Summer Reading Week 4

Welcome to the results of Week 4 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 328 people signed up.  This week, out of 43 people submitting entries, 17 were new.  They read 150 books.  For the four weeks, 105 people read 466 books.

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Fire and Ice By Jance, J. A. 2010-07 - Harper 9780061239236 Check Our Catalog "In Seattle" . . . six women have died terrible deaths--wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline, and set on fire--their charred remains unceremoniously scattered in various dump sites around the city. Investigator J. P. Beaumont is working overtime to unravel a killer's grisly pattern. "In the Arizona desert" . . . Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County investigates the cold-blooded slaying of the elderly caretaker of an ATV park, heartlessly run over and left to die--the innocent victim in a brutal turf war . . . or possibly something far more sinister. Two cases separated by thousands of miles are drawing closer together by the hour--and drawing Beau once more into Brady country. Sparks flew the last time they joined forces. This time, it'll be murder . . . …More

Left for Dead By Jance, J. A. 2012-02 - Touchstone Books 9781451628586 Check Our Catalog When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in "New York Times"-bestselling author Jance's newest mystery. …More

Queen of the Night By Jance, J. A. 2010-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061239243 Check Our Catalog From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes an interrelated thriller involving members of the Walker family, last seen in "Day of the Dead." Two murders committed generations apart resonate through three separate families, threatening to destroy them. Was interesting.  Fast pace.  Many twists.  Good. …More

And Then You Die By Johansen, Iris 1998-08 - Bantam Books 9780553579987 Check Our Catalog She expected sunshine and balmy breezes. What she saw was everyone's worst nightmare. Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it--or die trying.... Fast pace.  Intense.  Enjoyed it. …More

Body of Lies By Johansen, Iris 2003-03 - Bantam 9780553582147 Check Our Catalog A past she thought buried...a murder she was driven to solve... Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has been summoned to Baton Rouge by a high-ranking government official to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. Eve wants nothing to do with the project. She has finally found peace from her own tragic past, living a quiet life with Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and her adopted daughter, Jane. Then a stunning series of seemingly unrelated events turns Eve's new world upside down. A killer so deceptive, he leaves nothing behind but his victims... Now, in a special government facility, she takes on the project of identifying the victim's skeleton. But she hasn't even begun when the first death occurs. Someone totally ruthless, someone who can strike anywhere at any time and with seeming immunity, is determined to put a halt to her work, her life, and the lives of those she loves. Eve has stumbled onto a chilling conspiracy. There is only one person who can give her the devastating truth...and he is already dead. …More

Chasing the Night By Johansen, Iris 2011-04 - St. Martin's Press 9780312651251 Check Our Catalog Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is drawn into the mystery of a child who had been abducted eight years earlier, and must use her skills with age progression as a way to reunite mother and son. But Eve must face looming demons of her own. Martin's Press. …More

Victims By Kellerman, Jonathan 2012-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345505712 Check Our Catalog Not since Jack the Ripper terrorized the London slums has there been such a gruesome crime scene. By all accounts, acid-tongued Vita Berlin hadn't a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware. But despite his finely honed skills, even Alex is stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion . . . yet with no apparent connection among the victims. Awesome.  I love Jonathan Kellerman and all his books.  I truly love Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis. …More

The God of the Hive: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes By King, Laurie R. 2011-08 - Bantam 9780553590418 Check Our Catalog Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath of a murderous secret organization bent on infiltrating the government. Now they are separated and on the run, wanted by the police, and pursued across the Continent by a ruthless enemy with limitless resources and powerful connections. Unstoppable together, Russell and Holmes will have to survive this time apart, maintaining contact only by means of coded messages and cryptic notes. But has the couple made a fatal mistake by separating, making themselves easier targets for the shadowy government agents sent to silence them? A hermit with a mysterious past and a beautiful young female doctor with a secret, a cruelly scarred flyer and an obsessed man of the cloth: Everyone Russell and Holmes meet could either speed their safe reunion or betray them to their enemies--in the most complex, shocking, and deeply personal case of their career. …More

Lost Souls By Koontz, Dean R. 2011-01 - Bantam 9780553593679 Check Our Catalog Koontz raises the stakes--and the suspense--taking his Frankenstein saga to a dynamic new level with the riveting story of a small town under siege, where good and evil, destruction and creation, converge as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Once you think you are out Deucaline pulls you back in.  In a sleepy little Montan town Victor's clone has set up shop and it is going to push Carson, Michael, Enka, Jacko, and more people to beyond the point of no return to survive this Victor. …More

Twist of Fate By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2007-02 - Harlequin Books 9780373772292 Check Our Catalog The niece of a legendary anthropologist, Hannah Jessett is the sole heir to her aunt's priceless, unpublished journals. Hannah, however, has other matters to contend with. Her brother's company is about to be destroyed by Gideon Cage, a wealthy entrepreneur with a notorious reputation in the boardroom--and the bedroom. Reissue. …More

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures By LaGamma, Alisa 2011-11 - Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 9780300175844 Check Our Catalog Challenging conventional understanding of key masterpieces of African sculpture, this important book acknowledges the eminent figures who inspired the works and the cultural values that informed them …More

A Callahan Wedding By Leonard, Tina 2012-05 - Harlequin 9780373754052 Check Our Catalog …More

City of the Mind By Lively, Penelope 2003-12 - Grove Press 9780802140203 Check Our Catalog Penelope Lively is one of England's greatest living writers. In City of the Mind, Matthew Halland is an architect intimately involved with the new face of London, while haunted by the destruction and loss in its history. Matthew has a rich and moving relationship with his daughter Jane, and becomes entangled with an array of fascinating characters, from Rutter, a corrupt real estate developer whose Mafia-like ways disgust him, to Sarah, a romantic ray of hope who enters his life. In Lively's most ambitious novel, she has created a wonderfully rich and audacious confrontation with the mystery of London. …More

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong By Loewen, James W. 2007-10 - Touchstone Books 9780743296281 Check Our Catalog Based on careful research at the Smithsonian Institution, this volume issues a bold, direct challenge to the errors, misrepresentations, and omissions of the leading American history textbooks. …More

Devilishly Hot By Love, Kathy 2011-11 - Brava 9780758265876 Check Our Catalog In a wickedly funny twist on "The Devil Wears Prada," Love--"USA Today"]-bestselling author of "Demon Can't Help It, Trust or Demon," and "I Want You to Want Me"--pens a sexy, hilarious romp in which an aspiring fashionista takes on her she-demon of a boss. …More

1022 Evergreen Place By Macomber, Debbie 2010-08 - Mira Books 9780778328063 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Macomber returns to Cedar Cove in the tenth novel of her beloved series. Original. …More

1225 Christmas Tree Lane By Macomber, Debbie 2011-09 - Mira Books 9780778312697 Check Our Catalog The people of Cedar Cove know how to celebrate Christmas. Like Grace and Olivia and everyone else, Beth Morehouse expects this Christmas to be one of her best. Her small Christmas-tree farm is prospering, her daughters and her dogs are happy and well, and her new relationship with local vet Ted Reynolds is showing plenty of romantic promise. 288 pp. (Romance) …More

What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World By Mali, Taylor 2012-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399158544 Check Our Catalog The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why our society needs them now more than ever. …More

One in a Million: One in a MillionA Dad for Her Twins By Mallery, Susan Author Michaels, Tanya 2012-02 - Harlequin 9780373180554 Check Our Catalog This collection includes a classic romance by "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Mallery ("One in a Million") and a bonus book by Michaels ("A Dad for Her Twins"). Reissue. …More

Cover Me By Mann, Catherine 2011-07 - Sourcebooks Casablanca 9781402244957 Check Our Catalog Pararescue jumper Wade Rocha is fast roping from a helicopter into a blizzard to rescue stranded climbers when he meets beautiful Sunny Foster, who insists she can take care of herself. As the snowstorm kicks into overdrive, she and Wade must take to the frozen wilderness in a race against time. Original. …More

Capitol Murder: A Novel of Suspense By Margolin, Phillip M. 2012-04 - Harper 9780062069887 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Margolin brings back reader favorites--private investigator Dana Cutler and lawyer Brad Miller--in this exciting new installment in his Washington Trilogy. …More

Dragondrums By McCaffrey, Anne 2008-06 - Simon Pulse 9781416964919 Check Our Catalog HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . . …More

1776 By McCullough, David 2005-05 - Simon & Schuster 9780743226714 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War--a book certain to be another landmark in the literature of American history. As strong as you'd expect from Mccullough.  His research doesn't seem to have been adversely affected by his growing popularity. …More