Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2013 - December 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.
NEW RELEASE By Fossum, Karin Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M Investigating the murder of a man who had been missing for months, Inspector Sejer and his team discover that his death is linked to the murder of a prostitute and to Eva, a struggling artist who holds the key to solving both murders (summary from online). |
NEW RELEASE By Grafton, Sue Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M "Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue." The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone's name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him. Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange linkages begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. "And just like that," she says, "the lid to Pandora's box flew open. It would take me another day before I understood how many imps had been freed, but for the moment, I was inordinately pleased with myself." In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised. W is for... wanderer... worthless... wronged... "W is for wasted"-- |
By Highland, Frederick Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: M Call Number: M In 1930s Syria, Police Inspector Nikolai Faroun investigates the murder of the beautiful but controversial Vera Tamiri, following a trail that leads to a dark conspiracy from Syria's troubled past and to a secret that may have cost Vera her life. |
By Jerkins, Grant Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: M Call Number: M Assistant D.A. Leo Hewitt investigates a woman's murder, discovering an emotionally disturbed wife, a husband who would do anything to escape his marriage, and a mentally handicapped adult son under suspicion. |
NEW RELEASE By Penny, Louise Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M In Three Pines Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates the disappearance of a woman who was once one of the most famous people in the world and now goes unrecognized by virtually everyone except the mad, brilliant poet Ruth Zardo. |
Savages: a Nameless Detective novel By Pronzini, Bill Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: M Call Number: M Investigating the death of a woman that has been ruled accidental by the police but that her sister insists had been a murder by a known perpetrator, a reluctant Nameless begins to suspect that the victim's sister is telling the truth when he learns unsettling facts about her life. 25,000 first printing. - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Ramsay, Frederick Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: M Call Number: M "The World Cup, which arrives in June, has ripple effects on all South Africa's neighbors. The arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries makes southern Africa, particularly Botswana, ripe for all sorts of intrigue and illicit activities... 'Orgonise Africa', derived from Wilhelm Reich's popularization of orgone energy and transmogrified by bad science and wishful thinking, is an effort by fanatics to push forward a plan to seed Africa with orgone...Sanderson, the Game Ranger in the Chobe National Park, finds a body. Tracking down the murderer opens doors that lead her and Inspector Kgabo Modise first to evidence of local bribery, then to smuggling, and finally to what could well provoke an international incident, except for the shrewd action of Modise and Botswana's intelligence community."--Dust jacket flap. |
Prey on Patmos: an Inspector Kaldis mystery By Siger, Jeffrey Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: M Call Number: M "Saint John wrote the apocalyptic Book of Revelation over 1900 years ago in a cave on Greece's eastern Aegean island of Patmos...When a revered monk from that holy island's thousand-year-old monastery is murdered in Patmos' town square during Easter Week, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of Greece's Twenty-First Century Special Crimes Division is called upon to find the killer before all hell breaks loose..."--Dust jacket flap. |
By Southey, Roz Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: M Call Number: M Musician-sleuth Charles Patterson is called to a suspected murder late one night, and is horrified to find he is acquainted with the victim, a young street-girl. But Patterson is already booked for a fashionable house party outside of town and where he goes, trouble is never far behind. A chance meeting with an American at the house party raises new questions about the murder, then he is attacked twice for no apparent reason. Furthermore, his personal life, involving Esther Jerdoun, the wealthy woman he loves against all of society's conventions, is becoming more and more complicated. |
NEW RELEASE By Todd, Charles Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M While tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess Crawford discovers that the officer who killed five people in India and England is still alive, and, setting out to clear her father's name, instead makes a horrific discovery that changes everything. |
NEW RELEASE By White, Randy Wayne Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M Hannah Smith uncovers a museum scam that is seeking contributions from her neighbors and friends in Sulfur Springs while investigating a twenty-year-old cold case. |
The strange affair of Spring Heeled Jack By Hodder, Mark Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Sir Richard Francis Burton investigates a strange apparition called Spring Heeled Jack that has been assaulting young women around London. |
By Kollin, Dani Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: SF Call Number: SF After the world's economic collapse, civilization requires the incorporation of every individual at birth. Most people spend most of their lives gaining control of the majority of their own shares. The arrival of a cryogenically preserved man from the 21st century?who's obviously unincorporated?creates a social anomaly. |
By Lindskold, Jane M. Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: SF Call Number: SF In an alternate world inspired by ancient Chinese lore and magic, Brenda learns about her magical ancestry after an attack on her father and finds herself among a band of orphans who each represent an animal from the Chinese zodiac. |
NEW RELEASE By Miller, John Jackson Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: SF Call Number: SF As tensions escalate on Tatooine between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to the desert planet. |
NEW RELEASE The one-eyed man: a fugue, with winds and accompaniment By Modesitt, L. E. Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: SF Call Number: SF "The colony world of Stittara is no ordinary planet. For the interstellar Unity of the Ceylesian Arm, Stittara is the primary source of anagathics: drugs that have more than doubled the human life span. But the ecological balance that makes anagathics possible on Stittara is fragile, and the Unity government has a vital interest in making sure the flow of longevity drugs remains uninterrupted, even if it means uprooting the human settlements. Offered the job of assessing the ecological impact of the human presence on Stittara, freelance consultant Dr. Paulo Verano jumps at the chance to escape the ruin of his personal life. He gets far more than he bargained for: Stittara's atmosphere is populated with skytubes--gigantic, mysterious airborne organisms that drift like clouds above the surface of the planet. Their exact nature has eluded humanity for centuries, but Verano believes his conclusions about Stittara may hinge on understanding the skytubes' role in the planet's ecology--if he survives the hurricane winds, distrustful settlers, and secret agendas that impede his investigation at every turn"-- |
By Ringo, John Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic millieu. But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity's only ally it becomes clear the war is just beginning, and Troy (a two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation) is humanity's best hope of survival. |
By Shinn, Sharon Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Zoe Ardelay, chosen to become the king's fifth wife, is a coru prime ruled by the elemental sign of water. She must return to the palace, not as an unwilling bride for the king, but a woman with power in her own right. But as Zoe unlocks more of the mysteries of her blood--and the secrets of the royal family--she must decide how to use her great power to rise above the deceptions and intrigue of the royal court. |
NEW RELEASE By Stirling, S. M. Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Rudi Mackenzie has won the battle that expelled the enemy from the new High Kingdom of Montival. Now he must free the people who live in the state once known as Idaho from occupation by the legions of the Church Universal and Triumphant and pursue them to their lair over the mountains. There he will finally confront the forces behind the Church The Powers of the Void.Yet even a victory will not end the conflict forever. The Powers of the Void are malevolent and infinitely patient, and the struggle is one that involves the entire world. They threaten Rudi not only in the present, but also in the future represented by his children, Orlaith and John. Rudi knows this.And as his heir Princess Orlaith grows up in the shadow of her famous father, she also realizes that the enemy will do anything to see that she does not live to fulfill her parents dream.... |
By Valente, Catherynne M. Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Brother Hiob, on missionary work in the Himalayan wilderness, discovers a village guarding a miraculous tree whose branches sprout books instead of fruit. These books chronicle the history of the kingdom of Prestor John, and Hiob becomes obsessed with the tales they tell. |