6/24: New at the library this week

Books:

• The cold moon / Jeffery Deaver — On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered - the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer - who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker - has more murders planned in the hours to come.
• The hard way / Lee Child —Military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and because of that, he's thrust into an explosive situation that's about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth- and save two innocent lives- is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way.
• Kill me / Stephen White — We’ve all been there. A loved one or a dear friend becomes desperately ill or is tragically injured. Someone—maybe even you—says, "If that ever happens to me, I wish someone would just . . . kill me." What if you could choose when to die? But once you decide, you can’t change your mind. Ever. No matter what.
• The saboteurs / W. E. B. Griffin — The all-new return of Griffin's bestselling series about the OSS in World War II.
• Giada's family dinners / Giada De Laurentiis — The young and glamorous chef applies her cooking style to everyday meals.
• Edible and medicinal plants of the West / Gregory L. Tilford — invites anyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment to discover the healing powers of the herbal world. Full-color photographs face detailed descriptions of 250 plant species in the western United States and Canada, covering field identification, habitat and range, edibility, medicinal uses, and more.
• Parallel destinies / Judy Ferguson — Ferguson has built on a special historic connection, the mystique between Alaska and the Slavic East by portraying the parallel destinies of the Balkans and Alaska, the Last Frontier.
• Beyond the killing tree : a journey of discovery / Stephen Reynolds — Memoir of a game warden whose experiences in Alaska and New Mexico transform him from a hunter to a protector of wildlife.
• Blood at the root / Peter Robinson — When the brutally beaten body of a young man is found in an alley, Eastvale's Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his coleague, Detective Constable Susan Gay, have no choice but to lock up the three Pakistani youths who seemingly started it all after an argument in a pub. But they're out in no time and Banks is in big trouble with the Chief for risking a racial incident with the arrest.
• Exercises for osteoporosis : a safe and effective way to build bone density and muscle strength / Dianne Daniels — an essential book for any and all at risk for this debilitating disease, with over 100 detailed exercises for all people, at all levels of fitness, and at all stages of the disease.
• At risk / Patricia Cornwell — A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, an attractive but hard-charging woman, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk, its motto "Any crime, any time."
• Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / Anderson Cooper — Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news. In this gripping, candid, and remarkably powerful memoir, he offers an unstinting, up-close view of the most harrowing crises of our time, and the profound impact they have had on his life.
• 30-minute get real meals : eat healthy without going to extremes / Rachael Ray — The bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star serves up another helping of creative, hassle-free recipes that are ready to rock your tastebuds in less than thirty minutes. The latest addition to Rachael's runaway hit series of 30-Minute Meals cookbooks is designed for cooks who want to look and feel great but long for the fun and the flavor that's missing from their extreme low-carb meals.
• Dead watch / John Sandford — From the author of the bestselling Prey novels comes an extraordinary story of murder, passion, and deadly ambition-a political thriller like no other.
• The Medici dagger / Cameron West — Hollywood stuntman Reb Barnett lives on the edge to avoid the nightmares of his past -- until an anonymous phone call pulls him from his world of cinematic illusion and sends him to Italy on a desperate quest where danger and violence are chillingly real. Reb seeks Leonard da Vinci's Circles of Truth, a coded fifteenth century map that will lead him to the Medici Dagger,an ingenious but lethal invention -- a weapon so light and indestructible it's worth a fortune to arms manufacturers.
• The enemy / Lee Child — Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.
• The war of the worlds / H. G.Wells — large print edition
• Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad — large print edition