Collateral
Damage by H. Terrell Griffin
Release Date:
December 5
Publisher: Oceanview
Publishing
Description: The
quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death
on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army buddy of Matt
Royal, and Matt tries to soften the anguish of his friend by finding his son's
murderer. Matt's search takes on added complexity when there appears to be a
link between this murder and three seemingly unrelated murders that occurred on
board a dinner cruise on Sarasota Bay the same day. Fortunately for Matt, his
old buddies, Logan Hamilton and Jock Algren, show up to cover his back and to
help investigate. But this case rekindles haunting events of Matt's past and
incites a web of doubt, deception, and even suspicion, among the closest of
friends. When Longboat Key detective, Jennifer Diane (J.B.) Duncan joins the
investigation, Matt loses a little focus as he drifts toward more than just a
professional relationship. But this distraction could cost lives when they
encounter a shady and very dangerous cabal.
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Shattered
Dreams by Ellie James
Release Date:
December 6
Publisher: St.
Martin’s Griffin
Description: Sixteen-year-old
Trinity Monsour wants nothing more than to live a normal life. But that isn’t
as easy as it seems. Trinity is different. She is special. She sees visions,
and for those she’s seen, it’s already too late.
Trinity
arrives on her aunt's doorstep in New Orleans with virtually no knowledge of
her mysterious heritage. She begins settling into life at a new school and even
starts making friends. But all too quickly her dreams accelerate; twisted,
terrifying visions of a girl locked in a dark room. And when the head
cheerleader, Jessica, goes missing, Trinity knows she has no choice but to step
forward with what she's seen.
But people
believe that Trinity has information about Jessica's disappearance not because
of a dream, but because she is involved. She is kind-of dating Jessica's
ex-boyfriend, Chase, and Jessica did pull a nasty prank on Trinity. Revenge
seems like the likeliest scenario.
Nothing
prepares Trinity for the dark odyssey that ensues while searching for Jessica,
including the surprising romance she finds with Chase, or the shocking truths she
learns, not just about the girl who has gone missing, but the past that has
been hidden from her.
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Red
Mist by Patricia Cornwell
Release Date:
December 6
Publisher: Putnam
Adult
Description: Determined
to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered
six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women,
where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of
grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on
death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as
California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her
to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on
her own life is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a
terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international
scale. And she is the only one who can stop it.
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Clockwork
Prince by Cassandra Clare
Release Date:
December 6
Publisher: Margaret
K. McElderry Books
Description: In
the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety
with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in
the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the
Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and
easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his
own dark ends.
With the help
of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa
discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He
blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the
secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor
house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted
ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister
than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning
for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and
that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds
her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his
dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the
wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free
Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she
was born to do?
As their
dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril,
Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the
purest heart.
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