by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a […]
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by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a
by Laura Nowlin ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2013 There’s not much plot here, but readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head. Likes 97 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut. Autumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart;
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BREAKING THROUGH THE INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES OF GLOBAL BUSINESS by Erin Meyer ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 27, 2014 These are not hard and fast rules, but Meyer delivers important reading for those engaged in international business. A helpful guide to working effectively with people from other cultures. “The sad truth is that the vast majority of
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From the Once Upon a Broken Heart series , Vol. 3 by Stephanie Garber ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 24, 2023 Frustratingly slow and lacking in magical wonder. Despite living her happily-ever-after, Evangeline can’t help but strive to recover her lost memories in this trilogy closer. Evangeline Fox awakens in the strong arms of Prince Apollo,
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From the What if You Had . . .? series by Sandra Markle ; illustrated by Howard McWilliam ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2024 Another playful imagination-stretcher. Markle invites children to picture themselves living in the homes of 11 wild animals. As in previous entries in the series, McWilliam’s illustrations of a diverse cast of
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Jacob is a Brooklyn native, staying on in Atlanta after graduating from Morehouse to take a job with a real estate developer who has won the contract to “revitaliz[e]” (aka destroy and gentrify) the Black neighborhoods near the Olympic Village. He knows he’s gay, but has had very little experience and has not come out
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by Alexa Donne ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, 2020 A thrilling romance that could use more even pacing. For the second time in her life, Leo must choose between her family and true love. Nineteen-year-old Princess Leonie Kolburg’s royal family is bankrupt. In order to salvage the fortune they accrued before humans fled the frozen
by Lois Lowry ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1989 A deftly told story that dramatizes how Danes appointed themselves bodyguards—not only for their king, who was in the habit… The author of the Anastasia books as well as more serious fiction (Rabble Starkey, 1987) offers her first historical fiction—a story about the escape of the
by Ben Philippe ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, 2019 Despite some missteps, this will appeal to readers who enjoy a fresh and realistic teen voice. A teenage, not-so-lonely loner endures the wilds of high school in Austin, Texas. Norris Kaplan, the protagonist of Philippe’s debut novel, is a hypersweaty, uber-snarky black, Haitian, French-Canadian pushing to
