 9781250020369 ISBN 030758836X; 9780307588364; 9780307588388 LC 2004065073 LC 2011041525 “In . . . [this] novel, Julian Fellowes . . . brings us an In this book, “[w]hen Nick Dunne’s beautiful and clever insider’s look at a contemporary England that is still not as wife, Amy, goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary, classless as is popularly supposed. Edith Lavery, an English the media descend. . . . And Nick stumbles badly, for, as it with large eyes and nice manners, is the daughter of turns out, he has plenty to hide, and under the pressure of a moderately successful accountant and his social-climbing police questioning and media scrutiny, he tells one lie af- wife. While visiting his parents’ stately home as a paying ter another. Juxtaposed with Nick’s first-person guest, Edith meets Charles, the Earl Broughton, and heir to of events are excerpts from Amy’s diary, which completely the Marquess of Uckfield, who runs the family estates in contradict Nick’s story and depict a woman who is afraid of East Sussex and Norfolk. To the gossip columns he is one her husband, has recently found out she’s pregnant, and had of the most eligible young aristocrats around. When he pro- been looking to buy a gun for protection. . . . But what looks poses. Edith accepts. But is she really in love with Charles? like a straightforward case of a husband killing his wife to Or with his title, his position, and all that goes with it?” free himself from a bad marriage morphs into something en- (Publisher’s note) tirely different in [Gillian] Flynn’s hands.” (Booklist)

Ferraris, Zoë Flynn, Michael Kingdom of strangers; a novel. Zoë Ferraris. In the Lion’s Mouth; Michael Flynn. Tor 2012 Little, Brown and Company 2012 363p. 303p. ill ISBN 0316074241; 9780316074247 ISBN 0765322854; 9780765322852 LC 2011046158 LC 2011025168 In this novel, a secret grave is unearthed in the desert This book tells the story of a future universe “wherein revealing the bodies of 19 women and the shocking truth that two human empires, the Confederation of Central Worlds a serial killer has been operating undetected in Jeddah for and the United League of the Periphery, struggle for domi- more than a decade. However, lead inspector Ibrahim Zah- nance. . . . Bridget ban, a Hound or agent of the League, rani is distracted by a mystery closer to home. His mistress seeks of Donovan buigh, a scarred former Shadow, or has suddenly disappeared, but he cannot report her missing operative of the Confederation, her former lover. . . . The since adultery is punishable by death. . . . Ibrahim brings the great powers of the Confederacy, Those of Name, tortured case to Katya, one of the few women in the police depart- Donovan to fragment his mind into seven distinct personali- ment. . . . [S]he must be increasingly careful to hide a secret ties. . . . A civil war . . . smolders in the Lion’s Mouth the of her own. Portraying the lives of women in one of the most control arm of the Shadows. . . . Donovan miraculously es- closed cultures in the world . . . Zoë Ferraris weaves a tale caped the horrors inflicted by the Names, and now the rebels of psychological suspense around an elusive serial killer and . . . [intend] to recruit or at least capture him. Unknown to the sinister forces trafficking in human lives in Saudi Arabia. everybody . . . Donovan’s separated personalities have be- (Publisher’s note) gun to communicate and access their common memories, making him even more formidable than before.” (Kirkus) Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper; I.A. Festing. Book Guild 2010 Flynn, Michael 228p. Up Jim River; 1st ed.; Michael Flynn. Tor 2010 ISBN 1846244943; 9781846244940 352p. ill. LC 2010674521 ISBN 9780765322845 In this novel, “[w]hen two Siberian cranes return to LC 2009041210 breed at Naagpur, a bird sanctuary in Rajasthan, their pres- This book tells the story of “the harper Mearana . . . ence stirs bittersweet memories in Satchin Rai. The son of [whose] mother, Bridget ban, has disappeared on mysteri- a wealthy businessman, Satchin has turned his back on his ous business. Even the Kennel, her employer and one of the family obligations and lineage to work as an ornithologist galaxy’s two sources of secret agents, didn’t know what she at Naagpur. . . . When he meets Peter, a charming and hand- was looking for or where she went. Mearana is determined, some Englishman, and agrees to be his guide, he becomes though, to discover her mother’s fate. She manages to con- strangely drawn to the confident and charismatic tourist. vince the scarred man . . . who . . . became six or seven Their ensuing affair and plans to elope together are at once personalities after a botched experiment by Those of Name, tantalising and terrifying to Satchin, who is torn between to join her out of a sense of nostalgia.” (Booklist) “Togeth- family loyalty and this all-consuming passion that dare not er, they follow Bridget ban’s trail to the raw worlds of the speak its name. . . . When Indira Gandhi is assassinated, the frontier, edging ever closer to the de-civilized and barbarian country is plunged into violent unrest, and Satchin is fur- planets of the Wild. Along the way, they encounter evidence ther torn between his country, his father and his secret love.” that they too are being followed--by a deadly agent of Those (Publisher’s note) of Name.” (Publisher’s note)

29 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Ford, Richard, 1944- away for appraisal, which turns out to be a big mistake when ; [a novel] Richard Ford. the dragon goes missing. Paige and Riley’s search for the 2012 420p. object d’art takes them on a fast-paced adventure through ISBN 0061692042; 9780061692048 the streets of , from fashionable Union Square LC 2011279175 to funky Chinatown, where Paige discovers the existence of This novel tells the story of 15-year-old Dell Parsons, her half-sister Alyssa Chen.” (Publishers Weekly) whose world collapses when his parents are jailed for a bank robbery, his twin sister flees, and he is transported across the Frei, Max border by a family friend to an obscure town in Canada. . . . The stranger’s magic; Max Frei; translated by Segmented into three parts, the narrative slowly builds into a Polly Gannon and Astamur Moore. Overlook Press . . . commentary on life’s biggest question: Why are we here? 2012 320p. Labyrinths of Echo $27.95 (Library Journal) ISBN 1590204794; 9781590204795 This is the third book in the “Labyrinth of Echo” series. Forna, Aminatta Max Frei has “come into some good luck by having been The memory of love; Aminatta Forna. Blooms- placed in a position of power in the Unified Kingdom, chas- bury 2010 445p. ing around the ever-weird city of Echo ‘to investigate cases ISBN 978-1-4088-0813-9 Bloomsbury; 1-4088-0813- of illegal magic and battle trespassing monsters from other 7 Bloomsbury; 978-0-8021-1965-0 Atlantic Monthly worlds.’” Frei “investigates some . . . capers, including the Press; 0-8021-1965-4 Atlantic Monthly Press possibility of a palace coup, an attempted murder and a bun- LC 2010413660 gled burglary.” (Kirkus) This book tells the story of “British psychiatrist Adrian Lockheart, [who] has fled his failing marriage in England in French, Tana the hopes of doing some good in Sierra Leone. Adrian be-  Broken Harbor; Tana French. Viking 2012 comes fascinated by two of his patients, elderly Elias Cole, 464p. Dublin murder squad series (alk. paper) a former university professor, and Agnes, a woman lost in $27.95 a fugue state. The dying Cole reveals to Adrian . . . how he ISBN 9780670023653 fell in love with a radical colleague’s wife in the late 1960s, LC 2011042397 while Adrian must piece together the details of Agnes’ life. This crime novel by Tana French follows “Mick Adrian finds a friend in a haunted young surgeon, Kai, who ‘Scorcher’ Kennedy, the Dublin Garda’s top homicide de- is contemplating leaving the country. Kai questions some of tective. . . . When he and his brand-new partner are assigned Adrian’s risky decisions, such as his intention to track Agnes a savage triple homicide in a distant housing development, down once she leaves the hospital, but it is Adrian’s involve- abandoned before completion when the Irish housing bubble ment with a local woman from Kai’s past that shocks the burst, Scorcher is shaken; the development is located in a young doctor.” (Booklist) place that gave him the best -- and worst -- moments of his life.” (Booklist) Fountain, Ben  Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk; Ben Foun- Freudenberger, Nell tain. Ecco 2012 307p.  The newlyweds; a novel. Nell Freudenberger. ISBN 0060885599; 9780060885595 Knopf 2012 337p. LC 2011275813 ISBN 0307268845; 9780307268846 This “novel takes place over a single Day, LC 2011044116 when the eight soldiers [of the ] . . . find themselves This book by Nell Freudenberger examines a marriage at the promotional center of an all-American extravaganza, arranged via the Internet. . . . Amina wanted to escape from a nationally televised Dallas Cowboys football game. Pro- her family’s straitened circumstances in Bangladesh; George viding the novel with its moral compass is protagonist Billy wanted someone who did not play games. . . . So here she is, Lynn, a 19-year-old virgin from small-town Texas who has in the fall of 2005 in . . . Rochester, N.Y., recently married, been . . . documented by an embedded Fox News camera.” working in retail while she studies for a teaching certificate. (Kirkus) . . . [S]he’s uncertain how to bridge the gulf between [her] two selves. She makes a much-needed friend in George’s Freethy, Barbara cousin Kim . . . so when it turns out that she and George Golden lies; Barbara Freethy. Signet 2004 408p have been hiding something important from Amina, it’s . . . (pbk.) $8.99 shattering. However, it does prompt George to agree to bring ISBN 978-0451211262; 045121126X Amina’s parents to America, and she goes to collect them in LC 2004574887 Bangladesh, where several old family conflicts flare anew. In this book, “[w]hen security expert Riley McAllister (Kirkus Reviews) helps his grandmother haul a wagonload of old junk to the ‘Antiques on the Road’ show, he doesn’t think she’ll get Friedman, Daniel more than five dollars for the lot. But the moment the dragon  Don’t ever get old; Daniel Friedman. Mino- hits TV screens, collectors are on them like a pack of hungry taur Books 2012 viii, 294p. Buck Schatz series wolves, especially the owner of of Hathaway, San ISBN 0312606931; 9780312606930 Francisco’s most prestigious antiques emporium. Against LC 2012005485 his better judgment, Riley entrusts the dragon to Paige Hath-

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This book “introduces a highly unusual hero, 87-year- convinced they have accomplished their purpose. They . . . old, politically incorrect Buck Schatz, a former member of [soon] learn of Prince Charles’s landing in Scotland and his the Memphis PD. . . . [H]e agrees to a request to visit Jim signing of James’s name to a declaration of the Stewart right Wallace, a soldier he served with in WWII who’s on his to rule, effectively forcing the couple to the Jacobite cause deathbed. Wallace reveals that Heinrich Ziegler, the SS of- and a fate they are unable to prevent.” (Publishers Weekly) ficer who ran the POW camp where both Schatz and Wallace were imprisoned, survived the war. On top of that shocker, Gabaldon, Diana Wallace reveals that he facilitated the Nazi’s escape in ex- Drums of autumn; . Delacorte change for a gold bar.” (Publishers Weekly) Press 1996 880p novels (hbk.) $30.00 ISBN 9780385311403; 0385311400 Fulmer, David LC 96014035 Jass; David Fulmer. Harcourt 2005 334p map This novel follows “Claire Randall, the post-WWII bride Valentin St. Cyr mysteries o.p.; (pbk.) $14.00 of historian Frank Randall, [as she] steps through a skew in ISBN 0151010250; 9780156031912 the Scottish stone circle Craigh na Dun and lands in Revo- LC 2004011620 lutionary America and the arms of Highlander Jamie Fraser. In this book, set “[i]n the rowdy red-light district of Sto- . . . [A] believing Catholic, Claire struggles to live a rich ryville, four players of the new music they call ‘jass’ have and moral life . . . under these extraordinary circumstances. turned up dead. When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr be- Claire’s adventures in 18th-century Charleston alternate gins to investigate, he discovers that every one of the victims with . . . chapters devoted to her 20th-century daughter, Bri- once played in the same band, and the only one left alive anna. Raised as Frank Randall’s child, Bree discovers that has gone into hiding. As he digs deeper, Valentin becomes Jamie Fraser is her real sire. She takes off on a harrowing, convinced that a shadowy woman is the key to the mystery. confrontational quest through time and space with her suitor, His efforts to find her touch nerves, and soon Tom Ander- Roger Wakefield, in hot pursuit.” (Publishers Weekly) son, known as the ‘King of Storyville,’ police lieutenant J. Picot, and even the mayor of New Orleans want him off the Gabaldon, Diana case. It’s all the proof Valentin needs that there is something Outlander; Diana Gabaldon. Delacorte Press even larger and darker at the heart of this sordid business.” 1991 627p. Outlander novels (hc) $30.00 (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780385302302; 0385302304 LC 90019122 Furst, Alan In this novel, “English nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall  Mission to Paris; a novel. Alan Furst. Ran- and husband Frank take a second honeymoon in the Scottish dom House 2012 272p. map Night soldiers (hbk.) Highlands in 1945. When Claire walks through a cleft stone $27.00; (hbk.) $27.00 in an ancient henge, she’s somehow transported to 1743. She ISBN 1400069483; 9781400069484 encounters Frank’s evil ancestor, British captain Jonathan LC 2012450028 ‘Black Jack’ Randall, and is adopted by another clan. Claire This book is set in 1938, when “film star Fredric Stahl is nurses young soldier James Fraser, a gallant, merry redhead, on his way to Paris to make a movie for Paramount France. and the two begin a romance. . . . Scenes of the Highlanders’ The Nazis know he’s coming--a secret bureau within the daily life blend . . . with Scottish wit and humor. Eventu- Reich Foreign Ministry has for years been waging political ally Sassenach (outlander) Claire finds a chance to return to warfare against France . . . . For their purposes, Fredric Stahl 1945, and must choose between distant memories of Frnak is a perfect agent of influence, and they attack him. What [sic] and her happy, uncomplicated existence with Jamie.” they don’t know is that Stahl . . . has become part of an in- (Publishers Weekly) formal spy service being run out of the American embassy in Paris.” (Publisher’s note) Gabaldon, Diana Voyager; Diana Gabaldon. Delacorte Press 1994 viii, 870p Outlander novels $30 G ISBN 0385302320 LC 93021907 Gabaldon, Diana This book, set “more than 20 years after Claire Randall’s Dragonfly in amber; Diana Gabaldon. Delacorte trip to 18th-century Scotland,” follows the modern-day her- Press 1992 743p. Outlander novels $17.00 oine, “now a doctor and the mother of a daughter fathered by a man from the distant past” as she “seeks to return in search ISBN 9780385302319; 0385302312 of her beloved.” (Library Journal) “Two decades before, she LC 9204904 had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eigh- This book “follows time-traveler Claire Randall and her teenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned 18th-century Scottish husband, James Fraser, to the court of to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in Louis XV in 1744, as they seek to forestall the disaster due the tragic battle of Culloden. . . . When she discovers that to overtake the Scottish Highlands at the battle of Culloden Jamie may have survived, Claire must choose her destiny.” Moor the following year. Having learned from Claire about (Publisher’s note) the forthcoming disaster, James, the son of a Highland chief, gains Prince Charles’s friendship in order to subtly sabotage Jacobite efforts to raise funds for an invasion of Britain. When James is banished, . . . he and Claire leave France

31 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Gabaldon, Diana The narrator is unsure why anyone would pursue him, . . The fiery cross; Diana Gabaldon. Delacorte . but pursue him Anna does, charming him with intriguing Press 2001 ix, 979p Outlander novels $30 postcards, reading recommendations and long walks by the ISBN 0385315279 (alk. paper) river. He’s soon completely, hopelessly in love. But halfway LC 2001047063 through the story Anna disappears, leaving the narrator and This book follows “time traveler Claire Randall, now the reader feeling lost and betrayed. The book becomes a firmly ensconced in the past with her daughter, Brianna, and search for Anna, complete with ciphers, codes, sightings and Brianna’s husband, Roger, [who] finds herself and her . . . buried maps. Does affable art teacher Mr. Devon have some- husband, Jamie, at a critical juncture. It is 1771, and the first thing to do with her disappearance? Who was really driving stirrings of the American Revolution are being felt in the the night fellow student Bryce Druitt slammed his car into mountains of North Carolina where Jamie, despite being a the side of the bridge?” (Publishers Weekly) Catholic, has been given an enormous tract of land by the governor and is ordered to raise a militia. Having learned Gardner, Lisa about the Revolution from his 20th-century wife and daugh- Catch me. Dutton 2012 400p. ter, Jamie uneasily complies with the governor’s orders and ISBN 9781455870561; 9780525952763 is immensely relieved when the crisis passes and the militia LC 2011043577 is disbanded.” (Publishers Weekly) This book follows the adventures of “Boston Sgt. Det. D.D. Warren.” In this case, “Charlene Rosalind Carter Gaddis, William, 1922-1998 Grant, a 28-year-old police dispatch officer with a horrific The recognitions; William Gaddis; introduction childhood, expects to be murdered on January 21. One of her by William H. Gass. Dalkey Archive Press 2012 two best friends was strangled at home on January 21 two years earlier; exactly a year later, her other best friend suf- 956p. fered the same fate. On January 17, Grant seeks out Warren ISBN 9781564786913 at a crime scene and asks the homicide detective to inves- LC 2011031304 tigate her expected murder. Meanwhile, Warren is looking This book “is a . . . work about art and forgery, and the into the execution-style slayings of two pedophiles. Rookie increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. sex crime detective Ellen O brings her expertise to this sec- [Author William] Gaddis anticipates by almost half a cen- ond case.” (Publishers Weekly) tury the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the Gardner, Lisa sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us.” (Publisher’s note) Hide; Lisa Gardner. Bantam Books 2007 375p. Detective D. D. Warren novels (hardcover) o.p.; Gallagher, Stephen (pbk.) $7.99 The bedlam detective; a novel. Stephen Gal- ISBN 9780553804324; 9780553588088; 0553804324 lagher. Crown Publishers 2012 305p. LC 2006027933 In this book, “Bobby Dodge, once a sniper for the Mas- ISBN 9780307406644; 9780307952783 sachusetts State Police and now a police detective, gets LC 2011018605 called to a horrific crime scene in the middle of the night by In this book, Sebastian Becker . . . his fast-track career fellow detective and ex-lover D.D. Warren. An underground abruptly derailed, contemplates an uncertain future. . . . chamber has been discovered on the property of a former [H]e faces 1912 back in his native England, employed as Boston mental hospital containing six small naked mum- the special investigator to the Masters of Lunacy. English- mified female bodies in clear garbage bags. A silver locket men of property deemed too loopy to look after anyone’s with one of the corpses, which may be decades old, bears the property face Bedlams of one sort or another, their prop- name Annabelle Granger. Later, a woman shows up at the erty removed from their care. It’s up to Sir James Crichton- Boston Homicide offices claiming to be Annabelle Granger. Browne, acting for His Majesty’s Government, to render Her resemblance to Catherine Gagnon . . . helps stoke a judgments informed by evidence his special investigator romance between her and Bobby both subtle and sizzling. Sebastian provides. The job . . . is nuanced enough to be The suspense builds as the police uncover links between interesting. And it gets even more so when Sebastian meets patients at the hospital and long-ago criminal activities.” Sir Owain Lancaster, a scientist who’s been widely respect- (Publishers Weekly) ed until he blames the failure of his lavish Amazonian ex- pedition on a series of attacks by horrific monsters only he can see. (Kirkus) Gardner, Lisa Live to tell; a detective D.D. Warren novel. Lisa Galloway, Gregory Gardner. Bantam Books 2010 388p. Detective D. D. As simple as snow; Gregory Galloway. Putnam Warren novels (acid-free paper) o.p.; (pbk.) $7.99 2005 308p $23.95 ISBN 9780553807240; 9780553591910 ISBN 9780399152313; 9780425207802; 0399152318 LC 2010003473 (alk. paper) This detective novel follows “D.D. [Warren who investi- LC 2004044500 gates] . . . the mass murder of a family. . . . While D.D. labors In this book which takes place “[i]n a small town near a to crack the case with the help of sidekick Alex Wilson, a . . . river not far from a city, the narrator, an unnamed high school professor training as a criminologist by taking a police rota- sophomore, encounters new Goth arrival, Anna Cayne. . . . tion, single mother Victoria is just trying to make it through

32 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS another day. Her life revolves around her emotionally dis- timately uncovers a conspiracy aimed at overthrowing the turbed son Evan, whose constant death threats and physical current pharaoh, Ramses III.” (Library Journal) abuse rule her every move even though he’s only eight. The third vein in the story is Danielle’s tale of survival. When she Gentle, Mary was still a child, Danielle’s family was killed by her father, The black opera; a novel of opera, volcanoes, but her life was spared. Adult Danielle, who wonders why, and the mind of God. Night Shade Books 2012 515p. spends her time giving back by working late hours as a pedi- ISBN 1597802190; 9781597802192 atric nurse with disturbed children.” (Kirkus) This historical fantasy novel by Mary Gentle is set in Naples, [in] the 19th Century. In the Kingdom of the Two Gardner, Lisa Sicilies, holy music has power. Under the auspices of the The neighbor; Lisa Gardner. Bantam Books Church, the Sung Mass can bring about actual miracles like 2009 373p. Detective D. D. Warren novels o.p.; healing the sick or raising the dead. . . . Now the Prince’s o.p.; $7.99 Men, a secret society, hope to stage their own black opera ISBN 9780553807233; 0553807234; 9780553591903 to empower the Devil himself—and change Creation for the LC 2009009861 better! Conrad Scalese is a struggling librettist [who] . . . This book follows “Boston police detective D. D. War- finds himself recruited to write and stage a counter opera ren,” who is investigating the case of a “schoolteacher [who] that will, hopefully, cancel out the apocalyptic threat of the vanishes from her home, leaving behind a young daughter black opera, provided the Prince’s Men, and their spies and and a husband. . . [I]t becomes apparent that her departure saboteurs, don’t get to him first.” (Publisher’s note) was not voluntary and the suspects begin to mount up: the not-so-grieving husband, who seems to be hiding some pret- George, Elizabeth ty big secrets; a neighbor who happens to be a registered sex Believing the lie; Elizabeth George. Dutton offender; one of the victim’s students, a boy who might have 2012 610p. maps An Inspector Lynley novel some misguided feelings for the victim; even the woman’s ISBN 1410445151; 9781410445155; 0525952586; estranged father . . . the woman herself is deeply troubled 9780525952589 and is perhaps not quite the innocent victim she appears to LC 2011043105 be.” (Booklist) This book tells the story of “Inspector Thomas Lynley, [who] is mystified when he’s sent undercover to investigate Gaspar de Alba, Alicia the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man’s uncle, Desert blood; the Juárez murders. by Alicia Gas- the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death par de Alba. Arte Publico Press 2005 vi, 346p (pbk.) has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the $16.95; o.p.; o.p. surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the ISBN 9781558855182; 1558854460 (alk. paper); help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio’s 9781558854468 (alk. paper) digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in LC 2004055417 secrets, lies, and motives. . . . As the investigation escalates, This novel tells the story of a “visiting professor at an the Fairclough family’s veneer cracks, with deception and L.A. college, Ivon [Villa, who] is smart, beautiful, and gay. self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone.” (Publish- She and her partner, Brigit, decide to adopt a baby from er’s note) Mexico, and Ivon travels to her native El Paso to see the child. On the plane, she reads an article about the murdered Ghosh, Amitav bodies of more than 100 women found in the desert outside The hungry tide; Amitav Ghosh. Houghton Juarez. The crime wave hits home when the mother of the Mifflin 2005 333p map (pbk.) $14.95 baby she was to adopt becomes one of the victims. Then ISBN 0618329978; 9780618711666 Ivon’s little sister, Irene, goes missing after an evening in LC 2004060942 Juarez. With the help of her cousin and a nervous priest, Ivon This book is “set in the Sundarbans, a[n] . . . archipelago desperately searches for Irene while dealing with their accu- . . . that’s also a fragile ecosystem. . . . A young marine bi- satory mother and corrupt border patrol officers.” (Booklist) ologist, born in India but raised in Seattle, is investigating the few remaining freshwater dolphins in this alluring land- Geagley, Brad scape, a vast string of islands and mangrove forests in the Year of the hyenas; Brad Geagley. Simon Bay of Bengal. She is accompanied by a local fisherman, & Schuster 2005 291p Semerket mysteries $23; stubbornly devoted to the old ways of life, who acts as her (pbk.) $20 guide, and by a Delhi-based translator revisiting the region ISBN 074325080X; 9781439124697 to help an aunt sort through some long-lost family papers. LC 2004058979 To each, the Sundarbans represent something different, but This book, set in Thebes, Egypt in 1153 B.C., follows for all they become ‘ . . . a meeting not just of many rivers, “an embittered, self-loathing, near-alcoholic named Semer- but a roundabout people can use to pass in many directions ket, . . . the Clerk of Investigations and Secrets, . . . a cop — from country to country and even between faiths.’” (New charged with nailing the killer of [a] beloved local priest- York Times) ess. . . . Semerket learns soon enough that responsibility has fallen on his shoulders precisely because the powers-that-be expect him to collapse under its weight.” (Kirkus) “[H]e ul-

33 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Gideon, Melanie Goldman, William, 1931- Wife 22; a novel. Melanie Gideon. Ballantine The princess bride; S. Morgenstern’s classic Books 2012 380p. tale of true love and high adventure. the “good parts” ISBN 034552795X; 9780345527950; 9780345527974 version, abridged by William Goldman. Ballantine LC 2012004405 Books 2003 xli, 429p. ill. o.p.; (hbk.) $25 This novel by Melanie Gideon is about a woman “losing ISBN 0345418263; 9780151015443 herself . . . and finding herself again . . . in the middle of her LC 2003272241 life. . . . ‘[A]fter almost twenty years of marriage my hus- This book offers the 30th anniversary edition of Wil- band and I seemed to be running out of things to say to each liam Goldman’s book “The Princess Bride.” “As a boy, other. But when the anonymous online study . . . showed up William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read in my inbox, I had no idea how profoundly it would change the S. Morgenstern classic, ‘The Princess Bride.’ But as a my life. It wasn’t long before I was assigned both a pseud- grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of onym (Wife 22) and a caseworker (Researcher 101). . . . Be- good old Dad’s recitation, and only the ‘good parts’ reached fore the study . . . I was Alice Buckle: spouse of William and his ears. . . . [With this book, h]e’s reconstructed the ‘Good mother to Zoe and Peter, drama teacher and Facebook chat- Parts Version.’ . . . What’s it about? Fencing. Fighting. True ter. . . . But these days, I’m also Wife 22. And somehow, my Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of anonymous correspondence with Researcher 101 has taken Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. an unexpectedly personal turn.’” (Publisher’s note) Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. In Gilman, Laura Ann short, it’s about everything.” (Publisher’s note) Flesh and fire; . Pocket Books 2009 374p Vineart war trilogy (hbk.) o.p.; Goodman, Jo (pbk.) $9.99 A place called home. Kensington Pub. Corp. ISBN 9781439101414; 9781439126875; 2011 432p. 9781439191545 ISBN 9780821774182 LC 2009012786 This book tells the story of a man and a woman who In this fantasy novel, “[o]nce, all power in the Vin Lands “learn they’ve been named joint guardians for their late was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spell- friends’ three children. . . . Something about Mitch’s forth- wines, and selfishly used them to increase their own wealth right intensity has always left ad exec Thea feeling off-bal- and influence. But their abuse of power caused a demigod ance, while Mitch makes no secret of his disdain when Thea to break the Vine, shattering the power of the mages. Now, offers him financial assistance if he’ll take sole guardian- fourteen centuries later, it is the humble Vinearts who hold ship.” (Publisher’s note) “Neither is prepared to become a the secret of crafting spells from wines, the source of magic, parent -- and certainly not alone . . . as they work to solve and they are prohibited from holding power. But now . . . their separate dilemmas, Thea and Mitch discover that they [s]trange, terrifying creatures, sudden plagues, and myste- need each other, as well.” (Libr J) rious disappearances threaten the land. Only one Vineart senses the danger, and he has only one weapon to use Gordimer, Nadine, 1923- against it: a young slave. His name is Jerzy, and his origins No time like the present; Nadine Gordimer. Far- are unknown. . . . Yet his uncanny sense of the Vinearts’ rar, Straus and Giroux 2012 421p. craft offers a hint of greater magics within -- magics that ISBN 9780374222642; 0374222649 his Master, the Vineart Malech, must cultivate and grow.” LC 2012930442 (Publisher’s note) The plot of “Nobel laureate [Nadine] Gordimer’s . . . novel, . . . set in contemporary South Africa, revolves around Gohlke, Cathy Steve, who’s Jewish, and Jabulile (Jabu), who’s black. Both I have seen him in the watchfires; Cathy Gohlke. were ‘comrades’ in the fight for racial equality. . . -. Mar Moody Publishers 2008 331P (pbk.) $13.99 ried and starting a family in a middle-class suburb, they’ve ISBN 9780802487742; 0802487742 ‘bought ourselves a house while others including comrades LC 2008013224 . . . are still under tin and cardboard.’ . . . [A]s their chil- In this book, a “Civil War . . . [novel], Robert Glover dren grow up, civil and political unrest keeps , forcing is . . . 17 years old. Although he promised his father not to them to re-evaluate their position in this new South Africa.” join the Union Army until he became of age, circumstances (Publishers Weekly) force Robert to head for the war. He must also cope with his mother’s growing mental illness and rely on his own faith Gracie, Anne to carry him through his trials.” (Library Journal) “When To catch a bride; Anne Gracie. Berkley Sensa- he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, tion 2009 308p. Devil Riders (pbk.) $7.99; (pbk.) Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determi- nation to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize $7.99 ISBN 0425230228; 9780425230220 that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and LC 2010414788 duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them This book follows “a cynical, nobleman [who] to be.” (Publisher’s note) flees an unwanted betrothal and heads to Egypt to track down the long-lost granddaughter of a family friend, . . . [and] the last thing he expects is to find love in the form

34 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS of an elusive, cross-dressing Arab street urchin. Yet once he In this book, [w]hen Sydney Everett’s Olympic-caliber snares the fiercely loyal, independent Ayisha, Rafe Ramsey jumping horse, Hush Puppy, dies suddenly, her law firm knows she is exactly what he wants--if only he can convince jumps into action, sending out young Pasadena, CA, attor- her.” (Libr J) “A mysterious past has made it impossible for ney Jack MacTaggart. Sydney is worth watching because an- [Ayisha] to return to England, and she is on the run from other horse she owned died under suspicious circumstances something far more serious than an unwanted betrothal.” just a few years earlier. Jack . . . learns that Sydney was (Publisher’s note) guilty of insurance fraud that first time, and someone within the club has been blackmailing her ever since. Jack knows Grant, Mira he’s hot on the trail when the next death turns out to be that Deadline. Orbit 2011 560p of his mentor at the law firm. Stable manager Tara Flynn ISBN 9780316081061 clues in Jack to the riding club’s dirt and also provides ro- This book is set in “2041, a year after Shaun Mason’s mantic interest and an investigative assistant he can trust. sister and co-blogger, , became infected with the Meanwhile, Jack’s other case, about medical insurance, virus. . . . After nearly three decades of rampant gives him the break he needs. (Libr J) zombiism, procedures and protocols have evolved to keep humans safe, constrained, and scared. As Shaun struggles Green, Jane to cope with Georgia’s death, a doctor from the Centers for Another piece of my heart; Jane Green. St. Mar- Disease Control sets the After the End Times blogging crew tin’s Press 2012 400p (hardcover) $25.99 to investigating a conspiracy around people with a reservoir ISBN 9780312591823; 9781429962735 condition--a state in which the virus goes live in just one LC 2011041347 area of the body--and the high death rate among reputable This book tells the story of “Andi [who] has spent much scientists trying to study them.” (Publishers Weekly) of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty- seven, she’s finally found him. Ethan--divorced with two Grant, Susan daughters, Emily and Sophia--is a devoted father and even Moonstruck; Susan Grant. HQN 2008 378p better husband. Always hoping one day she would be a Borderlands (pbk.) $6.99 mother, Andi embraces the girls like they were her own. But ISBN 9780373772599; 0373772599 in Emily’s eyes, Andi is an obstacle to her father’s love, and LC 2008577267 Emily will do whatever it takes to break her down. When the This science fiction romance novel tells the story of “Co- dynamics between the two escalate, they threaten everything alition starship admiral Brit Bandar [who] was one tough Andi believes about love, family, and motherhood--leaving woman. A mere intergalactic treaty could never get her to both women standing at a crossroad in their lives . . . and in trust the Drakken Horde. There was too much bad blood their hearts.” (Publisher’s note) between the Coalition and the Horde and, for intensely per- sonal reasons, Brit wasn’t sure that she was through spilling Gregory, Philippa it! But now a peaceful accord had made Finn Rorkken, a no- The constant princess; Philippa Gregory. Simon torious Drakken rogue, second in command on her starship, & Schuster 2005 393p Tudor novels $24.95 and . . . front and center in her thoughts . . . and her heart.” ISBN 074327248X; 9780743272483 (Publisher’s note) LC 2005052303 This work of historical fiction follows “ of Grant, Susan Aragon, the 16-year-old daughter of King Ferdinand and The star princess; Susan Grant. Love Spell Queen Isabella of Spain. Katherine knows from a very 2003 371p. Star series o.p. young age that she is promised to marry Prince Arthur, heir ISBN 0505525410 to the English throne, and she never wavers in her conviction LC 2003612437 that she will one day become queen. That determination is In this book, “Los Angeles filmmaker Ilana Hamilton . sorely tested, however, upon Arthur’s premature death after . . takes center stage . . . [along with] her alien counterpart, two years of marriage. Although she loves her husband (a Vash Prince Ché Vedla. . . . Strong, honorable and . . . strait- passion that is kept hidden from the court), Katherine agrees laced, Ché will do almost anything to ensure the welfare of to his dying wish that he be declared impotent so that she his people, even submit to an arranged marriage. While his can marry his younger brother, Henry, and eventually reign counselors select his bride-to-be, he [travels] . . . to Earth. as queen.” (Library Journal) The traditionalist Vash people have long believed Earth- dwellers to be ‘barbarians,’ but that doesn’t stop Ché from Griffith, Michael seeking out Ilana. . . . Inevitably, their feelings for one an- Trophy. TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern Uni- other intensify, but someone in the Vedla household is deter- versity Press 2011 277p. mined to spoil their happily-ever-after.” (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 9780810152182 LC 2010050767 Greaves, Chuck In this novel, “Vada Prickett is a 29-year-old Hose Asso-  Hush money; a mystery. Chuck Greaves. ciate at a car wash in South Carolina, and Darla, the woman Minotaur Books 2012 326p. he loves, is about to marry his friend, rival, and life-long ISBN 125000523X; 9781250005236; 9781466802483 neighbor, Wyatt Yancey. . . . Vada, as this . . . novel opens, LC 2012004489 is being crushed to death by Wyatt’s latest animal trophy, a stuffed grizzly bear Vada has been helping him to smuggle- -against Darla’s wishes--into Wyatt’s house. It turns out that

35 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT the cliché is true--at the moment of death, your life does H flash before your eyes. Trophy, the account of a man’s final, fleeting instant on earth, joins Vada as he attempts to make Hagy, Alyson that flash last as long as possible. As he lies dying, too soon Boleto; a novel. Alyson Hagy. Graywolf Press and too absurdly, Vada tries to unravel the mysteries of his 2012 251p. life.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 1555976123; 9781555976125 LC 2012931912 Griffiths, Emily This book opens with Will [Testerman] buying a beauti- The Janus stone; Elly Griffiths. 1st U.S. ed. ful 2-year-old filly for a bargain price. She will be a develop- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011 327p. Ruth Gal- ment project for the patient Will. He talks to her a lot, build- loway mysteries ing trust. He won’t ride her yet . . . but they’ll be going to ISBN 9780547577401; 9780547237442; 0547237448 California together to meet Don Enrique. . . . It turns out Don LC 2010005740 Enrique is an Argentine businessman who hosts polo games. This mystery novel tells the story of a murder investiga- His manager is a swine. Five frightened, underfed Argen- tion conducted with the help of “archaeologist Ruth Gallo- tine teenagers do the barn work. Will’s fantasy of learning way. . . . [W]hen construction workers demolishing a large the polo business, unwisely based on a single conversation old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath with the Don, begins to crumble. Will his innate decency a doorway--minus its skull--Ruth is . . . called upon to in- hobble him with this tough, mercenary crowd? And can he vestigate. . . . [with d]etective Harry Nelson. . . . When they protect his beloved filly from these rapacious rich folks? realize the house was once a children’s home, they track (Kirkus Reviews) down the Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports that two children did go missing from the Haimoff, Michelle home forty years before. . . . When carbon dating proves that These days are ours; Michelle Haimoff. Grand the child’s bones predate the home and relate to a time when Central Pub. 2012 290p. the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more ISBN 9781455500291 deeply into the case.” (Publisher’s note) LC 2011012929 This novel, which unfolds in Manhattan soon after 9/11, Groff, Lauren chronicles rich kid Hailey’s attempts to make a life and come  Arcadia; Lauren Groff. Hyperion 2012 291p. to an understanding with her parents. . . . As the daughter of ISBN 9781401340872 publishing heavyweights, Hailey knows she’ll never trump LC 2011009956 their accomplishments. Though she’s highly connected, This book offers an examination of life on a commune she’s determined to find a job on her own--and land golden [that] follows Bit, . . . born in the late 60s in a spot that boy Michael Brenner, whose close family and cozy apart- will become Arcadia, a utopian community his parents help ment fill a void. Hailey tries to stay on Michael’s radar de- to form. Despite their idealistic goals, the family’s attempts spite his propensity for bed hopping. Unlike Michael, the at sustainability bring hunger, cold, illness, and injury. . . . Pennsylvania-born Adrian, an interloper in Hailey’s social The . . . child whose purposeful lack of speech is sometimes circle, works for his rent, and Hailey isn’t sure how she feels mistaken for slowness finds comfort in Grimm’s fairy tales about him, even though they share a similar thoughtfulness and is lost in the outside world once Arcadia’s increasingly and sense of humor. (Publishers Weekly) entitled spiritual leader falls from grace and the community crumbles. . . . [T]he book’s second half tracks the ways in Hall, Tarquin which Bit, now an adult, . . . has been shaped by Arcadia; a The case of the deadly butter chicken; from the career in photography was the perfect choice for a man who files of Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator. watches life from a good distance. (Publishers Weekly) Tarquin Hall. Simon & Schuster 2012 341p. Vish Grossman, Paul Puri mysteries ISBN 9781451613155 Children of wrath; Paul Grossman. St. Martin’s LC 2011052702 Press 2012 324p. This book is the third in the Vish Puri detective series. ISBN 9780312601911; 9781429988940 Here, Puri tries to solve the case of the mysterious death of LC 2011041101 Faheem Khan, “a Pakistani cricket-ace’s father. . . . Unfortu- This thriller novel is set in early 1930s Berlin. . . . Ber- nately, Faheem’s son Kamran, bowler for the Kolkata Colts, lin headlines scream about people being sickened by tainted has gone back to Rawalpindi to mourn. So Puri, who had sausages. Bags of bones show up in the city’s sewer system. never met a Pakistani in person before the Khans, must trav- Detective Willi Kraus quickly learns the bones are the re- el across a most-feared border in pursuit of justice.” (Kirkus) mains of children--and young boys are disappearing from the city. His superiors take the spectacular murder case away Hallinan, Timothy from him because he is Jewish and hand him the case of the  The fear artist; Tim Hallinan. Soho Crime bad sausages instead. . . . A father himself, he cannot--will not--ignore the boys and the bones, even though his insub- 2012 342p. Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers (hard- ordination imperils his career. . . . He deals with Jew-baiting back) $25.00 colleagues, frightened Gypsy boys, bloody slaughterhouses ISBN 1616951125; 9781616951122 and deranged killers who seem to be warming up for the LC 2012009728 Holocaust. (Kirkus)

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In this book, a man crashes into Rafferty and “dies in his to grow suspicious of why Anton might want to spend so arms, . . . saying three words: ‘Helen Eckersley. Cheyenne.’ much on these pictures. . . . Cass hightails it to Reykjavik Seconds later, the police arrive, denying that the man was to locate her old love Quinn. Somehow, finding him enfolds shot.” He is interrogated but can’t remember the dead man’s her further in the creepy world she thought she left behind words. “Rafferty . . . realizes he’s under surveillance. . . . in Helsinki. (Kirkus) [H]e manages to escape . . . and begins a new life as a fu- gitive. . . . [I]t becomes apparent that he’s been caught on Hannah, Kristin the margins of the war on terror, and that his opponent is Home again; Kristin Hannah. Fawcett Crest a virtuoso artist whose medium is fear.” (Publisher’s note) 1996 436p. (pbk.) $6.99 ISBN 0449226352; 9780449226353 Hambly, Barbara LC 97810570 Ran away; Barbara Hambly. Severn House In this book, “[w]hen movie star Angel DeMarco suffers 2011 244p. Benjamin January mysteries his first heart attack on location near Seattle, his survival ISBN 9780727880826 depends on a heart transplant. He’s medevac-ed to a local This novel follows the story of fictional character Ben hospital famed for its cardiology unit and placed under the January, who “fled New Orleans to escape its racism, . . . care of Dr. Madelaine Hillyard--the pregnant girlfriend he’d [and] settled in Paris, where he eked out a living as a musi- abandoned 17 years earlier. Facing death, he’s forced to come cian while studying medicine. He met, fell in love with and to terms with his misspent life and attempt to make things married Ayasha, who asked him to help out Shamira, a sick, right with Madelaine; his saintly priest brother, Francis; and pregnant concubine in the household of Hüseyin Pasha, a his rebellious teenaged daughter.” (Publishers Weekly) wealthy Turk. . . . When Ayasha was abducted and Shamira’s fate necessitated exchanging her infant son for her freedom, Hannah, Kristin Ben came to believe Pasha honorable and trustworthy. That’s Home front; Kristin Hannah. St. Martin’s Press why five years on, back home in New Orleans after Ayasha’s 2012 390p. death from cholera, Ben disputes the findings that declare ISBN 9780312577209 that Pasha . . . tossed two of his concubines, Noura and LC 2011033805 Karida, from a window in his house. With an assist from his This novel tells the story of “Michael and Jolene current wife Rose and his friend, ex-opium addict Hannibal, Zarkades [who] have to face the pressures of everyday life- Ben steps in to prove Pasha innocent of murder.” (Kirkus) --children, careers, bills, chores---even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then an unexpected deployment Hamilton, Steve sends Jolene deep into harm’s way and leaves defense at-  The lock artist; Steve Hamilton. Minotaur torney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single Books 2010 304p. $24.99 parent to their two girls. . . . In her letters home, she paints ISBN 0312380429; 9780312380427 a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shield- LC 2009034523 ing her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in In this book, “traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. Besides not utter- strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle ing a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing of his own---for everything that matters to his family.” (Pub- he can somehow do better than anyone else. Whether it’s a lisher’s note) locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe, . . . he can open them Harkaway, Nick all. . . . [His] talent . . . will make young Michael a hot com- Angelmaker; by Nick Harkaway. Alfred A. modity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, Knopf 2012 496p. $26.95 push him ever close to a life of crime. Until he finally sees ISBN 9780307743626; 9780307595959 his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks LC 2011028261 everything to come back home to the only person he ever This book tells the story of Joe Spork, an antique clock loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so repairman who “has turned his back on his family’s mobster long.” (Publisher’s note) history and aims to live a quiet life. That orderly existence is suddenly upended when Joe activates a particularly unusual Hand, Elizabeth, 1957- clockwork mechanism. . . . It’s a 1950s doomsday machine. Available dark; a thriller. Elizabeth Hand. Mi- Having triggered it, Joe now faces the wrath of both the Brit- notaur Books 2012 246p. ish government and a diabolical South Asian dictator who ISBN 9780312585945 is also [his client] Edie’s old arch-nemesis. . . . With Joe’s LC 2011032833 once-quiet world suddenly overrun by mad monks, psycho- In this mystery novel, a moody loner heads to Helsinki pathic serial killers, scientific geniuses and threats to the fu- and beyond, while murder and general creepiness follow. ture of conscious life in the universe, he realizes that the only Photographer Cass Neary likes to live under the radar. . . way to survive is to muster the courage to fight, help Edie . When Anton Bredahl, a collector of obscure art, contacts complete a mission she abandoned years ago and pick up his Cass to have her verify the authenticity of some prints, the father’s old gun.” (Publisher’s note) job takes her all the way to Helsinki, where she meets with . . . photographer Ilkka Kaltunnen. . . . These aren’t your stan- dard point-and-shoots; they’re morbid and macabre scenes of death, almost like stills from a snuff film. Cass . . . starts

37 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Harris, Robert Harrison, Theo The fear index; Robert Harris. Alfred A. Knopf Dragon bound; Thea Harrison. Berkley Sensa- 2012 285p. tion mass-market Berkely Sensation 2011 336p ISBN 0307957934; 9780307957931 ISBN 9780425241509 LC 2011043472 LC 2012656675 In this book, the “story takes place over a . . . twenty-four This book tells the story of Pia Giovanni, a woman hour period in the life of Dr. Alexander Hoffmann, computer who is “half-human and half-wyr . . . [and has] spent her scientist, mathematical genius, and, of late, hedge fund bil- life keeping a low profile among the wyrkind and avoiding lionaire. It begins . . . when Hoffmann is awoken by an in- the continuing conflict between them and their dark Fae en- truder inside his sixty million dollar villa on the shores of emies.” (Publisher’s note) “When [her] ex-boyfriend black- Lake Geneva. A confrontation occurs, Hoffmann is injured, mails her into stealing from Dragos Cuelebre, Pia knows it’s and in his attempt to solve just how someone was able to only a matter of time before the powerful dragon tracks her gain entry into his well-guarded palace, Hoffmann comes down. But instead of killing her, Dragos finds himself drawn face to face with the greatest danger he can imagine: him- to [her]. When the two are attacked and captured by goblins, self. . . . Hoffmann . . . began his career as a computer scien- Dragos and Pia realize that an old, powerful enemy of Dra- tist at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) gos’s wants them dead.” (Publishers Weekly) where his work in artificial intelligence involved modeling sophisticated algorithms that programmed computers to Harstad, Johan teach themselves. It is this mastery of algorithms, and how Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in all the they train computers to mimic human behavior, that he has confusion? John Harstad; translated by Deborah turned to such profitable use at Hoffmann Investment Tech- Dawkin. 1st English language ed. Seven Stories nologies. And it is this mastery that will come to haunt him.” (.com) Press 2011 471p ISBN 9781609801359 LC 2010048506 Harrison, Kathryn This book “tells the story of Mattias, a thirty-something Enchantments; by Kathryn Harrison. 1st ed. gardener living in Stavanger, , whose idol is Buzz Random House 2012 314p. Aldrin, second man on the moon: the man who was will- ISBN 9781400063475 ing to stand in Neil Armstrong’s shadow in order to work, LC 2010053369 diligently and humbly, for the success of the Apollo 11 mis- This book tells the story of Masha, the daughter of the sion. Following a series of personal and professional disas- Russian mystic Rasputin, who after his death “is sent to live ters, Mattias finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the at the imperial palace with Tsar Nikolay and his family. . . . desolate, treeless , . . . a wad of bills in his Desperately hoping that Masha has inherited Rasputin’s mi- pocket and no memory of how he had come to be there . . . raculous healing powers, Tsarina Alexandra asks her to tend when a truck approaches him, driven by a troubled fantastic to [Prince] Aloysha, who suffers from hemophilia, a blood man with an offer that will shortly change Mattias’s life.” disease that keeps the boy confined to his sickbed. . . . Two (Publisher’s note) months after Masha arrives at the palace, the tsar is forced to abdicate, and Bolsheviks place the royal family under house Harvey, John arrest. . . . To escape the confinement of the palace, they tell A darker shade of blue; stories. Pegasus Crime stories—some embellished and some entirely imagined— about Nikolay and Alexandra’s courtship, Rasputin’s many 2012 366p. ISBN 1605982849; 9781605982847 exploits, and the wild and wonderful country on the brink of This book is [a] collection of 18 previously published an irrevocable transformation.” (Publisher’s note) short stories. . . . In Billie’s Blues and The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, Charlie [Resnick] tries to help out Eileen, a Harrison, Kathryn stripper turned whore turned witness to murder, with dour Envy; a novel. Kathryn Harrison. Random results. . . . Resnick makes a cameo appearance in Trouble House 2005 301p (pbk.) $13.95; (hbk.) o.p. in Mind, which features [author John] Harvey’s leading ISBN 9780812973761; 1400063469 short-story protagonist, Jack Kiley, who . . . notes that Char- LC 2004061429 lie looks like aging lawman Mario Balzic. Kiley, the for- This book tells the “story of a New York psychoanalyst, mer footballer and Met copper now eking out a living as Will Moreland, coping with the death of his eldest child, the a private eye, faces the usual Harvey suspects . . . with the stagnation of his marriage, his long estrangement from his gals usually in for a bad day. Frank Elder, who stars in three own twin brother and the breakup of his parents’ decades- Harvey novels, loses his wife and begins his retirement in long bond. After a chance encounter with an old girlfriend Due North, while Tom Whitemore, a minor character in one at his 25-year college reunion, a woman whose 24-year-old of the Elder books, faces his own marriage troubles in Sack daughter may or may not be his, Will begins to unravel a O’ Woe. (Kirkus) few knotty, long-hidden truths about himself and the people closest to him. . . . [The novel also includes] explicit sex Hassman, Tupelo scenes.” (salon.com) Girlchild; Tupelo Hassman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012 275p. ISBN 9780374162573 LC 2011041209

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In this novel, a bright young girl must endure family dys- find Cathy, relocated from Lancaster to London, once he is function and sexual abuse while coming of age in a Reno released on December 28.” (Kirkus) trailer park during the late 1980s. Life in the Calle de Las Flores trailer park, as Rory Dawn Hendrix tells it, comes Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988 with its own unique rituals and social mores. . . . Her hard- Variable star; Robert A. Heinlein and drinking mother Johanna . . . entrusts Rory to a sullen teen- Robinson. Tor 2006 318p (pbk.) $7.99; (hbk.) age neighbor, Carol. It turns out that Carol’s father . . . has $24.95 been molesting Carol, and preys upon Rory as well. And ISBN 9780765351685; 076531312X when he in turn moves away, taking that secret with him, LC 2006006865 it is left to Rory to rebuild her shattered self-esteem. Taking This science fiction book, based on “a fifties-era outline” inspiration from a battered library copy of The Girl Scout by author Robert A. Heinlein, tells the story of “a young Handbook, Rory does a remarkable job raising herself, while space explorer colonizing a new world. After discovering trying to let go of the people (and hurts) that no longer serve his fiancee and supposed fellow orphan is really a wealthy her. (Kirkus) mogul’s granddaughter, struggling musician Joel Johnston gets cold feet and grabs the next outbound starship. With his Hatcher, Robin Lee formative agricultural training on Ganymede, Joel has skills Catching Katie; Robin Lee Hatcher. Tyndale that come in handy tending goats and crops in preparation House Publishers 2003 353p Americana series o.p.; for landfall on Brasil Novo. Yet his vow to abandon love in o.p. favor of farming meets some surprising--and romantically ISBN 0842360999; 9780842360999 intriguing--challenges.” (Booklist) LC 2003013281 This book takes place “[i]n 1916 Idaho, [when] Katie Hellstrom, Borge Jones has dedicated her life to the campaign for women’s Cell 8; by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom. suffrage. Until now she has successfully avoided the ties of SilverOak 2012 384p $24.95 marriage, fearing it would obscure her message. Will her ISBN 9781410445117; 1410445119; 9781402787157 growing love for childhood chum Ben Rafferty compromise LC 2011041325 her calling?” (Publisher’s note) This book tells the story of “dour sociopathic copper Ewert Grens” who investigates the seemingly routine case of Havley, Noah “John Schwartz, a crooner on a cruise ship between Stock- The good father; by Noah Hawley. holm and Finland,” arrested for assaulting “a drunken pas- 2012 320p. senger harassing females on the dance floor. . . . But the un- ISBN 9780385535533 cooperative prisoner is in fact a man called John Meyer Frey. LC 2011017657 And Frey, it seems, died several years ago while awaiting This book tells the story of “[t]he father of a man who execution on death row in an Ohio prison. Grens becomes assassinates a presidential candidate [and] tries to make with the case -- as does another man, whose life has sense of his son’s crime. . . . Dr. Paul Allen is a success- been ruined by the unfulfilled retribution he has thirsted for ful rheumatologist happily living with his second wife and after many years.” (independent.co.uk) their twin sons in a chic Connecticut enclave. Contact with Daniel, his aloof son from a previous marriage, is sporadic, Hemingway, Amanda and when Daniel drops out of Vassar in his first year to ‘see The Greenstone grail; Amanda Hemingway. the country,’ Dr. Allen shrugs it off as a youthful foible, . . Del Rey/Ballentine Books 2005 360p Sangreal tril- . so the Secret Service agents who appear at his door are a ogy hardcover o.p. $16.95; $12.95 great surprise. Daniel, aka Carter Allen Cash, has shot and ISBN 0345460782; 9780345460790 killed the Democratic presidential front-runner. . . . Despite LC 2004049396 the overwhelming evidence against Daniel, Dr. Allen won’t This book follows Nathan Ward, who “is just your typi- believe that his son is guilty . . . and becomes convinced of cal 11-year-old of supernatural parentage, until he stumbles a conspiracy involving a second man.” (Publishers Weekly) on a hidden altar that gives him visions of a green stone cup filled with blood. Soon he begins dreaming of Eos, a Haynes, Elizabeth world that needs the grail for a spell to ward off a terrible Into the darkest corner; a novel. Elizabeth plague. As the dreams become astral excursions, the grail Haynes. Harper 2012 400p. (hbk.) $25.99 surfaces in Nathan’s world, but then is stolen and sent to ISBN 0062197258 Harper; 9780062197252 Harper Eos, at the wrong time and into the wrong hands. While Na- LC 2012371019 than goes to the rescue, his mother and the venerable grail In “[Elizabeth] Haynes’ debut, a woman is stalked by guardian, Bartlemy Goodman, fend off the village witch, the former lover who nearly killed her. Because of a dual an antiques trader, police and a malevolent river spirit.” time frame that introduces us to twitching, OCD- and PTSD- (Publishers Weekly) plagued Catherine Bailey in the fall of 2007 and then pulls back to 2003, we know that the gorgeous, too-good-to-be- Henkin, Joshua true guy she meets in a bar on Halloween is too good to be The world without you; Joshua Henkin. Pan- true. So the suspense, such as it is, comes from 1) waiting theon Books 2012 321p. to find out exactly what horrible injuries Lee Brightman in- ISBN 0375424369; 9780375424366 flicted that got him jailed, and 2) how long it will take him to LC 2011046780

39 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT In this novel, Joshua “Henkin . . . explores family dynam- the locals call James in order to pay off his debts. Though ics. . . . One year after the death of their kidnapped journalist she starts with doubts about her savior due to the rumors son, Leo, in Iraq, David and Marilyn Frankel, non-practicing that he killed his wife and child, Verity quickly notices his Jews, call their entire mishpocha to their summer home . . . compassion towards people even those not deserving of it. to attend his memorial service: Clarissa and her husband . She begins to fall in love with her benefactor and he feels . . are having a difficult time getting pregnant; . . . Noëlle, the same attraction, but the secrets he keeps from everyone an Orthodox Jew who arrives from with her hus- including her leaves no hope for a real relationship.” (thebe- band, Amram, and their four children.” (Publishers Weekly) streviews.com)

Henson, Jim, 1936-1990 Hicks, Robert ’s tale of sand; written by Jim Hen- The widow of the south; Robert Hicks. Warner son and Jerry Juhl; as realized by Ramón K. Pérez; Books 2005 426p ill., map o.p.; $43; (pbk.) $14.99 colors by Ian Herring with Ramón K. Pérez; lettering ISBN 0446500127; 0446578827 (lg. print); and font design by Deron Bennett based on the hand- 9780446697439 writing of Jim Henson; edited by Stephen Christy. LC 2005010568 This book, “based on true events in [the author’s] home- Archaia Entertainment 2012 152p. town, follows the saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Con- ISBN 1936393093; 9781936393091 federate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennes- This book is an original graphic novel adaptation of an see plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil unproduced . . . written by Jim Henson and . . . War. . . . Before the 1864 battle of Franklin, Confederate Jerry Juhl . . . [which] follows scruffy everyman, Mac, who Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest commandeers her house as a wakes up in an unfamiliar town, and is chased across the field hospital. In alternating points of view, the battle is re- desert of the American Southwest by all manners of man counted by different witnesses, including . . . Confederate and beast of unimaginable proportions. (Publisher’s note) Sgt. Zachariah Cashwell, who loses a leg. By the end of the This graphic novel follows its hapless protagonist as he is battle, 9,000 soldiers have perished, and thousands of Con- cast out into the desert by the cheerful Sheriff Tate. . . . The federates are buried in a field near the McGavock plantation. scruffy hero is a pawn in a game whose rules are concealed Zachariah ends up in Carrie’s care at the makeshift hospital from him, pursued across a surrealistic southwest U.S. by . . . while Carrie fights to relocate the buried soldiers when an implacable hunter and hindered by the eccentric, bizarre her wealthy neighbor threatens to plow up the field after the inhabitants of the great desolation. The prize waiting for him war.” (Publishers Weekly) at the end of the chase, should he survive to reach the end, is one he will never guess at. (Publishers Weekly) Higashino, Keigo Hern, Candice  The devotion of suspect X; Keigo Higashino; Once a gentleman; Candice Hern. Avon Books translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alex- 2004 373p. Ladies’ Fashionable Cabinet trilogy ander. 1st U.S. ed.; Minotaur Books 2011 298p. ISBN 9780312375065 (pbk.) $5.99 LC 2010039022 ISBN 0060565144 This book tells the story of “Yasuko Hanaoka, . . . a di- LC 2004573984 vorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped In this book, “Nicholas Parrish wakes one morning to her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day pounding at the front door of his London townhouse. Stand- . . . the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ing before him is the irate father of Prudence Armitage and ends up dead on her apartment floor. . . . Yasuko’s next door several of her scowling brothers. They accuse him of com- neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher promising Prudence, and to his astonishment the woman in Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but question walks out of his study, looking as if she’s just been plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up roused from her bed! Prudence had . . . [fallen] asleep at and is identified, Detective Kusanagi . . . brings in Dr. Mana- her desk, and when she walks out of the office and sees her bu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently family ready to murder the man she had secretly had a crush consults with the police. Yukawa . . . went to college with on, Prudence is appalled. And when a marriage is forced be- Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is con- tween them, she is devastated. The damage is done, though, vinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder.” and now she’s determined to make things right between her- (Publisher’s note) self and her new husband.” (Publisher’s note) Higgins, George V., 1939-1999 Hern, Candice The Digger’s game; George V. Higgins. Pen- The bride sale; Candice Hern. Avon Books guin Books 1988 169p. 2002 375p. ISBN 0140102523; 9780140102529 ISBN 038080901X LC 87019761 LC 2002580398 In this book, “Jerry ‘Digger’ Doherty is an ex-con and This romance novel takes place “[i]n 1818 Gunnisloe, proprietor of a workingman’s Boston bar, who supplements [where] Baron James Harkness . . . hears a nearby auction his income with the occasional ‘odd job,’ like stealing live whose bidding and commentary seem strange to him. He . . checks and picking up hot goods. His brother’s a priest, his . is stunned to see a woman on the block instead of cattle. . . wife’s a nag, and he’s got a deadly appetite for martinis and . Gilbert Russell sells his wife Verity to ‘Lord Heartless’ as

40 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS gambling. But when the Digger loses eighteen grand in bor- Hilton, Erica rowed money on a trip to Vegas, he quickly finds himself in Dirty money Honey; Erica Hilton, Nisa Santiago the sights of mob loanshark ‘the Greek,’ who will have to and introducing Kim K. Melodrama Pub. 2011 223p. make the Digger pay up one way or another. Luckily—if you ISBN 1934157449; 9781934157442 call it luck—the Digger has been let in on a little job that can LC 2011927243 turn his gambling debt into a profit, as long as he can pull it In this novel, “[a]t only twenty-five, Honey has a long off without getting killed.” (Publisher’s note) list of exes in her life—an ex-con father, an ex-husband, and an ex-career as an ATF agent. . . . [S]he’s now working as Higgins, Kristan a blackjack dealer in one of the most profitable casinos in My one and only; Kristan Higgins. HQN Books alluring Las Vegas. Soon, her life’s training is put to good 2011 382p. use as Honey develops a master plan to get that dirty money! ISBN 9781611730708; 9780373775576 The city is taken by surprise when an armored truck is high- This book follows “divorce attorney Harper James . . . jacked in broad daylight. . . . [T]he Las Vegas police are [who] is horrified when her stepsister, Willa, announces that baffled by this blatant crime, and pressure from the public she’s marrying the brother of Harper’s ex-husband, Nick and casino owners drive them to desperation. Honey and her Lowery. Harper and Nick married young, and while their re- crew of loyal followers pull off one of the most rewarding lationship quickly flamed out, the spark between them never and masterful heists in Las Vegas history, but not everyone really died. Due to a travel snafu after Willa’s wedding, will get to enjoy the loot. Someone has to take the fall.” Harper and Nick are forced to journey across the country to- (Publisher’s note) gether. Soon, Harper is examining the reasons their marriage failed, her unresolved feelings for Nick, and her abandon- Hines, T. L. ment issues.” (Publishers Weekly) Waking Lazarus; T.L. Hines. Bethany House 2006 293p o.p.; o.p. Higgs, Liz Curtis ISBN 0764202049 (alk. paper); 9780764202049 Grace in thine eyes; Liz Curtis Higgs. Water- LC 2006007776 brook Press 2006 447p maps Scotland series $14.99 This book, which was selected by “Library Journal” as ISBN 1578562597; 9781578562596 one of the 25 Best Genre Novels of 2006, follows “Jude All- LC 2005033536 man, [who] has died and come back to life three times, be- This book tells the story of “Davina McKie [who] is a coming a celebrity against his own wishes. . . . [H]e changes bonny lass of seventeen, as clever as they come and a gifted his name and withdraws from the public eye, trying to forget musician. Unable to speak since childhood, she is doted on all that came before. But the past, like Jude, won’t stay bur- by her belligerent younger brothers, Will and Sandy, who ied. A prowling evil circles his adopted hometown of Red vow to protect their silent sister. When the lads are forced to Lodge, Montana. Children are disappearing, and Jude may depart the glen, Jamie McKie intends to brighten his daugh- have the key to solving the crimes--hidden inside the mys- ter’s summer by escorting Davina to the Isle of Arran. Her teries of his own deaths. His days of hiding are over, and cousins make her welcome at the manse, and the parish de- now he must face the questions that have haunted him for lights in hearing their talented fiddler. But when she catches years.” (Publisher’s note) the eye of a handsome young Highlander on Midsummer Eve, sheltered Davina is unprepared for the shocking events Hodder, Mark that follow.” (Publisher’s note) The strange affair of Spring Heeled Jack; by Mark Hodder. Pyr 2010 378p. Burton & Swinburne Higley, T. L. (pbk.) $17.00 Pompeii; L.T. Higley. B & H Books 2011 xxiii, ISBN 9781616142407 338p LC 2010020632 ISBN 9781433668579; 1433668572 In this book, “London in the middle of the 19th century LC 2011282808 suffers from a plague of dog-faced men, thought by some to This book tells the story of “Ariella, a young Jewish be werewolves; in addition, a strange apparition bearing a woman fleeing Jerusalem, and Cato, a Roman merchant fa- resemblance to the . . . mythical creature known as Spring- mous for his wines. During the fall of Jerusalem, the Roman Heeled Jack rampages through the city, savagely attacking emperor forces Ariella into slavery; she sneaks away one young women. Lord Palmerston commissions the famous night, disguises herself as a young man, and joins a gladiator adventurer Sir Richard Burton as a special agent to inves- troupe. The gladiators soon journey to Pompeii, where her tigate these occurrences, and Burton acquires the assistance secret is almost exposed. In Pompeii, she meets Cato, who of the notoriously decadent poet and libertine Algernon discovers right away that she’s a woman and seeks to watch Charles Swinburne. Together, the mismatched pair traverses over her. Through a series of adventures, the two begin se- the streets of a city filled with mechanical splendors, geneti- cretly to attend meetings led by a Jewish slave named Jer- cally engineered animals, and unspeakable squalor. Their emiah, who expounds the Jewish scriptures and talks about investigations lead them to the suspicion that they are living the newly emerging Christian sect.” (Publishers Weekly) in a nonexistent time.” (Library Journal)

41 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Hoyt, Elizabeth team dead, the target of that mission, top com- Scandalous desires; Elizabeth Hoyt. Grand Cen- mander Ibrahim Zarzi (aka ‘the Beheader’), changes sides. tral Publishing 2011 384p. . . . Zarzi travels to the U.S., where he meets the president ISBN 9780446558938 pa and key congressional leaders and offers the State Depart- LC 2011044264 ment its best chance at achieving a stable, reliable Afghan This book tells the story of Silence Hollingbrook, a government. Meanwhile, a Marine radio operator receives young widow who “with her brother Winter runs the Home a message from Gunnery Sgt. Ray Cruz (aka ‘the Cruise for Unfortunate Infants and Foundling Children . . . [and] Missile’), one of the snipers believed to have been killed. bears the shame of everyone thinking [river pirate Mickey Cruz has returned stateside to continue the mission. The O’Connor] took advantage of her. But she has bigger con- FBI calls in retired Marine sniper ace Bob Lee Swagger to cerns. Mickey has kidnapped the very young Mary Darling help find Cruz before he blows off the Beheader’s head, but from Silence’s home. Mary was left on the orphanage’s door someone is following ‘Bob the Nailer’ to get to Cruz first.” step a year ago. . . . [Silence] has suspicions that Mickey is (Publishers Weekly) Mary’s father. . . . Mickey has many enemies, but the big- gest threat comes from the vicar of Whitechapel. . . . Word Hunter, Stephen has reached him that Mickey has a daughter and possibly Soft target; . Simon & Schuster might have feelings for the innocent Silence. Desperate to 2011 256p. keep them safe, Mickey kidnaps Mary, knowing Silence will ISBN 9781439138700; 9781439138717; storm his home to find her.” (USA Today) 9781439149942 LC 2011030150 Hoyt, Elizabeth The book, a novel, tells the story of “Ray Cruz . . . a ma- Thief of Shadows; Elizabeth Hoyt. Grand Cen- rine sniper . . . Ray is doing a little shopping on Black Friday tral Pub. 2012 367p. Maiden Lane romances (pbk.) with his fiancée at ‘America the Mall’ in rural $7.99; (pbk.) $7.99 when a gunman kills Santa Claus, and thousands of shoppers are taken hostage in the middle of the ultimate symbol of ISBN 1455508322; 9781455508327 American consumerism. Terrorists, right? Well, not exactly. This book is the fourth in the Maiden Lane romance se- The leader of ‘Brigade Mumbai’ is just a kid who has ‘al- ries. Here, “[t]he masked Ghost of St. Giles rescues orphaned ways liked to wreck things.’ It’s up to Cruz, a human killing children from” London’s street. “Widowed baroness Isabel machine who finds himself in the wrong place at the right Beckinhall rescues the unconscious ‘ghost’ after finding him time (but without a gun), to neutralize the assailants before injured in the street; before she can ascertain his identity, they begin to empty their automatic weapons—and before he awakens and begs her to leave his mask in place. Little the headline hunting bureaucrats from the state police can does she know he is Winter Makepeace, manager of a local bungle matters completely.” (Booklist) orphanage, whom Isabel finds ‘dour.’” (Publishers Weekly)

Huggins, James Byron Nightbringer; James Byron Huggins. Whitaker I House 2004 302p $19.99 ISBN 088368876X (hardcover : alk. paper); Ignatius, David 9780883688762 Bloodmoney; David Ignatius. W.W. Norton & LC 2004018589 Co. 2011 372p. In this book, “a centurion, Gaius Cassius Longinus, re- ISBN 9780393078114; 0393078116; 9780393341799 appears with a tourist group visiting a newly reopened abbey LC 2011003003 in the Alps that holds countless precious relics and artifacts, This book tells the story of “Sophie Marx, a CIA officer along with a dark past. Gina, an FBI agent, and her two working for the Hit Parade, a new agency offshoot for covert kids are also in the group, which arrives just as bad weather action. Operating well beyond the reach of headquarters, the threatens to cut off the abbey from the outside world. Af- Hit Parade’s minions roam the globe under deep cover with ter a day of history lessons and getting to know the friendly bags of cash and unorthodox marching orders: Buy peace in monks, an ancient, monstrous enemy attacks, and the hu- the borderlands, warlord by warlord. But the Hit Parade has mans must unite against it. As more is revealed about the na- sprung a leak in Pakistan, and its operatives have begun to ture of the terror during the fight, people begin questioning disappear. Marx must find the leak and plug it before one of their identities and beliefs, but there’s never any doubt about two things happens: Either all of the Hit Parade’s people are which side will prevail.” (Publishers Weekly) wiped out or the rest of the world discovers all the illegal things they’ve been up to.” (washingtonpost.com) Hunter, Stephen Dead zero; a Bob Lee Swagger novel. Stephen Irving, John Hunter. Simon & Schuster 2010 406p. Bob Lee  In one person; a novel. John Irving. Simon Swagger novels (hardcover) $26.00 & Schuster 2012 425p. ISBN 9781439138656; 9781439149935; ISBN 9781451664126; 9781451664133; 9781439138663; 1439138656; 1439138664 9781451664157 LC 2010046773 LC 2011039707 In this book, “[s]everal months after the betrayal of a The novel tells a story of Billy, a boy growing up in the covert operation in leaves a Marine sniper town of First Sister, Vermont in the 1960s, who comes to

42 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS realize that he is bisexual. John Irving reintroduces his sig- cious, and somewhat cynical teenager. Oliver moves beyond nature motifs (New England life, wrestling, praising great his local roots and attends Cambridge but later in life returns writers, forbidden sex) while animating a . . . cast of mis- to Manchester for a visit.” (Libr J) fit characters within a complicated plot. . . . Billy navigates fraught relationships with men and women and witnesses James, Eloisa the horrors of the AIDS epidemic. Ever the fearless writer Kiss me, Annabel; . Avon Books of conscience calling on readers to be open-minded, Irving 2005 386p Essex sisters series $7.99 performs a . . . celebration of human sexuality.” (Booklist) ISBN 9780060732103; 0060732105 LC 2006567203 This romance novel tells the story of Miss Annabel Es- J sex, whose “chosen spouse is nothing like the impoverished Scottish Earl of Ardmore, who has nothing but his gorgeous Jackson, Joshilyn eyes, his brain—and his kisses—to recommend him. So A grown up kind of pretty; Joshilyn Jackson. what cruel twist of fate put her in a carriage on her way to Grand Central Pub. 2012 336p. Scotland with just that impoverished earl and all the world ISBN 9780446582353 thinking they’re man and wife? Sleeping in the same bed? LC 2011004744 Not to mention the game of words started by the earl—in This book is about the “Slocumb women [who] suffer which the prize is a kiss. And the forfeit . . . Well. They are from a . . . curse: every 15 years something bad happens. almost married, after all!” (Publisher’s note) Ginny gave birth to Liza when she was 15. And Liza had Mosey when she was 15. Now it’s Mosey who’s 15, and she’s James, Henry nervous. But the curse strikes in a different form, bringing  The portrait of a lady. Knopf 1991 xxv, a stroke to Liza that renders her mute and crippled, leaving 626p $20 her husband ‘Big’ to care for her. Wanting to put a pool in the ISBN 0-679-40562-3 yard for Liza’s water therapy, Ginny has a willow uprooted, LC 91-52999 unearthing the bones of a baby—Liza’s baby. This macabre “This is one of the best of James’s early works, in which discovery sends Mosey, Ginny, and Big in search of answers he presents various types of American character transplant- about the baby and Mosey’s identity.” (Publishers Weekly) ed into a European environment. The story centres in Isabel Archer, the ‘Lady,’ an attractive American girl. Around her Jackson, Neta we have the placid old American banker, Mr. Touchett; his Who do I talk to? Neta Jackson. Thomas Nel- hard repellent wife; his ugly, invalid, witty, charming son son 2009 ix, 406p Yada Yada House of Hope (pbk.) Ralph, whom England has thoroughly assimilated; and the $15.99 outspoken, brilliant, indomitably American journalist Hen- rietta Stackpole. Isabel refuses the offer of marriage of a ISBN 1595545247; 9781595545244 typical English peer, the excellent Lord Warburton, and of LC 2009024971 a bulldog-like New Englander, Casper Goodwood, to fall a In this book, “Gabby Fairbanks’s husband locks her out victim, under the influence of the slightly sinister Madame and disappears with her sons. . . . With her frail mother and a Merle (another cosmopolitan American), to a worthless and mutt named Dandy, Gabby must take refuge at the women’s spiteful dilettante, Gilbert Osmond, who marries her for her shelter where she works. . . . There, her new friends—in- fortune and ruins her life; but to whom she remains loyal in cluding Lucy the bag lady and sisters from the Yada Yada spite of her realization of his vileness.” (Oxford Companion Prayer Group—prop her up. But a midnight intruder brings to Engl Lit. 6th edition) unwanted media attention to the shelter and threatens to undermine Gabby’s chances of getting her sons back. Still hoping to put her family together again, Gabby puzzles over James,p. D. what to do with the warm attentions of a sympathetic law- Death comes to Pemberley; [a novel] /p. D. yer who rebuilds her confidence and soothes her wounded James. 1st United States ed. Alfred A. Knopf 2011 spirit.” (Publisher’s note) 291p ISBN 0571283578; 9780307959850; 9780571283576 Jacobson, Howard LC 2011941315 The mighty Walzer; Howard Jacobson. St. Mar- This book “draws the characters of ’s . . . tins Press 2011 400p. novel ‘’ into a tale of murder and emo- ISBN 9780099274728; 9781608196852 tional mayhem. Six years since Elizabeth and Darcy em- LC 99490230 barked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnifi- This “coming-of-age story . . . follows Oliver Walzer, cent estate. . . . Elizabeth has found her footing as the chat- member of an extended Jewish family in 1950s Manches- elaine of the great house. They have two fine sons . . . [and] ter, England. Surrounded by aunts and steeped in the cul- there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for ture brought over from eastern Europe, Oliver starts as a shy Darcy’s sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way and observant youth who begins to discover himself and the for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball. Then, on the world through his natural gift as a Ping-Pong player. As the eve of the ball . . . a coach careens up the drive carrying years progress, Oliver and his mates also discover girls, and Lydia, Elizabeth’s disgraced sister, who with her husband, the novel follows his sexual awakening and maturing, as told the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pember- from the perspective of a painfully self-conscious, perspica-

43 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT ley. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking tious Jill is minded to accept Farris’s job offer, until Handal- that Wickham has been murdered.” (Publisher’s note) man shows up and tells her about Kobinski.” (Kirkus)

James, Steven Jensen, Nancy The queen; Steven James. Revell 2011 517p. The sisters; Nancy Jensen. 1st ed. St. Martin’s ISBN 9780800719203; 9780800733032 pa Press 2011 viii, 324p. LC 2011014738 ISBN 9780312542702; 0312542704 This book tells the story of “FBI Special Agent Patrick LC 2011025854 Bowers, [who] travels to an isolated town to in- This book is set in “hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, vestigate a double homicide . . . [and] uncovers a high-tech . . . [and tells the story of] Bertie Fischer and her older sister conspiracy with ties to the Cold War and the Middle East. Mabel [who] have no one but each other--with perhaps a Bowers must use all of his considerable experience to get to sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day the root of the conspiracy and solve the murders.” (Libr J) that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good inten- “The gruesome homicide of a mother and her four-year-old tions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste daughter point to the missing husband as the main suspect, sets off a chain of misunderstandings that will divide the sis- however Bowers thinks otherwise. It’s too pat and doesn’t ters and reverberate through three generations of women. . explain the FBI’s and Chief of Naval Operations interest in . . From the Depression through World War II and Vietnam, the case. . . . As Bowers gets closer to the truth the danger and smaller events both tragic and joyful, Bertie and Mabel and conspiracy expands to include a radical eco-terrorist forge unexpected identities that are shaped by unspeakable group, an assassin and his old , serial-killer Rich- secrets. As the sisters have daughters and granddaughters of ard Basque.” (thecypresstimes.com) their own, they discover that both love and betrayal are even more complicated than they seem.” (Publisher’s note) Jemisin, N. K. The killing moon; N.K. Jemisin. Orbit 2012 Jio, Sarah 440p. Dreamblood The violets of March; Sarah Jio. 2011 ISBN 0316187283; 9780316187282 296p. LC 2011028110 ISBN 9780452297036 pa; 0452297036 This fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin takes place in the LC 2010037282 ancient city-state of Gujaareh, [where] peace is the only law. This book tells the “story of a woman rebuilding after Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of its cobbled romantic and professional setbacks. A few years ago, Em- streets wait the Gatherers—the keepers of this peace. Priests ily Wilson was a bestselling writer married to a loving and of the dream-goddess, their duty is to harvest the magic of handsome man. Now her husband has ditched her and she’s the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe . . . and kill those unable to string four words together. Looking for rejuve- judged corrupt. But when a conspiracy blooms within Gu- nation and inspiration, Emily leaves New York City for a jaareh’s great temple, Ehiru—the most famous of the city’s month at her great-aunt Bee’s Bainbridge Island home, but Gatherers—must question everything he knows. Someone, soon after she arrives, she discovers a mysterious diary from or something, is murdering dreamers in the goddess’ name, 1943 and becomes fascinated by the love story captured by its prey both in Gujaareh’s alleys and the realm of the unknown diarist. Emily’s attempts to ferret out the story dreams. Ehiru must now protect the woman he was sent to behind the diary bring her into contact with the island’s . . . kill—or watch the city be devoured by war and forbidden locals; as Emily enjoys a simmering romance with an artist, magic. (Publisher’s note) answers prove hard to come by, and even Bee is reluctant to share the truth.” (Publishers Weekly) Jensen, Jane Dante’s equation; Jane Jensen. Ballantine Books Johnson, Adam 2003 484p ill. $15.95  The orphan master’s son; Adam Johnson. ISBN 0345430379; 9780345430373 Random House 2011 443p. LC 2003273636 ISBN 9780679643999 ebook; 9780812992793 In this book, “physics professor Jill Talcott is experi- LC 2011013410 menting with energy waves that somehow directly influence The novel is “set within the highest levels of the North matter and living things. Journalist Denton Wyle . . . track[s] Korean dictatorship. . . . The orphan master’s son is Pak Jun down the scattered fragments of a manuscript written in Do, and he has perhaps the most valuable skill possible for 1944 in Auschwitz by Yosef Kobinski. A kabbalist and phys- advancement in North Korea -- of saying a lie while icist of genius, Kobinski mathematically described a dimen- speaking the truth. His bravery and fearlessness leading sion of good and evil. . . . In Jerusalem, rigid, self-absorbed Army orphan brigades through dangerous mines is quickly Rabbi Aharon Handalman studies the for coded mes- noted, and Jun Do is selected for even more difficult mis- sages supposedly buried in the text. Astonishingly, he finds sions—kidnapping Japanese citizens and repatriating them dozens of menacing references to Kobinski and weapons. . . to North Korea, then language school and back to a fishing . Jill’s experiment . . . causes an explosion that kills dozens boat to spy on American submarines. . . . The Americans of innocents. This attracts Handalman’s attention—and also have confused Jun Do with a government minister who often that of Calder Farris, part of a secret Defense Department is at dangerous odds with Kim Jong Il. . . . So the . . . Leader group whose purpose is to acquire possible new weapons simply replaces the commander with Jun Do -- sending the technology and either co-opt or silence the inventors. Ambi- once-powerful man into the mines and Do to live with his beautiful actress-wife and kids.” (USA Today)

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Johnson, Barb Joinson, Suzanne More of this world or maybe another; Barb John- A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar; Suzanne Join- son. Harper Perennial 2009 188, 12p (pbk.) $13.99 son. Bloomsbury 2012 374p. ISBN 9780061732270 ISBN 9781608198115 LC 2010277106 LC 2011046720 In this collection of interconnected short stories, author Part of this book is set in 1923 . . . [as] Evangeline Eng- Barb “Johnson maps the lives of several New Orleanians lish, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie at the an- who orbit Delia Delahoussaye’s Laundromat on Palmyra cient Silk Route city of Kashgar to help establish a Christian Street, where ‘saying hello and fighting can sound just alike.’ mission. Lizzie is in thrall to their forceful and unyielding The title story finds a stoned teenage Delia longing to kiss a leader Millicent, but Eva’s motivations for leaving her bour- girl named Chuck in the belly of an empty oil tank, a make- geois life back at home are less clear-cut. . . . In present-day shift sense-deprivation chamber that Delia thinks ‘shakes London, . . . Frieda, a young woman adrift in her own life, you loose from yourself.’ By the end of the second story, opens her front door one night to find a man sleeping on the ‘Keeping Her Difficult Balance,’ it’s unclear whether Delia landing. . . . Tayeb, who has fled to England from Yemen, will ever escape her childhood identity. ‘If the Holy Spirit has arrived on Frieda’s doorstep just as she learns that she Comes for You’ finds her brother, Dooley, nursing a pig his is the next-of-kin to a dead woman she has never heard of. uncles want to slaughter, and the story’s moral nuance and . . . The two wanderers begin an unlikely friendship as their consequences echo through ‘Killer Heart,’ where an older worlds collide. (Publisher’s note) Dooley’s good deeds lead to tragedy.” (Publishers Weekly) Jones, Chris Morgan Johnson, Craig, 1961-  The silent oligarch; Chris Morgan Jones. Another man’s moccasins; Craig Johnson. Vi- Penguin Press 2012 312p. king 2008 290p. Walt Longmire mysteries ISBN 9781594203190 ISBN 0670018619; 9780670018611 LC 2011044536 LC 2007029979 In this book “[m]ysterious men, cryptic of speech In Craig Johnson’s “fourth mystery to feature Wyoming and beautifully tailored, move through glittery settings— sheriff Walt Longmire, . . . Walt responds to a call that leads seacoasts, grand hotels, swank neighborhoods. . . . Rows of to the discovery of the body of a young Vietnamese woman, massive buildings ‘bullied all the leaves off the bare limes Ho Thi Paquet, along an Absaroka County highway. Squat- and left the trees cowering in the middle of the road.’ Ben ting nearby with Paquet’s purse is a massive Crow Indian Webster is a snoop employed by a London corporate espio- later identified as Virgil White Buffalo. When Walt finds a nage firm. His boss’ client has hired the company to bring photograph of himself and a Vietnamese barmaid taken in down a Kremlin functionary, the toadlike Malin, whose 1968 among the victim’s belongings, Walt realizes that the manipulation of Russia’s oil industry is making him a tril- murder isn’t as clear-cut as it appears. With the help of his lionaire. Webster attempts to get at the toad through his longtime friend, Cheyenne Indian Henry Standing Bear, dithering money launderer, Richard Lock. . . . Men are be- Walt retraces Paquet’s steps and uncovers disturbing links to trayed. Drugged. Kidnapped. Tossed off buildings. Downed a California human trafficking ring as well as to his own past by snipers. If the good guys win, it’s at such a cost they’re as a military inspector in Vietnam.” (Publishers Weekly) left wondering if they accomplished anything. They did.” (Booklist) Johnson, Craig, 1961- Hell is empty; Craig Johnson. Viking 2011 viii, Jones, J. Sydney 312p The silence; J. Sydney Jones. Severn House ISBN 9780670022779; 0670022772 2011 240p. Viennese mysteries LC 2010048021 ISBN 9780727880840 This book tells the story of “Sheriff Walt Longmire of This book tells the story of “[y]oung lawyer Karl Werth- Absaroka County, Wyo., a self-deprecating and experienced en [who] loves taking on private investigations . . . [and] is lawman . . . [whose assignment to] a seemingly simple pris- eager to pursue the disappearance of a member of the illus- oner transport evolves into a grueling physical and mental trious Wittgenstein family. Concurrently, a Vienna council- trial where Walt doggedly pursues an escaped psychotic man is found shot in his office, an apparent suicide. Working murderer.” (denverpost.com) “Raynaud Shade, an adopted his missing-person case, Werthen interviews a gay freelance Crow Indian, has just confessed to murdering a boy ten journalist who knows young Wittgenstein and, interestingly, years ago. . . . After transporting Shade and a group of other has also been writing inflammatory articles about council convicted murderers through a snowstorm, Walt is informed activities. The missing man is soon found, but the journalist by the FBI that the body is buried in his jurisdiction. . . . is murdered. Afraid that his interview triggered the man’s Guided only by Indian mysticism and a battered death, Werthen feels morally compelled to identify the kill- of Dante’s ‘Inferno,’ Walt pursues Shade and his fellow es- er.” (Libr J) capees into the icy hell of the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area.” (Publisher’s note) Jones, Luanne The Dixie Belle’s Guide to Love; Luanne Jones . Avon Books 2002 374p (pbk.) $5.99 ISBN 9780380819348

45 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT In this book, “when her two-timing husband leaves her girls. But . . . they find out they’ve been fleeced for their with nothing but ownership of the local Pig Rib Palace, Rita money and an eviction notice is taped to their door. They Stark decides to get her life back into high gear and turn the have seventy-two hours to come up with the money or be rib joint into a cash cow. But her best girlfriends are sure tossed into the streets by the city marshals. . . . [T]hey set the former Miss Dixie Belle Duchess needs help getting the out to try and stop the eviction and find themselves caught eatery -- and her recently broken heart -- back into shape. in the crossfire of a bloody war between the Notorious Clark So they’ve hired the sexiest man ever to hit Hellon, Tennes- family and a new player in the game. . . . Meanwhile the see, Will ‘Wild Billy’ West, to lend a hand. Will’s suddenly police are still searching for the killer known only as The relighting a fire that Rita was sure went out long ago. What Animal. . . . [A]ll parties involved will discover something could a sexy prize like him possibly see in a small-town gal about Animal and his abduction that no one was prepared like her, especially when he’s planning to skip town at sum- for.” (Publisher’s note) mer’s end?” (Publisher’s note) K’wan Jones, Sadie Section 8; a hood rat novel. K’wan. St. Martin’s The uninvited guests; Sadie Jones. HarperCol- Griffin 2009 ix, 358p. Hood rat novels lins 2012 262p. ISBN 0312536968; 9780312536961 ISBN 0062116509; 9780062116505 LC 2009012530 LC 2012372210 In this ninth novel of K’wan’s “Hood Rat’ series, the This novel by Sadie Jones begins [o]ne late spring eve- author depicts “action, murder, betrayal, sex, more action, ning in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin familiar faces and a few surprises. Readers are first intro- for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington’s duced to Tionna, a single mom of two, desperate to recover twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful her footing after her man gets arrested for his involvement accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether in drug and gun dealing. Moving back to her old neighbor- savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor and hood in shame, Tionna devises a plan with her girlfriends— the household is thrown into confusion and mischief. . . . As Gucci, Boots and Tracy—to con local mogul the passengers wearily search for rest, the house undergoes Don B. Meanwhile, Gucci meets and falls for Animal, a a strange transformation. One of their number (who is most notorious criminal who’s on the about going legiti- definitely not a gentleman) makes it his business to join the mate as a rapper. As their pursuits intertwine, Tionna and birthday revels. Evening turns to stormy night, and a most friends find much to learn about unintended consequences.” unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to (Publishers Weekly) smithereens. (Publisher’s note) K’wan Joss, Morag Welfare wifeys; K’wan. St. Martin’s Griffin Half broken things; Morag Joss. Delacorte Press 2010 337p. A hood rat novel 2005 303p. (pbk.) $15.00; (hbk.) o.p. ISBN 0312536976; 9780312536978 ISBN 9780440242444; 0385339402 LC 2010030122 LC 2005048487 The author of the novel Section 8 continues the stories This book offers “a novel that peers into the lives of of characters Animal, Gucci, Don B. and his Big Dawg three dangerously lost people . . . and the ominous haven crew, while introducing some new ones, who all inhabit they find when they find each other. Jean is a house sitter the complicated and interconnected world of the hood. Ani- at the end of a dreary career. Steph is nine months pregnant mal is now a big-time hip-hop star who’s returning to New and on the run. And Michael is a thief. Through a mixture York from Texas on music-related business and to avenge of deceit, good luck, and misfortune, these three damaged the deaths of his posse. Malika gave up a middle-class life loners have come together at a secluded country home called when she became pregnant by Suede, who after his release Walden Manor. Now all three have found what they needed from prison betrayed her and denied their son, Solomon. most: a new beginning, a little kindness, a little love. Living (Publishers Weekly) off the manor’s riches, tending its grounds and gardens, they leave the outside world far behind and build a happiness so Kanon, Joseph long denied them. That is, until the first unexpected visitor Istanbul passage; a novel. Joseph Kanon. Atria arrives.” (Publisher’s note) Books 2012 404p. ISBN 1439156417; 9781439156414 LC 2011045510 K This espionage novel is set in “1945 Istanbul, [as] Allied veteran Leon Bauer is running spy missions under the cover K’wan of a U.S. tobacco-importing business. With the war over, Eviction notice; K’wan. St. Martin’s Griffin U.S. operations are closing up shop in the neutral capital, 2011 438p. Hood rat novels but Leon has one last big job: to take possession of a Roma- ISBN 0312536984; 9780312536985 nian defector in possession of important Russian secrets and LC 2011020384 get him flown to safety. The rub is the defector, Alexei, was In this novel, “[w]hen three young friends, Porsha, involved in a heinous massacre of Jews four years earlier.” Frankie and Sahara, decide to sublease an apartment from (Kirkus) a mutual acquaintance, life becomes one big party for the

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Karp, Larry 9781451640779 A perilous conception. Poisoned Pen Press 2011 LC 2011044179 250p. In this book, [t]he Jewish legend that the world is kept ISBN 1590589734; 9781590589731; 9781590589748; from destruction by 36 just people, who are unaware of their 9781590589755 status, underpins . . . [the plot by author A. J.] Kazinski, the LC 2011926981 pseudonym of filmmaker Anders Rønnow Klarlund and This book takes place in “1976. Despite fierce interna- Jacob Weinreich. When Italian police officer Tommaso di tional controversy over whether in vitro fertilization should Barbara becomes aware that good people have been dying ever be performed in humans, doctors around the world race all over the world, he concludes that the victims are 34 of the to be first to produce a baby by this procedure. Dr. Colin 36, and contacts a Danish colleague, hostage negotiator Niels Sanford, a[n] . . . obstetrician in the city Bentzon, to assist him in saving the last two members of the of Emerald, has a plan. He recruits Dr. Giselle Hearn, an group. Bentzon, in turn, finds unexpected help in the form experienced laboratory geneticist-embryologist at the Uni- of scientist Hannah Lund, who uses the inquiry to re-engage versity. . . . Several months later, Dr. Sanford’s patient, Joyce with the world after her son’s suicide. (Publishers Weekly) Kennett, gives birth to a healthy boy, and Sanford prepares to make an announcement at a press conference. But before Kelly, Jim it convenes, Ms. Kennett’s schizophrenic husband kills Dr. The moon tunnel; Jim Kelly. St. Martin’s Mino- Hearn and then himself. Police Detective Bernie Baumgart- taur 2005 viii, 322p. Philip Dryden novels ner’s investigation is hampered by pressure from influential ISBN 031234922X; 9780312349226 people at the University who want to control sensationalism LC 2005049449 that might harm the institution. Tenacious Baumgartner sus- In Jim Kelly’s “third mystery to feature Cambridgeshire pects more at play.” (Publisher’s note) journalist Philip Dryden . . . an archeological team discov- ers human remains in the remnants of what appears to have Kashua, Sayed been an escape tunnel from a WWII-era POW camp in Eng- Second person singular; Sayed Kashua; trans- land’s fen country. That the victim was shot heading toward lated from the Hebrew by Mitch Ginsburg. Grove the camp piques Philip’s interest. When forensic evidence Press 2012 346p. dates the victim’s death to well after the war, Philip sets out to find the corpse’s identity. His search leads to the local ISBN 0802120199; 9780802120199 Italian community, academics at Cambridge University, the This Bernstein Award-winning Israeli psychological proprietress of a nearby landfill--and to his intellectual and novel by Sayed Kashua, centers on an ambitious lawyer who emotional reawakening after a period of feeling half alive.” is considered one of the best Arab criminal attorneys in Jeru- (Publishers Weekly) salem. He has a thriving practice in the Jewish part of town, a large house, speaks perfect Hebrew, and is in love with his wife and two young children. One day at a used bookstore, Kenin, Eve he picks up a copy of Tolstoy’s “The Kreutzer Sonata, ” and Driven; Eve Kenin. Dorchester Pub. 2007 321p inside finds a love letter, in Arabic, in his wife’s handwriting. Books of the Northern Waste (pbk.) o.p.; (pbk.) o.p. Consumed with suspicion and jealousy, the lawyer hunts for ISBN 9780505527097; 050552709X the book’s previous owner—a man named Yonatan—pulling LC 2008571727 at the strings that hold all their lives together. . . . Kashua This science fiction romance novel takes place in the spins a tale of love and betrayal, honesty and artifice, and “aftermath of the Second Noble War, which killed off a questions whether it is possible to truly reinvent ourselves. third of the Earth’s population, [and features] attractive but (Publisher’s note) deadly trucker Raina Bowen [who] is determined to bring down powerful businessman and presidential adviser Dun- Katzenbach, John can Bane, who brutalized Raina in her youth. Aided by a  What comes next; John Katzenbach. Myste- handsome but emotionless mercenary known simply as Wiz- rious Press 2012 448p. $27.00 ard, Bowen hauls her rig up to the Northern Waste in search of her target; meanwhile, Bane is setting traps and sending ISBN 0802126111; 9780802126115 agents of his own, imperiling the duo but intensifying their In this book, “Adrian Thomas, a retired professor,” re- feelings for each other.” (Publishers Weekly) cently diagnosed with degenerative dementia, “witnesses a man and a woman in an unmarked van kidnap 16-year- old Jennifer Riggins, who’s running away from home. The Kerley, Jack couple have seized Jennifer to star in Whatcomesnext.com, a  The death collectors; Jack Kerley. Dutton Web site where viewers watch the girl’s torture in real time. 2005 320p. Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus mys- Despite his failing mind, Adrian is able to use the psycholog- teries ical insights he gleaned as a professor to hunt for Jennifer.” ISBN 0525948775 (Publishers Weekly) LC 2004028816 This book is “the second [volume] in the series featuring Kazinski, A. J. Mobile, Ala., PD detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nau- The last good man; a novel. by A.J. Kazinski; tilus. Carson and Harry are the department’s psychopatho- translated from the Danish by Tiina Nunnally. Scrib- logical and sociopathological investigative team. . . . When ner 2012 469p. (hardcover) $26.99 a naked female body buried beneath flowers and surrounded by candles is found in a seedy motel, the crime is weird ISBN 9781451640755; 9781451640762;

47 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT enough to be assigned to them. More bodies turn up, each Finca Vigía, where she consorts with Communists. To Ber- accompanied by a tiny but beautiful oil painting. Retired po- nie’s surprise, Noreen’s daughter is palling around with Max lice detective Jacob C. Willow hears of the murder/painting Reles, now in cahoots with Meyer Lansky and other mob- connection and tells Carson he thinks it has something to sters.” (Library Journal) do with a serial killer case he worked early in his career.” (Publishers Weekly) Kerr, Philip Prague fatale; Philip Kerr. Marian Wood Books Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 2012 401p. Bernie Gunther novel The sea is my brother; Jack Kerouac; introduc- ISBN 9780399159022 tion by Dawn Ward. Penguin Books 2012 216p. $23 LC 2011051632 ISBN 9780306821257 This book is [Philip] Kerr’s . . . eighth Bernie Gunther LC 2011278343 novel and takes the Berlin cop to Prague in October 1941, This book tells the story of Wesley Martin, an itinerant to investigate the murder of an adjutant of feared SS Gen. merchant seaman on leave, who stumbles around New York, Reinhard Heydrich, who’s just become the Protector of Bo- from jazz clubs to the bars near Columbia University, where hemia and Moravia. The morning after a drunken party at- he meets Everhart, a young assistant professor with the pasty tended by SS officers at Heydrich’s country estate outside pallor of a teacher of life. Over a drunken night, Everhart Prague, the adjutant, who was shaken by what he witnessed and his circle of hangers-on fall under the spell of Wesley’s as part of a Nazi death squad in Latvia, is found dead in a brooding presence, after which Everhart takes leave from locked guestroom. Heydrich wants Gunther, suicidal him- teaching and enlists with Wesley on his next sea voyage. . self after similar experiences in Russia, to find the adjutant’s . . Wesley and Everhart bum their way to Boston to join the killer fast, but how is one to identify the culprit amid a house crew of a freighter bound for . (Publishers Wkly) full of professional murderers? A involving the death of a foreigner run over by a train and Czech nationalists is Kerr, Philip included. (Publishers Wkly) Hitler’s peace; a novel of the Second World War. Philip Kerr. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2005 448p (pbk.) Kerstan, Lynn $15.00; (acid-free paper) o.p. Heart of the tiger; Lynn Kerstan. New American ISBN 9780143036951; 0399152695 Library 2003 375p. (pbk.) o.p. LC 2004043170 ISBN 0451410858 This book takes place in “Autumn 1943. Since Stalin- LC 2004573017 grad, Hitler has known that Germany cannot win the war. This book, chosen by “Library Journal” as a Top Ten . . . Realizing that the unconditional surrender FDR has Best Romance Novel of 2003, follows the story of “Michael demanded will leave Germany in ruins, Hitler has put out Keynes, mercenary adventurer, [who] returns to England to peace feelers. . . . FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate. destroy his evil brother. . . . But someone else gets there first. Only Churchill refuses to listen. At the center . . . is Willard Suspicion falls on Michael, the duke’s own daughter, and Mayer, an OSS operative who has been chosen by FDR to a soft-voiced young woman with a heart of steel. Now he serve as his envoy. He is the perfect for the steamy world must find a way to exonerate both of them, even if it means of deception, betrayals, and assassinations that make up the confessing to a crime he didn’t commit. . . . Then the real moral universe of realpolitik. . . . Mayer has embraced the murderer and an enemy from Michael’s past resurface, and stylish philosophy of the day, in which no values are fixed. survival itself becomes the only game in town.” (lynnker- In the course of the novel, his beliefs will be put to the ulti- stan.com) mate test.” (Publisher’s note) Kerstan, Lynn Kerr, Philip The golden leopard; Lynn Kerstan. Onyx 2002 If the dead rise not; a Bernie Gunther novel. 370p. Big cat trilogy Philip Kerr. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2010 437p. Bern- ISBN 0451410572 hard Gunther mysteries (hc) $26.95 LC 2003611039 ISBN 9780399156151; 0399156151 In this book, “[i]n 1821 India, charming con artist Lord LC 2009036134 Hugo Duran stands trial for stealing the Heart of Alanbad. In this book, “British author [Philip] Kerr sets the action Needing a lie when he knows the truth of innocence will not of his sixth Bernie Gunther series in two distinct epochs— work, Hugo insists a dream brought him here and that he is prewar Berlin (1934) and Havana 20 years later. Forced off to go home to England to find the Golden Leopard and return the Berlin police force because of his allegiance to the old it to its rightful owner. The court rules if he fails to restore Weimar Republic, Bernie is now the Adlon Hotel’s house the jewel within a year, he will die. Hugo needs help to suc- detective. . . . Bernie, one-fourth Jewish himself, gets em- ceed and at the same time he sees this as an opportunity to broiled in a conflict between corrupt businessmen who aim finish his business with Jessica Carville, who he once hurt to profit from the 1936 Olympiad and a beautiful American badly. . . . Jessie, tempted by his quest, agrees to accompany (and Jewish) journalist, Noreen Charalambides, who hopes him, but does not relish the idea of marrying him to keep to derail U.S. participation. By the time the dust settles, her reputation intact. As the excursion turns dangerous, both Bernie is locked in a stalemate with American mobster Max realize they still love one another.” (thebestreviews.com) Reles. In 1954, Bernie is living in Havana and runs across Noreen, now a successful author living in Hemingway’s

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Khair, Tabish and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and The thing about thugs; Tabish Khair. Houghton wading into his personal life. What ensues is a hilarious and Mifflin Harcourt 2012 256p. (hardback) $24.00 unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly ISBN 8172239785 HarperCollins India; upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages.” 9780547731605 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; (Publisher’s note) 0547731604 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 9788172239787 HarperCollins India Kitt, Sandra LC 2010308952 Celluloid memories. Harlequin 2007 320p While framed by a present-day narrator, this novel is set $6.99 primarily in the 1830s. Amir Ali leaves his village in Bihar ISBN 9780373830152 pa; 0373830157 to travel to London with an English captain, William Mead- In this book, “Savannah Shelton knows the City of An- ows, to whom he narrates the story of his life; the story of a gels breaks hearts more often than it fulfills dreams. Her late murderous thug. While Meadows tries to analyse the strange father spent fruitless years trying to make it big as an ac- cult of the Indian Thug, a group of Englishmen sets out to tor. Among his possessions, Savannah finds papers that hint prove the inherent difference between cultures and people at an old Hollywood secret that she’s positive would make by examining their skulls with bizarre consequences. (Pub- a red-hot screenplay. But when a fender bender introduces lisher’s note) her to McCoy Sutton, a charming, sexy attorney, Savannah wonders if it’s time to put aside her jaded ideas about L.A. King, Stephen, 1947- and figure out if real life can have a Hollywood ending.” The wind through the keyhole; a dark tower (Publisher’s note) novel. by . Scribner 2012 viii, 309p. The dark tower Kneale, Matthew ISBN 1451658907; 9781442346963; 9781442346970; English passengers; Matthew Kneale. Nan A. 9781451658903; 9781451658910; 9781451658927 Talese 2000 446p. facsim. (pbk.) $9.99 LC 2011050590 ISBN 0385497431; 9780385497442 This volume of the Dark Tower series “draws inspira- LC 99016402 tion from tales of knighthood and Old West gunslingers, as This book takes place “[i]n 1857 when Captain Illiam its story-within-a-story (within a story) details the rite-of- Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the passage heroism of Roland Deschain, who saves a terrified Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by boy in Mid-World from a shape-shifting marauder. ‘These British Customs . . . [and] are forced to put their ship up tales nest inside each other,’ explains Roland at the outset, as for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen. he prepares to recount a story through which its characters . . . The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of drew courage and inspiration from a story.” (Kirkus) Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing Kinsale, Laura a sinister thesis about the races of men. Meanwhile, an ab- Lessons in French; Laura Kinsale. Sourcebooks original in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people’s Casablanca 2010 458p $7.99 struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English ISBN 9781402237010; 1402237014 passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870.” This romance novel, chosen as a “Library Journal” Best (Publisher’s note) Book of 2010, tells the story of “Trevelyan and Callie [who] are childhood sweethearts with a taste for adventure, until the fateful day her father discovers them embracing in the Koen, Karleen carriage house and, in a furious frenzy, drives Trevelyan Before Versailles. Crown 2011 xii, 460p away in disgrace. Nine long, lonely years later, Trevelyan ISBN 9780307716576; 0307716570 returns. Callie discovers that he can still make her blood race LC 2010035562 and fill her life with excitement, but he can’t give her the The book offers a historical fiction of young King of one thing she wants more than anything—himself.” (Pub- France Louis XVI. “After the death of his prime minister, lisher’s note) Cardinal Mazarin, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France. He’s still a young man, but one who, as Kinsella, Sophie king, . . . takes everything he can get--including his brother’s I’ve got your number; Sophie Kinsella. Dial wife. As the love affair between Louis and Princess Henri- ette burns, it sets the kingdom on the road toward unmis- Press 2012 433p. takable scandal and conflict with the Vatican. . . . But there ISBN 9780385342063; 9780679644682 are other problems lurking outside the chateau of Fontaine- LC 2011031146 bleau: a boy in an iron mask has been seen in the woods, In this book, “Poppy Wyatt . . . is about to marry her and the king’s finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, has proven ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon . . . [n]ot to be more powerful than Louis ever thought--a man who only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but could make a great ally or become a dangerous foe.” (Pub- in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces lisher’s note) shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. . . . Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. . . . [But] the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, . . . wants his phone back

49 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Koryta, Michael after her parents’ deaths only to encounter another tragedy:  The prophet; Michael Koryta. Little, Brown the suicide of her childhood best friend, Alex. It’s Erica and Co. 2012 416p. $25.99 herself who finds Alex’s body—suspended in a bathtub of ISBN 0316122610; 9780316122610 frozen water, her wrists slashed. Erica is bewildered: Why LC 2012014690 would a beautiful woman who had it all take her own life? In this book, “Adam Austin, a . . . bail bondsman and Teaming up with police detective Patrik Hedström, Erica be- sometime private investigator in the small town of Cham- gins to uncover shocking events from Alex’s childhood. As bers, Ohio, has never gotten past the guilt of letting his one horrifying fact after another comes to light, Erica and little sister Marie walk home from a football game alone” Patrik’s curiosity gives way to obsession and their flirtation which led to her murder. “After Adam unknowingly sends a grows into uncontrollable attraction. (Publisher’s note) 17-year-old client to her death by telling her where she can find a letter-writing ex-con she thinks is her father, the past Lamanda, Al eerily collides with the present.” (Kirkus) Sunset; Al Lamanda. Five Star 2012 275p. ISBN 1432825844; 9781432825843 Kosmatka, Ted LC 2011049914  The games; Ted Kosmatka. Del Rey 2012 This psychological mystery novel by Al Lamanda fol- 360p. (hardback) $25 lows Police Detective John Bekker [who] had it all: a beau- tiful wife a five-year-old daughter and a job he loved . . . ISBN 9780345526618; 9780345526632 but all of that changed in the of an eye. Assigned to a LC 2011042718 special task force investigating organized crime, Bekker got In this science fiction novel, a “new gladiatorial contest a little too close to mob boss Eddie Crist. . . . Bekker’s home between genetically engineered monsters has proven to be is invaded, his wife murdered, and all this witnessed by his a popular Olympic sport. For this year’s games, the U.S. five-year-old daughter. A decade later Bekker, a drunk with Olympic Committee (USOC) uses its most sophisticated AI an institutionalized daughter, comes face to face with Eddie computer to design the latest combatant. . . . Despite dis- Crist, now near death from cancer with a final wish to go to turbing signs that the program’s reclusive creator is losing his grave with a clear conscience. In an ironic twist of fate, touch with reality, the USOC clears Felix for competition. the man Bekker believed responsible for his wife’s death The stage is set for a catastrophic finale, with international hires him to solve the decade-old murder. (Publisher’s note) repercussions.” (Library Journal)

Krentz, Jayne Ann Land, Jon White lies; Jayne Ann Krentz. G.p. Putnam’s Strong at the break; Jon Land. Forge 2011 Sons 2007 371p Arcane Society novels o.p.; o.p.; 348p. Caitlin Strong novels ISBN 9780765323378; 0765323370 (pbk.) $9.99 LC 2011011542 ISBN 039915373X; 9780399153730; 9780515143997 This book tells the story of “fifth-generation Texas LC 2006044829 Ranger Caitlin Strong,” set “two decades” after “her fa- This book follows “Clare Lancaster, . . . a member of the ther shot down the cult-like leader of a separatist church . clandestine Arcane Society, an association of parasensitives . . That man’s son, Malcolm Arno, has become head of a who are dedicated to the study of the paranormal. Clare’s . . militia movement bent on unleashing chaos and anarchy . abilities as a human lie detector make even other paranor- across the country. . . . Already mired in one investigation of mals uneasy, with the exception of her half-sister Elizabeth. drug smuggling over the U.S.-Canadian border and another Elizabeth’s troubled marriage brings Clare to Arizona. . . . involving an Iraqi war veteran who claims the army is trying There, Clare finally meets Archer Glazebrook, her biological to kill him, Caitlin finds herself embroiled in the search for father, but she also meets Jake Salter, another highly talented the kidnapped son of former outlaw Cort Wesley Masters. parasensitive who turns out to be on assignment . . . to track When the missing boy’s trail leads to Malcolm Arno’s Texas down a possible plot to take over the society. The he’s compound, the three cases converge.” (Publisher’s note) after has some connection to the still-unsolved murder of Clare’s . . . brother-in-law months before. More murders fol- Landay, William low, and Jake and Clare have to work together to save them-  selves and the society.” (Publishers Weekly) Defending Jacob; William Landay. Delacorte Books 2012 421p. ISBN 9780345527592; 9780385344227 LC 2011011623 L This book offers a novel about “Andy Barber [who] has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massa- Lackberg, Camilla chusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected The ice princess; Camilla Läckberg; translated in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy [from the Swedish] by Steven T. Murray. at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when 2011 391p. a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy ISBN 1451621744; 9781451621747; 9781451621754 is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old LC 2010032941 son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Every This crime novel begins when a grisly death exposes the parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. . . . But dark heart of a Scandinavian seaside village. Erica Falck re- as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a mar- turns to her tiny, remote hometown of Fjällbacka, , riage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the cri-

50 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS sis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will Laukkanen, Owen face a trial of his own—between loyalty and justice, between The professionals; a novel. Owen Laukkanen. truth and allegation, between a past he’s tried to bury and a Putnam 2012 372p. future he cannot conceive.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780399157899 LC 2012000907 Landis, Jill Marie In this crime novel, “[f]our college friends . . . decide Heartbreak Hotel; a novel. Jill Marie Landis. to make money by kidnapping bankers and other extremely Ballantine Books 2005 335p. Cove trilogy wealthy men around the U.S. . . . The group’s luck runs out (pbk.) $6.99; o.p.; (MM : alk. paper) o.p. on a Michigan job when their target turns out to be con- ISBN 9780345453297; 0345453301 (alk. paper); nected to the Mafia, a mistake that starts an avalanche of 0345453298 violence. Their crime spree leads to the involvement of FBI LC 2004063654 agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator This book tells the story of “widowed Tracy Potter and Kirk Stevens, who race the mob to catch the kidnappers.” Wade MacAllister. When Tracy’s wheeler-dealer, (Publishers Weekly) real-estate-developer husband dies suddenly, Tracy is shocked to learn that their wealthy lifestyle was mortgaged to the hilt. Law, Susan Kay The only way to provide for her college-age stepdaughter and The paper marriage; Susan Kay Law. Berkley young son is to make a go of the dilapidated historical hotel Books 2008 362p. (pbk.) $19 her late husband’s father left in his name. Before the Heart- ISBN 9780425219355 break Hotel is even open for business, Wade rides in on his LC 2007046576 Harley, planning to end his life. But after drinking himself into This book tells the story of Ann McCrary, whose “mar- oblivion, Wade has a strangely realistic dream and wakes up riage came to a standstill when a car crash nearly ended her refreshed after the first decent night’s sleep he’s had in ages. husband’s life and put him into a deep coma. That was 12 The longer Wade stays, the more sense his eerie dreams begin years ago, and ever since, her life has been on hold. . . . to make.” (thebestreviews.com) Then former baseball star Tom Nash moves in, clueless as to how to deal with his rebellious teenage daughter, and Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- Ann’s world expands in a totally unexpected way.” (Library Edge of dark water; Joe R. Lansdale. Mulhol- Journal) “[O]ne night a few days before Ann’s wedding an- land Books/Little, Brown and Co. 2012 292p. niversary she . . . realiz[es] that after this anniversary she . . ISBN 0316188433; 9780316188432 . would officially have spent more of [her] relationship with LC 2011030557 him in a coma than when he was really alive. Tom comes This novel is set in the Depression-era . . over to comfort her. . . . She ends up getting pregnant after . [and] follows a teenage girl, her two best friends and her this one night. . . . 5 years after the baby is born Ann’s hus- drug-addled mother, who find some stolen money and take band finally succumbs to an infection and passes away and to a raft on the river in the hopes of escaping their dead- the book ends with Ann and Tom getting married.” (debbies- end small town. Along the way, they must outwit a series of worldofbooks.com) violent oddballs, including a foul-smelling mercenary killer named Skunk. . . . [Part of the book offers a] portrait of rac- Lawhead, Stephen R. ism in Texas in the 1930s. One . . . section chronicles the The map; Stephen R. Lawhead. Thomas guilt of a preacher who falsely accuses a young black man Nelson 2010 403p. Bright Empires (hardcover) of theft, which leads to the man’s being castrated and burned $24.99 to death. (N Y Times) ISBN 9781595548047 LC 2010017750 Lasser, Scott This book follows a young man named Kit Livingston, Say nice things about Detroit; Scott Lasser. whose “life has been uneventful--until his great-grandfather W.W. Norton & Co. 2012 267p. appears to him in an alley and tells him a wondrous story ISBN 0393082997; 9780393082999 about Britain’s legendary ley lines. These lines are real LC 2012006784 roadways to alternate worlds and times. One traveler who In this book, it’s 25 “years after his high school gradua- explored more than any other tattooed an intricate map on tion, [and] David Halpert returns to a place that most people his own skin so he would not get lost in the cosmos. The flee”--his hometown of Detroit. But David is making his man and the map have long since vanished, and now the . own escape—from his divorce and the death of his son. In . . race is on to find the map and the secrets it may reveal.” Detroit, David learns about the double shooting of his high (Library Journal) school girlfriend Natalie and her black half-brother, Dirk. As David becomes involved with Natalie’s sister, he will dis- Lawrence, Caroline cover that both he and his hometown have reasons to hope.” The case of the deadly desperados; Caroline (Amazon.com) Lawrence. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2011 279p. Western mysteries ISBN 9780399256332 LC 2011013305 In this book, Caroline “Lawrence shifts her sleuthing . . . [to] Virginia City, Montana in the 1860s. . . . Whittlin’ Walt

51 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT . . . has just scalped and slain the foster parents of twelve- Lee, Marie Myung-Ok year-oldp. K. (Pinky) Pinkerton, . . . who holds a coveted Somebody’s daughter; Marie Myung-Ok Lee. deed to an entire region of silver mines. Pinky hightails it to Beacon Press 2005 x, 264p. (cloth : acid-free paper) Virginia City . . . to register his claim, . . . [then] to Chicago, o.p.; (pbk.) $16 where he wants to join the detective whom he believes to ISBN 0807083887; 0807083895 be his father.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) LC 2004025757 This novel tells the “story of Sarah Thorson, who discov- Layton, Edith ers the truth about her birth when she is nineteen. Sarah’s To wed a stranger; Edith Layton. Avon Books story begins when she drops out of the University of Min- 2003 375p. C’ series (pbk.) $5.99 nesota and, more by happenstance than design, decides to ISBN 0060502177 study in Korea. As the summer progresses, Sarah becomes LC 2003611531 more and more intrigued by her Korean heritage, eventually This book tells the story of “Lady Annabelle Wylde, discovering the truth about her adoption: her birth mother [who] has had many flirtations but has never found love. did not die in a car crash. With the help of two remarkable Nevertheless, she knows she must wed; resigned to a love- men, Jun-Ho Kim, a Korean hoping to befriend Americans, less relationship, she dutifully agrees to an arranged mar- and Doug Henderson, a Korean American struggling with his riage with Miles Croft, Viscount Pelham, a man she hardly mixed heritage, Sarah embarks on a crusade to find her birth knows. Disaster strikes on the couple’s honeymoon as viru- mother that leads her to a deepening involvement with the lent influenza robs Annabelle of her beauty and vitality, and culture, language, and people of Korea.” (Publisher’s note) their relationship takes on a deeper dimension as they learn to know each other and discover what is really important to Lelic, Simon them.” (Library Journal) The child who; a novel. Simon Lelic. Penguin Books 2012 303p. Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873 ISBN 0143120913; 9780143120919 Uncle Silas; a tale of Bartram-Haugh. Joseph LC 2011045210 Sheridan Le Fanu; edited with introduction and notes In this book, Felicity was a bright, bouncy, much-liked by Victor Sage. Penguin 2000 xli, 476p. (pbk.) $14 preteen. Adults doted on her, schoolmates clustered around ISBN 0140437460 her, and her future seemed unlimited--until Daniel Blake, LC 2001276573 barely a year older, assaulted her, tortured her, bound her In this book “[f]rom the moment that Madame de la hands with wire and left her to drown. County solicitor Leo Rougierre is hired as governess to the young, naïve Maud Curtice happens to answer the phone call requesting repre- Ruthyn, a dark cloud of foreboding hangs over the entire sentation for Daniel. From the moment he agrees, his life household. A liar, a bully and a spy, Madame eventually spirals out of control. . . . Leo needs to understand why Dan- leaves, taking her dark secret with her. But unhappily for iel became Daniel. The boy has nothing to say. . . . But Leo Maud, that is not the last of Madame de la Rougierre. For keeps asking why: why did this happen, what’s in Daniel’s when Maud is orphaned she is sent to live with her Uncle past? When menacing letters arrive threatening Leo’s fam- Silas, her father’s mysterious brother, a man with a scandal- ily, he downplays the danger. . . . Then Leo’s daughter goes ous—even murderous—past. Here she encounters Madame missing, and he and his wife suffer the anguish of Felicity’s once more. This time her sinister role in Maud’s destiny is all family. (Kirkus) too clear.” (Publisher’s note) Leon, Donna Lee, Krys Beastly things; Donna Leon. Atlantic Monthly  Drifting house; Krys Lee. Viking 2012 304p. 210p. ISBN 9780802120236 ISBN 9780670023257 This detective novel, a volume of the Guido Brunetti LC 2011036188 series, offers a tale of the murder of a quiet veterinarian. This book presents short stories about the conflicts be- . . . One painfully human mistake, a simple act of hubris, tween Korean and American culture. [Krys] Lee tends to draws an ordinary man into an inescapable trap that leaves focus on domestic relationships, the tensions--sometimes him dead in a Venetian canal, carrying no identification unbridgeable--between husband and wife, between parent and wearing only one shoe. Gradually, Commissario Bru- and child. In the opening story, A Temporary Marriage, Mrs. netti and his colleague Inspector Vianello follow the trail Shin saves money to travel from Seoul to southern Califor- to the town of Mestre, on the mainland near Venice, and to nia to find her daughter Yuri, who she feels has been kid- a slaughterhouse, where the animals that provide the meat napped and spirited away to America by her ex-husband. . . which adorns the plates of the finest Venetian restaurants . In The Pastor’s Son, a woman makes her husband, Pastor (and Brunettis own table) are killed and dressed in . . . [a] Ryu, promise to marry her old childhood friend, Hyeseon barbaric manner. (Booklist) Min, after she dies. . . . At the Edge of the World focuses on the split identity of Myeongseok Lee, a prodigy who goes by his Korean name at home and by Mark at school. (Kirkus)

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Leon, Donna rob banks and then gets mighty annoyed when one of them  Blood from a stone; Donna Leon. Atlantic ends up with an exploding dye packet.” (Kirkus) Monthly Press 2005 276p. Guido Brunetti mysteries o.p.; (pbk.) $14.95; (hbk.) o.p. Levack, Simon ISBN 0871138875; 9780143117094; 9780871138873 Demon of the air; Simon Levack. Thomas LC 2005040961 Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005 xiv, 296p This crime novel “brings Commissario Brunetti . . . [to] maps Aztec mysteries o.p.; o.p. the [crime] scene: On a cold Venetian night shortly before ISBN 9780312348342; 0312348347 Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo LC 2005043976 Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the This book takes place in “Mexico, 1517. Emperor American tourists who had been browsing the man’s wares Montezuma rules the known world . . . [but he] is troubled. . . . before his death. The dead man had been working as a Mysterious strangers have appeared in the East. . . . The ‘vu cumpra,’ one of the many African immigrants peddling soothsayers he turns to for guidance give him only enig- goods outside normal shop hours and trading without work matic answers, and he knows he cannot trust his advisers- permits. . . . Because these workers have few social connec- --especially his chief minister . . . Lord Feathered in Black. tions and little money, infighting seems to be the answer. Yaotl, the chief minister’s slave, is troubled, too. He was And yet the killings have all the markings of a professional ordered to escort a sacrificial victim up the steps of the operation. Once Brunetti begins to investigate, . . . he dis- Great Pyramid, but the victim ran amok, uttering a bizarre covers that matters of great value are at stake within the se- and sinister prophecy and leaping to his death before the cretive society.” (Publisher’s note) War-God’s priests could cut out his heart. Then Yaotl learns that the emperor’s soothsayers have vanished. The emperor Leon, Donna senses a connection between these two events and orders A question of belief; a Commissario Guido Bru- Yaotl to find it.” (Publisher’s note) netti mystery. Donna Leon. Atlantic Monthly Press/ Distributed by Publishers Group West 2010 262p. Lewis, Beverly Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery The brethren; Beverly Lewis. Bethany House ISBN 0802119425; 9780802119421 2006 349p. Annie’s people LC 2011281197 ISBN 0764201077; 0764202316; 0764202324; In this book, [s]et during an oppressive Venetian August, 9780764201073; 9780764202315; 9780764202322 [author Donna] Leon’s . . . 19th Commisario Guido Brunetti LC 2006019314 mystery . . . presents Brunetti with two puzzles that impinge This book, winner of the 2007 Christy Award, tells “the on his most intimate beliefs. Close associate Ispettore Vi- story of an Amish girl torn between her family’s way of life anello, who’s worried about his elderly aunt’s involvement and her artistic dreams. Annie Zook has been wrestling with with an astrologer, nudges Brunetti toward ruminations on the decision of whether to commit her life to the church even the differences in male and female evidences of affection. though it would mean giving up her art for good. Also com- Meanwhile, Toni Brusca, head of employment records at the plicating her life is Ben Martin, the non-Amish boy she fell Commune, who’s perplexed by a female judge’s erratic court in love with but sent away. Ben’s own life and identity are case postponements, surprises Brunetti by implying that a tested when he learns a secret that his parents have kept from woman could be more criminal than a man. Brunetti patient- him for his entire life.” (Library Journal) ly untangles a sordid skein of desires warped, trusts abused, and loves distorted into depravity. (Publishers Weekly) Lewis, Beverly The missing; Beverly Lewis. Bethany House Leonard, Elmore 2009 332p Seasons of grace (pbk.) $14.99  Raylan; Elmore Leonard. William Morrow ISBN 9780764205729 2012 263p. LC 2009025139 ISBN 006211946X; 0062119478; 0062132326 In this book, “Grace Byler longs to uncover the secret (B&N ed.); 9780062119469; 9780062119476; that drove her mother to leave the family weeks ago. When 9780062132321 (B&N ed.) all hopes are dashed for such a search, an unlikely friend- LC 2011024392 ship leads to a surprising invitation. Meanwhile, the young In this novel, “Raylan Givens, the U.S. Marshal . . . is Amishman Grace thought was courting her best friend takes back in a series of three interlinked stories. . . . The first . . a sudden interest in her, and Grace’s decision to remain sin- . of the stories complicates Raylan’s apprehension of mari- gle is challenged.” (Publisher’s note) “Determined to find juana trader Angel Arenas with the discovery that the dealers her mother who left the community, 21-year-old Grace Byler with whom Angel was meeting left with his money, his grass decides not to marry her fiancé and meets Englisher Heather and his kidneys, which they propose to sell back to him. . . Nelson, who has come to the community because of her own . Their encounter ends with a sizable body count. . . . Ray- mother. Together they travel in search of Grace’s mother.” lan’s second adventure pits him against Carol Conlan, a law- (Library Journal) school–trained vice president of M-T Mining, whose skills in dealing with the problems that beset her employer extend far beyond the courtroom. . . . The villain of th[e] third piece, Delroy Lewis, forces three of his female acquaintances to

53 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Lewis, Beverly This romance novel by Jeannie Lin is a take on My Fair The preacher’s daughter; Beverly Lewis. Beth- Lady. In ninth-century China, Fei Long is a soldier from a any House Publishers 2005 349p Annie’s people noble family whose sister, Pearl, runs away with her lover to $19.99 avoid becoming an alliance bride. After Fei Long gives his sister all of his money and allows her to escape, he meets the ISBN 0764201204 (alk. paper); 0764201050 (pbk. : orphan Yan Ling, who begs him for help. He proposes a plan alk. paper); 0764201212 (lg print pbk. : alk. paper) to substitute her for Pearl to maintain his family’s wealth and LC 2005018581 honor. As Fei Long and his friends undertake the magnifi- This book follows 20-year-old Annie Zook, “a budding cent transformation of the unlearned and outspoken servant artist . . . [whose] conservative Amish community forbids its into a well-bred noblewoman, fooling even the suspicious members to draw or paint pictures. . . . How will she choose Inspector Tong, the teacher and the pupil soon fall in love— between family and vocation? The disappearance of a small jeopardizing the whole scheme. (Publishers Weekly) child years ago has left scars on various characters, and new developments in the case threaten to open old wounds. An- nie’s best friend in the community, Esther Hochstetler, finds Little, Terra that her marriage to an abusive man has become a night- Where there’s smoke; Terra Little. Urban Books mare, while Annie’s pen pal, the wealthy Colorado ‘English- 2009 326p. Where there’s smoke novels er’ Louisa Stratford, . . . visits Annie in Paradise to heal from ISBN 1933967781; 9781933967783 a broken engagement. Both women explore the possibilities LC 2008924560 of change.” (Publishers Weekly) In this novel, “Father’s Day is an occasion for celebra- tion--unless, that is, you don’t know you’re a father. So Limón, Martin it goes for Alec ‘Smoke’ Avery, who learns that he has a Mr. Kill; Martin Limón. Soho Crime 2011 16-year-old son. Now a respectable teacher, Alec . . . used to 375p. George Sueno and Ernie Bascom mysteries deal down in the ‘hood, and one of his best customers, Bre- anne, now Anne, similarly reformed, is the mother. ‘I’d sam- ISBN 1569479348; 9781569479346 pled some of the ladies,’ admits Alec, ‘but I hadn’t left any LC 2011024936 babies behind that I knew of. . . .’ But young Isaiah looks This book offers a military mystery story in which “the like dad. . . . He’s also headed down a path that may not have brutal rape of a young mother sparks rage on the powder-keg such a happy ending. . . . It’s up to Alec to offer some role peninsula of Korea, pitting Koreans against Americans and modeling and save the son he didn’t know he had—easier the 8th Army brass against the truth. Eyewitness accounts said than done, since down at the projects, the competition is indicate the culprit was most likely a U.S. serviceman, but fierce and the temptations many.” (Kirkus) by the time Sergeants George Sueno and Ernie Bascom, U.S. Army investigators, are called in, the rapist has disap- peared and anti-American fervor in this proud Asian country Lively, Penelope is threatening to explode. George and Ernie search in vain How it all began; Penelope Lively. Viking 2012 for the culprit, all the while becoming entangled in the web 229p. of military apologists who deny that any Americans were ISBN 9780143122647; 9780670023448 involved, and the designs of a beautiful blonde musician LC 2011032994 who fronts an all-female country western band--a woman In this novel, “[w]hen Charlotte Rainsford, a retired who is out to entertain the troops in more ways than one.” schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on a London (Publisher’s note) street, the consequences ripple across the lives of acquain- tances and strangers alike. A marriage unravels after an illicit Lin, Jeannie love affair is revealed through an errant cell phone message; The Dragon and the Pearl; Jeannie Lin. Harle- a posh yet financially strapped interior designer meets a quin Books 2011 288p. business partner who might prove too good to be true; an old-guard historian tries to recapture his youthful vigor with ISBN 9780373296620 pa an ill-conceived idea for a TV miniseries; and a middle-aged This book tells the story of “Lady Ling Suyin, former central European immigrant learns to speak English and re- consort of the late Emperor, [who] is grateful but wary when invents his life with the assistance of some new friends.” fierce warlord Li Tao saves her from the assassins of pow- (Publisher’s note) erful military governor Gao Shiming. With the kingdom in turmoil, Suyin trusts no one, especially not Li Tao, whose loyalty to Emperor Shen is in question and the reason for her Livesey, Margot rescue unclear. Li Tao has no idea why Gao Shiming would The flight of Gemma Hardy; Margot Livesey. want the legendary beauty dead, but he wasn’t about to let HarperCollins 2012 447p. that happen. Despite their mutual distrust, Tao and Suyin ISBN 9780062064226; 9780062064233 can’t resist the attraction that arcs between them or the star- LC 2012371565 crossed love that develops.” (Libr J) This book tells the story of “Gemma Hardy. Orphaned by the age of ten, neglected by a bitter and cruel aunt, sent Lin, Jeannie to a boarding school where she is both servant and student, My fair concubine; Jeannie Lin. Harlequin 2012 young Gemma seems destined for a life of hardship and 280p. loneliness. . . . Fiercely intelligent, singularly determined, Gemma overcomes each challenge and setback. . . . Now an ISBN 0373296940; 9780373296941 independent young woman with dreams of the future, she accepts a position as an au pair on the remote and beautiful

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Orkney Islands. But Gemma’s biggest trial is about to begin points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette-- ‘To Marry An . . . a journey of passion and betrayal that will lead her to a English Lord’ is [a] social history.” (Publisher’s note) life she’s never dreamed of.” (Publisher’s note) MacDonald, Gerard Lupton, Rosamund The prisoner’s wife; Gerard Macdonald. Thom- Afterwards; a novel. Rosamund Lupton. Crown as Dunne Books 2012 306p. 2012 386p. ISBN 0312591802; 1250012430; 9780312591809; ISBN 9780307716545 9781250012432 LC 2011041524 LC 2011050641 In this book, Grace Covey and her teenaged daughter “This novel by Gerard Macdonald is a political thriller Jenny are badly injured in an arson fire, and both lie uncon- ripped from [the] headlines--a . . . trip through the murky scious in the hospital. Despite outside appearances, both are worlds of state-sponsored terrorism, nuclear politics, secret well aware of what’s going on around them and are taking American jails and lawless rendition. Shawn Maguire, un- steps to understand what happened. Grace, suffering from employed American spy, has been paid to find a young Irani- a head injury that leaves her in a coma, and Jenny, badly an now being interrogated in one of the CIA’s black prisons. burned, are both able to leave their damaged bodies. They The prisoner may be in Fes, in Cairo or in Peshawar, but can speak to each other, hear all the conversations going Shawn has every confidence that he’ll find his man. Based on around them, and can even hitch rides in as police on his time as an agent, it’s an assignment he knows he can and family members inspect the scene and question those handle. But he’s not so sure he can handle . . . the prisoner’s involved. . . . [T]hey realize the danger isn’t over. They are wife.” (Publisher’s note) the only ones who have all the pieces of the mystery but they can only communicate with each other. (Libr J) MacLean, Sarah A rogue by any other name; edited by Henriette Sinding Aasen, Uichol Kim, Geir Helgesen. Avon M 2012 400p. ISBN 9780062068521 MacBride, Stuart “In this romance novel set before Victorian England, Mi-  Cold granite; Stuart MacBride. St. Mar- chael Lawler, the marquess of Bourne, lost everything in an tin’s Minotaur 2005 458p Logan McRae mysteries ill-considered wager with a scheming neighbor. He spends (pbk.) $6.99; o.p.; o.p. 10 years recreating his fortune three times over by running ISBN 9780312940591; 9780312339951; 031233995X the Fallen Angel, London’s notorious gaming hell. Wealth LC 2005042780 hasn’t stopped him from wanting to regain his family estate, This book is “set in Aberdeen, Scotland. Det. Sgt. Lo- and when the opportunity presents itself, Michael jumps at gan MacRae, back from a lengthy convalescence caused the chance, regardless of the strings attached—namely, mar- by a crazed suspect’s knife attack, is plunged straightaway riage to his childhood friend Miss Penelope Marbury, the into the investigation of a brutally murdered child. To make villain’s daughter. Perpetuating a farce of a marriage for matters worse, the victim’s family learns of the death from London society isn’t difficult, but Bourne’s all-consuming a reporter before the police have a chance to inform them. need for revenge endangers the possibility for real love be- Angered and embarrassed by the press leak, Logan, aided tween the two.” (Publishers Weekly) by WPC Jackie Watson, vows to expose the source within the precinct. . . . More children go missing, and soon the MacLeod, Alexander populace of Aberdeen is screaming for blood. Further incit- Light lifting; (stories) Alexander MacLeod. ing the rabble, a notorious defense attorney earns acquittal Biblioasis 2010 219p. for a habitual child molester. As a result, a hapless, ruined ISBN 978-1-89723-194-4 pa scholar–turned–street sweeper becomes a scapegoat for the LC 2010533764 chilling fear that grips the community.” (Publishers Weekly) This book is a “collection of seven stories by Alexander MacLeod, which has been short-listed for the Giller Prize. MacColl, Gail . . . Light Lifting’s characters live mostly in gritty indus- To marry an English Lord; by Gail MacColl and trial Windsor, Ontario, their lives occasionally threatened Carol McD. Wallace. Workman Pub. 1989 x, 403p. by violence. . . . One of these, ‘ Mile,’ concerns a ill. (pbk.) $15.95; o.p. distance runner named Burns and is narrated by a friend of his. For Burns, importance has become mania—as it can for ISBN 9780761171959; 0894809393 ‘scholars of Renaissance , car buffs, sexual perverts, LC 85040529 collectors of all kinds.’ Winning means everything to him. This book traces how “[f]rom the Gilded Age until 1914, . . . In other stories one discovers a twelve-year old drug- more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and store delivery boy has frightening or repulsive experiences swapped dollars for titles--just like Cora Crawley, Countess with disconcerting sexual connotations; a family befriends a of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Ju- neighbour boy whose mild reaction to being severely beaten lian Fellowes was inspired to create [for the television pro- by one of the boys in the family indicates his desperation to gram] after reading ‘To Marry An English Lord.’ Filled with belong; a group of driveway brick-layers fail to take enough . . . personalities, . . . anecdotes, grand houses, and . . . period care of the seventeen-year-old boy hired on the summer and, details--plus photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer

55 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT as a consequence, his life prospects are implicitly dimin- The mammoth book of ; edited by Sean ished.” (Notre Dame Review) Wallace. Perseus Books Group 2012 vii, 498p. ISBN 0762444681; 9780762444687 Magnin, Joyce LC 2011930509 The prayers of Agnes Sparrow; by Joyce This anthology of steampunk short stories edited by Magnin. Abingdon Press 2009 398p. Bright’s Pond Sean Wallace “focus[es] on newer elements of steampunk, novels (pbk.) $13.99 one which deconstructs the staples of the genre and expands ISBN 1426701640; 9781426701641 on them, rather than simply repeating them, with a greater LC 2009014854 spread both in terms of location and character. This is ste- This book tells the story of “two sisters, Agnes and ampunk with a modern, post-colonial sensibility.” (Pub- Griselda Sparrow. The titular Agnes forswears leaving home lisher’s note) when she tips the scale at 600 pounds, and stays put and prays. When what seem to be miracles--healings from seri- Manfredo, Lou ous illnesses--occur, the residents of the small Pennsylvania Rizzo’s fire; Lou Manfredo. Minotaur Books town of Bright’s Pond naturally attribute them to Agnes. 2011 292p. Agnes’s putative power attracts a stranger in need of an un- ISBN 9780312538064; 9781250001641 stated miracle.” (Publishers Weekly) “The truth of Agnes’s . LC 2010040693 . . motivation comes out when the town reels after the mur- This book tells the story of “Brooklyn Det. Sgt. Joe Riz- der of a beloved community member. . . . Agnes has been zo, . . . a battle-hardened veteran nearing retirement with a praying to atone for a sin committed when she was a child. zen approach to his work . . . [who] has a new detective part- After some tense days, the townsfolk, Griselda, and Agnes ner, Priscilla Jackson, a lesbian African-American. . . . The decide they all need to find their way back to the true source pair start investigating the strangling homicide of ex-shoe of the miracles -- God.” (Publisher’s note) clerk Robert Lauria. Lauria’s death may be connected with a similar killing of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.” Magic words; The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter, The book also chronicles the detectives’ personal troubles: the Frontier’s Most Estimable Magician, a Mur- “Jackson’s estranged from her mother, who cut her off over derous Harlot, and America’s Greatest Indian her sexual preference, while one of Rizzo’s daughters wants Chief. Gerald Kolpan. Pegasus Books 2012 to join against his wishes.” (Publishers Weekly) 400p. ISBN 1605983691; 9781605983691 Marcus, Ben In this novel, young Julius Meyer comes to the New The flame alphabet; Ben Marcus. Alfred A. World to find himself acting as translator for the famed In- Knopf 2012 289p. $25.95 dian chief Standing Bear. Young Jewish immigrant Julius ISBN 9780307739971; 030737937X; 9780307379375 comes of age surrounded by the wild world of 1867 Nebras- LC 2011936249 ka. He . . . [is] captured by the Ponca Indian tribe. . . . Julius In this book, “a terrible epidemic has descended: when- meets the noble chief Standing Bear and his young daugh- ever children speak, adults sicken and eventually die. At first, ter, Prairie Flower, with whom he falls in love. . . . [Then] only Jewish families are stricken, stirring of history’s his older cousin, Alexander who, as the Great Herrmann, is uglier sentiments. But soon every adult is affected. Near the most famous young magician in America [arrives]. . . . death . . . Claire still longs for daughter Esther, a standard- [Julius]does . . . [not] suspect the ultimate consequences of issue obnoxious teenager who’s hardened with the knowl- Alex’s affair with Lady-Jane Little Feather. . . . [The book] edge of her power. . . . But what terrifies Esther’s . . . father, is [an] . . . adventure about the nature of prejudice, the hor- Sam, is that soon Esther will be an adult.” (Library Journal) ror of genocide, and a courageous young man who straddles two worlds to fight for love and freedom. (Publisher’s note) Markovits, Anouk I am forbidden; a novel. Anouk Markovits. Hog- Majmudar, Amit arth 2012 302p. Partitions; Amit Majmudar. 1st ed.; Metropoli- ISBN 9780307984739 tan Books 2011 xii, 211p. LC 2011041305 ISBN 9780805093957; 0805093958; 9781250007629 In this book, “[o]rphaned during the Holocaust, two LC 2010045159 ultra-orthodox Jews bound by love and faith are driven apart This book takes place “[a]s India is rent into two nations, by the same forces. . . . French-raised [Anouk] Markovits’ . . [and] communal violence breaks out on both sides of the . debut opens in Manhattan in 2005 with the meeting of two new border and streaming hordes of refugees flee from blood women: Atara, who . . . fled her Hasidic family to avoid an and chaos. At an overrun train station, Shankar and Keshav, arranged marriage; and Judith, the granddaughter of Atara’s twin Hindu boys, lose sight of their mother and join the hu- adopted sister, burdened by a cataclysmic secret. Then the man mass to go in search of her. A young Sikh girl, Simran clock turns back to Transylvania in 1939” to trace Atara’s Kaur, has run away from her father, who would rather poison family history. (Kirkus) his daughter than see her defiled. And Ibrahim Masud, an el- derly Muslim doctor driven from the town of his birth, limps toward the new Muslim state of Pakistan, rediscovering on the way his role as a healer.” (Publisher’s note)

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Marley, Louise Martinusen-Coloma, Cindy The child goddess; Louise Marley. The salt garden; Cindy McCormick Martinusen. 2004 324p $23.95 Tyndale House Publishers 2004 313p o.p.; (pbk.) ISBN 0441011365 $14.99 LC 2003063836 ISBN 0842373640; 9781595542922 This book is “set on 23rd-century Earth and the oce- LC 2003024485 anic world Virimund. . . . The Magdalenes, a celibate Ro- In this book, set in “a small town on the Pacific coast, a man Catholic order of women priests known as Enquirers, shipwreck is being salvaged that will disclose secrets from travel the galaxy as anthropological investigators. . . . As- the past. [Cindy] Martinusen . . . tells her story from the signed to probe Oa, a mysterious child discovered on Viri- viewpoints of three women. Claire O’Rourke is a San Fran- mund, empathetic Isabel soon learns that Oa represents one cisco reporter recently returned to her small hometown. . . of humanity’s deepest yearnings, for the fountain of eternal . Her path soon intersects with that of Sophia Fleming, a youth. Torn between her forbidden love for Dr. Simon Ed- 70-something reclusive author whom Claire has admired wards, like herself a healer, and her sacred vow of celibacy, since childhood. When a salt-damaged book washes ashore, Isabel asks Simon to help Oa escape the megaworld Extra- some long-buried secrets are illuminated through the journal Solar Corporation, whose general administrator, Gretchen entries of Josephine Vanderook, a passenger on an ill-fated Boreson, has her own devious reasons to claim Oa and her ship.” (Publishers Weekly) few fellow ‘anchens,’ the abandoned children of Virimund.” (Publishers Weekly) Mattison, Alice In case we’re separated; connected stories. Alice Martin, Lee Mattison. William Morrow 2005 viii, 226p $23.95 The bright forever; a novel. Lee Martin. Shaye ISBN 9780066213774; 0066213770 Areheart Books 2005 269p. o.p.; (pbk.) $14.00 LC 2005043422 ISBN 1400097916; 9780307209863 This book “us[es] a poetic form as the organizing prin- LC 2004023758 ciple. In a note on the last page, . . . [author Alice Mattison] In this book, “Katie Mackey is nine and lives with older explains: ‘This book’s 13 stories imitate in prose the 13 stan- brother Gilley and her parents in the small town of Tower zas of a double sestina, using repeated topics or tropes in Hill, Ind[iana]. . . . On the other side of the tracks is Henry something like the way a sestina . . . uses repeated words. Dees, a lonely bachelor and math teacher, who is Katie’s pri- In the changing order prescribed by the sestina pattern, vate tutor this summer of 1972. His neighbor is the equally each story includes a glass of water, a sharp point, a cord, a lonely widow, Clare Mains, who has taken up with the self- mouth, an exchange and a map that may be wrong.’ . . . The styled Raymond R., a new arrival and, like Dees, victim of title story trades on a little irony: it and the other 12 pieces a grim childhood. . . . Then, on a perfect summer evening, in the collection are about a family whose members couldn’t Katie disappears. . . . The searchers for Katie feel burdened lose one another if they tried—which, for the most part, by ‘the weight of all their sins.’ Small wonder, then, that in they don’t. They’re Jewish, originally from Eastern Europe, time Katie’s murder will lead to vigilante justice and another immigrants who settled in Chicago and Brooklyn and then missing body.” (Kirkus) dispersed farther, to Wisconsin, to New Haven, to Boston.” (New York Times) Martinez, A. Lee Gil’s All Fright Diner; A. Lee Martinez. Tor Mazzarella, Nicole 2005 268p o.p.; (pbk.) $6.99 This heavy silence; a novel. Nicole Mazzarella. ISBN 9780765311436; 0765311437; 9780765350015 Paraclete Press 2005 255p. o.p.; (pbk.) $14.95 LC 2004063791 ISBN 1557254257; 9781557255082 In this book, author A. Lee “Martinez leads us into the LC 69248687 lives of Earl the Vampire and Duke the Wolf Man, who met This book, a finalist for the Paraclete Press Fiction on the night that Duke first changed from human to were- Award of 2004, tells the story of “[s]tubborn, independent wolf, attacked Earl in the woods and began eating his guts. Dottie Connell, [whose] greatest desire is to win the 300 We meet these two . . . in their ratty pickup truck as they acres of farmland that her family has worked all her life. pull into Gil’s All Night Diner in Rockwood County in the Then childhood friend Zela Brubaker dies unexpectedly, middle of nowhere. . . . Loretta . . . run[s the] . . . diner. Over naming Dottie as the guardian of her young daughter, Mat- the years she’s shotgunned about 185 zombies, but they con- tie. Although Dottie is not sure she wants to raise the girl, tinue to attack the eatery in small groups. Duke and Earl de- she finally has her chance to purchase her beloved land, but cide to stick around and help Loretta ward off these unwel- the cost requires Mattie’s total inheritance, which is more come walking dead. It turns out that Rockwood County has than the property will ever be worth.” (Library Journal) been pestered in recent years by various occult disturbances, thanks to Tammy, a high-schooler intent on becoming Lilith, McAfee, Annalena Queen of the Universe.” (Kirkus) The spoiler; a novel. Annalena McAfee. Alfred A. Knopf 2012 287p. (hardcover) $25.95 ISBN 1846554357 ; 9780307957344 Knopf; 0307957349 Knopf; 9781846554353 Harvill Secker LC 2011043742

57 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT This book follows “Pulitzer prize-winning journalist professional in the field, the editor of a journal, the Review Honor Tait. . . . She has had a distinguished career and won of Applied Ethics. . . . But by this point in the series, Isabel’s the Pulitzer for her reporting from Buchenwald in April of issues have been put more or less straight: . . . . She is . . 1945. But 1997, the year in which the novel is set, discloses . engaged to . . . Jamie, who is helping raise their toddler a different type of reporting when Tamara Sim is asked to son, Charlie. . . . Only Isabel’s jealous niece Cat, Jamie’s do an interview of the crusty, reclusive and highly intelli- former lover, is still a loose cannon, and when mysterious gent older woman for S*nday, a journal whose clientele is mushrooms from Cat’s delicatessen land Isabel in the emer- more interested in scandal than in truth or integrity. . . . Ta- gency room, high drama seems about to be let loose. . . . mara’s initial interview goes badly because she feels Tait’s Before long, Isabel is back on her feet and involved in the contempt for what she’s doing, but Tamara keeps pursuing main mystery of the book. This time, that means helping a the story. . . . [I]t becomes clear that Tait has been stringing colleague, Jane Cooper, a philosopher who has returned on Tamara along until truth has gotten swallowed in specula- sabbatical to the land of her birth from . Alone and tion.” (Kirkus Reviews) somewhat isolated, Jane, who was adopted, hopes to track her birth father in the hope of gaining some semblance of McCaffrey, Todd belonging, and Isabel has both the contacts and the character Dragonsblood; Todd McCaffrey. Ballantine to act as an amateur sleuth on her behalf.” (Boston.com) Books 2005 viii, 438p map Dragonriders of Pern (hbk.) o.p.; (hbk.) o.p.; (pbk.) $7.99 McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- ISBN 0345441249; 9780345441249; 9780345441256 The full cupboard of life; Alexander McCall LC 2004051086 Smith. Pantheon Books 2003 198p. The No. 1 La- This fantasy novel of the Pern saga follows “Wind Blos- dies Detective Agency som, one of the original colonists of Pern, who’s struggling ISBN 0375422188; 9780375422188 to create a legacy for future generations before she dies, LC 2003062379 and Lorana, a young dragonrider born 450 years later with In this book, “Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni unusual talents for healing and telepathy. A . . . set of time are still engaged, but with no immediate plans to get married. travel puzzles and paradoxes is set against the . . . backdrop . . . For indeed he has other things on his mind--particularly of two populations struggling to survive: the children of the a frightening request (involving a parachute jump) made by colonists, learning to live in a new world as they lose the Mma Potokwani, the persuasive matron of the orphan farm. technology of the old one, and the dragons of Lorana’s time, Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind, who are dying of a mysterious plague just when they’re including a case in which a wealthy woman wonders wheth- needed to protect Pern. The strength of the two women er her suitors are interested in her or just her money. Mean- and the mysterious connection between them is gradually while, Mma Makutsi--plucky assistant detective and deputy revealed through a number of . . . parallel occurrences.” manager of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors garage--is (Publishers Weekly) moving. Her entrepreneurial venture, the Kalahari Typing School for Men, is thriving and with this new income she McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- has rented two rooms in a house.” (Publisher’s note) A conspiracy of friends; Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon Books 2011 261p. A Corduroy McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Mansions novel $24.95 The Kalahari typing school for men; Alexander ISBN 0307907236; 9780307907233 McCall Smith. Pantheon Books 2003 186p. No. 1 LC 2011051041 Ladies’ Detective Agency This novel visits the self-contained fictional world en- ISBN 037542217X; 9780375422171 compassing the residents of Corduroy Mansions in Lon- LC 2002030709 don’s Pimlico neighborhood. The book opens by introducing In this book, “Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her an immense ensemble cast, which includes Oedipus Snark, business is well established with many satisfied customers, the only truly nasty Liberal Democrat Member of Parlia- and in her mid-thirties . . . she has a house, two adopted ment; his mother, Berthea, at work on a hostile biography children, a fine fiancé. But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. of her son; Berthea’s brother, a New Ager called Terence J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her Moongrove; literary agent (and Snark’s former lover) Bar- able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, Ragg; her odious business partner, Rupert Porter; as a rival detective agency has opened in town--an agency that well as the hapless, affable wine merchant William French does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ra- and his dog, Freddie de la Hay. Each has his or her own tale: motswe’s does.” (Publisher’s note) a conflict at work, a longing for love, the search for new smells (that would be Freddie). (Publishers Weekly) McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection; McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon Books 2012 The forgotten affairs of youth; Alexander McCall 257p. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Smith. Pantheon Books 2011 261p. ISBN 9780307378408 ISBN 9780307379184 LC 2011050788 LC 2011023394 This book is the 13th in Alexander McCall Smith’s series This book tells the story of “Isabel Dalhousie, . . . a phi- featuring fictional detective Precious Ramotswe. In it, [a]n losopher . . . [and an] Edinburgh-based heroine[, who] is a unknown tall man appears in a dream to Mma Ramotswe,

58 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS and before long, one shows up for real, in the person of matter. She and her prickly assistant, Grace Makutsi, attend American Clovis Andersen, author of the bible of the No. a match and begin interviewing the players in an effort to 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, The Principles of Private De- solve what amounts to the book’s main mystery. The soccer tection. Invited to the country by a woman working on an inquiry, though, is secondary to a major event in Mma Ra- American project to build school libraries, Anderson ends motswe’s life--the impending demise of the little white van up assisting his biggest fan in looking into the dirty laundry she’s used for many years that’s much more than a machine of a businessman whose plans to make the local orphanage to her. (Publishers Wkly) more efficient threaten the role of its matron and its success- ful operation. (Publishers Wkly) McCall, Dinah Dreamcatcher; Dinah McCall. HarperPaper- McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- backs 1996 292p. (pbk.) $5 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency; Alexander ISBN 0061083259; 9780061083259 McCall Smith. Pantheon Books 2005 235p. No. 1 LC 2011656139 Ladies’ Detective Agency In this book, “[u]nable to free herself from her hus- ISBN 0375423877; 9780375423871 band’s obsession, beautiful Amanda Potter retreats into LC 2005047587 her own dream world where a comforting lover adores her. “This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s . . . The But Jefferson Dupree, a man searching for the woman he No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series[, which was voted one knows is his destiny, is determined to create for Amanda a of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium reality more fulfilling than any dream.” (Publisher’s note) by the ‘Times Literary Supplement,’] tells the story of . . . “Amanda’s world is turned upside down when she purchases Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to ‘help a 150-year-old American Indian artifact called a Dream- people with problems in their lives.’ Immediately upon set- catcher. Suddenly, she finds herself caught in a dream world ting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired where reality and fantasy seem to merge into the persona of to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and a caring, warm, and giving lover who makes her feel alive follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her and whole again.” (theromancereader.com) heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.” (Pub- McDevitt, Jack lisher’s note) Deepsix; Jack McDevitt. EOS 2001 432p. map Priscilla Hutchins series $6.99; o.p.; (hbk.) o.p. McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- ISBN 9780061020063; 9780061051241; 0061051241 The Saturday big tent wedding party; The New LC 00046587 No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Novel. Alexander This science fiction novel takes place “[i]n the 23rd cen- McCall Smith. Recorded Books 2011 213p. No. 1 tury [when] Deepsix is a planet in deep trouble. In about Ladies’ Detective Agency series $24.95 three weeks a Jovian-sized world will collide with it. Al- ISBN 9781456116224 lib bdg though Deepsix is a treasure trove of life, it has been left LC 2010054099 unexplored for the last 20 years because hostile animals In this book, “Mma Precious Ramotswe’s latest client, slaughtered most of the first human landing party. Now, with Botsalo Moeti, made no enemies working for a mining com- the discovery of traces of an advanced civilization on the pany, and he’s hardly had the opportunity to make any as planet, a new expedition hastily sets out to rescue bits and a farmer. So why has someone killed two of his cattle by pieces of the culture before they are lost forever. To find the cutting their Achilles tendons? Although a trip to his farm lander that was abandoned two decades earlier, the disgraced persuades Mma Ramotswe that he may have more enemies commander of the original expedition must make a deadly than he realizes, it doesn’t tell her which of them is respon- trek across Deepsix with (among others) two feisty women sible. . . . Charlie, the eternal apprentice mechanic at Tlok- and a misogynistic celebrity writer who once pilloried the weng Road Speedy Motors, the establishment owned by team leader in the press. Goaded by their off-planet superi- Mma Ramotswe’s husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, seems so ors, they also have to solve the mystery inherent in the dis- determined to avoid Prudence Ramkhwane after she bears appearance of Deepsix’s civilization.” (Publishers Weekly) his twins that he runs away when he’s taxed with his respon- sibilities.” (Kirkus) McDevitt, Jack Odyssey; Jack McDevitt. Ace Books 2006 410p. McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Priscilla Hutchins series o.p.; (pbk.) $7.99; o.p. Tea time for the traditionally built; Alexander ISBN 044101433X; 9780441015405; 9780441014330 McCall Smith. Pantheon Books 2009 212p. LC 2006019259 ISBN 9780375424496 This science fiction book is “[s]et in the 23rd century . . . LC 2009000774 [and] explores the immorality of big business and the short- This book is the 10th in Alexander McCall Smith’s series sightedness of the American government in minimizing sup- featuring detective Precious Ramotswe. Here, she is asked port for space travel. These destructive forces are held off by by Leungo Molofololo, the owner of the Kalahari Swoopers, . . . Gregory MacAllister, editor of a non-partisan journal, a local soccer team with a lot of athletic talent, to explore a The Nation, and Priscilla ‘Hutch’ Hutchins, manager of a possible traitor on the squad [who] is deliberately sabotaging government-sponsored space-research agency, the Acad- games for an unknown reason. Despite her complete igno- emy. While often on opposite sides of support for the Acad- rance of the sport, Mma Ramotswe agrees to look into the emy’s research budget, MacAllister and Hutch together un- cover and react to evidence that Orion Tours’ CEO, Charles

59 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Dryden, is engaged in a massive conspiracy to jump-start his McIntosh, Will intergalactic tour business. MacAllister unmasks the others Hitchers; Will McIntosh. Night Shade Books supporting Dryden’s faked alien attacks, targeting a physi- 2012 283p. cist who colluded in the hoax. His skepticism about space ISBN 1597803359; 9781597803359 travel, however, prevents him from seeing the existence of The author, Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh, delivers real aliens, something Hutch must pursue at risk to her ca- a . . . tale of individual grief and recovery against the back- reer.” (Publishers Weekly) drop of a devastated world. When an anthrax attack on At- lanta devastates the population, widower Finn Darby loses McDonald, L. J. two of his few remaining friends . . . [and] finds himself . . . The battle sylph; L.J. McDonald. Leisure Books uttering sentences that have no meaning to him. They seem 2010 323p. Sylph novels (pbk.) $7.99 to be connected to his late grandfather, . . . who created the ISBN 9780843963007; 084396300X comic strip that Darby now writes against his grandfather’s LC 2010414521 dying wishes. . . . Darby discovers other sufferers, including In this fantasy book, “[h]e is one of many: a creature . . . a waitress who might be possessed by Darby’s dead wife. of magic, unrelentingly male. He is lured through the portal Darby, with his . . . grief serving as synecdoche for the entire by pure female beauty, a virgin sacrifice. She is killed, and city, is forced to confront his guilt over his wife’s death and he is silenced and enslaved. Such a dark ritual is necessary. his co-opting of his grandfather’s work. (Publishers Weekly) Unlike their elemental cousins--those gentler sylphs of wind and fire--battlers find no joy in everyday labor. Their magic McKillip, Patricia A., 1948- can destroy an army or demolish a castle, and each has but Ombria in shadow; Patricia A. McKillip. Ace one goal: find his queen, then protect and pleasure her at any Books 2002 298p. (pbk.) $16 cost.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 044100895X; 9780441010165 LC 2001046388 McGarry, Terry In this fantasy novel, the winner of the 2003 World Fan- Illumination; Terry McGarry. Tor 2001 494p. tasy Award and Mythopoeic Award, “[g]reed, despair, grief map Eiden Myr series $1.99; o.p. and avarice have all taken their toll on the once-beautiful ISBN 9780812540031; 0312873891 city of Ombria, but it is the death of its prince that pushes it LC 2001027476 over the edge into darkness and shadow. Several key play- In this book, which takes place on an “island world, Ei- ers participate in this particular procession of dying and re- den Myr, are illiterate but protected from storm and disease birth: Kyel Greve, the new prince-to-be who is too young by the Ennead, nine powerful mages hidden in the bowels of to rule but old enough to feel the despair of those around the enigmatic Holding and supported by lesser magic mak- him; Lydea, the dying prince’s lover who feels the weight of ers functioning in ‘triads.’ The thinking wordsmiths shape the city resting on her shoulders; Ducon Greve, the bastard spells, while the feeling binders wordlessly sign them into prince who sees and feels the change happening but is in being and the sensing illuminators elaborately decorate the no position to alter the coming darkness; Domina Pearl, the vellums the binders strip from the flesh of sheep and goats. sorceress who is pushing the city even further on its path of When Liath, daughter of a humble publican, petitions the destruction; and Mag and Faey, two mysterious women who Ennead for help in regaining her gift of the magelight, they hold some of the past, present and future of Ombria inside set her a daunting task: to ensnare Torrin, the elusive Dark- them.” (Publishers Weekly) mage unsettling the realm by teaching its children to read and think for themselves, and return him to the Holding for McNally, T. M. ‘coring and sealing.’ Before the resolution of Liath’s quest, The goat bridge; a novel. T. M. McNally. Uni- her world is . . . turned inside out, and she falls in . . . love versity of Michigan Press 2005 310p $29 with the man she’s supposed to hate.” (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 0472115111; 9780472115112 LC 2005008513 McHugh, Maureen F. This book “follows Stephen Brings, a burnt-out Ameri- After the apocalypse; Maureen F. McHugh. can photographer who is reeling from the unexplained dis- Small Beer Press 2011 188p. appearance of his son in Rome, and who finds an unlikely ISBN 9781931520294 (trade pbk. : alk. paper); measure of understanding and acceptance in the wartorn 9781931520355 (ebook); 978-1-931520-29-4; 978-1- of the early ’90s. Brings, pointedly not ‘covering’ 931520-35-5 the war in any conventional sense, drifts through the city, LC 20116769 helping where he can, taking the occasional photograph and Each short story in this collection “takes place in the near forming attachments with a . . . group of locals, diplomats future, and usually in the aftermath of some global disas- and journalists, including the German journalist Elise, with ter.” (Washington Post) It was the author’s intent to explore whom he begins a tentative affair.” (Publishers Weekly) “what the fall of civilization might actually feel like. The cataclysms . . . range from flu epidemics to dirty bombs to McNeal, Tom water shortages to good old-fashioned economic depression. To be sung underwater; 1st ed.; Little, Brown . . . One of the persistent themes in this book is that when the and Company 2011 436p. world as we know it collapses, certain groups are far more ISBN 9780316127394; 0316127396 likely to end up crushed in the rubble.” (salon.com) LC 2010041554

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In this novel, “Judith Whitman, a film editor in Califor- wonder if Ash is ever going to see all of her. . . . [The book] nia, doesn’t seem to like her life, which includes teenage is a graphic novel set in that ambiguous crossroads where daughter, Camilla, and husband, Malcolm, and so, as she love and friendship, boy and girl, straight and gay meet. says, she came up with a swerve. ‘My life had utterly settled (Publisher’s note) into itself and then this little swerve occurred, or maybe I meant it to occur, maybe I’d actually plotted it out in one Merullo, Roland of those corners of your brain or heart you access only in The talk-funny girl; Roland Merullo. Crown dreams.’ That swerve took her back to Nebraska and her first Publishers 2011 x, 304p. love, Willie Blunt. . . . One of them is really in love, and one ISBN 9780307452924; 0307452921 of them just thinks so. That tempers the underlying struc- LC 2011003328 ture.” (JournalStar.com) This book tells the story of “seventeen-year-old- Mar- jorie Richards . . . [who] has been raised by parents so in- Mehta, Rahul tentionally isolated from normal society that they have de- Quarantine; stories. Rahul Mehta. Harper Pe- veloped their own dialect . . . as the nearby factory town rennial 2011 214p. P.S. sinks deeper into economic ruin and as her parents fall more ISBN 0062020455; 9780062020451 completely under the influence of a sadistic cult leader, her LC 2010053604 options for escape dwindle. But then, thanks to a loving This collection of stories . . . revolve[s] around artsy, aunt, Marjorie is hired by a man . . . who is building what he educated protagonists trying to navigate young adulthood calls ‘a cathedral,’ right in the center of town. . . . Gradually, as gay Indian-American men. In the title story, a young through exposure to the world beyond her parents’ wood Indian-American man takes his boyfriend, Jeremy, home cabin thanks to the kindness of her aunt and her boss, and to West Virginia to meet his parents. . . . The narrator re- an almost superhuman determination, she discovers what is sents having to hide the fact that he is in a gay relationship loveable within herself.” (Publisher’s note) from his grandfather, and has conflicted feelings when the old man hits it off with Jeremy. . . . While the older gen- Meyer, Deon eration struggles to adjust to life in the States, the first- or  Trackers; translated from Afrikaans by K.L. second-generation protagonists encounter their own identity Seegers. Atlantic Monthly Press 2011 488p. map crises as well. In ‘Floating,’ Darnell and his boyfriend, Sid, ISBN 080211993X; 9780802119933; 9781444723656 take a trip to India, where they juggle the pain of homopho- LC 2012358359 bia and the guilt of privilege after having been scammed. In this book, “Lemmer, a freelance bodyguard, goes (Publishers Weekly) against his rule to not get involved when a wealthy farmer asks for his help smuggling a pair of rare black rhinos out of Mercier, Pascal Zimbabwe, where the animals are murdered for their horns. Perlmann’s silence; Pascal Mercier; translated Before he knows it, Lemmer is in a small airplane, zipping by Shaun Whiteside. Grove 2012 624p. across the border with an airsickness bag in his hand and a ISBN 9781848877177; 9780802119575 military-grade shotgun at his feet. . . . Back in Cape Town, This book presents a “psychological portrait of a man Milla Strachan, the emotionally abused wife of a philan- striving to get his life back on track in the wake of his be- dering husband and the mother of a cruel teenage son, . . . loved wife’s death. Philipp Perlmann, prominent linguist and start[s] a new life . . . [and] find[s] work as a journalist and speaker at a gathering of renowned international academics Milla takes what she can get--in this case, a classified job in a picturesque seaside town near Genoa, is struggling to writing intelligence reports. . . . Connecting Milla and Lem- maintain his grip on reality. Derailed by grief and no longer mer is Mat Joubert, a former detective working on his first confident of his professional standing, writing his keynote case as a private eye.” (Publisher’s note) address seems like an insurmountable task, and, as the dead- line approaches, Perlmann realizes that he will have nothing Miasha, 1981- to present. Terror-stricken, he decides to plagiarize the work Chaser; Miasha. Simon & Schuster 2009 211p. of Leskov, a Russian colleague. But when Leskov’s immi- ISBN 1416589864; 9781416589860 nent arrival is announced and threatens to expose Perlmann LC 2009011380 as a fraud, Perlmann’s mounting desperation leads him to In this novel, “Leah Baker is in trouble. Her boyfriend, contemplate drastic measures.” (Publisher’s note) Kenny, is . . . determined to kill her . . . [then] the novel flash- es back five months earlier as Leah, whose toxic relation- Merey, Ilike ship with Kenny is all about being draped in money, is angry A + e 4ever; a graphic novel. Lethe Press 2011 at Kenny’s lack of attention. She [meets] one of Kenny’s 214p. helpers, Nasir, who is a chaser running a scam on accident ISBN 1590213904; 9781590213902 victims by towing their cars to a shady repair shop.” (Libr This book tells the story of Asher Machnik [who] is a J) “[Leah and Nasir] quickly become lovers and soon busi- teenage boy cursed with a beautiful androgynous face. Guys ness partners. She helps him discover his inner hustler and punch him, girls slag him and by high school he’s developed he shows her the way to independence. Together they work an intense fear of being touched. Art remains his only escape every angle and scheme of the wreck-chasing business, re- from an otherwise emotionally empty life. Eulalie Mason is gardless of the law, until they find themselves at the top. But the lonely, tough-talking . . . [lesbian] from school who be- they’ve angered many on their way up and there are many friends Ash. The only one to see and accept all of his sides who want to see them fall.” (Publisher’s note) as a loner, a fellow artist and a best friend, she’s starting to

61 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Miller, Andrew Mitchard, Jacquelyn Pure. Europa Editions 2012 331p. The breakdown lane; Jacquelyn Mitchard. ISBN 1609450671; 9781609450670 HarperCollins Publishers 2005 382p o.p.; (pbk.) In this book, the 2012 winner of the Costa Book of the $12.95 Year, a “young man of humble background, Jean-Baptiste ISBN 0060587245 (alk. paper); 9780061374524 Baratte is ordered to exhume the vast and ancient cemetery LC 2004042375 of Les Innocents in the poor Parisian quarter of Les Halles This book tells the story of “[a]n advice columnist for and demolish its church. No one knows how many bodies a local newspaper, Julieanne Gillis. . . . Devoted to being are buried there . . . but it has recently begun to burst its a good mother and keeping her twenty-year marriage fresh banks, poisoning the city and spreading ‘moral disturbance.’ and exciting, she is shocked by her husband’s surprise an- . . . As Baratte’s story unfolds, the impending [French] revo- nouncement that he needs a ‘sabbatical’ from their life to- lution hangs over the narrative. . . . Jean-Baptiste Baratte, or gether—and devastated when he disappears, leaving Julie John the Baptist the Churn, is in Paris to prepare the people with no funds to raise two teenagers and a small daughter for the coming of the true messiah. It is his duty to rip away alone. But it is the discovery that Julieanne suffers from a the filth of the past, to lay the foundations for a new, better serious illness that truly crumbles her family’s foundation— world.” (The Guardian) setting her children on a . . . journey to locate their missing father before it’s too late.” (Publisher’s note) Millet, Lydia Oh pure and radiant heart; Lydia Millet. Soft Modesitt, L. E. Skull Press 2005 489p (hbk.) $25 Scholar; L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Tor 2011 508p. map ISBN 1932360859; 9781932360851 ISBN 9780765329554; 0765329557 LC 2005001028 LC 2011021610 This novel is framed around the questions “What if This book is “set on the world of Terahnar . . . where a Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard, the handful of people have the power to create objects through primary physicists from the Manhattan Project, returned to visualization. . . . Telaryn’s young, talented ruler, Bhayar . contemporary America to survey their atomic legacy? . . . . . suggests to Quaeryt, a young scholar whose advice he [In this book,] the souls of the three take earthly form in the values, that troops might be withdrawn from the occupation present-day Southwest. Ann, a New Mexico librarian, spots of Tilbor for redeployment. . . . Quaeyrt allows Bhayar to the reincarnated Oppenheimer and Fermi at a restaurant near persuade him to travel to Tilbor and report. Quaeryt is se- her home; Szilard soon joins them; Ann persuades her gar- cretly an imager, or wizard, as well as a scholar. . . . Quaeryt den-designer husband, Ben, to take them all in. Subsequent arrives in Tilbor, where he finds that the governor, Rescalyn, trips to Los Alamos and . . . Japan to view the monuments has quietly accreted and trained an army vastly larger than at Hiroshima persuade the three to work for disarmament. anybody suspected. . . . After combing through the records, Army surveillance ensues; at one rally, shots are fired; and Quaeryt realizes he might need to risk his own life to un- Christian Fundamentalists” also find their way into the nar- cover the truth.” (Kirkus) rative. (Publishers Weekly) Moody, Rick Mina, Denise, 1966- The diviners; a novel. Rick Moody. Little, Field of blood; a novel. Denise Mina. Little, Brown 2005 567p. (hbk.) o.p.; (pbk.) $14.99 Brown 2005 360p Paddy Meehan novels (pbk.) ISBN 0316085391; 9780316013277 $7.50; (hbk.) $35 LC 2005003823 ISBN 0316735930; 9780316154581; 9780316735933 This book traces “the exploits of Vanessa ‘Minivan’ LC 2004023408 Meandro, an overweight, pathologically cruel film-and- In this novel, “Patricia ‘Paddy’ Meehan, a copygirl at television producer, and her attempts to produce a 13-part Glasgow’s ‘Daily News,’ has struggled with issues of good- miniseries about diviners . . . [and] follows the tangentially ness since childhood. ‘I knew I was lying when I made my connected stories of at least a dozen characters around the first communion,’ she confesses to fiancé Sean Ogilvy the time of the 2000 [U.S. Presidential] election recount. Van- night she delivers other shockers. She won’t marry him. And essa has no idea who authored the treatment or the novel the she wants his help interviewing his 10-year-old cousin, Cal- miniseries is supposedly based on; her accountant absconds lum, who’s been charged with murdering a toddler. . . . Pad- with her production company’s funds; her mother suffers dy, who shares a nickname with a career criminal wrongfully delusions brought on by nonstop drinking. Meanwhile, a imprisoned for murder, can’t tolerate injustice. At the heart second-rate action film star is making demands, a television of the plot is her decision to pose as colleague Heather Al- executive has a perversion for young, handicapped girls and len when she makes dangerous inquiries, a choice that spells a bike messenger may have murdered the gallery curator death for the real Heather, who’s everything Paddy isn’t: who touted his art as genius.” (Publishers Weekly) slim blonde whistle bait—and ambitious enough to steal a story from Paddy.” (Publishers Weekly) Moore, Christopher Sacre bleu; a comedy d’art. Christopher Moore. HarperCollins 2012 ISBN 006177975X; 0061779741; 9780061779756; 9780061779749 LC 2012009804

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In this novel, “[a]n aspiring painter and unabashed ro- Natalie unearthed in her mother’s basement. . . . Natalie es- mantic joins the greatest artists of the age in chasing his capes into the diary . . . and reluctantly accepts the help of li- muse across fin de siècle-era France. . . . The story surrounds brary archivist Kathleen Lynch, a widow with her own pain- the mysterious suicide of Vincent van Gogh, who famously ful secret. . . . As the troubles of a very modern world close shot himself in a French wheat field only to walk a mile to in around them . . . the faded pages of Bridget’s journal unite a doctor’s house. The mystery . . . is blue: specifically the the lonely girl and the unhappy widow. (Publisher’s note) exclusive ultramarine pigment that accents pictures cre- ated by the likes of Michelangelo and van Gogh. To find Moran, Michelle the origin of the hue, [Christopher] Moore brings on Lucien Madame Tussaud; Michelle Moran. Crown Lessard, a baker, aspiring artist and lover of Juliette, the bru- Publishers 2011 xii, 448p. map nette beauty who breaks his heart. After van Gogh’s death, ISBN 9780307588654; 9780307588661 Lucien joins up with the diminutive force of nature Henri LC 2010035785 Toulouse-Lautrec to track down the inspiration behind the This work of historical fiction follows Marie Tussaud, Sacré Bleu.” (Kirkus) who “has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside her uncle in their celebrated wax museum, the Moore, Kate Salon de Cire. . . . Her customers hail from every walk of Sexy Lexy; Kate Moore. Love Spell/Dorchester life, yet her greatest dream is to attract the attention of Marie Pub. Co. 2005 324p. (pbk.) o.p. Antoinette and Louis XVI. . . . After months of anticipation, ISBN 0505526239 Marie learns that the royal family is willing to come and see LC 2005574671 their likenesses. When they finally arrive, the king’s sister is In this book, “[w]hen her married friends complain to so impressed that she requests Marie’s presence at Versailles athletic Lexy Clark that they no longer have the time or en- as a royal tutor in wax sculpting. It is a request Marie knows ergy to exercise or make love, she writes a book about how she cannot refuse—even if it means time away from her be- to get a good workout on the marriage bed, killing two birds loved Salon and her increasingly dear friend, Henri Charles. with one stone, so to speak. ‘Workout Sex: A Girl’s Guide to . . . Meanwhile, many resent the vast separation between rich Home Fitness’ succeeds beyond her wildest dreams. Known and poor. In salons and cafés across Paris, people like . . across the country as Sexy Lexy, she is the focus of rampant . Maximilien Robespierre are lashing out against the mon- media attention. Determined to stay out of the limelight, she archy. Soon, there’s whispered talk of revolution. . . . Will purchases an inn in a Brigadoon-like setting: no more cable, Marie be able to hold on to both the love of her life and her cell phone, or Internet, and no more workout clothes. When friendship with the royal family as France approaches civil she meets Sam Worth, fine physical specimen and handy- war?” (Publisher’s note) man, they begin a no-strings affair against her better judg- ment, each keeping secrets from the other.” (Booklist) Morrison, Toni  Beloved; a novel. by Toni Morrison; [with a Moore, Kate new foreword by the author] Vintage International To seduce an angel. Berkley Sensation 2011 304 2004 xix, 321p. Plume contemporary fiction p. ISBN 1400033411; 9781400033416 ISBN 9780425243695 pa LC 2004555136 This book tells the story of “the vindictive Duke of Wen- This novel takes place in post-Civil War Ohio. [Toni] locke’s heir, Kit Jones, Marquess Daventry, [who] is still on Morrison . . . has created [a] . . . world in this novel about guard against his grandfather, the Duke, and hasn’t forgotten ex-slaves haunted by violent memories. Before the war, the abandoned boys he has taken under his wing. But when Sethe, pregnant, sent her children away to their grandmother he hires Emma Portland to tutor the lads, Kit has no idea that in Ohio, whose freedom had been paid for by their father. she has been blackmailed by his embittered grandfather into Sethe runs too, but when her owners come to recapture her, spying on him.” (Libr J) “In 1824, the Duke is dying and she attempts to murder the children, succeeding with one, wants his odious pureblood nephew the earl of Aubrey as named Beloved. This murder will (literally) haunt Sethe for the next duke. They force accused murderess Emma . . . to the rest of her life and affect everyone around her. (Booklist) spy on him. As Emma and Kit fall in love, his grandfather, This novel, “set in the third quarter of the 19th century, second cousin and a corpse in Reading stand in their way.” focuses on the life of the runaway slave woman Sethe and (genregoroundreviews.blogspot.com) her struggle with the unspeakable pain of her past. Like Mor- rison’s earlier novels, Beloved is marked by rich and lyrical Moore, Meg Mitchell language, shot through with exotic and magical So far away; a novel. Meg Mitchell Moore. Rea- elements, and a fragmented structure that requires readers to gan Arthur Books 2012 322p. participate in the telling.” (Benet’s Reader’s Ency of Am Lit) ISBN 0316097691; 9780316097697 LC 2011051322 Morsi, Pamela This novel by Meg Mitchell Moore follows [t]hirteen- The love charm; Pamela Morsi. Avon Books year-old Natalie Gallagher [who] is trying to escape. . . . 1996 376p. (pbk.) o.p.; (pbk.) o.p. Adrift, confused, she is a girl trying to find her way in a ISBN 0380786419; 9780380786411 world that seems to either neglect or despise her. Her sal- LC 96096759 vation arrives in an unlikely form: Bridget O’Connell, an This book is a “heartland romance . . . about insular soci- Irish maid working for a wealthy Boston family. The catch? eties--the rules they follow and the rules they get around. In Bridget lives only in the pages of a dusty old 1920s diary

63 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT 19th century Louisiana, five and a German search rative . . . [presents the] wisdom of one who has suffered, yet for love: Armand Sonnier fears he’s not cute enough for Aida who loves life to the very core. (Publisher’s note) Gaudet, the prettiest girl on the Vermilion River; Laron Bou- dreau is pledged to Aida but in love with Helga Shotz, al- most 10 years his senior and still married; and Jean Baptiste N Sonnier and his wife Felicite are young and saddled with three children and a fourth on the way.” (Publishers Weekly) Nadel, Barbara The Ottoman cage; a novel of Istanbul. Barbara Morton, Carson Nadel. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Minotaur Stealing Mona Lisa; Carson Morton. 1st ed.; 2005 312p. Inspector Ikmen mysteries $14.95 Minotaur Books 2011 340p. ISBN 0312337698; 9781933397849 ISBN 9780312621711; 9781250015730 LC 2004061875 LC 2011009099 In this book, “[w]hen a brutal murder shocks Istanbul’s This book, which was named “Library Journal”’s Best rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes Mystery of 2011, tells the story of Eduardo de Valfierno, an their best weapon—the chain-smoking, brandy-swilling art forger who “makes a very respectable living in Argentina Inspector Cetin Ikmen, husband to a strict Muslim woman fleecing the nouveau rich. . . . But when Eduardo meets the (who disapproves of his drinking) and loving father of eight beautiful Mrs. Hart on his latest con, he takes a risk that (with another on the way).” (Publisher’s note) “While the forces him back to the city he loved and left behind—Paris. victim’s surfeit of scars points to drug abuse, a purple line There he assembles his team of con artists for their final and around the base of his neck suggests it wasn’t the needle most ambitious theft, one that will enable them to leave the that finally did him in. When an autopsy reveals excessive game forever: The Mona Lisa. But when a member of the amounts of pethidine (a synthetic form of heroin), Ikmen team turns up missing, and Mr. Hart shows up in Paris, Val- and his best friend, criminal pathologist Arto Sarkissian, fear fierno and his crew must stay one step ahead of a relentless unscrupulous members of the medical community may be police inspector, endure a devastating flood, and conquer involved.” (Publishers Weekly) their own doubts to keep the priceless painting in play—and survive.” (Publisher’s note) Neuman, Andres Mosley, Walter Traveler of the century; Andrés Neuman; trans- All I did was shoot my man; Walter Mosley. Riv- lated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza erhead Books/ 2012 326p Leonid Garcia. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012 564p. ISBN 0374119392; 9780374119393 McGill mysteries $26.95 LC 2011047016 ISBN 9781594488245 This Prize and the National Critics Prize- LC 2011046844 winning Spanish novel by Andrés Neuman begins when the In this book, “author Walter Mosley takes readers back enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border into the world of private investigator Leonid McGill. The between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets novel is Mosley’s fourth thriller featuring the New York City an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately PI, and this time, he’s wrapped up with the case of a woman finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate—on identity named Zella Grisham. Grisham has just served eight years and what it is that defines us—from which he cannot break on a 16-year prison term for grand larceny. Though McGill free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with played a key role in her arrest, he is convinced that Grisham the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various is innocent. . . . The novel follows McGill’s journey to atone characters who populate the town, including a young free- for his corrupt past, as he helps Grisham get her life back on thinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, track.” (NPR) Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contempo- rary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot Myłliwski, Wiesśaw be said about it. (Publisher’s note) Stone upon stone; Wiesław Myśliwski; trans- lated from the Polish by Bill Johnston. Archipelago Nevill, Adam Books. Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and The ritual; Adam Nevill. St. Martin’s Griffin Distribution 2010 534p. 2012 432p. ISBN 098262462X; 9780982624623 ISBN 9780312641849 LC 2010038451 LC 2011036132 This book, a winner of Three Percent’s 2012 Best Trans- This book tells the story of “four old University friends lated Book Award, offers an epic in the rural tradition—a . . . [who] set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic stream of memory cutting through the rich and varied terrain Circle . . . to briefly escape the problems of their lives and of one man’s connection to the land, to his family and com- reconnect with one another. But when Luke . . . finds he munity, to women, to tradition, to God, to death, and to what has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, ten- it means to be alive. Wise and impetuous, plain-spoken and sions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut compassionate Szymek, recalls his youth in their village, his meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario. . . . time as a guerrilla soldier, as a wedding official, barber, po- But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient ar- liceman, lover, drinker, and caretaker for his invalid brother. tefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon Filled with interwoven stories and voices, . . . Szymeks nar- the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for

64 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS something that still exists in the forest. Something respon- 9781451660234 sible for the bestial presence that follows their every step.” LC 2011044435 (Publisher’s note) This book is set “[d]uring the thirteenth century in north- west England.” An “Irish healer, Molly, and the troupe she New Cthulhu; edited by Paula Guran. Prime Books leads are driving their three wagons, hoping to cross the Pen- 2011 520p. nine Mountains before the heavy snows set in.” The group ISBN 9781607012894 becomes “aware that they are being stalked by something This book collects short inspired by terrible. As danger continues to rise, it becomes clear that the creations of horror writer H. p. Lovecraft. “Both Laird the creature must be faced and defeated—or else they will Barron in ‘Old Virginia’ and in ‘A Colder all surely die.” (Publisher’s note) War’ speculate on the horrors that might ensue if govern- ment research teams were allowed to explore Lovecraftian monsters as potential weapons. In Cherie Priest’s ‘Bad O Sushi,’ a chef uncovers a cosmic conspiracy involving su- pernaturally corrupted seafood. Sherlock Holmes foils wor- O’Connell, Carol shipers of Lovecraft’s Great Old Ones in ’s ‘A The chalk girl; Carol O’Connell. G.p. Putnam’s Study in Emerald,’ while in Elizabeth Bear’s ‘Shoggoths in Sons 2012 384p. Kathleen Mallory mysteries Bloom,’ an African-American scientist finds himself sym- ISBN 9780399157745 pathizing with enslaved creations of those eldritch entities.” LC 2011027853 (Publishers Weekly) This murder mystery book tells the story of a “little girl [who] appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smil- Newton, Charlie ing, perfect-except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from Start shooting; Charlie Newton. Doubleday the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who 2012 305p. turned into a tree. . . . For Mallory, newly returned to the ISBN 9780385534697; 9780385534703 Special Crimes Unit after three months’ lost time, there is LC 2011002844 something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is In this book, set “thirty years after the rape-murder of damaged, they say, but she can tell a kindred spirit. And this his childhood girlfriend Coleen Brennan in his West Side one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes: murders Chicago neighborhood—a crime for which a retarded Afri- stretching back fifteen years, blackmail and complicity and a can-American man was executed—young Latino cop Bobby particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory’s history Vargas finds himself accused of the killing. Meanwhile, could fully recognize.” (Publisher’s note) Coleen’s twin sister Arleen, an actress, is targeted by crimi- nal elements after fatally shooting a member of the Korean O’Donovan, Gerard mafia on a police sting she was forced into by Bobby’s older Dublin dead; a novel. Gerard O’Donovan. brother Ruben, also a cop. . . . Chicago is re-bidding for the Scribner 2012 280p. 2016 . . . meaning the City Hall will do anything to ISBN 9781451610635 protect its image. With star crime reporter Tracy Moens on LC 2011031170 the prowl for juicy exposes for the fictional Chicago Herald, In this book, it seems eminently logical that Cormac that’s going to take some doing.” (Kirkus) Horgan, the millionaire head of his family’s chain of estate agents, would have completed his financial ruin by topping Newton, Mark Charan himself at a spot favored by dozens of other suicides. Nor is Nights of Villjamur; Mark Charan Newton. anyone shedding tears over the demise of Declan (Bingo) Spectra/Ballantine Books 2009 437p. Legends of Begley in sunny Spain--except for accountant Gemma Kear- the red sun (alk. paper) o.p.; (pbk.) $16; (alk. pa- ney’s mother. . . . Gemma was Begley’s girlfriend, she tells per) o.p. . . . reporter Siobhan Fallon . . . [DI Mike] Mulcahy follows ISBN 9780345520845; 9780345520852; 034552084X a tip from veteran informant Eddie McTiernan that seems to LC 2010009845 link still another death . . . to an epic consignment of drugs This fantasy novel, the first volume of the Legends of by sea and a well-traveled Colombian assassin. . . . Siobhan the Red Sun series, takes place in “Villjamur [which] is un- and Mulcahy realize that they’re pulling opposite ends of der siege from the encroaching ice age. Refugees threaten to the same tangled skein and reluctantly join forces. (Kirkus) overwhelm the city and stability is undermined from within by scheming chancellors. After the suicide of the emperor, O’Nan, Stewart Captain Brynd Lathraea is charged with bringing back the The odds; a love story. Stewart O’Nan. Viking emperor’s daughter from self-imposed exile, to be installed 2012 179p. as a puppet empress. Meanwhile Randur Estevu, a country ISBN 9780670023165; 0670023167 lad with vaunting ambitions, comes to Villjamur seeking im- LC 2011033330 mortality.” (The Guardian) The novel “examines the quotidian sore spots and the comforting core of a realistic 30-year marriage against the Nicholas, Douglas . . . background of Niagara Falls. Marion and Art Fowler, Something red; a novel. Douglas Nicholas. middle-class victims of the 2008 crash, revisit the site of Atria Books 2012 336p. their honeymoon to gamble what remains of their liquid as- ISBN 1451660073; 9781451660074; 9781451660227; sets in a last-ditch attempt to skirt bankruptcy. Even more

65 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT than solvency is at stake, however, since their marriage is Olmstead, Robert foundering along with their finances, and the weekend, at The coldest night; a novel. by Robert Olmstead. least from Art’s point of view, is also a chance to win big in Algonquin Books 2012 love and reclaim his wife.” (Atlantic Monthly) ISBN 9781616200435 LC 2011045515 Oates, Joyce Carol In this book, Henry Childs grew up in the mountains ; . Ecco 2012 of West Virginia, raised by his grandfather and his sweet- 448p. natured mother Clemmie. . . . He helps out at some stables ISBN 9780062095626 where he meets Mercy. She comes from money and is uni- LC 2012376456 versity-bound, while Henry seems headed for a factory. . . In this book, Mudgirl is a child abandoned by her moth- . Henry is warned off by her father and brother. The lovers er. . . . After her rescue, the well-meaning couple who adopt elope to New Orleans, where an apartment is waiting for Mudgirl quarantine her poisonous history behind the barrier them, courtesy of Mercy’s accommodating aunt. They make of their middle-class values. . . . Meredith M.R. Neukirchen it their Eden. Father and brother come to expel them, abduct- is the first woman president of an Ivy League university. . . . ing Mercy, giving Henry a final warning. Though underage, Involved with a secret lover whose feelings for her are teas- he enlists as a Marine and is sent to Korea. He does recon ingly undefined, and concerned with the intensifying crisis with Lew, a gruff World War II vet. . . . The cold is arctic. of the American political climate as the United States edges The Chinese come at night, waves of them. It’s kill or be toward war with Iraq, M.R. is confronted with challenges to killed; answer atrocity with atrocity. (Kirkus) her leadership that test her in ways she could not have an- ticipated. . . . A reckless trip upstate thrusts M.R. Neukirchen Orullian, Peter Vance into an unexpected psychic collision with Mudgirl and the The unremembered; Peter Orullian. Tor 2011 life M.R. believes she has left behind. (Publisher’s note) 669p. ISBN 9780765325716 Odell, Jonathan LC 2010036105 The healing; Jonathan Odell. 1st ed. Nan A. This book tells the story of “Tahn, Wendra, and Sutter,” Talese/Doubleday 2012 340p. orphans who are recruited for “a perilous and mysterious ISBN 978-0-385-53467-3; 0385534671 quest . . . by a wizardly stranger and an elven Far.” (Publish- LC 2011005998 ers Weekly) The danger which threatens their world is “the This book tells the story of “Mississippi plantation mis- god Quietus” who has been “bound behind a magical barrier, tress Amanda Satterfield [who] loses her daughter to cholera along with the horrific monsters of his making . . . [and now] after her husband refuses to treat her for what he considers a seeks to escape his prison.” (Libr J) As the barrier begins ‘slave disease.’ Insane with grief, Amanda takes a newborn to weaken, and “the most remote cities are laid waste by slave child as her own and names her Granada, much to the fell, nightmarish troops . . . some people dismiss the attacks outrage of her husband and the amusement of their white as mere rumor. Instead of standing against the real threat, neighbors. Troubled by his wife’s disturbing mental state and they persecute those with the knowledge, magic and power concerned about a mysterious plague sweeping through his to fight these abominations, denying the inevitability of war slave population, Master Satterfield purchases Polly Shine, a and annihilation.” (Publisher’s note) slavewoman reputed to be a healer. But Polly’s sharp tongue and troubling predictions cause unrest across the plantation. Owens, Robin D. Complicating matters further, Polly recognizes ‘the gift’ in Heart thief; Robin D. Owens. Berkley Sensation Granada, the Mistress’s pet, and a domestic battle of wills 2003 343p Heart romances (pbk.) $7.99 ensues.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 0425190722; 9780425190722 LC 2003611828 Ohlsson, Kristina This fantasy novel, a 2004 PRISM Winner for Best Fu- Unwanted; a novel. Kristina Ohlsson. Atria turistic novel, takes place “[o]n the planet Celta, founded by Books 2012 357p. adherents of a Wiccan-like religion whose followers have ISBN 9781439198896; 9781439198919; ‘psionic,’ or psychic, talents, [where] Ruis Elder is an out- 9781439198933 cast on trial for his life. Not only doesn’t he possess psionic LC 2011031787 talent but his mere presence nullifies the powers of others. “When a young girl is abducted off a train in Stockholm, Ailim Silver Fir, a judge and a strong empath, finds peace . it seems like a classic custody crime, as the parents are di- . . when Ruis’ null field gives her respite. . . . Sentenced to vorced and hostile. But Frederika Bergman isn’t willing to exile, Ruis sneaks back into Druida to hide in the spaceship accept the easy answer, even though she’s only a civilian that first brought humans to the planet, and he endears him- researcher working for one of the most revered detectives self to the ship’s artificial intelligence. As Ailim and Ruis fall in Sweden, Alex Recht. Then the girl’s body appears in a more in love, they uncover the dirty deeds that stripped him remote town in the north with the word “Unwanted” written of his inheritance and rightful place.” (Booklist) across it. Bergman is the only one who isn’t surprised, but that still doesn’t make the investigation any easier. Realizing that he is up against a highly intelligent serial killer, Recht acknowledges that it’s going to take a combination of his experience and Bergman’s research skills to track down the sociopath.” (Booklist)

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Oz, Amos Palmer, Daniel Scenes from village life; [translated from the He- Helpless; Daniel Palmer. Kensington 2012 brew by Nicholas de Lange] Houghton Mifflin Har- 409p. court 2011 182p. ISBN 9780758246653 ISBN 978-0-547-48336-8 Houghton Mifflin Har- LC 2011937865 court; 978-0-701-18550-3 Chatto and Windus; In this novel, [f]ollowing his ex-wife’s murder, things go 9780547483368; 0547483368 from terrible to worse for New Hampshire high-school soc- LC 2011016055 cer coach Tom Hawkins, who is falsely implicated in a child- “This . . . volume of eight stories with recurring char- ring, accused of sleeping with his 16-year-old acters (which Mr Oz has referred to as a novel) is alive daughter Jill’s best friend and targeted by an old military pal with individuals who are less preoccupied with ‘The Situ- who was involved in smuggling heroin from Germany with ation’--as Israelis call the regional conflict--than with other the dead wife. . . . [Tom’s] daughter was already mad enough more universal concerns. In one chapter Kobi, a 17-year-old at him thanks to all the terrible things her mother told her with a crush on the 30-year-old postmistress and librarian about him. . . . Now their long-unheard-from third wheel of the town, decides to act on his feelings, which leads to overseas appears on the scene. . . . [Tom’s] old high school an awkward confrontation. In another a middle-aged doctor nemesis [is] the cop assigned to the case and other town folk reflects on her relationship with a nephew, who has failed to [want] bad things to happen to this good person. (Kirkus) materialise from the bus he was meant to have arrived on. . . . Tel Ilan is the small fictional town where these stories take Palwick, Susan place.” (Economist)  The necessary beggar; Susan Palwick. Tor 2005 316p $24.95 ISBN 076531097X; 9780765310972 P LC 2005041919 This book follows a family from “Gandiffri, a world of Palahniuk, Chuck peace and abundance,” who are exiled to Earth. “Twenty- Choke; a novel. Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday something Darroti and a devout young noblewoman, Gal- 2001 293p (pbk.) $15; o.p.; o.p. licina, fall in love. . . . Darroti comes to be accused of mur- dering her and is sentenced to exile in another dimension. . . . ISBN 9780385720922; 9780307388926; 0385501560; Darroti’s father, brothers, and the latter’s wives and children 9780385501569 accompany him. Taking only what they can carry, they walk LC 00063905 through a strange blue door and into a refugee camp in Ne- This book tells the story of “Victor Mancini [who] plays vada. There Darroti . . . commits suicide, which marks each a colonial servant by day and reveals his true sex-addicted remaining family member differently. . . . Yet the magic of con artist self by night. All for the purpose of trying to cope Gandiffri isn’t lost to them. It lives in a tiny, undying pet with and fix a withered relationship with his ailing mother. beetle; in the unbreakable bond of Darroti and Gallicina; in a Mancini purposely chokes on food at restaurants to gain the ghost seeking redemption; and in the healing power of love.” attention of other diners and force someone to save his life. . (Booklist) . . As if Victor couldn’t get any more pathetic, his raging sex addiction sends him to sex addicts anonymous meetings to troll for sexual partners. Although his Alzheimer’s-suffering Parameswaran, Rajesh mother has no idea who he is, she tells him--through a diary I am an executioner; love stories. Rajesh written completely in Italian—that he is a direct descendent Parameswaran. Knopf 2012 259p. of Christ himself.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 0307595927; 9780307595928 LC 2011033754 Palahniuk, Chuck This book is a collection of love stories from author Fight Club; by Chuck Palahniuk. W. W. Norton Rajesh Parameswaran. In one story, “although the execu- & Company 1996 208p $25.95 tioner takes pride in doing his job well, he hid the true nature of his work from his new, now deeply depressed wife and is, ISBN 0393039765; 9780393039764 therefore, exiled to the couch. As he attempts to mollify her, LC 95047591 he also tries to comfort his new death-row inmate, a young In this book, “[e]very weekend, in the basements and girl. . . . A thoughtful zoo tiger is only trying to express love parking lots of bars across the country, young men with when he inadvertently goes on a killing spree. The thin line white-collar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and between freedom and imprisonment is traced . . . in a story shirts and fight each other barehanded just as long as they told by a captured elephant . . . written by her alleged transla- have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened tor, a curious sort of elephant man obsessed with suicide. . . . eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle [Another is a] story about an aging art director helplessly in anything. Fight club is the invention of Tyler Durden, pro- love with the wife of a world-famous filmmaker.” (Booklist) jectionist, waiter, and dark, anarchic genius, and it’s only the beginning of his plans for violent revenge on an empty consumer-culture world.” (Publisher’s note) Paretsky, Sara  Breakdown; . G.p. Putnam’s Sons 2012 431p ISBN 9780399157837 LC 2011047676

67 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT This book tells the fictional story of “pre-teens who are This book presents a memoir by “the widow of Randy crazy about a series of books featuring ‘Carmilla,’ a shape- Pausch, who wrote the bestseller ‘The Last Lecture’ and shifter who can turn into a raven. In the Carmilla books, died of pancreatic cancer in 2008. . . . [Jai] Pausch begins there’s a lot of werewolf and vampire activity too. . . . In by recounting the beginnings of her relationship with her ‘Breakdown,’ V.I. (which is short for Victoria Iphigenia . . husband . . . They married, started a family and were living . ), stumbles across the girls doing some sort of initiation a normal life when Randy was diagnosed with cancer. De- ceremony in a dark cemetery in the rain. All the girls are spite surgery and chemotherapy, the cancer recurred, and his out after curfew and V.I.’s cousin Petra has been frantic to case was deemed terminal. ‘The Last Lecture’ made Randy’s know where they are. After V.I. rounds them up, they turn final months unusual, but the publication of the book and to leave, only to find that a man has been laid out on a tomb the activity regarding it are largely in the background of the perilously close to where the girls were frolicking, and he’s overall story. With her husband’s death, the author was left been pierced through the heart with a large hunk of steel. to parent three young children and to find new direction in Instead of leaving in the orderly way planned, everyone goes her life while in her early 40s.” (Kirkus Reviews) screaming through the night, and it’s V.I. who has to explain everything to the police. . . . V.I. (or Vic, as some call her) Pavone, Chris dashes from the homes of the rich girls’ parents to the bleak  The expats; a novel. Chris Pavone. Crown mental hospital to the right-wing news station, all trying to Publishers 2012 327p. (hardback) $26 make the facts fit together.” (Technorati.com) ISBN 0307956350; 9780307956354; 9780307956378 LC 2011046207 Park, Samuel This book tells the story of “Kate Moore [who] is a work- This burns my heart; Samuel Park. Simon & ing mother, struggling to make ends meet, to raise children, Schuster 2011 288p. to keep a spark in her marriage . . . and to maintain an in- ISBN 9781439199619 creasingly unbearable life-defining secret. So when her hus- LC 2010043441 band is offered a lucrative job in Luxembourg, she jumps at This book presents a “love story set in the . . . landscape the chance to leave behind her double-life, to start anew. She of postwar South Korea. On the eve of marriage to her weak, begins to reinvent herself as an expat.” (Publisher’s note) timid fiancé, Soo-Ja falls in love with a young medical stu- dent. But out of duty to her family and her culture she turns Pearl, Matthew him away, choosing instead a world that leaves her trapped The Poe shadow; a novel. Matthew Pearl. Ran- by suffocating customs. In a country torn between past and dom House 2006 370p o.p.; (pbk.) $15 present, Soo-Ja struggles to find happiness in a loveless mar- ISBN 1400061032; 9780812970128 riage and to carve out a successful future for her only daugh- LC 2005057998 ter. Forced by tradition to move in with her in-laws, she must This book follows “[y]oung Baltimore lawyer Quentin navigate the dangers of a cruel household and pay the price Clark, [who,] already obsessed with his favorite writer, Ed- of choosing the wrong husband.” (Publisher’s note) gar Allan Poe, becomes outraged when newspapers write off Poe’s mysterious death as an alcoholic breakdown. So Parris, S. J. outraged in fact that he abandons his practice and fiancée Sacrilege; a novel. S.J. Parris. Doubleday 2012 to visit France to locate the detective whom Poe’s charac- 423p. ter Auguste Dupin is based upon, in an attempt to solve the ISBN 0385535473; 9780385535472 mystery and clear Poe’s name. Instead, Clark finds two such LC 2011047763 men--one a flamboyant charlatan, the other an eccentric This historical thriller by S. J. Parris is set in sixteenth- genius--both of whom come to Baltimore and compete to century England and centered on the highly secretive cult of explain Poe’s demise.” (Library Journal) Thomas Becket. . . . London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he Pearl, Matthew is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover The technologists; Matthew Pearl. 1st ed. Ran- that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman dom House 2012 480p. ill. with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that ISBN 9780679605072; 9781400066575 Sophia has been accused of murdering her husband, a promi- LC 2011014628 nent magistrate in Canterbury, he agrees to do anything he This book takes place in “Spring 1868, and the popula- can to help clear her name. . . . Bruno begins to uncover tion of Boston is being terrorised by technological attacks: unsuspected secrets that point to the dead man being part first a magnetic storm causes ships in the harbour to collide of a larger and more dangerous plot in the making.” (Pub- in flames, then in another bizarre every piece of lisher’s note) glass in the financial district spontaneously melts -- clocks, windows, eyeglasses. Nothing in nature can do this: these Pausch, Jai are man-made disasters. . . . The city’s fate relies on four Dream new dreams; reimagining my life after young students of the recently founded Massachusetts In- loss. Jai Pausch. Crown Archetype 2012 xi, 228p. stitute of Technology: Marcus Mansfield, a Civil War vet- $24.00 eran determined to repay MIT’s founder for taking a chance ISBN 0307888509; 9780307888501 on him, brash Bob Richards, meticulous Edwin Hoyt and LC 2011046264 the eccentric but brilliant Ellen Swallow, the first woman at MIT, who experiments secretly in a basement laboratory. . . . In a climate of rising hysteria, these four courageous indi-

68 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS viduals must unite against the forces of darkness to uncover In this book, Jane Whitefield’s latest attempt to hide the mastermind before he can stage his greatest outrage.” someone other people are looking for puts her in even more (Publisher’s note) danger than usual, and that’s not easy. Jane has . . . little trouble breaking James Shelby, framed for murdering his Pears, Iain wife, out of police custody at the Clara Shortridge Foltz The portrait; Iain Pears. Riverhead Books 2005 Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. . . . Three hard 211p. (alk. paper) o.p.; (pbk.) $15 types who’ve been tracking Shelby go after Jane instead. ISBN 1573222984; 9781594481758 Driving her to a remote desert location, they . . . seek . . . LC 2004051204 information about her client, then realize that they can make This book presents a “monolog, delivered by an un- a queen’s ransom by auctioning her off to one of the many named artist painting the portrait of an old friend . . . [which] criminals she’s outwitted. . . . Jane manages to escape and reveals . . . the characters’ shared past and the sitter’s ir- takes refuge in a battered women’s shelter in Las Vegas, redeemable sins. As a callow Scottish boy, the artist had where she acquires yet another fugitive who must be hidden been in thrall to his sitter, a monstrously powerful critic who away. (Kirkus) helped his career. At its height, however, the artist fled early 20th-century London for a rough and rocky little island off Persson, Leif G. W. the coast of France, and the critic has evidently come to Another time, another life; the story of a crime. discover why, with the request to have his portrait painted Leif GW Persson; translated from the Swedish by serving as pretext. As the artist unleashes his ever-darker Paul Norlen. Pantheon Books 2011 404p. discourse, we learn just how carelessly the critic has treated ISBN 9780307377463 others, including the artist’s model Jacky and a colleague LC 2011017394 named Evelyn.” (Library Journal) In this book, [t]he story, based on real events linked to the still-unsolved assassination of Swedish prime minister Perillo, Lucia, 1958- Olof Palme, picks up in 1989, as the seemingly unrelated  Happiness is a chemical in the brain; stories. stabbing death of a civil servant is investigated by officers Lucia Perillo. W.W. Norton & Co. 2012 211p. Bo Jarnebring and Anna Holt. . . . [T]he case gets surrepti- ISBN 0393083535; 9780393083538 tiously swept under the rug, and the victim is tied to a string LC 2012001613 of sex-related crimes, despite evidence to the contrary. An- This book, by the Kingsley Tufts Prize-winning author other ten years pass before the confounding truth about the Lucia Perillo, presents a series of short stories in “a small murder victim is unearthed. Just as Lars Martin Johansson, town in the Pacific Northwest. . . . An addict trapped in a a friend of Jarnebring’s, begins his tenure as the head of the country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners. . . Swedish Security Police, . . . [r]evealed . . . are not only . An accidental mother struggles to answer her daughter’s the identities of the other collaborators but also the identity badgering about her paternity. And . . . a woman with Down of the murderer: an intelligent, capable lawyer a heartbeat syndrome who serves as an accomplice to her younger sis- away from the top position in Sweden’s Ministry of Defense. ter’s sexual exploits and her aging mother’s of re- (Publisher’s note) venge.” (Publisher’s note) Persson, Leif G. W. Perlman, Elliot Between summer’s longing and winter’s end; the  The street sweeper; Elliot Perlman. River- story of a crime. Leif G.W. Persson; translated from head Books 2012 600p. the Swedish by Paul Norlen. Pantheon Books 2010 ISBN 9781594488474 551p. LC 2011046366 ISBN 0307377458; 9780307377456 This book “is a . . . tale that spans decades and bridges LC 2010004678 generations while chronicling the predominant chapters of This book begins when a young man falls to his death racial persecution perpetrated in the darkest hours of the from a window in a student dorm in Stockholm, his loose 20th century. . . . Lamont Williams, a janitor on probation- shoe striking and killing the little dog being taken for his ary period at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer evening walk by an old man. . . . [T]he young man is Ameri- Center, wants to start afresh after a spell in prison, and lo- can, not Swedish, and there are a couple of odd things about cate the estranged daughter he hasn’t seen for years. Adam his room when . . . [the police] search it. . . . [Author] Leif Zignelik, a Columbia history professor, is raw after casting GW Persson . . . begins to unravel . . . a web of interna- off his girlfriend, a feeling exacerbated when the university tional espionage, backroom politics, greed, sheer incompe- denies him tenure for his lack of ambition. Both characters tence, and the shoddy work of Sweden’s intelligence force get their second chances from unimagined collisions with that leads to the murder of the prime minister. [This book is history [and the Holocaust in particular].” (SFGate) t]he first novel in a . . . trilogy . . . [that offers a] fictional -ac count of the unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Perry, Thomas Minister Olof Palme. (Publisher’s note) Poison flower; a Jane Whitefield novel. Thomas Perry. Mysterious Pr: Grove/Atlantic 2012 274p. Pettersson, Vicki $24 The taken; Vicki Pettersson. Harpercollins 2012 ISBN 9780802126054 417p. ISBN 0062064649; 9780062064646

69 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT This supernatural suspense romance novel by Vicki Pet- True, she’s entertaining, and she does have a certain quirky terson follows Griffin Shaw [who] used to be a PI . . . Fifty appeal. But Heath is searching for the ultimate symbol of years later, he’s an angel. . . . One small mistake has altered success -- the perfect wife.” (Publisher’s note) fate, and now he’s been dumped back onto the mortal mud- flat to collect another soul—Katherine Kit Craig, a journalist Pierson, D. C. whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped. . . . The boy who couldn’t sleep and never had to; a Grif refuses to let [her] come to harm. Besides, protecting novel. DC Pierson. Vintage Books 2010 226p. ill. her offers a chance to solve the mystery of his own unsolved $14.95 murder. . . . But a ruthless killer determined to destroy them ISBN 9780307474612 isn’t Grif’s biggest threat. His growing attraction to Kit LC 2009021984 could cost them both their lives, along with the answer to In this book, the recipient of a 2010 ALA Alex Award, the haunting question of his long afterlife. (Publisher’s note) “[w]hen [high-school student] Darren Bennett meets [class- mate] Eric Lederer, there’s an instant connection. They share Phillips, Susan Elizabeth a love of drawing, the bottom rung on the cruel high school Call me irresistible. Morrow 2011 400p social ladder and a pathological fear of girls. Then Eric re- ISBN 9780061351525; 0061351520; 0062064215; veals a secret: He doesn’t sleep. Ever. When word leaks out 9780062064219 about Eric’s condition, he and Darren find themselves on the LC 2010526285 run. Is it the government trying to tap into Eric’s mind, or This book tells the story of a young woman named Meg something far darker? It could be that not sleeping is only Koranda, whose best friend “is about to Marry Mr. Irresist- part of what Eric’s capable of, and the truth is both better ible -- Ted Beaudine -- the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. and worse than they could ever imagine.” (Publisher’s note) . . . [Meg] is determined to save her friend from a mess of heartache. Even though Meg knows that breaking up her Pilch, Jerzy best friend’s wedding is the right thing to do, no one else My first suicide; Jerzy Pilch; translated from the seems to agree. . . . [S]tuck . . . with a dead car, an empty wallet, and a very angry bridegroom,” (Publisher’s note) Polish by David Frick. Open Letter 2012 276p. ISBN 1934824402; 9781934824405 “Meg earns the animosity of the town, and gradually she and LC 2011043996 Ted fall in love.” (Publishers Weekly) This book by Jerzy Pilch contains ten sections that walk a precarious line between short story and chapter Phillips, Susan Elizabeth chronicl[ing] the disappointments of the modern urban man. First lady; Susan Elizabeth Phil[l]ips. Avon Many of them deal with thwarted plans. . . . Balancing the Books 2000 376p. (pbk.) $7.99 innocent insight of his 12-year-old self with the awareness ISBN 0380808072; 9780380808076 of the present, he recounts his decision to jump from his par- LC 99095329 ents’ apartment. In a later section, Piotr meets a moderately In this novel, “[t]he beautiful young widow of the Presi- famous model. “When great love comes along . . . a person dent of the United States thought she was free of the White always thinks he has fallen in love with the most beautiful House, but circumstances have forced her back into the role woman in the world. But when a person has fallen in love of First Lady. Not for long, however, because she’s made with the most beautiful woman in the world, he can have up her mind to escape -- if only for a few days -- so she problems.” (Publishers Weekly) can live the life of an ordinary person. All she needs is the perfect disguise . . . and she’s just found it. An entire nation Powers, Tim is searching for her, but the First Lady is in the last place Hide me among the graves; Tim Powers. Wil- anybody would think to look: in the company of a man, an infuriatingly secretive and quietly seductive stranger whose liam Morrow 2012 ISBN 9780061231544 charm, good looks, and sensuous appeal are awakening the LC 2011049629 forgotten woman within the dignitary.” (Publisher’s note) This book takes place in “London, winter of 1862, [when] Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep Phillips, Susan Elizabeth of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven Match me if you can; Susan Elizabeth Phillips. years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until William Morrow 2005 386p Chicago Stars (pbk.) now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the $7.99; o.p. girl lives--but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from ISBN 9780060734565; 0060734558 a vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the blood- LC 2004065644 thirsty wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime This book tells the story of sports “agent, Heath Cham- physician to the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet pion, and Annabelle Granger, the girl least likely to succeed. Lord Byron. . . . Determined to save their daughter, McKee Annabelle’s endured dead-end jobs, a broken engagement . . and Crawford join forces . . . and soon . . . are plunged into . even her hair’s a mess! But that’s going to change now that a supernatural London underworld whose existence goes be- she’s taken over her late grandmother’s matchmaking busi- yond their wildest imaginings.” (Publisher’s note) ness. All Annabelle has to do is land the Windy City’s hottest bachelor as her client, and she’ll be the most sought-after matchmaker in town. Why does the wealthy, driven, and gorgeous sports agent Heath Champion need a matchmaker, especially a red-haired screw-up like Annabelle Granger?

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Powers, Tim, 1952- Priest, Christopher Declare; Tim Powers. William Morrow 2001 The islanders; Christopher Priest. Gollancz 517p (alk. paper) o.p. 2011 339p. ISBN 0380976528 ISBN 0575070048; 9780575070042 LC 2001267560 LC 2012379979 This book offers a “spy story involving rivalries be- This book “presents itself as a [fictional] gazetteer for tween . . . four intelligence services: British, French, Rus- the Dream Archipelago, a vast array of islands situated be- sian and American. In 1963, Andrew Hale is summoned to tween two warring continents to the north and south, [but] reenter the secret service. He has a past [which includes] . becomes, instead, a study of some of the islands’ most in- . . a[n] . . . unsuccessful mission on Mount Ararat in 1948. teresting inhabitants. As the stories of a reclusive novelist, . . . [Author Tim] Powers posits that the mountain . . . is . a simple young man accused of murder, a social theorist . . the dwelling place of many djinns, supernatural beings and author, a celebrated mime, and other significant indi- that often take the form of rocks in the Arabian deserts. . . . viduals unfold, another tale—of a very public murder . . . [I]t seems that a supernatural power, manifesting itself as an —evolves.” (Library Journal) old woman, is safeguarding the Soviet Union, and if frag- ments of a destroyed djinn can be introduced into , Puenzo, Lucía, 1973- they could destroy her protection and make the Soviet Union The fish child; Lucía Puenzo; translated by susceptible to normal human laws. This is Hale’s mission.” David William Foster. Texas Tech University Press (Publishers Weekly) 2010 161p. The Americas ISBN 0896727149; 9780896727144 Powning, Beth LC 2010024465 The sea captain’s wife; Beth Powning. Plume In this novel, “[a]ffluent Lala and impoverished Guayi, 2011 374p map (pbk.) $15 her Paraguayan maid, are determined to pursue their ro- ISBN 9780452296954 mance despite overwhelming disparities in class and status. LC 2010030032 Although they have plotted a future together near Paraguay’s This book tells the “19th-century tale of a young woman Ypacaraí Lake, Guayi’s native region, a shocking discovery desperate to live at sea with her captain husband. . . . When and an even more shocking reaction lead Lala to depart with- Azuba married Nathaniel, she thought that as husband and out her disappeared lover. As she ventures by bus far from wife they would exploring the world together on his boat. her privileged Buenos Aires home, Lala delves into Guayi’s . . . But when Carrie is born, Nathaniel insists Azuba stay past, in due time encountering the disturbing legend of the safely ashore at home in Whelan’s Cove, New Brunswick, fish boy who is said to guide drowning victims to the bottom Canada, to raise their daughter. During Nathaniel’s long of the lake. . . . [Lucia] Puenzo’s debut novel explores the absences, Azuba befriends Rev. Simon Walton, and their character and choices of two strong-willed young women companionship sparks rumors of an affair that even reach through the vehicle of the economic and social circumstanc- Nathaniel, who returns to Whelan’s Cove in a jealous rage. es of two South American nations where archaic elements But Azuba persuades him to finally bring her and Carrie coexist with shrill modernity.” (Publisher’s note) aboard ship, turning a long-held dream into bittersweet real- ity.” (Publishers Weekly) Putney, Mary Jo Loving a lost lord; . Kensington Preston, Caroline Publishing Corp. 2009 340p. Lost lords The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt; Caroline Pres- ISBN 1420103288; 9781420103281 ton. Ecco Press 2011 228p. ill. (some col.) LC 2010398215 ISBN 0061966908; 9780061966903 This historical romance novel, the first volume of the LC 2012372952 Lost Lords series, is set in “[t]he year . . . 1812. Westerfield In this book, “Frankie receives a blank scrapbook and [Academy]’s first student, Adam Lawford, Duke of Ashton, her deceased father’s typewriter as high-school graduation who is now a respected member of the peerage despite his gifts and begins to record her adventures with the keepsakes Anglo-Indian heritage, has lost his memory in a steamboat she collects. Although Vassar offers Frankie a scholarship, accident. When Adam awakes he is relieved to find that he Frankie still can’t afford to attend college. Instead she takes was dragged ashore near his own home, in Cumberland, and a job caring for elderly Mrs. Pingree. . . . The dowager’s is safe in the delectable arms of his wife. There is just one visiting nephew Jamie, a dashing, emotionally damaged problem: Mariah Clarke falsely claimed her injured guest as vet in his 30s, emotionally seduces 17-year-old her husband in order to rid herself of an obnoxious suitor. Frankie. . . . When the not-yet-sexual affair is discovered, Mariah wishes to end the deception but fears that, if she Mrs. Pingree gives Frankie a $1,000 check. . . . Soon Frankie acknowledges the truth, her patient may never recover his heads off to Vassar. . . . After graduation, Frankie moves to wits.” (Historical Novel Series) Greenwich Village and finds a job at ‘True Story.’ . . . When Frankie realizes why [her boyfriend doesn’t propose], she Putney, Mary Jo goes to Paris, . . . where the past catches up with her and a No longer a gentleman; Mary Jo Putney. Zebra whole new chapter of life starts.” (Kirkus) Books 2012 368p. Lost lords ISBN 1420117238; 9781420117233 This romance novel is the fourth in Mary Jo Putneys Lost Lords Regency series. Experienced secret agent Cassie

71 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Fox is sent to France at the height of the Napoleonic wars in Putney, Mary Jo search of the long-missing Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, The marriage spell; a novel. Mary Jo Putney. illegally imprisoned by the corrupt and vengeful official Ballantine Books 2006 322p o.p.; (pbk.) $6.99 Claude Durand after a tryst with Durand’s wife. Even a suc- ISBN 0345449185 (acid-free paper); 9780345449191 cessful rescue and the pair’s passionate encounters cannot LC 2005057087 heal the trauma of Grey’s decade-long ordeal or bridge the This book is set “in an alternate Regency England, where social gap between the dedicated spy with a mysterious past magic flourishes but is despised, and practicing it may lead and the heir to an earldom. (Publishers Weekly) to death. . . . As a daredevil officer in Wellington’s army, Jack [Langdon] breaks his neck and is treated by Abigail Barton, Putney, Mary Jo a talented healer, who states that her price will be marriage. Nowhere near respectable; Mary Jo Putney. Ze- After a grueling healing process, Abby discovers that Jack bra Books 2011 352p. possesses untapped magical powers. . . . Jack marries Abby, ISBN 9781420117226 pa; 9781611730760 even though his injuries prevent him from consummating LC 2011008371 the marriage. Abby suspects that Jack’s reckless ways and This book tells the story of “Anglo-Hindu Lady Kiri reluctance to return to his home may be the result of an evil Lawford, [who] is about to accept a proposal from an spell. Together they must discover the cause of the blight English gentleman when she learns that his racist, fortune- and use their love to save their lands and tenants.” (Booklist) hunting relatives secretly despise her. Stealing a horse, Kiri rides for Dover and right into a den of smugglers. Gambling club owner Damian Mackenzie aids her escape and passion Q instantly flares between them, but they resist, knowing the daughter of a duke and an Indian princess could never wed an Quinn, Julia actress’s bastard son. When Kiri visits Damian’s club, foils a An offer from a gentleman; . Avon kidnapping, and gets involved in a covert investigation, their romance sizzles out of control.” (Publishers Weekly) Books 2001 377p. Ladies’ Fashionable Cabinet tril- ogy (pbk.) $7.99 Putney, Mary Jo ISBN 0380815583; 9780380815586 Stolen magic; M.J. Putney. 2005 LC 2002568860 This book tells the story of “Sophie Beckett [who] nev- 337p Guardian series (pbk.) $7.99 er dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s ISBN 0345476891; 9780345476906 famed masquerade ball -- or that ‘Prince Charming’ would LC 2004063400 be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, So- This fantasy novel tells the story of “Earl of Falconer, phie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdain- Simon Malmain, chief enforcer of the Guardian Council, ful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of . . . which oversees the use of magic in 18th-century Britain, Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows [who] has been turned into a unicorn by Lord Drayton, a all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. renegade mage whom Simon charges with encouraging the Who was that extraordinary woman? Ever since that magical Jacobite uprising; only a virgin can transform Simon back night . . . [h]e has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, into human form. Luckily for Simon, animal-loving ‘Mad but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting Meggie,’ Drayton’s ‘servant,’ succeeds in doing so, while her. Yet, if he offers her his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his Simon breaks the spell that’s kept Meg in the dark sorcer- only chance for a love?” (Publisher’s note) er’s thrall. Allied in a ‘pretend’ marriage, the pair pool their unusual talents in an effort to ruin Lord Drayton’s plan to prevent the Industrial Age from revolutionizing England.” (Publishers Weekly) R

Putney, Mary Jo Rash, Ron The burning point; Mary Jo Putney. Berkley  The cove; Ron Rash. Ecco Press 2012 255p. Books 2000 335p. Circle of friends trilogy ISBN 9780061804199; 9780061804205; ISBN 042517428X 9781410448583 LC 2003576658 This book, set in “North Carolina during WWI tells the In this book, “Kate Corsi and Patrick Donovan, divorced story of “the alienated Laurel Shelton [who] lives with her 10 years ago, are reunited by the death of Kate’s father, Sam, wounded war veteran brother in an isolated cabin. While out who was killed in an explosion at work. The Corsi family doing laundry by the creek one day, Laurel discovers Walter company, Phoenix Demolition, takes pride in its spotless ac- Smith, an illiterate, mute flutist en route to New York City, cident record, and Sam’s death is suspicious. His will leaves who has been incapacitated by hornet stings. As she nurses the business to his former son-in-law, on the condition that the mysterious Walter back to health, Laurel begins to fall Donovan and Kate live under the same roof for one year. If in love. . . . However, local Army recruiter Chauncey Feith Kate refuses, the company will be sold. Forbidden by her threatens to ruin all that Laurel and Walter hope for. A rabid father to work for the company, Kate now has her chance anti-German agitator, he begins to suspect that Walter is not to work at Phoenix. But can she work and live in such close who he claims to be. Driven by fear, patriotism, and blood- proximity to the ex-husband she seems to both love and lust, Chauncey progresses from arrogant drunk to a craven fear?” (Publishers Weekly) yet dangerous force.” (Publishers Weekly)

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Rawles, Nancy This book is set in “the village of Aran, in Galicia, My Jim; a novel. Nancy Rawles. Crown Pub- [where] a young girl (Rosa) notices a fresco that has sudden- lishers 2005 174p hardcover o.p. (paperback) ly appeared on a church wall, depicting gorgeously arrayed $12.95; (hardcover) $19.95 females whom she presumes to be saints. Aran’s priest, Don Xil, however, assures his parishioners that the figures are ISBN 9781400054015; 1400054001 embodiments of the Seven Deadly Sins. This accusation was LC 2004011606 perhaps unwise, for Don Xil dies—and is reincarnated as This book “is the story of Sadie Watson, the wife of a mouse . . . . As years pass, Rosa grows up and marries, ‘N##ger Jim,’ as he was referred to in the Mark Twain clas- bears her brutal husband Cholo three children, befriends the sic ‘Huckleberry Finn.’ Jim was the escaped slave who took wealthy old woman (Misia) . . . , and takes a lover: ‘Spider- the journey down the Mississippi . . . with runaway Huck. man,’ recently returned from working on a construction gang [Author Nancy] Rawles says that Jim mentions his family at in New York City. These events” and others are observed by least twice in Twain’s book, but that the classic divulges no several people, including Don Xil, who have transmigrated details about who this woman was. Starting from that point, into the bodies of animals after dying. (Kirkus) Rawles created Sadie, a woman who never resigned herself to involuntary servitude, and who was Jim’s lifelong love. Rawles relied upon new research revealing more about the Roberts, Nora, 1950- daily lives of slaves to show how Jim and Sadie — like real- Dance upon the air; . life slaves in the South — created family in the midst of 2001 386p Three Sisters Island trilogy (pbk.) $7.99 chaos, and . . . sought stability in an environment that offered ISBN 0515131229; 9780515131222 none.” (National Public Radio) LC 2002554345 In this book, “[w]hen Nell Channing arrives on charm- Rawn, Melanie ing Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found Touchstone; Melanie Rawn. Tor 2012 363p. refuge from her abusive husband—and from the terrifying Glass thorns $25.99 life she fled so desperately eight months ago. . . . [I]n this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. Care- ISBN 9780765323620 ful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at LC 2011025175 the local bookstore café—and begins to explore her feelings In this fantasy novel, “Cayden Silversun, a blend of El- for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. . . . Just as Nell starts to ven, Fae, and Wizard bloodlines, defies his noble family to wonder if she’ll ever be able to break free of her fear, she pursue a life in the theater, forming the four-person troupe realizes that the island suffers under a terrible curse—one Touchstone with the goal of making it to the highest ech- that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three elons of the performing circuit. Given the talents of troupe Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692.” member Mieka Windthistle, a brilliant ‘glisker’ whose job (Publisher’s note) is to enhance with magic both the crowd’s emotions and the performances’ special effects, their goal seems reachable. Yet Cayden’s prophetic dreams indicate something sinister Robertson, Imogen about Mieka’s presence and tempt him to try to change fate Anatomy of murder; Imogen Robertson. Pamela without incurring a larger doom.” (Libr J) Dorman Books 2012 382p. ISBN 9780670023172 Rice, Luanne LC 2011036291 Little night; Luanne Rice. Pamela Dorman In this novel, [s]pies, corpses, tarot cards and counterten- Books/Viking 2012 321p. ors combine in this . . . adventure featuring a pair of amateur sleuths in 18th-century London. . . . Mrs. Harriet Westerman, ISBN 0670023566; 9780670023561 one half of the detective duo, is preoccupied with the mental LC 2011049237 health of her naval captain husband James, wounded after In this novel, Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn capturing a French ship carrying a spy during the war with when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive the American Rebels. Now Harriet and her forensic scientist and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time friend Gabriel Crowther are invited by the British authorities for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of to help trace the espionage links to London, starting with her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged the examination of a body found floating in the Thames. ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet These investigations, and the dark fears of a slum-dwelling life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, fortune-teller[, are depicted]. (Kirkus) when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep. . . . Together they face the wounds inflicted by Anne and find in their new connection a place of healing. When Clare begins to suspect Robotham, Michael her sister might be in New York, she and her niece hold out  Suspect; Michael Robotham. Doubleday hope for a long-awaited reunion with her. (Publisher’s note) 2005 360p. Joseph O’Loughlin and Vincent Ruiz novels $24.95; (pbk.) $13.95 Rivas, Manuel ISBN 0385508611; 9788496940277 In the wilderness; Manuel Rivas; translated from LC 2004050156 the Galician by Jonathan Dunne. Overlook Press This mystery thriller tells the story of “Joe O’Loughlin, 2005 170p. a London psychologist, [who] loves his job and loves his family. . . . O’Loughlin’s life takes two disastrous turns: first, ISBN 1585674672; 9781585674671 he’s diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease; second, while help- LC 2005040603

73 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT ing Det. Insp. Vincent Ruiz on the case of a murdered nurse, bed, he makes her his mistress to keep her safe. Instead of Catherine Mary McBride, he becomes the primary suspect sex, they discuss books and soon they fall in love. However, in the killing. The crime occurred close to O’Loughlin’s anything beyond being his mistress is forbidden for this duo London home, giving him opportunity, and it turns out that and betrayal looms on the horizon.” (thebestreviews.com) McBride had been his patient and had accused him of ha- rassment, giving him plenty of motive.” (Publishers Weekly) Roy, Arundhati  The god of small things. Random House Rogan, Charlotte Trade 2008 333p pa $16 The lifeboat; a novel. Charlotte Rogan. Little, ISBN 978-0-8129-7965-7 Brown and Co. 2012 278p. “If the is a trifle overdone, the lush local col- ISBN 0316185906; 9780316185905 or and the incisive give the narrative power LC 2011032492 and drama.” Publ Wkly This book, [s]et at the beginning of WWI, is [Charlotte] Rogan’s debut and follows 22-year-old Grace Winter, a new- Roy-Bhattacharya, Joydeep lywed, newly minted heiress who survives . . . three weeks The watch; a novel. Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya. at sea following the sinking of her ocean liner and the disap- Hogarth 2012 290p. pearance of her husband, Henry. Safe at home in the U.S., ISBN 0307955893; 9780307955890 Grace and two other survivors are put on trial for their actions LC 2011037317 aboard the under-built, overloaded lifeboat. At sea, as food This novel by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya takes place in and water ran out, and passengers realized that some among the U.S.-led Afghan War. Following a desperate night-long them would die, questions of sacrifice and duty arose. Rogan battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base interweaves the trial with a . . . day-by-day story of Grace’s in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the time aboard the lifeboat, and circles around society’s ideas return of her brother’s body. Is she a spy, a black widow, about what it means to be human, what responsibilities we a , or is she what she claims to be: a grieving young have to each other, and whether we can be blamed for choic- sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? es made in order to survive. (Publishers Wkly) Single-minded in her mission, she refuses to move from her spot on the field in full view of every soldier in the stark out- Rosenberg, Joel C. post. Her presence quickly proves dangerous as the camp’s The twelfth Imam; Joel C. Rosenberg. Tyndale tense, claustrophobic atmosphere comes to a boil when the House Publishers 2010 viii, 490p Twelfth Imam men begin arguing about what to do next. (Publisher’s note) novels o.p.; o.p.; (pbk.) $14.99 ISBN 141431163X; 9781414311630; 9781414311647 Rucka, Greg LC 2010030082 Batwoman; elegy. Greg Rucka, writer; J.H. Wil- In this book, the 2011 Retailers Choice Award winner, liams III, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist; Todd Klein, “[a]s the apocalyptic leaders of Iran call for the annihila- letters. Deluxe ed. DC Comics 2010 1 v. chiefly tion of Israel and the U.S., CIA operative David Shirazi is col. ill. Batwoman $24.99 sent into Tehran with one objective: use all means neces- ISBN 9781401226923; 1401226922 sary to disrupt Iran’s nuclear weapons program—without . LC 2010283560 . . triggering a regional war. . . . [N]one of his training has In this graphic novel, “Batwoman battles a madwoman prepared Shirazi for what will happen next. An obscure reli- known only as Alice, inspired by Alice in , who gious cleric is suddenly hailed throughout the region as the sees her life as a fairy tale and everyone around her as ex- Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi or the Twelfth Imam. pendable! Batwoman must stop Alice from unleashing a News of his miracles, healings, signs, and wonders, spread toxic death cloud over all of Gotham City — but Alice has like wildfire, as do rumors of a new and horrific war. With more up her sleeve than just poison, and Batwoman’s life the prophecy of the Twelfth Imam seemingly fulfilled, Iran’s will never ever be the same.” (Publisher’s note) leaders prepare to strike Israel and bring about the End of Days.” (Publisher’s note) Rutland, Eva No crystal stair; Eva Rutland. Mira 2000 474p. Rosenthal, Pam ISBN 9781551666624; 9781551665191; 1551665190 The bookseller’s daughter; Pam Rosenthal. LC 2003576586 Brava 2004 328p pa $14 This book, “set in Atlanta before the onset of World War ISBN 0758204450 II,” tells the story of “the sheltered daughter of a prominent LC 2004558159 physician [who] is expected to follow in her mother’s foot- This book is set “[i]n 1793 . . . [and tells the story of] steps, to graduate from Spelman, marry a doctor and take Marie-Laurie [Vernet who] is probably better at eluding the her place among the social elite. When her older brother men than she is at serving tea. Her only exception happens brings home a fellow Tuskegee Airman, her metamorpho- to be book smuggler Viscount Joseph d’Auvers-Raimond sis begins.” (Black Issues Book Review) The story follows whom she met when he became ill in her late father’s book- “the lives of privileged Ann Elizabeth Carter and Army Air store. Joseph shares Marie-Laurie’s passion for books and Corps pilot Robert Metcalf--their romance, their struggles, has gone so far as to draft an erotic tale that stars the woman and their ultimate happiness--as it sweeps its characters from who haunts his dreams, Marie-Laurie. When Joseph learns the genteel, segregated world of Atlanta’s black elite through that his odious father has chosen Marie-Laurie to warm his

74 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS the rough realities of war, prejudice, and civil rights activism to Italy, where he embarks on a pilgrimage to see the works and into the present.” (Libr J) of truly great artists like Cimabue and Piero della Francesca, but he’s quickly pulled back to life in Portugal, where his friend Antonio has been arrested by the secret police in Sala- S zar’s regime.” (Kirkus)

Samson, Lisa Saylor, Steven Embrace me; Lisa Samson. Thomas Nelson The seven wonders; a novel of the ancient world. 2007 314p (pbk.) $15.99 Steven Saylor. Minotaur Books 2012 321p. ISBN 1595542108; 9781595542106 ISBN 0312359845; 9781466801967; 9780312359843 LC 2007048456 LC 2012005475 This book “starts out in two different years to explain This historical adventure novel by Steven Saylor is set events that at first seem totally disconnected. In 2002, fallen in 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about pastor Drew alternates between punishing himself through to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey self-mutilation and confessing his sins in a written account to see the Seven Wonders of the World. . . . Accompanying to a sympathetic priest. In 2008, ‘lizard woman’ Valentine Gordianus on his travels is his tutor, Antipater of Sidon, the and her friends have just finished their freak show tour and world’s most celebrated poet. . . . Teacher and pupil jour- it’s time to winter in Mount Oak, North Carolina.” (Christian ney to the fabled cities of Greece and Asia Minor, and then Fiction Review) “When [the] . . . ‘lizard woman,’ [the] . . . to Babylon and Egypt. . . . Along the way they encounter self-mutilating preacher, a tattoed monk, and a sleazy lob- murder, witchcraft and ghostly hauntings. . . . Gordianus byist find themselves in the same North Carolina town one discovers that amorous exploration goes hand-in-hand with winter, their lives are edging precariously close to disaster . . crime-solving. . . . and at the end of the journey, an Eighth . and improbably close to grace.” (Publisher’s note) Wonder awaits him in Alexandria. Her name is Bethesda. (Publisher’s note) Samuel, Barbara No place like home; Barbara Samuel. Ballantine Scalzi, John Books 2002 298p (pbk.) $19 Redshirts; John Scalzi. Tor 2012 317p. ISBN 0765316994; 1429963603; 9780765316998; ISBN 0345445651 (alk. paper); 9780345460370 9781429963602 LC 2001052666 LC 2012009383 This book tells the story of “Jewel Sabatino [who] lives This science fiction novel by John Scalzi follows “En- in New York and has a gay best friend dying of AIDS, rancid sign Andrew Dahl [as he] has just been assigned to the Uni- memories of a nonmarriage to a nonstarter, a teen musician versal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal son, an estrangement from her father, . . . and an unrelieved Union since the year 2456. . . . Life couldn’t be better . . . case of low self-esteem. When she learns . . . that she’s inher- until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every ited her great-aunt’s house and that her apartment building Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation in Greenwich Village is going condo, Sabatino knows it’s with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science of- time to go home. She, 17-year-old son Shane and ill best ficer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive friend Michael Shaunnessey head for her third-generation these confrontations, and (3) at least one low-ranked crew Italian-American enclave in Pueblo, Colo. There she comes member is, sadly, always killed. . . . Then Andrew stumbles to terms with who she is, helped considerably by Malachi on information that completely transforms his and his col- Shaunnessey, a ‘big, alligator-blood-drinking tough guy’ league’s understanding of what the starship Intrepid really who shows up to ease his dying brother Michael’s last days, is.” (Publisher’s note) bringing more than just comfort to Jewel in the process.” (Publishers Weekly) Schneider, Bart Saramago, José, 1922-2010 Beautiful Inez; a novel. Bart Schneider. 1st Manual of painting & calligraphy; a novel. Jose ed; Shaye Areheart Books 2005 353p (pbk.) $14; Saramago; translated from the Portuguese by Giovan- (hbk.) $24 ni Pontiero. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Har- ISBN 9781400054428; 9781400054435; 1400054427 LC 2004016227 court 2012 243p. $13.95 This book takes place in 1962 and tells the story of Inez ISBN 1857540433 Carcanet Press; 1994; 0547640226 Roseman who “is a talented if moody violinist for the San Houghton Mifflin; 2012; 9780547640228 Houghton Francisco Symphony; it doesn’t help that she’s turning 40 Mifflin; 2012 and that her husband, a flashy attorney, has become an ac- LC 2012005375 complished philanderer and now speaks to her mostly when This novel is the story of “a portrait painter . . . known he wants to criticize her. . . . Enter Sylvia Bran, a plain but only as ‘H.’ While H. is introspective and speculative, he’s beguiling woman ten years Inez’s junior, who introduces also self-critically aware of his limitations as an artist. At herself as a writer for the ‘San Francisco Chronicle’ wanting the moment he’s working on a portrait of ‘S.,’ a successful to do a profile of Inez. Her would-be subject has never seen industrialist.” He has an affair with S.’s “secretary, Olga. . . . her byline. . . . [The plot involves a romance between] Inez Dissatisfied with his original portrait, H. works on a second and Sylvia, . . . [and] there’s also the nodding understand- portrait and, still dissatisfied, tries to capture a ‘portrait’ of ing between the two that though this sort of thing isn’t sup- S. in words.” Additionally, “H. makes a brief but serene visit posed to happen in their day and age, . . . it does. And so do

75 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT many other things that, in the end, tear the Rosemans’ house Semple, Maria apart.” (Kirkus) Where’d you go, Bernadette; a novel. Maria Semple. Little, Brown and Company 2012 336p. Scott, Kim $25.99 That deadman dance; Kim Scott. 1st U.S. ed; ISBN 0316204277; 9780316204279 Bloomsbury 2011 368p. LC 2011040639 ISBN 9781608197057; 1608197050 This book is an “Internet-age domestic comedy about LC 2011014163 a wife/mother/genius architect who goes a little nuts from This book, which won the Miles Franklin Award in 2011, living in that cesspool of perfection and bad weather called tells the story of “the early contact between the Aboriginal Seattle.” Bernadette lives with her genius husband Elgie Noongar people and the first European settlers [of - West and her daughter Bee in Seattle, where she “hates every- ern Australia]. . . . Clever, resourceful and eager to please, thing” and everyone, “especially the other mothers at Bee’s” Bobby [Wabalaginy, a young Aborigine] befriends the new school. She disappears days before a “planned family trip to arrivals . . . [and] is even welcomed into a prosperous local Antarctica,” leaving Elgie and Bee to search for her. (Kirkus) white family. . . . But slowly – by design and by accident – things begin to change. . . . Stock mysteriously start to disap- Serber, Natalie pear; crops are destroyed; there are ‘accidents’ and injuries Shout her lovely name; Natalie Serber. Hough- on both sides. As the Europeans impose ever stricter rules ton Mifflin Harcourt 2012 226p. and regulations in order to keep the peace, Bobby’s Elders ISBN 0547634528; 9780547634524 decide they must respond in kind. . . . Bobby is forced to take LC 2011036904 sides: he must choose between the old world and the new.” This book is a collection of short stories by Natalie (Publisher’s note) Serber. Mothers and daughters ride the familial tide of joy, regret, loathing, and love in these stories of resilient and Scottoline, Lisa flawed women. In a battle between a teenage daughter and  Come home; Lisa Scottoline. St. Martin’s her mother, wheat bread and plain yogurt become weapons. Press 2012 371p. An aimless college student, married to her much older pro- ISBN 9780312380823; 9781429942324 fessor, sneaks cigarettes while caring for their newborn son. LC 2011046492 On the eve of her husband’s fiftieth birthday, a pilfered fifth This book tells the story of Jill Farrow [who] is a typi- of rum, an unexpected tattoo, and rogue teenagers leave a cal suburban mom . . . [and] has finally gotten her and her woman questioning her place. And in a suite of stories, we daughter’s lives back on track after a divorce. She is about follow capricious, ambitious single mother Ruby and her to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her . . . and her cautious, steadfast daughter Nora through their tumultuous daughter, Megan, is . . . happily . . . juggling homework and life—stray men, stray cats, and psychedelic drugs—in 1970s the swim team. But Jill’s life is turned upside down when California. (Publisher’s note) her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep . . . and delivers shocking news: Jill’s ex-husband is dead. Abby Shepherd, Lynn insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find  The solitary house; a novel. Lynn Shepherd. his killer. Jill reluctantly agrees to make a few inquiries and Delacorte Press 2012 340p. discovers that things don’t add up. As she digs deeper, her ISBN 0345532422; 9780345532428; 9780345533555 actions threaten to rip apart her new family, destroy their LC 2011029728 hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her own life. This novel by Lynn Shepherd presents a detective story (Publisher’s note) . . . that borrows characters from Charles Dickens’ Bleak House and Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White. Ever since Seitz, Nicole Metropolitan police officer Charles Maddox was dismissed Trouble the water; Nicole Seitz. Thomas Nelson for insubordination, he’s eked out a living as a private de- 2007 v, 296p. (softcover) $15.99 tective. He currently has two cases. The first is finding the ISBN 1595544003; 9781595544001 grandchild of a man who had cast out his pregnant daughter LC 2007051520 years before. The second is identifying the writer of threat- This book follows a woman named “Honor, in her mid- ening scrawls for Edward Tulkinghorn, a powerful attorney 40s, [who] escapes to St. Anne’s Isle off the South Carolina who represents the interests of the wealthy and high-born. coast with her life in tatters. She’s unemployed and broke, . . . At length he realizes that his work for Tulkinghorn is and feels unworthy of love after a divorce and a failed re- leaving in its wake a string of corpses, many of them evi- lationship. Her attempted suicide is thwarted by a group of dently connected to the horrific murder of several women. Gullah nannies who rescue her and love her back to health, (Kirkus Reviews) introducing her to Duchess, a quirky woman with a penchant for nudity. Honor lives with Duchess for a while as they help Sherman, Susan each other heal, and eventually Honor reclaims her love for The little Russian; Susan Sherman. Counter- life and painting, and reconnects with her sister Alice. The point 2012 384p. narration switches regularly among the three women (Hon- ISBN 9781582437729 or, Duchess and Alice) and the story jumps back and forth LC 2011037731 over an eight-year span.” (Publishers Weekly) This “novel opens with a . . . description of an 1897 po- grom in Little Russia (modern-day Ukraine). The 14-year-

76 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS old boy who numbly watches a peasant beat his father to bia to adopt a baby, but are kidnapped by left-wing militia death, we learn, is Hershel Alshonsky. Seven years later, he who make an offer they can’t refuse: Paul must swallow 36 catches the eye of Berta Lorkis, a restless grocer’s daughter condoms stuffed with cocaine and deliver the contraband who thinks Hershel will give her back the comfortable life to a contact in New Jersey within 18 hours; if he fails, Jo- she enjoyed as companion to a wealthy Moscow family. Ber- anna and the baby will die. But in New Jersey, Paul finds ta doesn’t know that Hershel’s travels as a wheat merchant a burned-out shell of a house at the contact’s address. For disguise his activities smuggling guns for the Bund, which help, he contacts Miles Goldstein, the Orthodox Jewish law- aims to arm Jews against pogroms. They have nine happily yer who arranged the adoption, and when a further delivery married years before a gun raid gone wrong sends Hershel attempt ends in gunplay, Paul and Miles turn to Moshe Skol- fleeing to America in early 1914. Berta refuses to join him, nick, a Russian mobster; later, a DEA agent steps in. Mean- thinking she and her two children can remain secure in the while, Joanna is held hostage in a country house whose walls affluence Hershel’s trade created; by the time she realizes are stained with blood.” (Publisher Weekly) her mistake, World War I has begun, and they are trapped.” (Kirkus) Siegel, Jan Prospero’s children; Jan Siegel. Ballantine Pub. Shinn, Sharon Group 2000 xviii, 350p (pbk.) $6.99; o.p. Jenna Starborn; . Ace Books 2002 ISBN 9780345441430; 0345439015 381p. (pbk.) $25.00 LC 000190160 ISBN 044100900X; 9780441009008 In this fantasy novel, “[t]he sunken island is the former LC 2001056051 homeland of the mystically minded kind that 16-year-old This book tells the story of “Jenna Starborn [who] was Fern Capel and her younger brother, Will, encounter when created out of frozen embryonic tissue, a child unloved they move to an inherited family house in the Yorkshire and unwanted.” (Publisher’s note) “Jenna accepts a job as countryside. . . . [T]hey soon discover that their home is a a nuclear reactor maintenance technician at remote Thor- magnet for sorceresses, shapeshifters, unicorns and god- rastone Park, owned by the wealthy Everett Ravenbeck. She possessed vessels, all of whom survived the island’s cata- becomes indispensable to the household—and to Everett. clysmic collapse into the sea eons before and are drawn by Despite their difference in stations—Jenna is only a half- a potent Atlantean talisman--a magic key that unlocks the citizen—they fall in love. After a long, difficult courtship, . . door between life and death--kept hidden on the premises. . the two plan to marry. But at the wedding, Jenna receives a When a scheming opportunist misuses the key and acciden- terrible shock: Everett has another wife. Unable to live with tally ruptures the barrier separating past and present, feisty him as his wife without being married, Jenna flees to a re- Fern . . . must retrieve it from the antediluvian past it has mote planet, where she falls in with a family that provides disappeared into.” (Publishers Weekly) help and aid to travelers. She’s on the verge of deciding whether to marry another and go with him to colonize a new Smith, Deborah planet when she hears Everett’s voice, impossibly calling The Crossroads Cafe; Deborah Smith. Belle- from afar.” (Publishers Weekly) Books 2006 378p $16.95 ISBN 0976876051 pa Shinn, Sharon LC 2007295420 The shape of desire; Sharon Shinn. Ace Books This book follows Cathy Deen, who “is Hollywood’s ‘it 2012 324p. Shifting Circle novel girl’ until a paparazzi car chase ends in a car fire that hor- ISBN 1937007170; 9781937007171 rifically scars Cathy. . . . News of the accident soon reaches LC 2011041164 her hometown in the mountains of North Carolina, where This fantasy romance novel by Sharon Shinn follows Cathy’s cousin, Crossroads Café proprietress Delta Whittle- Maria Devane . . . passionately in love with Dante Romano. spoon, sees the news on CNN and resolves to get in touch But . . . Maria knows that Dante can never give all of himself with Cathy. She enlists the help of Thomas Mitternich . back—at least not all the time. Every month, Dante shifts . . who appeared in town four years ago to drink himself shape, becoming a wild animal. During those times, he wan- through the grief of losing his wife and son in 9/11. Thomas, ders far and wide, leaving Maria alone. . . . But Maria, who using his New York contacts, helps Delta get through to loves him without hesitation, wouldn’t trade their unusual Cathy. . . . Cathy returns to her ancestral home, where she relationship for anything. Since the beginning, she has kept falls in love with Thomas as they both try to rebuild their his secret, knowing that their love is worth the danger. But lives.” (Publishers Weekly) when a string of brutal attacks occur in local parks during the times when Dante is in animal form, Maria is forced to Smith, Mark Allen consider whether the lies she’s been telling about her life  The Inquisitor; Mark Allen Smith. 1st ed. have turned into lies she’s telling herself. (Publisher’s note) Henry Holt and Co. 2012 336p. $27 ISBN 0805094261; 9780805094268; 9780805095920 Siegel, James LC 2011026552 Detour; James Siegel. Warner Books 2005 341p This book tells the story of “Geiger, [who] . . . knows (pbk.) $21.99; o.p.; o.p. a lie the instant he hears it. . . . [W]hen his partner, former ISBN 9780446617062; 0446531855; 9780446531856 journalist Harry Boddicker, unwittingly brings in a client LC 2004016749 who demands that Geiger interrogate a twelve-year-old This novel tells the story of “Paul and Joanna Breibard, boy, Geiger . . . rescues the boy from his captor. . . . But if childless Manhattan professionals, [who] travel to Colom- Geiger and Harry cannot quickly discover why the client is

77 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT so desperate to learn the boy’s secret, they themselves will finds her eventually thrown into a chest freezer, tossed into become the victims of an utterly ruthless adversary.” (Pub- a Dumpster, and locked inside a freight container while her lisher’s note) stalwart and highly intelligent companion, Mutt, who’s half- wolf, half-husky, provides assistance. (Publishers Weekly) Smith, Tom Rob  Agent 6. Grand Central Pub. 2012 448p Stabenow, Dana ISBN 978-1-84737-567-4; 1-84737-567-7; Though not dead; Dana Stabenow. Minotaur 9781847375681; 9780446550765 Books 2011 446p. A Kate Shugak novel LC 2011505662 ISBN 0312559119; 9780312559113 “Leo Demidov is no longer a member of Moscow’s se- LC 2010039080 cret police. But when his wife, Raisa, and daughters This book tells the story of Alaskan native Kate Shugak, and Elena are invited on a ‘Peace Tour’ to New York City, he . . . former investigator for the Anchorage DA, [who] inves- is immediately suspicious.” (Publisher’s note) tigates her own family’s past. When he dies, Kate’s uncle and foster father, Old Sam, leaves everything to Kate. . . . Speller, Elizabeth While packing up Sam’s extensive book collection, she finds The strange fate of Kitty Easton; Elizabeth an old diary. But before she’s read very much of it, someone Speller. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012 407p. bashes her in the head and steals it. The theft is only the first ISBN 0547547528; 9780547547527 in a series of dangerous encounters. After she’s run off the LC 2011036972 road, attacked and shot at while checking out Sam’s prop- This historical mystery novel by Elizabeth Speller be- erty in the remote Canyon Hot Springs area, she realizes that gins “[w]hen Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives Sam had something someone badly wants, and that Sam’s in Easton Deadall. . . . Now peace prevails, and the rest of life must hold the clues to what she needs to know. So she England is newly alight with hope, but Easton Deadall re- travels around digging up information. (Kirkus) mains haunted by tragedy -- as does the Easton family. In 1911, five-year-old Kitty disappeared from her bed and has Stachniak, Eva not been seen in thirteen years; only her fragile mother still The Winter Palace; Eva Stachniak. Bantam believes she is alive. While Laurence is a guest of the manor, Books 2011 444p. a young maid vanishes in a sinister echo of Kitty’s disap- ISBN 9780553808124; 9780553908046 ebook pearance. And when a body is discovered in the manor’s an- LC 2011004928 cient church, Laurence is drawn into the grounds’ forgotten This book takes place “[i]n 1745, [when] 16-year-old places, where deadly secrets lie in wait.” (Publisher’s note) Vavara, the orphaned daughter of a bookbinder, enters the Russian court as a servant. She soon catches the attention St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960- of the Chancellor, who teaches her to spy for him. Trained At Last; Edward St. Aubyn. Farrar, Straus and to listen and report, Vavara is tasked to befriend the young Giroux 2012 266p. Princess Sophia, who is to marry the Empress Elizabeth’s ISBN 0374298890; 9780374298890 nephew, and then disclose all her secrets to the Chancellor LC 2011034964 and the Empress. But Sophia and Vavara become confidants In “the start of ‘At Last,’ the latest and apparently fi- and friends and Vavara switches sides, assisting Sophia in nal Melrose novel, Eleanor[, protagonist Patrick Melrose’s her transformation into Catherine and her subsequent rise to mother,] has died. . . . [The plot] takes place in London on power. Narrated by Vavara, this historical novel takes read- the day of Eleanor’s funeral. . . . At the end of the book, hav- ers on a grand tour of the 18th-century Russian Court. . . . ing run the gauntlet of awkward and painful social interplay Catherine and Vavara each navigate the palace intrigue in at his mother’s funeral, Patrick finally makes it home to his their own way according to their stations, but Vavara, loyal flat—‘in order to be unconsoled,’ as he bluntly thinks to him- to Catherine, uses her influence . . . to help Catherine gain self. The solitude scares him at first: without the distraction power.” (School Libr J) of other people, he worries he will be overwhelmed by de- spair, confusion, and dread.” (New York Review of Books) Stanley, Michael Death of the mantis; Michael Stanley. 1st ed.; Stabenow, Dana Harper Paperbacks 2011 448p map Restless in the grave; Dana Stabenow. Minotaur ISBN 9780062000378 pa Books 2012 371p. Kate Shugak series LC 2011022154 ISBN 9780312559137; 9781429950381 This book tells the story of “A dedicated Botswana de- LC 2011037662 tective [who] finds himself in the middle of simmering ten- In this book, Finn Grant’s death in the crash of his small sions between police and nomadic Bushmen.” (Kirkus) “A plane in an apparent act of sabotage raises the question: who fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe would want the self-made billionaire dead? About half the head wound in a dry ravine. . . . Detective David ‘Kubu’ population of southwest Alaska, as Kate Shugak discov- Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school ers when she goes undercover as a barmaid. . . . Kate’s . friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism . . prying reveals that the unsavory Grant was involved in on the part of local police. But when a second bizarre mur- blackmail, mail fraud, and embezzlement, all connected to der, and then a third, seem to point also to the nomadic tribe, Alaska’s many small airlines. Kate has a casual approach to the intrepid Kubu must journey into the depths of the Kala- evidence gathering, and her skill at breaking and entering hari to uncover the truth.” (Publisher’s note)

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Stedman, M. L. drugs, Douglas’s resolve fails him. What follows isn’t what  The light between oceans; a novel. M.L. he expects. Suddenly, Douglas can see, in all their beauty Stedman. Scribner 2012 352p. (hardback) $25.00 and terrifying cruelty, the fey folk who invisibly share Edin- ISBN 9781451681734; 9781451681758; burgh’s ancient streets. Worse, they can see him, and they’re 9781451681765 determined to draw him into their own internecine wars-- LC 2011050244 wars that are fought to the death.” (Publisher’s note) In this debut novel, WWI veteran “Tom Sherbourne . . . takes a lighthouse keeper’s post on an Australian island, and” Stirling, S. M. marries a woman named Isabel. Their “love grows, [b]ut Dies the fire; S.M. Stirling. New American Li- four years on the island and several miscarriages” dampen brary 2004 483p Dies the fire trilogy (hbk.) o.p.; their spirits “until a boat washes ashore with a dead man and (pbk.) $7.99 a living child. Isabel convinces herself—and Tom—that the ISBN 0451459792; 9780451460417 baby is a gift from God.” Two years later, they must confront LC 2004004363 the child’s still-alive real mother. (Publishers Weekly) This book takes place after “a mysterious event that caused electricity, internal combustion engines, and gun- Steele, Jon powder to fail, [and takes place in] the Pacific Northwest The watchers; Jon Steele. Blue Press [which] furnishes enough land to support subsistence ex- 2012 592p. Angelus trilogy $26.95 istence in a future that belongs . . . to people who know ISBN 039915874X; 9780399158742 older ways. Musician Juniper takes refuge on her family’s LC 2012001267 land with a growing group of friends that becomes ‘Clan This book, set at the cathedral in , MacKenzie.’ Reenactors know useful things, . . . such as how tells the story of “Marc Rochat, who’s served for years as to build log houses and craft bows for hunting. Meanwhile, the cathedral’s ‘watcher,’” “American expatriate Katherine Mike Havel, a pilot who was flying when the Change hap- Taylor, who through her work as a highly paid escort has pened, and his passengers, having survived . . . [and t]hanks recently run afoul of vicious Russian criminals,” and “Jay to a former Society for Creative Anachronism . . . fencer, Harper, an amnesiac operative for the International Olympic and after hard work and the accident that gives their group Committee who’s been investigating a former Olympian’s the name ‘Bearkillers,’ they have the knowledge to sell their bizarre death.” Events bring the three together to defend the protective services.” (Booklist) cathedral. (Publishers Weekly) Strugatskii, Arkadii Natanovich Steinhauer, Olen Roadside picnic; Arkady and Boris Strugatsky; An American spy; Olen Steinhauer. Minotaur translated by Olena Bormashenko. Chicago Review Books 2012 416 p Press 2012 ix, 209 pagesp ISBN 9780312622909; 9780312622893; ISBN 1613743416; 9781613743416 9781429950442 LC 2012001294 LC 2011040874 This book is a re-release of a 1972 Russian science fic- This book tells the story of “Milo Weaver . . . [who is] no tion novel by Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky and Boris Na- longer a member of the CIA’s deeply clandestine Department tanovich Strugatsky. “Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those of Tourism, which was shut down after Chinese spy Xin Zhu, young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, motivated more by personal vengeance than allegiance to his to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious government, orchestrated the assassination of 33 of its agents artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life one by one around the world. When Alan Drummond, Weav- is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in er’s boss at the now defunct department, disappears from his the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into London hotel. Weaver gets on his trail--a matter that becomes the Zone together to pick up a full empty, something goes much more urgent after Drummond’s wife and daughter are wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his kidnapped.” (Publishers Weekly) “Set in pre-Olympics 2008, return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the this suspense-laden novel weaves Chinese extremists, love Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his stories, and UN spies into a high-pressure cyclone of may- problems. (Publisher’s note) hem and betrayal for Milo and those he cares about.” (Libr J) Styles, Toy Stemple, Adam Miss Wayne & the queen of DC; T. Styles. Cartel Singer of souls; Adam Stemple. Tor 2005 237p Publications 2010 281p. $22.95 ISBN 098239134X; 9780982391341 ISBN 9780765311702; 0765311704 LC 2010928716 LC 2004063758 This book is a spin-off from the novels “Black and This novel tells the story of Douglas, who, “[l]eaving Ugly” and “Black & Ugly as Ever” featuring the character his life of petty crime and drug abuse behind, . . . flees from of Miss Wayne. “When Miss Daffany’s mother’s risky life- Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, to his stern but fair- style finally catches up with her, they all come back from minded Grandma McLaren. . . . [S]oon Douglas is making a LA, to Washington DC for her funeral. Once in town, Miss decent living as the busker who can write a song about you Wayne hooks up with his fabulous male friends and decides on the spot. But Edinburgh has its dangers for the unwary, . he misses home. . . . With the Queens of DC, he can wear . . and when a mysterious but alluring young girl offers him flashy clothes, live the glamorous and be around people like

79 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT him. But when the novelty wears off, he realizes that there’s and . . . it uses a death as a provocation for the examination a reason he never fully embraced his alternative lifestyle. of self and country.” (Libr J) But it’s too late and he becomes a victim of the company he keeps. . . . [S]oon the lives of those he cares about become Swinson, Kiki endangered.” (Publisher’s note) Playing dirty; Kiki Swinson. Dafina Books 2009 281p. Notorious novels Sullivan, M. J. ISBN 075822835X; 9780758228352 Necessary heartbreak; a novel of faith and for- In this novel, “Miami defense attorney Yoshi Lomax giveness. Michael J. Sullivan. Gallery Books 2010 bribes, manipulates, blackmails and uses her body to win 246, [4]p. (trade paper : alk. paper) $15 cases and a promotion at her firm, but her physical assets ISBN 1439184232; 9781439184233 and flexible end up doing her more harm than good. . LC 2009044471 . . Yoshi’s singular . . . motivation is money, and it drives her This book tells the story of a “journey back in time to, among other things, sleep with her boss, betray her DEA show[ing] a struggling single dad that the faith he’s lost agent best friend and make some questionable calls about is still alive. . . . Michael Stewart has weathered his share what clients she takes on. Then her lucky streak ends: she of hardships: a troubled childhood, the loss of his mother, gets demoted at work, loses her bid to get a case dismissed, even the degradation of living on the city streets. . . . [One] gets arrested for drug possession, gets abandoned by her best morning Michael and [his daughter] Elizabeth volunteer for friend and is framed for murder.” (Publishers Weekly) a food pantry at their local church. While storing boxes, . . . they step through a mysterious door . . . and find themselves in first-century Jerusalem during the . . . last week of Jesus T Christ’s life. . . . [W]hen they come face-to-face with and the condemned Christ himself, Michael realizes Tatlock, Ann that before they can escape Jerusalem, he must experience Things we once held dear; Ann Tatlock. Bethany history’s most necessary and shattering heartbreak.” (Pub- House 2006 396p o.p. lisher’s note) ISBN 0764200046 (pbk.) LC 2005028048 Sullivan, Michael J. In this book, “artist Neil Sadler’s wife dies suddenly Theft of swords; Michael J. Sullivan. 1st ed. in New York City, [and] he is drawn back to Mason, Ohio, Orbit 2011 691p. Riyria Revelations the hometown that he fled almost three decades before. He ISBN 9780316187749 spends the summer helping remodel an old ‘Gothic Hor- LC 2011008814 ror’ farmhouse into a bed-and-breakfast, trying to reconnect In this fantasy book, “Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and with his past and his cousin Mary Beeken. After a child- his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profit- hood spent caring for an invalid mother, Mary is trapped able living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspir- in a 23-year-old marriage to a troubled, alcoholic cop and ing nobles--until they are hired to pilfer a famed sword. What feels her life has never quite gotten started. Mary’s mother’s appears to be just a simple job finds them framed for the murder years earlier . . . cast shadows on the lives of several murder of the king and trapped in a conspiracy that uncovers Mason families. As Neil and Mary try to make sense of what a plot far greater than the mere overthrow of a tiny kingdom. has happened to their lives, they both discover that ‘[y]ou Can a self-serving thief and an idealistic swordsman survive don’t have to understand something completely to know it’s long enough to unravel the first part of an ancient mystery true.’” (Publishers Weekly) that has toppled kings and destroyed empires in order to keep a secret too terrible for the world to know? And so be- Theroux, Paul gins the first tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting  The lower river; Paul Theroux. Houghton and magic, myth and legend.” (Publisher’s note) Mifflin Harcourt 2012 323p. ISBN 0547746504; 9780547746500 Swift, Graham, 1949- LC 2011036975 Wish you were here; Graham Swift. Alfred A. In this novel, “Ellis Hock decides to return to the one Knopf 2012 319p. place he was really happy: the remote Lower River in Ma- ISBN 0307700127; 9780307700124 lawi, where he served in the Peace Corps until called home LC 2011050296 prematurely to take over the family business. . . . As Ellis “This . . . novel is about longing for the people in our wonders what he’s got himself into, [author Paul] Theroux lives who have died. Taking place over just a few days, it asks . . . questions . . . about the fate of contemporary Af- focuses on Jack Luxton’s journey to retrieve the remains of rica and the consequences of the West’s do-gooding efforts his brother Tom, a soldier who died in Iraq. The brothers worldwide.” (Library Journal) grew up on a farm in the British countryside, and hovering over the story is the specter of mad cow disease on one end Thilliez, Franck and terror (both political and personal) on the other. Mad- Syndrome E; Franck Thilliez; translated by ness and terror certainly infect Jack, who has suffered the Mark Polizzotti. Viking 2012 384p. $26.95 loss of nearly everyone he loves. The question that propels ISBN 9780670025787 the action is whether he will ultimately destroy himself as LC 2012004718 well. . . . [T]his book explores the ways the past haunts us,

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In this “French thriller, a veteran Paris profiler struggling Tillyard, Stella K. with paranoid schizophrenia and a lonely female police Tides of war; a novel. [by] Stella Tillyard. Hen- detective are brought together by a series of . . . murders” ry Holt 2011 353p $27 related to “an old experimental film containing disturbing ISBN 978-0-8050-9457-2; 0-8050-9457-1 subliminal images.” Detective Lucie Hennebelle and Chief LC 2011-25731 Inspector Franck Sharko meet in Canada, where they “learn “War is as transformative for those who remain at home about the . . . phenomenon of Syndrome E—the inducement as for those who fight it, and historian Tillyard, making her of hysteria and violence through sensory control—and its fiction debut, does a superb job of portraying those trans- possible role in mass killings.” (Kirkus) formations with deft, economical prose and that are as instructive as they are descriptive. This sophisticated, Thomas, Sherry unusual portrait of Regency society will appeal to all readers Beguiling the beauty; Sherry Thomas. Berkley of historical fiction, especially admirers of Bernard Corn- Sensation 2012 296p. well.” (Libr J) ISBN 0425246965; 9780425246962 In this late Victorian historical novel, “Venetia Easter- Todd, Charles brook is blindsided when Christian de Montfort, the Duke A duty to the dead; Charles Todd. William Mor- of Lexington, recklessly states during a Harvard lecture row 2009 329p. Bess Crawford mysteries (pbk.) that all beautiful women are untrustworthy and then twists $14.99; o.p.; (hbk.) o.p. the events of her past marriages to illustrate his point. The ISBN 9780061791772; 0061791768; 9780061791765 twice-widowed beauty gathers her wits and plots the perfect LC 2008055909 revenge--she will disguise herself during their transatlantic In this book, “[d]edicated to helping the many wounded crossing, make him fall in love with her, and then drop him. during the Great War, Bess Crawford receives a desperate But her bold plan has unexpected consequences when their request from a dying lieutenant while serving as a nurse passionate, soul-searing affair flares into something more. aboard a hospital ship. ‘Tell my brother Jonathan that I lied,’ Venetia realizes too late that she has fallen in love and into the young man says. ‘I did it for Mother’s sake. But it has to her own trap--and Christian will never forgive her decep- be set right.’ Back home in England, Bess receives an unex- tion.” (Libr J) pected response from the dead soldier’s family, for neither Jonathan Graham, his mother, nor his younger brother admit Thomas, Sherry to understanding what the message means. But the Grahams Delicious; Sherry Thomas. Bantam Books 2008 are harboring a grim secret, and Bess must, somehow, get to viii, 404p $6.99 the bottom of it.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780440244325; 0440244323 LC 2008577558 Todd, Charles This romance novel tells the story of “Madame Verity An unmarked grave; a Bess Crawford mystery. Durant [who] works for Bertram ‘Bertie’ Somerset at his es- by Charles Todd. William Morrow 2012 262p. Bess tate, Fairleigh Park—after serving as the mistress he failed to marry (due to a questionable background that includes Crawford mysteries $24.99 ISBN 9780062015723 an illegitimate child). When Bertie dies unexpectedly at 38, LC 2011050979 Verity worries as Bertie’s ‘bastard-born’ brother, Stuart— now London’s foremost barrister—takes over the estate. Verity had shared a secret, mouthwatering affair with Stuart Tolkien, Simon 10 years earlier, and she doesn’t expect him to keep her on, The king of diamonds; Simon Tolkien. 1st ed.; especially since he’s affianced to the very proper Miss Lizzy Minotaur Books 2011 324p. Bessler.” (Publishers Weekly) ISBN 9780312539085; 9781250002006; 0312539088 LC 2010040567 Thompson, James This book tells the story of “Oxford police inspector Bill Lucifer’s tears; James Thompson. G.P. Putnam’s Trave, [who] wasn’t fully convinced that David Swain was Sons 2011 323p. guilty of murder” when his testimony led to Swain serving a life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Katya’s lov- ISBN 9780399157004; 039915700X er. (Booklist) “Two years later, Trave’s marriage has fallen LC 2010037041 apart. His wife, Vanessa, finds support in the unlikely person This book tells the story of Inspector Kari Vaara, a de- of Titus Osman, Katya’s uncle, unaware that Titus is keep- tective who “is pushed into investigating a ninety-year-old ing Katya a virtual prisoner in her own home. Meanwhile, national hero for war crimes committed during World War an embittered Swain plots an escape from prison to get his II. The Interior Minister demands a conclusion of innocence, revenge on his former girlfriend, a plan that results in yet preserving Finland’s heroic perception about itself and its another murder.” (Publishers Weekly) “Trave’s suspicions role in the war, but Germany wants extradition. In a seeming lead him to . . . Osman . . . and his sinister brother-in-law, coincidence, Kari is drawn into the murder-by-torture case Franz Claes who will go to any lengths to conceal his past of Iisa Filippov, the philandering wife of a Russian business- connections to the Nazis. . . . Once David is captured, Trave man. Her lover is clearly being framed for the crime -- and is willing to risk everything . . . to pursue his obsessive belief Ivan Filippov’s arrogance and nonchalance point the finger in Osman’s guilt.” (Publisher’s note) at him. But he’s being protected from above, leading Kari to the corrupt corridors of power.” (Publisher’s note)

81 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Towles, Amor Turner, Nikki Rules of civility; a novel. Viking 2011 335p. Natural born hustler; a novel. Nikki Turner. ISBN 9780670022694 One World Trade Paperbacks/Ballantine Books 2010 LC 2011004118 xi, 114p. This novel, which takes place in 1930s New York, . . . ISBN 9780345523600 [opens with] Katey and her roommate Eve [who are] . . . too LC 2010022021 besotted with the dashing young banker Tinker to see any In this novel, “Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and signs of trouble. . . . [The book pursues] this love triangle. smart. . . . But . . . her love for [her boyfriend] Fame can’t . . . Katey winds up on Fifth Avenue at the end of her book. stand in the way of Desember selling anything and every- (Commonweal) The book features New York’s wealthy class thing . . . so that she never has to depend on a man. The . . . [with] an unmistakable sense of who belongs and who only thing Desember feels she’s lacking is a father to call does not. . . . Towles . . . depict[s] . . . how the upper class her own. And her mother refuses to tell Desember who he can use its money and influence to manipulate others’ lives is. When Fame finds himself at the wrong end of a gun . . in profoundly unsavory ways. (Publishers Weekly) . Desember wants nothing more than to stand by her man, “On New Year’s Eve 1937, at a jazz bar in New York’s but Fame warns her . . . that she isn’t safe. Desember won- Greenwich Village, Katey and Eve are charmed by the hand- ders if she was the real target. Her mother . . . arranges for some and successful Tinker Grey. The three become fast her daughter to travel to Richmond, Virginia, to live with friends and spend early 1938 exploring the town together, Desember’s father and his wife. And when her father’s iden- until a car accident permanently injures Eve. Feeling guilty, tity is finally revealed, Desember learns that she is a Natural Tinker, the driver, takes care of Eve and unsuccessfully tries Born Hustler.” (Publisher’s note) to love her. Despite the presence and initial impact of Tin- ker and Eve, though, this first novel is about Katey’s 1938.” Tursten, Helene, 1954- (Libr J) Night rounds; Helene Tursten; translation by Laura A. Wideburg. Soho Press 2012 326p. Irene  Transgressions; edited by Ed McBain. Forge Huss mysteries 2005 783p. (hdbk. : acid-free paper) $27.95 ISBN 1616950064; 9781616950064 ISBN 0765308517 LC 2011034073 LC 2004061960 This “Scandinavian crime novel . . . [begins when] a This book presents an anthology of in the nurse, Marianne Svärd, is found strangled at a small hospital “crime and suspense” genre. Donald E. Westlake’s “Walk- in Göteborg after a blackout that also claimed the life of a ing Around Money” follows a “humorous burglar hero.” patient who was on a respirator, [and] the night nurse on Anne Perry’s “Hostages” is a “portrait of a woman caught up duty, Siv Persson, tells the police an incredible story. While in the current Irish troubles who tries to keep her sanity by the power was out, Persson claims she saw the ghost of a doing household chores.” (Publishers Weekly) Other stories nurse who committed suicide in the hospital 50 years earlier include “The Corn Maiden” by Joyce Carol Oates, a “tab- after having an affair with a surgeon. While Huss and her loid thriller about a mean girl who abducts a slow classmate team instantly dismiss a supernatural explanation, she be- for ritual sacrifice” and Lawrence Block’s “Keller’s Adjust- comes convinced that the motive for Svärd’s slaying stems ment,” which tells the story of an “assassin [who] finds him- from the hospital’s past.” (Publishers Weekly) self having existential thoughts about golf communities after 9/11.” (Booklist) Tyler, Anne Turner, Nikki The beginner’s goodbye; a novel. by Anne Ty- Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife; a novel. Nikki ler. Alfred A. Knopf 2012 197p. ISBN 9780307957276 Turner. One World Trade Paperbacks 2011 x, 212p. LC 2011033507 ISBN 0345511085; 9780345511089; 9780345526403 This novel by Anne Tyler focuses on “Aaron, who works LC 2011001780 for a small-family publishing firm that specializes in its Be- In his novel, “the fourth installment of [Nikki] Turner’s . ginners series. . . . Aaron is in the beginning stages of mourn- . . series (after ‘Forever a Hustler’s Wife’), hustler Desmond ing, after a tree crashed through his house and crushed his ‘Des’ Taylor has found a new gig raking in the money as slightly older wife. . . . Early on, Aaron receives visits from head of the Good Life Ministry, to the dismay of his wife, his dead wife, whom no one else can see, and whom he ad- Yarni. Not only does the once-wild hustler’s wife have moral mits might well be a projection or an apparition. . . . Mourn- qualms, but as an attorney, she’s gaining a new respect for the ing is both a rite of passage and a process of discovery for consequences of crime. Then masked men hold up a church Aaron.” (Kirkus Reviews) service, gun down one of Des’s closest associates, and force his accountant to wire them $10 million. Threats also mount against Yarni, their young daughter, and Des’s mother, in violation of the gangsta code. Meanwhile, his previously un- U suspected 18-year-old daughter turns up and announces she needs to move in with them.” (Publishers Weekly) Ulfelder, Steve Purgatory chasm; Steve Ulfelder. Minotaur Books 2011 292p. ISBN 9780312672928; 0312672926; 9781250007025 LC 2011001265

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This book tells the story of “Conway Sax, a recovering kept by her aunt and grandmother that’s a thinly veiled story alcoholic, ex-con, and car mechanic who lives in Massachu- of a love affair that ended in tragedy on the remote island. setts, fulfills his moral obligations to the Barnburners, the Meanwhile, Birdie has visions of a dark intruder prowling AA group that got him clean and sober, by doing odd jobs for Heart Island at all hours. Finally, Emily, a waitress drifting them. Tander Phigg, a Barnburner whose 1980 Mercedes- through life, feels powerless to resist as her boyfriend pulls Benz 450SEL Sax once worked on, persuades him to help her into schemes that will betray the people closest to her. retrieve the classic car--and the $3,500 deposit--from Das (Publishers Weekly) Motorenwerk, a garage in New Hampshire that’s had the vehicle for 18 months and done nothing. When Sax visits Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012 the garage, someone he doesn’t see coldcocks him. The as- The quality of mercy; a novel. Barry Unsworth. sault heightens Sax’s suspicions about Das Motorenwerk, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2011 319p. $26.95 and his later discovery of a dead body confirms them.” ISBN 0091937124 ; 0385534779 Nan A. (Publishers Weekly) Talese; 9780091937126 Hutchinson; 9780307948045; 9780385534772 Nan A. Talese Ullman, Ellen LC 2011010110 By blood; Ellen Ullman. Farrar, Straus and Gir- In this historical novel, “Erasmus Kemp has tracked oux 2012 378p. down the crew members who absconded to with his ISBN 0374117551; 9780374117559 late father’s slave ship and has hauled them back to New- LC 2011041626 gate Prison [in England]. But the long-delayed satisfaction This book follows a “disgraced professor [who] takes an he hopes to exact from these sailors is being challenged. . office in a downtown tower to plot his return. But the walls . . A wealthy abolitionist has taken up the crew members’ are thin and he’s distracted by voices from next door—his defense, arguing that when they killed their captain, they neighbor is a psychologist, and one of her patients dislikes weren’t committing mutiny; they were protecting innocent the hum of the white-noise machine. And so he begins to Africans from drowning.” (Washington Post) hear about the patient’s troubles with her female lover, her conflicts with her adoptive, avowedly WASP family, and her Upson, Nicola quest to track down her birth mother. . . . Armed with the Two for sorrow; Nicola Upson. HarperCollins few details he’s gleaned, the professor takes up the quest and 2011 488p. quickly finds the patient’s mother in records from a German ISBN 9780571246335; 9780061451584 displaced-persons camp. . . . His research leads them deep LC 2010497725 into the history of displaced-persons camps, of postwar Zi- This book is a mystery novel based on “the murders onism, and—most troubling of all—of the Nazi Lebensborn of newborn innocents for which two British women were program.” (Publisher’s note) hanged at Holloway Prison in 1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Umrigar, Thrity Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious ‘Finchley The world we found; Thrity Umrigar. Harper- baby farmers,’ unaware that her research will entangle her Collins 2012 320p. in the desperate hunt for a modern-day killer. A young seam- ISBN 9780062107138; 0061938343; 9780061938344 stress . . . has been found brutally slain in the studio of Tey’s This book tells the “story of four women and the un- friends, the Motley sisters, amid preparations for a star- breakable ties they share. As university students in late studded charity gala. Despite initial appearances, Inspector 1970s Bombay, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta were Archie Penrose is not convinced this murder is the result of inseparable. . . . But much has changed over the past thirty a long-standing domestic feud--and a horrific accident - in years. Following different paths, the quartet drifted apart. . volving a second young woman soon after supports his con- . . Then comes devastating news: Armaiti, who moved to victions. Now he and his friend Josephine must unmask a America, is gravely ill and wants to see the old friends she sadistic killer before more blood flows.” (Publisher’s note) left behind. . . . In the course of their journey to reconnect, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta must confront the truths Urrea, Luis Alberto of their lives--acknowledge long-held regrets, face painful Queen of America; Luis Alberto Urrea. Little, secrets and hidden desires, and reconcile their idealistic past Brown 2011 491p. and their compromised present.” (Publisher’s note) ISBN 9780316154864; 0316154865 LC 2011023065 Unger, Lisa This novel takes place “[a]fter the bloody Tomochic Heartbroken; a novel. Lisa Unger. Crown 2012 rebellion, [when] Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and ‘Saint 370p. of Cabora,’ flees with her father to Arizona. But their plans ISBN 0307465209; 9780307465207 are derailed when she once again is claimed as the spiritual LC 2011050497 leader of the Mexican Revolution. Besieged by pilgrims and In this psychological thriller, [a]n island on an Adiron- pursued by assassins, Teresita embarks on a journey through dack lake becomes both a haven and a hell for three women. turn-of-the-century industrial America--New York, San . . . Kate Burke’s annual visits to Heart Island, owned by her Francisco, St. Louis. She meets immigrants and tycoons, wealthy parents, never go smoothly, mainly because of the European royalty and Cuban poets, all waking to the new uneasy relationship she has with her imperious 75-year-old American century.” (Publisher’s note) mother, Birdie. Kate expects the next visit will be even more upsetting because she’s written a novel based on journals

83 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Urrea, Luis Alberto Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- The hummingbird’s daughter; a novel. Luis The dream of the Celt; Mario Vargas Llosa; Alberto Urrea. Little, Brown, and Co. 2005 499p translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Far- $24.95; $14.99 rar, Straus and Giroux 2012 358p. ISBN 0316745464; 9780316154529 ISBN 0374143463; 9780374143466 LC 2004027849 LC 2011052181 This work of historical fiction “is based on the first 19 In this book, “Nobel Prize for Literature winner (in years in the life of the author’s Mexican great aunt, Teresa 2010) and one-time Peruvian presidential candidate, [Mario] Urrea, or Saint Teresa of Cabora (1873-1906). The illegiti- Vargas Llosa chronicles the life of Roger Casement, an Irish mate daughter of a poor Indian woman and a wealthy land- patriot and human rights activist, or ‘specialist in atrocities,’ owner, Teresa is raised on a farm and taught the healing arts who was executed by the British in 1916 after the Easter Ris- by a curandera (female healer) until a near-death experience ing, which heralded the beginning of Irish independence.” endows her with the divine gift of healing. Teresa’s popular- (Publishers Weekly) ity soars, and she serves as the battle cry for an antigovern- ment insurrection, after which she and her father are exiled Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- to the United States, where she is not officially recognized The secret history of Costaguana; translated as a saint owing to the somewhat unorthodox nature of her from the Spanish by Anne McLean. Riverhead Books work.” (Library Journal) 2011 283p. ISBN 978-1-4088-0018-8 Bloomsbury; 1-4088-0018- 7 Bloomsbury; 978-1-59448-803-0 Riverhead Books; V 1-59448-803-7 Riverhead Books LC 2011005706 Vachss, Andrew “The narrator of this novel emends ’s That’s how I roll; Andrew Vachss. Pantheon ‘Nostromo.’” (N Y Times Book Rev) Books 2011 213p. ISBN 9780307379948 LC 2011013503 W In this book, “Esau, who’s crippled by spina bifida, recounts a horrific childhood of parental abuse. He finds Walker, Karen Thompson purpose in protecting his strapping little brother, Tory-boy,  The age of miracles; a novel. Karen Thomp- whose only defect is being a little ‘slow.’ Esau later be- son Walker. Random House 2012 272p. comes a bomb maker and assassin, carving out a precari- ISBN 0812992970; 9780812992977; 9780679644385 ously balanced life plying his deadly trade for both of the LC 2011040664 two crime bosses who share his unnamed community. When This novel, by Karen Thompson Walker, is a story of the authorities finally catch up with him, Esau continues to coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered plan to protect Tory-boy whether Esau is dead or alive by world. On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California cleverly playing both sides of the law.” (Publishers Weekly) suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has sud- Vantrease, Brenda Rickman denly begun to slow. . . . Yet as she struggles to navigate an The illuminator; Brenda Rickman Vantrease. St. ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the nor- Martin’s Press 2005 406p $24.95; (pbk.) $13.95 mal disasters of everyday life--the fissures in her parents’ ISBN 0312331916; 9780312331924 marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first LC 2004030095 love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced In this book, “a medieval illuminator with radical views of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively finds himself sharing quarters with a widow struggling to cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new nor- preserve her independence. . . . Lady Kathryn . . . must be mal, the slowing inexorably continues. (Publisher’s note) practical to ensure the future of her 15-year-old twin sons. Little as she cares for . . . the local abbey, she is happy to do Walter, Jess them a favor by taking in a master illuminator as lodger. . .  Beautiful ruins; a novel. Jess Walter. Harper . Their subsequent passionate affair blinds them to the ro- 2012 352p. mance developing between Finn’s innocent daughter, Rose, ISBN 0061928127; 9780061928123 and Kathryn’s pious son, Colin. Meanwhile, the unsolved This book presents a romance [story that] begins in April murder of an unscrupulous priest on the manor grounds puts 1962, when a young innkeeper, Pasquale Tursi, puts up . . . everyone in jeopardy, and Finn’s secret sympathy with John American actress Dee Moray, who has arrived supposedly Wycliffe and his Lollard followers, who champion an Eng- sick with stomach cancer at the remote Italian port of Ver- lish translation of the Scriptures, endangers his livelihood, gogna. She has come from the extravagant Rome location of not to mention his life.” (Publishers Weekly) Cleopatra along with . . . co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Rich- ard Burton. . . . Pasquale soon discovers that 20th Century- Fox’s chief troubleshooter, the young Michael Deane, has in fact whisked Dee, pregnant with the married Burton’s child, away from the public eye to avoid scandal. . . . Pasquale falls in love with the beleaguered, vulnerable Dee, who is under

84 LIST OF FICTIONAL WORKS pressure from Deane and the studio to get a discrete abortion Watson, Christie in Switzerland. (Publishers Weekly) Tiny sunbirds, far away; a novel. Christie Wat- son. Other Press 2011 438p. Walter, Jess ISBN 1590514661; 159051467X; 9781590514665; Citizen Vince; a novel. Jess Walter. Perennial 9781590514672 2008 293p (pbk.) $14.99; (acid-free paper) o.p.; LC 2010054187 o.p. In this book, the winner of the 2011 Costa First Novel ISBN 9780061577659; 0060394412; 9780060394417 Award, [w]hen their mother catches their father with another LC 2004046828 woman, twelve year-old Blessing and her fourteen-year-old This book, winner of the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award, brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home begins “[a]t 1:59 a.m. in Spokane, Washington—eight in Lagos for a village in the Niger Delta, to live with their days before the 1980 presidential election—[when] Vince mother’s family. . . . Blessing’s grandmother . . . soon be- Camden pockets his stash of stolen credit cards and drops comes a beloved mentor, teaching Blessing the ways of the by an all-night poker game before heading to his witness- midwife in rural Nigeria. Blessing is exposed to the horrors protection job dusting crullers at Donut Make You Hungry. of genital mutilation and the devastation wrought on the en- Along with a neurotic hooker girlfriend, this is the total sum vironment by British and American oil companies. As Warri of Vince’s new life. But when a familiar face shows up in comes to feel like home, Blessing becomes . . . aware of the town, Vince realizes his sordid past is still too close behind threats to its safety, both from its unshakable but danger- him. During the next unforgettable week, he’ll negotiate a ous traditions and the relentless carelessness of the modern coast-to-coast maze of obsessive cops, eager politicians, and world. (Publisher’s note) assorted mobsters—only to find that redemption might exist, of all places, in the voting booth.” (Publisher’s note) Wax, Wendy Single in Suburbia; Wendy Wax. Bantam Dell Wambaugh, Joseph 2006 367p $6.99 Harbor nocturne; Joseph Wambaugh. Grove/ ISBN 0553588974; 9780553588972 Atlantic 2012 320p. LC 2007583798 ISBN 9780802126108 In this book, “Amanda’s husband has just traded her in In this book, Sgt. Thaddeus Hawthorne of Hollywood for an affair with a teenybopper. Brooke is a trophy wife Vice thinks he sees a way to put pressure on Hector Cozzo, collecting dust. And Candace . . . has had too many hus- an errand boy for a gang that’s smuggling and prostituting bands and too little love. . . . [Their company] Maid for illegals: Persuade [a] surfer officer . . . to use his amputated You starts as a way for Amanda to make enough money to foot to ingratiate himself with a shadowy Russian associate keep the roof over her kids’ heads after her husband splits with a fixation on amputations. . . . A fight among for his midlife crisis. But when Candace and Brooke join panhandlers leads to the hot pursuit of a purse snatcher. A her, . . . [d]onning disguises, they enter the homes of those domestic violence call discloses a kinky sex contract gone who once spurned them and discover more than just clutter wrong. A homeless man beds down in a dumpster that’s in the closets of their neighbors’ otherwise tidy lives. But already hosting a corpse. In the middle of this junkyard, a when Amanda takes on the job of cleaning the home of the flower struggles to bloom: the unlikely romance between Lita town’s most eligible hunk, someone decides to do her dirty.” Medina Flores, an incoming Mexican illegal hired to dance (Publisher’s note) even though she’s a terrible dancer, and Dinko Babich, the old school friend Hector pays to deliver her to Club Samara. Weber, David (Kirkus) By schism rent asunder; David Weber. Tor 2008 510p maps Safehold series o.p.; o.p.; $8.99 Watkins, Claire Vaye ISBN 9780765315014; 0765315017; 9780765353986 Battleborn; Claire Vaye Watkins. Riverhead LC 2008016957 Books 2012 304p. $25.95 In this science fiction novel, “[t]he mercantile kingdom ISBN 9781594488252 of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exter- LC 2012009175 minate it. Armed with better sailing vessels, better guns and This collection of short stories, set in “the author’s home better devices of all sorts, Charis faced the combined navies state, Nevada . . . cover[s] a large chunk of history and a of the rest of the world . . . and broke them. Despite the lot of ground, from the failed mining efforts of the forty- implacable hostility of the Church of God Awaiting, Charis niners to Charles Manson’s debauchery in his desert enclave . . . [is] still an island of innovation in a world in which the (Watkins’s father was a Manson associate) to the near-pres- Church has worked for centuries to keep humanity locked ent with a legal brothel known as the Cherry Patch Ranch. at a medieval level of existence. But the powerful men who The characters include small-town teenage girls looking for run the Church aren’t going to take their defeat lying down. fun on a Vegas road trip (and instead finding danger) and a Charis may control the world’s seas, but it barely has an young Reno woman with a destructive streak who takes up army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows, far smoking on the night she meets a man at a bar over a game too much of the kingdom’s recent good fortune is due to the of video poker.” (Library Journal) secret manipulations of the being that calls himself Merlin— a being that, the world must not find out too soon, is more than human.” (Publisher’s note)

85 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Wells, Martha always about . . . using lies, deceit, and sex. But when a Wheel of the infinite; Martha Wells. Eos 2000 plan goes dangerously wrong, Cha and Goldie take a step 355p. $24.00 back out of the life. Cha desperately wants to rid herself ISBN 0380973359 (alk. paper) of the demons of her past so she can at least feel normal LC 00021726 enough to raise her son, Omari. Goldie . . . [is] tired of going This book is set in “the great Temple city of Duval- from man to man, and knows her parents are rolling over in pore, [where every year] the image of the Wheel of the In- their graves at the life she chose for herself. Red craves the finite must be painstakingly remade to ensure another year streets, and will cross anyone, friends included, to get what of peace and harmony for the Celestial Empire. . . . But a she wants. She . . . will betray both Cha and Goldie, leading black storm is spreading across the Wheel. Every night . . . to horrifying consequences.” (Publisher’s note) the Wheel’s constructors and caretakers brush the darkness away and repair the damage with brightly colored sands and Williams, Walter Jon potent magic. Each morning the storm reappears, bigger and The fourth wall; Walter Jon Williams. Orbit darker than before. . . . A murderer and traitor, . . . Maskelle 2012 402p. has been summoned back to help put the world right. . . . ISBN 9780316133395 Now, in the company of Rian--a skilled and dangerously LC 2011022494 alluring swordsman--she must confront dread enemies old In this novel, [f]ormer child actor Sean Makin finds and new and a cold, stalking malevolence unlike any she has himself reduced to taking gigs on the lowest type of reality ever encountered.” (Publisher’s note) television shows to make ends meet--and support his agent. A chance meeting with producer Dagmar Shaw, who is sus- White, Edmund, 1940- pected of having connections with unsavory international Jack Holmes and his friend; Edmund White. cults and activist groups, lands him a starring role in a revo- Bloomsbury 2012 lutionary film that is part reality TV and part scripted story. ISBN 1608197034; 9781608197033 However, Sean discovers to his dismay that death seems LC 2011014728 to follow Dagmar, striking those close to her--thus making ‘This “book maps . . . the friendship of a gay man and Sean a prime target. (Libr J) a heterosexual in the buttoned-up 1950s, the experimental ’60s and, finally, to the first intimations of AIDS. . . . The Wilson, Adam young men meet in New York when they’re both fresh from Flatscreen. Harper Perennial 2012 352p. college. Jack, a Midwesterner with a ‘Gothic horror novel’ ISBN 9780062090331 of a childhood, attended the ; Will, This book tells the story of “Eli Schwartz, the narrator, . . a foxhunting Southerner of large lineage and small funds, . [who] is the classic couch-bound failure-to-launch whiling attended Princeton. . . . Relatively early on, Jack introduces away his 20s ‘denying real time, like an anthropologist at- Will to Alex, the girl he will eventually marry, and the novel tempting to study a distant, extinct species, wondering what tracks the three of them through years of romantic strife.” went wrong.’ Eli’s simple passions—pop culture, cooking, (Washington Post) and watching the Food Network—render his life a pleas- ant stupor suddenly interrupted when his mother sells the Whittall, Zoe house to one ‘Seymour J. Kahn: actor, cripple.’ The once Holding still for as long as possible; Zoe Whit- accomplished and beloved but now elderly and wheelchair- tall. Anansi 2009 301p. (pbk.) $15.95 bound Seymour acts as a time-lapsed version of Eli. . . . And under the old man’s terrible tutelage, Eli awakens to ISBN 9780887849640; 9780887842344 a wholly incongruous lifestyle of hillbilly heroin and gun- LC 2009510336 play.” (Publishers Weekly) In this book, author “Zoe Whittall follows a group of twentysomethings struggling to cope with their compli- cated lives. Trapped somewhere between growing up and Wilson, Chris being grown-ups, these would-be adults hide behind exces- Cotton; Chris Wilson. Harcourt 2005 314p sive drinking and partying, and use text messages to relay (pbk.) $26.00; o.p.; (hbk.) o.p. their emotions. The story focuses on three troubled young ISBN 9780156030458; 0151011230; 9780151011230 people: Billy, a former teen pop starlet who suffers from se- LC 2004023117 vere panic attacks; Josh, a paramedic whose ability to patch This novel tells the story of Cotton, “a blonde, white, up injured patients parallels his inability to repair his own blue-eyed boy born of a black mother. Lee Cotton’s prob- emotional damages; and Amy, a rich kid trying to live the lems are compounded by an . . . oddity, his ability to hear Bohemian indie girl life while dealing with her first broken the thoughts of both the living and the dead. If that were heart.” (Quill & Quire) not enough, Lee discovers that his life holds surprising, even shocking, turns that ensure he will never fit in anywhere. Williams, Karen First he survives a brutal, racially motivated assault that Dirty to the grave; Karen Williams. Urban Books leaves him a John Doe, assumed to be white, in a neurologi- 2010 216p. cal ward, and then, through a series of events, he undergoes major transformations that always leave him different on the ISBN 1601622694; 9781601622693 outside than on the inside. No matter what guise he assumes, This novel tells the story of “Cha, Goldie, and Red, who he remains an honest, homespun, good-humored, observant come together for fun, laughs, and sometimes treachery in individual.” (Dactyl Review) Long Beach, California. For these three ladies, survival was

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Wilson, Susan In this book, which is set “[i]n 1968, into the beautiful, The fortune teller’s daughter; Susan Wilson. spare environment of remote coastal Labrador, a mysterious Atria Books 2002 342p. o.p. child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy ISBN 074344230X nor girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the LC 20020104271 secret — the baby’s parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a This book follows Sabine Heartwood, who is “happy trusted neighbour, Thomasina. Together the adults make a in her newly settled life until her flighty mother, Madame difficult decision: to raise the child as a boy named Wayne. Ruby, starts proclaiming visions of a coming upheaval. But as Wayne grows to adulthood within the hyper-mascu- Meanwhile, Danford Smith has returned from New York line hunting culture of his father, his shadow-self — a girl City to nurse his ailing grandmother through her final days he thinks of as ‘Annabel’ — is never entirely extinguished, and set his family’s affairs in order before returning to a and indeed is secretly nurtured by the women in his life.” promising career as a filmmaker. Of course life has other (Publisher’s note) plans, and Dan finds himself mired in . . . family loyalties and new obligations. As his long-distance relationship with Wiseman, Beth rising starlet Karen Whitcomb unravels, Dan is increasingly Plain paradise; a Daughters of the promise nov- drawn to the lovely and forthright Sabine, who seems to el. Beth Wiseman. Thomas Nelson 2010 vi, 313p. understand something about him that he himself does not. Daughters of the promise novels (soft cover) $15.99 As for Sabine, the psychic gift she has long rejected awak- ISBN 9781595548238 ens, intimating dark secrets in Dan’s past and that of Moose LC 2009052637 River.” (Publishers Weekly) This novel tells the story of “Linda . . . [whose] Amish life seemed like paradise. Until she found out her family Wind, Ruth had been hiding a secret since the day of her birth. Josie In the midnight rain; Ruth Wind. Harper Torch was just a frightened teenager when she left her baby in the 2000 406p (pbk.) o.p. care of an Old Order Amish couple in Lancaster County. ISBN 0061030120 Since then, seventeen years have passed and while much has LC 2001555211 changed, one thing hasn’t. Josie still longs to reconnect with In this book, “[o]n a quest both professional and person- her daughter Linda. But Linda is unaware of Josie--and liv- al, biographer Ellie Connor accepts the invitation of experi- ing an idyllic life within the Amish community. The bishop’s mental botanist and music lover Laurence ‘Blue’ Reynard grandson, Stephen, is courting her and she hopes that he will and heads for Pine Bend, TX, to gather information on an propose soon. When her birth mother comes to Paradise, obscure Thirties blues singer and, if she can, learn something Linda finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Josie’s world.” about her unknown father. However, her search nets her far (Publisher’s note) more than she expects, and Ellie is suddenly faced with a surprising family, the answer to a mysterious disappearance, Wolitzer, Meg and a love she never hoped to find.” (Library Journal) The position; a novel. Meg Wolitzer. Scribner 2005 307p $24 Winspear, Jacqueline ISBN 074326178X; 9780743261784 Elegy for Eddie; Jacqueline Winspear. Harper/ LC 2004056577 HarperCollins 2012 352 pp. A Maisie Dobbs novel In this book, married couple “Paul and Roz Mellow . . $25.99 . write a how-to sex book . . . that features illustrations of ISBN 9780062049575 them in every imaginable position. The book becomes a run- LC 2011278583 away bestseller. When the children find the book and read In this book, “[Maisie Dobbs, a] determined psycholo- it together, they’re forever traumatized. . . . Flash forward gist and private investigator looks into the death of Eddie, 30 years: Paul and Roz are long divorced and remarried . . . a gentle man who seemed to have no enemies, certainly not [and] the grown children fumble through their lives on the among the horses he charmed. . . . But she can never for- eve of the publisher’s reissue of the sex classic. The oldest, get the poor neighborhood in which she was raised. So she Holly, has settled into late motherhood after a lifetime of doesn’t hesitate when the costermongers of Covent Garden nomadic drug-taking; uptight Michael suffers from chronic ask her to investigate Eddie’s death after he’s crushed by a depression; Dashiell, a gay Log Cabin Republican speech- roll of paper at of wealthy Canadian newspaper writer, is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease; and insecure baron John Otterburn. The more Maisie finds out, the more late-bloomer Claudia returns to her Long Island hometown she’s convinced that Otterburn is using his considerable in- to finally figure out how to be a fully functioning adult.” fluence to steer Britain toward a confrontation with a resur- (Publishers Weekly) gent Germany led by Hitler. . . . Despite mounting danger, she continues to investigate while trying to put her own life Wooding, Chris in order.” (Kirkus) Retribution falls; Chris Wooding. Ballantine Books 2011 461p. Tales of the Ketty Jay (pbk. : Winter, Kathleen alk. paper) $16 Annabel; Kathleen Winter. Black Cat 2010 ISBN 0345522516; 0345522583; 9780345522511; 465p $14.95 9780345522580 ISBN 9780802170828 LC 2010047793 LC 2010481429

87 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT In this book, “Dorian Frey’s Ketty Jay is a hugely bat- Black Crescent”; they “get on the trail of the Crescent leader, tered old freighter which just about runs. Frey keeps ac- Chaaku . . . , and in a last deadly battle bring a measure of cepting jobs for himself and his crew in the hope of a big justice to their corner of the war.” (Publishers Weekly) pay cheque. His current job turns out to be too good to be true. Suddenly Frey and his crew are running from the Navy Coalition and hired bounty hunters, as he is set up to take Z the fall after a freighter he is chasing explodes. Dorian Frey must outwit them all to prove his innocence and catch the Zimmerman, Jean real culprits.” (Fantasy Book Review)  The orphanmaster; Jean Zimmerman. Vi- Wortham, Reavis king 2012 418p. maps $27.95 ISBN 0670023647; 9780670023646 The rock hole; Reavis Z. Wortham. Poisoned LC 2011038593 Pen Press 2011 250p. Red River mysteries In this historical thriller, a “feisty young Dutch woman, ISBN 9781590588864; 9781590588840 an English spy, and a local demon all cross paths in 1663 LC 2011920305 New Amsterdam. . . . Orphaned as a child, Blandine van This book is set “[i]n 1964, [when] farmer and part-time Couvering now . . . looks out for the orphans around the Constable Ned Parker combine forces with John Washing- small town . . . . But first one orphan disappears, and then ton, the almost mythical black deputy sheriff from nearby another is found molested and murdered. Evidence of a wi- Paris, to track down a disturbed individual who is rapidly tika, a fiend of Native American folklore, is found near the becoming a threat to the entire small Texas community of remains. . . . As the little bodies pile up, fears run wild.” Center Springs. When Ned is summoned to a hot cornfield (Library Journal) one morning to examine the remains of a tortured bird dog, he finds a dark presence in their quiet community. A farmer by trade, Ned is usually confident when it comes to handling moonshiners, drunks and domestic disputes. But the animal atrocities turn to murder, and the investigation spins beyond his abilities.” (Publisher’s note)

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Yalom, Irvin D. The Schopenhauer cure; a novel. Irvin D. Ya- lom. HarperCollins 2005 viii, 358p (alk. paper) $24.95; (pbk.) $13.99 ISBN 0066214416; 9780060938109 LC 2004047580 This book follows “Julius Hertzfeld, a successful thera- pist in San Francisco, [who] is shocked by the news that he suffers from terminal cancer. Moved to reassess his life’s work, he contacts Philip Slate, whose three years of therapy for sexual addiction Julius describes as an ‘old-time major- league failure.’ Philip is now training to be a therapist him- self, guided by the writings of , and he offers to teach Julius about Schopenhauer as a way of help- ing him deal with his looming death. Julius and Philip strike a deal: Julius will serve as Philip’s clinical supervisor, but only if Philip joins the ongoing therapy group Julius leads. To complicate matters further, Pam, a group member, is one of the hundreds of women Philip seduced and then rejected.” (Publishers Weekly)

Young, Thomas W. The renegades; Tom Young. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2012 336p. Michael Parson thrillers ISBN 0399158464; 9780399158469 LC 2012010954 This is the third novel with “Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Parson . . . . Now an adviser to a helicopter unit in Afghani- stan, Parson requests that his interpreter friend, Sgt. Maj. Sophia Gold, be deployed back to Afghanistan.” Parson and Gold have to deal with the actions of “a group called the

88 TITLE AND SUBJECT INDEX

This index to the books listed in part 1 includes title and subject entries, arranged in one alphabet. Full information for each book is given in part 1 under the main entry, which is usually the author. Title entries. Novels are listed under title. Analytical entries are made for novels published in omnibus editions and for novelettes. Such entries carry In or also in designations and usually include the page numbers in the book where the item is to be found. Subject entries. Subject headings are printed in capital letters. The listing of a work under a subject indicates that a major portion of the work is about that subject. Under genre headings, such as SCIENCE FICTION or PHILOSOPHICAL NOVELS, works of that genre are listed. Under the heading DETECTIVES a list of individual fictional detectives makes reference to the authors of the detective novels in which they appear. Subdivisions under headings are given first by chronological period, then by topic, and then by place name.

1861-1865—FICTION Accidents of providence. Brown, S. M. Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires ACTORS—FICTION Hannah, K. Home again A Rawn, M. Touchstone Walter, J. Beautiful Ruins a + e 4ever. Merey, I. Williams, W. J. The fourth wall ABANDONED CHILDREN—FICTION Wilson, A. Flatscreen Beverley, J. Winter Fire ACTRESSES—FICTION Mudwoman Bagshawe, T. Adored ABBEYS—ENGLAND—FICTION ADDICTION—FICTION Dean, A. A woman of consequence Palahniuk, C. Choke ABBEYS—FICTION ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS (N.Y.)—FICTION Huggins, J. B. Nightbringer Unger, L. Heartbroken ABOLITION OF SLAVERY See Abolitionists; ADOLESCENCE Slavery; Slaves—Emancipation Beachy, S. Boneyard ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS Jones, T. Silver sparrow See also Australians; Indigenous peoples Strauss, J. The dubious salvation of Jack V. ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS—FICTION ADOLESCENCE—FICTION Scott, K. That deadman dance Doig, I. The bartender’s tale ABORIGINES See Indigenous peoples ADOPTED CHILDREN About Schmidt. Begley, L. Ullman, E. By blood ABUSED WIVES—WEST VIRGINIA—FIC- ADOPTED CHILDREN—FICTION TION The forgotten affairs of youth McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence ABUSED WOMEN Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans See also Victims of crimes; Women ADOPTEES—FICTION ABUSED WOMEN—FICTION Ullman, E. By blood Anderson, C. Star bright ADOPTION—FICTION Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood Edwards, Y. A Cupboard full of coats Lee, M. Somebody’s daughter McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Siegel, J. Detour Rice, L. Little night Adored. Bagshawe, T. Roberts, N. Dance upon the air ADULT CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS ACADIANS—FICTION See also Victims of crimes Morsi, P. The love charm ADULT CHILDREN—FICTION ACCIDENT VICTIMS—ENGLAND—20TH St. Aubyn, E. At Last CENTURY—FICTION ADULTERY—FICTION Jones, S. The uninvited guests In the wilderness ACCIDENT VICTIMS—FICTION Lively, P. How it all began Cramer, W. D. Bad ground Second person singular ACCIDENTS—FICTION Walter, J. Beautiful Ruins Dean, A. A woman of consequence ADVENTURE

89 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon K’wan Section 8 ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS—FIC- Miasha Chaser TION See Morrison, T. Beloved ADVENTURE FICTION Swinson, K. Playing dirty Berry, S. The third secret Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife Bond, L. Exit plan Turner, N. Natural born hustler Connolly, J. The infernals Williams, K. Dirty to the grave Doetsch, R. Half-past dawn AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH—FICTION Epperson, T. Sailor Coleman, A. Murderville Goldman, W. The princess bride AFRICAN AMERICANS Harkaway, N. Angelmaker See also Blacks Jemisin, N. K. The killing moon AFRICAN AMERICANS—CIVIL RIGHTS— MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife FICTION Perry, T. Poison flower Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved Roadside picnic Rutland, E. No crystal stair Saylor, S. The seven wonders AFRICAN AMERICANS—FICTION Scalzi, J. Redshirts Rawles, N. My Jim Unger, L. Heartbroken Rutland, E. No crystal stair Wooding, C. Retribution falls Styles, T. Miss Wayne & the queen of DC ADVENTURE GRAPHIC NOVELS Wilson, C. Cotton See also Graphic novels AFRICAN AMERICANS—GEORGIA Henson, J. Jim Henson’s tale of sand Jones, T. Silver sparrow ADVENTURE STORIES See Adventure fiction AFRICAN AMERICANS—HARLEM (NEW ADVENTURE TRAVEL YORK, N.Y.)—FICTION See also Travel; Voyages and travels K’wan Eviction notice ADVERTISING COPY AFRICAN AMERICANS—NEW YORK See also Advertising; Authorship (STATE)—NEW YORK—FICTION AERONAUTICS—FLIGHTS K’wan Eviction notice See also Voyages and travels AFRICAN AMERICANS--FICTION AFGHAN WAR, 2001-—FICTION Swinson, K. Playing dirty Hunter, S. Dead zero AFRICANS—ITALY—FICTION Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch Leon, D. Blood from a stone Young, T. W. The renegades After the apocalypse. McHugh, M. F. AFRICAN AMERICAN CLERGY—FICTION Afterwards. Lupton, R. Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen The age of miracles. Walker, K. T. AFRICAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS—FIC- Agent 6. Smith, T. R. TION AIDS (DISEASE)—FICTION Clark, W. Thug lovin’ Samuel, B. No place like home AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES—FICTION White, E. Jack Holmes and his friend Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen AIR TRAVEL DuPree, K. Silenced See also Transportation; Travel; Voyages and Rawles, N. My Jim travels Wilson, C. Cotton AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS—FICTION AFRICAN AMERICAN GAY MEN—FICTION Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave Styles, T. Miss Wayne & the queen of DC ALABAMA—FICTION AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS— Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- FICTION ber tree K’wan Section 8 Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved K’wan Welfare wifeys ALASKA—FICTION AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave See also Black women; Women Stabenow, D. Though not dead AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN—FICTION ALBANIANS—FICTION Burney, C. M. Wounded Prose, F. My new American life Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife ALBANIANS—UNITED STATES Diamond, D. Hustlin’ divas Prose, F. My new American life K’wan Eviction notice ALBINOS AND ALBINISM—FICTION

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Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail AMERICANS—MEXICO—FICTION ALCOHOLICS—FICTION Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood Lamanda, A. Sunset AMERICANS—SCOTLAND—FICTION ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY)— Stemple, A. Singer of souls FICTION AMERICANS—SPAIN Doyon, S. The greatest man in Cedar Hole Lerner, B. Leaving the Atocha Station ALIENS—FICTION AMERICANS—SUNDARBANS (BANGLA- Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers DESH AND INDIA)—FICTION Pavone, C. The expats Ghosh, A. The hungry tide All I did was shoot my man. Mosley, W. AMERICANS—SWEDEN All she ever wanted. Austin, L. Between summer’s longing and winter’s end ALLIANCES—FICTION AMERICANS——ISTANBUL—FIC- Bear, E. Range of ghosts TION Along Came a Duke. Boyle, E. Kanon, J. Istanbul passage ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES AMISH See also Fantasy fiction Beachy, S. Boneyard Carriger, G. Blameless AMISH—FICTION Carriger, G. Timeless Lewis, B. The brethren Frei, M. The stranger’s magic Lewis, B. The missing Pearl, M. The technologists Lewis, B. The preacher’s daughter ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE—PATIENTS—FIC- Wiseman, B. Plain paradise TION AMNESIA Palahniuk, C. Choke See also Memory AMERICAN AUTHORS Moriarty, L. What Alice forgot See also Authors AMNESIA—FICTION AMERICAN ESPIONAGE Barr, N. The rope Ignatius, D. Bloodmoney Doetsch, R. Half-past dawn AMERICAN FICTION—JEWISH AUTHORS Harstad, J. Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk all the confusion? about Anne Frank Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord AMERICAN ANATOMISTS—FICTION See also American authors; Novelists Anatomy of murder AMERICAN POETS Anatomy of murder. See also American authors; Poets ANDROGYNY—FICTION AMERICAN PROPAGANDA Merey, I. a + e 4ever See also Propaganda The angel Esmeralda. DeLillo, D. AMERICAN Angelmaker. Harkaway, N. See also American literature; Satire ANGELS—FICTION An American spy. Steinhauer, O. Cleaver, S. Saving Erasmus AMERICANS—BOTSWANA—FICTION Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Pettersson, V. The taken vate Detection ANGLO-SAXONS—FICTION AMERICANS—COLOMBIA—FICTION Cornwell, B. The last kingdom Siegel, J. Detour Cornwell, B. Lords of the North AMERICANS—EUROPE Cornwell, B. The pale horseman James, H. The portrait of a lady Cornwell, B. Sword song AMERICANS—FRANCE—FICTION ANIMAL STORIES See Animals—Fiction de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key ANIMALS—FICTION AMERICANS—FRANCE—PARIS—FICTION Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise Avery, E. The last nude Beukes, L. Zoo city AMERICANS——FICTION Annabel. Winter, K. St. Aubyn, E. At Last Annie’s people [series] AMERICANS—KOREA—FICTION Lewis, B. The preacher’s daughter Limón, M. Mr. Kill ANNUITIES AMERICANS—LUXEMBOURG—FICTION See also Investments; Retirement income Pavone, C. The expats Another man’s moccasins. Johnson, C.

91 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Another piece of my heart. Green, J. Gaddis, W. The recognitions Another time, another life. ART CRITICS—FICTION ANTI- See Pears, I. The portrait ANTI-WAR STORIES See War stories ART FORGERIES See Art—Forgeries ANTIHEROES—FICTION ART THEFTS—FICTION Doyon, S. The greatest man in Cedar Hole Morton, C. Stealing Mona Lisa ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CARS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE—FICTION See also Automobiles Harris, R. The fear index ANTIQUES—FICTION Kosmatka, T. The games Freethy, B. Golden lies ARTISTS—FICTION ANTISEMITISM—FICTION Avery, E. The last nude Begley, L. About Schmidt The map and the territory ANTISLAVERY See Abolitionists; Slavery; Pears, I. The portrait Slaves—Emancipation ARTISTS’ MODELS ANXIETY—FICTION Avery, E. The last nude Whittall, Z. Holding still for as long as possible ARTISTS’ MODELS—FICTION Anyone but you. Crusie, J. Avery, E. The last nude APOCALYPTIC FICTION As simple as snow. Galloway, G. Dekker, T. Forbidden ASHANTI (AFRICAN PEOPLE) Kazinski, A. J. The last good man See also Africans; Indigenous peoples McHugh, M. F. After the apocalypse ASSASSINATION—FICTION APPALACHIAN REGION—FICTION Havley, N. The good father Rash, R. The cove ASSASSINATION—INVESTIGATION—SWE- APPLIED MECHANICS DEN—FICTION See also Mechanics Between summer’s longing and winter’s end APPRENTICESHIP NOVELS See Bildungsro- ASSASSINS—FICTION mans Vachss, A. That’s how I roll Arcadia. Groff, L. ASTRAL PROJECTION—FICTION ARCHEOLOGISTS Lupton, R. Afterwards See also Historians ASTROBIOLOGY See Life on other planets; ARCHEOLOGISTS—FICTION Space biology Griffiths, E. The Janus stone ASTROLOGY—FICTION Archive 17. Eastland, S. Leon, D. A question of belief ARGENTINA—FICTION At Last. St. Aubyn, E. The fish child ATHLETES—FICTION ARGENTINA—HISTORY—FICTION Karunatilaka, S. The legend of Pradeep Mathew De Robertis, C. Perla ATLANTA (GA.)—FICTION ARISTOCRACY (SOCIAL CLASS)—FICTION McIntosh, W. Hitchers Fellowes, J. Snobs (LEGENDARY PLACE)—FICTION ARISTOCRACY—ENGLAND Siegel, J. Prospero’s children Balogh, M. The secret mistress ATLANTIS—FICTION ARISTOCRACY—GREAT BRITAIN Siegel, J. Prospero’s children Fellowes, J. Snobs ATOMIC BOMB—FICTION ARISTOCRACY—GREAT BRITAIN—FIC- Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart TION ATROCITIES Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- De Robertis, C. Perla cions of Miss Dido Kent ATTENTION ARIZONA—FICTION See also Apperception; Educational psychol- Krentz, J. A. White lies ogy; Memory; Psychology; Thought and ARSON—FICTION thinking Lupton, R. Afterwards ATTITUDE TO DEATH—UNITED STATES ARSON INVESTIGATION—FICTION The best care possible DeSilva, B. Rogue island ATTORNEYS—FICTION ART—FORGERIES Greaves, C. Hush money See also Counterfeits and counterfeiting; AUNTS—FICTION Forgery Rice, L. Little night

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AUSTRALIA—HISTORY—FICTION The barbarian nurseries. Tobar, H. Kneale, M. English passengers BARS (DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS)—FIC- AUTHORS TION Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon Doig, I. The bartender’s tale AUTHORS—FICTION BARS—FICTION Buzzelli, E. K. Dead dogs and Englishmen Doig, I. The bartender’s tale Jio, S. The violets of March The bartender’s tale. Doig, I. Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel BASCOM, ERNIE (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- My first suicide TER)—FICTION Pearl, M. The Poe shadow Limón, M. Mr. Kill Upson, N. Two for sorrow The battle sylph. McDonald, L. J. Wind, R. In the midnight rain Battleborn. Watkins, C. V. AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS BATTLES—FICTION See also Authorship; Contracts; Publishers Abercrombie, J. The heroes and publishing Weber, D. By schism rent asunder AUTHORS, AMERICAN—19TH CENTURY— Batwoman. Rucka, G. DEATH—FICTION BATWOMAN (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)— Pearl, M. The Poe shadow COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. AUTHORS, AMERICAN—FICTION Rucka, G. Batwoman Irving, J. In one person Beastly Things. Leon, D. McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Beautiful Inez. Schneider, B. vate Detection Beautiful Ruins. Walter, J. AUTHORSHIP The bedlam detective. Gallagher, S. Beachy, S. Boneyard Before Versailles. Koen, K. AUTHORSHIP—FICTION The beginner’s goodbye. Tyler, A. The secret history of Costaguana Beguiling the beauty. Thomas, S. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION Believing the lie. George, E. See also Biographical fiction Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of Miss Dido AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL GRAPHIC NOVELS Kent. Dean, A. See also Graphic novels Beloved. Morrison, T. AUTOMOBILE PARTS BEREAVEMENT—FICTION See also Automobiles Doughty, L. Whatever you love AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL Henkin, J. The world without you See also Transportation; Travel; Voyages and Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit travels McIntosh, W. Hitchers AUTOMOBILES Odell, J. The healing Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch Available dark. Hand, E. St. Aubyn, E. At Last AVENTURE TRAVEL—FICTION Swift, G. Wish you were here Nevill, A. The ritual Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye AZTECS—FICTION BERLIN (GERMANY)—FICTION Levack, S. Demon of the air Kerr, P. If the dead rise not BERLIN (GERMANY)—HISTORY—FICTION B Grossman, P. Children of wrath Bernie Gunther novel [series] Bad ground. Cramer, W. D. Kerr, P. Prague fatale BAKERS AND BAKERIES—FICTION The best care possible. Burrowes, G. The soldier Best staged plans. Cook, C. BALTIMORE (MD.)—FICTION BETRAYAL—FICTION Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife Cornwell, B. Lords of the North Criswell, M. What to do about Annie? BETROTHAL Bamboo and blood. Church, J. See also Courtship; Marriage Banewreaker. Carey, J. BETROTHAL—FICTION BANK ROBBERIES—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life Leonard, E. Raylan Between summer’s longing and winter’s end. BANKERS—FICTION BIBLE—TRANSLATING—GREAT BRITAIN— Cartwright, J. Other people’s money

93 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT FICTION Blameless. Carriger, G. Vantrease, B. R. The illuminator BLANCHARD, URSULA (FICTITIOUS CHAR- A bigger life. Smith, A. ACTER)—FICTION BILDUNGSROMANS Buckley, F. The doublet affair Bank, M. The wonder spot Buckley, F. The fugitive queen Groff, L. Arcadia Buckley, F. Queen of ambition Jacobson, H. The mighty Walzer Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom Lewis, B. The preacher’s daughter Buckley, F. The siren queen Merullo, R. The talk-funny girl Blood from a stone. Leon, D. Walker, K. T. The age of miracles Blood of angels. Arvin, R. Winter, K. Annabel Bloodmoney. Ignatius, D. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk. Fountain, B. BLUES MUSICIANS—FICTION BIOGRAPHERS—FICTION Wind, R. In the midnight rain Wind, R. In the midnight rain BOARD GAMES BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION Bolaño, R. The Third Reich Ampuero, R. The Neruda case Boleto. Hagy, A. The dream of the Celt BONDS Hicks, R. The widow of the south See also Finance; Investments; Negotiable BIOGRAPHICAL GRAPHIC NOVELS instruments; Securities; Stock exchanges See also Graphic novels Boneyard. Beachy, S. BIOGRAPHICAL NOVELS See Biographical fic- BOOKS FOR TEENAGERS See Young adult lit- tion erature BIOGRAPHY AS A LITERARY FORM The bookseller’s daughter. Rosenthal, P. See also Authorship; Literature Born to darkness. BIOLOGY—FICTION BOSTON (MASS.) Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise Shrier, H. Boston cream BIOLOGY IN LITERATURE BOSTON (MASS.)—FICTION Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise Higgins, G. V. The Digger’s game BIOTERRORISM—FICTION Pearl, M. The technologists McIntosh, W. Hitchers Boston cream. Shrier, H. BIRD REFUGES—INDIA—NĀGPUR—FIC- BOTSWANA TION Stanley, M. Death of the mantis Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper BOTSWANA—FICTION BIRD WATCHING—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life Rice, L. Little night McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for The birdkeeper. Festing, I. A. men BIRDS—INDIA—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper vate Detection Birds of a lesser paradise. Bergman, M. M. McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective BISEXUAL MEN—FICTION Agency Irving, J. In one person McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding BISEXUALITY party See also Sex McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally BISEXUALITY—FICTION built Irving, J. In one person The boy who couldn’t sleep and never had to. Pier- BLACK AUTHORS son, D. C. See also Authors BOYS The black hawk. Bourne, J. Strauss, J. The dubious salvation of Jack V. Black hole. Burns, C. Tobar, H. The barbarian nurseries BLACK MARKET—FICTION BOYS—FICTION Leonard, E. Raylan Connolly, J. The infernals The black opera. Gentle, M. Breakdown. Paretsky, S. BLACK WOMEN The breakdown lane. Mitchard, J. See also Women The brethren. Lewis, B. BLACKS The bride sale. Hern, C. Strauss, J. The dubious salvation of Jack V. The bright forever. Martin, L.

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BRITISH—INDIA—FICTION Brown, E. The weird sisters Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper CANCER—PATIENTS—SPOUSES BRITISH—UNITED STATES—FICTION Pausch, J. Dream new dreams Archer, J. The sins of the father CAPITAL PUNISHMENT—FICTION BRITISH—UNITED STATES—HISTORY— Hellstrom, B. Cell 8 20TH CENTURY—FICTION CARDINALS—FICTION Archer, J. The sins of the father Berry, S. The third secret BRITISH ESPIONAGE—FICTION The carpet makers. Eschbach, A. Anatomy of murder CARS (AUTOMOBILES) See Automobiles Broken Harbor. French, T. CARSINGTON FAMILY (FICTITIOUS CHAR- BROOKLYN (NEW YORK, N.Y.)—FICTION ACTERS)—FICTION K’wan Section 8 Chase, L. Not quite a lady BROTHERS—FICTION CARTOONS AND COMICS—FICTION Harrison, K. Envy Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and Kerstan, L. Heart of the tiger never had to Swift, G. Wish you were here The case of the deadly butter chicken. Hall, T. Vachss, A. That’s how I roll The case of the deadly desperados. Lawrence, C. BROTHERS AND SISTERS—FICTION CASINOS—FICTION Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Hilton, E. Dirty money Honey Brothers Magnus [series] The cat dancers. Deutermann, P. T. Duncan, D. When the saints Catch me. Gardner, L. BRUNETTI, GUIDO (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Catching Katie. Hatcher, R. L. TER)—FICTION CATHEDRALS—FICTION Leon, D. Blood from a stone Steele, J. The watchers Leon, D. A question of belief CATHOLIC CHURCH—FICTION BUGGING, ELECTRONIC See Eavesdropping Berry, S. The third secret BURLESQUE (LITERATURE) CATHOLICS—FICTION See also Comedy; ; Satire Berry, S. The third secret The burning point. Putney, M. J. CELEBRITIES—FICTION BURNS AND SCALDS—FICTION Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart Alexander, T. Rekindled Cell 8. Hellstrom, B. BUSES CELL PHONE THEFT—FICTION See also Automobiles; Highway transporta- Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number tion; Local transit; Motor vehicles CELLULAR TELEPHONES—FICTION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE—FICTION Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number Jones, C. M. The silent oligarch Celluloid memories. Kitt, S. BUSINESSMEN—FICTION CEMETERIES—FICTION Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number Miller, A. Pure BUSINESSWOMEN The chalk girl. O’Connell, C. See also Businesspeople; Women Changeless. Carriger, G. Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in all the confu- Chaser. Miasha sion? Harstad, J. CHECKERS By blood. Ullman, E. See also Board games By schism rent asunder. Weber, D. The chemistry of tears. Carey, P. CHESS C See also Board games CHICAGO (ILL.)—FICTION Caliban’s war. Corey, J. S. A. Newton, C. Start shooting CALIFORNIA—FICTION Paretsky, S. Breakdown Williams, K. Dirty to the grave Phillips, S. E. Match me if you can Call me irresistible. Phillips, S. E. CHICANERY See Deception Canada. Ford, R. CHICANOS See CANADA—FICTION CHILD ABUSE—FICTION Ford, R. Canada O’Connell, C. The chalk girl CANADIANS—EUROPE—FICTION CHILD ACTORS—FICTION Boyden, J. Three-day road Williams, W. J. The fourth wall CANCER—PATIENTS—FICTION

95 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT CHILD AUTHORS CHRISTIAN HERETICS—FICTION See also Authors; Gifted children Parris, S. J. Sacrilege CHILD CUSTODY CHRISTIAN LIFE—FICTION Goodman, J. A place called home Kirkpatrick, J. A flickering light CHILD CUSTODY—FICTION CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES—FICTION Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar The child goddess. Marley, L. CHRISTIAN SAINTS—FICTION CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter See also Pornography CHRISTIAN WOMEN—FICTION CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE—FICTION Jackson, N. Who do I talk to? Hassman, T. Girlchild CHRISTMAS—FICTION The child who. Lelic, S. Beverley, J. Winter Fire CHILDLESSNESS—FICTION CHRISTMAS STORIES See Christmas—Fiction Green, J. Another piece of my heart CHURCH MEMBERSHIP—FICTION CHILDREN—CRIMES AGAINST—FICTION Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen Lelic, S. The child who CIRCUS PERFORMERS—FICTION MacBride, S. Cold granite Samson, L. Embrace me Mina, D. Field of blood CITIES AND TOWNS—FICTION Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Blackstock, T. Shadow in serenity CHILDREN—CUSTODY See Child custody Doyon, S. The greatest man in Cedar Hole CHILDREN OF CLERGY—FICTION Citizen Vince. Walter, J. Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen CITY AND TOWN LIFE—ENGLAND—LON- Lewis, B. The brethren DON—FICTION Lewis, B. The preacher’s daughter McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS—FIC- CITY AND TOWN LIFE—FICTION TION Doyon, S. The greatest man in Cedar Hole Evans, N. The divide Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow Wolitzer, M. The position Martin, L. The bright forever CHILDREN OF GANGSTERS—ENGLAND— McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends LONDON—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for Harkaway, N. Angelmaker men Children of wrath. Grossman, P. Perillo, L. Happiness is a chemical in the brain CHILDREN’S STORIES CITY AND TOWN LIFE—SWEDEN—FICTION Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados Lackberg, C. The ice princess CHINA—FICTION CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS—FIC- Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar TION Lin, J. The Dragon and the Pearl Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved Steinhauer, O. An American spy CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS—FICTION CHINA—HISTORY—FICTION Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved Lin, J. My fair concubine Wilson, C. Cotton CHINESE—FICTION CIVIL WAR—FICTION Bates, J. F. Midnight at the Dragon Café Bear, E. Range of ghosts CHINESE—ONTARIO—FICTION CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS Bates, J. F. Midnight at the Dragon Café See also Social classes; Social psychology Choke. Palahniuk, C. CLASS DISTINCTION CHRISTIAN FICTION See also Social classes Burney, C. M. Wounded Towles, A. Rules of civility Cleaver, S. Saving Erasmus CLASS REUNIONS—FICTION Lewis, B. The missing Harrison, K. Envy Lewis, B. The preacher’s daughter CLERGY—FICTION Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen Samson, L. Embrace me Samson, L. Embrace me Seitz, N. Trouble the water Cliff Walk. DeSilva, B. Smith, A. A bigger life The Clifton chronicles [series] Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak Archer, J. The sins of the father Tatlock, A. Things we once held dear CLOCKS AND WATCHES—REPAIRING—

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FICTION Belanger, A. Kill Shakespeare Harkaway, N. Angelmaker Cruse, H. The complete Wendel CLUBS—FICTION COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.—FICTION Palahniuk, C. Fight Club McIntosh, W. Hitchers COAL MINES AND MINING—FICTION COMIC LITERATURE See Burlesque (Litera- Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy ture); Comedy; Parody; Satire Cold cruel winter. Nickson, C. COMIC NOVELS See Humorous fiction Cold granite. MacBride, S. COMIC STRIPS See Comic books, strips, etc. COLD WAR—FICTION COMING OF AGE—FICTION Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Groff, L. Arcadia Powers, T. Declare COMING OF AGE STORIES See Bildungsro- The coldest night. Olmstead, R. mans COLE, ELVIS (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)— Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery. [series] FICTION Leon, D. A question of belief Crais, R. Taken COMMUNAL LIVING—FICTION COLLECTED WORKS See Anthologies; Litera- Dunn, M. Ella Minnow Pea ture—Collections; Storytelling—Collections Groff, L. Arcadia COLLECTIONS OF LITERATURE See Anthol- COMMUNICABLE DISEASES—FICTION ogies; Literature—Collections; Storytelling— Burns, C. Black hole Collections COMMUNICATION IN FAMILIES—FICTION COLLEGE LIFE See College students Marcus, B. The flame alphabet COLLEGE STUDENTS COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE Lavender, W. Dominance See also Marriage COLLEGE STUDENTS—MASSACHUSETTS— COMMUNITY LIFE—FICTION CAMBRIDGE—FICTION Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire Pearl, M. The technologists COMPACT CARS COLLEGE STUDENTS—SEXUAL BEHAVIOR See also Automobiles See also Sex The company man. Bennett, R. J. COLLEGE TEACHERS See Colleges and univer- COMPETITION (PSYCHOLOGY) sities—Faculty; Educators; Teachers See also Interpersonal relations; Motivation COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—FACULTY (Psychology); Psychology See also Teachers COMPETITION (PSYCHOLOGY)—FICTION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—FACUL- Cleave, C. Gold TY—FICTION The complete Wendel. Cruse, H. Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart COMPUTER SEX Perlman, E. The street sweeper See also Sex Ullman, E. By blood CONDUCT OF LIFE—GRAPHIC NOVELS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—OFFI- Bá, G. Daytripper CIALS AND EMPLOYEES—FICTION CONDUCTORS (MUSIC)—FICTION Mudwoman Elias, G. Death and transfiguration COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—STU- CONFLICT OF GENERATIONS DENTS See College students See also Child-adult relationship; Interper- COLOMBIA—FICTION sonal relations; Parent-child relationship; So- The secret history of Costaguana cial conflict Siegel, J. Detour CONFLICT OF GENERATIONS—FICTION COLOMBIANS—ENGLAND—FICTION McAfee, A. The spoiler The secret history of Costaguana Conquistadora. Santiago, E. COLONIALISM See Colonies; Imperialism Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 (Polish-English novel- COLONIES ist and short story writer) Scott, K. That deadman dance About COMA—FICTION The secret history of Costaguana Law, S. K. The paper marriage CONSCIOUSNESS—FICTION Come home. Scottoline, L. Bannon, J. I2 COMIC BOOK NOVELS See Graphic novels CONSPIRACIES—FICTION COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. Buckley, F. The siren queen Beaton, K. Hark! A vagrant Church, J. A corpse in the Koryo

97 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Geagley, B. Year of the hyenas See also Authorship; Creation (Literary, artis- Grant, M. Deadline tic, etc.); Language arts Newton, M. C. Nights of Villjamur CREE INDIANS—FICTION Sullivan, M. J. Theft of swords Boyden, J. Three-day road A conspiracy of friends. McCall Smith, A. CREOLES—FICTION The constant princess. Gregory, P. Fulmer, D. Jass CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY—FICTION CRICKET (SPORT)—FICTION Putney, M. J. The burning point Karunatilaka, S. The legend of Pradeep Mathew CONSTRUCTION WORKERS—FICTION CRIME—FICTION Cramer, W. D. Bad ground The best care possible COOKS—FICTION Box, C. J. Free fire Thomas, S. Delicious Coleman, A. Murderville COOPER, ALEXANDRA (FICTITIOUS CHAR- Crais, R. Taken ACTER)—FICTION DeSilva, B. Rogue island Fairstein, L. Night watch The devotion of suspect X Coral Glynn. Cameron, P. Doetsch, R. Half-past dawn CORBETT, HUGH (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Ellory, R. J. A simple act of violence TER)—FICTION Gardner, L. Catch me Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium Harvey, J. A darker shade of blue CORONERS—FICTION Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water Blake, R. A dark anatomy Leonard, E. Raylan Cotterill, C. Slash and burn Manfredo, L. Rizzo’s fire A corpse in the Koryo. Church, J. Meyer, D. Trackers CORRUPTION—FICTION Miasha Chaser Newton, C. Start shooting Mina, D. Field of blood Cotton. Wilson, C. Newton, C. Start shooting COUNTERFEITS AND COUNTERFEITING Pettersson, V. The taken Gaddis, W. The recognitions Shepherd, L. The solitary house COUNTRY HOMES—ENGLAND—FICTION Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of Transgressions Miss Dido Kent Turner, N. Natural born hustler Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- Tursten, H. Night rounds cions of Miss Dido Kent Walter, J. Citizen Vince COUNTRY HOMES—FICTION CRIME STORIES See Fellowes, J. Snobs CRIME VICTIMS See Victims of crimes Joss, M. Half broken things CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION—ENGLAND— COUNTRY LIFE—FICTION LONDON—FICTION Stone upon stone Hodder, M. The strange affair of Spring Heeled COUNTRY LIFE—NIGERIA—FICTION Jack Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION—FICTION COURTS AND COURTIERS—FICTION Blake, R. A dark anatomy Buckley, F. The doublet affair CRIMINALS—FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS— Buckley, F. The fugitive queen FICTION Buckley, F. Queen of ambition Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom CRIMINALS—FICTION Buckley, F. The siren queen Beukes, L. Zoo city Newton, M. C. Nights of Villjamur Hellstrom, B. Cell 8 The cove. Rash, R. Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife CRASHES (FINANCE) See Financial crises Crimson eve. Collins, B. CRAWFORD, BESS (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- The Crossroads Cafe. Smith, D. TER)—FICTION CUBAN AMERICAN WOMEN—FICTION Todd, C. A duty to the dead Chao, P. Mambo peligroso Todd, C. An unmarked grave —FICTION CREATION—FICTION Chao, P. Mambo peligroso Bennett, R. J. The troupe CULLODEN, BATTLE OF, SCOTLAND, 1746— CREATIVE WRITING FICTION

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Gabaldon, D. Outlander DECEPTION CULTS—FICTION Cartwright, J. Other people’s money Bear, E. Range of ghosts DECEPTION—FICTION Merullo, R. The talk-funny girl Brockway, C. The golden season Parris, S. J. Sacrilege Declare. Powers, T. A Cupboard full of coats. Edwards, Y. Deep down true. Fay, J. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN See Child custody Deepsix. McDevitt, J. CYCLING—FICTION DEFECTORS—FICTION Cleave, C. Gold Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar Defending Jacob. Landay, W. DEFENSE INFORMATION, CLASSIFIED—SO- D VIET UNION—FICTION Eastland, S. Shadow pass DALHOUSIE, ISABEL (FICTITIOUS CHAR- Delicious. Thomas, S. ACTER)—FICTION DELUSIONS See Hallucinations and illusions The forgotten affairs of youth Demon of the air. Levack, S. DAMS —FICTION Evison, J. West of here Kazinski, A. J. The last good man Dance upon the air. Roberts, N. DEPENDENCIES See Colonies DANCERS—FICTION Desert blood. Gaspar de Alba, A. Chao, P. Mambo peligroso DESERTION AND NONSUPPORT Dante’s equation. Jensen, J. See also Divorce; Domestic relations A dark anatomy. Blake, R. DESERTS—GRAPHIC NOVELS A darker shade of blue. Harvey, J. Henson, J. Jim Henson’s tale of sand A darkness forged in fire. Evans, C. DESIGNERS The Darling Dahlias and the cucumber tree. Albert, Lively, P. How it all began S. W. DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY STORIES See DATING (SOCIAL CUSTOMS)—FICTION Mystery fiction Phillips, S. E. Match me if you can See Mystery fiction DATING SERVICES—FICTION DETECTIVE STORIES See Mystery fiction Phillips, S. E. Match me if you can DETECTIVES DAUGHTERS Speller, E. The return of Captain John Emmett See also Family; Women Spiegelman, P. Red cat DAUGHTERS—DEATH—FICTION DETECTIVES—DENMARK—FICTION Doughty, L. Whatever you love Kazinski, A. J. The last good man Daytripper. Bá, G. DETECTIVES—FICTION DEAD—FICTION Bradley, A. The weed that strings the hangman’s Blake, R. A dark anatomy bag Dead dogs and Englishmen. Buzzelli, E. K. Butcher, J. Proven guilty Dead zero. Hunter, S. Coben, H. Stay close Deadline. Grant, M. Conlon, E. Red on red DEATH—FICTION The devotion of suspect X Domingue, R. The mercy of thin air Eastland, S. Shadow pass Griffith, M. Trophy Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective Hines, T. L. Waking Lazarus Gardner, L. Live to tell Swift, G. Wish you were here George, E. Believing the lie DEATH—PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS Grossman, P. Children of wrath Pausch, J. Dream new dreams Harvey, J. A darker shade of blue Death and transfiguration. Elias, G. Kerley, J. The death collectors The death collectors. Kerley, J. Kerr, P. If the dead rise not Death comes to Pemberley. James, P. D. Kerr, P. Prague fatale Death of kings. Cornwell, B. Koryta, M. The prophet Death of the mantis. Stanley, M. MacBride, S. Cold granite DEATH ROW INMATES—FICTION Mosley, W. All I did was shoot my man Vachss, A. That’s how I roll Nadel, B. The Ottoman cage Debris. Anderton, J. Pearl, M. The Poe shadow DECEIT See Deception; Fraud

99 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Penney, S. The invisible ones The divide. Evans, N. Shrier, H. Boston cream DIVINATION—FICTION Tolkien, S. The king of diamonds Moody, R. The diviners Wambaugh, J. Harbor nocturne The diviners. Moody, R. DETECTIVES—FRANCE—FICTION DIVORCE—FICTION Syndrome E Doughty, L. Whatever you love DETECTIVES—IRELAND—DUBLIN—FIC- O’Nan, S. The odds TION DIVORCED FATHERS—FICTION O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead Smith, A. A bigger life Detour. Siegel, J. DIVORCED MEN—FICTION DETROIT (MICH.)—ECONOMIC CONDI- Theroux, P. The lower river TIONS—21ST CENTURY—FICTION DIVORCED MOTHERS Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit See also Divorced parents; Divorced people; DETROIT (MICH.)—FICTION Mothers Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit DIVORCED MOTHERS—FICTION DETROIT (MICH.)—RACE RELATIONS— Fay, J. Deep down true FICTION Samuel, B. No place like home Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit Scottoline, L. Come home DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA (MICH.)— DIVORCED PEOPLE—FICTION SOCIAL CONDITIONS—21ST CENTURY— Evans, N. The divide FICTION Higgins, K. My one and only Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit Putney, M. J. The burning point The devotion of suspect X. DIVORCED WOMEN—FICTION DIARIES—FICTION Crusie, J. Anyone but you Jio, S. The violets of March Jones, L. The Dixie Belle’s Guide to Love Moore, M. M. So far away Wax, W. Single in Suburbia Stabenow, D. Though not dead The Dixie Belle’s Guide to Love. Jones, L. Dido Kent mystery [series] DOGS—FICTION Dean, A. A woman of consequence McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends Dies the fire. Stirling, S. M. DOLPHINS—FICTION DIESEL AUTOMOBILES Ghosh, A. The hungry tide See also Automobiles DOMESTIC FICTION DIFFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY)—FICTION Henkin, J. The world without you Dermansky, M. Twins DOMESTIC FICTION, AMERICAN The Digger’s game. Higgins, G. V. Mattison, A. In case we’re separated DINERS (RESTAURANTS)—FICTION DOMESTIC RELATIONS Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner See also Interpersonal relations DIPLOMACY—FICTION Chung, C. Forgotten country Corey, J. S. A. Caliban’s war Cook, C. Best staged plans Dirty money Honey. Hilton, E. Jackson, J. A grown up kind of pretty Dirty to the grave. Williams, K. Jensen, N. The sisters DISASTER RELIEF—FICTION McNeal, T. To be sung underwater Young, T. W. The renegades Merullo, R. The talk-funny girl DISASTERS—FICTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE—FICTION McHugh, M. F. After the apocalypse Haynes, E. Into the darkest corner DISCRIMINATION In the wilderness See also Ethnic relations; Interpersonal rela- Dominance. Lavender, W. tions; Prejudices; Race relations; Social prob- Don’t ever get old. Friedman, D. lems; Social psychology The dopeman’s wife. Coleman, J. DISEASES—FICTION Double negative. Carkeet, D. Layton, E. To wed a stranger The doublet affair. Buckley, F. DISGUISE DOWN SYNDROME—FICTION See also Costume; Deception Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter DISGUISE—FICTION DOWSERS—FICTION Gracie, A. To catch a bride Moody, R. The diviners Thomas, S. Beguiling the beauty The Dragon and the Pearl. Lin, J.

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Dragon bound. Harrison, T. Bell, A. The reapers are the angels Dragonfly in amber. Gabaldon, D. McDevitt, J. Odyssey DRAGONS—FICTION Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire Cross, J. Touched by venom Harrison, T. Dragon bound E McCaffrey, T. Dragonsblood Dragonsblood. McCaffrey, T. EARTHQUAKES—FICTION DRAMA—TECHNIQUE Walker, K. T. The age of miracles See also Authorship Young, T. W. The renegades DRAMATISTS EAST —FICTION See also Authors; Drama Mehta, R. Quarantine Dream new dreams. Pausch, J. EAST INDIANS—GUYANA—FICTION The dream of the Celt. Bhattacharya, R. The sly company of people who Dreamcatcher. McCall, D. care DREAMS—FICTION EATING DISORDERS—FICTION McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Serber, N. Shout her lovely name DRESDEN, HARRY (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- EAVESDROPPING TER)—FICTION Ullman, E. By blood Butcher, J. Proven guilty ECCENTRICS AND ECCENTRICITIES—FIC- Drifting house. Lee, K. TION Driven. Kenin, E. Brewer, S. The poet of Tolstoy Park DRUG ABUSE—FICTION Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective Stemple, A. Singer of souls ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES—FICTION DRUG DEALERS—FICTION Ghosh, A. The hungry tide Coleman, A. Murder mamas ECOTERRORISM—FICTION Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife Evans, N. The divide DRUG TRAFFIC—FICTION EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS Born to darkness See also Literary prizes; Mystery fiction Coleman, A. Murder mamas Edge of dark water. Lansdale, J. R. Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife EDITING Diamond, D. Hustlin’ divas See also Authorship; Publishers and publish- Land, J. Strong at the break ing O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead Egypt. Drake, N. Palmer, D. Helpless EGYPT—FICTION Siegel, J. Detour Gracie, A. To catch a bride Drums of autumn. Gabaldon, D. EGYPT—HISTORY—FICTION DRYDEN, PHILIP (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Drake, N. Egypt TER)—FICTION Geagley, B. Year of the hyenas Kelly, J. The moon tunnel EGYPT—HISTORY—TO 332 B.C.—FICTION The dubious salvation of Jack V. Strauss, J. Geagley, B. Year of the hyenas DUBLIN (IRELAND)—FICTION ELDERLY—FICTION O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead Brewer, S. The poet of Tolstoy Park Dublin dead. O’Donovan, G. ELDERLY MEN—FICTION DURHAM (ENGLAND: COUNTY)—HISTO- Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old RY—FICTION ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy See also Automobiles A duty to the dead. Todd, C. ELECTRIC POWER FAILURES—FICTION DYNAMICS Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire See also Mathematics; Mechanics ELECTRONIC BUGGING See Eavesdropping DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES—FICTION ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING See Eaves- Henkin, J. The world without you dropping DYSTOPIAS ELECTRONIC LISTENING DEVICES See See also Fantasy fiction; Science fiction Eavesdropping Born to darkness ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE—FICTION DYSTOPIAS—FICTION Hallinan, T. The fear artist Baggott, J. Pure Elegy for Eddie. Winspear, J. ELITE (SOCIAL SCIENCES)

101 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT See also Leadership; Power (Social sciences); See also Authors Social classes; Social groups ENGLISH HISTORY See Great Britain—History Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 ENGLISH NOVELISTS About See also Novelists Buckley, F. The doublet affair English passengers. Kneale, M. Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom ENGLISH POETS Ella Minnow Pea. Dunn, M. See also Poets ELVES—FICTION ENGLISH SATIRE Evans, C. A darkness forged in fire See also English literature; Satire Embrace me. Samson, L. Envy. Harrison, K. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EPIDEMICS—FICTION Whittall, Z. Holding still for as long as possible Marcus, B. The flame alphabet EMERGENCY PARAMEDICS See Emergency EPISTOLARY FICTION medical technicians Dunn, M. Ella Minnow Pea EMIGRANTS See Immigrants EPISTOLARY NOVELS See Epistolary fiction EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION—FIC- ESCAPED PRISONERS—FICTION TION Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Bezmozgis, D. The free world ESPIONAGE STORIES See Spy stories EMPERORS—FICTION ESPIONAGE, AMERICAN See American espio- Levack, S. Demon of the air nage EMTS (MEDICINE) See Emergency medical tech- ESSAYISTS nicians Pearl, M. The Poe shadow Enchantments. Harrison, K. ESSENES END OF THE WORLD—FICTION See also Jews Harkaway, N. Angelmaker ETIQUETTE—ENGLAND—LONDON—HIS- END-OF-THE-WORLD FICTION See Apoca- TORY—19TH CENTURY—FICTION lyptic fiction Carriger, G. Soulless ENDANGERED SPECIES—FICTION ETIQUETTE—FICTION Box, C. J. Open season Jones, S. The uninvited guests ENGLAND—FICTION Eviction notice. K’wan Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers EVIL IN MOTION PICTURES—FICTION Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Syndrome E Bradley, A. The weed that strings the hangman’s EX-CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES— bag FICTION Cameron, P. Coral Glynn Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues Cartwright, J. Other people’s money EX-CONVICTS—FICTION Fellowes, J. Snobs Higgins, G. V. The Digger’s game Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail EX-POLICE OFFICERS—FICTION Joss, M. Half broken things Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Kelly, J. The moon tunnel Lamanda, A. Sunset Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number EX-PRIESTS—FICTION ENGLAND—HISTORY See Great Britain—His- Criswell, M. What to do about Annie? tory Wells, M. Wheel of the infinite ENGLAND—SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS EXCAVATIONS (ARCHAEOLOGY)—FICTION MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord Kelly, J. The moon tunnel ENGLAND—SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS— EXECUTIONS AND EXECUTIONERS—FIC- FICTION TION Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers cions of Miss Dido Kent EXHUMATION—FICTION ENGLISH—FRANCE—FICTION Miller, A. Pure Todd, C. An unmarked grave —FICTION ENGLISH—INDIA—NĀGPUR—FICTION Palwick, S. The necessary beggar Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper Wells, M. Wheel of the infinite ENGLISH—SIERRA LEONE—FICTION Existence. Brin, D. Forna, A. The memory of love Exit plan. Bond, L. ENGLISH AUTHORS The expats. Pavone, C.

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EXPERIMENTAL STORIES Cook, C. Best staged plans Beachy, S. Boneyard FAMILY LIFE—FICTION Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive Baker, J. The undertow Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen EXPLORERS—FICTION Box, C. J. Out of range Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon Brown, E. The weird sisters EXTORTION—FICTION Fay, J. Deep down true Clark, W. Thug lovin’ Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds Greaves, C. Hush money Hassman, T. Girlchild EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS Henkin, J. The world without you See also Life on other planets Lee, K. Drifting house EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE See Life on other Mitchard, J. The breakdown lane planets Serber, N. Shout her lovely name Tatlock, A. Things we once held dear F Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye Walker, K. T. The age of miracles FACULTY (EDUCATION) See Colleges and uni- Wind, R. In the midnight rain versities—Faculty; Educators; Teachers Wolitzer, M. The position FAIRIES—FICTION FAMILY LIFE—GRAPHIC NOVELS Harrison, T. Dragon bound Bá, G. Daytripper Stemple, A. Singer of souls FAMILY RELATIONS See Domestic relations; FAITH—FICTION Family life Markovits, A. I am forbidden FAMILY SECRETS—FICTION Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak Archer, J. The sins of the father FALSE ACCUSATION—FICTION Chung, C. Forgotten country Palmer, D. Helpless De Robertis, C. Perla FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key See also Memory Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of FAMILIES—CALIFORNIA—FICTION Miss Dido Kent Walker, K. T. The age of miracles Markovits, A. I am forbidden FAMILIES—ENGLAND—HISTORY—20TH Moore, M. M. So far away CENTURY—FICTION FAMILY TRADITIONS Archer, J. The sins of the father See also Family life; Manners and customs FAMILIES—FICTION FANTASIES Serber, N. Shout her lovely name Abraham, D. A shadow in summer FAMILIES—GREAT BRITAIN—FICTION Bledsoe, A. The hum and the shiver Baker, J. The undertow Carriger, G. Heartless FAMILIES—INDIA—NĀGPUR—FICTION Goldstein, L. The uncertain places Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper FANTASTIC FICTION See Fantasy fiction FAMILIES—NIGERIA—FICTION FANTASY FICTION Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Abercrombie, J. The heroes FAMILY Bear, E. Range of ghosts See also Interpersonal relations; Sociology Bennett, R. J. The troupe FAMILY—FICTION Born to darkness Archer, J. The sins of the father Butcher, J. Proven guilty Austin, L. All she ever wanted Callihan, K. Firelight Bates, J. F. Midnight at the Dragon Café Carey, J. Banewreaker Griffith, M. Trophy Carey, J. Kushiel’s Scion Markovits, A. I am forbidden Carriger, G. Blameless Mattison, A. In case we’re separated Carriger, G. Timeless Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife Carroll, S. Midnight bride FAMILY FARMS—FICTION Connolly, J. The infernals Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence Cooper, I. No proper lady FAMILY LIFE Cross, J. Touched by venom Bezmozgis, D. The free world Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins Bronsky, A. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cui- Duncan, D. When the saints sine

103 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Evans, C. A darkness forged in fire FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS—FICTION Gentle, M. The black opera Begley, L. About Schmidt Gilman, L. A. Flesh and fire Box, C. J. Open season Goldman, W. The princess bride Green, J. Another piece of my heart Harrison, T. Dragon bound Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail FATHERS AND SONS Jemisin, N. K. The killing moon Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive King, S. The wind through the keyhole FATHERS AND SONS—FICTION Lawhead, S. R. The skin map Doig, I. The bartender’s tale McDonald, L. J. The battle sylph Harkaway, N. Angelmaker McGarry, T. Illumination Havley, N. The good father McKillip, P. A. Ombria in shadow McNally, T. M. The goat bridge Modesitt, L. E. Scholar FATIMA, OUR LADY OF—FICTION New Cthulhu Berry, S. The third secret Newton, M. C. Nights of Villjamur FEAR—FICTION Orullian, P. V. The unremembered Dekker, T. Forbidden Owens, R. D. Heart thief Hallinan, T. The fear artist Palwick, S. The necessary beggar The fear artist. Hallinan, T. Putney, M. J. Stolen magic The fear index. Harris, R. Rawn, M. Touchstone FEMALE CIRCUMCISION—FICTION Shinn, S. The shape of desire Cross, J. Touched by venom Siegel, J. Prospero’s children FEMALE FRIENDSHIP—FICTION Stemple, A. Singer of souls Andrews, M. K. Summer rental Sullivan, M. J. Theft of swords Byrd, S. To die for Wells, M. Wheel of the infinite Cleave, C. Gold Wooding, C. Retribution falls Ephron, A. One Sunday morning FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVELS Fay, J. Deep down true Henson, J. Jim Henson’s tale of sand In the wilderness FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVELS Jackson, N. Who do I talk to? See also Graphic novels Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water FARM LIFE—FICTION Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence Seitz, N. Trouble the water Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire Umrigar, T. The world we found FARMERS—FICTION Wax, W. Single in Suburbia McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding Williams, K. Dirty to the grave party FEMALE IMPERSONATORS—FICTION FASHION DESIGNERS Styles, T. Miss Wayne & the queen of DC See also Designers FEMALE SUPERHERO GRAPHIC NOVELS FATE AND FATALISM—FICTION See also Female superhero graphic novels; Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard Graphic novels Lively, P. How it all began FERTILIZATION IN VITRO FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP—FIC- Karp, L. A perilous conception TION FERTILIZATION IN VITRO, HUMAN See Fer- Begley, L. About Schmidt tilization in vitro Box, C. J. Open season FERTILIZATION, TEST TUBE See Fertilization Hannah, K. Home front in vitro Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak FICTION—CONTEMPORARY WOMEN Turner, N. Natural born hustler Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP—FICTION Hannah, K. Home front Havley, N. The good father McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Irving, J. In one person vate Detection Landay, W. Defending Jacob FICTION—CRIME Little, T. Where there’s smoke O’Connell, C. The chalk girl McNally, T. M. The goat bridge FICTION—ESPIONAGE FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Jones, T. Silver sparrow Pavone, C. The expats

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FICTION—FAMILY LIFE Todd, C. An unmarked grave Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds FICTION—MYSTERY & DETECTIVE—HIS- Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye TORICAL Ullman, E. By blood Khair, T. The thing about thugs FICTION—FANTASY—GENERAL FICTION—MYSTERY & DETECTIVE—PO- Nicholas, D. Something red LICE PROCEDURAL FICTION—FANTASY—HISTORICAL Edwardson, A. Sail of stone Nicholas, D. Something red FICTION—MYSTERY & DETECTIVE— FICTION—GENERAL WOMEN SLEUTHS Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard Lupton, R. Afterwards Doughty, L. Whatever you love McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Kanon, J. Istanbul passage vate Detection Mehta, R. Quarantine FICTION—SCIENCE FICTION—ADVEN- Nicholas, D. Something red TURE Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans Williams, W. J. The fourth wall FICTION—HISTORICAL FICTION—SCIENCE FICTION—GENERAL Ampuero, R. The Neruda case Kosmatka, T. The games Avery, E. The last nude Williams, W. J. The fourth wall Khair, T. The thing about thugs FICTION—SHORT STORIES (SINGLE AU- Perlman, E. The street sweeper THOR) Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk FICTION—HORROR about Anne Frank Nevill, A. The ritual Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner FICTION—HUMOROUS FICTION—SUSPENSE Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard Edwardson, A. Sail of stone McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends Flynn, G. Gone girl McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Kanon, J. Istanbul passage vate Detection Lelic, S. The child who Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner Lupton, R. Afterwards FICTION—JEWISH Pavone, C. The expats Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch about Anne Frank FICTION—TECHNIQUE Ullman, E. By blood See also Authorship FICTION——THRILLERS Ampuero, R. The Neruda case Fairstein, L. Night watch Avery, E. The last nude Flynn, G. Gone girl Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard Hallinan, T. The fear artist Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues Kosmatka, T. The games Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk Lupton, R. Afterwards about Anne Frank O’Connell, C. The chalk girl Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds Pavone, C. The expats Khair, T. The thing about thugs Williams, W. J. The fourth wall Lelic, S. The child who FICTION—URBAN LIFE McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner FICTION—WAR & MILITARY Perlman, E. The street sweeper Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch FICTION FOR CHILDREN See Children’s stories Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans FICTION/HISTORICAL Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye Sherman, S. The little Russian Ullman, E. By blood Field of blood. Mina, D. FICTION—MYSTERY & DETECTIVE—GEN- The fiery cross. Gabaldon, D. ERAL Fight Club. Palahniuk, C. Ampuero, R. The Neruda case FINANCE—FICTION Edwardson, A. Sail of stone Cartwright, J. Other people’s money Flynn, G. Gone girl FINANCIAL CRASHES See Financial crises O’Connell, C. The chalk girl FINANCIAL CRISES

105 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Cartwright, J. Other people’s money Wilson, S. The fortune teller’s daughter FINANCIAL PANICS See Financial crises FOUNDLINGS—FICTION Firelight. Callihan, K. Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans FIRST CENTURY, A.D.—FICTION The fourth wall. Williams, W. J. Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak FRANCE—FICTION First lady. Phillips, S. E. Bourne, J. The black hawk FIRST WORLD WAR See World War, 1914-1918 The map and the territory The fish child. Moran, M. Madame Tussaud FISHING—FICTION FRANCE—HISTORY—1589-1789, BOUR- Edwardson, A. Sail of stone BONS—FICTION FISHING VILLAGES—SWEDEN—FICTION Koen, K. Before Versailles Lackberg, C. The ice princess Rosenthal, P. The bookseller’s daughter The flame alphabet. Marcus, B. FRANCE—HISTORY—1789-1799, REVOLU- Flatscreen. Wilson, A. TION—FICTION Flesh and fire. Gilman, L. A. Miller, A. Pure A flickering light. Kirkpatrick, J. Moran, M. Madame Tussaud The flight of Gemma Hardy. Livesey, M. FRANCE—HISTORY—1799-1815—FICTION FLUID MECHANICS Putney, M. J. No longer a gentleman See also Mechanics Sacre bleu FOLKLORE—IRELAND FRANCE—KINGS AND RULERS Delaney, F. Ireland Koen, K. Before Versailles FOLKLORE—PARAGUAY—FICTION FRANKLIN, BATTLE OF, FRANKLIN, TENN., The fish child 1864—FICTION FOOTBALL—FICTION Hicks, R. The widow of the south Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk FRAUD—FICTION FOOTBALL AND WAR—UNITED STATES— Greaves, C. Hush money FICTION Free fire. Box, C. J. Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk The free world. Bezmozgis, D. Forbidden. Dekker, T. FREEDMEN—FICTION FORD AUTOMOBILE Rawles, N. My Jim See also Automobiles FRIENDSHIP—FICTION FOREIGN AUTOMOBILES Conlon, E. Red on red See also Automobiles Doig, I. The bartender’s tale FOREIGN INVESTMENTS Gordimer, N. No time like the present See also Investments; Multinational corpora- Johnson, B. More of this world or maybe another tions Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and FOREIGN POPULATION See Aliens; Immi- never had to grants; Immigration and emigration; Minorities; Samuel, B. No place like home Population Umrigar, T. The world we found FOREIGNERS See Aliens; Immigrants White, E. Jack Holmes and his friend FORENSIC SCIENCES—FICTION Wilson, A. Flatscreen Anatomy of murder FRIENDSHIP—GRAPHIC NOVELS FORGERY OF WORKS OF ART See Art—Forg- Merey, I. a + e 4ever eries FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE—FICTION FORGETFULNESS Evison, J. West of here See also Memory; Personality The fugitive queen. Buckley, F. The forgotten affairs of youth. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE—FICTION Forgotten country. Chung, C. Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old FORTUNE—FICTION Robotham, M. Suspect Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard The full cupboard of life. McCall Smith, A. FORTUNE HUNTERS—FICTION FUNERAL RITES AND CEREMONIES—FIC- Brockway, C. The golden season TION The fortune teller’s daughter. Wilson, S. St. Aubyn, E. At Last FORTUNE TELLERS—FAMILY RELATION- FUNNIES See Comic books, strips, etc. SHIPS—FICTION FUTURE LIFE—FICTION

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Domingue, R. The mercy of thin air Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye FUTURES GHOSTS—FICTION See Ghost stories See also Investments; Securities GIFTED CHILDREN—FICTION Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail G Gil’s All Fright Diner. Martinez, A. L. Girlchild. Hassman, T. GAMBLING—FICTION GIRLS Higgins, G. V. The Digger’s game Jones, T. Silver sparrow MacLean, S. A rogue by any other name GIRLS—CRIMES AGAINST—FICTION O’Nan, S. The odds Martin, L. The bright forever GAME PROTECTION—FICTION GIRLS—FICTION Box, C. J. Open season Hassman, T. Girlchild Box, C. J. Out of range Merullo, R. The talk-funny girl GAME WARDENS—FICTION Moore, M. M. So far away Box, C. J. Free fire Paretsky, S. Breakdown Box, C. J. Open season Urrea, L. A. Queen of America Box, C. J. Out of range The goat bridge. McNally, T. M. The games. Kosmatka, T. The god of small things. Roy, A. GARDENING—SOCIETIES, ETC.—FICTION GODS AND GODDESSES—FICTION Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- Carey, J. Banewreaker ber tree The gods of Gotham. Faye, L. GAY MEN—COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC Gods without men. Kunzru, H. Cruse, H. The complete Wendel Gold. Cleave, C. GAY MEN—FICTION GOLD—FICTION Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper GOLD, SOPHIA (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Jones, J. S. The silence TER)—FICTION Mehta, R. Quarantine Young, T. W. The renegades White, E. Jack Holmes and his friend The golden leopard. Kerstan, L. GAY MEN—INDIA—NĀGPUR—FICTION Golden lies. Freethy, B. Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper The golden season. Brockway, C. GAY YOUTH—FICTION Gone girl. Flynn, G. Cruse, H. The complete Wendel GOOD AND EVIL—FICTION GENERALS—FICTION Huggins, J. B. Nightbringer Kerr, P. Prague fatale The good father. Havley, N. GENETIC ENGINEERING—FICTION GORDIANUS THE FINDER (FICTITIOUS Kosmatka, T. The games CHARACTER)—FICTION A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspicions of Miss Saylor, S. The seven wonders Dido Kent. Dean, A. GOTHIC NOVELS GEOGRAPHICAL —FICTION See also Historical fiction; ; Siegel, J. Prospero’s children Occult fiction GERMANS—SPAIN —FICTION Bolaño, R. The Third Reich Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas GERMANY—FICTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Traveler of the century Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart GERMANY—HISTORY—1933-1945—FIC- Grace in thine eyes. Higgs, L. C. TION GRAIL—FICTION Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail GHOST STORIES GRANDFATHERS—FICTION See also Fantasy fiction; Horror fiction; Oc- McIntosh, W. Hitchers cult fiction GRANDMOTHERS—FICTION Bledsoe, A. The hum and the shiver Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Carriger, G. Changeless GRANDPARENT AND CHILD—FICTION De Robertis, C. Perla Rawles, N. My Jim Powers, T. Hide me among the graves GRANDPARENT AND CHILD—NIGERIA— Tursten, H. Night rounds FICTION

107 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Chase, L. Not quite a lady GRAPHIC FICTION See Graphic novels Hern, C. The bride sale GRAPHIC NOVELS Hern, C. Once a gentleman See also Comic books, strips, etc.; Fiction Kinsale, L. Lessons in French Bá, G. Daytripper Putney, M. J. The marriage spell Rucka, G. Batwoman GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1945-1952— GREAT BRITAIN—COLONIES FICTION See also Colonies Cameron, P. Coral Glynn GREAT BRITAIN—FICTION GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—19TH CENTU- Bourne, J. The black hawk RY—FICTION Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- Bradley, A. The weed that strings the hangman’s cions of Miss Dido Kent bag Hodder, M. The strange affair of Spring Heeled Carriger, G. Blameless Jack Dare, T. A night to surrender Shepherd, L. The solitary house Dean, A. A woman of consequence GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—20TH CENTU- Fellowes, J. Snobs RY—FICTION Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective Baker, J. The undertow Kelly, J. The moon tunnel GREAT BRITAIN—KINGS AND RULERS— Swift, G. Wish you were here FICTION Winspear, J. Elegy for Eddie Cornwell, B. Death of kings GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN—SOCIAL LIFE AND CUS- MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord TOMS GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—0-1066—FIC- Dean, A. A woman of consequence TION GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-1939—FICTION Cornwell, B. Death of kings Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water Cornwell, B. The last kingdom The greatest man in Cedar Hole. Doyon, S. Cornwell, B. Lords of the North GREED—FICTION Cornwell, B. The pale horseman Swinson, K. Playing dirty Cornwell, B. Sword song The Greenstone grail. Hemingway, A. GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1154-1399, GRIEF—FICTION PLANTAGENETS Henkin, J. The world without you Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium Mercier, P. Perlmann’s silence GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1154-1399, GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY—FICTION PLANTAGENETS—FICTION Yalom, I. D. The Schopenhauer cure Vantrease, B. R. The illuminator GROUP RELATIONS TRAINING GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1485-1603, TU- See also Interpersonal relations DORS—FICTION A grown up kind of pretty. Jackson, J. Buckley, F. The doublet affair GUILT—FICTION Buckley, F. The fugitive queen Edwards, Y. A Cupboard full of coats Buckley, F. Queen of ambition Koryta, M. The prophet Buckley, F. Queen without a crown Guilt by association. Clark, M. Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom Guilt by degrees. Clark, M. Buckley, F. The siren queen GUNDAM (FICTIONAL CHARACTER) Clements, R. Revenger See also Fictional characters; Fictional ro- Gregory, P. The constant princess bots; Manga; Mecha GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1642-1660, GUNTHER, BERNHARD (FICTITIOUS CHAR- CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH— ACTER)—FICTION FICTION Kerr, P. If the dead rise not Brown, S. M. Accidents of providence Kerr, P. Prague fatale GREAT BRITAIN—HISTORY—1714-1837— GUYANA—FICTION FICTION Bhattacharya, R. The sly company of people who Blake, R. A dark anatomy care Brockway, C. The golden season GYPSIES—FICTION Chase, L. Miss Wonderful Penney, S. The invisible ones

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H never had to HIKING—FICTION HAITIANS--UNITED STATES--FICTION Nevill, A. The ritual Swinson, K. Playing dirty HIP-HOP FICTION See Half broken things. Joss, M. HIPPIES—FICTION Half-blood blues. Edugyan, E. Groff, L. Arcadia Half-past dawn. Doetsch, R. HISTORIANS HALLUCINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS See also Authors Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye Lively, P. How it all began HANDICAPPED—FICTION HISTORICAL FICTION Vachss, A. That’s how I roll Alexander, V. Secrets of a proper lady Hanging hill. Hayder, M. Ampuero, R. The Neruda case Happiness is a chemical in the brain. Perillo, L. Avery, E. The last nude Harbor nocturne. Wambaugh, J. Baker, J. The undertow Hark! A vagrant. Beaton, K. Bennett, R. J. The company man HAUNTED PLACES—FICTION Bourne, J. The black hawk Dean, A. A woman of consequence Boyden, J. Three-day road HAVERS, BARBARA (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Boyle, E. Along Came a Duke TER)—FICTION Bradley, A. I am half-sick of shadows George, E. Believing the lie Brown, S. M. Accidents of providence HEALERS—FICTION Buckley, F. Queen of ambition Carroll, S. Midnight bride Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom The healing. Odell, J. Burrowes, G. Lady Maggie’s secret scandal Heart of the tiger. Kerstan, L. Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok Heart thief. Owens, R. D. Byrd, S. To die for Heartbreak Hotel. Landis, J. M. Cameron, P. Coral Glynn Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife. Turner, N. Carriger, G. Soulless Heartbroken. Unger, L. Chase, L. Miss Wonderful Heartless. Carriger, G. Chase, L. Not quite a lady HEBREW FICTION—TRANSLATIONS INTO Clements, R. Revenger ENGLISH Cooper, I. No proper lady Scenes from village life Cornwell, B. Death of kings HEBREWS See Jews Cornwell, B. The last kingdom HEDGE FUNDS—FICTION Cornwell, B. The pale horseman Harris, R. The fear index Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of The heir. Burrowes, G. Miss Dido Kent HELL—FICTION Delaney, F. The matchmaker of Kenmare Connolly, J. The infernals Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium Hell is empty. Johnson, C. Drake, N. Egypt HELPING BEHAVIOR Duenas, M. The time in between See also Human behavior; Interpersonal rela- Duncan, D. When the saints tions Furst, A. Mission to Paris Helpless. Palmer, D. Gabaldon, D. The fiery cross HELSINKI (FINLAND)—FICTION Gentle, M. The black opera Hand, E. Available dark Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires The heroes. Abercrombie, J. Goodman, J. Season to be sinful HEROIN Gregory, P. The constant princess Nadel, B. The Ottoman cage Harrison, K. Enchantments HHhH. Binet, L. Hatcher, R. L. Catching Katie Hide. Gardner, L. Hern, C. The bride sale Hide me among the graves. Powers, T. Higgs, L. C. Grace in thine eyes HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS—FICTION Higley, T. L. Pompeii Burns, C. Black hole Hoyt, E. Scandalous desires Galloway, G. As simple as snow Hoyt, E. Thief of Shadows HIGH SCHOOLS—FICTION James, P. D. Death comes to Pemberley Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and

109 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Jensen, N. The sisters Auslander, S. Hope Jones, J. S. The silence Perlman, E. The street sweeper Jones, S. The uninvited guests HOLOCAUST, 1933-1945—FICTION Karp, L. A perilous conception de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key Kerstan, L. The golden leopard Jensen, J. Dante’s equation Khair, T. The thing about thugs Perlman, E. The street sweeper Kinsale, L. Lessons in French Home again. Hannah, K. Kirkpatrick, J. A flickering light Home front. Hannah, K. Kneale, M. English passengers HOME LIFE See Family life Koen, K. Before Versailles HOMECOMING—FICTION Lin, J. The Dragon and the Pearl Groff, L. Arcadia Livesey, M. The flight of Gemma Hardy Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit Majmudar, A. Partitions HOMELESS PERSONS—FICTION Moore, K. To seduce an angel Jackson, N. Who do I talk to? Morsi, P. The love charm HOMELESS WOMEN—FICTION Morton, C. Stealing Mona Lisa Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail Nicholas, D. Something red HOMICIDE—FICTION Nickson, C. Cold cruel winter Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers Odell, J. The healing Bell, A. The reapers are the angels Olmstead, R. The coldest night Box, C. J. Free fire Parris, S. J. Sacrilege Box, C. J. Out of range Powers, T. Hide me among the graves Bradley, A. I am half-sick of shadows Powning, B. The sea captain’s wife Burns, C. Black hole Preston, C. The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt Buzzelli, E. K. Dead dogs and Englishmen Putney, M. J. Nowhere near respectable Cain, C. Kill you twice Rash, R. The cove Callihan, K. Firelight Saylor, S. The seven wonders Carkeet, D. Double negative Scott, K. That deadman dance Church, J. A corpse in the Koryo The secret history of Costaguana Clark, M. Guilt by association Shepherd, L. The solitary house Clark, W. Thug lovin’ Sherman, S. The little Russian Cleverly, B. The last kashmiri rose Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Coben, H. Stay close Stachniak, E. The Winter Palace Coleman, A. Murder mamas Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans Cotterill, C. Slash and burn Thomas, S. Beguiling the beauty DeSilva, B. Cliff Walk Thomas, S. Delicious Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers Traveler of the century The devotion of suspect X Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy Eastland, S. Archive 17 Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter Edwards, Y. A Cupboard full of coats Urrea, L. A. Queen of America Ellis, D. In the company of liars Winspear, J. Elegy for Eddie Ellory, R. J. A quiet Zimmerman, J. The orphanmaster Flynn, G. Gone girl HISTORICAL NOVELS See Historical fiction French, T. Broken Harbor HISTORICAL ROMANCES See Historical fiction Fulmer, D. Jass HISTORIOGRAPHERS See Historians Gardner, L. Catch me HISTORIOGRAPHY Gardner, L. Live to tell See also Authorship; History Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood Hitchers. McIntosh, W. Geagley, B. Year of the hyenas Hitler’s peace. Kerr, P. Griffiths, E. The Janus stone HMONG (ASIAN PEOPLE) Hambly, B. Ran away See also Indigenous peoples James, P. D. Death comes to Pemberley Holding still for as long as possible. Whittall, Z. James, S. The queen HOLLYWOOD (CALIF.)—FICTION Johnson, C. Hell is empty Bagshawe, T. Adored Karp, L. A perilous conception Wambaugh, J. Harbor nocturne Kerley, J. The death collectors HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS—FICTION Leon, D. Blood from a stone

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Levack, S. Demon of the air HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES—FICTION Martin, L. The bright forever Burrowes, G. The heir Newton, M. C. Nights of Villjamur Lin, J. My fair concubine Nickson, C. Cold cruel winter Wax, W. Single in Suburbia O’Connell, C. The chalk girl HOUSEKEEPERS Palmer, D. Helpless Tobar, H. The barbarian nurseries Paretsky, S. Breakdown HOUSES—FICTION Priest, C. The islanders Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Robotham, M. Suspect HOUSESITTING—FICTION Sullivan, M. J. Theft of swords Joss, M. Half broken things Thompson, J. Lucifer’s tears How it all began. Lively, P. Tolkien, S. The king of diamonds How to keep your Volkswagen alive. Boucher, C. Upson, N. Two for sorrow How we are hungry. Eggers, D. Wortham, R. The rock hole HUGO AWARD HOMICIDE TRIALS See Trials (Homicide) See also Literary prizes; Science fiction HOMOSEXUALITY The hum and the shiver. Bledsoe, A. See also Sex HUMAN BEINGS—PHILOSOPHY—FICTION HOMOSEXUALITY—INDIA—FICTION Bell, A. The reapers are the angels Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper HUMAN BEINGS—SEXUAL BEHAVIOR See Hood rat novel. [series] Sex K’wan Welfare wifeys HUMAN ECOLOGY—FICTION HOOVER DAM (ARIZ. AND NEV.) Ghosh, A. The hungry tide See also Dams HUMAN RELATIONS See Interpersonal relations Hope. Auslander, S. HUMAN SACRIFICE—FICTION HORROR—FICTION See Horror fiction Levack, S. Demon of the air HORROR FICTION HUMAN SEXUALITY See Sex Buehlman, C. Those across the river HUMAN-ALIEN ENCOUNTERS—FICTION Dekker, T. Forbidden Brin, D. Existence Grant, M. Deadline Grant, S. The star princess King, S. The wind through the keyhole HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS—FIC- Nevill, A. The ritual TION New Cthulhu Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise HORROR GRAPHIC NOVELS Hagy, A. Boleto See also Graphic novels HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION—FIC- HORROR NOVELS See Horror fiction TION HORROR STORIES See Horror fiction Theroux, P. The lower river HORROR TALES See Horror fiction The hummingbird’s daughter. Urrea, L. A. HORSE TRAINERS—FICTION HUMOR Hagy, A. Boleto Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive HORSEMANSHIP—FICTION HUMOROUS FICTION Hagy, A. Boleto Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard HORSES—FICTION Jones, S. The uninvited guests Greaves, C. Hush money Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner Hagy, A. Boleto HUMOROUS GRAPHIC NOVELS HORSES—TRAINING—FICTION See also Graphic novels Hagy, A. Boleto HUMOROUS PICTURES See Comic books, HOSTAGES—FICTION strips, etc. Hunter, S. Soft target HUMOROUS STORIES See Humorous fiction HOTELKEEPERS—FICTION The hungry tide. Ghosh, A. Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel HUSBANDS HOTELS—FICTION See also Family; Marriage; Married people; Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel Men HOTELS AND MOTELS—FICTION HUSBANDS—FICTION Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel Flynn, G. Gone girl Walter, J. Beautiful Ruins HUSBANDS AND WIVES—FICTION The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine. Bronsky, A. Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord

111 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Hush money. Greaves, C. Bezmozgis, D. The free world Hustlin’ divas. Diamond, D. Prose, F. My new American life HYDRAULICS IMMIGRANTS—FICTION See also Fluid mechanics; Liquids; Mechan- Bronsky, A. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cui- ics; Physics sine HYDRODYNAMICS Edwards, Y. A Cupboard full of coats See also Dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Hy- Khair, T. The thing about thugs draulic engineering; Hydraulics; Liquids; IMMIGRANTS—NEW YORK (STATE)—NEW Mechanics YORK—FICTION HYDROSTATICS Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha See also Fluid mechanics; Hydraulic engi- IMMIGRANTS—UNITED STATES—FICTION neering; Hydraulics; Hydrodynamics; Liq- Coleman, A. Murderville uids; Mechanics; Physics; Statics Faye, L. The gods of Gotham Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds I Lee, K. Drifting house Magic words I am an executioner. Parameswaran, R. IMMIGRANTS IN LITERATURE I am forbidden. Markovits, A. Chung, C. Forgotten country I am half-sick of shadows. Bradley, A. IMMORTALISM—FICTION I have seen him in the watchfires. Gohlke, C. Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail I’ve got your number. Kinsella, S. Marley, L. The child goddess I2. Bannon, J. IMMORTALITY—FICTION The ice princess. Lackberg, C. Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail —FICTION Marley, L. The child goddess Hand, E. Available dark IMPERSONATION—FICTION —FICTION Lin, J. My fair concubine Wilson, C. Cotton IMPRISONMENT—FICTION IDAHO—FICTION Barr, N. The rope Collins, B. Crimson eve In case we’re separated. Mattison, A. Hatcher, R. L. Catching Katie In one person. Irving, J. IDENTITY (PSYCHOLOGY)—FICTION In the company of liars. Ellis, D. Mehta, R. Quarantine In the Lion’s Mouth. Flynn, M. If the dead rise not. Kerr, P. In the midnight rain. Wind, R. ILLEGAL ALIENS—FICTION In the wilderness. Wambaugh, J. Harbor nocturne IN VITRO FERTILIZATION See Fertilization in ILLEGITIMACY vitro Brown, S. M. Accidents of providence INCEST—FICTION Duran, M. A lady’s lessons in scandal Vachss, A. That’s how I roll ILLEGITIMACY—FICTION INCEST—PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS—FIC- Archer, J. The sins of the father TION Burrowes, G. The soldier Vachss, A. That’s how I roll Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter INDIA—FICTION ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN See Illegitimacy Majmudar, A. Partitions Illumination. McGarry, T. INDIA—HISTORY—1765-1947, BRITISH OC- ILLUMINATION OF BOOKS AND MANU- CUPATION—FICTION SCRIPTS—FICTION Cleverly, B. The last kashmiri rose Vantrease, B. R. The illuminator Kerstan, L. The golden leopard The illuminator. Vantrease, B. R. INDIA—SOCIAL CONDITIONS—FICTION ILLUSIONS See Hallucinations and illusions; Op- Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper tical illusions INDIANS OF MEXICO—FICTION IMAGINARY VOYAGES Levack, S. Demon of the air See also Fantasy fiction; Science fiction INDIC FICTION (ENGLISH) IMAGINARY WARS AND BATTLES—FIC- Khair, T. The thing about thugs TION INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Duncan, D. When the saints Stanley, M. Death of the mantis Immanuel’s veins. Dekker, T. INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION IMMIGRANTS

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See also Industrial relations; Labor; Labor Manual of painting & calligraphy disputes; Labor unions; Negotiation McAfee, A. The spoiler INFANTICIDE—FICTION O’Nan, S. The odds Morrison, T. Beloved Perlman, E. The street sweeper The infernals. Connolly, J. Scenes from village life INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC, 1918-1919—FICTION Steele, J. The watchers Todd, C. An unmarked grave INTERRACIAL ADOPTION—FICTION INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION—FICTION Lee, M. Somebody’s daughter Bear, E. Range of ghosts INTERRACIAL DATING—FICTION Boyle, E. Along Came a Duke Wilson, C. Cotton Duran, M. A lady’s lessons in scandal INTERSEX PEOPLE—FICTION Phillips, S. E. Match me if you can Winter, K. Annabel INJUNCTIONS INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION See also Constitutional law; Labor unions See also Life on other planets; Telecommu- The Inquisitor. Smith, M. A. nication INSURANCE—FICTION INTIMACY (PSYCHOLOGY) Greaves, C. Hush money See also Emotions; Interpersonal relations; INSURANCE CRIMES—FICTION Love; Psychology Greaves, C. Hush money INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE—FICTION INTELLECTUALS Haynes, E. Into the darkest corner See also Persons; Social classes Into the darkest corner. Haynes, E. INTELLIGENCE AGENTS—FICTION INUIT Kanon, J. Istanbul passage See also Indigenous peoples INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS—GREAT BRIT- INVECTIVE AIN—FICTION See also Satire Jones, C. M. The silent oligarch INVESTMENTS INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS—UNITED Cartwright, J. Other people’s money STATES—FICTION The invisible ones. Penney, S. MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife IRAN—FICTION Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam Bond, L. Exit plan INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—FICTION Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam Clarke, R. A. The scorpion’s gate IRAQ—FICTION INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—UNITED Bunn, T. D. Lion of Babylon STATES—FICTION IRAQ WAR, 2003-—FICTION Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk INTERMARRIAGE IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011—FICTION See also Marriage Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS Ireland. Delaney, F. Bronsky, A. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cui- IRELAND—FICTION sine Delaney, F. Ireland Forna, A. The memory of love Delaney, F. The matchmaker of Kenmare George, E. Believing the lie French, T. Broken Harbor Harstad, J. Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in —FICTION all the confusion? Faye, L. The gods of Gotham Higley, T. L. Pompeii IRISH AMERICANS—NEW YORK (STATE)— Jio, S. The violets of March NEW YORK—FICTION Phillips, S. E. Call me irresistible Faye, L. The gods of Gotham INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS—FICTION The islanders. Priest, C. Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins ISLANDS—FICTION Eggers, D. How we are hungry Priest, C. The islanders The forgotten affairs of youth Unger, L. Heartbroken Green, J. Another piece of my heart ISRAEL—FICTION Joss, M. Half broken things Scenes from village life Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit ISRAELI FICTION Lively, P. How it all began Second person singular MacLeod, A. Light lifting ISRAELIS

113 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT See also Jews JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS ISRAELITES See Jews See also Arabs; Jews ISTANBUL (TURKEY)—FICTION JEWS Nadel, B. The Ottoman cage Bezmozgis, D. The free world ISTANBUL (TURKEY)—HISTORY—FICTION JEWS—FICTION Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Auslander, S. Hope Istanbul passage. Kanon, J. Higley, T. L. Pompeii ITALIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES—FICTION Markovits, A. I am forbidden Samuel, B. No place like home Mattison, A. In case we’re separated —FICTION JEWS—FRANCE—FICTION Criswell, M. What to do about Annie? de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key Samuel, B. No place like home JEWS—GERMANY—FICTION ITALY—FICTION Grossman, P. Children of wrath Dibdin, M. Ratking JEWS—IDENTITY Walter, J. Beautiful Ruins Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk Ivan and Misha. Alenyikov, M. about Anne Frank JEWS—LEGENDS See Jewish legends J JEWS—SOUTH AFRICA Gordimer, N. No time like the present Jack Holmes and his friend. White, E. JEWS—SOVIET UNION—FICTION JACK THE RIPPER MURDERS, LONDON, Bezmozgis, D. The free world ENGLAND, 1888 JEWS—UKRAINE—FICTION See also Serial killers Sherman, S. The little Russian JACOBITE REBELLION, 1745-1746—FICTION JEWS—UNITED STATES—FICTION Gabaldon, D. Outlander Criswell, M. What to do about Annie? The Janus stone. Griffiths, E. Magic words JAPAN—FICTION Jim Henson’s tale of sand. Henson, J. The devotion of suspect X JOINT CUSTODY OF CHILDREN See Child JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN—FICTION custody; Part-time parenting Chao, P. Mambo peligroso JOSEI —FICTION See also Manga Chao, P. Mambo peligroso JOURNALING Jass. Fulmer, D. See also Authorship; Diaries JAZZ MUSIC—FICTION JOURNALISM Fulmer, D. Jass See also Authorship; Literature JAZZ MUSICIANS—CRIMES AGAINST—FIC- JOURNALISTS TION See also Authors Fulmer, D. Jass JOURNALISTS—FICTION JAZZ MUSICIANS—FICTION Bhattacharya, R. The sly company of people who Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues care JEALOUSY—FICTION DeSilva, B. Cliff Walk Green, J. Another piece of my heart DeSilva, B. Rogue island Jenna Starborn. Shinn, S. Karunatilaka, S. The legend of Pradeep Mathew JESUS CHRIST—FICTION Kelly, J. The moon tunnel Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez JEWISH JOURNEYS See Travel; Voyages and travels See also Human geography; Jews JUVENILE DELINQUENCY—FICTION JEWISH FAMILIES—FICTION Lelic, S. The child who Bank, M. The wonder spot JUVENILE DELINQUENTS—FICTION Bezmozgis, D. The free world Lelic, S. The child who Mattison, A. In case we’re separated JEWISH LEGENDS K Kazinski, A. J. The last good man JEWISH WOMEN The Kalahari typing school for men. McCall Smith, See also Women A. JEWISH WOMEN—FICTION Kanner Lake series Bank, M. The wonder spot Collins, B. Crimson eve

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Kate Shugak series. [series] LABORERS—FICTION Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave Eschbach, A. The carpet makers Stabenow, D. Though not dead A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar. Joinson, S. KENTUCKY—FICTION Lady Maggie’s secret scandal. Burrowes, G. The best care possible A lady’s lessons in scandal. Duran, M. KEYS See Locks and keys LAND SETTLEMENT KIDNAPPING—FICTION See also Colonies; Land use Carey, J. Banewreaker LAND TENURE—FICTION Crais, R. Taken Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence Dibdin, M. Ratking LAOS—FICTION Ellory, R. J. A quiet vendetta Cotterill, C. Slash and burn Land, J. Strong at the break LARGE TYPE BOOKS Laukkanen, O. The professionals George, E. Believing the lie Kill Shakespeare. Belanger, A. LAS VEGAS (NEV.)—FICTION Kill you twice. Cain, C. Hilton, E. Dirty money Honey The killing moon. Jemisin, N. K. Watkins, C. V. Battleborn The king of diamonds. Tolkien, S. The last good man. Kazinski, A. J. Kingdom of strangers. Ferraris, Z. The last kashmiri rose. Cleverly, B. KINGS AND RULERS—FICTION The last kingdom. Cornwell, B. Carey, J. Kushiel’s Scion The last nude. Avery, E. Koen, K. Before Versailles Last resort. Alexander, H. McKillip, P. A. Ombria in shadow LAW—FICTION See Legal stories KINGS AND RULERS—SUCCESSION—FIC- LAW ENFORCEMENT—FICTION TION Leonard, E. Raylan Carey, J. Kushiel’s Scion LAWYERS—FICTION See Legal stories Kiss me, Annabel. James, E. LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP—FICTION KNIGHTS AND KNIGHTHOOD Markovits, A. I am forbidden See also Middle Ages; Nobility Mercier, P. Perlmann’s silence KODOMO Modesitt, L. E. Scholar See also Manga Leaving the Atocha Station. Lerner, B. KOREA (NORTH)—FICTION LEGAL FICTION (LITERATURE) See Legal Church, J. Bamboo and blood stories Church, J. A corpse in the Koryo LEGAL NOVELS See Legal stories Johnson, A. The orphan master’s son LEGAL STORIES KOREA—FICTION Arvin, R. Blood of angels Lee, K. Drifting house Clark, M. Guilt by association Lee, M. Somebody’s daughter Clark, M. Guilt by degrees Limón, M. Mr. Kill Fairstein, L. Night watch Park, S. This burns my heart Landay, W. Defending Jacob KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN—FICTION Lelic, S. The child who Chung, C. Forgotten country The lifeboat KOREAN AMERICANS—FICTION Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy Lee, K. Drifting house LEGAL STORIES, AMERICAN Lee, M. Somebody’s daughter Arvin, R. Blood of angels KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953—FICTION The legend of Pradeep Mathew. Karunatilaka, S. Olmstead, R. The coldest night LEGENDS—IRELAND KOREANS—FICTION Delaney, F. Ireland Lee, K. Drifting house LEGENDS, JEWISH See Jewish legends Kushiel’s Scion. Carey, J. LEGITIMACY (LAW) See Illegitimacy LESBIANS L See also Women LESBIANS—FICTION LABOR ORGANIZATIONS See Labor unions The fish child LABOR UNIONS Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood Bennett, R. J. The company man Merey, I. a + e 4ever LABORATORY FERTILIZATION See Fertiliza- Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez tion in vitro

115 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Lessons in French. Kinsale, L. Burrowes, G. The heir Let the church say amen. Billingsley, R. T. Cornwell, B. Sword song LEVELLERS—FICTION Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar Brown, S. M. Accidents of providence Khair, T. The thing about thugs Levi’s will. Cramer, W. D. MacLean, S. A rogue by any other name Leviathan Wakes. Corey, J. S. A. McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends Leviathans of Jupiter. Bova, B. LONGMIRE, WALT (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- LIBRARIANS—FICTION TER)—FICTION Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins LIBRARIANS’ UNIONS Lords of the North. Cornwell, B. See also Labor unions LOS ANGELES (CALIF.)—FICTION LIFE—FICTION Clark, M. Guilt by association Bell, A. The reapers are the angels Coleman, A. Murder mamas LIFE CHANGE EVENTS—FICTION Grant, S. The star princess Doig, I. The bartender’s tale Kitt, S. Celluloid memories Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit LOSS (PSYCHOLOGY)—FICTION Lively, P. How it all began Ford, R. Canada Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Joss, M. Half broken things LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water Bova, B. Leviathans of Jupiter LOST AND FOUND POSSESSIONS—FICTION LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS—FICTION Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number McCaffrey, T. Dragonsblood LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL LIFE SKILLS See also Jews See also Interpersonal relations; Success LOUISIANA—HISTORY—FICTION The lifeboat. Morsi, P. The love charm The light between oceans. Stedman, M. L. LOVE—GRAPHIC NOVELS Light lifting. MacLeod, A. Merey, I. a + e 4ever The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection. Mc- The love charm. Morsi, P. Call Smith, A. LOVE STORIES LINGUISTICS—FICTION Alexander, H. Last resort Carkeet, D. Double negative Alexander, T. Rekindled Lion of Babylon. Bunn, T. D. Alexander, V. Secrets of a proper lady LISTENING DEVICES See Eavesdropping Anderson, C. Star bright LITERARY COLLECTIONS See Anthologies; Andrews, M. K. Summer rental Literature—Collections Avery, E. The last nude LITERARY FORGERIES Bagshawe, T. Adored See also Counterfeits and counterfeiting; Balogh, M. The secret mistress Forgery Bannon, J. I2 LITERATURE—COLLECTIONS Beverley, J. Winter Fire The mammoth book of steampunk Blackstock, T. Shadow in serenity LITERATURE—SELECTIONS See Literature— Bourne, J. The black hawk Collections Boyle, E. Along Came a Duke Little night. Rice, L. Burrowes, G. The heir The little Russian. Sherman, S. Burrowes, G. Lady Maggie’s secret scandal Live to tell. Gardner, L. Burrowes, G. The soldier LOANS—FICTION Byrd, S. To die for Higgins, G. V. The Digger’s game Callihan, K. Firelight LOBBYING Cameron, P. Coral Glynn See also Politics; Propaganda Carroll, S. Midnight bride The lock artist. Hamilton, S. Chase, L. Miss Wonderful LOCK PICKING—FICTION Chase, L. Not quite a lady Hamilton, S. The lock artist Coleman, A. Murderville LOCKS AND KEYS Cooper, I. No proper lady Hamilton, S. The lock artist Criswell, M. What to do about Annie? LONDON (ENGLAND)—FICTION Crusie, J. Anyone but you Anatomy of murder Dare, T. A night to surrender

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Dare, T. A week to be wicked Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord Delaney, F. The matchmaker of Kenmare Putney, M. J. The marriage spell Deutermann, P. T. Pacific glory Putney, M. J. No longer a gentleman Domingue, R. The mercy of thin air Putney, M. J. Nowhere near respectable Duran, M. A lady’s lessons in scandal Rash, R. The cove Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony Roberts, N. Dance upon the air Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk Rosenthal, P. The bookseller’s daughter Gabaldon, D. Dragonfly in amber Rutland, E. No crystal stair Gabaldon, D. Outlander Sherman, S. The little Russian Gabaldon, D. Voyager Shinn, S. Jenna Starborn Goldman, W. The princess bride Shinn, S. The shape of desire Goodman, J. A place called home Smith, A. A bigger life Goodman, J. Season to be sinful Smith, D. The Crossroads Cafe Gracie, A. To catch a bride Thomas, S. Beguiling the beauty Grant, S. Moonstruck Thomas, S. Delicious Grant, S. The star princess Tillyard, S. K. Tides of war Green, J. Another piece of my heart Wilson, S. The fortune teller’s daughter Hatcher, R. L. Catching Katie Wind, R. In the midnight rain Heinlein, R. A. Variable star Winspear, J. Elegy for Eddie Hern, C. The bride sale Wiseman, B. Plain paradise Hern, C. Once a gentleman LOVE STORIES—TECHNIQUE Hoyt, E. Scandalous desires See also Authorship Hoyt, E. Thief of Shadows Loving a lost lord. Putney, M. J. James, E. Kiss me, Annabel The lower river. Theroux, P. Jio, S. The violets of March Lucifer’s tears. Thompson, J. Jones, L. The Dixie Belle’s Guide to Love Lucky bastard. Browne, S. G. Kenin, E. Driven LYNLEY, THOMAS (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Kerstan, L. The golden leopard TER)—FICTION Kerstan, L. Heart of the tiger George, E. Believing the lie Kinsale, L. Lessons in French LYRICISTS Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number See also Poets Kitt, S. Celluloid memories Law, S. K. The paper marriage M Layton, E. To wed a stranger Lewis, B. The brethren Madame Tussaud. Moran, M. Lewis, B. The missing MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES—FICTION Lin, J. The Dragon and the Pearl Moody, R. The diviners Lin, J. My fair concubine MAFIA—FICTION MacLean, S. A rogue by any other name Ellory, R. J. A quiet vendetta McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Harkaway, N. Angelmaker McDonald, L. J. The battle sylph Swinson, K. Playing dirty McGarry, T. Illumination MAGIC—FICTION McNeal, T. To be sung underwater Anderton, J. Debris Moore, K. Sexy Lexy Butcher, J. Proven guilty Moore, K. To seduce an angel De Robertis, C. Perla Morsi, P. The love charm Duncan, D. When the saints Olmstead, R. The coldest night Evans, C. A darkness forged in fire Owens, R. D. Heart thief Frei, M. The stranger’s magic Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner Gilman, L. A. Flesh and fire Park, S. This burns my heart Jemisin, N. K. The killing moon Pettersson, V. The taken McDonald, L. J. The battle sylph Phillips, S. E. Call me irresistible McGarry, T. Illumination Phillips, S. E. First lady McKillip, P. A. Ombria in shadow Powning, B. The sea captain’s wife Putney, M. J. The marriage spell Preston, C. The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt Putney, M. J. Stolen magic Putney, M. J. The burning point Rawn, M. Touchstone Roberts, N. Dance upon the air

117 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Magic words. FICTION MAGICIANS—FICTION Jones, S. The uninvited guests Magic words Manual of painting & calligraphy. MAGNA CARTA MAORIS See also Charters; Great Britain—Histo- See also Indigenous peoples ry—1154-1399, Plantagenets The map and the territory. MAIDEN AUNTS—FICTION Maps for lost lovers. Aslam, N. Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of MARIJUANA—FICTION Miss Dido Kent Leonard, E. Raylan Dean, A. A woman of consequence MARINES—FICTION MAIDS (SERVANTS) Hunter, S. Dead zero Strauss, J. The dubious salvation of Jack V. MARITAL CONFLICT—FICTION MALAWI—FICTION Green, J. Another piece of my heart Theroux, P. The lower river MARRIAGE MALE FRIENDSHIP—FICTION MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord White, E. Jack Holmes and his friend MARRIAGE—FICTION MALE HOMOSEXUALITY—FICTION Burrowes, G. The heir White, E. Jack Holmes and his friend Grant, S. The star princess MALLORY, KATHLEEN (FICTITIOUS CHAR- Hannah, K. Home front ACTER)—FICTION Higgins, K. My one and only O’Connell, C. The chalk girl MacLean, S. A rogue by any other name MAMBO (DANCE)—FICTION O’Nan, S. The odds Chao, P. Mambo peligroso Park, S. This burns my heart Mambo peligroso. Chao, P. Phillips, S. E. Call me irresistible The mammoth book of steampunk. MARRIAGE CONTRACTS MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP See also Contracts; Marriage See also Interpersonal relations MARRIAGE COUNSELING MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP—FICTION See also Counseling; Family life education; Carey, J. Kushiel’s Scion Marriage Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife MARRIAGE COUNSELING—FICTION Domingue, R. The mercy of thin air Gideon, M. Wife 22 Ephron, A. One Sunday morning MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND RITES Hern, C. Once a gentleman See also Manners and customs; Marriage; James, E. Kiss me, Annabel Rites and ceremonies; Weddings Moore, K. Sexy Lexy MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Turner, N. Natural born hustler James, H. The portrait of a lady Whittall, Z. Holding still for as long as possible Moriarty, L. What Alice forgot MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS—FICTION Tobar, H. The barbarian nurseries Ephron, A. One Sunday morning MARRIAGE PROBLEMS—FICTION Grant, S. Moonstruck Higgins, K. My one and only Moore, K. Sexy Lexy The marriage spell. Putney, M. J. Whittall, Z. Holding still for as long as possible MARRIED LIFE See Marriage MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS—SCOT- MARRIED PEOPLE LAND—FICTION See also Family; Marriage Gabaldon, D. Voyager MARRIED PEOPLE—FICTION James, E. Kiss me, Annabel Alexander, T. Rekindled MANGA Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen See also Graphic novels Fellowes, J. Snobs Carriger, G. Soulless Flynn, G. Gone girl MANHATTAN (NEW YORK, N.Y.)—SOCIAL Gideon, M. Wife 22 LIFE AND CUSTOMS—FICTION Harrison, K. Envy Haimoff, M. These days are ours Layton, E. To wed a stranger MANIC-DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS—FICTION MARRIED WOMEN—FICTION Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers Manifold. Baxter, S. Law, S. K. The paper marriage MANORS—ENGLAND—20TH CENTURY— Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez

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MARY (BLESSED VIRGIN, SAINT)—FICTION MERCHANT MARINE—UNITED STATES— Berry, S. The third secret FICTION MASAI (AFRICAN PEOPLE) Kerouac, J. The sea is my brother See also Africans; Indigenous peoples The mercy of thin air. Domingue, R. MASS MURDER—FICTION MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers See also Mexican Americans; Women MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECH- MEXICAN AMERICANS NOLOGY Tobar, H. The barbarian nurseries Pearl, M. The technologists MEXICO—FICTION MASSACRES Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood See also Atrocities; History; Persecution Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter Match me if you can. Phillips, S. E. MEXICO—HISTORY—1910-1920, REVOLU- The matchmaker of Kenmare. Delaney, F. TION MATERNITY See Mothers Urrea, L. A. Queen of America MATRIMONY See Marriage MIAMI (FLA.)—FICTION MCGILL, LEONID (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Swinson, K. Playing dirty TER)—FICTION MIDDLE AGED MEN—FICTION Mosley, W. All I did was shoot my man Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye MCRAE, LOGAN (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- MIDDLE AGED WOMEN—FICTION TER)—FICTION Crusie, J. Anyone but you MacBride, S. Cold granite Seitz, N. Trouble the water MEANING (PHILOSOPHY)—FICTION MIDDLE CLASS Ford, R. Canada See also Social classes MEAT INDUSTRY—FICTION MIDDLE EAST—FICTION Leon, D. Beastly Things Clarke, R. A. The scorpion’s gate MECHA MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife See also Manga MIDDLE-AGED MEN—FICTION MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS Begley, L. About Schmidt See also Kinematics; Mechanical engineer- Harrison, K. Envy ing; Mechanics; Motion Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye MECHANICS MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN—FICTION Ulfelder, S. Purgatory chasm Seitz, N. Trouble the water MEEHAN, PADDY (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- MIDLIFE CRISIS—FICTION TER)—FICTION Harrison, K. Envy Mina, D. Field of blood Midnight at the Dragon Café. Bates, J. F. MEMORY Midnight bride. Carroll, S. Moriarty, L. What Alice forgot MIDWIVES—FICTION MEMORY—FICTION Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Griffith, M. Trophy The mighty Walzer. Jacobson, H. Katzenbach, J. What comes next MILITARY ATROCITIES See Atrocities; War Stone upon stone crimes The memory keeper’s daughter. Edwards, K. MILITARY PERSONNEL—ENGLAND—FIC- The memory of love. Forna, A. TION MEMPHIS (TENN.)—FICTION Archer, J. The sins of the father Diamond, D. Hustlin’ divas MILITARY PERSONNEL—FICTION MENTAL ILLNESS—FICTION Limón, M. Mr. Kill Alexander, H. Last resort MILITARY RESEARCH—SOVIET UNION— MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN— FICTION FICTION Eastland, S. Shadow pass Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter MILITARY SPOUSES—FICTION MENTALLY ILL—FICTION Hannah, K. Home front Rucka, G. Batwoman Portrait of the mother as a young woman MERCENARY SOLDIERS—FICTION MILITARY WEAPONS—FICTION Kenin, E. Driven Eastland, S. Shadow pass MERCHANT MARINE—FICTION MILITIA MOVEMENTS—FICTION Kerouac, J. The sea is my brother Land, J. Strong at the break

119 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT MILLENNIALISM—FICTION Mission to Paris. Furst, A. Palahniuk, C. Fight Club MISSISSIPPI—FICTION MILLENNIALISM—UNITED STATES—FIC- Wilson, C. Cotton TION MISTAKEN IDENTITY—FICTION Palahniuk, C. Fight Club Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord MILLENNIUM—FICTION MODELS See Artists’ models; Fashion models; Palahniuk, C. Fight Club Mathematical models; Models and modelmaking MINERS—FICTION MODELS (PERSONS) See Artists’ models; Fash- Cramer, W. D. Bad ground ion models MINORITY WOMEN MODELS (PERSONS)—FICTION See also Minorities; Women Bagshawe, T. Adored MINSTRELS MODELS, ARTISTS’ See Artists’ models See also Poets MOJAVE DESERT (CALIF.)—FICTION MIRACLES—FICTION Kunzru, H. Gods without men Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow MONSTERS—FICTION Miss Wayne & the queen of DC. Styles, T. Frei, M. The stranger’s magic Miss Wonderful. Chase, L. Kosmatka, T. The games The missing. Lewis, B. Nicholas, D. Something red MISSING CHILDREN The moon tunnel. Kelly, J. See also Children; Missing persons Moonstruck. Grant, S. MISSING CHILDREN—FICTION More of this world or maybe another. Johnson, B. Grossman, P. Children of wrath MOROCCO—FICTION Kunzru, H. Gods without men Duenas, M. The time in between Lelic, S. The child who MOTHER AND CHILD—FICTION Martin, L. The bright forever Mitchard, J. The breakdown lane Ohlsson, K. Unwanted MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP MISSING CHILDREN—INVESTIGATION— See also Children; Mothers; Parent-child re- FICTION lationship Ohlsson, K. Unwanted MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP—FICTION MISSING PERSONS Mitchard, J. The breakdown lane Bolaño, R. The Third Reich MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP MISSING PERSONS—DRAMA See also Daughters; Mother-child relation- Edwardson, A. Sail of stone ship; Mothers MISSING PERSONS—FICTION MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP— Alexander, H. Last resort FICTION Coben, H. Stay close Austin, L. All she ever wanted Delaney, F. The matchmaker of Kenmare Hassman, T. Girlchild Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues Jackson, J. A grown up kind of pretty Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers Lewis, B. The missing Flynn, G. Gone girl Lupton, R. Afterwards Flynn, M. In the Lion’s Mouth Mattison, A. In case we’re separated Flynn, M. Up Jim River Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence Galloway, G. As simple as snow Morrison, T. Beloved Gardner, L. The neighbor Serber, N. Shout her lovely name Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood Unger, L. Heartbroken Gracie, A. To catch a bride Wiseman, B. Plain paradise McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIP Agency See also Mother-child relationship; Mothers; Penney, S. The invisible ones Sons Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIP—FICTION Shrier, H. Boston cream Palahniuk, C. Choke Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Samuel, B. No place like home MISSING PERSONS—INVESTIGATION—FIC- MOTHERHOOD—FICTION TION Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of MOTHERS Miss Dido Kent See also Family; Women

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Pausch, J. Dream new dreams Lackberg, C. The ice princess MOTHERS—FICTION Landay, W. Defending Jacob Doughty, L. Whatever you love Lasser, S. Say nice things about Detroit Lee, M. Somebody’s daughter Newton, M. C. Nights of Villjamur Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette O’Connell, C. The chalk girl MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS Ohlsson, K. Unwanted Jones, T. Silver sparrow Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS—FICTION Stabenow, D. Though not dead Austin, L. All she ever wanted Steele, J. The watchers Hassman, T. Girlchild Syndrome E Jackson, J. A grown up kind of pretty Todd, C. An unmarked grave Lupton, R. Afterwards MURDER—INVESTIGATION—SAUDI ARA- Mattison, A. In case we’re separated BIA—FICTION Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers Moore, M. M. So far away MURDER—INVESTIGATION—SWEDEN— Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette FICTION Serber, N. Shout her lovely name Tursten, H. Night rounds MOTHERS AND SONS—FICTION Murder mamas. Coleman, A. Samuel, B. No place like home MURDER MYSTERIES See Mystery and detec- MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY—FICTION tive plays; Mystery fiction; Mystery films; Mys- Bagshawe, T. Adored tery radio programs; Mystery television programs Kitt, S. Celluloid memories MURDER TRIALS See Trials (Homicide) Moody, R. The diviners MURDER VICTIMS—FICTION Williams, W. J. The fourth wall Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DI- Miss Dido Kent RECTORS—FICTION MURDER VICTIMS’ FAMILIES—FICTION Moody, R. The diviners Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers Wilson, S. The fortune teller’s daughter Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers MOTOR CARS See Automobiles MURDERERS Mr. Kill. Limón, M. Lavender, W. Dominance Mudwoman. MURDERERS—FICTION MULTIPLE PERSONALITY—FICTION Joss, M. Half broken things Flynn, M. In the Lion’s Mouth Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas Flynn, M. Up Jim River Swinson, K. Playing dirty MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS—FICTION Murderville. Coleman, A. Mitchard, J. The breakdown lane MUSIC INDUSTRY—FICTION MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS—PATIENTS—FIC- K’wan Section 8 TION MUSICIANS—FICTION Mitchard, J. The breakdown lane Elias, G. Death and transfiguration MURDER—FICTION Stemple, A. Singer of souls Coleman, A. Murder mamas MUSLIM WOMEN Smith, T. R. Agent 6 See also Muslims; Women MURDER—INVESTIGATION—FICTION MUSLIM WOMEN—FICTION Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers ber tree MUTE PERSONS—FICTION Blake, R. A dark anatomy Hamilton, S. The lock artist Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- MUTUAL FUNDS cions of Miss Dido Kent See also Investments Dean, A. A woman of consequence My fair concubine. Lin, J. Eastland, S. Shadow pass My first suicide. French, T. Broken Harbor My Jim. Rawles, N. Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective My new American life. Prose, F. Greaves, C. Hush money My one and only. Higgins, K. Grossman, P. Children of wrath MYSTERIES See Mysteries and miracle plays; Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken Mystery and detective plays; Mystery fiction; Kazinski, A. J. The last good man Mystery films; Mystery radio programs; Mystery

121 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT television programs Edwardson, A. Sail of stone The Mysterium. Doherty, P. C. Elias, G. Death and transfiguration MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES See Ellis, D. In the company of liars Mystery fiction Ellory, R. J. A quiet vendetta MYSTERY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. Ellory, R. J. A simple act of violence See also Comic books, strips, etc. Fairstein, L. Night watch MYSTERY FICTION Faye, L. The gods of Gotham Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers ber tree Flynn, G. Gone girl Ampuero, R. The Neruda case The forgotten affairs of youth Anatomy of murder Freethy, B. Golden lies Another time, another life Frei, M. The stranger’s magic Barr, N. The rope French, T. Broken Harbor Berry, S. The third secret Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old The best care possible Fulmer, D. Jass Between summer’s longing and winter’s end Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective Beukes, L. Zoo city Gardner, L. Catch me Blake, R. A dark anatomy Gardner, L. Live to tell Box, C. J. Out of range Gardner, L. The neighbor Bradley, A. I am half-sick of shadows George, E. Believing the lie Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Greaves, C. Hush money Bradley, A. The weed that strings the hangman’s Griffiths, E. The Janus stone bag Grossman, P. Children of wrath Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken Buckley, F. Queen of ambition Hallinan, T. The fear artist Buckley, F. Queen without a crown Hambly, B. Ran away Buckley, F. The siren queen Hand, E. Available dark Bunn, T. D. Lion of Babylon Harvey, J. A darker shade of blue Burrowes, G. Lady Maggie’s secret scandal Hayder, M. Hanging hill Butcher, J. Proven guilty Hellstrom, B. Cell 8 Buzzelli, E. K. Dead dogs and Englishmen Hines, T. L. Waking Lazarus Cain, C. Kill you twice Jackson, J. A grown up kind of pretty Carkeet, D. Double negative James, P. D. Death comes to Pemberley Church, J. Bamboo and blood James, S. The queen Clark, M. Guilt by association Jio, S. The violets of March Clark, M. Guilt by degrees Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins Clements, R. Revenger Johnson, C. Hell is empty Cleverly, B. The last kashmiri rose Jones, J. S. The silence Coben, H. Stay close Karp, L. A perilous conception Collins, B. Crimson eve Kazinski, A. J. The last good man Conlon, E. Red on red Kelly, J. The moon tunnel Corey, J. S. A. Leviathan Wakes Kerley, J. The death collectors Cotterill, C. Slash and burn Kerr, P. If the dead rise not Crais, R. Taken Kerr, P. Prague fatale Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of Khair, T. The thing about thugs Miss Dido Kent Koryta, M. The prophet Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- Lackberg, C. The ice princess cions of Miss Dido Kent Lamanda, A. Sunset Dean, A. A woman of consequence Lavender, W. Dominance DeSilva, B. Cliff Walk Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados DeSilva, B. Rogue island Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers Lelic, S. The child who Dibdin, M. Ratking Leon, D. Beastly Things Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium Leon, D. Blood from a stone Eastland, S. Archive 17 Leon, D. A question of belief Eastland, S. Shadow pass Levack, S. Demon of the air

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Limón, M. Mr. Kill Walter, J. Citizen Vince Lupton, R. Afterwards Williams, W. J. The fourth wall MacBride, S. Cold granite Winspear, J. Elegy for Eddie Manfredo, L. Rizzo’s fire Wortham, R. The rock hole The map and the territory Zimmerman, J. The orphanmaster McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life MYSTERY FICTION—AMERICAN McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for Transgressions men MYSTERY FICTION—ENGLAND McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Speller, E. The return of Captain John Emmett vate Detection MYSTERY FICTION—UNITED STATES McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Lavender, W. Dominance Agency Spiegelman, P. Red cat McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding MYSTERY GRAPHIC NOVELS party See also Graphic novels McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally MYSTERY STORIES See Mystery fiction built MYSTICISM—FICTION Morton, C. Stealing Mona Lisa Bennett, R. J. The troupe Mosley, W. All I did was shoot my man MYTHOLOGY, NORSE Nadel, B. The Ottoman cage Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok Newton, C. Start shooting Nickson, C. Cold cruel winter N O’Connell, C. The chalk girl O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead NANNIES—FICTION Ohlsson, K. Unwanted Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas Palmer, D. Helpless Livesey, M. The flight of Gemma Hardy Paretsky, S. Breakdown Moore, K. To seduce an angel Parris, S. J. Sacrilege NAPOLEONIC WARS, 1800-1815—FICTION Pavone, C. The expats Putney, M. J. No longer a gentleman Pearl, M. The Poe shadow The narrative of John Smith. Doyle, A. C. Pears, I. The portrait NASHVILLE (TENN.)—FICTION Penney, S. The invisible ones Arvin, R. Blood of angels Perry, T. Poison flower NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES—UNIT- Priest, C. The islanders ED STATES Robotham, M. Suspect Barr, N. The rope Sacre bleu NATIONAL SOCIALISM—FICTION Saylor, S. The seven wonders Ullman, E. By blood Scottoline, L. Come home NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHORS Shepherd, L. The solitary house See also Authors Shrier, H. Boston cream NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN Smith, M. A. The Inquisitor See also Women Smith, T. R. Agent 6 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN—FICTION Speller, E. The strange fate of Kitty Easton Perry, T. Poison flower Spiegelman, P. Red cat NATIVE AMERICANS Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave See also Indigenous peoples Stabenow, D. Though not dead NATIVE AMERICANS—FICTION Stanley, M. Death of the mantis Boyden, J. Three-day road Steele, J. The watchers Magic words Steinhauer, O. An American spy NATIVE AMERICANS—WYOMING—FIC- Syndrome E TION Thompson, J. Lucifer’s tears Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins Todd, C. A duty to the dead NATIVE PEOPLES See Indigenous peoples Tolkien, S. The king of diamonds NATIVES See Indigenous peoples Transgressions Natural born hustler. Turner, N. Tursten, H. Night rounds NATURAL DISASTERS—FICTION Ulfelder, S. Purgatory chasm Walker, K. T. The age of miracles Upson, N. Two for sorrow NATURE—FICTION Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise

123 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT NAZIS—FICTION No place like home. Samuel, B. Kerr, P. If the dead rise not No proper lady. Cooper, I. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES—FICTION No time like the present. Gordimer, N. Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency [series] NEBULA AWARD McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- See also Literary prizes; Science fiction vate Detection The necessary beggar. Palwick, S. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. McCall Smith, Necessary heartbreak. Sullivan, M. J. A. NEGROES See African Americans; Blacks NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY (IMAGI- The neighbor. Gardner, L. NARY ORGANIZATION)—FICTION NEIGHBORHOOD—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends vate Detection NEIGHBORHOODS—ENGLAND—LON- McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective DON—FICTION Agency McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (FICTIONAL party ROBOT) McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally See also Fictional robots; Manga; Mecha built The Neruda case. Ampuero, R. NOBILITY New Cthulhu. MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord NEW ENGLAND—FICTION NOBILITY—CHINA—FICTION Irving, J. In one person Lin, J. My fair concubine NEW JERSEY—FICTION NOBILITY—FICTION Dermansky, M. Twins Boyle, E. Along Came a Duke NEW ORLEANS (LA.)—FICTION Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord Domingue, R. The mercy of thin air Rosenthal, P. The bookseller’s daughter Johnson, B. More of this world or maybe another NOBILITY—MOLDAVIA—FICTION NEW YORK (N.Y.)—FICTION Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins Manfredo, L. Rizzo’s fire NORTH CAROLINA—FICTION Mosley, W. All I did was shoot my man Gabaldon, D. The fiery cross NEW YORK (N.Y.)—HISTORY—1775-1865— Smith, D. The Crossroads Cafe FICTION NORTH CAROLINA—HISTORY—COLONIAL Faye, L. The gods of Gotham PERIOD, CA. 1600-1775—FICTION NEW YORK (STATE)—FICTION Gabaldon, D. The fiery cross Groff, L. Arcadia NORTHEAST PASSAGE The newlyweds. Freudenberger, N. See also Arctic regions; Exploration; Voy- NEWLYWEDS—FICTION ages and travels Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds NORTHERN IRELAND NEWSPAPERS—ENGLAND—FICTION The dream of the Celt McAfee, A. The spoiler Not quite a lady. Chase, L. NIECES—FICTION NOVELISTS Rice, L. Little night See also Authors NIGERIA—FICTION The secret history of Costaguana Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away NOVELISTS—FICTION Night rounds. Tursten, H. Priest, C. The islanders A night to surrender. Dare, T. NOVELS IN LETTERS See Epistolary fiction Night watch. Fairstein, L. Nowhere near respectable. Putney, M. J. Nightbringer. Huggins, J. B. NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS—FICTION Nights of Villjamur. Newton, M. C. Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart NINETEEN SIXTIES—FICTION NUCLEAR WARFARE—FICTION Groff, L. Arcadia Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam NINETEEN THIRTIES—FICTION NUCLEAR WARFARE—PREVENTION—FIC- Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- TION ber tree Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam No crystal stair. Rutland, E. NUCLEAR WEAPONS—FICTION No longer a gentleman. Putney, M. J. Bond, L. Exit plan

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Numbers don’t lie. Bisson, T. OPEN AND CLOSED SHOP NUNS See also Labor; Labor contract; Labor unions See also Women Open season. Box, C. J. NUNS—FICTION OPERA—FICTION Cross, J. Touched by venom Gentle, M. The black opera NURSES—CRIMES AGAINST—FICTION Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 (American Robotham, M. Suspect physicist) Tursten, H. Night rounds About NURSES—ENGLAND—FICTION Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart Todd, C. A duty to the dead OPTICAL ILLUSIONS NURSES—FICTION See also Hallucinations and illusions; Psycho- Cameron, P. Coral Glynn physiology; Vision Todd, C. A duty to the dead ORGANIZED CRIME—FICTION NYUNGA (AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE)—FICTION Clark, W. Thug lovin’ Scott, K. That deadman dance Coleman, J. The dopeman’s wife Epperson, T. Sailor O Higgins, G. V. The Digger’s game K’wan Eviction notice OBESITY—FICTION Lamanda, A. Sunset Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow Laukkanen, O. The professionals OBITUARIES—GRAPHIC NOVELS O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead Bá, G. Daytripper Siegel, J. Detour OBSCENE MATERIALS See Obscenity (Law); Swinson, K. Playing dirty Pornography Vachss, A. That’s how I roll OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER—FIC- Walter, J. Citizen Vince TION Wambaugh, J. Harbor nocturne Alexander, H. Last resort ORGANIZED LABOR See Labor unions OCCULT FICTION The orphan master’s son. Johnson, A. Jemisin, N. K. The killing moon The orphanmaster. Zimmerman, J. Zimmerman, J. The orphanmaster ORPHANS—FICTION OCEAN LINERS—FICTION Boyle, E. Along Came a Duke The lifeboat Brockway, C. The golden season OCEAN TRAVEL Cramer, W. D. Bad ground See also Transportation; Travel; Voyages and Goodman, J. A place called home travels Hoyt, E. Thief of Shadows The odds. O’Nan, S. James, E. Kiss me, Annabel Odyssey. McDevitt, J. Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados An offer from a gentleman. Quinn, J. Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas Oh pure and radiant heart. Millet, L. Livesey, M. The flight of Gemma Hardy OLDER MEN—FICTION Orullian, P. V. The unremembered Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans OLDER PEOPLE—FICTION Zimmerman, J. The orphanmaster Brewer, S. The poet of Tolstoy Park Other people’s money. Cartwright, J. Cotterill, C. Slash and burn The Ottoman cage. Nadel, B. OLDER WOMEN—FICTION Out of range. Box, C. J. Harkaway, N. Angelmaker OUTER SPACE—EXPLORATION—FICTION Rawles, N. My Jim McDevitt, J. Odyssey OLYMPIC GAMES—FICTION Outlander. Gabaldon, D. Kosmatka, T. The games OVERLAND JOURNEYS TO THE PACIFIC OLYMPIC GAMES, 1936 (BERLIN, GER.) See also Frontier and pioneer life; Voyages Kerr, P. If the dead rise not and travels OLYMPIC GAMES, 2012 (LONDON, ENG- OVERWEIGHT PERSONS—FICTION LAND)—FICTION Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow Cleave, C. Gold Ombria in shadow. McKillip, P. A. P Once a gentleman. Hern, C. One Sunday morning. Ephron, A. Pacific glory. Deutermann, P. T.

125 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT PACIFIC NORTHWEST—FICTION Stedman, M. L. The light between oceans Evison, J. West of here PARIS (FRANCE)—FICTION Perillo, L. Happiness is a chemical in the brain Furst, A. Mission to Paris PAIBOUN, SIRI, DOCTOR (FICTITIOUS PARIS (FRANCE)—HISTORY—FICTION CHARACTER)—FICTION Miller, A. Pure Cotterill, C. Slash and burn PARODY PAINTERS—FICTION See also Literature; Satire; Wit and humor Manual of painting & calligraphy PARSON, MICHAEL (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Pears, I. The portrait TER)—FICTION Sacre bleu Young, T. W. The renegades PAKISTAN—FICTION PARTIES—ENGLAND—20TH CENTURY— Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken FICTION Majmudar, A. Partitions Jones, S. The uninvited guests PAKISTANIS—ENGLAND—FICTION PARTIES—FICTION Aslam, N. Maps for lost lovers Jones, S. The uninvited guests The pale horseman. Cornwell, B. Partitions. Majmudar, A. PALLIATIVE CARE—UNITED STATES PEERAGE See Nobility The best care possible PENAL COLONIES PANCREAS—CANCER—PATIENTS—FAM- See also Colonies; Correctional institutions ILY RELATIONSHIPS—UNITED STATES PENINSULAR WAR, 1807-1814 Pausch, J. Dream new dreams Tillyard, S. K. Tides of war PANICS (FINANCE) See Financial crises PEOPLE See Ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; PAPAL VISITS Persons See also Voyages and travels A perilous conception. Karp, L. The paper marriage. Law, S. K. Perla. De Robertis, C. PARAGUAY—FICTION Perlmann’s silence. Mercier, P. The fish child PERN (IMAGINARY PLACE)—FICTION PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL See Allied health McCaffrey, T. Dragonsblood personnel; Emergency medical technicians PERSECUTION PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY See Emergency See also Atrocities medical technicians PERSONAL SPACE See also Interpersonal relations; Nonverbal Hines, T. L. Waking Lazarus communication; Space and time PARAPSYCHOLOGY—FICTION PHILOSOPHERS—FICTION Krentz, J. A. White lies Parris, S. J. Sacrilege The Parasol Protectorate [series] PHOBIAS—FICTION Carriger, G. Heartless Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette PARENT AND ADULT CHILD—FICTION PHOTOGRAPHERS—FICTION Wolitzer, M. The position Groff, L. Arcadia PARENT AND CHILD—FICTION Kirkpatrick, J. A flickering light Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter McNally, T. M. The goat bridge Marcus, B. The flame alphabet PHYSICIANS—FICTION PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP—FICTION Carroll, S. Midnight bride Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter Forna, A. The memory of love Marcus, B. The flame alphabet Havley, N. The good father Powers, T. Hide me among the graves PHYSICISTS St. Aubyn, E. At Last Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart PARENTAL CUSTODY See Child custody PHYSICISTS—FICTION PARENTAL KIDNAPPING Jensen, J. Dante’s equation See also Child custody Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart PARENTAL KIDNAPPING—FICTION PICKETT, JOE (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)— Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony FICTION Jackson, N. Who do I talk to? Box, C. J. Free fire PARENTS—DEATH—FICTION Box, C. J. Open season St. Aubyn, E. At Last Box, C. J. Out of range PARENTS—FICTION PIGEON, ANNA (FICTITIOUS CHARAC-

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TER)—FICTION Leon, D. Blood from a stone Barr, N. The rope POLICE—FICTION—ITALY—VENICE—PO- PIKE, JOE (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)—FIC- LICE—FICTION TION Leon, D. A question of belief Crais, R. Taken POLICE—IRELAND—DUBLIN—FICTION The pilgrim. Nissenson, H. French, T. Broken Harbor PILGRIMS (NEW ENGLAND COLONISTS) POLICE—ITALY—FICTION See also Puritans; United States—Histo- Dibdin, M. Ratking ry—1600-1775, Colonial period POLICE—ITALY—VENICE—FICTION PILGRIMS (NEW PLYMOUTH COLONY) Leon, D. Blood from a stone Nissenson, H. The pilgrim POLICE—LOUISIANA—NEW ORLEANS— PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGES FICTION See also Voyages and travels Fulmer, D. Jass PING-PONG See Table tennis POLICE—MASSACHUSETTS—BOSTON— PIRATES—FICTION FICTION Hoyt, E. Scandalous desires Gardner, L. Hide Wooding, C. Retribution falls POLICE—NEW YORK (STATE)—NEW A place called home. Goodman, J. YORK—FICTION PLAGIARISM Faye, L. The gods of Gotham See also Authorship; Offenses against prop- O’Connell, C. The chalk girl erty POLICE—NORTH CAROLINA—FICTION Mercier, P. Perlmann’s silence Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers Plain paradise. Wiseman, B. POLICE—OREGON—PORTLAND—FICTION PLANETS—EXPLORATION—FICTION Cain, C. Kill you twice McDevitt, J. Deepsix POLICE—SCOTLAND—ABERDEEN—FIC- PLANTATION LIFE TION Buehlman, C. Those across the river MacBride, S. Cold granite Santiago, E. Conquistadora POLICE—SWEDEN—FICTION PLANTATION LIFE—FICTION Ohlsson, K. Unwanted Hicks, R. The widow of the south POLICE—TURKEY—ISTANBUL—FICTION PLANTATION OWNERS’ SPOUSES—FICTION Nadel, B. The Ottoman cage Hicks, R. The widow of the south POLICE—UNITED STATES—FICTION Playing dirty. Swinson, K. The best care possible The Poe shadow. Pearl, M. POLICE—WASHINGTON (STATE)—SPO- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (American poet, KANE—FICTION short story writer and essayist) Walter, J. Citizen Vince About POLICEWOMEN Pearl, M. The Poe shadow See also Police; Women The poet of Tolstoy Park. Brewer, S. POLICEWOMEN—FICTION POETS O’Connell, C. The chalk girl See also Authors POLISH FICTION—TRANSLATIONS INTO Lerner, B. Leaving the Atocha Station ENGLISH POETS—FICTION Stone upon stone Pearl, M. The Poe shadow POLITICAL ACTIVISTS Poison flower. Perry, T. The dream of the Celt POISONING—FICTION POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS—FICTION Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken POLITICAL CORRUPTION—FICTION POLAND—FICTION Vachss, A. That’s how I roll Stone upon stone POLITICAL SATIRE POLICE—ALABAMA—MOBILE—FICTION See also Satire Kerley, J. The death collectors POLITICIANS’ SPOUSES—WEST VIRGIN- POLICE—FICTION IA—FICTION Dibdin, M. Ratking McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Johnson, C. Hell is empty POLITICS—FICTION Katzenbach, J. What comes next Bunn, T. D. Lion of Babylon

127 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Ignatius, D. Bloodmoney Between summer’s longing and winter’s end POLITICS IN LITERATURE The princess bride. Goldman, W. Modesitt, L. E. Scholar PRINCESSES—FICTION POLO—FICTION Putney, M. J. Nowhere near respectable Hagy, A. Boleto The prisoner’s wife. MacDonald, G. POLYGAMY PRIVATE EYE STORIES See Mystery and detec- See also Marriage tive plays; Mystery fiction; Mystery films; Mys- Jones, T. Silver sparrow tery radio programs; Mystery television programs Pompeii. Higley, T. L. PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—ENGLAND— POPES—ELECTION—FICTION FICTION Berry, S. The third secret Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective PORNOGRAPHY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—ENGLAND— Hayder, M. Hanging hill LONDON—FICTION PORNOGRAPHY—FICTION Shepherd, L. The solitary house DeSilva, B. Cliff Walk PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—FICTION The portrait. Pears, I. Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard The portrait of a lady. James, H. Kerr, P. Prague fatale Portrait of the mother as a young woman. PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—GERMANY— PORTRAIT PAINTERS—FICTION FICTION Pears, I. The portrait Kerr, P. If the dead rise not PORTRAIT PAINTING—FICTION PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—INDIA—FIC- Manual of painting & calligraphy TION The position. Wolitzer, M. Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken POVERTY—FICTION PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—NEW YORK DuPree, K. Silenced (STATE)—NEW YORK—FICTION POWER (MECHANICS) Mosley, W. All I did was shoot my man See also Mechanical engineering; Mechanics The professionals. Laukkanen, O. PRAGUE (CZECH REPUBLIC)—FICTION PROFESSORS See Educators; Teachers Kerr, P. Prague fatale PROPAGANDA Prague fatale. Kerr, P. Johnson, A. The orphan master’s son The prayers of Agnes Sparrow. Magnin, J. PROPHECIES—FICTION The preacher’s daughter. Lewis, B. Carey, J. Banewreaker PREGNANT WOMEN—CRIMES AGAINST— Kazinski, A. J. The last good man FICTION Rawn, M. Touchstone Gaspar de Alba, A. Desert blood PROPHECY—ISLAM—FICTION PREGNANT WOMEN—FICTION Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam Joss, M. Half broken things The prophet. Koryta, M. PREJUDICES Prospero’s children. Siegel, J. See also Attitude (Psychology); Emotions; PROSTITUTION Interpersonal relations See also Sexual ethics; Social problems; PRESIDENTS’ SPOUSES—FICTION Women—Social conditions Phillips, S. E. First lady PROSTITUTION—FICTION PRESIDENTS’ SPOUSES—UNITED STATES— Watkins, C. V. Battleborn FICTION Proven guilty. Butcher, J. Phillips, S. E. First lady PROVIDENCE (R.I.)—FICTION PRESS DeSilva, B. Cliff Walk See also Journalism; Propaganda; Publicity DeSilva, B. Rogue island PRIESTS—FICTION PSYCHIATRISTS—FICTION Marley, L. The child goddess Robotham, M. Suspect PRIME MINISTERS—SWEDEN—ASSASSINA- PSYCHICS—FICTION TION Odell, J. The healing Another time, another life Owens, R. D. Heart thief Between summer’s longing and winter’s end Wilson, S. The fortune teller’s daughter PRIME MINISTERS—SWEDEN—DEATH— PSYCHOANALYSTS—FICTION FICTION Harrison, K. Envy

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PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION A question of belief. Leon, D. Carey, P. The chemistry of tears QUESTS (EXPEDITIONS)—FICTION King, S. The wind through the keyhole Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Lamanda, A. Sunset A quiet vendetta. Ellory, R. J. My first suicide Roy-Bhattacharya, J. The watch R Second person singular Unger, L. Heartbroken RABBIS—FICTION , AMERICAN Jensen, J. Dante’s equation Eggers, D. How we are hungry RACE RELATIONS—FICTION PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVELS Arvin, R. Blood of angels Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE RACIALLY MIXED PEOPLE—FICTION See also Applied psychology; Military art and Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados science; Morale; Propaganda; War Wilson, C. Cotton PSYCHOLOGISTS—FICTION RACISM—FICTION Forna, A. The memory of love Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING RADIO AUTHORSHIP See also Animal intelligence; Child psychol- See also Authorship; Radio broadcasting ogy; Education; Educational psychology; Ragnarok. Byatt, A. S. Memory RAMOTSWE, PRECIOUS (FICTITIOUS PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND PATIENT—FIC- CHARACTER)—FICTION TION McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life Robotham, M. Suspect McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for PSYCHOTHERAPY—FICTION men Yalom, I. D. The Schopenhauer cure McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- PUBLIC HOUSING—FICTION vate Detection DuPree, K. Silenced McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective PUBLIC PROSECUTORS—FICTION Agency Arvin, R. Blood of angels McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding Fairstein, L. Night watch party Landay, W. Defending Jacob McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally Pure. Baggott, J. built Pure. Miller, A. Ran away. Hambly, B. Purgatory chasm. Ulfelder, S. RANCH LIFE—FICTION PURITANS Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony Nissenson, H. The pilgrim RANCH LIFE—SOUTH DAKOTA—FICTION Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony Q RANCHERS—FICTION Alexander, T. Rekindled QUAKERS—DEATH—FICTION RANDALL, CLAIRE (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Lansdale, J. R. Edge of dark water TER)—FICTION QUALITY OF LIFE—UNITED STATES Gabaldon, D. Voyager The best care possible Range of ghosts. Bear, E. The quality of mercy. Unsworth, B. RANK See Social classes Quarantine. Mehta, R. RAPE—FICTION The queen. James, S. Limón, M. Mr. Kill Queen of ambition. Buckley, F. Ratking. Dibdin, M. Queen of America. Urrea, L. A. Raylan. Leonard, E. Queen without a crown. Buckley, F. READING—FICTION Queen’s ransom. Buckley, F. Brown, E. The weird sisters QUEENS—FICTION REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT Buckley, F. The fugitive queen See also Investments; Real estate; Specula- Buckley, F. The siren queen tion QUEENS—GREAT BRITAIN—FICTION PROGRAMS—FIC- Gregory, P. The constant princess TION

129 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Williams, W. J. The fourth wall K’wan Welfare wifeys The reapers are the angels. Bell, A. MacLean, S. A rogue by any other name The recognitions. Gaddis, W. Martin, L. The bright forever RECOVERED MEMORY Robotham, M. Suspect See also Memory Thomas, S. Beguiling the beauty RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS Revenger. Clements, R. Ulfelder, S. Purgatory chasm RICH Red cat. Spiegelman, P. See also Social classes Red on red. Conlon, E. RICH—FICTION REDEMPTION—FICTION Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective Cleaver, S. Saving Erasmus Haimoff, M. These days are ours Redshirts. Scalzi, J. Laukkanen, O. The professionals REFORMATION—FICTION RICH PEOPLE—ENGLAND—FICTION Byrd, S. To die for Gallagher, S. The bedlam detective REFUGEES—FICTION Ride a painted pony. Eagle, K. Palwick, S. The necessary beggar The ritual. Nevill, A. REGENCY NOVELS Rizzo’s fire. Manfredo, L. See also Historical fiction Roadside picnic. Burrowes, G. The heir ROBBERY—FICTION Burrowes, G. The soldier Hilton, E. Dirty money Honey Dare, T. A week to be wicked ROBINSONADES REGRESSION (CIVILIZATION)—FICTION See also Adventure fiction; Imaginary voy- Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire ages REINCARNATION—FICTION ROBOTS—FICTION In the wilderness Carey, P. The chemistry of tears Rekindled. Alexander, T. The rock hole. Wortham, R. RELIGIOUS GRAPHIC NOVELS A rogue by any other name. MacLean, S. See also Graphic novels Rogue island. DeSilva, B. REMARRIAGE ROLAND (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER : See also Marriage KING)—FICTION REMINISCING IN OLD AGE—FICTION King, S. The wind through the keyhole Rawles, N. My Jim ROLAND (LEGENDARY CHARACTER)—FIC- The renegades. Young, T. W. TION REPORT WRITING King, S. The wind through the keyhole See also Authorship ROMANCE GRAPHIC NOVELS RESORTS—FICTION See also Graphic novels Collins, B. Crimson eve ROMANCE NOVELS See Love stories RESTAURANTS—FICTION ROMANCES (LOVE STORIES) See Love stories Jones, L. The Dixie Belle’s Guide to Love ROMANTIC FICTION See Love stories Leon, D. Beastly Things ROMANTIC STORIES See Love stories Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELS RESTAURATEURS—FICTION See also Adventure fiction Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner Krentz, J. A. White lies Restless in the grave. Stabenow, D. ROME (ITALY)—FICTION RETIREES—FICTION Portrait of the mother as a young woman Begley, L. About Schmidt The rope. Barr, N. Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Rules of civility. Towles, A. RETIREMENT—FICTION RUNAWAY ADULTS Begley, L. About Schmidt See also Desertion and nonsupport; Missing Retribution falls. Wooding, C. persons The return of Captain John Emmett. Speller, E. RUNAWAY TEENAGERS REUNIONS—FICTION See also Homeless persons; Missing persons; Edugyan, E. Half-blood blues Teenagers REVENGE—FICTION RUNAWAY TEENAGERS—FICTION Higgs, L. C. Grace in thine eyes Katzenbach, J. What comes next Kerstan, L. Heart of the tiger RUNNING—FICTION

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Benaron, N. Running the rift Begley, L. About Schmidt MacLeod, A. Light lifting Prose, F. My new American life Running the rift. Benaron, N. SATIRE—FICTION RURAL POOR—FICTION The fish child Ghosh, A. The hungry tide The Saturday big tent wedding party. McCall RUSSIA—FICTION Smith, A. Harrison, K. Enchantments SAUDI ARABIA—FICTION Jones, C. M. The silent oligarch Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers RUSSIA—HISTORY—1689-1801—FICTION SAVANTS (SAVANT SYNDROME) Stachniak, E. The Winter Palace Hamilton, S. The lock artist RUSSIA—HISTORY—1917-1925—FICTION Saving Erasmus. Cleaver, S. Harrison, K. Enchantments SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS RUSSIA—HISTORY—1917-1991, SOVIET See also Banks and banking; Cooperation; UNION—FICTION Cooperative societies; Investments; Loans; Eastland, S. Archive 17 Personal loans; Saving and investment Eastland, S. Shadow pass SAXONS—ENGLAND—FICTION RUSSIANS—ITALY Cornwell, B. Sword song Bezmozgis, D. The free world SAXONS—FICTION RUSSIANS—NEW YORK (STATE)—NEW Cornwell, B. Lords of the North YORK—FICTION Say nice things about Detroit. Lasser, S. Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha Scandalous desires. Hoyt, E. RUSSIANS—UNITED STATES SCANDALS—FICTION Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha Burrowes, G. Lady Maggie’s secret scandal RWANDA—FICTION Dare, T. A week to be wicked Benaron, N. Running the rift Walter, J. Beautiful Ruins Scenes from village life. S SCHMIDT, ALBERT (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- TER)—FICTION Sacre bleu. Begley, L. About Schmidt SACRED BOOKS—FICTION Scholar. Modesitt, L. E. Jensen, J. Dante’s equation SCHOOLS—FICTION Sacrilege. Parris, S. J. Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and never had to Baker, J. The undertow The Schopenhauer cure. Yalom, I. D. Sail of stone. Edwardson, A. SCIENCE FICTION Sailor. Epperson, T. See also Adventure fiction; Fiction SAILORS—FICTION See Sea stories Baggott, J. Pure SAINT CYR, VALENTIN (FICTITIOUS CHAR- SCIENCE FICTION COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ACTER)—FICTION ETC. Fulmer, D. Jass See also Comic books, strips, etc. SAINT LOUIS (MO.)—FICTION SCIENCE FICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS Wilson, C. Cotton See also Graphic novels SALE OF ORGANS, TISSUES, ETC.—FICTION SCIENCE FICTION, RUSSIAN Leonard, E. Raylan Roadside picnic The salt garden. Martinusen-Coloma, C. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS SALVATION—FICTION See also Voyages and travels Cleaver, S. Saving Erasmus SCIENTISTS—FICTION SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Harris, R. The fear index See also Marriage McDevitt, J. Deepsix SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF.)—FICTION The scorpion’s gate. Clarke, R. A. Freethy, B. Golden lies SCOTLAND—FICTION Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez Carriger, G. Changeless Sarah’s key. de Rosnay, T. Gabaldon, D. Dragonfly in amber SARAJEVO (BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA)— Gabaldon, D. Outlander FICTION Gabaldon, D. Voyager McNally, T. M. The goat bridge Higgs, L. C. Grace in thine eyes SATIRE

131 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT James, E. Kiss me, Annabel SEDUCTION—FICTION MacBride, S. Cold granite Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez Mina, D. Field of blood SEGREGATION—FICTION SCOTLAND—HISTORY—19TH CENTURY— Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved FICTION SEINEN Dare, T. A week to be wicked See also Manga —FICTION SELF-REALIZATION—FICTION Gabaldon, D. Drums of autumn Haimoff, M. These days are ours SCOTTISH AMERICANS—SOUTH CARO- Theroux, P. The lower river LINA—CHARLESTON—HISTORY—18TH SELF-REALIZATION IN WOMEN—FICTION CENTURY—FICTION Haimoff, M. These days are ours Gabaldon, D. Drums of autumn SENECA INDIANS—FICTION The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt. Preston, C. Perry, T. Poison flower SCRIBES—FICTION SEPARATION (LAW) Vantrease, B. R. The illuminator See also Divorce; Marriage SCULPTORS—FICTION SEPARATION (PSYCHOLOGY)—FICTION Moran, M. Madame Tussaud Edwards, K. The memory keeper’s daughter The sea captain’s wife. Powning, B. SERIAL KILLERS The sea is my brother. Kerouac, J. Lavender, W. Dominance SEA STORIES SERIAL KILLERS—FICTION See also Adventure and adventurers; Adven- Cain, C. Kill you twice ture fiction; Fiction Clark, M. Guilt by degrees Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium SEAFARING LIFE Ellory, R. J. A simple act of violence See also Adventure and adventurers; Manners Faye, L. The gods of Gotham and customs; Voyages and travels Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers SEAFARING LIFE—FICTION Hand, E. Available dark Kneale, M. English passengers Hines, T. L. Waking Lazarus Powning, B. The sea captain’s wife Kerley, J. The death collectors SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS—FIC- Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel TION Lavender, W. Dominance Bond, L. Exit plan MacBride, S. Cold granite Season to be sinful. Goodman, J. Ohlsson, K. Unwanted SEATTLE (WASH.)—FICTION Wortham, R. The rock hole Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette SERIAL MURDER INVESTIGATION—ENG- Second person singular. LAND—LONDON—FICTION SECOND WORLD WAR See World War, 1939- Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium 1945 SERIAL MURDER INVESTIGATION—FIC- SECRECY—FICTION TION Alexander, H. Last resort Faye, L. The gods of Gotham Alexander, V. Secrets of a proper lady SERIAL MURDERERS See Serial killers Bates, J. F. Midnight at the Dragon Café SERIAL MURDERS—SAUDI ARABIA—FIC- Ephron, A. One Sunday morning TION Gardner, L. The neighbor Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden SERVITUDE See Peonage; Slavery The secret history of Costaguana. The seven wonders. Saylor, S. The secret mistress. Balogh, M. SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD—FIC- SECRET SERVICE—FICTION TION Smith, T. R. Agent 6 Saylor, S. The seven wonders SECRET SOCIETIES—FICTION SEWING—FICTION Gentle, M. The black opera Duenas, M. The time in between Secrets of a proper lady. Alexander, V. SEX Section 8. K’wan Beachy, S. Boneyard SECURITIES SEX—FICTION See also Finance; Investments; Stock ex- Bagshawe, T. Adored changes SEX—HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.—AU-

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THORSHIP—FICTION SHELTERS FOR THE HOMELESS—FICTION Wolitzer, M. The position Jackson, N. Who do I talk to? SEX—HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.—FIC- SHERIFFS—FICTION TION Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins Wolitzer, M. The position SHIP CAPTAINS’ SPOUSES—FICTION SEX ADDICTION—FICTION Powning, B. The sea captain’s wife Harrison, K. Envy SHIPWRECK SURVIVAL—FICTION Palahniuk, C. Choke The lifeboat SEX ADDICTS—FICTION Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden Palahniuk, C. Choke SHIPWRECKS SEX CRIMES See also Accidents; Adventure and adven- See also Crime; Sex turers; Disasters; Navigation; Voyages and SEX CUSTOMS—FICTION travels Wolitzer, M. The position SHIPWRECKS—FICTION SEX EDUCATION—FICTION Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden Wolitzer, M. The position SHOJO MANGA SEX IN LITERATURE See also Manga Jacobson, H. The mighty Walzer SHOJO-AI SEX IN THE WORKPLACE See also Manga See also Sex SHONEN MANGA SEX ROLE See also Manga See also Sex; Sex differences (Psychology); SHONEN-AI Social role See also Manga SEX ROLE—FICTION SHORT STORIES Winter, K. Annabel Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha SEXISM—FICTION Bank, M. The wonder spot Mudwoman DeLillo, D. The angel Esmeralda SEXOLOGISTS—FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS— Eggers, D. How we are hungry FICTION Englander, N. What we talk about when we talk Wolitzer, M. The position about Anne Frank SEXUAL ABSTINENCE Harvey, J. A darker shade of blue See also Asceticism; Sex Johnson, B. More of this world or maybe another SEXUAL BEHAVIOR See Sex Lee, K. Drifting house SEXUAL DEVIATION MacLeod, A. Light lifting See also Sex; Sexual disorders The mammoth book of steampunk SEXUAL DISORDERS—FICTION Mattison, A. In case we’re separated Harrison, K. Envy McHugh, M. F. After the apocalypse SEXUAL HARASSMENT Mehta, R. Quarantine See also Sex; Sexual ethics My first suicide SEXUAL PRACTICES See Sex New Cthulhu SEXUALITY See Sex; Sex—Physiological as- Perillo, L. Happiness is a chemical in the brain pects; Sex—Psychological aspects Scenes from village life Sexy Lexy. Moore, K. Serber, N. Shout her lovely name Shadow in serenity. Blackstock, T. Transgressions A shadow in summer. Abraham, D. Watkins, C. V. Battleborn Shadow pass. Eastland, S. SHORT STORIES—BY INDIVIDUAL AU- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, 1564-1616 — AU- THORS THORSHIP Bank, M. The wonder spot See also Authorship MacLeod, A. Light lifting SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, 1564-1616—FIC- Scenes from village life TION SHORT STORIES—COLLECTIONS Belanger, A. Kill Shakespeare Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise The shape of desire. Shinn, S. Parameswaran, R. I am an executioner SHAPESHIFTING—FICTION SHORT STORIES, AMERICAN Shinn, S. The shape of desire Bergman, M. M. Birds of a lesser paradise SHARED CUSTODY See Child custody SHORT STORY

133 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT See also Authorship; Fiction; Literature Jones, T. Silver sparrow SHORT STORY WRITERS SISTERS—FICTION Pearl, M. The Poe shadow Brown, E. The weird sisters The secret history of Costaguana Chung, C. Forgotten country Shout her lovely name. Serber, N. Dermansky, M. Twins SHOW JUMPING—FICTION Diamond, D. Hustlin’ divas Greaves, C. Hush money Jensen, N. The sisters SHUGAK, KATE (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow TER)—FICTION Markovits, A. I am forbidden Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave Rice, L. Little night Stabenow, D. Though not dead SISTERS—PENNSYLVANIA—FICTION SHYNESS—FICTION Magnin, J. The prayers of Agnes Sparrow Harstad, J. Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in The skin map. Lawhead, S. R. all the confusion? Slash and burn. Cotterill, C. SIBERIA (RUSSIA)—FICTION SLAVE NARRATIVES Eastland, S. Archive 17 See also Autobiography; Slavery SIBLING RIVALRY SLAVE TRADE Chung, C. Forgotten country See also International law; Slavery SIEGES—FICTION SLAVE TRADE—FICTION Cornwell, B. Lords of the North Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy SIERRA LEONE—HISTORY—CIVIL WAR, SLAVERY 1991-—FICTION Santiago, E. Conquistadora Forna, A. The memory of love SLAVERY—FICTION The silence. Jones, J. S. Anderton, J. Debris Silenced. DuPree, K. Odell, J. The healing The silent oligarch. Jones, C. M. Unsworth, B. The quality of mercy Silver sparrow. Jones, T. SLAVERY—UNITED STATES—FICTION A simple act of violence. Ellory, R. J. Morrison, T. Beloved SIMPLE MACHINES Rawles, N. My Jim See also Machinery; Mechanical movements; SLAVES Mechanics See also Slavery Singer of souls. Stemple, A. SLAVES—FICTION SINGLE FATHERS—FICTION Levack, S. Demon of the air Law, S. K. The paper marriage SLEEP—FICTION Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and Single in Suburbia. Wax, W. never had to SINGLE MOTHERS—FICTION SLEEP DISORDERS—FICTION Burney, C. M. Wounded Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and Hannah, K. Home again never had to Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence The sly company of people who care. Bhattacharya, Samuel, B. No place like home R. SINGLE PARENTS—FICTION SMUGGLING—FICTION Smith, A. A bigger life Meyer, D. Trackers SINGLE WOMEN Sherman, S. The little Russian See also Single people; Women SNIPERS SINGLE WOMEN—FICTION Hunter, S. Soft target Burrowes, G. Lady Maggie’s secret scandal SNIPERS—FICTION Dare, T. A night to surrender Boyden, J. Three-day road Wax, W. Single in Suburbia Hunter, S. Dead zero SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY Hunter, S. Soft target Boucher, C. How to keep your Volkswagen alive Snobs. Fellowes, J. The sins of the father. Archer, J. So far away. Moore, M. M. The siren queen. Buckley, F. SOCCER—FICTION The sisters. Jensen, N. McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally SISTERS built See also Siblings; Women SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT

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See also Human behavior; Interpersonal rela- SOUTH AFRICA—SOCIAL CONDI- tions; Social psychology TIONS—1994-—FICTION SOCIAL CHANGE—INDIA—FICTION Gordimer, N. No time like the present Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper SOUTHWESTERN STATES—GRAPHIC NOV- SOCIAL CLASSES ELS James, H. The portrait of a lady Henson, J. Jim Henson’s tale of sand Towles, A. Rules of civility SOVIET UNION—FICTION SOCIAL CLASSES—FICTION Bronsky, A. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cui- Fellowes, J. Snobs sine The fish child Smith, T. R. Agent 6 SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS See Social classes SPACE AND TIME—FICTION SOCIAL NETWORKING—FICTION Baxter, S. Manifold Gideon, M. Wife 22 Baxter, S. Sunstorm SOCIAL SKILLS SPACE FLIGHT (FICTION) See Imaginary voy- See also Interpersonal relations; Life skills ages; Science fiction Soft target. Hunter, S. SPACE FLIGHT—FICTION SOIL MECHANICS Flynn, M. In the Lion’s Mouth See also Mechanics; Structural engineering SPACE SHIPS—FICTION The soldier. Burrowes, G. McDevitt, J. Odyssey SOLDIERS—FICTION SPACE VEHICLES—FICTION Cameron, P. Coral Glynn McDevitt, J. Odyssey Dare, T. A night to surrender SPACE WARFARE—FICTION Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins Corey, J. S. A. Leviathan Wakes Evans, C. A darkness forged in fire Scalzi, J. Redshirts Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires SPANISH FICTION—TRANSLATIONS INTO Hunter, S. Dead zero ENGLISH Stone upon stone Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon Weber, D. By schism rent asunder The secret history of Costaguana Young, T. W. The renegades SPANISH LITERATURE SOLDIERS—GERMANY—FICTION Traveler of the century Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old SPEECH—HEALTH ASPECTS—FICTION SOLDIERS—GREAT BRITAIN—FICTION Marcus, B. The flame alphabet Swift, G. Wish you were here SPIES—FICTION SOLDIERS—RUSSIA—FICTION Buckley, F. Queen without a crown Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins Kerr, P. Hitler’s peace SOLDIERS—UNITED STATES—FICTION Powers, T. Declare Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk SPIRITUAL HEALING—FICTION Olmstead, R. The coldest night Burney, C. M. Wounded The solitary house. Shepherd, L. SPIRITUALISM—FICTION SOLITUDE—FICTION Wilson, C. Cotton Brewer, S. The poet of Tolstoy Park The spoiler. McAfee, A. Somebody’s daughter. Lee, M. SPORTS—FICTION Something red. Nicholas, D. Hagy, A. Boleto SONGS—FICTION SPORTS—GRAPHIC NOVELS Bennett, R. J. The troupe See also Graphic novels SONS—DEATH—FICTION SPORTS AGENTS—FICTION Harrison, K. Envy Phillips, S. E. Match me if you can SOUL—FICTION SPORTS CARS Bannon, J. I2 See also Automobiles Soulless. Carriger, G. SPORTS STORIES See Sports—Fiction SOUTH AFRICA—FICTION SPOUSES OF CLERGY—FICTION Beukes, L. Zoo city Billingsley, R. T. Let the church say amen Meyer, D. Trackers SPRING-HEELED JACK (LEGENDARY SOUTH AFRICA—RACE RELATIONS—FIC- CHARACTER)—FICTION TION Hodder, M. The strange affair of Spring Heeled Gordimer, N. No time like the present Jack

135 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT SPY NOVELS See Spy stories The strange fate of Kitty Easton. Speller, E. SPY STORIES The stranger’s magic. Frei, M. See also Adventure fiction STREET LIFE—FICTION Between summer’s longing and winter’s end Coleman, A. Murder mamas Bourne, J. The black hawk Coleman, A. Murderville Boyd, W. Waiting for sunrise Diamond, D. Hustlin’ divas Furst, A. Mission to Paris K’wan Eviction notice Harkaway, N. Angelmaker K’wan Section 8 Ignatius, D. Bloodmoney Little, T. Where there’s smoke Jones, C. M. The silent oligarch Miasha Chaser Kanon, J. Istanbul passage Styles, T. Miss Wayne & the queen of DC MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife Moore, K. To seduce an angel Turner, N. Natural born hustler Pavone, C. The expats Williams, K. Dirty to the grave Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam STREET LIFE—NEW YORK (STATE)—NEW Smith, T. R. Agent 6 YORK—FICTION Steinhauer, O. An American spy K’wan Eviction notice SRI LANKA—FICTION STREET MUSICIANS—FICTION Karunatilaka, S. The legend of Pradeep Mathew Stemple, A. Singer of souls STAMP COLLECTING—FICTION The street sweeper. Perlman, E. Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie STREET VENDORS—CRIMES AGAINST— Star bright. Anderson, C. FICTION The star princess. Grant, S. Leon, D. Blood from a stone Start shooting. Newton, C. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM—FICTION See also Mechanics; Structural analysis (En- MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife gineering) STATICS Strong at the break. Land, J. See also Mechanics; Physics STUDENT LIFE See College students; Students Stay close. Coben, H. SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION—FICTION Stealing Mona Lisa. Morton, C. Syndrome E STEAMPUNK FICTION SUBMARINE CAPTAINS—FICTION The mammoth book of steampunk Bond, L. Exit plan STEPDAUGHTERS—FICTION SUBMARINES (SHIPS)—UNITED STATES— Green, J. Another piece of my heart FICTION STEPMOTHERS Bond, L. Exit plan See also Mothers; Stepparents SUBTERFUGE See Deception STEPMOTHERS—FICTION SUBURBAN LIFE—FICTION Green, J. Another piece of my heart Gordimer, N. No time like the present STIGMATIZATION—FICTION Scottoline, L. Come home Burney, C. M. Wounded SUCCESS—FICTION STOCK EXCHANGE CRASHES See Financial Bagshawe, T. Adored crises SUENO, GEORGE (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- STOCK MARKET PANICS See Financial crises TER)—FICTION Stolen magic. Putney, M. J. Limón, M. Mr. Kill Stone upon stone. SUFFRAGISTS—FICTION STORIES See Anecdotes; Bible stories; Fairy Hatcher, R. L. Catching Katie tales; Fiction; Legends; Romances; Short sto- SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR—FICTION ries; Stories in rhyme; Stories without words; Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez Storytelling SUICIDE—FICTION STORIES FOR CHILDREN See Children’s sto- Elias, G. Death and transfiguration ries Jones, J. S. The silence STRAINS AND STRESSES Lackberg, C. The ice princess See also Mechanics; Statics; Structural analy- O’Donovan, G. Dublin dead sis (Engineering) Palwick, S. The necessary beggar The strange affair of Spring Heeled Jack. Hodder, Sacre bleu M. Summer rental. Andrews, M. K.

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The summer we got saved. Devoto, P. C. TER)—FICTION Sunset. Lamanda, A. Hunter, S. Dead zero Sunstorm. Baxter, S. SWASHBUCKLERS See Adventure fiction; Ad- SUPERHERO COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. venture films See also Comic books, strips, etc. SWEDEN—FICTION SUPERHERO GRAPHIC NOVELS Another time, another life See also Graphic novels Between summer’s longing and winter’s end SUPERHEROES—FICTION Edwardson, A. Sail of stone Rucka, G. Batwoman Lackberg, C. The ice princess SUPERNATURAL—FICTION The sweetness at the bottom of the pie. Bradley, A. Browne, S. G. Lucky bastard SWINDLERS AND SWINDLING—FICTION Carriger, G. Changeless Blackstock, T. Shadow in serenity Carriger, G. Soulless Joss, M. Half broken things Kunzru, H. Gods without men Palahniuk, C. Choke Nevill, A. The ritual SWITZERLAND—FICTION Pettersson, V. The taken Steele, J. The watchers Powers, T. Declare Sword song. Cornwell, B. Powers, T. Hide me among the graves SYMBOLISM—FICTION SUPERNATURAL GRAPHIC NOVELS Morrison, T. Beloved See also Graphic novels Syndrome E. SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA Goldstein, L. The uncertain places T SURROGATE MOTHERS See also Mothers TABLE TENNIS SURVIVAL—FICTION Jacobson, H. The mighty Walzer Bell, A. The reapers are the angels TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS—FICTION SURVIVAL AFTER AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS, Jacobson, H. The mighty Walzer SHIPWRECKS, ETC.—FICTION Taken. Crais, R. The lifeboat The taken. Pettersson, V. Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden TALISMANS—FICTION Putney, M. J. Loving a lost lord McCall, D. Dreamcatcher Suspect. Robotham, M. The talk-funny girl. Merullo, R. SUSPENSE FICTION TATTOOING—FICTION Coben, H. Stay close Lawhead, S. R. The skin map Eastland, S. Shadow pass Tea time for the traditionally built. McCall Smith, A. Epperson, T. Sailor TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP Evans, J. The white devil See also Child-adult relationship; Interper- Harris, R. The fear index sonal relations; Teaching Hayder, M. Hanging hill TEACHERS Haynes, E. Into the darkest corner Lavender, W. Dominance Hunter, S. Dead zero TEACHERS—FICTION Hunter, S. Soft target Gordimer, N. No time like the present Jones, C. M. The silent oligarch Kerouac, J. The sea is my brother Katzenbach, J. What comes next Little, T. Where there’s smoke Limón, M. Mr. Kill TEASING Meyer, D. Trackers See also Aggressiveness (Psychology); Inter- Nicholas, D. Something red personal relations Parris, S. J. Sacrilege TECHNICAL WRITING Pearl, M. The technologists See also Authorship; Technology—Language Penney, S. The invisible ones The technologists. Pearl, M. Rosenberg, J. C. The twelfth Imam TEEN AGE See Adolescence Smith, M. A. The Inquisitor TEENAGE BOYS—FICTION Tursten, H. Night rounds Cramer, W. D. Bad ground SUSPENSE NOVELS See Adventure fiction; Mys- Galloway, G. As simple as snow tery fiction; Romantic suspense novels Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires SWAGGER, BOB LEE (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- TEENAGE GIRLS—FICTION Bank, M. The wonder spot

137 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Dermansky, M. Twins TEXAS—FICTION Rawles, N. My Jim Land, J. Strong at the break Sullivan, M. J. Necessary heartbreak That deadman dance. Scott, K. Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter That’s how I roll. Vachss, A. TEENAGE GIRLS—NIGERIA—FICTION THEATER—FICTION Watson, C. Tiny sunbirds, far away Rawn, M. Touchstone TEENAGE LITERATURE See Young adult lit- THEFT—FICTION erature Hilton, E. Dirty money Honey TEENAGE MARRIAGE Theft of swords. Sullivan, M. J. See also Marriage These days are ours. Haimoff, M. TEENAGE MOTHERS Thief of Shadows. Hoyt, E. See also Mothers; Teenage parents THIEVES—FICTION TEENAGERS—DEVELOPMENT See Adoles- Edwardson, A. Sail of stone cence Goodman, J. Season to be sinful TEENAGERS—DRUG USE—FICTION Roadside picnic Little, T. Where there’s smoke The thing about thugs. Khair, T. TEENAGERS—FICTION Things we once held dear. Tatlock, A. Burns, C. Black hole The Third Reich. Bolaño, R. Dermansky, M. Twins The third secret. Berry, S. Ford, R. Canada This burns my heart. Park, S. Galloway, G. As simple as snow This heavy silence. Mazzarella, N. Pierson, D. C. The boy who couldn’t sleep and Those across the river. Buehlman, C. never had to Though not dead. Stabenow, D. TEENAGERS—GRAPHIC NOVELS THREATS—FICTION Merey, I. a + e 4ever Shepherd, L. The solitary house TEENAGERS—LITERATURE See Young adult Three-day road. Boyden, J. literature THRILLERS See Adventure fiction; Adventure TELEVISION AUTHORSHIP films See also Authorship Thug lovin’ Clark, W. TELEVISION PROGRAMS—FICTION THUGS (INDIC CRIMINAL GROUP)—FIC- Fellowes, J. Snobs TION Telling stories! [series] Khair, T. The thing about thugs Roy, A. The god of small things TIDES—FICTION TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES—FICTION Ghosh, A. The hungry tide Barr, N. The rope Tides of war. Tillyard, S. K. TERMINAL CARE—FICTION The time in between. Duenas, M. Smith, A. A bigger life Time odyssey [series] TERMINAL CARE—UNITED STATES Baxter, S. Sunstorm The best care possible TERMINALLY ILL—FICTION Gabaldon, D. Outlander Bannon, J. I2 Gabaldon, D. Voyager Brewer, S. The poet of Tolstoy Park TIME TRAVEL—FICTION Yalom, I. D. The Schopenhauer cure Gabaldon, D. Dragonfly in amber TERRIERS—FICTION Gabaldon, D. Drums of autumn McCall Smith, A. A conspiracy of friends Gabaldon, D. The fiery cross TERROR TALES See Ghost stories; Horror fiction Lawhead, S. R. The skin map TERRORISM—FICTION McCaffrey, T. Dragonsblood Clarke, R. A. The scorpion’s gate Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart Ellis, D. In the company of liars Timeless. Carriger, G. MacDonald, G. The prisoner’s wife Tiny sunbirds, far away. Watson, C. TERRORISM—PREVENTION—FICTION To be sung underwater. McNeal, T. Clarke, R. A. The scorpion’s gate To catch a bride. Gracie, A. Hunter, S. Soft target To die for. Byrd, S. TEST TUBE BABIES See Fertilization in vitro To marry an English Lord. MacColl, G. TEST TUBE FERTILIZATION See Fertilization To seduce an angel. Moore, K. in vitro To wed a stranger. Layton, E.

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TOLERATION TROUBADOURS See also Interpersonal relations See also French poetry; Minstrels; Poets TORTURE—FICTION Trouble the water. Seitz, N. Katzenbach, J. What comes next The troupe. Bennett, R. J. Smith, M. A. The Inquisitor TRUCKS TORTURERS—FICTION See also Automobiles; Highway transporta- Smith, M. A. The Inquisitor tion; Motor vehicles TOTALITARIANISM—FICTION TRUTHFULNESS AND FALSEHOOD—FIC- Dunn, M. Ella Minnow Pea TION Touched by venom. Cross, J. Johnson, A. The orphan master’s son Touchstone. Rawn, M. Smith, M. A. The Inquisitor Trackers. Meyer, D. TUNNELS—FICTION TRADE-UNIONS See Labor unions Kelly, J. The moon tunnel TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS—FICTION TURKS Miasha Chaser Hambly, B. Ran away Smith, D. The Crossroads Cafe TUTSI (AFRICAN PEOPLE) TRAILER CAMPS—FICTION See also Africans; Indigenous peoples Hassman, T. Girlchild TUTSI (AFRICAN PEOPLE)—FICTION TRAILER PARKS—FICTION Benaron, N. Running the rift Hassman, T. Girlchild The twelfth Imam. Rosenberg, J. C. Transgressions. TWIN BROTHERS—FICTION TRANSSEXUALS—FICTION Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha Wilson, C. Cotton Twins. Dermansky, M. TRAVEL—FICTION TWINS—FICTION Bhattacharya, R. The sly company of people who Alenyikov, M. Ivan and Misha care Dermansky, M. Twins Higgins, K. My one and only Two for sorrow. Upson, N. TRAVEL BOOKS See Voyages and travels; Voy- ages around the world U TRAVEL WRITING See also Authorship The uncertain places. Goldstein, L. Traveler of the century. Uncle Silas. Le Fanu, J. S. TRAVELERS UNCLES—FICTION See also Voyages and travels Cramer, W. D. Bad ground TRAVELERS—FICTION Le Fanu, J. S. Uncle Silas Huggins, J. B. Nightbringer Stabenow, D. Though not dead TRAVELS See Voyages and travels UNDERGRADUATES See College students TREASURE TROVES—FICTION The undertow. Baker, J. Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS ber tree Tobar, H. The barbarian nurseries Eastland, S. Archive 17 UNEMPLOYED—FICTION Kelly, J. The moon tunnel Austin, L. All she ever wanted TRIALS (HOMICIDE) Laukkanen, O. The professionals Landay, W. Defending Jacob UNFINISHED NOVELS TRIALS (HOMICIDE)—FICTION Doyle, A. C. The narrative of John Smith Lelic, S. The child who The uninvited guests. Jones, S. TRIALS (MURDER) See Trials (Homicide) UNIONS, LABOR See Labor unions TRIALS (MURDER)—ENGLAND—FICTION UNITED STATES—HISTORY—1600-1775, CO- Brown, S. M. Accidents of providence LONIAL PERIOD—FICTION TRIALS—FICTION See Legal stories Gabaldon, D. The fiery cross TRIANGLES (INTERPERSONAL RELA- UNITED STATES—HISTORY—1783-1865— TIONS)—FICTION FICTION Dekker, T. Immanuel’s veins Rawles, N. My Jim Joss, M. Half broken things UNITED STATES—HISTORY—1861-1865, CIV- Ullman, E. By blood IL WAR—FICTION Trophy. Griffith, M. Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires

139 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Hicks, R. The widow of the south K’wan Welfare wifeys UNITED STATES—HISTORY—1919-1933— Williams, K. Dirty to the grave FICTION UTOPIAN FICTION Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- See also Fantasy fiction; Science fiction ber tree UNITED STATES—HISTORY—CIVIL WAR V Gohlke, C. I have seen him in the watchfires UNITED STATES—HISTORY—FICTION VACATIONS—FICTION Gabaldon, D. Drums of autumn Andrews, M. K. Summer rental UNITED STATES—NATIONAL PARKS AND Fairstein, L. Night watch RESERVES See National parks and reserves— VAMPIRES—ENGLAND—LONDON—HISTO- United States RY—19TH CENTURY—FICTION UNITED STATES—NAVY — OFFICERS—FIC- Carriger, G. Soulless TION VAMPIRES—FICTION Palmer, D. Helpless Carriger, G. Blameless UNITED STATES—NAVY—FICTION Carriger, G. Changeless Bond, L. Exit plan Carriger, G. Soulless UNITED STATES MARSHALS—FICTION Carriger, G. Timeless Leonard, E. Raylan Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA Variable star. Heinlein, R. A. See also Labor unions VATICAN CITY UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES—UNITED Berry, S. The third secret STATES—FICTION VAUDEVILLE—FICTION Lavender, W. Dominance Bennett, R. J. The troupe UNIVERSITY STUDENTS See College students Veiled worlds trilogy [series] An unmarked grave. Todd, C. Anderton, J. Debris UNMARRIED FATHERS—FICTION VENICE (ITALY)—FICTION Law, S. K. The paper marriage Leon, D. Beastly Things Little, T. Where there’s smoke Leon, D. Blood from a stone UNMARRIED MOTHERS Leon, D. A question of belief See also Mothers; Single parents VERSIFICATION UNMARRIED MOTHERS—FICTION See also Authorship; Poetics; Rhythm Burney, C. M. Wounded VETERANS (IRAQ WAR, 2003- ) DuPree, K. Silenced Bledsoe, A. The hum and the shiver Hannah, K. Home again VETERANS (WORLD WAR, 1914-1918) K’wan Section 8 Buehlman, C. Those across the river K’wan Welfare wifeys Speller, E. The return of Captain John Emmett The unremembered. Orullian, P. V. VETERANS—FICTION Unwanted. Ohlsson, K. Burrowes, G. The soldier Up Jim River. Flynn, M. VETERANS—TEXAS—FICTION UPPER CLASS Fountain, B. Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk See also Social classes VETERINARIANS—FICTION UPPER CLASS—ENGLAND—FICTION Leon, D. Beastly Things Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- VIBRATION cions of Miss Dido Kent See also Mechanics; Sound Dean, A. A woman of consequence VICTIMS OF CRIME See Victims of crimes UPPER CLASS—FICTION VICTIMS OF CRIMES Dean, A. A woman of consequence Ellory, R. J. A simple act of violence UPPER CLASS FAMILIES—ENGLAND—FIC- VICTIMS OF CRIMES—FICTION TION Haynes, E. Into the darkest corner Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of Wilson, C. Cotton Miss Dido Kent VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES—FICTION URBAN FICTION Wilson, C. Cotton Clark, W. Thug lovin’ VIENNA ()—FICTION DuPree, K. Silenced Boyd, W. Waiting for sunrise K’wan Eviction notice Jones, J. S. The silence VIETNAM WAR, 1961-1975—FICTION

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Wilson, C. Cotton Bolaño, R. The Third Reich VIETNAMESE—UNITED STATES—FICTION WAR STORIES Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins See also Fiction; Historical fiction VIGILANTES—FICTION Abercrombie, J. The heroes Deutermann, P. T. The cat dancers Boyden, J. Three-day road VIKINGS—FICTION Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok Cornwell, B. The last kingdom Corey, J. S. A. Caliban’s war Cornwell, B. Lords of the North Delaney, F. The matchmaker of Kenmare Cornwell, B. The pale horseman Deutermann, P. T. Pacific glory VILLAGES—FICTION Hicks, R. The widow of the south Hemingway, A. The Greenstone grail Hunter, S. Dead zero VINEYARDS—FICTION Olmstead, R. The coldest night Gilman, L. A. Flesh and fire Rash, R. The cove VIOLENCE—FICTION Young, T. W. The renegades Syndrome E WARGAMES See War games The violets of March. Jio, S. WARSHAWSKI, V. I. (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- VIOLIN TEACHERS—FICTION TER)—FICTION Elias, G. Death and transfiguration Paretsky, S. Breakdown VIOLINISTS—FICTION WASHINGTON (D.C.)—FICTION Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez DuPree, K. Silenced VISCOSITY Styles, T. Miss Wayne & the queen of DC See also Hydrodynamics; Mechanics WASHINGTON (STATE)—FICTION VISIONS—FICTION Perillo, L. Happiness is a chemical in the brain Burney, C. M. Wounded The watch. Roy-Bhattacharya, J. VISITATION RIGHTS (DOMESTIC RELA- The watchers. Steele, J. TIONS) WAVE MECHANICS See also Domestic relations See also Mechanics; Quantum theory; Waves VOTER REGISTRATION—FICTION WEAPONS SYSTEMS—SOVIET UNION—FIC- Devoto, P. C. The summer we got saved TION Voyage along the horizon. Marias, J. Eastland, S. Shadow pass Voyager. Gabaldon, D. WEDDINGS VOYAGES AND TRAVELS See also Marriage Marias, J. Voyage along the horizon WEDDINGS—BOTSWANA—FICTION VOYAGES AND TRAVELS—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding Dare, T. A week to be wicked party Hall, T. The case of the deadly butter chicken WEDDINGS—FICTION Kerouac, J. The sea is my brother Kinsella, S. I’ve got your number Orullian, P. V. The unremembered McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding Preston, C. The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt party Thomas, S. Beguiling the beauty The weed that strings the hangman’s bag. Bradley, VOYAGES AROUND THE WORLD A. See also Travel; Voyages and travels A week to be wicked. Dare, T. The weird sisters. Brown, E. W Welfare wifeys. K’wan WEREWOLVES—ENGLAND—LONDON— Waiting for sunrise. Boyd, W. FICTION WAITRESSES—FICTION Carriger, G. Soulless Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez WEREWOLVES—FICTION Waking Lazarus. Hines, T. L. Carriger, G. Changeless WALES—FICTION Hodder, M. The strange affair of Spring Heeled Putney, M. J. Stolen magic Jack WAR—RELIGIOUS ASPECTS—FICTION Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner Weber, D. By schism rent asunder Shinn, S. The shape of desire WAR—SIMULATION GAMES See War games WEST (U.S.)—FICTION WAR CRIMES Watkins, C. V. Battleborn Thompson, J. Lucifer’s tears West of here. Evison, J. WAR GAMES

141 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT WESTERN COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. See also Family; Marriage; Married people; See also Comic books, strips, etc. Women Western mysteries [series] WIVES—CRIMES AGAINST—FICTION Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados Anderson, C. Star bright WESTERN STORIES Flynn, G. Gone girl See also Adventure fiction; Fiction; Histori- Lamanda, A. Sunset cal fiction WIVES—DEATH—FICTION Lawrence, C. The case of the deadly desperados Tyler, A. The beginner’s goodbye Magic words WIVES—FICTION WESTERNS See Western films; Western stories; Anderson, C. Star bright Westerns (Radio programs); Westerns (Television Flynn, G. Gone girl programs) Turner, N. Heartbreak of a hustler’s wife WHALING WIZARDS—FICTION See also Commercial fishing; Hunting; Voy- Butcher, J. Proven guilty ages and travels WOMAN See Women What Alice forgot. Moriarty, L. A woman of consequence. Dean, A. What comes next. Katzenbach, J. WOMEN What to do about Annie? Criswell, M. Santiago, E. Conquistadora What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank. Towles, A. Rules of civility Englander, N. WOMEN—CRIMES AGAINST—SAUDI ARA- Whatever you love. Doughty, L. BIA—FICTION Wheel of the infinite. Wells, M. Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers When the saints. Duncan, D. WOMEN—FICTION Where there’s smoke. Little, T. Cook, C. Best staged plans Where’d you go, Bernadette. Semple, M. Freudenberger, N. The newlyweds The white devil. Evans, J. Gideon, M. Wife 22 White lies. Krentz, J. A. McNeal, T. To be sung underwater Who do I talk to? Jackson, N. WOMEN—IDENTITY—FICTION WHODUNITS See Mystery and detective plays; Mudwoman Mystery fiction; Mystery films; Mystery radio Traveler of the century programs; Mystery television programs WOMEN—INDIA—FICTION The widow of the south. Hicks, R. Umrigar, T. The world we found WIDOWERS—FICTION WOMEN—NEW YORK (STATE)—ADIRON- Begley, L. About Schmidt DACK MOUNTAINS REGION—FICTION Tatlock, A. Things we once held dear Unger, L. Heartbroken WIDOWS WOMEN—SOCIAL CONDITIONS See also Women Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar Pausch, J. Dream new dreams MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord WIDOWS—FICTION WOMEN—SOCIAL CONDITIONS—20TH Landis, J. M. Heartbreak Hotel CENTURY—FICTION Moore, M. M. So far away Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar Phillips, S. E. First lady WOMEN—SOCIAL CONDITIONS—FICTION Vantrease, B. R. The illuminator Mudwoman Wife 22. Gideon, M. WOMEN—UNITED STATES—HISTORY WILDERNESS SURVIVAL—FICTION MacColl, G. To marry an English Lord Stirling, S. M. Dies the fire WOMEN—VIOLENCE AGAINST—PSYCHO- WILDLIFE REFUGES—FICTION LOGICAL ASPECTS—FICTION Festing, I. A. The birdkeeper Haynes, E. Into the darkest corner Willow Springs. Blake, T. WOMEN ADMIRALS—FICTION The wind through the keyhole. King, S. Grant, S. Moonstruck Winter Fire. Beverley, J. WOMEN AIR PILOTS The Winter Palace. Stachniak, E. See also Air pilots; Women WISCONSIN—FICTION WOMEN ARCHITECTS—WASHINGTON James, S. The queen (STATE)—SEATTLE—FICTION Wish you were here. Swift, G. Semple, M. Where’d you go, Bernadette WIVES WOMEN ARTISTS

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See also Artists; Women McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective WOMEN ARTISTS—FICTION Agency Lewis, B. The brethren McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding WOMEN ASTRONAUTS party See also Astronauts; Women McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally WOMEN ATHLETES built See also Athletes; Women Ohlsson, K. Unwanted WOMEN ATHLETES—FICTION Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave Cleave, C. Gold Stabenow, D. Though not dead WOMEN AUTHORS Syndrome E See also Authors; Women WOMEN DETECTIVES—SAUDI ARABIA— WOMEN AUTHORS—FICTION FICTION de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden WOMEN DETECTIVES—SWEDEN—FIC- Moore, K. Sexy Lexy TION Preston, C. The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt Tursten, H. Night rounds WOMEN CAREGIVERS—UNITED STATES— WOMEN DOMESTICS—FICTION BIOGRAPHY Rosenthal, P. The bookseller’s daughter Pausch, J. Dream new dreams Wax, W. Single in Suburbia WOMEN CIRCUS PERFORMERS—FICTION WOMEN EX-CONVICTS—FICTION Samson, L. Embrace me Rice, L. Little night WOMEN CLERGY WOMEN FARMERS—FICTION See also Clergy; Women Mazzarella, N. This heavy silence WOMEN COLLEGE PRESIDENTS—FICTION WOMEN GARDENERS—FICTION Mudwoman Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- WOMEN CRIMINALS—FICTION ber tree Coleman, A. Murder mamas WOMEN HEALERS—FICTION Hilton, E. Dirty money Honey Urrea, L. A. The hummingbird’s daughter WOMEN DANCERS—FICTION WOMEN IN MEDICINE Chao, P. Mambo peligroso See also Medical personnel; Women WOMEN DETECTIVES—ENGLAND—FIC- WOMEN IN THE MILITARY TION See also Military personnel; Women Buckley, F. The doublet affair WOMEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE INDUS- Buckley, F. The fugitive queen TRY Buckley, F. Queen of ambition See also Motion picture industry; Women Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom WOMEN JOCKEYS—FICTION Buckley, F. The siren queen Eagle, K. Ride a painted pony George, E. Believing the lie WOMEN JOURNALISTS—ENGLAND—FIC- WOMEN DETECTIVES—FICTION TION Anatomy of murder McAfee, A. The spoiler Buckley, F. The doublet affair WOMEN JOURNALISTS—FICTION Buckley, F. The fugitive queen McAfee, A. The spoiler Buckley, F. Queen’s ransom Mina, D. Field of blood Clark, M. Guilt by degrees WOMEN JUDGES Dean, A. Bellfield Hall, or, The observations of See also Judges; Women Miss Dido Kent WOMEN LAWYERS—FICTION Dean, A. A gentleman of fortune, or, The suspi- Clark, M. Guilt by degrees cions of Miss Dido Kent Swinson, K. Playing dirty Dean, A. A woman of consequence WOMEN LIBRARIANS—FICTION Ferraris, Z. Kingdom of strangers Millet, L. Oh pure and radiant heart Hayder, M. Hanging hill WOMEN MISSIONARIES—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life Joinson, S. A lady cyclist’s guide to Kashgar McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for WOMEN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS men AND DIRECTORS—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Moody, R. The diviners vate Detection WOMEN MUSEUM CURATORS—FICTION

143 FICTION CORE COLLECTION 2013 SUPPLEMENT Carey, P. The chemistry of tears WORKING CLASS WOMEN NOVELISTS—FICTION See also Social classes Martinusen-Coloma, C. The salt garden WORLD POLITICS—FICTION WOMEN PAINTERS—FICTION Church, J. Bamboo and blood Avery, E. The last nude Kerr, P. Hitler’s peace WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS—FICTION WORLD WAR I See World War, 1914-1918 The forgotten affairs of youth WORLD WAR II See World War, 1939-1945 WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 Hand, E. Available dark Rash, R. The cove Kirkpatrick, J. A flickering light WORLD WAR, 1914-1918—ENGLAND—FIC- WOMEN PHYSICIANS TION See also Physicians; Women Todd, C. A duty to the dead WOMEN PHYSICIANS—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1914-1918—FICTION Hannah, K. Home again Boyd, W. Waiting for sunrise WOMEN PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—ALAS- Boyden, J. Three-day road KA—FICTION Todd, C. A duty to the dead Stabenow, D. Restless in the grave WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 Stabenow, D. Though not dead Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok WOMEN PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—BO- Deutermann, P. T. Pacific glory TSWANA—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—ATROCITIES McCall Smith, A. The full cupboard of life See also Atrocities McCall Smith, A. The Kalahari typing school for WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—ENGLAND—FIC- men TION McCall Smith, A. The Limpopo Academy of Pri- Archer, J. The sins of the father vate Detection WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—FICTION McCall Smith, A. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Kerr, P. Hitler’s peace Agency WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—FRANCE—ANNI- McCall Smith, A. The Saturday big tent wedding VERSARIES, ETC.—FICTION party de Rosnay, T. Sarah’s key McCall Smith, A. Tea time for the traditionally WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—GERMANY—FIC- built TION WOMEN PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS—ILLI- Binet, L. HHhH NOIS—CHICAGO—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—ITALY—FICTION Paretsky, S. Breakdown Kerr, P. Prague fatale WOMEN REAL ESTATE AGENTS—FICTION Portrait of the mother as a young woman Collins, B. Crimson eve WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—JEWS WOMEN SCIENTISTS—FICTION See also Jews Bond, L. Exit plan WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—PEACE—FICTION Ghosh, A. The hungry tide Kerr, P. Hitler’s peace WOMEN SERIAL MURDERERS—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—PRISONERS AND Cain, C. Kill you twice PRISONS—FICTION WOMEN SLAVES—FICTION Friedman, D. Don’t ever get old Morrison, T. Beloved Kelly, J. The moon tunnel Rawles, N. My Jim WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—PROPAGANDA WOMEN SOLDIERS See also Propaganda Bledsoe, A. The hum and the shiver WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—UNDERGROUND WOMEN SPIES—FICTION MOVEMENTS—CZECHOSLOVAKIA— Buckley, F. Queen of ambition FICTION Putney, M. J. No longer a gentleman Binet, L. HHhH WOMEN VIOLINISTS—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—UNDERGROUND Schneider, B. Beautiful Inez MOVEMENTS—FICTION WOMEN’S MOVEMENT Binet, L. HHhH See also Women—Social conditions; Wom- WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—UNITED STATES— en’s rights FICTION The wonder spot. Bank, M. Kerouac, J. The sea is my brother

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Rutland, E. No crystal stair YOUNG MEN—FICTION WORLD WAR, 1939-1945—WOMEN Palahniuk, C. Fight Club See also Women Wilson, A. Flatscreen The world we found. Umrigar, T. YOUNG WOMEN The world without you. Henkin, J. See also Women; Youth Wounded. Burney, C. M. YOUNG WOMEN—CRIMES AGAINST—FIC- WRITERS See Authors TION WRITING (AUTHORSHIP) See Authorship; Albert, S. W. The Darling Dahlias and the cucum- Creative writing ber tree WRITING—FICTION YOUNG WOMEN—FICTION Binet, L. HHhH Bank, M. The wonder spot WYOMING—FICTION Bell, A. The reapers are the angels Box, C. J. Free fire Haimoff, M. These days are ours Box, C. J. Open season The lifeboat Johnson, C. Another man’s moccasins Shinn, S. Jenna Starborn Johnson, C. Hell is empty YOUNG WOMEN—MASSACHUSETTS—BOS- TON—FICTION Y Gardner, L. Hide YOUTH—FICTION YA LITERATURE See Young adult literature Whittall, Z. Holding still for as long as possible YACHTS AND YACHTING See also Boatbuilding; Boats and boating; Z Ocean travel; Ships; Voyages and travels; Water sports ZEN, AURELIO (FICTITIOUS CHARAC- Year of the hyenas. Geagley, B. TER)—FICTION YORUBA (AFRICAN PEOPLE) Dibdin, M. Ratking See also Africans; Indigenous peoples ZOMBIES—FICTION YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CALIF.) Bell, A. The reapers are the angels See also National parks and reserves—United Grant, M. Deadline States Martinez, A. L. Gil’s All Fright Diner YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Zoo city. Beukes, L. Bradley, A. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie ZULU (AFRICAN PEOPLE) YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE See Young See also Africans; Indigenous peoples adult literature

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