Fiction on Order

May 2012

Atkins, Ace

The Lost Ones

Atkins, Charles

Vultures At Twilight

Ausubel, Ramona

No One Is Here Except All of Us

When an isolated Jewish village in Romania is threatened by war in 1939, the suggestions of a young child and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank compel the community to reinvent itself while completely detaching from the known world.

Baker, Jo

The Undertow

Barden, Dan

The Next Right Thing

Binet, Laurent

HHhH

Imagines the story of two Czechoslovakian partisans responsible for assassinating the "Butcher of Prague" Reinhard Heydrich, traces their escape from the Nazis and recruitment by the British secret service.

Blake, Robin

A Dark Anatomy

When a squire's wife is found murdered in lawless 18th-century Lancaster, Coroner Titus Cragg enlists the help of young doctor Luke Fidelis in a case that is challenged by local superstition, corrupt officials and denunciations by the victim's husband.

Cameron, W. Bruce

A Dog's Journey

Casey, Jane

The Reckoning

Cook, Claire

Wallflower in Bloom

Working diligently in the shadow of her New Age guru brother, Deirdre Griffin is devastated by her commitment-phobic boyfriend's announcement that he is marrying another woman, a situation that compels her to compete on "Dancing with the Stars."

Cox, Carol

Love in Disguise

Dailey, Janet

Honor

Ellis, David

The Wrong Man

Estleman, Loren D.

Burning Midnight

Targeted by suspicious fires and bottle bombs for attempting to extract a relative from a Mexicantown gang, Amos Walker struggles to forge peace between two rival gangs only to discover ties to an international conspiracy.

Evenson, Brian

Immobility

Fitzgerald, Conor

The Namesake

Confronted with a murder outside Rome's Piazzo Clodio where the killer has left taunting messages about another unsolved case, Commissioner Alec Blume passes the too-personal investigation to his partner, Caterina Mattiola, while he attempts to lure an arrogant Mafioso out of hiding. By the author of The Fatal Touch.

Foglio, Phil

Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess

Frank, Dorothea Benton

Porch Lights

Friedman, Daniel

Don't Ever Get Old

Furst, Alan

Mission to Paris

Gideon, Melanie

Wife 22

Baring her soul in an anonymous survey for a marital happiness study, Alice catalogues her stale marriage, unsatisfying job, and unfavorable prospects and begins to question virtually every aspect of her life.

Gortner, C. W.

The Queen's Vow

A tale inspired by the life of the Spanish warrior-queen traces her rise from a defiant daughter of an exiled widow to a powerful monarch who risks her life to marry her true love before advocating for education and the arts, financing Columbus's voyage to America, and healing her fractured kingdom. By the author of The Tudor Secret.

Grecian, Alex

The Yard

Suffering public contempt after the Metropolitan Police's failure to capture Jack the Ripper, Walter Day, a member of Victorian London's recently formed "Murder Squad," partners with Scotland Yard's first forensic pathologist to track down a killer who is targeting their colleagues.

Gruley, Bryan

The Skeleton Box

Hanif, Mohammed

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Following in her healer father's footsteps to become a junior nurse in a Karachi hospital, Alice taps inherent talents to bring relief to suffering patients but is hampered by a bureaucratic caste system, religious prejudice, and a dangerous police squad.

Haynes, Elizabeth

Into the Darkest Corner

When her handsome new neighbor encourages her to confront her fears, Catherine Bailey, the victim of a violent attack at the hands of a man whose good looks hid a dark, violent nature, finally believes in the possibility of love and a normal life until one phone call changes everything. This one was a huge hit in the UK.

Henshaw, Mark

Red Cell

Howell, Dorothy

Tote Bags and Toe Tags

Jackson, Lisa

Beach Season

Jay, Gerald

The Paris Directive

Jones, Brandon

All Woman and Springtime

Having grown up in a North Korean forced-labor camp, mathematical genius Gi and her friend Il-Sun escape to South Korea, only to be forced into the sex-worker industry there and in the United States.

Jones, Sadie

The Uninvited Guests

While fighting to save their family home, Charlotte prepares for an elaborate birthday celebration for her daughter Emerald--an event that unexpectedly turns into a dramatic evening that forever changes all of their lives.

Kane, Andrea

The Line Between Here and Gone

When Amanda Gleason discovers that her husband, who was brutally murdered, might still be alive, she hires Forensic Instincts, a team that pushes ethical and legal boundaries whenever the ends justify the means, to find the only person who can save her newborn son from a rare immune deficiency.

Katzenbach, John

What Comes Next

Kendrick, Beth

The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service

Kingsbury, Karen

Loving

Kogan, Deborah Copaken

The Red Book

Centering around Harvard's Red Book, a collection of personal triumphs and failures from graduates, this tongue-in-cheek novel follows a group of roommates from the class of 1989 as they prepare for their 20th reunion weekend.

Kolpan, Gerald

Magic Words

Kuhns, Eleanor

A Simple Murder

A first novel by an award-winning writer finds former soldier-turned-traveling weaver Will Rees tracking down his mistreated son to a Shaker settlement in late-18th-century Maine, where his efforts to reconcile are challenged by the murder of a young woman and dark community secrets.

Lackey, Mercedes

Home from the Sea

Lustbader, Eric

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Imperative

Lynch, Jim

Truth Like the Sun

Roger Morgan, the promoter responsible for bring the World's Fair to Seattle in 1962, runs for mayor in 2001, right after the tech bubble bursts, while budding reporter Helen Gulanos probes his secretive past. By the author of Border Songs.

Manfredo, Lou

Rizzo's Daughter

Mantel, Hilary

Bring Up the Bodies

A sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall depicts the downfall of Anne Boleyn at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell.

McGarrity, Michael

Hard Country

McLaughlin, Emma

Between You and Me

Reunited with her cousin Kelsey when a job offer returns her to the home of her unhappy childhood in Oklahoma, Logan risks everything to secure her cousin's happiness while Kelsey's celebrity and controlling parents threaten her efforts to live a normal life. By the authors of The Nanny Diaries.

Monroe, Mary

God Don't Make No Mistakes

Best friends Annette and Rhoda find their lives in turmoil as Annette tries to balance her new found love life as she tries to reconcile with her husband Pee Wee and discovers a devastating secret while Rhoda must deal with her daughter Jade, whose antics lead Rhoda to throw her out of the house.

Monroe, Mary Alice

Beach House Memories

Moore, Meg Mitchell

So Far Away

Desperate to escape her parents' ugly divorce and a former best friend's vicious cyber-bullying, 13-year-old Natalie bonds with widowed librarian Kathleen over the diary of an early 20th-century Boston maid.

O'Neal, Barbara

The Garden of Happy Endings

Pearson, Ridley

The Risk Agent

Peterson, Tracie

Touching the Sky

Qiu, Xiaolong

Don't Cry Tai Lake

Ray, Jeanne

Calling Invisible Women

Feeling unattractive and unappreciated as she enters her 50s, wife and mother Clover wakes up one morning and discovers that she has actually become invisible, a condition that goes unnoticed by her family.

Reynolds, Alastair

Blue Remembered Earth

Rice, Luanne

Little Night

Robinson, Jeremy

Secondworld

Roy-bhattacharya, Joydeep

The Watch

Approached by a solitary Afghan woman who is demanding the return of her brother's body for traditional burial, a group of beleaguered soldiers wonders if the woman is sincerely a mourning family member or if she is harboring a more sinister purpose.

Rutledge, Lynda

Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale

A debut novel set in the American South explores themes of second chances and follows the heyday that ensues when a wealthy and reclusive woman holds a garage sale on the last day of the millennium, sparking curiosity and protectiveness throughout her Texas community.

Sefton, Maggie

Cast On, Kill Off

Shaara, Jeff

A Blaze of Glory

A fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the April 1862 surprise attack by Confederate forces on the Union Army at Shiloh.

Shepherd, Lynn

The Solitary House

Summoned to the offices of Victorian London's most powerful and dangerous solicitors, disgraced police officer turned independent detective Charles Maddox turns to his famous but aging investigator uncle to identify who has been sending threatening letters to a client. By the author of Murder at Mansfield Park.

Simon, Clea

Cats Can't Shoot

Singh, Nalini

Tangle of Need

Slan, Joanna Campbell

Ready, Scrap, Shoot

Smith, Jill Eileen

Sarai

Sultan, Rosie

Helen Keller in Love

A tale inspired by a little-known romance between the famous blind and deaf Radcliffe graduate and her private secretary, Peter Fagan, takes place in Keller's 30s, when in the wake of Annie Sullivan's diagnosis with tuberculosis, Keller's plans to marry are thwarted by her disapproving family.

Swain, James

Dark Magic

Tanenbaum, Robert K.

Bad Faith

Thayer, Nancy

Summer Breeze

Ulfelder, Steve

The Whole Lie

"The Massachusetts gubernatorial race forms the backdrop for Ulfelder's excellent sequel to his Edgar-finalist debut, Purgatory Chasm… " Publisher's Weekly

Unknown

Thriller 3

This edge-of-your-seat anthology, written exclusively by members of International Thriller Writers, Inc., features 30 tales of suspense from today's hottest writers, including Allison Brennan's Lucy Kincaid as she rescues a man from drowning only to discover that he is in far greater danger on land.

Vandermeer, Jeff (EDT)

The Weird

An oversized anthology of dark and bizarre tales written throughout the past century includes entries by international best-sellers and award-winners, including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Franz Kafka.

Vargas Llosa, Mario

The Dream of the Celt

A Nobel Prize-winning author offers a work of historical fiction that centers around real-life Irish nationalist Roger Casement, who was hanged for treason after he challenged the British authority in Northern Ireland.

Various

The Best Horror of the Year

Eighteen stories of horror collected and edited by Ellen Datlow.

Walter, Jess

Beautiful Ruins