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Someone is killing women from Montana, all of whom are the same age and eerily similar in looks. The deaths…
look accidental, but Dr. Kacey Lambert sees the pattern--and realizes she is a target. Detectives Alvarez and Pescoli, from Chosen to Die (DB 70531), investigate. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
In the future, a few altered human ambassadors speak the alien Ariekei's language, which developed to convey only true concepts.…
But when a new ambassador threatens the fragile balance between Embassytown's humans and aliens, Avice Benner Cho--a human colonist--is torn between competing loyalties. 2011
A la suite des tremblements de terre d'Islande en juin 2000, le lac de Kleifarvatn se vide peu à peu.…
Une géologue chargée de mesurer le niveau de l'eau découvre sur le fond asséché un squelette lesté par un émetteur radio portant des inscriptions en caractères cyrilliques à demi effacés. Erlendur et son équipe se voient chargés de l'enquête. Prix du polar européen 2008, décerné par le Point.
François, Claude, Mick, Annie et le fidèle Dagobert, leur chien, aiment l'imprévu et les aventures. Ce sont les vacances, mais…
la mère de Claude est souffrante et les voici entre les mains de la sinistre madame Friot, qui n'a de cesse de les persécuter. Alors qu'ils partent se cacher au château de Kernach, ils s'aperçoivent qu'ils ne sont pas seuls sur l'île.
Early twentieth century. Seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see spirits haunting the marshes around Swampsea, believes she is responsible for her…
twin sister's brain injury and stepmother's death. Then Eldric enters their lives and exposes secrets even Briony is unaware of. For senior high and older readers. 2011
Responding to reports of a car accident involving a woman and a deer, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch arrives at…
the scene to find only the car. When he later discovers the woman was murdered in a manner similar to a years-earlier case, Mike investigates. Violence and strong language. 2011
After Carley's husband dies, she discovers he has left her and their daughters in financial straits. To survive, Carley turns…
their Nantucket house into a bed-and-breakfast. The first summer is one of upheaval--and newfound love. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Wealthy family friend Marshall Marcus hires Nick Heller, from Vanished (DB 71619), to find his missing teenaged daughter Alexa. Abducted…
while clubbing, Alexa is being held captive in a buried coffin. But her father's secrets hamper Heller's race to find her. Violence and strong language. 2011
Gifted tenth-grader Alice lives in rural New York with her physician parents, who wanted to live off the land. After…
the body of a missing young woman is discovered, a reporter's coverage of the case--and others like it--changes Alice's life. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
North Carolina, 1960s. When her sister Lily is murdered, Luce, the caretaker of an abandoned lodge, is entrusted with Lily's…
disturbed twin children. Then Stubblefield, heir to the property, arrives to assess his inheritance. Soon the kids' stepfather, who killed their mother, joins them. Strong language and some violence. 2011
Venice. Commissario di Polizia Brunetti is summoned to widow Constanza Altavilla's modest apartment, where the coroner pronounces the widow dead…
from a heart attack. But Brunetti has hunch that there is more to this case and makes inquiries at a home for the elderly where Constanza volunteered. 2011
Film editor recounts her 2009 arrest at the North Korean border with her colleague Laura Ling while filming a documentary.…
Describes her five-month detention, which she spent missing her husband and daughter; her trial and twelve-year labor-camp sentence; and her elation over former President Clinton's negotiation of their release. 2010
After a zombie-creating pandemic takes a big bite out of the population, the government tries to reclaim New York City.…
Civilian Mark Spitz helps clear Lower Manhattan, building by building, removing the undead stragglers. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2011
Michael Vey struggles with more than Tourette's syndrome--he also must hide his electrical powers from the world. Michael's life improves…
when he makes a friend with similar abilities, until a dangerous group demands Michael and others use their powers for evil. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2011
While Lady Telmaine Hearne, condemned to death for sorcery in Lightborn (DB 73289), escapes south with Lord Vladimer, a battle…
begins between the Darkborn and Shadowborn. Telmaine's husband Balthasar joins Ishmael in defending the frontier, only to learn that he has unexpected connections to their enemies. 2011
When the London bookstore where she is employed closes, Laura takes a job organizing a literary festival and makes new…
friends. She secures reclusive, womanizing Irish author Dermot Flynn to headline the event and gets along famously with him--but also falls in love. Some strong language. 2009
Quaker pastor Gulley invites fellow Christians to consider their faith in a fresh way, informed by common sense, positive tradition,…
and personal experience. Reflects on the evolution of faith in his own life and in society. Discusses the concepts of suffering, evil, salvation, prayer, and the afterlife. 2011
Medical journalist Carper, who is genetically susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, surveys the scientific research on dementia and details specific actions…
that can help to delay or prevent the condition. Recommends nutritional and lifestyle changes, including taking vitamins, surfing the Internet, exercising, socializing, and meditating. 2010
After D'Haran rulers Richard and Kahlan dismiss a boy's dire prophecy and a fortuneteller's warning, they hear rumors that people…
are using dark magic to spy through mirrors and begin to wonder if the three events are connected. Sequel to Confessor (DB 65636). Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2011