New Books for May 29
The Andromeda evolution
Wilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard), 1978- author
2019
Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain nuclear detonation, they succeeded. In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. And the world thought it was safe…Project Eternal Vigilance has continued to watch and wait for the Andromeda Strain to reappear. On the verge of being shut down, the project has registered no activity—until now. A Brazilian terrain-mapping drone has detected a bizarre anomaly of otherworldly matter in the middle of the jungle, and, worse yet, the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle.
Beautiful dreamer
Lowell, Elizabeth, 1944-
2001
A newly expanded edition of the classic contemporary romance - available for the first time in more than a decade - including a letter from the author.
Criss Cross
Patterson, James, 1947- author
2019
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed "M" rests on the corpse. "You messed up big time, Dr. Cross." Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as "M" lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details - details that conjure up decades-old cases.
Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic : a young adult adaptation
Quinones, Sam, 1958- author
2019
Fate of the fallen
Kade, Kel, author
2019
Not all stories have happy endings. Everyone loves Mathias. Naturally, when he discovers it's his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride. However, saving the world isn't as easy, or exciting, as it sounds in the stories. The going gets rough and folks start to believe their best chance for survival is to surrender to the forces of evil, which isn't how the prophecy goes. At all. As the list of allies grows thin, and the friends find themselves staring death in the face they must decide how to become the heroes they were destined to be or, failing that, how to survive.
Invisible darkness : the strange case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Williams, Stephen, 1949-
1996
The kindly ones : a novel
Littell, Jonathan, 1967-
2009
Dr. Max Aue is a former Nazi officer who has survived the war and has reinvented himself as a middle-class entrepreneur and family man in northern France. Max is an intellectual, and also a cold-blooded assassin and bureaucrat. Through the eyes of this cultivated yet monstrous man, we experience the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Littell's masterpiece is intense, hallucinatory, and utterly original.
The man who played with fire : Stieg Larsson's lost files and the hunt for an assassin
Stocklassa, Jan, author
2019
A minute to midnight
Baldacci, David, author
2019
FBI Agent Atlee Pine's life was never the same after her twin sister Mercy was kidnapped—and likely killed—thirty years ago. When she oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, she's given a leave of absence offering the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began, and find some answers. But the trip turns into a roller-coaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies.
More than oil : trappers, traders & settlers of Northern Alberta
Jean, Frances K., 1932-, author
2012
Ninja : get good : my ultimate guide to gaming
Blevins, Tyler, 1991-, author
2019
One of the leading competitive gamers in the world provides tips and guidelines for mastering video games, including building a gaming computer, developing strategy, forming an online community, and improving game sense.
The seduction of water
Goodman, Carol.
2004
Iris Greenfeder returns to the place where she grew up, to write her mother's biography and search for the missing manuscript where she unravels a haunting mystery that threatens to envelop her.
Sharpe's rifles : Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809
Cornwell, Bernard.
1988
Vinegar Hill
Ansay, A. Manette
1998
Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen brings her two children into the house of her in-laws.