Fiction
House of Reckoning by John Saul — Fourteen year old Sarah Crane is placed in the foster home from hell. She escapes by drawing — and then she learns that she is drawing things that exactly match the visions of a troubled young man.
All the Lonely People: A Rafferty & Llewellyn Crime Novel by Geraldine Evans — DI Rafferty is trying to solve the murder of a local businessman (apparently this is almost as dull as it sounds) while simultaneously dealing with his mother, his ex-fiance, and all the other lonely and not-so-lonely people in his world.
The Fingers of One Foot by Gerald Hammond — Jane Highsmith is a vet in Scotland, and all seems well until her great-grandfather dies under questionable circumstances. Then a man with a very sick dog moves to town and wants to help her investigate. . . .
Typhoon by Charles Cumming — Ten years ago, CIA agent Miles Coolidge nearly destroyed MI6 agent Joe Lennox’s life, what with stealing his girlfriend and trying to ruin his career. Now Lennox is sent to see if he can uncover a CIA plot in China — one that Coolidge might well be at the bottom of.
Shadow Season by Tom Piccirilli — It’s your basic “we’re stuck at a nearly-empty girl’s boarding school in a blizzard story” — with the added bonus that a couple of bad guys are stalking retired NYC cop turned teacher Finn, who must figure out a way to keep everyone safe.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver — Kingsolver’s first novel in nine years follows the life of Harrison Shepherd as he gets kicked out of military school in the U.S., lives with Frieda Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Leon Trotsky in Mexico City, moves back to the states to become a writer, and gets investigated by HUAC.
The Widow’s Revenge by James D. Doss — The lastest adventures of Ute tribal investigator Charlie Moon.
Eagle Rising by David Devereux — Did you know that Britain had an occult secret service? No? Well, be glad they do, because there’s a group that is trying to resurrect Hitler, and only the OSS can stop them.
Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn — Your basic CIA superagent good vs. evil adventure.
The Creed of Violence by Boston Teran — An FBI agent works with an aging assassin during the Mexican Revolution. Unbeknownst to anyone but the agent, the killer is also his father.
Abandoned by Cody McFadyen — Smoky Barrett is on the trail of a criminal who kidnaps the wives of men who want to be rid of them and then charges the men half the life insurance payouts they get when their wives are presumed dead.
Death Message by Mark Billingham — Someone is sending DI Tom Thorne anonymous messages depicting the dead bodies of members of the Black Dogs gang, and it’s up to the London cop to figure out how to stop it.
The Professional by Robert B. Parker — Gary Eisenhower likes sleeping with rich married women, but he likes blackmailing them afterward even more. Four of his victims turn to Spenser for help, but when they start turning up dead, it’s almost more than he can handle.
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving — Irving’s latest actually concerns far many more nights — and days — than just last night as it traces the fortunes of a father and son whose lives are changed overnight by an accident over the course of fifty years.
Ravens by George Dawes Green — A couple of down-and-out tech workers decide to get rich quick when they hear about a local couple who just won the lottery. The idea is for one of them to take the couple hostage and threaten that the other is going to kill their family members. Things do not work out quite as planned in this excellently-reviewed new thriller.
The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah — A year ago, Sally had an affair with a many she never planned to see again. Now that man — or someone with his name — turns up in the paper as the murderer of his wife and daughter — a daughter who bears an eerie resemblance to Sally’s own girl.
But Not For Long by Michelle Wildgen — The residents of a Madison, Wisconsin housing coop weather a mysterious blackout.
Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb — A stocking stuffer of a book about the misadventures of fifth grader Felix Funicello and his family in 1964.
Under the Dome by Stephen King — At 1088 pages, King’s latest might be better titled Under the Tome, but King fans will relish what Kirkus deems its “wonderfully written, good, creepy, old-school fun.”
The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta — A recently paroled killer wants help from PI Lincoln Perry. Specifically, he wants to find out what happened to Alexandra and Joshua Cantrell, who ran a halfway house he lived in many years before. Perry turns down his pleas for help until Joshua turns up dead.
Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb — The 30th Eve Dallas mystery.
Midnight Fugue by Reginald Hill — Andy Dalziel agrees to help Gina Wolfe try to find her long-missing husband, whose photo has just turned up in a magazine, but he’s soon in over his head and putting his colleagues in danger.
Rough Country by John Sandford — Virgil Flowers is back, this time looking into the death of an ad agency CEO from the Twin Cities who was vacationing up north.
Nonfiction
The Nature Way by Corbin Harney, as told to Alex Purbrick with a forward by Tom Goldtooth — The life and times of Corbin Harney, a Western Shoshone who was a spiritual leader, a healer, a teacher, and an activist on the Nevada-Idaho border.
Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, In the Woods by Julie Zickefoose — You may have heard Zickefoose’s commentaries on NPR. Here you can read more of her thoughts on life at her home in southern Ohio and see her paintings of birds and the other creatures she encounters on her walks.
The AARP Retirement Survival Guide by Julie Jason
Lit by Mary Karr — The author of The Liars Club grows up, get sober, and finds God — and manages to write about all of it both elegantly and entertainingly.
Arguing With Idiots by Glenn Beck — The latest from the Fox News host.
Googled by Ken Auletta — A fascinating history of the world’s most popular search engine
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