April 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.
See a staff member at the circulation desk for assistance.

 

Hundred Dollar Baby, by Robert Parker
The Grave Tattoo, by Val McDermid
Innocent in Death, by J. D. Robb
Past Perfect, by Susan Isaacs
Sisters, by Danielle Steel
Finn, by Jon Clinch
Capitol Threat, by William Bernhardt
Shopaholic & Baby, by Sophie Kinsella
Cross, by James Patterson
Storm Runners, by Jefferson T. Parker
When the Light Goes, by Larry McMurtry
Magic City, by James W. Hall
A Far Country, by Daniel Mason
The Fifth Vial, by Michael Palmer
Dry Ice, by Stephen White


This Month's Great Escapes
by Bill McCleary  



Nature Girl, by Carl Hiaasen

Mr. Hiassen was born and raised in Florida and he uses his native knowledge well when he writes his novels set in the Sunshine State.  In his latest, we are in the Florida wilderness of the Ten Thousand Islands.  Honey Santana, divorced but still friendly with her ex, Perry, is raising her twelve-year-old son Fry and trying to make her way along life’s rocky road.  Having just been fired from her job after repelling her boss’s sexual advances, Honey decides to start a kayaking sightseeing business.  But first, she needs to deal with an obnoxious Texas telemarketer, Boyd Eisenhower, who has insulted her.  Honey decides to lure Boyd to Florida and teach him a lesson.  Did I mention that Honey’s a little unbalanced?  But, loveable just the same.  Meanwhile, Sammy Tigertale, a half white-half Seminole tour guide, is on the run after one of his tourists died from a snake bite and Sammy panicked and buried the body.  Honey, Boyd, Sam, and a cast of Hiaasen’s colorful characters, will all end up on Dismal Key.  Some, but not all, will survive.  This wasn’t the author’s best but it was still a pretty good read.


Judge and Jury, by James Patterson

Mafia don Dominic Cavello has finally been brought to justice—largely through the efforts of FBI agent Nick Pellisante.  Cavello has committed hundreds of crimes and he will stop at nothing to evade prison.  When he comes to trial, Andie DeGrasse, an aspiring single mother with a young son, is selected for jury duty.  As the trial progresses, it looks like Cavello will be be convicted.  But, that’s before the bus carrying the jurors is blown up.  Andie survives the explosion but her young son is killed in the blast.  A second trial is ordered but, in a bloody daredevil scheme, Cavello escapes and disappears.  Andie and Nick have been thrown together by their involvement with the case and both want to see Cavello receive justice—one way or another.  Together they decide to go after Cavello—and they’ll end up about at the end of the earth.  This was a rather far-fetched plot in many ways but it was entertaining just the same. 


Treasure of Khan, by Clive Cussler

Dirk Pitt, the head of NUMA, and his sidekick, Al Giordino, are exploring the huge Lake Baikal in Russia when a freak tidal wave nearly kills them and an oil survey team on another boat.  At first the tidal wave is thought to be an act of nature caused by an underground disturbance.  But, Pitt and Giorgino get suspicious when the oil survey team is abducted.  Meanwhile, around the globe similar underground explosions are causing havoc with the world’s oil supply.  If Pitt and Giordino can find the missing survey team, they may be able to find the person or persons causing the earthquakes.  Their search will lead them to Mongolia and to a remote estate called Xanadu—and maybe the long-lost treasure of Genghis Khan?  This was an exciting adventure story with interesting locales all over the globe.


Echo Park, by Michael Connelly

A new Harry Bosch novel is a treat to be savored.  Bosch is the LA cop who likes to do things his own way—and usually ends up stepping on not a few toes in the process.  Bosch left the force for awhile but then returned and he is now working with the cold case squad.  One cold case of Harry’s has always haunted him.  Thirteen years ago a young girl named Marie Gesto was abducted and presumed murdered—her body was never found.  Harry has always suspected that a young man from a very rich family was the killer but he has never had any evidence to prove it.  Now that he is working with cold cases, he has periodically returned to the Gesto case.  While Bosch is working the case he gets a call from another detective telling him that a man named Raynard Waits has confessed to the Gesto murder and several others.  Waits was never a suspect with Harry’s case and he is initially skeptical but Waits has promised to lead the police to Gesto’s body in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.  At the burial site in a remote canyon, Waits manages to escape and he disappears.  Bosch, feeling guilty about not catching Waits thirteen years ago, independently goes on the hunt for Waits—even though he has been temporarily suspended.  This was an exciting and suspenseful read from the first page and you will love all the twists and turns and the intrigue.  Terrific!





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