August 2009
August 2009
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo -The story of a marriage, and of all the other ties that bind, from parents and in-laws to children and the promises of youth. (August 2009) 
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon – The varied lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon’s gripping, brilliantly written new novel.
South of Broad by Pat Conroy – A big, sprawling novel set against the sumptuous backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, gathering a unique cast of sinners and saints. (August 2009)
The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter - The story of unlikely heroes: the lively, beautiful Flora and her husband, the brooding, studious Simon, two Jewish immigrants who were each sent to America by their families to find better lives. An improbable match, they meet in New York City and fall in love. Simon—inventor of the jigsaw puzzle—eventually makes his fortune. Now wealthy, but still outsiders, Flora and Simon become obsessed with rescuing the loved ones they left behind in Europe. (August 2009)
Perfect Life by Jessica Shattuck – A uniquely modern chronicle of conception in the age of infinite possibility. (August 2009)
The Mirage by Naguib Mahfouz – (August 2009) 
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper - The story of a dysfunctional family forced to spend time together when their father’s last request is that they sit shiva. (August 2009)
Self’s Murder by Bernhard Schlink – Gerhard Self, the seventy-something, sambuca-drinking, Sweet-Afton smoking sleuth returns in a riveting new mystery about money-laundering, murder, and mafiosi. (August 2009)
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd – a wonderful new mystery series that will let us see the horrors of World War I through the eyes of Bess Crawford, a battlefield nurse.(August 2009)
Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett - Undiscovered Gyrl is the blog of beautiful, blond, Katie Kampenfelt, an 18-year-old girl who seeks to record, for her own edification, the year following her high school graduation. (August 2009)
A Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks - After fourteen years, New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks has returned to the magic kingdom of Landover. The remarkable realm of dragons, demons, wizards, and wonders that wove an irresistible spell in five classic novels throws open its gates at long last for a brand-new adventure featuring a dazzling cast of characters and creatures.(August 2009)
The Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie Martin – In this fictional memoir, Valerie Martin brilliantly re-creates the seamy theater world of 1970s New York, when rents were cheap, love was free, and nudity on stage was the latest craze. (August 2009)
Everything Under the Sky by Matilde Asensi- After receiving word of her husband’s death, Spanish painter Elvira De Poulain travels to Shanghai to claim his body and put his affairs in order. (August 2008)
Tahoe Night by Todd Borg – The 7th Owen McKenna mystery. (August 2009)
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs - There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct…(August 2009)Â
Breathing Water by Tim Hallinan – Set in the Thailand of today’s headlines—a nation of unrest, political uncertainty, corruption, and tradition, where the future looks dangerously precarious—Breathing Water is the story of a deadly game in which the stakes are enormous and life is literally cheap. The most compelling Poke Rafferty thriller yet.  (August 2009)Â
A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates – In the tradition of Oates’s classic story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, A Fair Maiden is an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control. (August 2009)
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery – In the heart of Paris, in the posh building made famous in The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Pierre Athens, the greatest food critic in the world, is dying. (August 2009)
Delhi Noir by Hirsh Sawhney – Brand new stories by: Irwin Allan Sealy, Omair Ahmad, Radhika Jha, Ruchir Joshi, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Meera Nair, Siddharth Chowdhury, Mohan Sikka, Palash K. Mehrotra, Hartosh Singh Bal, Hirsh Sawhney, Tabish Khair, Uday Prakash, and Manjula Padmanabhan. (August 2009)
Big Machine by Victor Lavalle -Ricky Rice was as good as invisible: a middling hustler, recovering dope fiend, and traumatized suicide cult survivor running out the string of his life as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York. Until one day a letter appears, summoning him to the frozen woods of Vermont. There, Ricky is inducted into a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard The Voice. (August 2009)
The Water’s Edge by Karin Fossum – A married couple, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert the police, but not before Reinhardt, to Kristine’s horror, kneels down and takes photographs of the dead child with his cell phone. Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre begin to make inquiries in the little town of Solberglia. But then another boy disappears, and an explanation seems more remote than ever. Meanwhile, the Ris’s marriage starts to unravel as Reinhardt becomes obsessed with the tragic events and his own part in them.(August 2009)
Vanished by Jospeph Finder – Nick Heller is tough, smart, and stubborn. And in his line of work, it’s essential. Trained in the Special Forces, Nick is a high-powered intelligence investigator–exposing secrets that powerful people would rather keep hidden. He’s a guy you don’t want to mess with. He’s also the man you call when you need a problem fixed. (August 2009)
Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson – From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he’s written–a novel called Trial. (August 2009) 
The Seige by Stephen White- Alan Gregory’s longtime friend Sam Purdy takes center stage in a story that feels ripped from tomorrow’s headlines. From the first page on, readers need to be buckled in for a nonstop ride full of terror and pathos. As  lovely weekend approaches on the Yale campus it appears that a number of students—including the sons of both the Secretary of the Army and newest Supreme Court justice—may have gone missing. Kidnapping? Terrorism? The authorities aren’t sure.(August 2009)
The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein – This second book featuring the intrepid Zack and his stepmother, Judy, is full of the same humorous and spine-tingling storytelling that has made Chris Grabenstein a fast favorite with young and old alike.(August 2009)
Inherit Vice by Thomas Pychon – Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon— private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog (August 2009)
New Tricks by David Rosenfelt -Andy Carpenter gains possession of an adorable Bernese puppy whose owner was brutally murdered. Few can rival Andy’s affection for dogs, and he will do whatever it takes to insure that this little pup doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. However, his playful new friend is valued by several people, many of whom are willing to resort to violence to get what they want. It will take more than Andy’s usual courtroom theatrics to save this dog, including a little help from his beloved golden retriever, Tara. (August 2009)
Better by John O’Brien – Within the walls of a foreboding mansion situated in the hills overlooking Los Angeles, the suave Double Felix plays host to an array of beautiful women as well as his unlikely sidekick William. The mysterious patriarch grants his live-in guests’ every wish while asking nothing in return. Days begin with William and Double Felix discussing their conquests with the ladies over Morning Vodka, a ritual that is nonetheless edged in homoerotic tension. But the ongoing torpor has been upset by the house’s newest arrival, a stunning young woman named Laurie, with whom both Double Felix and William become hopelessly smitten. (August 2009)
Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron – When Judge Deborah Knott travels to WrightsvilleBeach for a summer conference for North Carolina District Court Judges, she stumbles upon the body of one of her colleagues. (August 2009)
The Hunted by Brian Haig – In 1987, Alex Konevitch was thrown out of MoscowUniversity for “indulging his entrepreneurial spirit.” But by 1991, he was worth $300 million. On track to become Russia’s wealthiest man, he makes one critical mistake: he hires the former deputy director of the KGB to handle his corporate security. And then his world begins to fall apart. Haig’s first stand-alone thriller. (August 2009)
The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolano – A hair-raising book that delivers Bolaño’s signature mix of mordant wit and romantic tenderness, The Skating Rink is both a crime and a love story. (August 2009)
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