American Rust by Meyer, Philipp Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.95 Published: Spiegel & Grau, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Some authors create characters who do what you think they'll do, some who do what you hope they'll do, some who do what they 'ought' to do. But other authors allow their characters to live and breathe as they would if they were real. This powerful debut novel -- set in a present-day Pennsylvania steel town -- is filled with those kinds of characters. Meyer captures the danger, decay, and destruction that run through the heart of America's landscape in a story about life and death and loyalty and love.--Kester Smith, (, )
	Patient Zero by Maberry, Jonathan Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $14.95 Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. The ultimate terrorist biological weapon is about to be unleashed on U.S. soil, and our only hope is Joe Ledger. Filled with zombies, terrorists, and some of the best action in years, Patient Zero, an electric thriller, will warm up those cold March nights with pure terror.--Katie Glasgow, Mitchell Books (Fort Wayne, IN)
	Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries (Hardcover)) by Winspear, Jacqueline Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.00 Published: Henry Holt & Company, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Conscripted as a special advisor to Scotland Yard, psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs once again takes us to an unsettled postwar London. After her proximity to a veteran's suicide, Maisie searches for a madman, whose deadlines threaten havoc for the government and people of London. Jacqueline Winspear consistently delivers strong characters and an intelligent, thought-provoking story.--Becky Milner , Vintage Books (Vancouver, WA)
	The Miracles of Prato by Lico Albanese, Laurie Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.99 Published: William Morrow & Company, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Based on the true story of Fra Filippo Lippi's love for a young nun (whom he immortalized as the Madonna in many of his greatest works), this novel is beautifully evocative of Renaissance Italy, and I found the descriptions of the process of Lippi's artistry to be insightful and enlightening. A wonderful book to take on a journey to Tuscany.--Jennie Turner-Collins, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Cincinnati, OH)
	Ten Degrees of Reckoning: The True Story of a Family's Love and the Will to Survive by Rumberg, Hester Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.95 Published: Amy Einhorn Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. This gripping account of tragedy at sea is a superb tale of personal tragedy and triumph beautifully told. Once started, you won't put this one down.--Gary Colliver , Windows on the World-Books & Art (Mariposa, CA)
	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by Grann, David Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $27.50 Published: Doubleday Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Reading more like a script for Indiana Jones than a work of nonfiction, this book vividly brings to life the British explorer Percy Fawcett and the Amazon he loved and explored. Grann seamlessly brings together elements of history, anthropology, and biography into a superb narrative.--Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books (Georgetown, SC)
	My Abandonment by Rock, Peter Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $22.00 Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. No one knows that 13-year-old Caroline has been living with her father on the fringes of Portland, Oregon, in dense forest, until one seemingly insignificant slipup propels them back into the urban world, a world in which they are far less suited to survive. This is a book you won't put down until you finish it; a book whose characters you'll never forget.--Betsy Burton, The King's English Bookshop (Salt Lake City, UT)
	Fool by Moore, Christopher Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $26.99 Published: William Morrow & Company, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Christopher Moore's take on Shakespeare's King Lear is full of sharp, snappy wit (as well as a bloody ghost, bodily fluids, bawdy humor, a bit of graphic violence, and a great deal of sex). In the end, it is rib-achingly hilarious.-- Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver, CO)
	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford, Jamie Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.00 Published: Ballantine Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. The Japanese internment of WWII comes alive in this timeless story, set in 1940s Seattle, of the power of the human heart to rise above hatred and bigotry. This is a book to share with others.--Marilyn Scheer, East West Bookshop Of Seattle (Seattle, WA)
	Dog on It by Quinn, Spencer Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.00 Published: Atria Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Dog on It is the debut of a new, hilarious, hard-hitting crime-fighting duo -- Bernie (a human private investigator) and Chet (an almost completely trained police dog). It's Chet who narrates the story, full of interesting clues and the charm of a storytelling style that can't be beat.--Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver, CO)
	Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love by Uhlberg, Myron Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.00 Published: Bantam, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Myron Uhlberg is the hearing son who was brought up by deaf parents in a loving household, and the only thing more expressive than the beautiful sign language of the deaf is this writer's ability to describe the depth of emotion and perception in this splendid memoir.--Karen M. Frank, Northshire Bookstore (Manchester Center, VT)