January 2007
Look for these titles in the new book section at the
front of the library!
The
Gods of Newport by John Jakes, follows nouveau riche railroad
mogul and robber baron Sam Driver as he tries to secure entry into the
elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island. He
enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies, but finds his efforts
complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young
Irishman.
In The
Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, with her health begins
failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let biographer
Margaret Lea write the truth about her life. But since Vida spent six
decades creating various outlandish life histories for herself in
order to hide a violent and tragic past, Margaret is suspicious of
Vida's sincerity and tries to verify the facts, all the while becoming
more memerized by the tale she's being told.
The
Threat by David Poyer, finds Medal of Honor winner Commander
Dan Lenson wondering who proposed that he be assigned to the White
House military staff. It's a dubious honor--serving a president the
Joint Chiefs hate more than any other in modern history. While working
to interdict the flow of drugs from Latin America, Lenson uncovers a
troubling thread of clues that link a drug lord to terrorist activity.
His punishment for breaking the rules to thwart a terrorist strike is
reassignment as the military aide carrying the nuclear football--the
briefcase carrying the secret codes for a nuclear strike. As his his
frustration with Washington builds, Lenson becomes an unwitting
accomplice in a dangerous and subversive conspiracy.
The
Senator and the Priest by Andrew M Greeley, follows Tommy
Moran, an Irish Catholic kid from the West Side of Chicago, who fights
for the underprivileged on the floor of the United States Senate.
Swearing off negative attack ads, Moran is determined to restore
civility and compassion to American politics. But his opponents don't
share his scruples, and the opposition that hits home the hardest
comes from an unlikely source: his own brother. Father Tony Moran, a
conservative Catholic priest, has never approved of Tommy's senatorial
career, much to Tommy's dismay. So when Father Tony sides with Tommy's
political enemies, it may be more than one man can bear.
In A
Marked Man by Stella Cameron, Max Savage opens his practice in
a remote bayou town, hoping it will be the start of a new life. But
soon Max discovers he can't escape a past riddled with accusations of
murder, especially since another woman is missing and he was the last
to see her alive.
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