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All the new fiction and large print books for May2011.

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Fiction

Baldacci, David – The Innocent
Bilyeau, Nancy – The Crown
Bisson, Terry – Any Day Now
Brothers, Caroline - Hinterland
Caldwell, Laura – Question of Trust
Cameron, Peter – Coral Glynn
Clark, Mary Higgins – The Lost Years
D’Agostino, Kris – The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac
Dallas, Sandra – True Sisters
Dau, Stephen – The Book of Jonas
Dermont, Amber – The Starboard Sea
Dickey, Eric Jerome – An Accidental Affair
Doughty, Louise – Whatever You Love
Edugyan, Esi – Half-Blood Blues
Ephron, Delia – The Lion Is In
Ford, Michael Thomas – Jane Vows Vengeance: Jane Bites #3
Fury, Dalton – Black Site: Delta Force #1
Gallagher, Stephen – The Bedlam Detective
Grahame-Smith, Seth – Unholy Night
Grisham, John – Calico Joe
Gutcheon, Beth – Gossip
Hand, Elizabeth – Available Dark: Cass Neary #2
Hassman, Tupelo – Girlchild
Hepinstall, Kathy – Blue Asylum
Howe, Katherine – The House of Velvet and Glass
Johansen, Iris – What Doesn’t Kill You
Julavits, Heidi – The Vanishers
Kazinski, AJ – The Last Good Man
Kerr, Philip – Prague Fatale
King, Stephen – The Wind Through the Keyhole
Kowal, Mary Robinette – Glamour in Glass: Jane Ellsworth #2
Manfredo, Lou – Rizzo’s Daughter: Joe Rizzo #3
Margolin, Phillip – Capitol Murder
McAfee, Stephanie – Diary of a Mad Fat Girl
McCarthy, Tom – Men in Space
Moore, Christopher – Sacre Bleu
Olafsson, Olaf – Restoration
Olmstead, Robert – The Coldest Night
Olshan, Joseph - Cloudland
Parris, S.J. - Sacrilege
Pelecanos, George – What It Was: Derek Strange #2
Persson, Leif GW – Another Time, Another Life: The Story of a Crime #2
Phan, Aimee – The Reeducation of Cherry Truong
Powers, Tim – Hide Me Among the Graves
Radford, Ceri – A Surrey State of Affairs
Reilly, Matthew – Scarecrow Returns: Scarecrow #5
Roberts, Nora – The Witness
Rogan, Charlotte – The Lifeboat
Rogers, Morgan Callan – Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea
Romano-Lax, Andromeda – The Detour
Rosenfelt, David – Heart of a Killer
Ross, Ann B. – Miss Julia to the Rescue
Scottoline, Lisa – Come Home
Seymour, Gerald – Timebomb
Shriver, Lionel – The New Republic
Smith, Mark Allen – The Inquisitor
Stringer, Vickie M. – Low Down and Dirty
Tabor, James M. – The Deep Zone
Trigiani, Adriana – The Shoemaker’s Wife
Tyler, Anne – The Beginner’s Goodbye
Wambaugh, Joseph – Harbor Nocturne
Ward, Katie – Girl Reading
Woods, Stuart – Unnatural Acts

 

Mystery

Arlington, Lucy – Buried in a Book
Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch
Basnight, Gray – The Cop with the Pink Pistol
Bates, Quentin – Cold Comfort: Officer Gunnhildur #2
Black, Cara – Murder at the Lanterne Rouge: Aimee Leduc #12
Brady, Jacklyn – Cake on a Hot Tin Roof: Piece of Cake #2
Brown, Rita Mae – The Big Cat Nap
Burton, Milton T. – The Devil’s Odds
Clark, Carol Higgins – Gypped
Cleland, Jane K. – Dolled Up for Murder: Josie Prescott Antiques #7
Dean, Anna – A Woman of Consequence: Dido Kent #3
Doherty, P.C. – The Mysterium
Doudera, Vicki – Deadly Offer: Darby Farr #3
Faye, Lyndsay – The Gods of Gotham
Fowler, Christopher – The Momory of Blood: Peculiar Crimes #9
Grant, Barry – Sherlock Holmes and the Swedish Enigma: Sherlock Holmes #3
Greer, Robert – Astride a Pink Horse
Grossman, Paul – Children of Wrath: Willi Krauss #2
Gunn, Elizabeth – Magic Line: Sarah Burke #4
Haddam, Jane – Blood in the Water: Gregor Demarkian #27
Harris, C. S. – When Maidens Mourn: Sebastian St. Cyr #7
Hart, Carolyn G. – Death Comes Silently Knightly, Robert – The Cold Room: Harry Corbin #2 Leon, Donna – Beastly Things
Loweecey, Alice – Back in the Habit: Falcone & Driscoll
MacNeal, Susan Elia – Mr. Churchill’s Secretary
McCafferty, Keith – The Royal Wulff Murders
McCall Smith, Alexander – The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Perry, Anne – Dorchester Terrace
Sallis, James – Driven: Driver #2
Simon, Clea – Grey Expectations: Dulcie Schwartz #4
Stroby, Wallace – Kings of Midnight
Thompson, James – Helsinki White: Inspector Vaara #3
Westlake, Donald E. – The Comedy is Finished
Whittle, Tina – Darker Than Any Shadow: Tai Randolph #2
Winspear, Jacqueline – Elegy for Eddie

 

Science Fiction

Bennett, Christopher L. – Forgotten History: Star Trek
Foster, Alan Dean – Body, Inc.: Tipping Point #2
Mack, David - Storming Heaven: Star Trek
Stoddard, Jason – Winning Mars

 

Fantasy

Ahmed, Saladin – Throne of the Crescent Moon
Brandon, Paula – The Ruined City: Veiled Isles #2
Dyachenko, Sergey and Malina – The Scar
Mignola, Mike and Christopher Golden – Joe Golem and the Drowning City
Weis, Margaret and Tracy Hickman – Rage of the Dragon

 
 

Graphic Novel

Hechinger, Josh – The Grave Doug Freshley
Martin, George R.R. –  Game of Thrones: Volume 1
Pfeifer, Will – The Advance Team
Snyder, Scott – American Vampire: Volume 3

 

Romance

Alers, Rochelle – Sanctuary Cove
Alexander, Victoria – My Wicked Little Lies
Anderson, Catherine – Lucky Penny: Kendrick/Coulter #11
Brockmann, Suzanne – Unstoppable
Brockway, Connie – The Other Guy’s Bride
Dare, Lydia – The Wolf Who Loved Me: Westfield Brothers #5
Gentry, Georgina – Colt: Texans #3
Grace, Samantha – Miss Hillary Schools a Scoundrel
Grant, Cecillia – A Lady Awakened
James, Eloisa – The Duke is Mine
Laurens, Stephanie – The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae: Cynster Sisters #3
Marlowe, Mia – Touch of a Rogue: Touch #2
Quick, Amanda – Crystal Gardens

 

Horror

Nevill, Adam – The Ritual

 

Inspirational

Cantrell, Julie – Into the Free
Jackson, Neta – Stand by Me: Souled Out Sisters #1
Kinkade, Thomas and Katherine Spencer – A Wandering Heart: Angel Island #3
Lehman, Yvonne – Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic
Lewis, Beverly – The Fiddler
Martin, Charles – Thunder and Rain

 

Short Stories

Bergman, Megan – Birds of a Lesser Paradise
Moffett, Kevin – Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events

 

 

Large Print Fiction

Alcott, Kate - The Dressmaker
Baker, Tiffany – The Gilly Salt Sisters
Bourne, Joanna - The Black Hawk: Spy Master #4
Burton, Mary (Mary T.) - Before She Dies
Caplan, Thomas – The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen
Clark, Mary Higgins - The Lost Years
Goudge, Eileen - The Replacement Wife
Green, Jane - Another Piece of My Heart
Harrison, Kathryn – Enchantments
Hawley, Noah – The Good Father
Howe, Katherine -  The House of Velvet and Glass
Johnston, Joan - Texas Bride
Kaaberbol, Lene - The Boy in the Suitcase
Mallery, Susan - Barefoot Season: Blackberry Island
O'Nan, Stewart - The Odds : A Love Story
Picoult, Jodi - Lone Wolf
Roberts, Nora - Local Hero
Scottoline, Lisa - Come Home
Steel, Danielle – Betrayal
Wilson, Susan - Dog Who Danced
Wolitzer, Hilma - An Available Man

 

Large Print Mystery

Brown, Rita Mae - The Big Cat Nap: Mrs. Murphy #20
Davis, Krista - Diva Haunts the House: Domestic Diva #5
Holt, Anne - 1222 : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel #2
Kingsley, Allison - Mind Over Murder: Raven’s Nest Bookstore #1
Logan, Kylie - Button Holed: Button Box #1
McCall Smith, Alexander - Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #13
Meier, Leslie - Chocolate Covered Murder: Lucy Stone #18
Perry, Anne - Dorchester Terrace: Charlotte and Thomas Pitt #27
White, Randy Wayne - Chasing Midnight: Doc Ford #19

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