Sneak Previews Fall 2009

Here's a look at what's coming from your favorite authors this fall. Registered library card holders may call the library at (586) 469-6200 to place holds on these forthcoming titles. When you place your hold in advance, you help your librarians decide how many copies of a popular title will be needed to meet demand. Registered library card holders may also place their own holds by visiting our online library catalog (you will need your library card number and PIN to use this feature).

Armstrong, Kelley.  Frostbitten. (September)
Elena Michael is the werewolf pack's chief enforcer.  A series of gruesome murders draws Elena and her husband, Clay, to an investigation that is more than they bargained for.

Baldacci, David. True Blue. (October)
Disgraced former narcotics detective Mace Perry is now working as a research assistant and bodyguard to reclusive scientist Joshua Altman.  When Altman goes missing, he leaves clues to his hidden research that only Mace can track.

Beaton, M.C.  There Goes the Bride: An Agatha Raisin Mystery. (October)
Agatha Raisin is determined to stop obsessing over the upcoming marriage of her ex-husband, James Lacey.  Her best intentions to move on with her life are dashed when James' young bride is killed and Agatha is named the prime suspect.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Breaking the Rules.  (October)
After escaping a terrifying encounter, M flees to New York and becomes a major success on the catwalks of Paris.  Her life is complete when she marries actor Larry Vaughan. A dark figure from M's past with deadly intent plans to shatter M's world forever.

Cain, Chelsea. Evil at Heart. (September)
Serial killer Gretchen Lowell is on the loose and Detective Archie Sheridan is hospitalized after his ploy to catch her goes very wrong.  A copycat murderer is killing people as an homage to the Beauty Killer.

Card, Orson Scott. Hidden Empire.  (December)
This is a sequel to Card's Empire.

Grafton, Sue. U is for Undertow. (December)
Grafton moves the narrative between the eighties and the sixties, changing points of view, building multiple subplots, and creating memorable characters.

Patterson, James. Alex Cross's Trial. (September)
Set in early 1900s, Detective Alex Cross narrates a gripping tale of murder, love and bravery.

Perry, Anne. A Christmas Promise. (November)
In 1895 London, two young girls, Minnie Maude and Gracie, band together to solve the murder of Minnie Maude's uncle.

Sparks, Nicholas. The Last Song. (September)
Three years after the divorce of Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's parents, Ronnie is still angry and alienated from her parents.  Her mother sends Ronnie to her father's for the summer where she learns to forgive.

Wambaugh, Joseph. Hollywood Moon. (December)
LAPD veterans Dana Vaughn and "Hollywood" Nate Weiss are hot on the trail of a man they suspect to be the perpetrator of a series of violent attacks against women.

White-Owens, Karen. I Can Make You Love Me. (October)
A change meeting brings single mom Wynn Evans into attorney Adam Carlyle's orbit.  The attraction is sizzling, but someone close to them has a different agenda.

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