New in September...
Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton
Hamish Wolfe is serving a life’s sentence, convicted of
killing four women, one whose body was never found, but claims to be innocent
of all the killings. He turns to famed
defense attorney and true crime author Maggie Rose to tell his story and help
him overturn his conviction, but Maggie is uncertain about even talking to
Wolfe, never mind helping him prove his innocence. Slowly, though, Maggie begins to visit Wolfe
and in talking to the police involved in his investigation, she, almost
unwittingly changes her mind as she is drawn into a cat and mouse chase but it
becomes more and more difficult to determine who is the prey and who is doing
the stalking. The plot is so carefully
put together that it is unlikely anyone will see the ending coming and many
readers will find themselves turning to page one once all is revealed in this
cunning thriller.
Stripped Bare by Shannon Baker
Kate
Fox is very content in her life in the Nebraska Sandhills. She lives on her husband’s family’s cattle
ranch Frog Creek and has grown to all the tasks, including calving, involved in
running the ranch while her husband Ted Connor is Grand County Sheriff. Married less than ten years, the couple has
no children, but are guardians to Carly, Kate’s teenaged niece whose sister
Glenda was one of nine children in the Fox Clan who know almost everyone and
everything in the county. Carly, almost
an adult, has been causing Kate some worries lately, but Kate chooses to let
her find her own way until Kate receives a call from Roxy, Carly’s step-mother
and high school sweetheart of Ted, that Carly’s grandfather Eldon has been
murdered on his ranch, Bar J. Ted has
also been shot and is at the hospital and may never walk again. Attending to her husband becomes Kate’s
number one priority until she learns that Ted responded so quickly to the Bar J
because he was in Roxy’s house, specifically her bed, in the house that is on
the same piece of property as the Bar J.
Now Carly is missing which Kate thinks at first is just to mourn the
death of her grandfather until she learns that Eldon was considering selling
his ranch to a controversial developer, the ranch Carly will inherit in two
weeks that Roxy controls until then.
Conflicted about her relationship with her husband, who is running for
reelection, and concerned for Carly’s safety, Kate finds herself on the trail
of a killer and in her search finds peace with what she knows she needs to do
next in her life. This strong heroine
and her extended family will be an appealing new heroine and readers will be
eager to learn what she’ll do next.
The Risen by Ron Rash
Forty-six summers ago brothers Eugene and Bill meet the
beguiling Ligeia at a swimming hole in their small North Carolina
backyard. Events during that summer take
an unexpected turn and have long-lasting effects on the two brothers, their
differences even more pronounced than before.
As the swimming hole gives up the secrets it has held all these summers,
the boys, now men, must come to terms with what happened that summer, how those
events, and their recollections of them, shaped their lives. Shimmering prose and a narrative with a
dream-like quality make this a truly gorgeous book to be savored.
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Best-selling author Karin Slaughter returns to her Will
Trent and Sara Linton series with perhaps her most shocking and chilling tale
yet. Atlanta Bureau of Investigations
officer Will is called to a crime scene where an ex-Atlanta cop has been found
dead. Dean Harding was a mediocre,
perhaps even dirty cop, and no one is surprised, nor saddened to hear of his
death. But medical Sara Linton finds
that most of the blood at the scene is not Harding’s but a different type, and
from the detritus found at the scene, most likely that of a woman, a woman who
if is not found shortly will bleed to death.
ABI working with APD make two more startling discoveries: the warehouse where the body and blood were
found is about to be developed and ownership can be traced back to a basketball
player who was investigated by Will and accused of a brutal rape only to have
the witness not follow through with her story; a gun found at the scene can be
traced back to Will’s estranged wife Angie.
Angie and Will grew up together in a children’s home together forming an
unhealthy alliance, then marriage. Angie
has always been Will’s Achilles’ heel and though they have been apart for years
he has never divorced her, but is ready to now that he is in a relationship
with Sara, one that both think can be permanent. Angie has been leaving threatening notes on
Sara’s car and has broken into Will’s house more than once. Now Sara learns more details about Angie’s
stalking that sets her back on her heels and makes her question Will and their
relationship. Will knows he needs not to
investigate this case, but he also knows he needs to find Angie and find out if
she is dead so he can put an end to their relationship once and for all. Fast-paced and intricate, The Kept Woman starts off at breakneck
speed and doesn’t let up until the final shocking twists and a chilling ending
that promises much, much more.
