November 2008 - Posts

Award Winners

 

    Down River : [a novel] / by Hart, John, 1965-

   Edgar Allen Poe Award



 

 

   The origin of species : [a novel] / by Ricci, Nino, 1959-

   Governor General's Literary Award for English Fiction

 



 

   The white tiger : a novel / by Adiga, Aravind.

   Man Booker Prize





 

   The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao : [a novel] / by Díaz, Junot. 1968-

   Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

 


 

  
   The best laid plans : a novel / by Fallis, Terry.

   Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal 

 

Staff Picks - November

 

  


 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society : [a novel] / by Shaffer, Mary Ann. 

 


 

 

  
  Maisie Dobbs : a novel [featuring Maisie Dobbs] / by Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-

 




 

  

  Gentlemen of the road : [a tale of adventure] / by Chabon, Michael.


 




 

  

  Home : a memoir of my early years / by Andrews, Julie, 1935-

 





 

  

  Still Life : [a mystery featuring Armand Gamache] / by Penny, Louise.

 


 

Forensic Fiction

Once you've read Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwall, who should you read next?  Some of the better known authors in this popular genre are Aaron Elkins (forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver), Tess Gerritsen (Boston Medical Examinerm, Maura Isles) and Jonathan Kellerman (Dr. Alex Delaware, forensic psychologist).  There are new authors and characters as well – Jefferson Bass (the Body Farm novels), Simon Beckett (forensic anthropologist, David Hunter), Keith McCarthy (forensic pathologist, John Eisenmenger) and Sarah Andrews (Em Hansen, forensic geologist).

There is a whole world of forensic fiction waiting for you!