Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Butler, Sarah. Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Jul. 2013. 320p. ISBN 9781594205330. $26.95. LITERARY Unconventional Alice, the youngest of three sisters and a frequent traveler to far-off climes, returns home just in time to say good-bye to her dying father, with whom she’s never been close. Daniel, who’s been [...]
Beukes, Lauren. The Shining Girls. Mulholland: Little, Brown. Jun. 2013. 368p. ISBN 9780316216852. $25.99. lrg. prnt. PARANORMAL THRILLER Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award, South African Beukes has a creepy premise here: Harper Curtis discovers a key to a house opening on other eras, but to keep [...]
Dolman, Paul Samuel. Hitchhiking with Larry David: An Accidental Tourist’s Summer of Self-Discovery in Martha’s Vineyard. Gotham Bks: Penguin Group (USA). Jun. 2013. 224p. ISBN 9781592408269. $22.50. MEMOIR Hitchhiking one summer on Martha’s Vineyard, where he was summering somewhat ruefully with his parents, Dolman was picked up by comedy star Larry David. Here he recounts [...]
Brown, Eli. Cinnamon and Gunpowder. Farrar. Jun. 2013. 272p. ISBN 9780374123666. $26. HISTORICAL Evocative title, and the plot sounds like a hoot. In 1819, the pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot kills the lord of a booming tea concern but will spare his chef, the famous Owen Wedgwood, as long as he manages to serve her an [...]
Andrews, Mary Kay. Ladies’ Night. St. Martin’s. Jun. 2013. 400p. ISBN 9781250019677. $25.99. CD: Macmillan. POP FICTION When hot new media star Grace Stanton wreaks revenge on her cheating husband by gear-shifting his nifty little sports car into the swimming pool, she loses everything—McMansion, bank account, and even access to her lifestyle blog. But she [...]
de Kretser, Michelle. Questions of Travel. Little, Brown. May 2013. 512p. ISBN 978-0316219228. $25.99. LITERARY FICTION Raised by a cold father, the artistically inclined Laura has traveled the world, then returned home to Sydney, Australia, to work for a travel guide. Exiled from Sri Lanka, Ravi wants only a glance around Australia before settling [...]
Evans, Richard Paul. A Step of Faith. S. & S. May 2013. 272p. ISBN 9781451628296. $19.99; eISBN 9781451628340. CD: S. & S. Audio. POP FICTION Having lost his wife, his business, and his home, Alan Christoffersen determines to heal by launching on a cross-country journey that will take him from Seattle to Key West. So [...]
Adler-Olsen, Jussi. A Conspiracy of Faith: A Department Q Novel. Dutton. May 2013. 384p. ISBN 9780525954002. $26.95. CD/Downloadable: Penguin Audio. THRILLER Denmark’s top crime writer and the author of several New York Times best sellers, Adler-Olsen gives the message-in-a-bottle plot a new twist. This message, written in blood by two young brothers imprisoned in a [...]
Baldacci, David. The Hit. Grand Central. Apr. 2013. 448p. ISBN 9781455521210. $27.99. CD: Hachette Audio. THRILLER What to do when a government assassin turns rogue? Colleague Will Robie, who debuted this year in Baldacci’s The Innocent, is tasked with doing him in but begins to see that the man has a point. He changes his [...]
Greenberg, Mike. All You Could Ask For. Morrow. Apr. 2013. 272p. ISBN 9780062220752. $25.99; eISBN 9780062220776. POP FICTION Greenberg is cohost of ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, the highest rated sports talk program in the United States. He’s also author of the best-selling Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot and has been [...]
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