7/15: New at the library this week

Books:

• The book thief / Markus Zusak — Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. Age Range: 12 and up
• Rusty nail / Joe Konrath —"Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels of the Chicago Police Department is back, and once again she's up to her Armani in murder. Someone is sending Jack snuff videos. The victims are people she knows, and they share a common trait - each was involved in one of Jack's previous cases.
• Can't wait to get to heaven / Fannie Flagg —Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and sidesplitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?
• Cooking 'round the clock : Rachael Ray's 30-minute meals / Rachael Ray —This latest collection of recipes, a companion book to her show, will feature flexible menus for cooking great meals 24/7.
• The sins of the wolf / Anne Perry —Nurse Hester Latterly finds herself well-suited for the position: accompany Mrs. Mary Farraline, an elderly Scottish lady with delicate health, on a short train trip to London. Yet Hester's simple job takes a grave turn when the woman dies during the night (William Monk Series, #5)
• Then came heaven / LaVyrle Spencer —Late summer, Browerville, Minnesota, 1950: Life is just about perfect for Eddie Olczak. A man of unshakable faith, he derives intense pleasure from the life he's built as devoted husband and father to his beloved wife, Krystyna, and their daughters, Anne and Lucy, and as the dedicated handyman for St. Joseph's, the Catholic church that is the cornerstone of Browerville life. But when a tragic accident cuts Krystyna's life short, Eddie is sure his heart is broken forever.
• The year of pleasures / Elizabeth Berg —The story of a woman who refuses to let widowhood define her, and goes about recreating a happy and meaningful life.
• To have and to hold / Fern Michaels —It is 1970 and Kate Starr is the perfect wife, the perfect mother, and the perfect housekeeper. But soon after her husband Patrick departs for a tour of duty in Vietnam, he is listed as MIA. Suddenly, Kate must raise their two daughters by herself, learn how to earn a living, and struggle with the U.S. government to get news of her husband.
• Pirates / Linda Lael Miller —Phoebe Turlow needs to get out of Seattle and forget about the man she just divorced, her dwindling finances, and the lonely nights that stretch ahead of her. Duncan Rourke is known to historians as "the pirate patriot." He's been dead for two centuries — or at least he's supposed to be, until Phoebe Turlow steps out of a van, into a run-down island hotel, and into his world.
• Pigtown / William J. Caunitz —The turf of Detective Lieutenant Matthew Stuart and his squad of fellow cops includes a little Brooklyn enclave called Pigtown. When the corpse of a Mafia wiseguy turns up there, the ensuing investigation of the hit opens up a volcanic fissure in the NYPD that puts Stuart and his cops in mortal danger.
• The complete Yorkshire terrier / Joan B. Gordon —Step-by-step illustrations give total clarity to techniques for washing, oiling, wrapping, timming, brushing, feeding, preparing and equipping for shows, travel, training and socializing.
• An accidental murder / Robert Rosenberg —Someone wants to kill Cohen - or so it seems - possibly because of something he wrote in his memoir about his year as an avenger assassinating Nazis after his long-ago liberation from the Dachau concentration camp. But then his longtime protege Nissim Levy is found murdered on the road to Eilat.
• The hanging garden / Ian Rankin —Detective Inspector John Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal, and his immediate supervisors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months. However, the escalating dispute between upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang soon gives Rebus an escape clause. (Inspector John Rebus Series, #9)
• The Armchair detective book of lists / Kate Stine
• Mystery and crime : the New York Public Library book of answers / Jay Pearsall
• Dr. Susan Love's breast book / Susan M. Love —The standard reference on its subject. Dr. Love has now revised her book to reflect every new development in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. Every chapter has been brought up to date, including new information on silicone implants, imaging techniques, genetics, risk factors and prevention, hormone use, bone marrow transplants, tamoxifen, immediate reconstruction, and treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
• The high blood pressure solution : a scientifically proven program for preventing strokes and heart disease / Richard, M.D. Moore —High blood pressure is entirely preventable, without reliance on synthetic drugs. Dr. Moore's approach is simple: by maintaining the proper ratio of potassium to sodium in the diet, blood pressure can be regulated at the cellular level, preventing the development of hypertension and the high incidence of strokes and heart attacks associated with it. Dr. Moore updates this edition with a new preface reporting on the latest scientific research in support of his program.
• Popular mechanics home appliance repair manual / Allen D. Bragdon
• The jury / Fern Michaels —The women of the Sisterhood know life isn't fair, but that doesn't mean they have to like it - or let it pass. Instead, these best friends share their joys, troubles, triumphs, heartaches and one collective mission: to right wrongs and bring justice where it is desperately needed. Even reeling from the loss of one of their own, the Sisterhood is always prepared to rally behind a new friend. (Sisterhood Series, #4)
• Safe harbor : a murder in Nantucket / Brian (Brian Vincent) McDonald —Elizabeth Lochtefeld was a glowing, charismatic, and driven woman who'd built a million-dollar fortune in Manhattan. When Lochtefeld met thirty-seven-year-old Thomas E. Toolan III, she thought she'd found the man she hoped for. But soon she saw past the Golden Boy facade, finding a deeply troubled man with a history of erratic behavior. After telling her brother of a terrifying night held captive in Toolan's apartment, Lochtefeld broke off the relationship and fled to the one place she had always felt protected by family and friends: the island of Nantucket. What she didn't know was that time was already running out.
• The husband / Dean R. (Dean Ray) Koontz —We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he’s standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.
• The devil wears Prada / Lauren Weisberger —Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
• Three Fates / Nora Roberts —There's "a treasure hunt, romance, [and] danger" (Charleston Post and Courier) in this unforgettable tale of luck and love in which friendships and fortunes depend on a simple twist of fate.
• Dead midnight / Marcia Muller —Sharon McCone has decided to throw herself into work so she can get past her brother's suicide, but the wrongful-death suit she is working on hits too close to home. It's a civil case in which the family of a young 'zine em-ployee claims his suicide was the result of his company's treatment of him. In his final journal entry, Roger Nagasawa describes his fatal plunge from the San Francisco Bridge as being "swept away from sadness." ( Sharon McCone Series, #22)
• Stone quarry / S. J. Rozan —Bill Smith's country cabin in upstate New York is far from the city's savage streets--a retreat where a weary P.I. can play Mozart on his upright piano and let nature heal him. But when Eve Colgate, a local farmer and painter, asks him to find stolen items--six paintings which could reveal Eve's highly guarded thirty-year-old secret--he caves.
• Second sight / Philip R. Craig —Veteran mystery novelists and longtime fishing buddies Craig and Tapply are back with their second joint novel. Filled with charming vignettes of Martha's Vineyard, Second Sight is a page turning novel of suspense. (Martha's Vineyard Series)
• Superstition / Karen Robards —A new thriller about a female journalist investigating the unsolved murder of a teenage girl that occurred fifteen years before. But another murder soon proves that the killer has unfinished business-and secrets to keep hidden.
• The last place / Laura Lippman —Five lives in the Baltimore area have been brutally destroyed over the past six years — five unsolved homicides, seemingly unconnected except for the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence. In hot legal water — and court-ordered therapy — Tess Monaghan accepts an assignment with a local nonprofit organization, agreeing to review police documents on each case for inconsistencies and investigative blunders. But curiosity is leading the disgraced P.I. off the paper trail as she follows scant leads and intuitions into the most remote corners of Maryland — where a psychopath can hide as easily in the fabric of a tiny fishing community as in the alleys and shadows of Charm City. Because a single common thread to five senseless murders is beginning to emerge with shocking clarity to tie the loose ends together into one bloody knot — and the link is Tess Monaghan herself. ( Tess Monaghan Series, #7)
• The lethal partner / Jake Page —The discovery of seven previously unknown Georgia O'Keeffe paintings sets not only Santa Fe, but the entire international art world, buzzing with excitement. Elijah Potts, successful author, skilled seducer, and shrewd owner of the Southwest Creations gallery, knows that this cache of canvases will be the crowning glory of his career - and the key to the fortune that he has always craved. But before the new O'Keeffes can be authenticated, the suave, elegant world of Elijah Potts starts to unravel. (Mo Bowdre Series, #4)
• Scoop / Evelyn Waugh —In Scoop, surreptitiously dubbed a "newspaper adventure," Evelyn Waugh flays Fleet Street and the social pastimes of its war correspondents. He tells how William Boot became the star of British super-journalism and how, leaving the part of his shirt in the claws of the lovely Katchen, he returned from Ishmaeilia to London as the Daily Beast's most accoladed overseas reporter.