Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2013 - February 2013
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
Additional information about each title can be found in the catalog (click on the title). For older acquisition lists choose from Select another list. To request any of these titles please contact your local library branch.
By Herman, Richard Publishing Date: c2002 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC When the radical Islamic states of the Middle East unite with China in a deadly simultaneous attack, U.S. president Maddy Turner considers a risky new war plan based on the daring of Major General Matt Pontowski. |
By Hiaasen, Carl Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye, a pop star since she was fourteen - and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry's 'undercover stunt double', Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. Cherry's handlers want to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret.The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink - the unhinged former governor of Florida - and he's heading for Miami to find her. Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry's motley posse does? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Stay tuned... "-- p. [4] cover. |
By Highsmith, Patricia Publishing Date: 1992 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC In order to convince his son to come home, Herbert Greenleaf, a rich shipbuilder, sends Tom Ripley to Italy, but is unaware of his son's friend's criminal activities. |
NEW RELEASE By Howard, Linda Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from the mysterious and seductive Xavier--a stranger who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator. |
NEW RELEASE By Howe, Katherine Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Her Boston family shattered by the deaths of her mother and sister on the Titanic, Sibyl attempts to contact her departed loved ones at a medium's table before reconnecting with former flame Ben, with whom she tackles a harrowing mystery. |
NEW RELEASE By Hunter, Stephen Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Swagger becomes interested in exploring JFK's assassination, asking questions few have asked before. |
By Izzi, Eugene Publishing Date: c1987 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC An ex-cop turned safecracker and his industrial-strength black business partner blunder into the middle of a major drug deal and a grisly sex murder in what was supposed to be the final break-in of their very successful partnership. Fabe Falletti is ready to pack it in. Sent to prison as a bent cop, he has since risen to the top of the heap as Chicago's very best high-rise burglar, working in association with Doral, his roommate from the pen, a man every bit as tough as and quite a bit more neurotic than Falletti. But now Fabe's got nearly all the money he needs to be independent, and besides, he's an acrophobe and the job is hell on his nerves. Fabe's best pal, Jimmy Capone, will be every bit as relieved to have him retired. Jimmy is still a cop, but he's straight-arrow, the head of the narcotics division. It's been tough being loyal to his childhood chum and to the CPD at the same time. But as long as Fabe has stayed away from the drug trade, Jimmy's stuck by him. But, alas, the last job goes sour. Fabe and Doral--breaking into their last condo--find, in addition to a million in cash, enough cocaine to light up Chicago for a month, and the dead sister of a Caribbean drug king crammed into a trunk, ready for shipping. Before they can get away, Doral finds it desirable to keep the coke and necessary to murder the drug-dealing doctor who made the mess in the first place, and the two become wanted by both the police and the drug industry. Tough as nails, but very smooth. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission. |
NEW RELEASE By Jackson, Lisa Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy for her sister, Kristina, Detective Savannah Dunbar just wants to wrap up paperwork before taking medical leave. But her department's investigation into a brutal double homicide has suddenly become much more complex - and personal. And now there are disturbing rumors about the Colony, its matriarch, and a long history of bitter secrets. |
NEW RELEASE By Jackson, Lisa Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy for her sister, Kristina, Detective Savannah Dunbar just wants to wrap up paperwork before taking medical leave. But her department's investigation into a brutal double homicide has suddenly become much more complex - and personal. And now there are disturbing rumors about the Colony, its matriarch, and a long history of bitter secrets. |
By Jacobs, Kate Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A celebrity chef shows her friends and family the joy of fulfillment--and manages to spice up her own life at the same time. |
NEW RELEASE By James, E. L. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. |
NEW RELEASE By James, E. L. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Even though Christian and Anastasia are now a proper couple, they still have many obstacles to overcome, including Christian's past coming back to haunt Anastasia. |
Novels, 1871-1880: Watch and ward ; Roderick Hudson ; The American ; The Europeans ; Confidence By James, Henry Publishing Date: c1983 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Five novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans. |
By James, Henry Publishing Date: c1985 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Presents three novels written by Henry James in the middle part of his career, each featuring a female lead character who is faced with competing choices. |
Novels, 1886-1890: The princess Casamassima, The reverberator, The tragic muse By James, Henry Publishing Date: c1989 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Presents three works from the distinguished American writer which explore a late-19th-century world rapidly coming to resemble our own that explore a range of ideas in a distinct realist style -- "The Princess Cassimassima," "The Reverberator," and "The Tragic Muse". |
By Jensen, Carsten Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Follows a century in the port town of Marstal on an island off the coast of Denmark, whose citizens' lives are indelibly shaped by forces ranging from wars and shipwrecks to taboo survival practices and forbidden passions. |
NEW RELEASE A lady cyclist's guide to Kashgar: a novel By Joinson, Suzanne Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC In 1923, devout Eva English and her not-so-religious sister Lizzie embark on a journey to be missionaries in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. |
By Jones, Sherry Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Before dying, Muhammad leaves his jeweled sword to A'isha, telling her to use it in the jihad to come. But what if the jihad is against her own people? This climactic sequel to "The Jewel of Medina" returns to 7th-century Arabia to discover whether, after fighting a civil war, a people can ever truly heal. |
NEW RELEASE By Kazinski, A. J. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A story based on the Jewish legend about how the world is always protected by 36 people follows the sudden deaths of dozens of humanitarians who each bear a bizarre tattoo and whose untimely ends are investigated by Copenhagen detective Niels Benzon, who would save the remaining protectors. |
NEW RELEASE By Kellerman, Jonathan Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale L.A. neighborhood. A backyard renovation unearths an infant's body, buried sixty years ago. And soon thereafter in a nearby park, another disturbingly bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctor's vast experience with matters both clinical and criminal might not be enough to cut down to the bone of this chilling case--and draw out the disturbing truth."--Provided by publisher. |