Hello! Early October is traditionally a hot time in Amercan publishing, and this year is no different. Many of your favorite authors have books that were either released yesterday (October 6th) or will be next week (October 13th). Some of them include 1st Case by James Patterson, a murder mystery that involves college students and computer hacking; The Bourne Evolution, by Brian Freeman; Near Dark by Brad Thor; and Deadlock by Catherine Coulter. Father-and-son team Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman have written another title in the Clay Edison series, Half Moon Bay. Wow! How talented is that family? Father, son and mother all write best-selling books! Carl Hiaasen’s new book is Squeeze Me, and it is just as fun and offers as great an escape as his previous titles. J.D. Robb continues her Eve Dallas stories with Shadows in Death, which is the fifty-first in that series. Vince Flynn continues the Mitch Rapp series with Total Power.
For romance readers, we have some new titles by a few of your favorite authors. Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels is the latest in her Sisterhood series. Janet Dailey has launched a new series that combines romance, handsome rodeo cowboys, empowered women, and suspense. Whirlwind: A Thrilling Novel of Western Romantic Suspense will be the first in that series. Meg Cabot returns to Little Bridge Island with No Offense. Sandra Brown also combines suspense with romance in Thick as Thieves. This book kept me on my toes all throughout and to the very end! It involves a high-stakes heist, a missing father, and a daughter who wants to find answers. The characters are rich, and the story clips along at an extremely readable pace. The end surprises a bit but does not disappoint.
A few other titles by popular authors include The End of Her by Shari Lapena. As in all of Lapena’s books, this book will keep you in suspense. Toward the end, it will have you wondering about your partner’s or past. Iris Johansen returns with Chaos and introduces a new female character, Alisa Flynn. Flynn is a CIA agent who goes to extreme measures to rescue several school girls in Africa who are kidnapped. This story is action-packed, intelligent, and has a lot of heart. While I’d never read anything by Johansen before, this book has made a fan out of me. Tying in with a few real-life events of the past few years, this book would make a great book club pick. Ruth Ware’s newest title, One By One, is set in a luxurious ski chalet in the French Alps. Tensions run high between the guests and staff of the chalet when an avalanche occurs and causes panic while the number of guests dwindles, one by one.
Jude Devereaux brings some of her beloved characters back to Providence Falls, North Carolina in Chance of a Lifetime, a story filled with magical realism. Christina Baker Kline, the author who made us all aware of and fascinated by that unique piece of America history in The Orphan Train, shows us the harsh realities of life in Australia when it was a penal colony in The Exiles. This book has already been optioned for a miniseries by HBO, so you’ll want to read it before you watch it!
If you enjoyed the magical realism and poignancy of Aimee Bender’s first novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, then you’ll enjoy her newest novel, The Butterfly Lampshade. As in Lemon Cake, this story features Francie, a precocious young girl, who despite struggling with a troubled mother, teaches us how to navigate life’s difficulties. This book is magical and readers will be enchanted with Francie just as they were with Rose in Lemon Cake.
Tomorrow I’ll post about some unique new fiction titles we have in, along with a plethora of timely nonfiction titles and biographies. The library has all of the books mentioned above, so place your requests for them, and we’ll either have them ready for you in the library or take them down to your car via curbside service. If you need help placing requests for your books, give us a call at 214-363-9095.