WHAT'S NEW? (April 2015)

Here's two more great reads debuting this month. If you liked WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, Sara Gruen's new novel will be a must read...Remember to click on the Amazon Search Box in the Sidebar to order immediately.

AT THE WATER’S EDGE by Sara Gruen (Historical Fiction) After disgracing themselves at a high society New Year’s Eve party in Philadelphia in 1944, Madeline Hyde and her husband, Ellis, are cut off financially by his father, a former army colonel who is already ashamed of his son’s inability to serve in the war. When Ellis and his best friend, Hank, decide that the only way to regain the Colonel’s favor is to succeed where the Colonel very publicly failed --- by hunting down the famous Loch Ness monster --- Maddie reluctantly follows them across the Atlantic, leaving her sheltered world behind.  THE HARDER THEY COME by T.C. Boyle (Psychological Suspense) On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, 70-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal --- only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control. As Adam's mental state fractures, he becomes increasingly schizophrenic, which leads him to shoot two people. On the run, he takes to the woods, spurring the biggest manhunt in California history.

IN LIKE A LION (MARCH 2015)

It may not feel like Spring in some parts of the world, but books are sprouting up everywhere...even though snow may still be on the ground! 

Below find a few new releases by authors you may know. You can order these books directly from this blog by clicking on the Amazon Search Box in the Sidebar.

 

ALL THE OLD KNIVES
By Olen Steinhauer

MYSTERY

The scene looks peaceful, even dreamy: an attractive couple dining together in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. But this isn't a romantic evening for the two ex-lovers who are sharing a table at the Rendez-vous restaurant. CIA agent Henry has come from Vienna to find out whether Celia played a traitorous role in a deadly 2006 hijacking. The stakes are high and the tension unrelenting in Steinhauer's top-notch standalone spy novel, perfect for fans of "Homeland.

THE BURIED GIANT By Kazuo Ishiguro The long-awaited new novel from the acclaimed Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go) is a dramatic and intriguing departure from his previous work. Set in England's savage past, this Arthurian epic follows an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, on a quest to find their missing son. In a world of knights and dragons, ogres and pixies, Ishiguro confronts profound questions about memory and revenge. AND RELEASING MARCH 31 AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen In her stunning new novel, Gruen returns to the kind of storytelling she excelled at in Water for Elephants: a historical timeframe in an unusual setting with a moving love story. Think Scottish Downtown Abbey....