Comes a Horseman Robert Liparulo Release Date: Jan 10, 2005
A recently widowed FBI agent and his tough-as-nails female partner are on the case of a serial murderer. The case turns ugly, though, when the agents themselves become targets of the killer. The resulting drama unfolds as the pair travels to the Middle East, following apocalyptic leads and shady characters through a network of deceit and megalomania, and, ultimately, to the man suspected to be the Anti-Christ....
Blue Shoes and Happiness Alexander McCall Smith Release Date: Apr 18, 2006
In this seventh installment in McCall Smith's delightful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, "traditionally built" Botswana detective Precious Ramotswe faces one of her toughest challenges: losing weight. Luckily, there are plenty of dilemmas to keep her mind off her girth: a nearby village that seems under the influence of witchcraft, a cook suspected of filching food for her increasingly portly spouse, and a newspaper advice columnist who's doing more damage than good....
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Release Date: Mar 18, 2003
When symbologist Robert Langdon is called in to help solve the mysterious murder of the Louvre's chief curator, he discovers a code that will lead him on a quest through Europe to uncover a secret hidden since the days of Christ. Joined by cryptographer Sophie Neveu, he seeks to decipher codes hidden in artwork across Europe that will guide him in the greatest treasure hunt of all time....
The Book of the Dead Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Release Date: May 30, 2006
The New York Museum of Natural History receives their pilfered gem collection back...ground down to dust. Diogenes, the psychotic killer who stole them in Dance of Death, is throwing down the gauntlet to both the city and to his brother, FBI Agent Pendergast, who is currently incarcerated in a maximum security prison. To quell the PR nightmare of the gem fiasco, the museum decides to reopen the Tomb of Senef. An astounding Egyptian temple, it was a popular museum exhibit until the 1930s, when it...
The Hard Way Lee Child Release Date: May 16, 2006
In bestselling author Lee Child's 10th novel to feature ex-army MP Jack Reacher, the investigating trouble-shooter is thrown into a kidnapping involving a dangerous group of mercenaries. Acting first out of curiosity, Reacher agrees to help ex-army officer Edward Lane, aided by his squad of six Special Forces veterans, to track down his kidnapped stepdaughter and wife. Having lost his first wife to a kidnapping five years prior, Lane’s actions raise more questions for Reacher as he s...
March: A Novel Geraldine Brooks Release Date: Mar 3, 2005
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the war, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. Riveting and elegant as it is meticulously researched, March is an extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history....
Relentless Robin Parrish Release Date: Jul 2, 2006
Grant Borrows' life has just taken a drastic left turn. There's another man in the world wearing his face and living his life. What's more, the man he sees in the mirror is a stranger. Somehow, he's been Shifted—his whole life fundamentally altered, in the space of a single breath. But the changes don't stop at skin-level. Inexplicably, he's able to affect objects around him by simply thinking about them. And as he soon learns, he's become the centr...
The Husband Dean Koontz Release Date: May 30, 2006
An ordinary man's extraordinary commitment to his wife takes him on a harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to the mystery of love itself—and to a showdown with the force that would destroy it forever....
Black Order James Rollins Release Date: Jun 27, 2006
In the eighth Sigma Force novel, the team members risk their lives against Nazis, scientists, and mythological beasts in a search that will lead them to the heart of one of humanity's greatest mysteries....
In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick Release Date: May 8, 2000
In this well-crafted story, Philbrick recounts the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, based out of Nantucket. While on a whaling expedition in the South Pacific, the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, forcing its crew to undergo a harrowing tale of survival. Only eight of the twenty-one crew members made it back to Nantucket alive. In the Heart of the Sea won the National Book Award for the year 2000....
The Ruins Scott Smith Release Date: Jul 18, 2006
Six tourists visit a mysterious ruin in Mexico and find themselves trapped by a terrifying and deadly menace....
Next Michael Crichton Release Date: Nov 28, 2006
From the patenting of genes and human tissue to human-animal clones, Next explores many of the cutting-edge issues--and their potential misuse--in the future of genetics....
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) Christopher Paolini Release Date: Aug 10, 2004
Eragon, a young farmer, finds a magic dragon's egg and is swept up in a quest that will change his life forever....
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog Dave Barry Release Date: Nov 7, 2006
Dave Barry reaches back to his childhood (in a very thinly veiled fictional tale) to craft a story narrated by 12-year old Doug Barnes about his Christmas Eve memories in Asquont, New York. It’s a very funny and at times poignant look at junior high, family and Christmas pageants in a small town in 1960....
Forever Odd Dean Koontz Release Date: Nov 29, 2005
The second installment in Koontz's Odd Thomas series continues the adventures of the psychic young man whose ability to see ghosts enables him to help solve crimes....
Dragon Fire William S. Cohen Release Date: Aug 21, 2006
Former Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of Defense William Cohen has taken a stab at fiction. Secretary Cohen has a talent for a great many things and knows a great deal about the inner workings of Washington, D.C., both as a Republican in Congress, and from heading up DOD under President Clinton. However, someone should have tackled the man to the ground when he handed over the first draft of this manuscript....
Deep Storm Lincoln Child Release Date: Jan 30, 2007
Peter Crane, a former naval doctor, goes to investigate a strange and very virulent disease that has broken out on a North Atlantic oil rig. But he faces more than he expected when he discovers the disease is actually linked to a deep-water military operation excavating an underwater site for evidence of the lost city of Atlantis. Crane has his hands full as some of the staff suffer from psychotic episodes and the operation is threatened by sabotage. But his biggest challenge is still ah...
The Woods Harlan Coben Release Date: Apr 17, 2007
County prosecutor Paul Copeland has to face skeletons from his past when new evidence casts doubt on the official version of a terrible incident from his adolescence at summer camp.
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu Susannah Clarke Release Date: Oct 17, 2006
In Susanna Clarke's second book, The Ladies of Grace Adieu, Clarke uses short stories to expand the world of English magic introduced in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Written in 19th-century English reminiscent of Jane Austen, the brilliant stories include a retelling of "Rumplestilskin," a tale of Mary Queen of Scots, and a folk tale about a famous magician king. On the good side, this work is sure to get your imagina...
The End: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13 Lemony Snicket Release Date: Oct 13, 2006
The Baudelaire orphans face even more trouble in this thirteenth and final installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events, including a terrible storm, a mysterious island, and a dishonest facilitator....
Breakpoint Richard A. Clarke Release Date: Jan 16, 2007
Former NSC staffer and advisor to Presidents Bush I & II and Clinton, Richard Clarke offers his sophomore novel, Breakpoint, a cautionary tale that science fiction – and the next phase of human evolution – is closer than we think. It is a decently written and paced novel, but you may need an advanced degree in computer science or bioethics to truly enjoy and understand this techno-thriller....
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