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83.8 Auel, Jean M. The land of painted caves. Crown, 2011. 757 sider (Earth's children ; book 6). Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni, one of the Ninth cave community's spiritual leaders and healers. Auster, Paul Sunset Park. Picador, 2011. 228 sider Et amerikansk tidsbillede fra år 2008 med den 28-årige Miles Heller som gennemgående figur. Efter nogle svære år vender han tilbage til New York og slår sig ned i Brooklyn med tre jævnaldrende. Ud over Miles får hans kunstnerisk anlagte bofæller, hans forlæggerfar og skuespillermor også stemme, og alle kredser de om kærlighedens svære vilkår. Baldacci, David Hell's corner. Grand Central, 2010. 438 sider A bomb detonates in the White House immediately after the British Prime Minister departs from the State Dinner. Oliver Stone, who witnesses the event, believes the Prime Minister and the President were the targets of a terrorist plot. MI-5 agent Mary Chapman is assigned to assist Stone and his Camel Club with the investigation, which reveals that the bombing may have actually been botched and is part of a darker, deadlier conspiracy. Bell, Madison The color of night. Vintage Books, 2011. - 208 sider Mae, a Las Vegas blackjack dealer, spends her free time wandering the desert with a rifle, or sitting in her trailer obsessively watching replays of an old lover escaping the wreckage of 9/11. What she sees in those images is different from what the rest of us would see. She revels in the pure anarchy, thrills at the destruction. Block, Stefan Merrill The storm at the door. Random House, 2011. 342 sider When he is committed by his exasperated wife to a psychiatric facility in the 1960s, eccentric alcoholic Frederick descends into the institution's nightmarish rehabilitation
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processes and despairs of his release, while his remorseful wife struggles to save their family. Block, Stefan Merrill The story of forgetting. Faber and Faber, 2009. 313 sider 17-årige Seth er en mester i at gøre sig usynlig i skolen. I hjemmet går hans mor langsomt til pga. hukommelsessvigt, mens hans far kigger dybt i ginflasken i desperation. På en faldefærdig gård lever pukkelryggen Abel alene og i fortiden, mens han venter på en, han har mistet. Så begynder Seth at forske i sin familiehistorie. Boyle, T. Coraghessan When the killing's done. Viking, 2011. 369 sider Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures. Brooks, Geraldine Caleb's crossing. Viking, 2011. 306 sider Growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans, Bethia Mayfield yearns for an education that is closed to her due to her gender. As soon as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observes its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Brown, Dan Digital fortress. Corgi, 2004. 510 sider Susan Fletcher skal bryde en mystisk kode for National Security Agency; hun bliver viklet ind i et net af hemmeligheder og løgne og kæmper ikke blot for sit land, men også for sit eget og sin kærestes liv. Brown, Nic Doubles. Counterpoint, 2010. 227 sider Tennis player Slow Smith is either wallowing in self-pity or mourning the virtual loss of his wife, who is in a coma after a car accident. Slow - so named for his excruciatingly deliberate service routine - was half of a successful professional doubles team that won the U.S.Open at Forest Hills six times. Old coach Manny
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arrives at Slow's house ininvited, and the pair head to Forest Hills where they will meet up with Slow?s longtime doubles partner, Kaz. Life has continued for Kaz since the accident; he's playing with a new partner. But the former partners are still connected, if not as tightly as before. Back in the familiar tennis world, Slow and Kaz attempt to reconnect, both professionally and personally, but things have changed. Slow is different. Of course he is: his wife's in a coma, and he blames himself for the accident. The past is his milieu; Kaz is moving forward. Brown, Sandra Lethal. Grand Central, 2011. 472 sider After Honor Gillette is visited by Lee Coburn, a suspected murderer seeking a valuable object that Honor's late husband left behind, they find themselves running from the FBI and untangling a web of corruption and depravity. Butler, Robert Olen A small hotel. Grove, 2011. 241 sider A tale set in reverse chronicles the failing marriage of New Orleans residents Michael and Kelly Hayes, who, on the day their divorce becomes final, revisit their shared history to evaluate the insecurities and inabilities that have driven them apart. Campbell, Bonnie Jo Once upon a river. Norton, 2011. 348 sider Margo Crane, a beautiful and uncanny markswoman, takes to the Stark River after being complicit in the death of her father and embarks on an odyssey in search of her vanished mother. Chopra, Deepak Muhammad : a story of the last prophet. HarperOne, 2010., 267 sider GenfortÌlling af profeten Muhammeds (ca. 570-632 e.v.t.) liv, hans profetiske kald i Mekka og Medina og om hans liv som familieoverhoved, statsmand og hÌrfører. Cook, Thomas H. The quest for Anna Klein. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. 346 sider. The fortunate life of successful businessman Thomas Danforth of 1939 New York City is thrown into chaos when he unwittingly provides a location for a mysterious woman to receive training in firearms and explosives before she abruptly disappears.
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Crane, Caprice With a little luck. Bantam, 2011. 308 sider Facing her romantic prospects with skepticism after two disappointing relationships, successful DJ Berry Lambert, who believes bad things occur in threes, expects a rapid dissolution to her next love affair and is surprised by her attraction to an outspoken, commitment-minded rival. Crummey, Michael Galore. Other Press, 2010. 338 sider A family saga and love story set in the improbable medievalesque world that was rural Newfoundland. Remote and isolated, exposed to extremes of climate and fate, the people of Paradise Deep persist in a realm where the line between the everyday and the otherworldly is hard to distinguish. Crusie, Jennifer Maybe this time. St. Martin, 2010. 342 sider North Archer, Andie Miller's ex-husband, asks her to become the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already and live in a haunted house. What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a selfdoubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-inlaw, and, of course, her jealous fiancĂŠ. And just when Andie thinks things couldn't get more complicated, North shows up on the doorstep making her wonder if "maybe this time" things could be different between them. Cussler, Clive Crescent Dawn. Putnam Pub Group, 2010. 548 sider In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions. Does anything tie them together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to therise of a fundamentalist movement to restore the Ottoman Empire. Dave, Laura The first husband. Viking, 2011. 246 sider Her happiness shattered by her movie director boyfriend's announcement that he intends to reconnect with a woman from his past, travel columnist Annie Adams
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impulsively marries a charming chef and attempts to restart her life in rural Massachusetts. Delinsky, Barbara Escape. Doubleday, 2011. - 308 sider Emily Aulenbach is thirty, a lawyer married to a lawyer, working in Manhattan. An idealist, she had once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse, but now she spends her days in a cubicle talking with victims of tainted bottled water and she's on the bottler's side. Doctorow, E. L. All the time in the world. Random House, 2011. - 277 sider A collection of short works includes the stories of a couple who become estranged after a mysterious man claims he grew up in their house, and a Russian bus boy who is entangled with an organized crime ring. Indhold: Wakefield ; Edgemont Drive ; Assimilation ; Liner notes : the songs of Billy Bathgate ; Heist ; Walter John Harmon ; A house on the plains ; Jolene : a life ; The writer in the family ; Willi ; The hunter ; All the time in the world. Doctorow, E. L. Homer and Langley. Abacus, 2010. 208 sider Brødrene Homer og Langley er født ind i en rig Bostonfamilie, men allerede som teenager mister Homer synet, og Langley vender hjem fra den 1. verdenskrig med ødelagte lunger. Da de samtidig mister deres forældre i den store influencaepedimi, er de helt uegnede til at klare den nye tid og bliver lette ofre for alle slags udbyttere. Edgarian, Carol Three stages of amazement. Scribner, 2011. 298 sider Charlie Pepper and Lena Rusch live in San Francisco in a modest pink bungalow they cannot afford. On the hill above them sit the great houses of the rich, with their servants and gardens and glorious views of the bay. Charlie and Lena grew up believing they could have it all:sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. Now, in early middle age, life has delivered surprises and tests: a stillborn twin, an economic crash, a ruthless rival in Charlie's business, and a seductive lover from Lena's past. Egan, Jennifer A visit from the Goon Squad. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. . 273 sider
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Bennie Salazar er en aldrende tidligere punkrocker, der har et pladeselskab. Sascha er en plaget og bekymret ung kvinde, der er ansat i hans firma. Vi følger deres og andres liv og færden gennem flere årtier. Evanovich, Janet Wicked appetite. Headline Review, 2010. 313 sider Igennem århundreder har skattejægere søgt efter nogle sten, som ifølge sagnet repræsenterer de syv dødssynder og har magt til at slippe Helvede løs på Jorden. Nu er stenene havnet i Massachusetts og jages af to mænd med særlige evner, men vidt forskellige motiver. De får imidlertid brug for hjælp fra en lokal kvinde, som ikke kender sine egne overnaturlige kræfter. Fielding, Joy Now you see her. Atria, 2011. - 357 sider Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart's husband has left her for another woman. Devastating as that may be, it hardly compares to the death of her 21-year-old daughter, Devon, in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, and as a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death. Now, in Ireland, Marcy yet again thinks she sees her daughter casually strolling past her on the sidewalk, which will lead to a desperate search to find the truth. Finder, Joseph Buried secrets. St. Martin, 2011. 390 sider Nick Heller comes to the aid of family friend Marshall Marcus, whose daughter Alexandra, has been kidnapped and held captive in an underground crypt; but as Nick digs deeper into Marshall's life, he finds that his criminal activeties have left behind scores of enemies that reach to the highest levels of government. Fletcher, Susan Corrag. Norton. 2010. 366 sider Genova, Lisa Left neglected. Gallery Books, 2011. - 327 sider Sarah, a career-driven young mother, suffers a traumatic brain injury in a car accident that leaves her unable to perceive left-side information. The disability causes her to struggle through an uncertain recovery as she adapts to her new life.
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Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a geisha. Vintage, 1999. 434 sider. Geishaen Sayuvi med de gråblå øjne blev tidligt solgt til et geishahus. I 1930'erne er hendes liv i geisha-kvarteret i Kyoto, men det slutter med 2. verdenskrig, og hun må finde sig en ny identitet. Grippando, James Afraid of the dark. Harper, 2011. - 406 sider Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's daughter, McKenna, bleeding in his arms as she uttered the name of her murderer and exboyfriend, Jamal. That was minutes before a blast made everything go black for Vince - forever. Now Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck has been called in to save Jamal from the death penalty. Grisham, John The confession. Century, 2010. 418 sider An innocent man is days from execution, only a guilty man can save him. Grisham, John Theodore Boone. Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. 217 sider 13-årige Theo får brug for al sin viden om lov og ret og sine evner som efterforsker, da hans veninde April forsvinder sporløst fra sit værelse midt om natten. Den lille by syder af frygt, og politiet står på bar bund, så det er op til Theo at redde April. Hannah, Kristin Night road. St.Martin, 2011. 385 sider When stay-at-home mom Jude Farraday takes in Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, the girl becomes inseparable from Jude's teenage twins before a shattering accident rips the family apart and sets the stage for a sobering confrontation years later. Harkness, Deborah A discovery of witches. Viking, 2011. - 579 sider Discovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches, and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure.
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Harper, Paul Pacific Heights. Henry Holt, 2011. 349 sider Pursuing seemingly uncomplicated affairs with the same man, Lore Cha and Elise Currin, the wives of two successful businessmen, begin fearing for their sanity and turn to the same therapist for help when the man acts out their most taboo sexual fantasies. Hart, John (f. 1965) Iron house. Thomas Dunne, 2011. 421 sider There was nothing but time at Iron House. Time to burn, time to kill, and time for Michael to emerge strong and unforgiving while his brother, Julian, became a tormented soul at the orphanage for boys. Two decades later Michael returns to North Carolina with a sentence on his head, the mob in hot pursuit, and his disturbed brother in trouble of a different kind. One man is destined to break the chains of his fate. Hegi, Ursula Children and fire. Scribner, 2011. 272 sider Protecting her beloved students from the devastating world outside of their 1934 Berlin classroom, Thekla Köppen sacrifices some of her personal freedoms to retain her teaching position until activities within Hitler's early regime test her moral courage. Hustvedt, Siri The summer without men. Sceptre, 2011. 216 sider Tragikomisk roman om den evige krig mellem kønnene. Efter 30 års ægteskab be'r Mia Fredericksens mand om en pause for at kunne hellige sig sin passion for en ung fransk kvinde. Det får Mia til at slå sig ned i sin barndoms by på prærien, hvor hun forsøger at afreagere sit raseri og sin skuffelse i tæt fællesskab med byens kvinder. Kerr, Philip Field grey : a Bernie Gunther novel. Quercus, 2010. - 468 sider. Thriller. Khoury, Raymond The templar salvation. Dutton, 2010. 405 sider To rescue kidnapped Tess Chaykin, FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope's
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massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition in search of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars. Koontz, Dean R. What the night knows. HarperCollins, 2011. 442 sider En 14-årig dreng har tilstået en række chokerende mord, og er nu indespærret på den lukkede afdeling på et statshospital. Han er en højt begavet, sadistisk dræber og oven i købet stolt af det. Under afhøringen står det klart for John Calvino fra Mordkommissionen, at drengen ved mere end det er naturligt om en serie ældre forbrydelser. Samtidig breder sig hos ham en uforklarlig følelse af fare og ondskab. Lalami, Laila Secret son. Penguin. 2011. 291 sider Yussef har altid levet alene med sin mor under fattige kår. Da hans far som er rig og som Youssef altid har troet var død, pludselig interesserer sig for ham og tager ham til sig, er Yussef lykkelig. Men det er ikke nemt at skifte miljø. Leonard, Elmore Djibouti. William Morrow, 2010. 279 sider In a modern-day pirate story, ambitious documentary filmmaker Dara Barr and her right-hand man, Xavier LeBo, a seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, get more than they bargained for on the Horn of Africa. Mason, Bobbie Ann The girl in the blue beret. Random House, 2011. 352 sider An American World War II pilot shot down in occupied Europe returns to his crash site decades later and finds himself drawn back in time to the brave people who helped him escape from the Nazis. Montefiore, Santa The mermaid garden. Simon & Schuster, 2011. 418 sider A tale spanning four decades and ranging from the Tuscan countryside to the English coast reveals how the power of love can heal loss and endure the test of time. Mukherjee, Bharati Miss New India. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. 328 sider Taken under the wing of an expat teacher for her ambition and talent, Anjali Bose
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hopes to escape unfavorable prospects and falls in with a crowd of young people in Bangalore, where she endeavors to confront her past and reinvent herself. Nelson, Antonya Bound. Bloomsbury, 2010. 229 sider Catherine and Oliver, young wife and older entrepreneurial husband, are negotiating their difference in age and a plethora of wellconcealed secrets. Oliver, now in his sixties, is a serial adulterer and has just fallen giddily in love yet again. Catherine, seemingly placid and content, has ghosts of a past she scarcely remembers. When Catherine's long-forgotten high school friend dies and leaves Catherine the guardian of her teenage daughter, that past comes rushing back. As Oliver manages his new love, and Catherine her new charge and darker past, local news reports turn up the volume ona serial killer who has reappeared after years of quiet. Neville, Katherine The fire. Ballantine, 2009. 547 sider. SpĂŚndingsroman. Patchett, Ann State of wonder. Harper, 2011. 353 sider A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years, a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past. Perrotta, Tom The leftovers. St. Martin's Press, 2011. 355 sider Picoult, Jodi Sing you home. Atria, 2011. 466 sider, 1 cd A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody. Preston, Douglas Fever dream. Orion, 2011. 520 sider
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At a family reunion, Special Agent Pendergast is finally overcoming the loss of his wife, who was mauled to death by a lion during an African safari. However, when Pendergast discovers that his wife's rifle was intentionally loaded with blanks, he is forced to reopen old wounds in an effort to locate those responsible for the violent killing. Preston, Douglas Gideon's sword. Grand Central, 2011. 342 sider At age 12, Gideon Crew witnessed the brutal murder of his father. More than 20 years later, Gideon gets his revenge. But then a mysterious witness steps forward to confront Gideon on his crime - and offer him the chance of a lifetime. Prose, Francine My new American life. Harper, 2011. 306 sider While working for an idealistic college professor, twenty-six-year old Lula, an Albanian trying to make a better life for herself in America, finds her life taking a complicated turn when her Albanian "brothers" return, in a novel set in the aftermath of 9/11. Rice, Luanne The silver boat. Viking, 2011. 289 sider After years of separation, three sisters converge on their mother's home in Martha's Vineyard, the only place any of them have experienced happiness. As they relive memories, they each form a new outlook on their family past and their individual futures. Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping. Faber and Faber, 2005. 219 sider Poetisk skildring fra en lille by i USA af to forældreløse pigers opvækst hos kvinderne i slægten. Russell, Karen Swamplandia! Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 315 sider Swamplandia! is the story of Ava Bigtree, a 12-year-old alligator wrestler who embarks on an improbable journey through the mangrove wilderness of southwest Florida in search of a lost sister.
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Sapphire (f. 1950) The kid. Penguin, 2011. 373 sider Nine-year old Abdul Jones is left alone to find his way in the world on the day of his mother's funeral, and find his way to adulthood and an identity he can stand behind. Saylor, Steven Empire. St. Martin, 2010. 589 sider 2. del af: Roma. Scottoline, Lisa Save me. St. Martin's Press, 2011. 373 sider When she suspects that her daughter is being bullied at school, Susan Pressman volunteers in the school cafeteria to keep an eye on things. She soon realizes that it is true when Amanda, the school bully, sends Melly crying to the bathroom. Before she can comfort her daughter, an explosion rips through the kitchen, forcing Susan to rescue Amanda. But when Amanda inexplicably goes back into the flaming building and is injured, Susan is denounced as a villain. Shreve, Anita Rescue. Little, Brown, 2010. 288 sider After rescuing a woman from a devastating crash, paramedic Peter Webster became personally involved with the patient. It was a lusty but troubled marriage that resulted in a daughter. Nineteen years after she ran out on him and their daughter, Peter receives a call from Sheila, who is desperate to return to her family. Sparks, Nicholas Safe haven. Sphere, 2010. 340 sider Da en mystisk ung kvinde dukker op i den lille amerikanske by Southport, begynder rygterne om hendes fortid straks at svirre. Hun bærer på en mørk hemmelighed og er fast besluttet på at undgå tættere venskaber endsige kærlighedsaffærer. Straight, Susan Take one candle light a room. Pantheon, 2010. 320 sider Fantine Antoine is a travel writer, a profession that keeps her happily away from her Southern California home. When she returns to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of her closest childhood friend, Glorette, she finds herself pulled into the tumultuous life of Glorette's twenty-two-year- old son - and Fantine's godson Victor. After getting involved in a shooting, Victor has fled to New Orleans. 13
Together with her father, Fantine follows Victor, determined to help him avoid the criminal future that he suddenly seems destined for. Wambaugh, Joseph Hollywood Hills. Corvus, 2011. 356 sider Skildring af betjentenes arbejde på Hollywood Stationen og den kriminelle underverden som de forsøger at holde opsyn med. En bande narkomaner røver kendte og rige for at skaffe sig penge til det næste fix. Samtidig indleder den erfarne betjent Nate Weiss en affære med en af Hollywoodfruerne og bliver uafvidende rodet ind i et falskneri. Ware, Ciji A race to splendor. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2011. 526 sider In this riveting tale of a race against time to rebuild two luxury hotels after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, architect Amelia Bradshaw and client J.D. Thayer sacrifice everything to see the city they love rise from the ashes; in the process, they can't help but lose their hearts. Weiner, Jennifer Then came you. Atria Books, 2011. 338 sider 43-year-old India Bishop turns to technology for the newborn she wants. After the union of her husband's sperm and a Princeton senior's "pedigree" egg is implanted into the womb of a working-class surrogate, a new life begins to grow. But matters are complicated when India's husband dies, making his 23-year-old daughter the legal guardian of the unborn child. Now four diverse women must somehow join forces to mother a precious baby. Wolitzer, Meg The uncoupling. Riverhead Books, 2011. 271 sider In the wake of a drama teacher's decision to direct "Lysistrata" for the high school play, the women in the town begin to sexually reject their husbands and boyfriends in ways that force both men and women to reevaluate their views on relationships and sexuality. KRIMI Black, Cara Murder in Passy. Soho, 2011. 273 sider When Aimee Leduc's godfather, Morbier, a police "commissaire" asks 14
her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, Aimee finds Xavierre, a "haut bourgeois" matron of Basque origin, strangled in her garden while Aimee waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimee must identify the real killer. Box, C. J. Cold wind. Putnam, 2011. 388 sider Game warden Joe Pickett's mother-in-law is suspected of murdering her husband. Pickett cannot stand the woman, and all the evidence is pointing straight toward her. Caught up in an investigation that is already personal, Pickett tries his best to keep things from getting too messy. Burke, Alafair Long gone. HarperCollins, 2011. 357 sider When her dream job turns into a living nightmare, causing her to become the prime suspect in a murder investigation, art gallery manager Alice Humphrey must prove that she has been set up a deadly mission that plunges her into a high-tech criminal conspiracy that is shockingly linked to her own family. Coben, Harlan Live wire. Dutton, 2011. 375 sider When a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his client's past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life. Conlon, Edward Red on red. Spiegel & Grau, 2011. 442 sider Former police officer turned author Edward Conlon chronicles the lives of NYPD detectives Meehan and Esposito. Despite their opposite styles, they strike an unlikely friendship as they investigate a suspicious suicide in Inwood Hill Park, a serial rapist in Manhattan, and a gang war that has rocked the streets. Connelly, Michael The fifth witness. Little, Brown and Company, 2011. 421, 13 sider Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is 15
guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too, and he's certain he's on the right trail. Dugoni, Robert Murder one. Simon & Schuster, 2011. 374 sider. A year after the murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane reconnects with former adversary Barclay Reid, who upon losing her daughter to a drug overdose has launched a campaign against Russian drug trafficking, only to be accused of murdering a dealer. Estleman, Loren D. Infernal angels. Forge, 2011. 270 sider Detroit private investigator Amos Walker is hired to recover HDTV converter boxes stolen from a retailer whose shop also does vintage resale business. Before long, the case turns old school: both a suspect and the man who lost the boxes are murdered, and Walker ends up working with both the local police and the feds. Evanovich, Janet Smokin' seventeen. Bantam, 2011. - 308 sider Where there's smoke there's fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morelli's oldworld grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between the two men in her life, Morelli and Ranger, a third man from Stephanie's past moves back to Trenton. Kellerman, Jonathan Deception. Headline, 2010. 377 sider. When a DVD discovered near Elise Freeman's decomposing corpse sheds insight on her yearlong torture and eventual murder, detective Milo Sturgis calls on the help of his longtime friend Dr. AlexDelaware. Kellerman, Jonathan Mystery. Ballantine, 2011. 320 sider. Psykologen Alex Delaware bliver bedt om at hjĂŚlpe i en sag, hvor en ung kvinde er blevet myrdet. Han bliver dybt chokeret, da han genkender ofret som den smukke og hemmelighedsfulde kvinde, han et par dage tidligere havde lagt mĂŚrke til pĂĽ et hotel i
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Beverly Hills. Det bliver dog mere end vanskeligt at fastslå hendes identitet og løse mysteriet om hendes død. Lansdale, Joe R. Devil red. Knopf, 2011. 205 sider. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine return in a red-hot, mayhem-fueled thriller to face a vampire cult, the Dixie Mafia, and the deadliest assassin they've ever encountered: Devil red. When their friend Marvin asks Hap and Leonard to look into a cold-case double murder, they're more than happy to play private investigators: they like trouble, and they especially like getting paid to find it. It turns out that both of the victims were set to inherit serious money, and one of them ran with a vampire cult. LaPlante, Alice Turn of mind. Atlantic Monthly, 2011. - 307 sider Implicated in the murder of her best friend, Jennifer White, a brilliant retired surgeon with dementia, struggles with fractured memories of their complex relationship and wonders if she actually committed the crime. Leon, Donna Drawing conclusions. Atlantic Monthly, 2011. 260 sider Commissario Guido Brunetti, with the help of inspector Lorenzo Vianello and the ever-resourceful signorina Elettra Zorzi, investigates the death of a Venetian widow in a Spartan apartment on Campo San Giacomo dell'Orio. Marr, Melissa Graveminder. William Morrow, 2011. 324 sider Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville. Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place and the man she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered. It turns out that in placid Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected. Mosley, Walter When the thrill is gone. Riverhead, 2011. 359 sider A beautiful young woman walks into PI Leonid McGill's office with a stack of cash. She's an artist, she tells Leonid, who's escaped poverty via marriage to a rich collector. A rich collector with two ex-wives whose deaths are shrouded in mystery.
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She says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's help. Will sorting out the woman's crooked tale bring Leonid straight to death's door? Muller, Marcia Coming back. Grand Central, 2010. 292 sider After being shot in the head and suffering locked-in syndrome, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone is struggling to regain control over her body. But her relationships are suffering. Her husband is impatient with her refusal to accept help; some of her colleagues doubt her abilities. But when Sharon's friend from physical therapy goes missing, she must call upon those closest to her to find the truth behind the disappearance. Patterson, James 10th anniversary. Little, Brown and Co., 2011. 395 sider, 19 sider, 17 sider When a teenage girl is seriously injured and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found, Detective Lindsay Boxer is called to investigate. But Lindsay soon discovers that the victim may be keeping secrets of her own. Reichs, Kathy Flash and bones. Scribner, 2011. 278 sider A body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to Lowes Motor Speedway near Charlotte just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for race week. The next day, a NASCAR crew member shares with Tempe a devastating story. Twelve years earlier his sister, Cyndi Gamble, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse. Is the body Cyndi's? Or Cale's? At the time of their disappearance, the FBI joined the investigation, but the search was quickly terminated. As Tempe is considering multiple theories, including an FBI cover-up, a surprising, secret substance is found with the body, leaving Tempe to wonder what exactly the government wasup to. Reichs, Kathy Mortal remains. Arrow, 2011. 361 sider. Retsmedicineren Tempe Brennan bliver kaldt til Quebec for at undersøge en mystisk drukneulykke. Hun identificerer liget som en soldat, der til syneladende døde i et helikopterstyrt i Vietnam fyrre årtidligere og blev begravet i North Carolina. Spørgsmålet er nu, hvem der egentlig ligger i soldatens grav?
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Sandford, John Buried prey. Putnam, 2011. 390 sider Back in 1985, two girls disappeared, and fledgling cop Lucas Davenport couldn't get over it, even when his boss declared the case closed. Now a house has been torn down, the bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic have been found, and Davenport is back on the case. Winslow, Don The gentlemen's hour. Simon & Schuster, 2011. 338 sider The Dawn Patrol, a close-knit group of surfers, not only ride waves together but have one another's backs out of the water. It's the life Boone loves, all he wants. When one of their own is murdered and another surfer, a young punk from the Rockpile Crew, stands accused, the small world of Pacific Beach is rocked to its core. FANTASY Butcher, Jim First Lord's fury. Ace Books, 2010. 764 sider. (The codex alera ; Book 6). Butcher, Jim Princeps' fury. Ace, 2009. 622 sider. (Codex Alera ; Book 5). Feist, Raymond E. The king's buccaneer. Bantam, 1994. 523 sider. (Riftwar Saga). Feist, Raymond E. Prince of the blood. Bantam Books, 2004. 432 sider Grossman, Lev The magician king. Viking, 2011. 400 sider As kings and queens of Fillory, Quentin and his friends enjoy lives of luxury. But when royal life grows dull, they take a cruise on a magical sailing ship and end up in the last place they want to be - the real world. Maguire, Gregory A lion among men. Headline Review, 2009. 426 sider 3. del af: Wicked. Civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the cowardly lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba
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Thropp, the wicked witch of the west, the woman who had defended him when he was a cub. Maguire, Gregory Son of a witch. Headline Review, 2008. 502 sider Maguire, GregoryWicked. Headline, 2006. 495 sider Samhørende: Wicked ; Son of witch ; A lion among men. Martin, George R. R. A dance with dragons. Bantam Books, 2011. 1016 sider (A song of ice and fire; book 5). New threats emerge to endanger the future of the Seven Kingdoms, as Daenerys Targaryen, ruling in the East, fights off a multitude of enemies, while Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, faces his foes both in the Watch and beyond the great Wallof ice and stone. Martin, George R. R. A feast for crows. Bantam Dell, 2006.1060 sider. (A song of ice and fire ; book 4).24 Martin, George R. R. A game of thrones. Bantam Books, 2005. 835 sider. (A song of ice and fire ; book 1). Novik, Naomi Temeraire. Voyager, 2007. 341 sider Fantasy roman som udspiller sig under Napoleonskrigene. Et drageæg udklækkes på et britisk skib og ændrer kaptajn William Laurences liv. Wurts, Janny Grand conspiracy. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. 643 sider. (The alliance of light ; book 2) (The wars of light and shadow ; vol. 5). Wurts, Janny Peril's gate. HarperCollins, 2002. 800 sider. (The alliance of light ; book 3) (The wars of light and shadow ; vol. 6). Wurts, Janny Traitor's knot. Harper Collins, 2005. 637 sider. (The alliance of light ; book 4) (The wars of light and shadow ; volume 7).
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Nyhedsliste over amerikanske romaner købt pü Frederiksberg Bibliotek I 2011 med biblioteksbasens noter. Redigeret af bibliotekar Lise Muchardt, februar 2012.
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