FEBRUARY, 2012

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"Before the Poison" by Peter Robinson

Mystery & Detective.  Returning to the Yorkshire dales of his youth after his beloved wife dies, composer Chris Lowndes, after discovering that the old house he has just purchased was the scene of a murder more than 50 years before, becomes obsessed with solving the case despite warnings to leave it alone.

"Catch Me (Detective D. D. Warren)" by Lisa Gardner

Suspense.  Approached by a young woman who claims her murder is imminent, detective D. D. Warren hears her chilling story about how all of her close childhood friends have been murdered on the anniversary of the same day and that she is the only one still alive, a case that is complicated by a vigilante shooter.

“Celebrity in Death" by J. D. Robb

Mystery & Detective.  At the star-studded party celebrating the premiere of a movie based on one of her cases, Lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers the actress who played Peabody drowned in the lap pool and investigates.

General Fiction.  A spirited young maid on board the Titanic captures the attentions of two men including a kindhearted sailor and an enigmatic Chicago millionaire and barely escapes with her life before witnessing media scorn targeting her famous designer mistress.

"Home Front" by Kristin Hannah

General Fiction.  Struggling with a marital estrangement that is further complicated when one of them is deployed, military couple Michael and Joleen Zarkades are forced to confront their problems while protecting the security of their family in the wake of a brutal tragedy.

General Fiction.  Determined to protect her historical family home from Napoleon's orders to renovate 1860s Paris, Rose Bazelet establishes a defense in the basement of her house on rue Childebert and records her experiences in letters to her late husband, a process that helps her come to terms with a decades-old secret.

"Into the Darkness" by V. C. Andrews

Science Fiction & Fantasy.  Hearing a young man's scream in the night the year she becomes a high-school senior, Lorelei discovers that her stern but loving adoptive father is actually a vampire and that he has raised his daughters to seduce and lure men into their world of shadows, a situation that is complicated by her growing feelings for a classmate.

General Fiction.  After she loses her engagement ring, and her phone is stolen during a hotel fire drill, Poppy Wyatt, discovering an abandoned phone in a trash can, crashes into the life of the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, when she uses his phone to make her wedding preparations.

Suspense.  When the near-fatal shooting of a former police academy classmate reveals clues that his wife and he are operating on the wrong side of the law, Alice Reynolds teams up with Sister Anselm, who is attending an undocumented woman who has been savagely attacked by a drug cartel.

General Fiction.  When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.

Mystery & Detective.  When an Olympic rowing hopeful and a detective with the Met is found dead in the Thames, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, along with his wife and his team, is submerged in a complex case involving political and ethical issues that put both his career and reputation on the line.

Suspense.  Blamed for the murder-suicide rampage of a respected doctor and former client who previously struggled with drug addiction, counselor Lou Welcome investigates what went wrong and uncovers a terrifying political conspiracy with ties to the White House.

Suspense.  Peter Knight and the rest of the Private investigation firm try to stop a madman bent on destroying the modern Olympic Games in London.

Mystery & Detective.  After discovering his quarry naked in the bathtub, doped up and missing his kidneys, Federal Marshall Raylan Givens becomes involved, both literally and figuratively, in a case involving the harvesting of organs for sale on the black market where this time the bad guys are girls.

"Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea" by Morgan Callan Rogers, a first novel

General Fiction.  Her idyllic childhood in early 1960s coastal Maine shattered by the disappearance of her mother during a weekend trip, Florine struggles to manage her loss and receives help and support from family and neighbors until she is confronted by a revelation from her father's past.

Romance.  Kate Malone and her twin sons' trip along the Virgin River is cut short by a tire as flat as her failed romance, until leather-clad bikers pull up alongside her and she meets Dylan Childress.

Mystery & Detective.  A crossover mystery featuring Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell finds them teaming up to investigate a suspicious plane crash that ended the life of aviation entrepreneur Finn Grant, a case that requires Kate to work undercover as a bar waitress.

Suspense.  An ex-assassin for the United States government, Paul Janson, teams up with an accomplished sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid, to rescue a doctor abducted by African pirates in international waters and realizes there are larger forces at work when their liberation mission goes awry.

Suspense.  John Wells, an undercover operative for the CIA, travels to Kabul to investigate a drug-trafficking operation that involves the agency, the military and the Taliban in this new novel from the author of The Faithful Spy.

General Fiction.  Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence and is rescued by former love Lars, who helps her seek a cure and outmaneuver corrupt authorities.

Romance.  Falling for "Maddening Moira" O'Malley was the unexpected highlight of Luke O'Brien's Dublin holiday.  So when she pays a surprise visit to Chesapeake Shores, Luke is thrilled.....at first.

Mystery & Detective.  Unable to forget the alluring half-human Reyes after imprisoning him for all eternity, paranormal private investigator Charley Davidson struggles through a missing-persons case that is complicated by an egocentric doctor, Charley's curmudgeon father and a murderous motorcycle gang.

Suspense.  When a killer who rivals Jack the Ripper cuts a bloody swath through the city, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis needs Alex Delaware's help in catching this homicidal maniac--a disturbing case that sends Alex back into the secretive world of mental health treatment where he discovers an unholy alliance between the mad and the monstrous.

Juvenile Literature.  Robin Murphy's life at Cambridge High School is miserable.  His lot improves, however, when popular Sophie becomes his girlfriend despite the detriment to her reputation.

Juvenile Literature.  Meet Sophie.  She sees herself as the too tall "Mount Everest of teenage girls".  She's dating sexy Dylan but secretly nursing a crush on sweet geeky Murphy.