New fiction at the library

Letter from a Stranger by Barbara Taylor Bradford

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Also available in Large Print
Summary of book:

"When award-winning film maker Justine Nolan returns to her beautiful childhood home, she is intrigued by an envelope she finds in her absent mother's post. But the letter inside contains a shocking revelation. If genuine it will change everything she believes about her family's recent history, her mother and her adored grandmother, Gabriele."

Find out more about the author and her work from her blog:  Barbara Taylor Bradford

 Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly

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Summary of book:

"Deep in the Arctic, a long-forgotten Soviet military base enshrouds a weapon of unimaginably destructive force--a Cold War doomsday device with the power to obliterate the planet. When a mysterious and brutal terrorist group known as the Army of Thieves seizes control of the remote base and unleashes the weapon upon an unsuspecting world, there is only one team close enough to sabotage them: a ragtag band of Marines and civilians led by Captain Shane Schofield, call sign "Scarecrow." Outnumbered, outgunned, and with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Scarecrow has only a few short hours to bring down the Army of Thieves--or see the Earth go up in flames. Filled with nonstop action and told in Matthew Reilly's characteristically white-knuckle prose, Scarecrow Returns is a work of gripping suspense and complete exhilaration."

This is the fifth Scarecrow book in Matthew Reilly's series.  The alternate title for this book is Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves.  You can find out more about this Australian author and his work here: http://www.matthewreilly.com/

As The Pig Turns by M.C.Beaton

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Summary of book:

"The picturesque Cotwsold village of Winter Parva has decided to warm the winter months after the holidays by roasting a pig in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, has arrived with her former protegě and current rival in the private detection racket, Toni, to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals and the pig is carried toward its final resting place, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem.... "Stop!" she screams suddenly. The "pig," in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the good people of the village. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when Gary's ex-wife hires Toni to investigate. With that provocation, how could any sleuth as obviously vain and competitive (and secretly insecure) as Agatha could do anything other than solve the case herself?"

This is the 22nd Agatha Raisin Mystery.  You can find out more about the series and its author (whose real name is Marion Chesney) at http://www.agatharaisin.com/

(submitted by Irene)