« NEW FICTION--JUNE, JULY, AUGUST (Part 1) | Main | AUGUST 22-28 HAPPENINGS »
August 15, 2005
NEW FICTION--JUNE, JULY, AUGUST (Part 2)
More New Fiction released from June through August 1:
No Man's Land by G.M. Ford (NEW FOR)--True-crime writer, Frank Corso, goes to New Mexico to negotiate with a psychotic prisoner who has taken over a maximum security prison
The Holmes Factor by Brian Freemantle (NEW FRE)--Sebastian Holmes, Sherlock's son, goes to St. Petersburg in 1913 to check out the rumors that all is not as well as the British consulate reports state
Exact Revenge by Tim Green (NEW GRE)--Lawyer Raymond White experiences a modern-day version of the Count of Monte Cristo, escaping after 18 years in prison to get his revenge
The Summer He Didn't Die by Jim Harrison (NEW HAR)--three novellas about a Midwestern writer/poet reflecting on his career, three women and their relationships with an academic gigolo, and an alcoholic part-Indian loser who wants to keep his "fetal-alcohol-syndrome" child from being taken to a government-run home
Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin (NEW HEL)--As a test of their ability to rule England, the Prince and Princess of Wales are parachuted, naked, into the wilds of New Jersey where they start their wacky transcontinental journey to become "real" people
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand (NEW HIL)--Adrienne Dealey gets a job as an assistant manager at a Nantucket restaurant and falls for one of the owners
The Stolen Heart by Lauren Kelly (NEW KEL)--After her father's death, Merilee Graf uncovers some secrets from the past involving her family and the disappearance 16 years earlier of one of her classmates
Making It Up As I Go Along by M. T. Lennon (NEW LEN)--pregnant heiress and former war correspondent, Saffron Roch, moves to California and gets caught up in the "Mommy Track"
Winners: A Novel by Eric B. Martin (NEW MAR)--chimney sweep Shane, married to an entreprenurial "dot-com-er", searches for a fellow pick-up basketball player who has disappeared and finds a different world in the slums of San Francisco
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (NEW MCCAL)--"vignettes" of Bohemian life in an Edinburgh boarding house
The Road to Esmeralda by Joy Nicholson (NEW NIC)--Californians Nick and Sarah escape the post-9/11 USA by traveling to Mexico and then to Esmeralda in the Yucatan, staying at a Swiss Chalet type hotel run by German expatriates, but can't escape corruption and drug runners
Turning Leaves by Pamela Oldfield (NEW OLD)--collection of "sketches" about working class men and women and life-changing moments
Glad News of the Natural World by T.R. Pearson (NEW PEA)--Sequel to A Short History of a Small Place, now grown-up Louis Benfield tries to make it in New York City
The Twins of TriBeCa by Rachel Pine (NEW PIN)--Roman-a-clef about a junior staffer, Karen Jacobs, who leaves CNN to work for a major New York based film company (like Miramax)
Posted by egvpl at August 15, 2005 06:51 AM