Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle

the Washington Post interviewed 3 of the writers in the King family about their various writing ventures in “The Kings of Fiction.”  the best part?  King disses Patterson

Adult Fiction Standing Order

April 4, 2008

Annotations from Baker & Taylor

Skeletons At The Feast

Bohjalian, Christopher A.

During the final months of World War II, a small group of people make their way westward across a ravaged Europe in a desperate attempt to reach British and American lines.

 

Cat Who Smelled Smoke

Braun, Lilian Jackson

No Annotation

 

Shadow Command

Brown, Dale

Dismissed by a new president who has sided with critics of the Armstrong Space Station, General Patrick McLanahan hides the truth about Russian blackmailers who would seize control of American interests overseas, a situation that compels him to operate outside the law.

 

Swan Peak

Burke, James Lee

The Louisiana lawman is back in a brand-new setting-the Rocky Mountains of Montana-in the latest by the ever popular Burke.

 

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched

Cabot, Meg

Dizzy Lizzie Nichols (the Queen of Babble) is getting married to Jean-Luc at his chateau in southern France. But his family, her family, the best man, and finally Lizzie herself are starting to have second thoughts.

 

Nothing To Lose

Child, Lee

Arriving in the small town of Despair, Colorado, Jack Reacher finds himself taking on an entire town as he searches for the truths behind its sinister connection to a brutal war that is killing Americans thousands of miles away.

 

Zapped: A Regan Reilly Mystery

Clark, Carol Higgins

Returning home from their honeymoon to discover that their neighbor has put his Manhattan apartment up for sale, Regan Reilly and her husband Jack decide to buy it to enlarge their own loft, but the renovation process spawns its own set of problems and an unexpected case.

 

Married Lovers

Collins, Jackie

Relocating to Los Angeles to escape an abusive boyfriend, personal trainer Cameron Paradise saves money to open her own fitness studio and pursues an affair with Ryan Lambert, a movie producer with a demanding wife and powerful Hollywood father-in-law.

 

The Front

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano suspects a deeper agenda and becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers, in a case during which he is assisted by his intuitive grandmother.

 

TailSpin

Coulter, Catherine

Dispatched to the Kentucky mountains to discern the fates of a missing special agent and a doctor who is being protected by the FBI, agents Savich and Sherlock find the case further challenged by a young woman on the run and the doctor’s mental deterioration. By the author of Double Take.

 

Chasing Darkness

Crais, Robert

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike battle L.A. bad guys.

 

The Alpine Traitor: An Emma Lord Mystery

Daheim, Mary

When Alpine’s newspaper, The Advocate, narrowly escapes a potential hostile takeover, Emma Lord finds herself on the top of the suspect list when the person behind the bid turns up dead, especially after it is discovered that the victim had been the front man for the heirs of her longtime lover, Tom Cavanaugh.

 

The Broken Window

Deaver, Jeffery

Chasing down a vicious serial killer who complicates his crimes by leaving behind iron-clan evidence implicating innocent people, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs reluctantly team up for the investigation only to find themselves rendered the killer’s next targets. By the author of The Cold Moon.

 

Uneasy Relations

Elkins, Aaron J.

A revelation in the Rock of Gibraltar and two deaths lead forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver to piece things together in this 15th case by Elkins, who lives on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

 

Primal Threat

Emerson, Earl

Heading for the mountains for a cycling trip, Zak Polanski and his friends are terrorized by a jealous former boyfriend, but when the vicious game goes too far and one of the stalker’s friends falls to his death, Zak and his companions struggle to survive as they risk everything to get off the mountain alive.

 

Fearless Fourteen

Evanovich, Janet

A latest installment in the popular Stephanie Plum series places the irrepressible bounty hunter and her motley companions–including Grandma Mazur, vice captain Joe Morelli, and Bob the Dog–in a new adventure involving the Burg’s premier funeral home and a family pot roast.

 

The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus

Gear, Kathleen O’Neal / Gear, W. Michael

Early fourth-century biblical scholar Brother Barnabas flees for his life while protecting ancient holy texts written by such figures as Mary Magdalene, Phillip, and James that reveal Christ’s more radical and heretical side, texts that have been denounced and ordered for destruction by the Ecumenical Council of Bishops.

 

Death and Honor

Griffin, W. E. B. / Butterworth, William E.

Recruited by Wild Bill Donovan to set up an airline that will be an OSS front in 1943 Argentina, Marine pilot Cletus Frade monitors two German operations, including a concentration-camp smuggling ring and a Nazi protection group.

 

The Other

Guterson, David

Two boys from profoundly different backgrounds–John William Barry, the wealthy scion of two elite Seattle families, and the blue-collar Irish Neil Countryman–brought together by their fierce love of the natural world, grow up to pursue vastly different paths in life, Neil as a devoted schoolteacher, and John William, a recluse seeking refuge in the wilderness.

 

Blood Noir

Hamilton, Laurell K.

When vampire hunter Anita Blake agrees to do a favor for Jason, her werewolf lover, she becomes caught up in the middle of a scandal that not only threatens the reign of master-vampire Jean-Claude, but also makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen’s rise to power.

 

The Third Angel

Hoffman, Alice

Follows the lives of three women in love with the wrong men–Madeleine Heller, attracted to her sister’s fiancée; Frieda Lewis, the muse to an ill-fated rock star; and Bryn Evans, engaged to be married but secretly obsessed with her ex-husband.

 

Silent Thunder

Johansen, Iris / Johansen, Roy

The brother of marine architect Hannah Bryson is helping her ready a Russian nuclear sub for display in America when he discovers something unusual on board-and is promptly murdered. From best seller Iris and her Edgar Award-winning son. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

 

Touchstone

King, Laurie R.

Left with an extraordinary sensitivity that allows him to determine the lies and deceptions of everyday life with a mere touch after the Great War, Bennett Grey lives a quiet and reclusive life away from the world, until he is called in by the British government, which needs his touchstone talent to find a terrorist amid a lethal tangle of supposed allies.

 

Remember Me?

Kinsella, Sophie

Awakening in the hospital after a car crash believing that it is 2004 and that she is a twenty-five-year-old, disorganized, single sales associate, Lexi is stunned to find that she has lost three years in her life, she is the boss of her department, and she is married to a handsome millionaire, but her perfect new life begins to go awry, especially when a man shows up claiming to be her secret lover.

 

Odd Hours

Koontz, Dean R.

Haunted by dreams of a powerful red tide, Odd Thomas, accompanied by two otherworldly sidekicks–his dog Boo and the Chairman of the Board–is drawn to a small California coastal town, where nothing is at it appears and where he confronts overwhelming and sinister forces out to stop his quest.

 

The Snow Queen

Lackey, Mercedes

Falsely accused of unleashing evil on nearby villages, Aleksia, the Ice fairy and Queen of the Northern Lights, realizing that a heartless imposter is ruining her reputation, sets out to face down a formidable foe, who is also responsible for the disappearance of a young warrior and the kidnapping of her own son.

 

The Forbidden

Lewis, Beverly

No Annotation

 

No Choice but Seduction

Lindsey, Johanna

A latest installment in the popular Malory series finds hot-headed American sea captain Boyd Anderson running to the aid of his brother-in-law’s daughter’s kidnapping, only to lock horns with a fellow rescuer, the adventure-seeking Katey Tyler. By the author of The Devil Who Tamed Her.

 

Blue Smoke and Murder

Lowell, Elizabeth

Protecting a river guide with ties to the art world, private information collector and reluctant bodyguard Zach Balfour quickly realizes his charge is in more danger than previously known, a situation that pits them against the ruthless multi-million-dollar western art circuit. By the author of The Wrong Hostage.

 

Executive Privilege

Margolin, Phillip

Taking a seemingly simple assignment to follow and report on the activities of a pretty college student, private detective Dana Cutler is forced to flee for her life when the student is murdered, while junior lawyer Brad Miller discovers strange coincidences between Dana’s case and another killing with ties to the president.

 

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

McCall Smith, Alexander

Mma Precious Ramotswe heads to a Botswana game preserve to investigate the death of an elderly American tourist, while at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Mma Makutsi institutes the Complaint Half Hour to air her personal grievances, and at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mma Ramotswe’s husband suddenly decides to mortgage the garage.

 

Collateral Damage

Michaels, Fern

No Annotation

 

Resolution

Parker, Robert B.

Relocating to an Old-West saloon town in the aftermath of the events in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch takes a job protecting the women in a house of ill repute but finds his peace at the side of an old friend challenged by a hired gun and a greedy mine owner.

 

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Patterson, James / Ledwidge, Michael

Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents’ footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence Earth and another planet are at stake.

 

Sail

Patterson, James / Roughan, Howard

Struggling to maintain family cohesion after the death of her husband, Anne Dunne plans an elaborate sailing vacation that is unexpectedly challenged by her teenage daughter’s suicidal thoughts, her older son’s drug use, her younger son’s apparent catatonia, and a catastrophic accident.

 

A Lady of Secret Devotion

Peterson, Tracie

No Annotation

 

Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3

Proulx, Annie

More Wyoming stories? Who could ask for anything more?

 

Not in the Flesh: A Wexford Novel

Rendell, Ruth

When a man and his dog searching for truffles unearth the corpse of a man buried more than a decade earlier, Chief Inspector Wexford must piece together long-ago events to uncover the identity of the victim and the cause of his death, only to find his investigation complicated by long-hidden secrets and the discovery of another body nearby.

 

Phantom Prey

Sandford, John

Terrified by her goth-associated daughter’s disappearance and the signs of a deadly struggle in their home, a widow implores Lucas Davenport to use his connections to local authorities to expedite the investigation, which subsequently reveals the work of a serial killer.

 

Off Season

Siddons, Anne Rivers

A grieving widow takes a solitary road trip to her late husband’s favorite getaway on pristine coastal Maine, where she remembers their many happy years of family life, reevaluates the time before they met, and considers her future.

 

Rogue

Steel, Danielle

An amicably divorced couple–Blake, a charismatic, globe-trotting, dot-com entrepreneur, and Maxine, an expert on childhood trauma and adolescent suicide–confront a life-changing choice as Maxine falls in love with Dr. Charles West, and Blake finds himself dealing with hundreds of orphaned children after a devastating earthquake near one of his foreign homes.

 

Hollywood Crows

Wambaugh, Joseph

Encountering a seemingly harmless socialite in Margot Aziz, LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead are unaware that the woman’s ugly divorce from a nefarious nightclub owner is part of a murderous ruse in which both Nate and Rumstead are being set up.