Friday, December 30, 2011

New This Week

Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly (St. Martin’s Press)


Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she's been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents' summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Kate's plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory. Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone has been sabotaging his company, and Kate is just new enough in town that she can insert herself into Culhane's business and snoop around for him. If Kate finds the culprit, Matt will pay her a $20,000 bonus. Needless to say, Kate is highly motivated. But several problems present themselves. Kate despises beer. No one seems to trust her. And she is falling hard for her boss. Can these two smoke out a saboteur, save Kate's family home, and keep a killer from closing in...all while resisting their undeniable attraction to one another?


Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

After his former lover is found murdered in his own bed, Jack Morgan, former Marine and founder of the world's most effective private investigation company, must clear his name while also solving murders at a posh hotel.

The World We Found Thrity Umrigar (Harper Collins)

Thrity Umrigar, acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven , returns with a breathtaking new novel-a skillfully wrought, emotionally resonant story of four women and the indelible friendship they share. Fans of Jennifer Haigh's Faith , Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies , and Katrina Kittle's The Kindness of Strangers will be captivated by Umrigar's The World We Found -a moving story of bottled secrets, unfulfilled dreams, and the acceptance that can still lead to redemption, from a writer whom the New York Times calls "perceptive and often piercing."



Gun Games Faye Kellerman (William Morrow)

Lieutenant Detective Decker and his wife, Rina, investigate an apparent teen suicide witnessed by the son of a troubled former friend whom they have welcomed into their home.

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