The Gate House
by Nelson DeMille
Published 2008 by Grand Central Publishing

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780446505406

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast.

When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer--Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.

Against Medical Advice
by James Patterson
Published 2008 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316025041

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Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that "it kept getting worse," Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell.

AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment. It is a heart-rending story of struggle and triumph with a climax as dramatic as any James Patterson thriller.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852693

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It's January, 1946, and London is emerging from the shadow of World War II. Author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book when she gets a letter from Dawsey Adams from Guernsey, a British island that had been occupied by the Nazis. He finds her address in a used Charles Lamb volume and wonders if she might be able to help him learn more about the author. As Juliet and Dawsey exchange letters, she learns about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a unique book club formed on the spur-of-the-moment, as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans. Captivated, Juliet sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.

Just Breathe
by Susan Wiggs
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852839

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Cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles life's real issues in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarah's cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, it mirrors Sarah's own attempts to conceive after her husband's bout with cancer. However, Sarah's dreams of the future do not include the infidelity of her now fully recovered husband. Faced with the unthinkable, Sarah asks herself what smart, sassy Shirl would do. She decides Shirl would floor the gas pedal straight out of Chicago back to where she grew up. Running into an old flame and discovering an incredible surprise are hardly the most traditional of new beginnings. But who says life and love are predictable or perfect; The winds of change have led Sarah here. Now all she can do is close her eyes and . . . just breathe.

Lie Down with the Devil
by Linda Barnes
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852631

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Award winner Linda Barnes's dynamic private eye Carlotta Carlyle finds herself in an unusual role -- she's working on her own behalf. Private Eye Carlotta Carlyle is trying to figure out what her on-again-off-again boyfriend -- now her fianc -- Sam Gianelli has done to earn himself a secret indictment for murder that's keeping him out of the country. Sure, it could be mob-related. After all, he's in the family. But Carlotta's not buying it. Sam's not talking, and neither is her old boss, police homicide chief Mooney. In the meantime, a nervous bride who hired Carlotta to make sure her groom-to-be was being faithful ends up murdered. Not only did the victim use a phony identity, it turns out she was aware of Carlotta's relationship with Sam. So what does her mob-connected boyfriend have to do with a dead bride-to-be;

Silenced by Syrah
by Michele Scott
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852846

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When a famous chef doesn't return to his kitchen after a relaxing Syrah bath, vineyard manager Nikki Sands figures the bubbles must have gone to his head. However, she discovers it was a bullet instead of bubbles. Includes recipes and wine pairings. Original.

Bones
by Jonathan Kellerman
Published 2008 by Random House Large Print Publishing

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780739328101

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When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as "master of the psychological thriller" (People). Now, Kellerman has worked his magic again in this chilling new masterpiece.

The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something "real dead . . . buried in your marsh." The eco-volunteer on the other end of the phone thinks it's a prank, but when a young woman's body turns up in L.A.'s Bird Marsh preserve no one's laughing. And when the bones of more victims surface, homicide detective Milo Sturgis realizes the city's under siege to an insidious killer. Milo's first move: calling in psychologist Alex Delaware.

The murdered women are prostitutes-except the most recent victim; a brilliant young musician from the East Coast, employed by a wealthy family to tutor a musical prodigy, Selena Bass seems out of place in the marsh's grim tableau.

Conveniently-perhaps ominously-Selena's blueblood employers are nowhere to be found, and their estate's jittery caretaker raises hackles. But Milo's instincts and Alex's insight are too well-honed to settle for easy answers, even given the dark secrets in this troubled man's past. Their investigation unearths disturbing layers-about victims, potential victims, and suspects alike-plunging even deeper into the murky marsh's enigmatic depths.

Bizarre details of the crimes suggest a devilish serial killer prowling L.A.'s gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates from the pattern, derailing a possible profile, Alex and Milo must look beyond the suspicion of madness and consider an even more sinister mind at work.Answers don't come easy, but the darkest of drives and desires may fuel the most devious of foes.

Bones is classic Kellerman-relentlessly peeling back the skin and psyches of its characters and revealing the shadows and sins of the souls beneath. With jolt after jolt of galvanizing suspense, it drives the reader through its twists and turns toward a climax as satisfying as it is shattering. "From the Hardcover edition."

The Shack
by William P. Young
Published 2008 by Windblown Media

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780964729285

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Mackenzie Allen Philips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

Testimony
by Anita Shreve
Published 2008 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316024631

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At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellingly""explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.

Dark Summer
by Iris Johansen
Published 2008 by Random House Large Print Publishing

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780739327555

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It begins with a single shot.

Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction.

Jude Marrock is out for revenge and has no choice but to involve Devon in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with an escalating body count. She doesn't trust him one bit, but when the shots start flying and friends start falling, she finds herself with nowhere else to run. And there are innocent lives, both human and animal, at stake, including Ned and his mysterious pack. Is Jude her salvation or her damnation? Are the secrets he's protecting worth killing for . . . or dying for?

With a lightning-fast pace, unforgettable characters, and gut-wrenching action, "Dark Summer" is compelling new terrain for this master storyteller.

The Last Oracle
by James Rollins
Published 2008 by Harperluxe

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780061562686

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What if you could bio-engineer the next great world prophet: scientifically produce the next Buddha, the next Mohammed, or even the next Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction with disastrous consequences? A master at combining historical and religious intrigue with edge-of-your-seat adventure, "New York Times" bestselling author James Rollins brings back SIGMA Force to battle a group of rogue scientists who've unleashed a bio-engineering project that could bring about the extinction of mankind. From ancient Greek temples to glittering mausoleums, from the slums of India to the radioactive ruins of Russia, two of SIGMA's finest must race against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history--the Greek Oracle of Delphi.

The Last Time I Was Me
by Cathy Lamb
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852761

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In this dazzling new novel by the acclaimed author of "Julia's Chocolates," a woman who has lost her way finds a new and surprising future in the Pacific Northwest.

The Art of Keeping Secrets
by Patti Callahan Henry
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852587

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Since a solo plane crash killed her husband two years ago, Annabelle Murphy has found no solace in raising her two children. Just when she thinks the grief is behind her, she gets the news that the wreckage of the plane has finally been located -- and that her husband did not die alone. Suddenly Annabelle is forced to question everything she once held true. Sofie Milstead knows the woman who was on that plane. A dolphin researcher who has lived a quiet life, Sofie has never let anyone get too close. But when Annabelle shows up on Sofie's doorstep full of painful questions, both women must confront their intertwining pasts -- and find the courage they need to face the truth.

Fractured
by Karin Slaughter
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852600

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With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta's most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager's lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her terrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter's attacker with her bare hands. The murder is under Atlanta police jurisdiction, but Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is at the scene as a political favor. He quickly sees things the cops are missing -- something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the shell-shocked mother. Armed with only fleeting clues with a female cop who has personal reasons for hating him, Trent is determined to follow the clues wherever they may lead.

Cypress Nights
by Stella Cameron
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852426

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Roche Savage is a dedicated, talented psychiatrist with a life-shattering secret; his sexuality is over-the-top. He's always avoided gentle, reserved women because he can't trust himself not to frighten, or even hurt them. Unfortunately, he can't stop thi

Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852815

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"New York Times" bestselling author Strout binds together 13 rich, luminous narratives through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge, who offers profound insights into the human condition.

Left to Die
by Lisa Jackson
Published 2008 by Center Point Large Print

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781602852754

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There's nothing more horrifying than being left alone to die; In the lonely woods of Grizzly Falls, Montana, four bodies are found. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli are working with the FBI on this nightmare of a case, where all the only clues they have are cryptic notes left behind by the killer. When Jillian Rivers opens her eyes, she is trapped inside a mangled car. A stranger who claims to be a trail guide, pries her free, but something about him makes her nervous. If she knew what lay ahead, she'd be a lot more than nervous . . .

The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
by Alice Kimberly
Published 2008 by Wheeler Publishing

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781597228336

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The local Film Noir festival takes a dark turn when a legendary femme fatale is nearly killed. Now, bookstore owner Penelope Thornton-McClure enlists the help of P.I. Jack Shepard--even though he and his license expired more than 50 years ago. Original.

Divine Justice
by David Baldacci
Published 2008 by Grand Central Publishing

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780446505383

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Following the instant # 1 "New York Times" bestseller "Stone Cold," Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in David Baldacci's most surprising thriller yet . . .

Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.

But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone, wants Stone dead.

With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. Now, as the hunters close in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the small, isolated coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia-and into a world every bit as lethal as the one he left behind.

A Good Woman
by Danielle Steel
Published 2008 by Random House Large Print Publishing

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780739328071

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From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, Danielle Steel takes us on an unforgettable journey in her new novel--a spellbinding tale of war, loss, history, and one woman's unbreakable spirit....

Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the "Titanic" shattered her family and her privileged world forever. Finding strength within her grief, Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work, nursing the poor, igniting a passion for medicine that would shape the course of her life.

But for Annabelle, first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage, will soon bring more grief--this time caused by the secrets of the human heart. Betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women, Annabelle finds her true calling, working as an ambulance medic on the front lines, studying medicine, saving lives. And when the war ends, Annabelle begins a new life in Paris--now a doctor, a mother, her past almost forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind. Finding strength in the most unlikely of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York one more time--this time as a changed woman, a woman of substance, infused with life's experience, building a future filled with hope...out of the richsoil of the past.

Filled with breathtaking images and historical detail, Danielle Steel's new novel introduces one of her most unique and fascinating characters: Annabelle Worthington, a remarkable woman, a good woman, a true survivor who triumphs against overwhelming odds. For Annabelle's story is more than compelling fiction, it is a powerful celebration of life, dignity, and courage--and a testament to the human will to survive. "From the Hardcover edition."