New Book Releases - April 2012

Mary Higgins Clark is well known for her psychological suspense and murder mysteries. In The Lost Years, she follows a page from Dan Brown's book and interweaves religious controversy with a murder mystery. When a biblical scholar discovers a parchment with a letter written by Jesus that was stolen from the Vatican years earlier, it is not clear who he can trust. When he ends up murdered, his daughter makes it her mission to find the parchment and the killer--risking her own life to do so.

The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler tells the story of a man with a disability who is figuring out life after the unexpected death of his wife.

Calico Joe by John Grisham takes place in the summer of 1973. It is a baseball story, but also a story about fathers and sons and forgiveness. In the vein of Bleachers and Playing for Pizza, Grisham returns with another story of sports and hope.

The Cove by Ron Rash takes place in Appalachia during World War I and explores love, cruelty and superstition.

The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand alone novel in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower series began in 1974 and the conclusion was published in 2004. The series is a work of fantasy that takes place in Mid-World. Now King returns to Mid-World in a novel that can introduce new readers to the world within the Dark Tower series but will also please longtime fans.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen took 2010 by storm -- it was one of the most well reviewed books of the year and was chosen for Oprah's Book Club, gaining it popularity beyond literary circles. Now Franzen returns in Farther Away with a series of essays and speeches from the past five years covering themes literary an social.