October New Popular Books

The following new books have been added this month to the Popular Reading Collection located next to the circulation desk.   These books and any other titles currently checked out can be placed on hold.
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Ricochet, by Sandra Brown
Spy, by Ted Bell
Counterplay, by Robert Tannenbaum
Rise and Shine, by Anne Quindlen
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield
The Book of Fate, by Brad Meltzer
Dark Angels, by Karleen Koen
The Ruins, by Scott Smith
The Mephisto Club, by Tess Gerritsen
Only Revolutions, by Mark Danielewski


This Month's Great Escapes
by Bill McCleary 



The Cold Moon, by Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is one of my favorite authors so I was overjoyed to see he has a new thriller out.  This is a Lincoln Rhyme novel.  Rhyme is the former NYC cop who was paralyzed in the line of duty and now works independently for the police department with a small team of assistants, including Amelia Sachs, a policewoman he has become romantically involved with.  Amelia has been working her first case as a lead detective and it’s an interesting one.  A wealthy businessman had supposedly committed suicide and the case was closed but his wife has asked for another look--and Amelia is taking that look.  Lincoln has taught Amelia a lot about forensic evidence and she soon begins to suspect the businessman was murdered.  Just as Amelia’s case gets going, she and Lincoln are specifically asked for by the higher ups to drop what they are doing and concentrate their efforts on two vicious murders that have just occurred.  With each murder, a moon-faced clock was left at the scene.  It looks like there is a serial killer on the loose with a fixation for clocks.  And, the killer is so clever that that’s about all Lincoln and Amelia can initially determine.  But, they are clever, too, and eventually the forensic evidence will tell them more.  And, I’d like to tell you more, too, but I can’t without spoiling one of the best reads I’ve had so far this year.  I can tell you that the book is filled with wonderful twists and turns that I don’t think you will anticipate and every single page is interesting and enjoyable.  Really the best.


Blue Screen, by Robert B. Parker

Sunny Randall, young, gorgeous, intrepid private eye, lives in Boston.  Jesse Stone lives in the coastal resort town of Paradise, outside of Boston, where he is the chief of police.  Both the stars of Parker series, it was probably a given that they would eventually meet.  Sunny has been hired by sleazy multi-millionaire Buddy Bollen, who lives in Paradise, to protect one of his main investments, Erin Flint.  Erin, tall, beautiful, and athletic, has appeared in five highly profitable ‘Woman Warrior’ movies for Buddy and he also has plans for her to be the first woman player in a major league baseball team he has purchased.   Erin and Buddy, also lovers, live on a palatial estate with a large staff.  One of the staff members is Misty Tyler, Erin’s personal assistant and almost her look-alike.  When Misty is found strangled, Jesse is called into the case and he and Sunny agree to work together to find the killer.  Their investigation will take them to Tinseltown—and Hollywood’s very amusing ways.  Sunny and Jesse, both seemingly finally over their ex-spouses, might be ready for new love.  Sunny and Jesse are both delightful Parker concoctions and together they make a winning team.


The Husband, by Dean Koontz

My father started reading this novel and put it down after the first few pages—thinking it would be too gruesome.  I may tell him to have another go at it.  Mitch Rafferty, a home landscaper, is happily at work planting shrubs when he gets a call on his cell phone.  His wife has been kidnapped and the abductors want two million dollars from Mitch or they will start sending him parts of his wife.  (I think this is where Dad stopped reading.)  To show Mitch that they are serious, they shoot to death a man walking a dog across the street from where Mitch is working.  Mitch gets the standard admonishment that he is being watched and he should not go to the police or his wife will be killed.   So, mild-mannered Mitch is on his own.  He deeply loves his wife and he will do anything to get her back.  His first question, though, is to wonder why he was targeted.  He’s a young guy just starting his business and he is barely getting by.  His parents aren’t wealthy, either, so there’s no help from them.  Although it seems like the kidnappers have picked the wrong guy, there is definitely a reason they wanted Mitch—and it makes for a terrific plot twist that I guarantee you won’t see coming.  Great suspense—and not gruesome!--from beginning to end.


Dead Center, by David Rosenfelt

This is the fifth book in the series featuring Andy Carpenter, the New Jersey attorney who inherited a ton of money and can now pick and choose cases that he accepts.  It’s been about a year since the love of his life, Laurie Collins, left him to move back to her hometown of Findlay, Wisconsin, to become the chief of police.  Andy elected to stay in New Jersey but he is still pining for Laurie.  Back in Findlay, two college girls have been brutally murdered and the boyfriend of one of the girls, Jeremy Davidson, has been arrested and charged with their deaths.  Laurie knows Jeremy and his family and she believes he is innocent—and she wants Andy to come to Findlay and be his lawyer.  Andy’s reluctant but Jeremy does seem innocent—and there’s the thought of a second chance with Laurie.  So, on to Wisconsin—and an intriguing case that awaits.  This was an enjoyable addition to this legal series.





 
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