New Books for July 17
The 18th abduction
Patterson, James, 1947- author
2020
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. Three female schoolteachers go missing in San Francisco, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case, which quickly escalates from missing person to murder.
Anna K : a love story
Lee, Jenny, author 1971- author
2020
Told from multiple viewpoints, while seventeen-year-old Anna K seems above the typical problems of her Manhattan friends and siblings, finding love with a notorious playboy changes everything.
Beneath the citadel
Soria, Destiny, author
2018
Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, and friends Alys, Evander, and Newt, fight back against the high council of Eldra, which has ruled for centuries based solely on ancient prophesies.
Blanca & Roja
McLemore, Anna-Marie, author
2018
"The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. But when two local boys become drawn into the game, the swans' spell intertwines with the strange and unpredictable magic lacing the woods, and all four of their fates depend on facing truths that could either save or destroy them... The story of the ugly duckling was never about the cygnet discovering he is lovely. It is about the sudden understanding that you are something other than what you thought you were."--Publisher's description.
Cut and run
Brennan, Allison, author
2020
FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is dead-set on solving a cold case—even if the original investigators stonewall her every step of the way. A storm has uncovered the remains of a family that authorities assumed fled the country years ago. But the body of the youngest Albright son never turned up. Now Lucy must reconstruct an old crime to find a missing child. Meanwhile, investigative reporter Maxine Revere is called to San Antonio. A confessed killer has recanted his statement. Max hires Sean Rogan, Lucy’s husband, to help. The discovery that the crimes might be connected lead Max, Sean, and Lucy to the darkest corridors of corporate crime.
Enemy contact
Maden, Mike, author
2020
Jack Ryan, Jr. has faced death before, but sitting at the bedside of a college friend who is wasting away from cancer is almost more than he can endure. When the man asks Jack to scatter his ashes on a beloved hillside in Chile, of course, the answer is yes. The first hint of trouble comes when an ex-pat, former US Army Ranger tries to warn Jack off. Then a group of thugs break into his room, beat him, and warn him to leave. They don't know Jack. But just how much can one man do against an army? Old enemies and new reveal themselves everywhere from the jungle to the halls of Congress.
First kill
Hagberg, David, author.
2020
Traces the origin story of CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey, whose first assignment as a new Air Force OSI graduate is sabotaged by an unknown adversary in Washington.
A galaxy of sea stars
Ferruolo, Jeanne Zulick, author
2020
Izzy struggles with her parents' separation, starting middle school, and more, but especially the effect her friendship with her Muslim neighbor, Sitara, has on her best friends, Zelda and Piper.
I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912 : the graphic novel
Tarshis, Lauren, author
2020
"Ten-year-old George Calder can't wait to explore every inch of the Titanic, even if his little sister, Phoebe, has to tag along. But when George sneaks away without her and ventures into the first class baggage room, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever."--Provided by publisher.
Just joking : dogs
Pattison, Rosie Gowsell, author
2020
"With all kinds of pups--from the biggest, grandest Great Danes to the smallest, spunkiest Chihuahuas--this [is a] browsable, portable [joke] book"--Publisher marketing.
The last second
Coulter, Catherine, author
2020
It's Bastille Day in France, and the private French space agency Galactus, France's answer to Space X, owned by the eccentric treasure hunter Jean-Pierre Broussard, has just sent a satellite payload into orbit. Billed as a 'communications' satellite, it harbors a frightening reality: a nuclear electromagnetic pulse has been hidden aboard. In days, when the satellite is in position, Galactus's head and Broussard's second in command, Dr. Neveah Patil, will have the power to lay waste to the world with her EMP, and create her own immortality with the Holy Grail, the stones of the heavens and the very treasure Broussard has spent his life searching for.
Lost and found
Steel, Danielle, author
2020
It all starts with a fall from a ladder. The firehouse has been converted into a unique Manhattan home and studio where renowned photographer Madison Allen works and lives after raising three children on her own. But the accident results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life. Spurred by old memories, Maddie embarks on a road trip, hoping to answer questions about the men she loved and might have married - but didn't. Before moving forward into the future, she is compelled to confront the past.
Lost boy found
Alexander, Kirsten, author
2020
In 1913, at Half Moon Lake, Louisiana, four-year-old Sonny Davenport walks into the woods and never returns. The boy's disappearance from the family's lake house makes front-page news in their home town of Opelousas. For two years, the Davenports search across the South, offer increasingly large rewards and struggle not to give in to despair. Then, at the moment when all hope seems lost, the boy is found in the company of a tramp. But is he truly Sonny Davenport?
My hero academia smash!! 3
Neda, Hirofumi, author, artist
2020
"First, the aspiring heroes of U.A. High enjoy fun in the sun on their summer break. Then, their exams are replaced by silly student vs. teacher games assigned at random! Plus Izuku and company in Halloween costumes and as animals! What are we teaching these kids?!"--Provided by publisher.
My hero academia. Volume 23, Our brawl
Horikoshi, Kōhei, 1986- author, illustrator
2020
The final match of the battle training between Class A and Class B continues. Zapped by Shinso's mind control, Midoriya enters a fugue state where he meets one of the former users of One For All.
Neon prey
Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- author
2020
It was a relatively minor criminal matter, but enough that the U.S. Marshals obtained a warrant to enter the home. They didn't expect to unearth trophies from a score of killings. Now Davenport is on the trail of a serial murderer, one who was able to operate for years without notice or suspicion. But there's even more to this killer than meets the eye.
The never game
Deaver, Jeffery, author
2020
A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. What seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America's tech hub and the cutthroat billion-dollar video-gaming industry. Encountering eccentric game designers, trigger-happy gamers and ruthless tech titans, he soon learns that he isn't the only one on the hunt: someone is on his trail and closing fast.
Nura : rise of the Yokai clan. 23, The great Kyushu Yokai battle
Shiibashi, Hiroshi, 1980- author, illustrator
2014
Shelter in place
Roberts, Nora, author
2020
It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. One would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art. But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.
The stolen marriage
Chamberlain, Diane, 1950- author
2020
In early 1940s Hickory, NC, Tess finds herself stuck in an airless marriage after impulsively breaking off her engagement to a longtime love. She finds purpose by working at the newly built polio hospital but knows that she is regarded with suspicion and starts sensing that her life is in danger.
Wild fire
Cleeves, Ann, author
2018
After moving to a remote community in the north of Shetland to find a fresh start, the Flemings unknowingly trigger resentment with the locals and begin receiving anonymous threats.