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The Hard Bounce
Robinson, Todd
Todd Robinson may well be Robert Parker’s successor. Boo Malone and his sidekick Junior (with a combined weight of 470 pounds) run the 4DC (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) agency in Boston and provide security for bars and clubs. They are asked to find a runaway teenage girl who is the daughter of a high-powered local politician. Investigative steps follow and our protagonists encounter various nasty characters who, as would be expected, want to thwart their progress. At times Boo’s past is also an impediment to the investigation’s moving forward. The girl is eventually found but tragedy unexpectedly ensues anyway. This is a great first book by the creator of the thuglit web site (http://www.thuglit.com, “Writing About Wrongs”) and I fervently hope that it is the beginning of a long-lived series.
[Adult Fiction Book ROBINSON]
Lorenzo T., Systems & Network Services
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Shadow Woman
Howard, Linda
Lizette Henry looks in the mirror one morning and doesn't recognize the face looking back! Lizette has skills and knowledge that don't fit her current existence. Two years seem to be missing from her memory and she needs to know: who is she and what has she done?
[Adult Fiction Book HOWARD]
Laurie S., Northeast Library
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True Grit
Portis , Charles
To me, this is the perfect book: memorable characters, a compelling historical setting, action, adventure, and straight-faced humor.
[Adult Fiction Book PORTIS]
John K., Eden Prairie Library
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The Healing
Odell, Johnathan
Polly Shine is a strong, charismatic slave healer on a plantation in the pre-Civil War South who takes a reluctant girl named Granada in her care. Years later, Granada remembers how Polly taught her to heal others when she finds herself in charge of a motherless girl. This novel is beautifully written and inspired by true-life events.
[Adult Fiction Book ODELL]
Susan L., Hopkins Library
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Iced: a Dani O'Malley novel
Moning, Karen Marie
After the wall crashes between the worlds of humans and fae, Dani O'Malley, a 14-year-old sidhe seer, is there to save humanity. No matter that her ex-best friend wants to kill her, an ex-cop wants her sword (one of two magical weapons that can actually kill fae) and one of the most dangerous men in Dublin wants her to work for him. The first in Moning's new series staring Dani O'Malley.
[Adult Fiction Book MONING]
Amy KF., Hosmer Library
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Lamb: the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal
Moore, Christopher
This is a tale about the trials and tribulations missed in the Bible, as told by Jesus Christ's best friend, Biff. Biff has been resurrected in modern times to document these lost stories of half-resurrected corpses, abominable snowmen, and Chinese food. Be prepared to laugh out loud as Biff takes you from Nazareth to the East and back again in this familiar, but reimagined tale.
[Adult Fiction Book MOORE]
Casey L., Hosmer Library
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Turn of Mind
Laplante, Alice
Did retired surgeon Jennifer White have anything to do with the murder of her best friend? Not even Jennifer knows, because her memory is spotty due to dementia. As she tries to remember what happened, more is revealed about her troubled relationships with her friend and her family members. An intriguing look inside the mind of a woman who is struggling to keep her memory.
[Adult Fiction Book LAPLANTE]
Susan L., Hopkins Library
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Him, her, him again, the end of him
Marx, Patricia
We follow our audacious, neurotic and hilarious heroine through her obsession with her graduate school love, Eugene. Even though her friends detest him and she cannot explain her attraction to him, she is completely unable to let him go. The two intellects create such a ridiculous dialog throughout the story that it is impossible to not laugh out loud while reading. This is a painfully funny story about the guy who should have gotten away.
[Adult Fiction Book MARX]
Sarah M., Ridgedale Library
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A Dance with Dragons
Martin, George R.R.
Reads like historical fiction with fantasy peeking through. The fifth installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series, this book catches us up with some of the characters who were maddeningly absent in the fourth book. Addictive but not for the weak of heart (or stomach)!
[Adult Fiction Book MARTIN]
Kristina D., Brooklyn Park Library
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Heat Wave
Castle, Richard
This is the first in the Nikki Heat series, which ties in with the Castle TV show on ABC. You can read it without watching the show, but if you've watched it you get a whole other level of awesome. That's right, awesome. A good mystery, good writing, and very funny.
[Adult Mystery Book CASTLE]
Sarah R., Excelsior Library
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Oscar Wilde and a death of no importance
Brandreth , Gyles
Follow legendary wit Oscar Wilde as he investigates the murder of a young man in 1889 London. Wilde’s friend and Sherlock Holmes creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, helps out. This is a fun history-mystery.
[Adult Mystery Book BRANDRETH]
Marni B., Eden Prairie Library
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A Door in the River
Wolfe, Inger Ash
Good mystery story and characters. DI Hazel Micallef has to deal with her aging mother, the fact that a former underling is now her boss and lots of changes in her hometown. But she’s still solving crime despite the rule book. How many books can say they have a 60-something woman as an action hero? Awesome. Gray power!
[Adult Fiction Book WOLFE]
Laura P., Information & Online Services
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Full dark, no stars
King, Stephen
Returning to short stories (which I think are his best), King explores dark themes of betrayal, revenge, loss and love. These are menacing tales, not light happy reads.
[Adult Fiction Book KING]
Jackie T., Eden Prairie Library
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Grave Goods
Franklin, Ariana
Franklin returns to form with this installment of the Mistress of the Art of Death series. Adelia is called in to examine some bones found in the abbey graveyard in Glastonbury. Are they King Arthur and Guinevere? King Henry sure hopes so. If they’re dead, he can put to rest the hope that Arthur is just sleeping and will return. The continuing story of the characters we love is advanced and Adelia makes some new friends and a dangerous enemy.
[Adult Mystery Book FRANKLIN]
Laura P., Information & Online Services
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Sacre bleu : a comedy d'art
Moore, Christopher
Blue is such a beautiful hue. Who knew it was deadly too? Vincent van Gogh certainly did not. Nor did Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, or any other Impressionists and Post-Impressionists for that matter. It’s 1890 and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and his baker/painter friend Lucien Lessard are on a mission to discover the truth behind van Gogh’s death and the mysterious ultramarine oil paints that have been meddling with many artists’ minds. Moore’s work is fiction backed strongly by fact. Not incredibly humorous, but definitely an enjoyable read, particularly for those with an interest in art history and the debaucheries of French artists of the time.
[Adult Fiction Book MOORE]
Bailey D., Minneapolis Central Library
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The Last Child
Hart, John
It’s been a year since thirteen-year-old Johnny’s twin sister was abducted, but he still hasn’t given up hope of finding her. Meanwhile, Johnny’s dad has disappeared and his mother has turned to pills for escape from her pain and grief. With a rich cast of supporting characters, like an obsessed detective, an abusive and wealthy boyfriend, and an escaped convict, this is a haunting and memorable mystery. Hart is a fantastic storyteller, and he’s written a gripping and suspenseful crime thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.
[Adult Fiction Book HART]
Jane B., Linden Hills Library
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The Call
Murphy , Yannick
This novel is written as a New England's veterinarian's log. It is deceptively engaging and hard to put down. David writes up his calls for care of farm animals and he also includes the other parts of his days and many rambling thoughts in these notes. His life is turned upside down when his son is shot in a hunting accident and left in a coma. Funny, surprising, and suspenseful.
[Adult Fiction Book MURPHY]
Maureen MS., Edina Library
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The Forgotten Garden
Morton, Kate
Loved this book. Bouncing around between 1913, 1975 and 2005 was no problem as each section was labeled and each had its main character. A tale about tales and about families, love and redemption. Hated to see it end.
[Adult Fiction Book MORTON]
Laura P., Information & Online Services
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Spooky Little Girl
Notaro , Laurie
Laugh out loud funny, but thoughtful and endearing.
[Adult Fiction Book NOTARO]
Jackie W., Eden Prairie Library
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The Expats
Pavone, Chris
The Expats is a book which pace keeps accelerating on you and that makes it hard to put down. The book alternates between events taking place right now and events that started two years ago when Kate and Dexter started the process of moving to Luxembourg for Dexter's job. Kate had to quit her CIA job to follow her husband abroad and without spoiling too much of the story I will say that not much is what it seems to be and that Kate's skills acquired in her previous job come in handy when trying to deal with a situation that involves computer security, tax heavens, FBI agents, expat communities, lies and layers upon layers of duplicity. All in all a fun read with an engaging female protagonist struggling to discover who her husband really is and working very hard to keep her family safe and together.
[Adult Fiction Book PAVONE]
Lorenzo T., Systems & Network Services
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