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Featured Titles 2004
Page Modified: April 2, 2008
New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on these lists. Books for kids and teens (fiction and nonfiction) are also listed.
December 2004
Nonfiction
- The Queen's Slave Trader: Jack Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human Souls
Author: Hazlewood, Nick
Publisher: Morrow $ 26.95 ISBN: 0066210895 Date: 2004
PW
In the 17th and 18th centuries, England became the greatest slave trading nation in the world. This painstakingly researched biography of Jack Hawkyns, the queen's personal slave trader, explores his life and chronicles the rise of the English slave trade.
Updated 10.25.04 - Bugatti Queen: In Search of a Racing Legend
Author: Seymour, Miranda
Publisher: Random $ 24.95 ISBN: 1400061687 Date: 2004KirkusBooklist
Drawn from a remarkable cache of newly discovered papers, this work sheds new light on both the treacherous world of international racing and life in Occupied France, while revealing the story of Hell Nice, a fearless and passionate woman who lived for the challenge of becoming the fastest woman in the world.
Updated 11.29.04
Fiction
- A Hard Man Is Good To Find
Author: Blackwood, Jane
Publisher: Zebra $ 5.99 (paper) ISBN: 0821776169 Date: 2004Booklist
In this lighthearted romance, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes over a small-town newspaper. Soon he's alienating the staff and igniting sparks with a sexy, smart-mouthed reporter who's determined to uncover his real story.
Updated 11.29.04 - Seven Types of Ambiguity
Author: Pearlman, Elliot
Publisher: Riverhead $ 27.95 ISBN: 157322281x Date: 2004KirkusBooklist
A psychological thriller and deeply romantic novel that speaks with unforgettable force about the redemptive power of love, this story is told in seven parts, by six different narrators whose lives are entangled in unexpected ways.
Updated 11.2.04
Mystery & Suspense
- Coroner's Lunch
Author: Cotterill, Colin
Publisher: Soho $ 23 ISBN: 1569473765 Date: 2004KirkusBooklist
When an elderly doctor takes over as state coroner of newly formed Communist Laos in the late 1970s, he unexpectedly stirs the bureaucratic pot and unravels three complicated and intertwined murder plots his superiors want to sweep under the carpet.
Suggested Reading: Debuts
Updated 10.4.04 - Skeleton Man
Author: Hillerman, Tony
Publisher: HarperCollins $ 25.95 ISBN: 0060563443 Date: 2004BooklistPW
"New York Times" bestselling author Tony Hillerman is back with another blockbuster novel featuring the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee.
Suggested Reading: If You Like Tony Hillerman
Updated 10.19.04 - Fire Baby
Author: Kelly, Jim
Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312321457 Date: 2004PW
Reporter Philip Dryson hopes to blow open a murder story with the help of a dying woman and his own comatose wife. This is the follow-up to Kelly's debut, The Water Clock, which was shortlisted for Britain's John Creasey Award.
Updated 10.25.04 - Life Expectancy
Author: Koontz, Dean
Publisher: Bantam $ 27 ISBN: 0553804146 Date: 2004PW
With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Koontz returns with an emotional rollercoaster tale of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy--a story that will challenge the way readers perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between.
Suggested Reading: Medical Fiction
Updated 11.15.04
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