Featured Titles 2002 New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on the lists

December 2002

Nonfiction

• Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands
  Author: D'Orso, Michael
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 24.95 ISBN: 0060193905
  Kirkus
  Against the spectacular backdrop of the Galpagos Islands, D'Orso tells a riveting story of modern-day piracy, greed, and the struggle to save one of the planet's last untouched natural treasures from human destruction.
  Suggested Reading: Nature Booklist | Travel Tales Booklist
  Link: Darwin Foundation - Galapagos Islands | Galapagos.org | Galapagos Islands.net
  Updated 11.26.02

Fiction

• Prey
  Author: Crichton, Michael
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 26.95 ISBN: 0066214122
  PWBooklist
  Michael Crichton does it again with Prey, a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines the elements of a heart-pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. Deep in the Nevada desert, surrounded by nothing but cactus and coyotes, a swarm of molecules--self-replicating, fast-evolving, and very predatory--threatens life itself.
  Updated 12.16.02
• A Winter Marriage
  Author: Hardie, Kerrie
  Publisher: Little Brown $ 24.95 ISBN: 0316076228
  Kirkus
  Divorced three times and recently widowed by her fourth husband, Hannie Bennet is an unapologetic professional wife, marrying for financial security instead of love. When she meets Ned Renvyle, writer and world traveler, Hannie believes she's found a suitable new mate. But what at first seemed to Hannie like a convenient union quickly becomes a personal prison.
  Updated 9.30.02
• The Snowman's Children
  Author: Hirschberg, Glen
  Publisher: Carroll & Graf $ 24 ISBN: 0786710829
  Kirkus
  The Snowman's Children is a moving, psychologically intense first novel that tells the story of an incident from one man's childhood in the 1970s, when a serial killer called The Snowman stalked the streets of suburban Detroit.
  Suggested Reading: First Fiction
  Updated 9.9.02
• The Angel With One Hundred Wings: A Tale from the Arabian Nights
  Author: Horch, Daniel
  Publisher: St. Martins $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312284187
  Kirkus
  A beautiful adventure story and romance, this tale opens in the City of Peace, as Baghdad was once called. With engaging characters and rich imagery drawn from alchemy, the Koran, and early Islamic mystics, this is a literary masterpiece that captures the magic of the Middle East.
  Suggested Reading: First Fiction
  Updated 11.18.02

Mystery & Suspense

• Death of Riley
  Author: Bowen, Rhys
  Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312282117
  Fiery redheaded Molly Murphy explores bohemian turn-of-the-century New York City in the follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award and Agatha Award finalist, Murphy's Law.
  Updated 11.27.02
• Not Quite Kosher
  Author: Kaminsky, Stuart M.
  Publisher: Forge $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312874537
  Booklist
  The latest Abe Lieberman mystery by veteran Edgar Award-winning Kaminsky, the hangdog sleuth is up to his eyeballs in "tsurris, " the kind of trouble that will drive a man to madness.
  Updated 11.05.02