New Release for February 18th, 2013
by James
Patterson
game” (Washington
Post). Alex Cross, Run is even better.
DON’T LOOK, ALEX CROSS
Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is renowned for
his skills in the operating room, and for his wild, no-expense-spared
“industry parties,” bringing in underage exotic dancers and models
for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex. That is, until Detective
Alex Cross busts one of Creem’s lavish soirees and ruins his fun. Now Creem is
willing to do anything to avoid going to jail.
DON’T THINK, ALEX CROSS
But Alex doesn’t have time to dwell on that case.
A beautiful woman has been found murdered in her car, a lock of her hair
viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor
window with a brutal scar slashed across her stomach. When a third mutilated
body is discovered, rumors of three serial killers on the loose send Washington
D.C. into an all-out frenzy.
JUST RUN
Alex is under so much pressure to solve these
three grim cases that he hasn’t noticed that someone else investigating him-someone so
obsessed and so twisted that they’ll do anything-ANYTHING- to get the vengeance
they require. Alex
Cross, Run is James Patterson’s most unrelenting
story yet-a white-hot, sensational thrill ride with the most extreme and
gripping characters Patterson has ever brought to life.
Baggott
This
girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill
our hostages one at a time.
To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by
Detonations that scarred the earth, and sheltered inside the paradise that is
the Dome. But Partridge escaped to the outside world, where Wretches struggle
to survive amid smoke and ash. Now, at the command of Partridge’s father, the
Dome is unleashing nightmare after nightmare upon the Wretches in an effort to
get him back.
At Partridge’s side is a small band of those
united against the Dome: Lyda, the warrior; Bradwell, the revolutionary; El
Capitan, the guard; and Pressia, the young woman whose mysterious past ties her
to Partridge in ways she never could have imagined. Long ago a plan was hatched
that could mean the earth’s ultimate doom. Now only Partridge and Pressia can
set things right.
To save millions of innocent lives, Partridge must
risk his own by returning to the Dome and facing his most terrifying challenge.
And Pressia, armed only with a mysterious Black Box containing a set of cryptic
clues, must travel to the very ends of the earth, to a place where no map can
guide her. If they succeed, the world will be saved. But should they fail,
humankind will pay a terrible price . . .
Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases.
First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist
group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a
campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silva’s
investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the Chief Inspector
has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge.
Avenue #3) by Gabriella
Pierce
known that her mother-in-law is evil, but she’d never imagined Lynne Doran was
actually the embodiment of a powerful, ancient body-snatching demon. Now that
Jane has uncovered 666 Park Avenue’s dark truth, she must race against the
clock to find a way to destroy Lynne before she finds her next unwilling host.
As Jane attempts to tap into powers stronger than her enemy’s, her estranged
husband, Malcolm, arrives in time to join the
fight . . . but can she possibly learn to trust him
again—before it’s too late?
Night Novellas #3) by P.C. Cast (co-author), Kristin Cast
City, 1893: In turn-of-the-century Chicago, with the World’s
Fair bringing bustle and excitement to her home city,
sixteen-year-old Emily Wheiler should be reveling in her youthful
beauty and the excitement around her. But her whole life changed when her mother
died, leaving her to be the Lady of Wheiler House. Her father, a powerful
bank president, is at the center of an important social hub for the
booming young city, and he needs Emily to do everything her mother would
have – to be a good hostess and make sure the mansion
runs smoothly.
As Emily uneasily tries to replace her mother, she
also longs for more… for love and a life of her own. When a handsome young
man notices her at one of her father’s parties, it seems that her hopes may
finally be coming true. Until her father forbids her to see him – or any other
man – and starts revealing a darkly violent side that even he can’t understand.
At last, afraid for her life and with nowhere to
turn, Emily is Marked by a vampyre and brought to the Chicago House of Night, where
she begins a magickal new life that should allow the wounds from her
past to heal. But as she gains strength, and a powerful new name, she
carries a dark need to wreak vengeance on the man she trusted most.
From victim to High
Priestess, beautiful young woman to powerful seductress, Neferet’s journey
begins in NEFERET’S CURSE…
Trilogy #2) by Shannon
Dittemore
blind demon restored from the pit of darkness. And a girl who has never felt
more broken.
sees the world as it really is: a place where the Celestial exists side by side
with human reality. But in the aftermath of a supernatural showdown, her life
begins to crumble.
boyfriend, Jake, is keeping something from her—something important. Her
overprotective father has started drinking again. And he’s dating a much
younger woman who makes Brielle’s skin crawl. Haunting nightmares invade
Brielle’s sleep, and flashes of Celestial vision keep her off kilter.
she doesn’t know is that she’s been targeted. The Prince of Darkness himself
has heard of the boy with healing in his hands and of the girl who sees through
the Terrestrial Veil.
has no choice. She knows evil forces are converging and will soon rain their
terror down on the town of Stratus. She must master the weapons she’s been
given. She must fight.
can she fly with broken wings?
and Ashes by Melissa Marr, Veronica Roth,
Kami Garcia,
Margaret
Stohl, Rachel Caine,Nancy Holder, Beth Revis , Carrie Ryan
world is gone, destroyed by human, ecological, or supernatural causes.
Survivors dodge chemical warfare and cruel gods; they travel the reaches of
space and inhabit underground caverns. Their enemies are disease, corrupt
corporations, and one another; their resources are few and their courage is
tested.
original dystopian tales from nine bestselling authors offer bleak insight,
prophetic visions, and precious glimmers of light among the shards and ashes of
a ruined world.
from:
Kelley Armstrong
Rachel Caine
Kami Garcia
Nancy Holder
Melissa Marr
Beth Revis
Veronica Roth
Carrie Ryan
Margaret Stohl
by Kiersten
White
sisters, bound by impossible choices, are determined to protect each other—no
matter the cost.
frozen face melts into a smile. “Do you want to know the trick to getting
in trouble under the watchful eye of a psychic?”
think of the nailed-shut windows. I think of Clarice. I think of the two, the
two, the two who are now zero. Tap tap. “Yes, I absolutely do.”
plan it. Don’t even think about it. The second you get an inkling of what you
could do, do it then. Never plan anything ahead of time. Always go on pure
instinct.”
smile. “I think I can do that.”
#2) by Steven Barnes, Tananarive
Due
could explain, when strangers and family members alike went crazy and started
biting one another. Some thought the outbreak was caused by a flu shot, others
that it was a diet drug gone terribly wrong. All anyone knew is that once you
were bitten and went to sleep, you woke up a freak.
Kincaid & Gemma James #15) by Deborah
Crombie
the past . . .
a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the
tragically destroyed Great Exhibition, a solitary thirteen-year-old boy meets
his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed young teacher hoping to make a new
start in the tight-knit South London community. Drawn together by loneliness,
the unlikely pair forms a deep connection that ends in a shattering act of
betrayal.
the present . . .
a cold January morning in London, Detective Inspector Gemma James is back on
the job now that her husband, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, is at
home to care for their three-year-old foster daughter. Assigned to lead a
Murder Investigation Team in South London, she’s assisted by her trusted
colleague, newly promoted Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot. Their first case: a
crime scene at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace. The victim: a well-respected
barrister, found naked, trussed, and apparently strangled. Is it an unsavory
accident or murder? In either case, he was not alone, and Gemma’s team must
find his companion—a search that takes them into unexpected corners and forces
them to contemplate unsettling truths about the weaknesses and passions that
lead to murder. Ultimately, they will begin to question everything they think
they know about their world and those they trust most.
Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the
last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can.
Clive Davis. His career has spanned more than forty years, and he has
discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney
Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou
Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys, Kelly
Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few. He has been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Lifetime Achievement
Grammy, and hosted the world’s highest profile parties.
all, from becoming an orphan in high school and getting through college and law
school on scholarships, to being falsely accused of embezzlement and starting
up his own record company, J Records. His wealth of experience offers valuable
insight into the evolution of the music business over the past half-century and
into the future.
Soundtrack of My Life exposes a trove of never-before-heard
stories—some hilarious, others tragic, all revealing—that will captivate and
inspire all music lovers.
April 21, 2008, Steven “Crash” Crashinsky saved more than a thousand
people when he stopped his classmate David Burnett from taking their high
school hostage armed with assault weapons and high-powered explosives. You
likely already know what came after for Crash: the nationwide notoriety, the
college recruitment, and, of course, the book deal. What you might not know is
what came before: a story of two teens whose lives have been inextricably
linked since grade school, who were destined, some say, to meet that day in the
teachers’ lounge of Meadows High. And what you definitely don’t know are the
words that Burn whispered to Crash right as the siege was ending, a secret that
Crash has never revealed.
now.
Hassan’s shattering novel is a tale of first love and first hate, the story of
two high school seniors and the morning that changed their lives forever. It’s
a portrait of the modern American teenage male, in all his brash,
disillusioned, oversexed, schizophrenic, drunk, nihilistic, hopeful,
ADHD-diagnosed glory. And it’s a powerful meditation on how normal it is to be
screwed up, and how screwed up it is to be normal.
Angel #5) by Elizabeth
Chandler
love. The second book of an all-new arc in the New York Times bestselling
Kissed by an Angel series!
Tristan is back on earth with her, but the life of a fallen angel is never
easy. Tristan has been cast down in the body of a murderer, and the police are
after him. Now, there’s only one way that he and Ivy can be together: They must
clear him of the murder.
work—that Tristan and Ivy are still paying the price for Ivy’s miraculous
survival of the car crash—the star-crossed lovers have more at stake than ever
before. And one of them may not be alive much longer….
Point (Kathleen
Turner #3) by Tiffany A.
Snow
Kathleen Turner is learning the ropes of her new job from none other than
assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon, a situation her boyfriend Blane Kirk is none too
happy about. But the lessons with Kathleen take a back seat when Kade becomes a
target. Previously untouchable, his enemies now know of the chink in his armor
– his brother’s girlfriend.
Blane. From Blane’s inexplicable defense of a man guilty of a horrible crime,
to a mysterious stranger from Kathleen’s past, to Kathleen’ risky investigation
into human traffickers, the obstacles mount against a relationship that’s just
begun to find trust again.
to the front lines in the war on terror, Kathleen is determined to pursue her
new career, with or without his approval. Unfortunately, her current case is
far more dangerous than anyone knows. Someone close to Blane will go to extreme
lengths to split them up, lengths that may prove worse than death for Kathleen.
and the present. The fallout will force Kathleen to a turning point…in her
career, and her life.
Pack #1) by Suzanne
Wright
female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey Coleman, an alpha male
wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she’s determined to resist his
charms. After all, Trey—who was only fourteen when he defeated his own father
in a duel, winning the right to be alpha of his pack—can’t have anything to
offer the talented healer besides trouble, or so she thinks. Taryn finds
herself drawn in by Trey’s forceful demeanor and arctic-blue eyes, and she
eventually agrees to enter an uneasy alliance with him. If the two succeed in
convincing their respective packs that they’ve chosen each other as mates, Trey
will win valuable political allies, while Taryn will escape an odious arranged
mating.
there are a lot of potential pitfalls to this plan—including the very real
possibility that the wolf shifters, overwhelmed by their growing attraction to
each other, will be unable to maintain the clear heads needed to pull off the
deception.
Yay for a new James Patterson! I have a ton of catching up to do before I'm ready for this new Alex Cross novel, but still happy to see it's coming out.
I've heard really good things about Julianna Baggott and Kiersten White too.
btw, i love the Anime girls in your banner!