Worcester - New Books

Worcester - New Books

51 puppy tricks : step-by-step activities to engage, challenge, and bond with your puppy
Sundance, Kyra.
Beverly, Mass. : Quarry Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 636.70887 SUNDANCE

1688 : the first modern revolution
Pincus, Steven C. A.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich narrative, based on new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689. James II's modernization program emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state, which emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution--not the French Revolution--the first truly modern revolution.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 941.067 PINCUS

After Khomeini : Iran under his successors
Arjomand, Said Amir.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 955.0543 ARJOMAND

America's Army : making the all-volunteer force
Bailey, Beth L., 1957-
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 355.2230973 BAILEY

As if it were life : a WWII diary from the Theresienstadt Ghetto
Manes, Philipp, 1875-1944.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5318092 MANES

The Atlantic century : four generations of extraordinary diplomats who forged America's vital alliance with Europe
Weisbrode, Kenneth.
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.40730922 WEISBROD

Atomic obsession : nuclear alarmism from Hiroshima to al-Qaeda
Mueller, John E.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 355.017 MUELLER

Beatniks : a guide to an American subculture
Bisbort, Alan, 1953-
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 810.9 B3695b

Bette Davis
Thomson, David, 1941-
New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B DAVIS, B. THOMSON

Beyond America's grasp : a century of failed diplomacy in the Middle East
Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen traces U.S. policy in the region back to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, when the Great Powers failed to take crucial steps. He sees in that early failure a pattern shaping the conflicts since then--and America's role in them. A century ago, there emerged two dominant views on the uses of America's newfound power. Woodrow Wilson urged America to promote national freedom and self-determination--in contrast to his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt, who had advocated a vigorous foreign policy based on national self-interest. Cohen argues that this running conflict has hobbled American dealings in the Middle East ever since, showing how different countries have struggled to define themselves in the face of America's stated idealism and its actual realpolitik. This conflict came to a head in the clumsy Middle East policy of George W. Bush--but Cohen suggests ways in a greater awareness of our history might enable our present leaders to act more sensibly.- -From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.730560904 COHEN

Beyond repair : the decline and fall of the CIA
Faddis, Charles S.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.1273 FADDIS

Big gardens in small spaces : out-of-the-box advice for boxed-in gardeners
Cox, Martyn.
Portland : Timber Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 635.967 COX

The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek political thought
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 320.0938 CAMBRIDG

The Canterbury tales
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 C496c 2009

A century and some change : my life before the president called my name
Cooper, Ann Nixon, 1902-2009.
New York, NY : Atria Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B COOPER, A

Che Guevara : a life
Caistor, Nick.
Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B GUEVARA, C. CAISTOR

The compassionate instinct : the science of human goodness
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 155.232 COMPASSI

Consumed by war : European conflict in the 20th century
Hall, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1950-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 355.020940904 HALL

Daring young men : the heroism and triumph of the Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949
Reeves, Richard, 1936-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers out of Berlin.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 943.1550874 REEVES

The death of conservatism
Tanenhaus, Sam.
New York : Random House, c2009.
America needs its conservatives, pragmatic leaders who understand that the true role of conservatism is not to advance a narrow ideological agenda but to engage in a serious dialogue with liberalism and join with it in upholding "the politics of stability."
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 330.520973 TANENHAU

Defend the realm : the authorized history of MI5
Andrew, Christopher M.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
"Defend the Realm" reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909, through two world wars, up to and including its present roles in counterespionage and counterterrorism.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.1241 ANDREW

Emissary of the doomed : bargaining for lives in the Holocaust
Florence, Ronald.
New York : Viking, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.53183509439 FLORENCE

Engineering invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry
Dalzell, Frederick.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 621.3092 DALZELL

For the soul of France : culture wars in the age of Dreyfus
Brown, Frederick, 1934-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 944.081 BROWN

Gridlock : why we're stuck in traffic and what to do about it
O'Toole, Randal.
Washington, D.C. : CATO Institute, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 388.0973 OTOOLE

Groom your dog like a professional : step-by-step techniques and tips for a great-looking dog
Young, Peter, 1951-
Neptune City, NJ : T.F.H., c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 636.70833 YOUNG

The Guantánamo lawyers : inside a prison outside the law
New York : New York University Press, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 343.730143 GUANTANA

Here come the regulars : how to run a record label on a shoestring budget
Anderson, Ian, 1985-
New York : Faber and Faber, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 384 ANDERSON

The hidden people of North Korea : everyday life in the hermit kingdom
Hassig, Ralph C.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 951.93043 HASSIG

Homeland : an extraordinary story of hope and survival
Obama, George Hussein.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B OBAMA, G

The Iraq War : origins and consequences
DeFronzo, James.
Bolder, CO : Westview Press, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 956.70443 DEFRONZO

Israel and Palestine : reappraisals, revisions, refutations
Shlaim, Avi.
London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 956.04 SHLAIM

It happened in Hollywood : remarkable events that shaped history
Schiller, Gerald A. (Gerald Alan), 1936-
Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 384.80979494 SCHILLER

Knit one, bead too : essential techniques for knitting with beads
Durant, Judith, 1955-
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 746.432 DURANT

Last exit to Utopia : the survival of socialism in a post-Soviet era
Revel, Jean François.
New York, NY : Encounter Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 335.02 REVEL

The last train from Hiroshima : the survivors look back
Pellegrino, Charles R.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5425 PELLEGRIN

Lift every voice : the NAACP and the making of the civil rights movement
Sullivan, Patricia, 1950-
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009.
Delivers a solidly researched examination of the NAACP's growth and influence, from its inception in 1909 to the present.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 323.1196073 SULLIVAN

Little boy blues
Jones, Malcolm, 1952-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B JONES, M

The lost tombs of Thebes : life in paradise
Hawass, Zahi A.
London : Thames & Hudson, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - OVERSIZE 932 HAWASS

Mark Twain : man in white : the grand adventure of his final years
Shelden, Michael.
New York : Random House, c2010.
Mark Twain: Man in White brings the legendary author's twilight years vividly to life, offering surprising insights, including an intimate, tender look at his family life. Includes rare and never-published Twain photos, delightful anecdotes, and memorable quotes, including numerous recovered Twainisms.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B TWAIN, M. SHELDEN

The Marne, 1914 : the opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world
Herwig, Holger H.
New York : Random House, c2009.
It is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars. This is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, giving, for the first time, all sides of the story. Military historian Holger H. Herwig reinterprets Germany's aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He also provides cameos of the important players. In remarkable detail, and with exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle, revealing how the uncoordinated German forces were foiled and years of brutal trench warfare were made inevitable.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.421 HERWIG

Marriage and other acts of charity : a memoir
Braestrup, Kate.
New York : Little, Brown, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B BRAESTRUP, K

Marx : a very short introduction
Singer, Peter, 1946-
New York : Sterling, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MARX, K. SINGER

Momofuku
Chang, David.
New York : Clarkson Potter, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.595 CHANG

A mountain of crumbs
Gorokhova, Elena.
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B GOROKHOVA, E

My heart flooded with water : selected poems
Storni, Alfonsina, 1892-1938.
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Latin American Literary Review Press, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 861 S885m

Myths, illusions, and peace : finding a new direction for America in the Middle East
Ross, Dennis.
New York : Viking, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.73056 ROSS

Names : poems
Hacker, Marilyn, 1942-
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 H118n

Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction
Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-
New York, N.Y. : Sterling, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MANDELA, N. BOEHMER

The new holistic way for dogs and cats : the stress-health connection
McCutcheon, Paul, 1939-
Berkeley, CA : Celestial Arts, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 636.08955 MCCUTCHE

The new old world
Anderson, Perry.
London ; New York : Verso, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 320.94 ANDERSON

News of the world : poems
Levine, Philip, 1928-
New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2009.
A volume of prose poems and formal verses includes pieces on breakfasting late-shift Detroit auto workers, a woman who sings with the Spanish dawn, and an Andorran communist black-market supplier.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 L665n

{160}Obámanos! : the birth of a new political era
Hertzberg, Hendrik.
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 324.9730931 HERTZBER

Office of Strategic Services 1942-45 : the World War II origins of the CIA
Liptak, Eugene.
Oxford ; New York : Osprey Pub., 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.548673 LIPTAK

Once in a lifetime trips : the world's 50 most extraordinary and memorable travel experiences
Santella, Chris.
New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 910.4 SANTELLA

The only thing worth dying for : how eleven Green Berets forged a new Afghanistan
Blehm, Eric.
New York : Harper, 2010.
Relates the story of the U.S. Army Special Forces team that infiltrated southern Afghanistan during the earliest weeks of the war to instigate a tribal revolt against the Taliban with the assistance of their only ally, newly- returned exile Hamid Karzai.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 958.1047 BLEHM

Open : an autobiography
Agassi, Andre, 1970-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B AGASSI, A

Our times : the age of Elizabeth II
Wilson, A. N., 1950-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 941.085 WILSON 2010

Plan B
Muldoon, Paul.
London : Enitharmon Press ; London : Distributed in the UK by Central Books ; Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions Inc., 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 M954p

The quilting answer book : solutions to every problem you'll ever face, answers to every question you'll ever ask
Weiland Talbert, Barbara.
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 746.46 WEILAND

A rainbow in the night : the tumultuous birth of South Africa
Lapierre, Dominique.
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 968 LAPIERRE

Reading Amy Tan
Dong, Lan.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2009.
Presents a critical introduction to the work of the Chinese-American author, discussing her five novels, her short stories, her characters, language, and major themes.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 823 T161zd

Remember us : my journey from the shtetl through the Holocaust
Small, Martin, 1916-2008.
New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5318092 SMALL

Remembering survival : inside a Nazi slave-labor camp
Browning, Christopher R.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.531853845 BROWNING

Rope
Deming, Alison Hawthorne, 1946-
New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 D381r

The shadows of youth : the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation
Lewis, Andrew B., 1967-
New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
A group portrait of leading civil rights activists who comprised the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Draws on original sources to illuminate how these young Americans challenged the way America thinks about civil rights, politics, and moral obligations.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 323.1196073 LEWIS

Shadows on the mountain : the Allies, the Resistance, and the rivalries that doomed WWII Yugoslavia
Kurapovna, Marcia Christoff.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.542197 KURAPOVN

The Spanish Armada : the great enterprise against England, 1588
Konstam, Angus.
Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Osprey Pub., c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 942.055 KONSTAM

Street shadows : a memoir of race, rebellion, and redemption
Walker, Jerald.
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B WALKER, J

The sweater chop shop
ffrench, Crispina.
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 746 FFRENCH

There is no freedom without bread! : 1989 and the civil war that brought down communism
Pleshakov, Konstantin.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 947.0009048 PLESHAKO

Thinking in dark times : Hannah Arendt on ethics and politics
New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 172 THINKING

The Thirty Years War : Europe's tragedy
Wilson, Peter H. (Peter Hamish).
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict--a conflict that ultimately transformed the map of the modern world.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.24 WILSON

Thucydides : the reinvention of history
Kagan, Donald.
New York : Viking, 2009.
Reassesses the life and contributions of the ancient revisionist historian to place him in the context of his time, citing the pivotal influence of his refusal to credit the gods or individuals with the societal events documented in "The Peloponnesian War."
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 938.05 KAGAN

The twilight years : the paradox of Britain between the wars
Overy, R. J.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 941.083 OVERY

The Vikings : a history
Ferguson, Robert, 1948-
New York : Viking, 2009.
Presents a history of the Nordic warriors and explorers who plundered and traded their way across Europe, and discusses how their conquests helped spread and enhance accomplishments in the arts, culture, and government.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 948.022 FERGUSON

Water : the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization
Solomon, Steven.
New York, NY : Harper, 2010.
"A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 553.7 SOLOMON

Why are Jews liberals?
Podhoretz, Norman.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
In his brilliant and provocative examination of why Jews are liberals, Podhoretz reviews the history of Jewish political attitudes and thoroughly examines the available evidence, demonstrating that all the usual explanations-- such as a passion for justice allegedly deriving from the prophets of the Hebrew Bible--are either inadequate or flat-out false. Finally he proposes his own answer to the great puzzle of why most Jews remain as committed to liberalism as ever.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 320.513089924073 PODHORET

Why we disagree about climate change : understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity
Hulme, M. (Michael).
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 551.6 HULME

Wired for war : the robotics revolution and conflict in the twenty-first century
Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren).
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 623.04 SINGER

You can train your cat : secrets of a master cat trainer
Popovich, Gregory.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 636.80835 POPOVICH

The 351 books of Irma Arcuri
Bajo, David.
New York : Penguin, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BAJO

The age of Ra
Lovegrove, James.
Nottingham : Solaris, 2009.
The ancient Egyptian gods have defeated all the other pantheons and claimed dominion over the earth, dividing it into warring factions. Lt. David Westwynter, a British soldier, stumbles into Freegypt, the only place to have remained independent of the gods' influence. There, he encounters the followers of a humanist leader known as the Lightbringer, who has vowed to rid mankind of the shackles of divine oppression. As the world heads towards an apocalyptic battle, there is far more to this freedom fighter than it seems...
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI LOVEGROV

Altar of Eden
Rollins, James, 1961-
New York : William Morrow, c2010.
Pregnant veterinarian Maura Kelly, along with U.S. Marshall Jack Menard, risks everything, including the life of her unborn child, to unravel the mystery of a smuggler's cache of mutated animals, a puzzle that involves fractal intelligence, stem-cell research, and a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL ROLLINS

The Atlantis code
Brokaw, Charles.
New York : Forge, 2009.
When the ancient ruins of Atlantis are discovered along the Spanish coast, linguist and archaeologist Thomas Lourds joins a violent competition to be the first of its explorers, an effort marked by a series of puzzles that must be solved in order to gain entry into the lost civilization.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL BROKAW

The autobiography of Fidel Castro
Fuentes, Norberto.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
A novel written as an autobiography, through the author's personal knowledge of Fidel Castro, hear the Cuban leader's outrageous, bombastic voice.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION FUENTES

Beneath the lion's gaze : a novel
Mengiste, Maaza.
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MENGISTE

The betrayal game
Robbins, David L.
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL ROBBINS

Boulevard
Schwartz, Stephen Jay.
New York : Forge, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY SCHWARTZ

The candy shop
Swinson, Kiki.
New York : Dafina ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SWINSON

The Christmas journey
Griggs, Winnie.
New York : Steeple Hill, c2009.
"Philadelphia lawyer Ryland Lassiter is everything Josephine Wylie wants- -for a brother-in-law! As the sole supporter of her family, Josie's plans for herself have always had to wait. But Ryland will be ideal as the new head of the Wylie clan...once he finally realizes how perfect he is for Josie's sister. Ry knows it's time to settle down. The newly appointed guardian to a friend's daughter, he's ready for a home and family. All he needs is a bride...and Josie's sister is not the Wylie who has caught his eye. If only Josie would see the truth--that the only Christmas present he needs is her love."--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE GRIGGS

Crawlspace : a home repair is homicide mystery
Graves, Sarah.
New York : Bantam Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY GRAVES

The crossing places : a Ruth Galloway mystery
Griffiths, Elly.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY GRIFFITHS

Dark crusade
Devoti, Lori.
New York, NY : Silhouette Books, c2009.
"Exiled rogue shapeshifter Kerr Vik once saw being transported to Gunngar as a fresh start. Until the one person he most regretted leaving behind-- captivating witch Heather Moore--stumbles through the portal...and finds herself right in the middle of a witch hunt. Heather has courageously come to Gunngar to redeem herself. but Kerr Knows that if she braves it alone...she will die. He must somehow send her back through the portal. And it's not long before a collision of truth, love and duty complicates Kerr's mission by forcing him to choose sides: should he save this forbidden love or protect his honor?"--Cover verso.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE DEVOTI

A date you can't refuse
Kozak, Harley Jane, 1957-
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY KOZAK

Days of gold : a novel
Deveraux, Jude.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
The second book in the multi-generational Edilean series, Days of Gold is a romance set in Scotland in 1766.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE DEVERAUX

Deeper than the dead
Hoag, Tami.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
California, 1985. Detective Tony Mendez, fresh from a law enforcement course at FBI headquarters, is charged with discovering the identity of a brutal, calculating psychopath. His search pushes him ever deeper into the lives of three children, and closer to the young teacher whose interest in recent events becomes as intense as his own.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL HOAG

The defector
Silva, Daniel, 1960-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Gabriel Allon's idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel's life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. He also knows he made a promise--a promise that leads to a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world's most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL SILVA

The disciple
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Iran is weeks away from acquiring nuclear weapons and has every intention of using them to strike first-- only Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton can stop a nuclear nightmare.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL COONTS

Divine misdemeanors : a novel
Hamilton, Laurell K.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye and princess of faerie, determined to get to the bottom of the case even if means going up against Gilda, the Fairy Godmother. But even stranger things are happening. Mortals Gentry once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/ faerie relations.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL HAMILTON

Doors open
Rankin, Ian.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY RANKIN

Double black : a ski diva mystery
Clinch, Wendy.
New York : Minotaur Books 2010, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CLINCH

Dusted to death
Colley, Barbara.
New York : Kensington Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY COLLEY

Eggsecutive orders
Hyzy, Julie A.
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2010.
"With the White House's big Easter celebration--along with a visit from her family--right around the corner, Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket. Add the death of a government official and she's starting to feel more like a basket case...What's worse than a guest not liking your food? A guest dropping dead from it. When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Ollie's staff had prepared, all forks point to them. Now, the Secret Service is picking apart the kitchen, and scrutinizing the staff's every move. The timing couldn't be worse. Ollie's mother and grandmother are visiting--only to find her embroiled in a media frenzy. How's she supposed to prep for the White House Easter Egg Roll without access to her kitchen? Now, Ollie has no choice but to find the real culprit--before she cracks under pressure..."--P. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY HYZY

The enchantress of Florence : a novel
Rushdie, Salman.
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Köz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbeg warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerized by her presence, and much trouble ensues. But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION RUSHDIE

Eye of the raven : a mystery of colonial America
Pattison, Eliot.
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY PATTISON

The firemaster's mistress
Dickason, Christie.
New York : Harper, c2008.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DICKASON

The first rule : a Joe Pike novel
Crais, Robert.
New York : Putnam, c2010.
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Joe Pike does not. With the help of Elvis Cole, Pike sets out on a hunt of his own--an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminals.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CRAIS

Generation A
Coupland, Douglas.
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION COUPLAND

The geometry of God : a novel
Khan, Uzma Aslam.
Northampton, MA : Clockroot Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION KHAN

The German mujahid
Sansal, Boualem.
New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2009.
Two immigrant brothers discover the truth about their German father's past in this masterly investigation of evil, resistance and guilt, billed as "the first Arab novel to confront the Holocaust." Narrator Malrich, the younger son of a German father and an Algerian mother, lives with relatives in a gritty, mostly Arab housing estate outside Paris. Malrich is an indifferent hoodlum while his older brother, Rachel, has a university degree and a glamorous job at "a multinational." The plot hinges on Malrich's reading of Rachel's diary after Rachel commits suicide. After their parents were murdered in Algeria in 1994, Rachel discovered that their father was a Waffen SS officer posted to the death camps. In alternating chapters, the story is perfectly rendered in Malrich's wonderfully adolescent voice and Rachel's increasingly agonized diary entries. All this plays out against Malrich's perceptive likening of Hitler's Germany to the rise of fundamentalist Islamism on his housing estate...
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SANSAL

Ghosts and lightning
Byrne, Trevor.
New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BYRNE

A good death
Courtemanche, Gil.
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2006.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION COURTEMA

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann.
New York, N.Y. : Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2009.
As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SHAFFER

The guest list
Michaels, Fern.
New York : Zebra Bks/Kensington, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE MICHAELS

The Heavenstone secrets
Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.).
New York : Pocket Star, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL ANDREWS

The hero next door
Hannon, Irene.
New York, NY : Steeple Hill Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE HANNON

His best friend's baby
Kane, Mallory.
Toronto ; New York : Harlequin Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE KANE

His father's son
Little, Bentley.
New York : Signet, 2009.
"Steve Nye writes for alumni publications, and his long-term relationship is on the steady path to marriage. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a phone call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to a psych ward. The doctor says he's suffering from dementia-- but Steve's father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and perfectly lucid when he whispers, 'I killed her.' Is it simply another symptom of delusion and madness? To find the answer, Steve investigates the cryptic message, which leads him down a terrifying path of his own making...and of his own nightmares."--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL LITTLE

Home
Robinson, Marilynne.
New York : Picador, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ROBINSON

The honor of spies
Griffin, W. E. B.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
August 6, 1943: In his brief career in the Office of Strategic Services, twenty-four-year-old Cletus Frade has already been involved in a lot of unusual situations, but nothing like the one he's in now, standing with a German lieutenant colonel named Wilhelm Frogger in a Mississippi prisoner-of-war detention facility. Frade's job? To help Frogger escape so the OSS can use Frogger's knowledge and connections to kill Adolf Hitler.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL GRIFFIN

House secrets
Lawson, Michael, 1948-
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2009.
When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty secrets and divided loyalties threaten his investigation.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL LAWSON

Hunting Julian
Frank, Jacquelyn.
New York : Zebra Books, c2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE FRANK

I, Alex Cross : a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PATTERSO

I, sniper
Hunter, Stephen, 1946-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Special Agent Nick Memphis enlists the help of retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy involving the deaths of four famed '60s radicals--a conspiracy that would require the highest level of warcraft by the most superb special operations professionals.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL HUNTER

Impact
Preston, Douglas J.
New York : Forge, 2010, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PRESTON

The increment : a novel
Ignatius, David, 1950-
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL IGNATIUS

Iron river : a novel
Parker, T. Jefferson.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PARKER

Kissing the key witness
Ryan, Jenna.
Toronto : Harlequin, c2009.
"A dying man's last words threatened to reveal the identity of a powerful crime boss, and after hearing them, Dr. Maya Santiago knew her life was in danger. As a killer stalked her, only one man could help.... Homicide lieutenant Stephen Talbot had always wanted Maya. Even though he didn't feel worthyof the compassionate doctor, he was determined to protect her at all costs--especially from himself. But as he and Maya grew closer...and the killer drew nearer...could she convince him to put his heart on the line as well?"--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE RYAN

Knit, purl, die
Canadeo, Anne, 1955-
New York : Pocket Books, c2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CANADEO

A lawman for Christmas
Ferrarella, Marie.
New York : Silhouette Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE FERRAREL

Let the great world spin : a novel
McCann, Colum, 1965-
New York : Random House, 2010, c2009.
A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher's description.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MCCANN

The likeness
French, Tana.
New York : Penguin Books, 2009, c2008.
Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill, but she's too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. The dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madison--the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective--and she looks exactly like Cassie--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY FRENCH

The littlest matchmaker
Kelly, Dorien.
Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE KELLY

The lock artist
Hamilton, Steve, 1961-
New York : Minotaur Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY HAMILTON

Love mercy
Fowler, Earlene.
New York : Berkley Books, 2009.
After being widowed, Love Mercy Johnson has come to terms with her life in Morro Bay, California. She spends her time writing columns for a regional magazine, helping her in-laws work their ranch, and trying to move on. But her dreams of reconciliation with her long-estranged grandchildren come true when her eighteen-year-old brokenhearted granddaughter, Rett, unexpectedly shows up. Together they struggle to co-exist while confronting old resentments and painful memories. When a family crisis forges an unexpected connection between the two grieving women, they must discover if by working together, they can change their lives, and the lives of those they love, for the better.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY FOWLER

A matter of class
Balogh, Mary.
New York, NY : Vanguard Press, c2010.
In this Regency romance, wealthy, untitled Reginald Mason consents, and enters into a hostile engagement in which he and his prospective bride--Lady Annabelle Ashton, daughter of the Earl of Havercroft--are openly antagonistic, each one resenting the other for their current state of affairs while their respective fathers revel in their suffering.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE BALOGH

The Mercedes coffin : a Decker and Lazarus novel
Kellerman, Faye.
New York : Harper, 2009.
When a billionaire heiress connects a recent high-profile murder to an unsolved killing from fifteen years earlier, LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker schedules an interview with a detective from the first case, only to learn of the man's suspicious suicide hours after they talk..
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY KELLERMA

Montana, mistletoe, marriage
Thayer, Patricia.
Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE THAYER

The neighbor
Gardner, Lisa.
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
A young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL GARDNER

Never after
New York : Jove Books, 2009.
"...Laurell K. Hamilton spins a story of a princess who decides to take her own destiny in hand and rescue a pampered Prince Charming from an evil sorceress in 'Can he bake a cherry pie?' A selkie on the run from a century-old marriage arrangement has finally found true love--only to have the darkness from her past return to threaten both her and her dearly beloved in...Yasmine Galenorn's 'The shadow of mist.' ...Marjorie M. Liu tells the tale of a young princess who escapes betrothal to a warlord by entering a magical forest. But when an evil queen sends her on a quest to 'The Tangleroot Palace,' she faces dangers more perilous than marriage. When a princess refuses her boring betrothed, the king holds a competition to see who will win his daughter's hand. But in matters of the heart, is a winner truly worthy--or can a loser offer even more in ... Sharon Shinn's 'The wrong bridegroom'?"--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI NEVER

Nice girls don't live forever
Harper, Molly.
New York : Pocket Star, 2010.
"Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson's sexy sire Gabriel has always been unpredictable, but the seductive, anonymous notes that await him at each stop of their international vacation, coupled with his evasive behavior over the past few months, finally push Jane onto the next flight home to Half Moon Hollow--alone, upset, and unsure whether Gabriel just ended their relationship without actually telling her. Now the children's- librarian-turned-vampire is reviving with plenty of Faux Type O, some TLC from her colorful friends and family, and her plans for a Brave New Jane. Step One: Get her newly renovated occult bookstore off the ground. Step Two: Support her best friend, Zeb, and his werewolf bride as they prepare for the impending birth of their baby...or litter. Step Three: Figure out who's been sending her threatening letters, and how her hostile pen pal is tied to Gabriel. Because for this nice girl, surviving a broken heart is suddenly becoming a matter of life and death...."--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE HARPER

Noah's compass : a novel
Tyler, Anne.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION TYLER

Not my daughter
Delinsky, Barbara.
New York : Doubleday, 2010.
A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this emotionally wrenching story of love and forgiveness.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE DELINSKY

Nox dormienda (a long night for sleeping) : an Arcturus mystery
Stanley, Kelli.
Waterville, Me. : Five Star, c2008.
Arcturus, the half-native, half-Roman doctor and occasional problem- solver, has seen much in his thirty-three years. He's risen--despite not playing the politics game. He the doctor and friend of Agricola, the governor of Britannia. He learns the governor is in trouble. He has seven days to unravel fact from story, truth from rumor, and motive from murder. He must walk a carnival landscape of fear and uncertainty, strewn with sadistic pimps, drunken whores, well-bred politicians and four more deaths.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY STANLEY

Olive Kitteridge
Strout, Elizabeth.
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.
At the edge of the continent, in the small town of Crosby, Maine, lives Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who deplores the changes in her town and in the world at large but doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION STROUT

One day at a time
Steel, Danielle.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE STEEL

The Paris vendetta : a novel
Berry, Steve, 1955-
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. But narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally- -an American Secret Service agent--and help him stop the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for the legendary lost treasure of Napoleon Bonaparte can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL BERRY

Paying back Jack : a novel
Moore, Christopher, 1946-
New York : Grove Press, 2009.
Disbarred American lawyer Vincent Calvino is now a private investigator in Thailand. A client's desire for payback could cost Vinnie his life when a new assignment takes him deep into the lives of corrupt politicians and private contractors, and into Bangkok's seamy underbelly.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY MOORE

The preacher's wife
St. John, Cheryl.
New York : Steeple Hill, c2009.
"There was nothing remotely romantic about widowed father Samuel Hart's marriage proposal. Yet Josie Randolph said yes. The Lord had finally blessed the lonely widow with the family she'd always dreamed of. And she was deeply in love with the handsome preacher, whose high ideals inspired everyone. Surely during their long journey across the western plains to his new post her husband would grow to love her. Each mile brough them closer to home, yet drove them further apart. Samuel didn't seem ready to open his heart again. But Josie was determined to be not just the preacher's wife, but Samuel's wife."--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE STJOHN

A precious jewel
Balogh, Mary.
New York : Dell, 2009, c1993.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE BALOGH

A quilter's holiday : an Elm Creek quilts novel
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION CHIAVERI

The reason why : a novel
Stringer, Vickie M.
New York : Atria Paperback, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION STRINGER

The red door
Todd, Charles.
New York : William Morrow, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY TODD

Redemption alley
Saintcrow, Lilith.
New York : Orbit, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI SAINTCRO

The renegade hunter : a Rogue Hunter novel
Sands, Lynsay.
New York : Avon, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE SANDS

Saturn's children : a space opera
Stross, Charles.
New York : Ace Books, 2009, c2008.
In a future where humans are extinct and only androids remain, femmebot Freya Nakamichi 47 accepts a job to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars, unaware that ruthless humanoids are in pursuit of the package.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI STROSS

Searching for Tina Turner
Luckett, Jacqueline E.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION LUCKETT

The secret of joy
Senate, Melissa.
New York : Downtown Press, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SENATE

Sentinels : jaguar night
Durgin, Doranna.
New York : Silhouette Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE DURGIN

Simon says mommy
Stockham, Kay.
Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, c2009.
"Dr. Ethan Tulane is juggling more than even his type A personality can handle. Between his new job as chief of surgery and learning to be a dad to Simon, his adopted son, Ethan is desperate. Enter Megan Rose, the temporary nanny. Simon bonds instantly with her, which makes Ethan heave a sigh of relief- -even as he notices she's very good-looking. It's not long before they're exploring those sparks between them. Megan might be the one woman he could have forever with. Too bad there's something she's not sharing--something that could send her to the door before he can talk commitment. Ethan can't let that happen, so it's time for the big guns--letting Simon persuade her!"--p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE STOCKHAM

Sizzle : a novel
Garwood, Julie.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
After she unwittingly captures a shocking crime on camera, a rash of mysterious, treacherous incidents convince Lyra Prescott that she's trapped in a sinister scenario headed for a violent ending. As the noose of deadly intrigue tightens around her, she turns to her best friend, Sidney Buchanan, whose connections bring dauntless and devilishly handsome FBI agent Sam Kincaid into Lyra's running scared life.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE GARWOOD

Sleepless : a novel
Huston, Charlie.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL HUSTON

Snapped
Brown, Tracy, 1974-
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BROWN

Snow angels
Thompson, James, 1964-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY THOMPSON

The spire : a novel
Patterson, Richard North.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Mark Darrow returns to Caldwell College 16 years after his graduation when his mentor, Lionel Farr, brings him back to become Caldwell's president. The school is still haunted by the tragic murder of Angela Hall, an African American student who was strangled and left outside the school's landmark spire. Fresh off a football victory, Mark was the one who found Angela, and it was his best friend, Steve, who was convicted of the murder. Now Caldwell is once again facing a scandal, but Mark can't forget Angela's murder, or the nagging feeling that his friend might be innocent. As his suspicions center on a former classmate who testified against Steve, Mark finds himself falling for Farr's daughter, Taylor, the first woman he's had serious feelings for since the death of his wife two years ago.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PATTERSO

Storm watch
Shalvis, Jill.
Toronto ; New York : Harlequin Books, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE SHALVIS

Swan for the money
Andrews, Donna.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Meg Langlsow volunteers to help her parents when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents' competitors, Meg is worried--someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held. Could it be one of the eccentric rose growers after the coveted Black Swan trophy? Or one of the animal welfare activists--which includes Meg's zoologist grandfather--resorting to murder against the intended victim's treatment of farm animals?
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY ANDREWS

Terminal freeze : a novel
Child, Lincoln.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
A group of scientists undertake an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone to study the effects of global warming. The expedition changes suddenly when the group heads out on a routine foray into a glacial ice cave and makes an astonishing find.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL CHILD

Treasure Hunt : a novel
Lescroart, John T.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
When the body of Dominic Como, one of San Francisco's most high-profile activists--a charismatic man known as much for his expensive suits as his work on a half dozen nonprofit boards--is discovered, P.I. Mickey Dade and P.I. Wyatt Hunt investigate Como's business associate, Alicia Thorpe--young, gorgeous, and the sister of one of Mickey's friends.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL LESCROAR

True blue
Baldacci, David.
New York : Grand Central Pub., c2009.
A former Washington D.C. police cop out to prove herself and a young lawyer from a prestigious law firm meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital--and what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL BALDACCI

True detectives : a novel
Kellerman, Jonathan.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Psychologist Alex Delaware joins forces with brothers Moe Reed and Aaron Fox as they seek to uncover secrets in high places that could explain the fate of an outwardly innocent young woman.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL KELLERMA

U is for undertow
Grafton, Sue.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY GRAFTON

The unbearable lightness of scones
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
New York : Anchor Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MCCALLSM

An unexpected suitor
Schmidt, Anna, 1943-
New York : Steeple Hill, c2009.
"After years of caring for others, Nola Burns is ready for her own dream- -running a Nantucket tearoom. And it will take more than charm for dashing entrepreneur Harrison Starbuck to buy her out. After all, what proper lady could trust a man who thinks the theater is a suitable venue for God's word? All Harry offers is a business proposition. So why should it bother him when Nola receives threatening notes? He has no reason to be concerned for the vivid, spirited woman...does he? Yet as the threats escalate, Harry's plans shift. Now this unexpected suitor only wants to keep Nola safe--and cherished--for a lifetime."- -p. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE SCHMIDT

Vanishing act
Michaels, Fern.
New York : Kensington ; Godalming : Melia [distributor], 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE MICHAELS

Watchlist : a serial thriller
New York : Vanguard Press, c2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL WATCHLIS

What remains of heaven : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
Harris, C. S.
New York : Obsidian, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY HARRIS

Where the god of love hangs out : fiction
Bloom, Amy, 1953-
New York : Random House, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BLOOM

While my pretty one knits
Canadeo, Anne, 1955-
New York : Pocket Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CANADEO

Whisper no lies
Gerard, Cindy.
New York : Pocket Star Books, 2009.
When a high roller at the Vegas casino where Crystal Debrowski manages security makes a scandalous proposition, she flat-out refuses, especially given rumors of his shady overseas connections. Despite his big, flirty grin, Texas heartbreaker Johnny Duane Reed can't get sassy Crystal off his mind. When she is abducted by an international crime lord with a threatening obsession, Reed enlists his Black Ops, Inc. team to pursue a dangerous mission to rescue her. As Crystal and Johnny battle her relentless abductor, they uncover a malicious arms trafficking and white slavery ring.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE GERARD

A whisper to the living
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
New York : Forge, p2010, c2009.
Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union, and his team search for a serial killer who has claimed at least 40 victims while protecting a visiting British journalist who is working on a story about a Moscow prostitution ring that produces leads to a high-level source seemingly beyond Rostnikov's reach.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY KAMINSKY

Wild thing
New York : Berkley Sensation, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE WILD

Wild wolf
Whiddon, Karen.
New York : Silhouette/Nocturne, 2009.
"Turning her back on humans because of her ability to shape-shift into a wolf, young and beautiful Raven doesn't believe she needs anyone. Until the day a darkly handsome man appears near her remote cave...and she watches him turn into a wolf. Simon Caldwell has been sent to assess the threat of a new feral wolf prowling the Rockies. But he's wholly unprepared for his intense attraction to Raven. His investigation is about to take a deadly turn as he and Raven become the hunted. Now their very survival depends on Simon's ability to win what this wild wolf holds most dear."--p.[4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE WHIDDON

The wings of the Sphinx
Camilleri, Andrea.
New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CAMILLER

World's end
Chadbourn, Mark.
Amherst, NY : Pyr, 2009.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI CHADBOUR

The 13th hour
Doetsch, Richard.
New York : Atria Books, 2010.
Worcester FPBL New Book - MYSTERY DOETSCH

Alone : a Valentino mystery
Estleman, Loren D.
New York : Forge, 2009.
Worcester FPBL New Book - MYSTERY ESTLEMAN

The Heavenstone secrets
Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.).
New York : Pocket Star, 2010.
Worcester FPBL New Book - THRILL ANDREWS

Impact
Preston, Douglas J.
New York : Forge, 2010, c2009.
Worcester FPBL New Book - THRILL PRESTON

Kindred in death
Robb, J. D., 1950-
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Worcester FPBL New Book - MYSTERY ROBB

La's orchestra saves the world
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
New York : Pantheon Books, [2009].
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION MCCALLSM

Let the great world spin : a novel
McCann, Colum, 1965-
New York : Random House, c2009.
A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gather in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother, turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher description.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION MCCANN

Little Bee
Cleave, Chris.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION CLEAVE

The lost symbol : a novel
Brown, Dan, 1964-
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Symbologist Robert Langdon, summoned to Washington, D.C. by his mentor, finds himself plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and secret locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
Worcester FPBL New Book - THRILL BROWN

Nanny returns : a novel
McLaughlin, Emma.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
A sequel to the best-selling Nanny Diaries finds Nan returning to New York after 10 years abroad and getting approached by a drunken 16-year-old Grayer X, who describes his parents' brutal divorce and prompts her re-entry into child care for the elite.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION MCLAUGHL

New York : the novel
Rutherfurd, Edward.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
A tale set against a backdrop of New York City's history from its founding through the September 11 attacks traces the experiences of characters who witness such periods as the Revolutionary War, the city's emergence as a financial giant, and the Gilded Age.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION RUTHERFU

The night monster : a novel of suspense
Swain, James.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
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Nine dragons : a novel
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
The murder of John Li, a South L.A. liquour store owner, hits LAPD Detective Harry Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. As he uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad--a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S.--his world instantly explodes and the person he holds most dear is taken from him.
Worcester FPBL New Book - THRILL CONNELLY

The overnight socialite
Clark, Bridie.
New York : Weinstein Books, c2009.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION CLARK

Pirate latitudes : a novel
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.
New York : Harper, c2009.
"Michael Crichton presents a story about pirates in the New World"-- Provided by publisher.
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Predators
Ramsay, Frederick.
Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009.
Leo Painter is the CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining, and real- estate development firm. By request of the State Department, he and a party of company executives travel to Botswana. Sekoa is a male lion who shares with many of his bipedal enemies a form of HIV/AIDS. Weakened by the disease, he loses his place as the alpha male in his pride and now, dying and harassed by a pack of hyenas, seeks only a place to rest in peace. Like the lion, Painter is pursued by corporate "hyenas" and is searching for a place where he too can find some rest and build his dream. While a maneater stalks the savannah, greed and overarching ambition lead these players on a collision course as local police, a plucky female game ranger, and other authorities, hoteliers, and tribesmen vie over the spoils.
Worcester FPBL New Book - MYSTERY RAMSAY

Pursuit of honor : a novel
Flynn, Vince.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Mitch Rapp comes up against a new and deadly enemy when he is unofficially ordered to find three terrorists by any means necessary. They've attacked Washington D.C., killing 185 and wounding hundreds. So far, however, his investigation has been painfully complicated and has yet to yield a single solid lead--and the last thing Rapp expected was to be in New York City to decide the fate of a man that could be his cover.
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Reading group choices
Chester, MD. : Reading Group Choices, 2008-
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The red door
Todd, Charles.
New York : William Morrow, 2010.
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt : a novel
Hoffman, Beth.
New York : Viking, 2010.
"Steel Magnolias" meets "The Help" in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. Laugh-out-loud funny, Hoffman's charming work offers the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others. NOTE = For years, 12-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. But when Camille is hit by a truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself. To the rescue comes her previously unknown great-aunt from Savannah, Tootie Caldwell, who whirls CeeCee into her world of female friendship, strong women, wacky humor, and good old-fashioned heart.
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Too much happiness : stories
Munro, Alice.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Nine new short works include the stories of a grieving mother who is aided by a surprising source, a woman's response to a humiliating seduction, and a nineteenth-century Russian émigré's winter journey to the Riviera.
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A touch of dead : Sookie Stackhouse: the complete stories
Harris, Charlaine.
New York : Ace Books, 2009.
A collection of every short story featuring Sookie Stackhouse, the telepathic waitress heroine of the best-selling Southern Vampire novels.
Worcester FPBL New Book - MYSTERY HARRIS

True confections : a novel
Weber, Katharine, 1955-
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2010.
Worcester FPBL New Book - FICTION WEBER

Watchlist : a serial thriller
New York : Vanguard Press, c2009.
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