Featured Titles 2010

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 sometimes listed.

January 2010

Nonfiction

Fiction

• Mr Shivers
  Author: Bennett, Robert Jackson
  $ 19.99 ISBN: 9780316054683 Date: 2010
  LJ
  Set against the desolate backdrop of the Great Depression, this debut novel is sure to reignite the horror genre. Mr. Shivers is a chilling and unforgettable figure as haunting as any monster out of mythology.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• The Unnamed
  Author: Ferris, Joshua
  $ 24.99 ISBN: 9780316034012 Date: 2009
  Booklist PW Kirkus
  This dazzling novel tells the story of marriage, family, and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.
  Updated 11.25.09
• The Brightest Star in the Sky
  Author: Keyes, Marian
  $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780670021406 Date: 2010
  PW
  Following seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse, The Brightest Star in the Sky delivers a story charming in its wit and compelling in its depth.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• Becoming Jane Eyre
  Author: Kohler, Sheila
  $ 15 ISBN: 9780143115977 Date: 2010
  Kirkus
  A beautifully imagined tale of the Bronte sisters, Becoming Jane Eyre delicately unravels the connections between one of fiction's most indelible heroines and the remarkable woman who created her.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• Ransom
  Author: Malouf, David
  $ 23.95 ISBN: 9780307378774 Date: 2010
  PW
  A tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, Ransom is a retelling of one of the most famous stories in all of literature--Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's The Iliad.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
  Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
  $ 15 ISBN: 9780307454706 Date: 2010
  Booklist
  Following the "New York Times" bestseller The World According to Bertie, this delightfully wry series continues with an entertaining tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters--all set in the beautiful city of Edinburgh.
  Updated 11.4.09

Crime Fiction

• Paganini's Ghost
  Author: Adam, Paul
  $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780312383855 Date: 2010
  LJ PW
  Violinmaker Giovanni Castiglione searches for a long-lost instrument that was possessed by famed violinist Niccolo Paganini. Full of remarkable history and musical lore, Paganini's Ghost will enchant music lovers and Italophiles alike.
  Updated 11.4.09
  
• The 13th Hour
  Author: Doetsch, Richard
  $ 25.99 ISBN: 9781439147919 Date: 2010
  LJ Booklist
  Bestselling author Doetsch returns with this pulse-pounding thriller. A man is given the chance to go back in time in one hour increments to prevent the murder of his wife--a crime the police think he committed.
  Updated 11.25.09
  
• The Parisian Prodigal
  Author: Gordon, Alan
  $ 25.99 ISBN: 9780312384142 Date: 2010
  Kirkus
  "Only a fool would pass this one up." --Laurie R. King
  In 1205, Theophilos--a fool by trade, a family man by choice, and a spy by design--belongs, along with his family, to the Fools' Guild, a group that secretly maintains the fragile order of society. In Toulouse, that order is threatened when, unexpectedly, a man claiming to be a full brother of the ruling count is found one morning in a local bordello next to a dead whore, killed with his own sword. Now, Theophilos and his family must uncover the truth. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• The Crossing Places: Ruth Galloway
  Author: Griffiths, Elly
  $ 25 ISBN: 9780547229898 Date: 2010
  LJ Kirkus Booklist
  When she's not on the job, quirky archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives in obscurity. But when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Galloway is called into action. This is the beginning of a captivating new crime series featuring an irresistible heroine.
  Updated 11.20.09
  
• Through the Heart
  Author: Morgenroth, Kate
  $ 15 ISBN: 9780452295896 Date: 2010
  LJ Booklist
  From the bestselling author of They Did It with Love comes this page-turning love story in which a chance meeting ignites romance and results in murder.
  Updated 11.20.09
  
• Eye of the Raven
  Author: Pattison, Eliot
  $ 26 ISBN: 9781582435664 Date: 2009
  PW
  With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland clan by the British. But his new life is shattered when he finds himself in a maelstrom of deception and violence.
  Updated 11.25.09