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All the new fiction and large print books for August 2010.

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Fiction


Adler, Elizabeth – It All Began in Monte Carlo
Beck, Glenn – The Overton Window
Bergreen, Karen – Following Polly
Bryson, Ellen – The Transformation of Bartholomew
Bushnell, Candace – The Carrie Diaries
Cameron, W. Bruce – A Dog’s Purpose
Carnoy, David – Knife Music
Carofiglio, Gianrico – The Past is a Foreign Country
Clinch, Jon – Kings of the Earth
Connolly, John – The Whisperers
Cook, Thomas H. – The Last Talk with Lola Faye
Crouch, Blake - Snowbound
Deford, Frank – Bliss, Remembered
Fesperman, Dan – Layover in Dubai
French, Tana – Faithful Place
Freveletti, Jamie – Running Dark
Gear, W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear – People of the Longhouse
Gerritsen, Tess – Ice Cold
Goldsher, Alan – Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion
Gonzales, Lawrence - Lucy
Goodman, Allegra – The Cookbook Collector
Hagberg, David – The Cabal
Harper, Molly – And One Last Thing…
Hiaasen, Carl – Star Island
Hijuelos, Oscar – Beautiful Maria of My Soul
Hilderbrand, Elin – The Island
Holland, Cecelia – Kings of the North
Holmes, Jeannie – Blood Law
Hurwitz, Gregg – They’re Watching
Isaacs, Susan – As Husbands Go
James, Rebecca – Beautiful Malice
Janes, Diane – The Pull of the Moon
Johansen, Iris and Roy Johansen – Shadow Zone
Kalogridis, Jeanne – The Scarlet Contessa
Kaplan, Mitchell James – By Fire, By Water
Kava, Alex – Damaged
Keating, Mark – The Pirate Devlin
Kennedy, Douglas – Leaving the World
King, Aliya S. - Platinum
King, Lily – Father of the Rain
King, Stephen – Blockade Billy
Lackberg, Camilla – The Ice Princess
Langer, Adam – The Thieves of Manhattan
La Plante, Lynda – Silent Scream
Lawson, Mike – House Justice
McCall Smith, Alexander – Corduroy Mansions
Mendelsohn, Jane – American Music
Moody, Rick – The Four Fingers of Death
Moss, Sarah – Cold Earth
Neill, Chloe – Twice Bitten
Nicholls, David – One Day
Norton, Hana Samek – The Sixth Surrender
O’Flynn, Catherine – The News Where You Are
Parkhurst, Carolyn – The Nobodies Album
Peffer, Randall – Seahawk Hunting: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea
Pizzolatto, Nic – Galveston
Pomeranty, Sharon – Rich Boy
Pouncy, Maggie – Perfect Reader
Racculia, Kate – This Must Be the Place
Rector, John – The Cold Kiss
Reich, Christopher – Rules of Betrayal
Roberts, Nora – The Search
Scotch, Allison Winn – The One That I Want
Shoneyin, Lola – The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Shteyngart, Gary – Super Sad True Love Story
Silva, Daniel – The Rembrandt Affair
Stevens, Chevy – Still Missing
Tanenbaum, Robert K. – Betrayed
Thor, Brad – Foreign Influence
Turner, Nikki - Relapse
Verdon, John – Think of a Number
Vida, Vendela – The Lovers
Waldman, Ayelet – Red Hook Road
Weiner, Jennifer – Fly Away Home
Weir, Alison – Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Wolff, Isabel – A Vintage Affair
 


Mystery


Andrews, Donna – Stork Raving Mad
Albert, Susan Wittig – The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
Balzo, Sandra – From the Grounds Up
Burke, James Lee – The Glass Rainbow
Clark, Jack – Nobody’s Angel
Clemens, Judy – The Grim Reaper’s Dance
Coonts, Deborah – Wanna Get Lucky?
Cotterill, Colin – Love Songs From a Shallow Grave
Duncan, Elizabeth J. – A Brush with Death
Dunlap, Susan – Power Slide
Flint, Shamini – Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Gardner, Lisa – Live to Tell
Genelin, Michael – The Magician’s Accomplice
Grant, Barry – The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes
Greenwood, Kerry – Forbidden Fruit
Hall, Parnell – Caper
Jance, J.A. – Queen of the Night
Lake, Deryn – The Mills of God
Logue, Mary – Frozen Stiff
McIntosh, Pat – A Pig of Cold Poison
Pope, Barbara Corrado – The Blood of Lorraine
Pronzini, Bill – Betrayers
Sharp, Deborah – Mama Gets Hitched
Solomita, Stephen – Mercy Killings
Upson, Nicola – Angel with Two Faces
Wolfe, Ingerash – The Taken
 


Fantasy

Chadbourn, Mark – The Hounds of Avalon 
Chadbourn, Mark – The Queen of Sinister 
Fallon, Jennifer – The Palace of Impossible Dreams 
Hickman, Tracy – Song of the Dragon 
Lackey, Mercedes – The Sleeping Beauty 
Mackenzie, Kasey – Red Hot Fury 
McCaffrey, Todd J. - Dragongirl 
Modesitt, L.E. Jr. – Imager’s Intrigue 
Novik, Naomi – Tongues of Serpents 
Stewart, K.A. – A Devil in the Details
   

 

 


Science Fiction


The Year’s Best Science Fiction: 27th Annual Collection
 


Romance


Anderson, Catherine – Early Dawn
Bush, Nancy – Blind Spot
Davidson, MaryJanice – Undead and Unfinished
Eden, Cynthia – I’ll Be Slaying You
Kleypas, Lisa – Married by Morning
Morsi, Pamela – The Bikini Car Wash
Squires, Susan – A Twist in Time
 


Horror


Armstrong, Kelley – Waking the Witch
Grant, Mira - Feed
Sigler, Scott – Ancestor 
  
  


Inspirational


Bowen, Michele Andrea – More Church Folk
Jenkins, Jerry B. – The Last Operative
 


Alternative Lifestyle


McCauley, Stephen – Insignificant Others
 


Short Stories


Doerr, Anthony – Memory Wall
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse
Gaiman, Neil and Al Sarrantonio – Stories: All-New Tales
Masked
 


Large Print Fiction


Bass, Elizabeth – Miss You Most of All
Coulter, Catherine - Whiplash
Cussler, Clive – The Spy
DeMille, Nelson – The Lion
Deaver, Jeffery – The Burning Wire
Furst, Alan – Spies of the Balkans
Graham, Heather – Ghost Shadow
Lindsey, Johanna – That Perfect Someone
Mallery, Susan – Almost Perfect
Mallery, Susan – The Sheik and the Bought Bride
Michaels, Fern – Game Over
Miller, Linda Lael – The Bridegroom
Miller, Linda Lael – Garrett
Neggers, Carla – The Whisper
Parker, Robert B. – Blue-eyed Devil
Pickard, Nancy – The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Pilcher, Robin – The Long Way Home
Roberts, Nora – Night Tales
Roberts, Nora – Savor the Moment
Shors, John – Beneath a Marble Sky
Smiley, Jane – Private Life
Steel, Danielle – Family Ties
Steinbeck, Thomas – In the Shadow of the Cypress
Stepakoff, Jeffrey – Fireworks Over Toccoa
Turow, Scott – Innocent
 


Large Print Mystery


Albert, Susan Wittig – Holly Blues
Castillo, Linda – Pray for Silence
Davis, Krista – The Diva Paints the Town
Evanovich, Janet – Sizzling Sixteen
Fowler, Earlene – State Fair
Hall, Parnell – The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady
Wells, Melinda – The Proof is in the Pudding
 


Large Print Biography and Non-Fiction


Bush, Laura – Spoken From the Heart

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