Crimes real and fictional
A memoir of a troubled life leads the collection this week, which also includes a guide to raising confident kids.
Hunger: A Memoir Of (My) Body
Author: Roxane Gay Publisher: Harper, nonfiction ROXANE Gay’s collection of essays,
Bad Feminist, was released in 2014 to widespread acclaim; it addresses cultural and political issues, and became a New York Times bestseller. In her first book, Gay, who teaches creative writing and is a
New York Times columnist and cultural commentator, writes of the violent sexual incident that she suffered as a child and how it has shaped her as a woman. She also writes about the “culture of fat” and her struggles with her body image. Awesome Kid: The Secret Of Confident, Not Coddled, Kids
Author: Irene Lai Publisher:
Irene Lai, nonfiction PARENTS might be interested in this book that addresses issues that children aged seven to 12 years, as well as teens, have to deal with. Author Irene Lai offers ways in which kids can learn to be positive, to overcome bullying, and how to have character above intelligence, among others. All proceeds from sales of this book will support the education of underprivileged children in Sabah and Sarawak. To buy the book, e-mail lirene@ awesomeconfidentkids.com.
Watching You
Author: Arne Dahl
Translator (Swedish to English):
Neil Smith Publisher:
Harvill Secker, fiction Detective Sam Berger might be dealing with Sweden’s very first serial killer – and it could be someone that he knows. The latest Scandi noir title offers a grim tale of teens being kidnapped and murdered. Berger is forced to unearth long-buried personal demons to understand the killer’s personal message before time runs out on the last teen taken. A Lesson In Violence
Author: Jordan Harper Publisher: Simon & Schuster, fiction MEET Polly: 11 years old and smart beyond her years. But she’s a loner, always on the outside, until she is unexpectedly reunited with her father. Meet Nate: fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. Nate takes Polly from the safety of her quiet existence into a world of robbery, violence and the constant threat of death. Why? Haunted (Michael Bennet #10)
Authors: James Patterson & James O. Born Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, crime fiction DETECTIVE Michael Bennett returns in a case that has shocked the tight-knit community of Maine. Kids are disappearing with no explanation, until several bodies turn up in the woods. As Bennett investigates, he discovers that the seemingly perfect town is reeling from a deadly addiction, and the violence is about to reach a fever pitch. Far from the city streets he knows so well, Bennett faces off against a horrific evil next door that threatens a town, the law, and the family that Bennett loves above all else. The Cuban Affair Author: Nelson DeMille Publisher: Sphere, fiction MAC is contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a Miami lawyer heavily involved with anti-Castro groups. Carlos wants to hire Mac and The Maine for a 10-day fishing tournament to Cuba at the standard rate, but Mac suspects there is more to this and turns it down. The price then goes up to two million dollars, and Mac agrees to hear the deal, and meet Carlos’s clients, a beautiful CubanAmerican woman named Sara Ortega, and a mysterious older Cuban exile, Eduardo Valazquez.
What Mac learns is that there is 60 million American dollars hidden in Cuba by Sara’s grandfather when he fled Castro’s revolution. With the “Cuban Thaw” underway between Havana and Washington, Carlos, Eduardo and Sara know it’s only a matter of time before someone finds the stash.
And Mac knows if he accepts this job, he’ll walk away rich ... or not at all. Even If It Kills Her (Bailey Weggins Mystery #7)
Author: Kate White Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, crime fiction KATE White continues the adventures of her true-crime journalist character Bailey Weggins with a return to Bailey’s high school years.
Bailey remembers Jillian Lowe well: she was the pretty, popular student who was also nice, who was marked for success even at high school – before her entire family is murdered.
Jillian disappears after the tragedy, leaving Bailey regretting not having done more for her friend.
So when Jillian comes back into Bailey’s life with a desperate plea for help, of course Bailey agrees – only to find her life in danger as her investigation into Jillian’s childhood town starts uncovering dangerous secrets.