Recommended by Nancy in Readers Services…

Nancy’s synopsis:
If you haven’t yet discovered Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, run to your computer and place a hold on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first book in the series.  Reporter Mickail Blomkvist is hired by a wealthy financier to find out what happened to his niece, Harriet Vanger, who disappeared without a trace 40 years ago.  Lisbeth Salander, the tattooed girl in the title, uses her considerable skills as a hacker to help solve the mystery.

She says:
When I finished listening to Dragon Tattoo, I immediately requested The Girl Who Played with Fire.  I’m still waiting but reviews tell me that Salander takes center stage in the second Blomkvist/Salander thriller.  Her prints are discovered on the gun that murdered 2 journalists who are about to publish an article exposing the sex trafficking business.  Blomkvist investigates the murder and hopes to clear Salander’s name.  I am going to have to wait till May 2010 for Volume 3, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest to be released in the United States.  If the other 2 volumes are anything like the first, I know I won’t be able to put them down.  Warning…these dark, moody, violent thrillers are not for the faint-hearted.

Recommended by Nancy in Adult Services…

Nancy’s synopsis:
When anti-terrorist agent Harry Muller doesn’t return from a surveillance assignment at the Custer Hill Club, John Corey and Kate Mayfield come to the Adirondacks to investigate his disappearance. They uncover a plot to launch a nuclear attack that will lead to the destruction of major cities in the Islamic world.

She says:
The attempts to stop a madman will leave you breathless. A very scary post 9/11 thriller!

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Nancy’s synopis:

Midnight mass seems like an unlikely place for a massacre but that is just what happens when some mysterious hooded figures invade the Cologne Cathedral to steal its famous relic, the bones of the Three Wise Men. The Defense Department’s super secret SIGMA Force must stop a medieval cult of alchemists before they change the modern world forever.

She says:
If you liked the The Da Vinci Code or just love a good adventure story, this is the book for you.

Nancy’s synopsis:
When mysterious obsidian skulls from a long lost civilization turn up in different locations around the world, Dirk Pitt and his team must discover the meaning of these artifacts. Their investigation leads to an enemy determined to take over the world and establish the “Fourth Empire”. Pitt races against time to stop this menace and save the world.

She says:
You’ll love the exotic locals, the threat of disaster, and action-packed suspense in this classic Dirk Pitt story. This is another great adventure from the master.

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Nancy’s synopsis:
Modern scholar Eloise Kelly is searching through records on the French Revolution to complete her history dissertation on the Pink Carnation, a British spy who infiltrated Napoleonic France. This is also the story of Amy Balcourt, who sets off to join her brother, Edouard, in France, with the hope of joining the league of the Purple Gentian. Her efforts are complicated when she meets Colin Selwick, a man who is determined to keep her from uncovering his family’s secrets.

She says…
This novel gives you 2 stories to love, the story of our modern day researcher and the story of Amy Balcourt set in France right after the French Revolution. You’ll be so pleased with the novel’s combination of adventure, romance and humor that you will want to go on to the next volume in the Pink Carnation series, The Masque of the Black Tulip.

Nancy’s synopsis:
The Golden Capstone once sat on top of the Great Pyramid until Alexander the Great removed it, split it into seven pieces and hid the pieces in the Seven Wonders of the World . Jack West, Jr. and a group of adventurers race to reunite the pieces and return them to the top of the pyramid to save the world from a solar event that will destroy the planet.

Recommended by Asra in Adult Services…

Asra’s synopsis:
Thomas Lang is an out-of-work British intelligence officer tied up in a convoluted case of international espionage. The novel opens with Lang thwarting the murder of an American businessman. How does he know about the attempt? Because he was offered the contract and declined it. Instead, he goes to warn the would-be victim, but somehow manages to land himself in a situation where he ends up looking more like the perpetrator than the hero. It’s an amusing roller-coaster ride from there on out.

She said:
Hugh Laurie is hilarious as an actor. And lucky for us, he writes as funnily. The hero of the novel, Thomas Lang, makes so much fun of the situations he’s in, that I sometimes forgot to take seriously the graveness of the plot (which is a thrilling one for sure). Make no mistake, while the book is a sort of spoof on the spy genre, Lang is the opposite of Maxwell Smart. He is a very capable and formidable agent – it just so happens that his sarcasm and mocking commentary leave you laughing aloud.

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Nancy’s synopsis:
Ethan Muller is a successful Manhattan art gallery owner. When he discovers and exhibits the work of a new but reclusive artist, he finds himself drawn into the investigation of several murders committed over 40 years ago.

She says:
Jesse Kellerman is the son of Faye and Jonathan Kellerman and he has definitely inherited the family talent for story telling. This psychological thriller is hard to put down and you will enjoy both the cold case mystery and the stories of the New York art scene.

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Jeff’s synopsis:
Pietro Brnwa becomes a hit man after seeking revenge for the murder of his grandparents. Mob Boss David Locano brings him into his family. Peter Brown is an emergency room intern with a hidden past that he would like to keep hidden. That is until his past comes back to haunt him in the form of a patient who agrees to keep silent as long as he survives an operation.

He says:
A fast-paced, funny, gory novel complete with many medical footnotes some of which may even be true. It’s a cross between Mario Puzo and Robin Cook, or the Sopranos and ER. Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard should like this as well.