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December 2019

Fiction
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
by Tomi Adeyemi

A sequel to Children of Blood and Bone finds Zélie struggling to unite allies from Orïsha’s monarchy and military while protecting Amari’s throne from powerful enemies. Simultaneous Large Print and eBook.
Christmas in Silver Springs
by Brenda Novak
 
So much for forever. When Harper Devlin’s rock star husband ditches her on his way to the top, she takes her two daughters to her sister’s place in Silver Springs for the holidays, hoping family can heal her broken heart. But comfort comes in unexpected places when she crosses paths with local Tobias Richardson.
The moment Tobias spots Harper, he recognizes a sadness he knows all too well. After spending thirteen years in prison paying for his regretful past, Tobias is ready to make amends, and maybe helping Harper is the way to do it. But offering her a shoulder to cry on ignites a powerful attraction and a desire neither saw coming.
The dog I loved
by Susan Wilson

Offered a job at a crumbling estate, a wrongly convicted former inmate tackles painful secrets at the side of a cantankerous disabled former soldier and his devoted service dog. By the best-selling author of One Good Dog.
Ellie and the harpmaker
by Hazel Prior

On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods on the English moors and comes across the barn of Dan Hollis, who carves beautiful Celtic harps. A first novel.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Divorcing his hostile wife when he concludes he could find genuine happiness elsewhere, a doctor is astonished when his ex abruptly disappears, making him unable to move on without acknowledging painful truths about his marriage. A first novel.
An Irish Country Family
by Patrick Taylor

A latest entry in the internationally best-selling series follows two periods in the life of a young doctor, from his high-tech internship to his days as a family practitioner whose Ballybucklebo neighbors support his family’s struggles with infertility.
Merry and Bright
by Jill Shalvis

The author of Instant Temptation presents three stories about romance during the Christmas Season.
The Rise of Magicks
by Nora Roberts

In a conclusion to the trilogy that began with Year One, Fallon finds the limits of her magick skills tested by the needs of the Purity Warrior victims at the same time she is confronted by an old nemesis.
A Snowy Little Christmas
by Fern Michaels

A white Christmas is just what these couples need in this trio of heartwarming holiday tales that include Fern Michaels’s Starry Night, in which a lonely radio host is pleasantly surprised when a speed dating event results with her being snowed in with a handsome stranger. Original.
Very nice
by Marcy Dermansky

A darkly humorous tale of privilege, race and bad behavior find a wealthy Connecticut divorcée and her college-age daughter becoming unlikely rivals in a romantic triangle involving the latter's creative writing professor. By the author of Bad Marie
Crime Fiction  
The Art of Theft
by Sherry Thomas

When Mrs. Watson resolves to uncover long-kept secrets on behalf of a friend, Charlotte Holmes infiltrates a glamorous Yuletide ball to prevent the sale of a priceless work of art.
Beating About the Bush
by M. C. Beaton

Discovering evidence of a gruesome murder in a roadside hedge, private detective Agatha Raisin is embroiled in a case involving industrial espionage, a bad-tempered donkey and her own growing fame. By the best-selling author of the Hamish Macbeth series.
Genesis
by Robin Cook

Investigating the suspicious death of a social worker, Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery makes the controversial decision to use genealogic DNA databases to identify a mysterious killer. By the best-selling author of Coma.
Heaven, my home
by Attica Locke

In a follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird, Texas Ranger Darren Matthews must battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, to find a missing boy and save himself. 50,000 first printing.
Ninth house
by Leigh Bardugo

Surviving a horrific multiple homicide, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks is unexpectedly offered a full scholarship to Yale, where her mysterious benefactors task her with monitoring the university’s secret societies. Maps.
Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes
by Ace Atkins

Hired by a desperate mother to search for a Hollywood starlet who has gone missing, Spenser and his former apprentice-turned-private eye follow clues to a powerful movie studio boss, the Armenian mob, and a cult-like empowerment group.
The Second Sleep
by Robert Harris

Arriving in a remote mid-15th-century Exmoor village, a young priest discovers his late predecessor’s possibly fatal obsession with the ancient coins, glass and human bones strewn throughout the region. By the author of Fatherland. (suspense). Simultaneous.
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
by Peggy Ehrheart

When her daughter, Penny stumbles upon the dead body of a wealthy craft shop owner who was popular for all the wrong reasons, Pamela and the Knit and Nibblers must unravel the clues to catch a crafty killer and bring back the Christmas cheer.
Tom Clancy Code of Honor
by Marc Cameron

When an old college friend-turned-humanitarian is arrested in Indonesia amid false accusations, President Ryan assigns the Campus team to find answers at the same time he receives an ominous warning.
The warehouse : a novel
by Rob Hart

A darkly satirical thriller set in a near-future America wracked by violence, unemployment and climate change finds two employees of a world-saving global giant discovering their employers’ true agenda. By the author of the Ash McKenna series.
Nonfiction
American predator : the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century
by Maureen Callahan

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.
A Good American Family : The Red Scare and My Father
by David Maraniss
A timely account of the mid-20th-century Red Scare and its impact on everyday families describes how the author's WWII veteran father was spied on by the FBI, accused of communist sympathies, fired from his job and blacklisted.
Will my cat eat my eyeballs? : big questions from tiny mortals about death
by Caitlin Doughty

Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician's knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to thirty-five distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans.
The Vagabonds : The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-year Road Trip
by Jeff Guinn

Explains how two American business giants—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and their annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to American culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically.
We are the weather : saving the planet begins at breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer

An urgent call to action on climate change by the author of Eating Animals shares insight into the climate denial mindset while identifying meat farms as a primary source of environmental pollutants. Bibliography. Appendix.