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New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on these lists. Books for kids and teens (fiction and nonfiction) are also listed.

July 2008

Nonfiction

• Why I Came West
  Author: Bass, Rick
  Publisher: Houghton $ 24 ISBN: 9780618596751 Date: 2008
  Kirkus Booklist
  A poignant look at the 30-year journey of one of the country's great naturalist writers, Why I Came West explores how Bass fell in love with the mystique of the West and describes his role as a reluctant environmental activist, unwilling to stand by and watch this treasured place disappear.
  Updated 5.29.08
  
• The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
  Author: Dolnick, Edward
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 26.95 ISBN: 9780060825416 Date: 2008
  PW Kirkus
  The Edgar Award-winning author of The Rescue Artist is back with the riveting story of the brilliant con man--the world's most famous art forger ("New York Times")--who perpetrated the greatest art hoax of the 20th century.
  Updated 5.29.08
  

Fiction

• The Legal Limit
  Author: Clark, Martin
  Publisher: Random $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780307268358 Date: 2008
  Booklist Kirkus
  Clark's most remarkable novel yet is the gripping, complex story of a murder cover-up that wreaks widespread havoc even as it redefines the concept of justice--a relentlessly entertaining saga that delves deeply into matters at once ambiguous and essential.
  Updated 4.24.08
  
• Victory of Eagles
  Author: Novik, Naomi
  Publisher: Random $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780345496881 Date: 2008
  PW
  The acclaimed series, starring the fighting dragon Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, reaches a peak of excitement with this latest installment fromaward-winning author Novik.
  Updated 5.29.08
  
• What Was Lost
  Author: O'flynn, Catherine
  Publisher: Holt $ 14 ISBN: 9780805088335 Date: 2008
  Kirkus PW
  Long-listed for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and "The Guardian" First Book Award, What Was Lost is a tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl.
  Updated 6.19.08
  

Crime Fiction

• Collusion
  Author: Abott, Jeff
  Publisher: Penguin $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780525950288 Date: 2008
  LJ
  Collision is the story of two men living very different lives -one, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as Pilgrim, a whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn't trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that theyave been framed in an elaborate setup. Unsure who to trust and who may just be trying to draw them into the open, the unlikely partners have no choice but to work together. But with everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his ownasecrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 4.24.08
  
• The Palace
  Author: Carter, Stephen H.
  Publisher: Random $ 26.95 ISBN: 9780307266583 Date: 2008
  Booklist PW Kirkus
  "USA Today" hailed Carter's last novel as the perfect summer read. Now the bestselling author of New England White is back with a gripping political thriller set in the era of Watergate and Vietnam.
  Updated 5.29.08
  
• Findings
  Author: Evans, Mary Anna
  Publisher: Poisoned Pen $ 24.95 ISBN: 9781590584835 Date: 2008
  LJ
  Faye Longchamp is overjoyed to be paid to do archaeological work she would have done anyway, excavating a site that was once her family's. That joy ends abruptly when intruders kill a dear friend, and steal Faye's field notes. How is her fieldwork connected to her friend's death?
  Updated 4.24.08
  
• The Likeness
  Author: French, Tana
  Publisher: Penguin $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780670018864 Date: 2008
  Booklist PW LJ
  The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods. Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist weave come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 5.23.08
  
• The Fourth Watcher
  Author: Hallinan, Timothy
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780061257254 Date: 2008
  PW
  Travel writer Poke Rafferty is ready to let go of his "Looking for Trouble" series of travel books and the dangerous lifestyle that goes with it, and settle down in Bangkok with his fiancee, Rose, and his newly adopted daughter, Miaow. But trouble isn't ready to let go of Poke. Enter the one person Poke least wants to see in the entire world--a person whose emotional hold on Poke is absolute. With him come a box of rubies, a wad of fraudulent identity papers, and--in pursuit of those things--one of the most dangerous gangsters in China.
  Add to that Rose's innocent involvement in a North Korean counterfeiting operation and an off-the-tracks agent of the American Secret Service who's dying to put Poke behind bars, and Poke and his family find themselves in a complicated and potentially deadly situation. Getting them all out alive will take every skill Poke has.
  Once again, Hallinan has created a complex, emotionally satisfying thriller with edge-of-your-seat suspense and a cast of characters so real you'll feel you know them. Sharp as a razor and full of heart-pounding surprises, The Fourth Watcher firmly establishes Hallinan as a brilliant new voice in the world of suspense. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 5.12.08
• Fidelity
  Author: Perry, Thomas
  Publisher: Harcourt $ 25 ISBN: 9780151012923 Date: 2008
  Booklist LJ
  When Phil Kramer is shot dead in the middle of the night, his wife is left with an emptied bank account and a lot of questions. Jerry Hobart has some questions of his own. Now that he's been ordered to take out Kramer's widow, he figures there's a bigger secret at work--and a bigger payoff.
  Updated 4.24.08
  
• Don't Tell a Soul
  Author: Rosenfelt, David
  Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780312373955 Date: 2008
  LJ Booklist PW
  The popular author of six Andy Carpenter mysteries, including the recent hit Play Dead, delivers his first stand alone with this gripping suspense novel.
  Updated 5.23.08
  
• The Evil That Men Do
  Author: White, Dave
  Publisher: Three Rivers $ 13.95 ISBN: 9780307382795 Date: 2008
  PW
  From one of the most acclaimed young voices in crime fiction comes the gripping second novel featuring New Jersey P.I. Jackson Donne.
  Updated 7.4.08