Adult bestseller:
Point of Contact (Tom Clancy), a Jack Ryan Jr. novel by Mike Maden: Singapore. A defense contractor has an urgent problem: he needs someone to look over the books of a company based there quite quickly. He turns to his old friend and asks for two specific analysts: Jack Ryan, Jr. and Paul Brown, a forensic accountant.
I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen: Rizzoli & Isles. Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have two cases, at quite different locations, to contend with, searching for connections, because there does seem to be something quite similar.
The Only Cafe by Linden MacIntyre: Pierre had married twice, became a lawyer and a father but didn't let anyone really get to know him. In the midst of a corporate scandal, he had gone missing after his boat had exploded. Five years later, he is still missing. At the reading of his will, instead of a funeral he had wanted a “roast” at a bar that no one knew that he had frequented: the Only cafe in Toronto’s east end, even leaving a guest list including a mysterious name, Ari. His son Cyril sets out to track Ari down.
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter: A cold case thriller and psychological suspense. Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and her sister Samantha's happy home life was ended, losing their mother and leaving their father, Pikesville’s notorious defense attorney, devastated. Now Charlotte has become a lawyer herself. She is the first witness on a scene that unleashes memories of the past that she has been trying to suppress.
Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs: “Love and family. War and secrets. Betrayal and redemption.” A story that spans decades and oceans, from the battlefields in France in World War II to present day Delaware. Camille, her father and her teen age daughter Julie return to the French town of his youth, reawakening memories and recollections that will assist them in uncovering their family’s surprising history.
Adult fiction:
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt: August 4, 1892. Lizzie’s memories of that morning flash through her mind in scattered fragments.
Adult inspirational:
Bridge of Shadows by Iris Munchinsky: A mystery to curl up with and enjoy immensely. “When young artist Sela Lamont flies to Scotland to investigate her dead grandfather’s hidden past, she gets more than she bargained for. Not only does her great-grandmother slip her a letter that places him smack in the middle of a WW II highland espionage plot, but Sela discovers a related present-day scheme threatening to take the country captive.”
Adult non-fiction:
Field Guide to Horses by Kindrie Grove
The Ghost Orchard: the hidden history of the apple in North America by Helen Humphreys
Young adult:
Mr. 60% by Clete Barrett Smith
Junior fiction:
Ariel Makes Waves by Liz Marsham in Disney Princess Beginnings
Junior picture book:
Flower Girl by Kathy Furgang
