The Fixer Upper
by Mary Kay Andrews
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780060837389 

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The delightful "New York Times"-bestselling author returns with a hilarious stand-alone novel that captures the sassy, poignant flavor of small-town Southern life.

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Fugitive
by Phillip Margolin
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780061236235 

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"New York Times"-bestselling author Margolin returns with his best-loved character, defense attorney Amanda Jaffe, in this twisting tale of international intrigue and murder that leads her deep into the past--and into the crosshairs of a killer.

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Good Things I Wish You
by A. Manette Ansay
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780061239960 

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The acclaimed author of "Vinegar Hill" returns with a poignant story of two summer romances, separated in time by nearly two centuries. Beautifully designed with sketches and notes, this work blends fiction and historical fact to capture the timeless essence of love.

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Return to Sullivans Island
by Dorothea Benton Frank
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780061438455 

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This novel is the long-awaited sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller "Sullivan's Island" from the author who keeps you reading compulsively. ("Charlotte Observer").

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The Strain: Book One of the Strain Trilogy
by Guillermo del Toro
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780061558238 

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An epic battle for survival begins between human and vampire in this heart-stopping thriller--the first in a trilogy--from the visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning "Pan's Labyrinth" and a Hammett Award-winning writer.

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The Rebel Princess the Rebel Princess
by Judith Koll Healey
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780061673566 

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Alais, princess of France, returns for another thrilling adventure in this mesmerizing sequel to "The Canterbury Papers."

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The Fate of Katherine Carr
by Thomas Cook
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780151014019 

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George Gates used to be a travel writer who had specialized in places where people had disappeared--until his own young son had been murdered. When he gets drawn into the unsolved case of Katherine Carr, he begins to suspect that her tale holds the key not only to her fate, but to his own as well.

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Border Songs
by Jim Lynch
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780307271174 

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By the acclaimed author of "The Highest Tide" comes a story that is at once comic, tender, and momentous--a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an inventive love story, and fiction of the highest order.

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My Father's Tears and Other Stories
by John Updike
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780307271563 

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Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, "My Father's Tears" finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel.

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The Odds
by Kathleen George
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312549992 

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A young boy in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood dies of a suspicious overdose. In this same neighborhood, four young kids have been abandoned and are living on their own. Connecting these people and their stories is Nick Banks, who is just out of prison.

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The Bride Will Keep Her Name
by Jan Goldstein
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780307345929 

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Maisie Mandelbaum receives a mysterious e-mail with a disturbing query: "Do you really know the man you're about to marry?" The bride-to-be embarks on an investigation that uncovers scandals in high places, forcing her to decide what she is willing to compromise for love.

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The Story Sisters
by Alice Hoffman
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780307393869 

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A family is shattered when one of three sisters dies tragically in an automobile accident. How the family survives--separates, reconfigures, and reconciles--is at the heart of this exquisite exploration of the ties that bind.

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Die for You
by Lisa Unger
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780307393975 

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Isabel, a novelist, and Marcus Raines, an inventor of high-tech games, enjoy a loving marriage. But after her husband disappears and the FBI reveals that Marcus Raines has been dead for many years, Isabel determines to find the truth about the man she thought she knew.

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Sworn to Silence
by Linda Castillo
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312374976 

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Kate Burkholder, who grew up in the Amish community before leaving for the outside world, has recently been appointed Chief of Police in her former hometown. What she returns to find is a world where good and evil collide.

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The Extra
by Elizabeth Sims
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312377298 

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Part-time actress Rita Farmer is back in the spotlight in Sims's follow up toher delightful debut.

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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
by Janet Evanovich
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312383282 

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From #1 bestselling author Evanovich comes the next book in her Stephanie Plum series, in which complications arise, loyalties are tested, cliffhangers are resolved, and donuts are eaten.

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The Wedding Girl
by Madeleine Wickham
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312383435 

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To have and to hold takes on new meaning when a bride's past catches up with her and brings the present crashing down. With her trademark style, the bestselling author of "Sleeping Arrangements" introduces a fresh and irresistible heroine.

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The Cutting
by James Hayman
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312531294 

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From a formidable new voice in suspense fiction comes an edge-of-the-seat story about a homicide detective on the trail of a killer who slays with exacting precision, and who harbors a terrifying motive.

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Trust No One
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312534899 

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The plotting is masterful. The story moves like a bullet as Hurwitz deftly interweaves his hero's soul-searching with his race to untangle a conspiracy reaching to the highest levels of government.--Andrew Klavan.

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The Baker Street Letters
by Michael Robertson
Published 2009

ISBN: 9780312538125 

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This first work in a new series features two brothers who lease offices on Baker Street. They soon begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes--who had famously occupied the same address.

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