November 2013
Purgatory - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense
Mysterious Press | 9780802126078 | Published November 4, 2013
Former cop Jack Taylor has finally found a modicum of peace --- he has managed to kick the myriad substances that have had a stranglehold over his painful life. Yet this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante killer begins targeting the scum of Galway --- addressing cryptic letters to Jack, trying to goad him into joining the murderous spree. Jack is also brought into the fold of an enigmatic tech billionaire who has been buying up massive amounts of property in Galway, seemingly in the hopes of offering this downtrodden city a better future. Yet if Jack has learned one thing living in Ireland, it's that people who outwardly claim to be on the side of righteousness are likely harboring far more nefarious motives beneath the surface.
Bellman and Black - Contemporary, Fiction, General Fiction, Historical , Literary
Atria/Emily Bestler Books | 9781476711959 | Published November 5, 2013
As a boy, William Bellman commits one small, cruel act: killing a bird with his slingshot. Little does he know the unforeseen and terrible consequences of the deed, which is soon forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games.
Death of a Nightingale (Nina Borg #3) - Fiction,Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Soho Crime | 9781616953041 | Published November 5, 2013
Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg has been following Natasha Doroshenko's case for years now. Nina, who had tried to help Natasha leave her abusive Danish fiancé more than once, can't see the young Ukrainian mother as a vicious killer. But in her effort to protect Natasha's daughter and discover the truth, Nina realizes there is much she didn't know about this woman and her past. The mystery has long and bloody roots, going back to a terrible famine that devastated Stalinist Ukraine in 1934.
Havisham - Historical Fiction
Picador | 9781250037275 | Published November 5, 2013
In this astounding prelude to Charles Dickens’s classic GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Ronald Frame unfurls the psychological trauma that made young Catherine into Miss Havisham, and cursed her to a life alone roaming the halls of the mansion in the tatters of the dress she wore for the wedding she was never to have.
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells - Fiction, Humor
St. Martin's Press | 9781250047595 | Published November 5, 2013
With the approval of the Wodehouse estate, acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks brings Bertie and Jeeves back to life in a hilarious affair of mix-ups and mishaps. Bertie, nursing a bit of heartbreak over the recent engagement of one Georgiana Meadowes to someonenot named Wooster, agrees to “help” his old friend Peregrine “Woody” Beeching, whose own romance is foundering. Almost immediately, things go awry. Jeeves ends up having to impersonate one Lord Etringham, while Bertie plays the part of Jeeves’ manservant “Wilberforce” — and this all happens under the same roof as the now affianced Ms. Meadowes.
No Man's Nightingale: An Inspector Wexford Novel - Fiction,Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
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Scribner | 9781476744483 | Published November 5, 2013
A vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, the cleaning woman who discovers her body, happens to be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When called on by his old deputy, detective inspector Mike Burden, Wexford, intrigued by the circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators.
Red Sky in Morning - Literary Fiction
Little, Brown and Company | 9780316230254 | Published November 5, 2013
It's 1832 and Coll Coyle has just killed the wrong man. The dead man's father means to track Coll down and make him pay for what he did. The hunt leads form the windswept bogs of County Donegal, across the Atlantic to the choleric work camps of the Pennsylvania railroad, where both men will find their fates in the hardship and rough country of the fledgling United States.
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - Fiction, Humor, Mystery
Random House | 9781400065943 | Published November 5, 2013
THE ALL-GIRL FILLING STATION'S LAST REUNION is a fun-loving mystery about an Alabama woman today and five women who worked in a Phillips 66 gas station during the World War II years. The one and only Fannie Flagg, the beloved author of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE, is at her hilarious and superb best here.
The Boy Detective: A New York Childhood - Autobiography,Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
Ecco | 9780062241337 | Published November 5, 2013
On a cold winter day in 2011, Rosenblatt left the night class he taught at Stony Brook's Manhattan campus on East 28th Street and found himself, on a whim, on a walk through the territory of his childhood. Tramping from Gramercy Park to Irving Place and over and up to Madison Square Park, his stroll took him across the streets of the city, and through the byways and alleys of memory. In a beautifully wrought series of vignettes that limn geographical and emotional landscapes, Rosenblatt evokes with rare precision a disappeared New York, the people who inhabited it, and the larger world of which it was a part.
The Good Boy - Fiction, Mystery, Police Procedural
Minotaur Books | 9781250001795 | Published November 5, 2013
Edgar Award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with THE GOOD BOY, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city.
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (14) - Mystery
Pantheon | 9780307378415 | Published November 5, 2013
Modern ideas get tangled up with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved, best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
The Valley of Amazement - Fiction
Ecco | 9780062107312 | Published November 5, 2013
Moving between the dazzling world of courtesans in turn of the century Shanghai, a remote Chinese mountain village, and the rough-hewn streets of nineteenth-century San Francisco, Amy Tan's sweeping new novel maps the lives of three generations of women connected by blood and history---and the mystery of an evocative painting known as "The Valley of Amazement."
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage - Autobiography, Biography, Memoir,Nonfiction
Harper | 9780062236678 | Published November 5, 2013
THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE takes us into the very real world of Ann Patchett's life. Stretching from her childhood to the present day, from a disastrous early marriage to a later happy one, it covers a multitude of topics, including relationships with family and friends, and charts the hard work and joy of writing, and the unexpected thrill of opening a bookstore. As she shares stories of the people, places, ideals, and art to which she has remained indelibly committed, Ann Patchett brings into focus the large experiences and small moments that have shaped her as a daughter, wife, and writer.
Through the Evil Days: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery - Fiction, Mystery, Women's Fiction
Minotaur Books | 9780312606848 | Published November 5, 2013
On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs. Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood. Clare isn't doing much better; the vestry of St. Alban's Church has called for the bishop to investigate her "unpriestly" pregnancy. As the days and hours tick by, Russ and Clare fight personal and professional battles they could never have imagined that will change their lives forever.
Where the Moon Isn't - Fiction, Literary Fiction
St. Martin's Press | 9781250026989 | Published November 5, 2013
While on vacation with their parents, Matthew and his older brother snuck out in the middle of the night to cause mischief. Only Matthew came home safely. Now, Matthew tells us, he has found a way to bring his brother back — by going off his meds. What really unfolded that night so long ago? What happened to Matthew’s brother? And what role did Matthew play?
Minotaur Books | 9781250011619 | Published November 12, 2013
On a spring morning in London, 1875, Charles Lenox agrees to take time away from his busy schedule as a Member of Parliament to meet an old protégé’s client at Charing Cross. But when their cryptic encounter seems to lead, days later, to the murder of an innocuous country squire, this fast favor draws Lenox inexorably back into his old profession. Ranging from the slums of London to the city’s corridors of power, the newest Charles Lenox novel bears all of this series’ customary wit, charm, and trickery — a compulsive escape to a different time.
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Death of the Black-Haired Girl - Thriller
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 9780618386239 | Published November 12, 2013
From the best-selling author of THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER, a historical thriller set in contemporary Bavaria, about Ludwig II's mysterious death and the long-lost diary that could unlock its secrets.
Foul Trouble - Young Adult 12+
Knopf Books for Young Readers | 9780375869648 | Published November 12, 2013
Terrell Jamerson is the #1 high school basketball player in the country. He's got top colleges lined up to offer him scholarships. Press coverage at every game. Everyone says he could play in the NBA tomorrow. He's living the dream, right? Danny Wilcox would tell you a different story. Danny is Terrell's best friend and teammate, and a top prospect himself. But he sees that not all of the people buzzing around Terrell have his best interests at heart. It's a dirty game, but Terrell will have to learn to play if he wants his chance at a slam dunk...
Hild - Historical Fiction
Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 9780374280871 | Published November 12, 2013
A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerfil woman of the Middle Ages: Hild; for fans of both WOLF HALL and GAME OF THRONES.
Permanent Member of the Family, A - Fiction, Short Stories
Ecco | 9780061857652 | Published November 12, 2013
Reminiscent of Don DeLillo and Raymond Carver, this collection of twelve short works showcases a master at the peak of his intuitive powers. As he did in his haunting, classic works THE SWEET HEREAFTER, RULE OF THE BONE and LOST MEMORY OF SKIN, Banks explores provocative themes with pathos and sharp insight. Each of the stories in this powerful collection demonstrates the range of his narrative virtuosity and a startlingly panoramic vision of humanity which recalls the moral sweep of John Steinbeck's writing.
Sins of the Flesh: A Carmine Delmonico Novel - Action,Adventure, Fiction, General Fiction, Literature, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Simon & Schuster | 9781476735337 | Published November 12, 2013
It’s August in the college town of Holloman and police Captain Carmine Delmonico is on vacation. Back home, first one, then two male corpses turn up—emaciated and emasculated. After connecting the victims to four other bodies, Sergeant Delia and Lieutenant Abe realize that Holloman has a psychopathic killer on the loose. Luckily, Carmine decides to come back from vacation early.
Stella Bain - Fiction, Historical Fiction
Little, Brown and Company | 9780316098861 | Published November 12, 2013
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. This gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
Tatiana: An Arkady Renko Novel - Contemporary, Fiction, Literature,Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Simon & Schuster | 9781439140215 | Published November 12, 2013
In TATIANA, Martin Cruz Smith, “the master of the international thriller” (The New York Times) creates the most compelling heroine of his career and the most realistic, damning portrait of modern Russia in contemporary literature.
White Fire (Pendergast) - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
Grand Central Publishing | 9781455525836 | Published November 12, 2013
Roaring Fork, Colorado is a new, bustling ski resort --- a far cry from its humble beginnings as an isolated mining camp. But the past comes back with a vengence when the town cemetary is dug up and one Corrie Swanson discovers a terrifying secret. A series of brutal arson attacks erupt when Corrie takes things public, drawing in Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI. With the town under seige and Corrie's life in grave danger, Pendergast must solve the riddle of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.
A Nasty Piece of Work - Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Thomas Dunne Books | 9781250021458 | Published November 19, 2013
Former CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan for the desert of New Mexico, where he works as a private investigator from the comforts, such as they are, of a mobile home. Into his life comes Ornella Neppi, a thirty-something woman making a hash out of her uncle’s bail bonds business. The source of her troubles, Emilio Gava, has jumped bail. Curiously, no photographs of Gava seem to exist. And once Gunn begins his search, for $95 a day plus expenses, it becomes unclear whether Gava even existed in the first place.
A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York - Art, Autobiography, Biography, Entertainment, Humor, Literature, Memoir, Women's Interest
Scribner | 9781451656299 | Published November 19, 2013
Now, the Academy Award-winning actress shares the story of her unconventional life. Living with her glamorous/artistic mother, educated by tutors and nuns, intrepid on a horse, Huston was raised on an Irish estate to which—between movies—her father brought his array of extraordinary friends, from Carson McCullers and John Steinbeck to Peter O’Toole and Marlon Brando.
Someone Else's Love Story - Fiction, Women's Fiction
William Morrow | 9780062105653 | Published November 19, 2013
SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE STORY is beloved and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson's funny, charming and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness; about falling in love, and learning that things aren't always what they seem --- or what we hope they will be.
Takedown Twenty: A Stephanie Plum Novel - Fiction, Mystery
Bantam | 9780345542885 | Published November 19, 2013
When powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunnucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in --- not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild in the streets of Trenton, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown.
Cross My Heart (Alex Cross) - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
Little, Brown and Company | 9780316210911 | Published November 25, 2013
When the ones Detective Alex Cross loves are in danger, he will do anything to protect them. But now if he does anything to protect them, they will die. A genius determined to prove himself the greatest mind in crime knows Alex's weakness, and how to use it against him.
Our Picnics in the Sun - Fiction, Suspense
Delacorte Press | 9780385342766 | Published November 26, 2013
Howard and Deborah have sunk their life savings into the small cottage where they raise sheep and live quiet lives. When Howard has a stroke, Deborah must open the doors to lodgers, turning her home into a bed and breakfast. Two men come one night, drinking too much and complaining too loudly. The next morning, one of them is gone and the other can't even begin to pay the bill.
SOURCE: BookReporter.com
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