FIC PATTERSON
Private Games
Patterson, James
Compact Disc Edition

The world's most renowned investigation firm has
been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The opening ceremony is
hours away when investigator Peter Knight is called
to the scene of a  murder. A high-ranking member of
the games' organizing committee has been killed.
Source: From the Publisher

914.436 M133g
The Greater Journey
McCullough, David
Compact Disc Edition

This riveting book from award-winning historian McCullough traces the lives of several high-profile Americans, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain, who, in the 19th century, found themselves in Paris. McCullough limns the impact that Parisian sojourns had upon these famous travelers.
Source: Publishers Weekly, July 25, 2011

FIC STACHNIAK  
The Winter Palace
Stachniak, Eva
Compact Disc Edition
 
Polish-Canadian author Stachniak's bold historical
novel of eighteenth-century Russia is a masterful account of one woman's progress toward absolute monarchical rule. For Catherine the Great, the path to her eventual coup d'etat involves 20 years of subtle strategizing, intelligence gathering, and patience.
Source: Booklist, Nov 11, 2011

973.922 A389o   
Once Upon a Secret
Alford, Mimi
Compact Disc Edition

In the summer of 1962, 19-year-old Mimi Beardsley  arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. Although she was only a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair. Source: From the Publisher
 

FIC Garrison
Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Command
Garrison, Paul
Compact Disc Edition

Reformed from his days as a covert operative for the government, Paul Janson has a new mission and only takes operations he believes contribute to the world's good. When his latest job rescuing a doctor abducted by African pirates goes haywire, Janson realizes he's caught in the middle of something much bigger.
Source: From the Publisher

FIC OBRECHT
The Tiger’s Wife
Obrecht, Tea
Compact Disc Edition

A tiger that's fled the zoo during World War II and the man who collects the souls of the departed: two tales told to young medic Natalia by her grandfather that frame this bold, imaginative debut, effectively capturing the fearfulness that precipitated the recent fighting in the author's native Balkans.
Source: Library Journal, Dec 01, 2011

FIC JACKSON
A Grown-up Kind of Pretty
Jackson, Joshilyn
Compact Disc Edition

When a backyard excavation unearths an infant's bones, three women encounter family secrets that
test the strength of their love. Like Jackson's other novels, this latest is set in the rural South and the accents Jackson creates for her characters are
utterly believable.
Source: Publishers Weekly, March 26, 2012