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Into the beautiful North : a novel
Luis Alberto Urrea.
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342 p. ; 24 cm.
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village - they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men - her own 'Siete Magníficos' - to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence
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Jacob's room
Virginia Woolf ; annotated and with an introduction by Vara Neverow ; Mark Hussey, general editor.
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xciv, 324 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Woolf's first distinctly modernist novel follows an aloof yet beloved young man from his childhood through his student days to his too-early death during World War I.Annotated and with an introduction by Vara Neverow
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Jeff in Venice, death in Varanasi
Geoff Dyer.
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296 p. ; 25 cm.
"A haunting, if frequently hilarious, meditation on love and art, life and music . . . all reflected in the twinned mirror pools of Venice and Varanasi. And how rare it is to find a book so smart and winning that doesn't shy away from compelling philosophical investigation"--Joshua Ferris, 304 pp.
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Killer cruise
Laura Levine.
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251 p. ; 22 cm.
While teaching on a swanky cruise, wordsmith Jaine Austen soon discovers that her all-expenses-paid trip to the Mexican Riviera comes with a high price when she is faced with blackmail, a sleazy British dancer, eccentric passengers, and murder.
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The killings on Jubilee Terrace : a novel of suspense
Robert Barnard.
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ix, 243 p. ; 23 cm.
Vernon Watts may have been beloved by the millions of faithful viewers of the long-running soap operaJubilee Terracebut his fellow cast members knew him for what he was -- an egotistical former music-hall performer whose untimely death in a pedestrian accident was not something to be universally regretted.Sadly, though, director Reggie Friedman soon fills the supposed void by asking Hamish Fawley, an equally unpleasant former member of theJubilee Terracetroupe, to rejoin the soap. Hamish was never much liked. Now he's more obnoxious than ever.The mood on the set is not exactly serene, a situation made worse when the police receive an anonymous letter suggesting that Vernon Watts's "accident" may in fact have been murder. Did one of his fellow actors push Vernon into the oncoming traffic?Detective Inspector Charlie Peace faces tough challenges as he probes the make-believe world of skilled thespians to find a possible killer. With a cast of suspects who are trained to emote on cue, Charlie will need all of his policeman's instincts if he's to avert further tragedy.Writing with his usual acerbic wit and penetrating insight into human foibles, acclaimed master of mystery Robert Barnard gives us another winning entry in his magnificent body of work.
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The last child
John Hart.
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373 p. ; 25 cm.
After his twin sister Alyssa disappears, thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon is determined to find her. When a second girl disappears from his rural North Carolina town, Johnny makes a discovery that sends shock waves through the community in this multi-layered tale of broken families and deadly secrets.
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Last scene alive
Charlaine Harris.
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257 p. ; 18 cm.
From the New York Timesbestselling author of Dead Over Heels and the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Roe is still in mourning over her husbands death when a movie company arrives in Lawrenceton. Theyve come to make a film based on a book written by her one-time boyfriend Robin Crusoe, a book that detailed their shared investigation of a series of murders that occurred years before. But when the lead actresswho is playing Roeis killed, Robin and Roe join forces once again to thwart a killer, without knowing that Roe herself is the next target.
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The late, lamented Molly Marx : a novel
Sally Koslow.
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306 p. ; 25 cm.
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Love stories in this town
Amanda Eyre Ward.
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x, 205 p. ; 21 cm.
From San Francisco to Savannah, Montana to Texas, Amanda Eyre Ward’s characters are united in their fervent search to find a place where they truly belong. Annie, a librarian in a small mining town, must choose between the only home she’s ever known and the possibility of a new future. Casey, a suburban New Yorker with a wry sense of humor, braves the dating scene after losing her husband. And in six linked stories spanning a decade of her life, Lola Wilkerson navigates elopement, motherhood, and lingering questions about who she wants to be when she grows up. Whether exploring the fierceness of a mother’s love or the consolations of marriage, Amanda Eyre Ward’s stories are imbued with humor, clear-eyed insight, and emotional richness.
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Marine One
James W. Huston.
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323 p. ; 25 cm.
The President rushes across the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly during the pounding thunderstorm, but he insists. The helicopter crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard. The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and trial attorney in civilian life, is hired to defend the company from the criminal investigations, then from a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the most notorious lawyer in America on behalf of the First Lady.
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Martyr
Rory Clements.
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388 p. ; 22 cm.
John Shakespeare (elder brother of William) is an investigator for Secretary Walsingham in the service of Queen Elizabeth I, and his first case takes place in the months surrounding the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada. As Jesuits sneak into England and Romish priests offer secret Catholic services, Shakespeare must find Lady Blanche Howard's killer and protect Sir Francis Drake from a clever and deadly Spanish assassin. This debut historical thriller, peopled equally with real and fictional characters, is longer than most historicals, and the number of details, characters, and events may turn off more traditional mystery readers. However, fans of historicals should be more than satisfied with the well-paced plot and complex story. Recommend for readers who liked Marie Brennan's recent historical fantasy, Midnight Never Comes, also about Elizabethan politics and the court, or Karen Harper's Queen Elizabeth mystery series (Poyson Garden). [See Prepub Mystery, LJ 1/09.]Jessica Moyer, Coll. of Education Human Development., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Mating season
Jon Loomis.
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289 p. ; 22 cm.
In Loomis's winning follow-up to the critically-acclaimed debut "High Season," Detective Frank Coffin has to get a grip on his panic attacks in order to investigate the murder of one of the town's most "popular" women.
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