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Maine: a novel
By J. Courtney Sullivan. 2011
Bullying Irish Catholic matriarch Alice Kelleher presides over her dysfunctional family at their beach house in Maine. Alice's unwed granddaughter…
Maggie shows up with some surprising news--she's pregnant. Soon Alice's angry hippie daughter Kathleen and goody-goody daughter-in-law Ann Marie arrive. Strong language. Bestseller. 2011
Dead reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #11)
By Charlaine Harris. 2011
After a Molotov cocktail sets fire to Merlotte's bar and Sookie and Sam barely escape, they investigate who targeted them--and…
why. Meanwhile Eric, who has issues of his own, arrives on the scene. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
The orphan master's son: a novel
By Adam Johnson. 2012
North Korea. Pak Jun Do spends his childhood on an orphan slave-labor crew--even though his father runs the orphanage. Later…
he is placed on kidnap duty, snatching Japanese citizens whose skills are needed. Over time, his assignments grow increasingly dangerous. Pulitzer Prize. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Raylan: A Novel
By Elmore Leonard. 2012
Someone removes a small-time Kentucky pot dealer's kidneys, then offers to sell them back. U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens's investigations into…
this and connected crimes uncover a transplant nurse gone bad, a coldhearted mine-company lawyer, and a poker-playing college girl. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
The pale king: an unfinished novel
By David Foster Wallace. 2011
David Wallace and other trainees arrive at the IRS center in Peoria, Illinois, in 1985 to begin their careers as…
agents--the same year that the IRS began to operate like a for-profit business. The work is so tedious that boredom-survival training is offered. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
The elusive bride: the Black Cobra quartet (Black Cobra Quartet #2)
By Stephanie Laurens. 2010
India, 1822. Emily Ensworth, the niece of the governor of Bombay, and her party are attacked by Black Cobra cultists.…
After escaping, Emily sails home to England with Major Gareth Hamilton. The two fall in love as they struggle to elude their pursuers. Explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Ten things I love about you
By Julia Quinn. 2010
London, 1822. Annabel Winslow must marry well to save her family from poverty. The elderly earl of Newbury, who needs…
a son, is interested, but Annabel is attracted to the earl's current heir, his nephew Sebastian Grey. Annabel is torn between desire and duty. Explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Fly away home: a novel
By Jennifer Weiner. 2010
The disclosure of U.S. senator Richard Woodruff's illicit affair sparks changes in his family. Wife Sylvie retires to her seaside…
home. Daughters Diana, a physician, and Lizzie, a recovering addict, join Sylvie in contemplating the past and future. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Private: Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, London, Chicago, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Rome (Private)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2010
Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's private investigation company, which doesn't hesitate to use force and forensics to…
obtain results. Jack is probing a professional-football gambling scandal and the murders of L.A. school girls when his ex-lover is murdered. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2010
Midnight crystal: book III of the Dreamlight trilogy (A Harmony Novel #8)
By Jayne Castle. 2010
Adam Winters, head of the local Ghost Hunter Guild, searches for a stolen relic--and a woman who can read dreamlight.…
Adam persuades Marlowe Jones to join him on his journey, and the two fall in love. Sequel to Burning Lamp (DB 71091). Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Lone wolf: a novel
By Jodi Picoult. 2012
Seventeen-year-old Cara lives with her father Luke, whose marriage disintegrated years ago under the pressure of his obsessive interest in…
researching wolves. When an accident leaves Luke in a coma, Cara and her estranged brother Edward's differing opinions on life support lead to a courtroom battle. Strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Shortcut man: a novel
By P. G. Sturges, Preston Sturges. 2011
Old ladies who have been swindled by contractors and landlords who need squatters removed hire Dick Henry to set things…
right. Now a porn producer wants Dick to tail his unfaithful wife Judy. But Dick knows Judy as "Lynette"--his lover. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Home front: A Novel
By Kristin Hannah. 2012
2005. Forty-one-year-old Jolene, a Washington state National Guard helicopter pilot, is deployed to Iraq. She leaves behind a troubled marriage,…
a difficult preteen daughter, and a preschooler. While Jolene experiences the horrors of war, her husband Michael raises their children alone. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Defending Jacob: a novel
By William Landay. 2012
Assistant district attorney Andy Barber investigates the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy in his New England town. But the evidence…
points to Andy's son Jacob, the victim's schoolmate, and it becomes known that Andy and Jacob are from a line of violent men. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2012
Hidden summit (A Virgin River Novel #15)
By Robyn Carr. 2012
Conner Danson, a carpenter from Sacramento, witnesses a murder and is sent to Virgin River, California, until the trial. Conner…
falls in love with Leslie Petruso, a divorced office manager with her own personal baggage. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
You-- again: An Anthology
By Debbie Macomber. 2012
Two novellas. In Baby Blessed Jordan travels to Africa to divorce Molly but instead has to rescue her from danger.…
The two struggle with their unresolved feelings for each other. In Yesterday Once More Julie returns to Wichita to make amends with her wealthy ex-fiancé. Bestseller. 1986
Private: #1 suspect : a novel (Private #2)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2012
PI Jack Morgan arrives home and finds his ex-lover Colleen in his bed--dead. Morgan soon becomes the prime suspect in…
Colleen's murder. While under investigation himself, Morgan and his colleagues look into a series of hotel killings and, reluctantly, a Mafia pharmaceutical van-jacking. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012
The cut: a novel (Spero Lucas Series #1)
By George P. Pelecanos. 2011
Ex-marine Spero Lucas works as a defense attorney's investigator and does side jobs recovering stolen items. Drug dealer Anwan Hawkins…
hires Lucas to retrieve stolen marijuana packages Hawkins had delivered by FedEx to houses when the residents were not home. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Cold vengeance (Agent Pendergast Series #11)
By Lincoln Child, Douglas J. Preston. 2011
After learning of his wife Helen's murder in Fever Dream (DB 71402), FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast wants vengeance--especially after…
Helen's brother Judson Esterhazy tries to kill him. But a mysterious organization called the Covenant stands in Pendergast's way. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
The magician king: a novel (Magicians Trilogy)
By Lev Grossman. 2011
Quentin, from The Magicians (DB 69579), becomes bored with his cushy life in Fillory and searches for adventure. But somehow…
he and his friend Julia end up back on Earth and have to search for a way back to Fillory. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011