• Family Stories (Fiction)
• Fantastic Fiction
• General Fiction
• Historical Novels
• Mysteries (Fiction)
• Suspense (Fiction)

Family Stories (Fiction)

BR74340
Darkest hour by V. C. Andrews.
4 v. of braille.
In this prequel to the Cutler series, Lillian Booth spends her childhood tormented by her evil sister Emily. Lillian finds solace in her invalid younger sister, her flighty mother, and her friend Niles. But she cannot ignore what Emily has cruelly told her -- that she is actually the daughter of Emily's dead aunt, and that she has brought bad luck to the family. Some strong language, some violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. Followed by "Dawn". Bestseller 1993. (Cutler family ; 1)

BR73895
Cease to blush by Billie Livingston.
6 v. of braille.
Vivian, an actress and model, shows up late to the funeral of her mother, the famous feminist Josie Callwood, whose ideals she has spent her life flouting. She then discovers that Josie had a flaming sexual past more exotic than anything Vivian has been able to pull off. She follows her mother's trail through the Vegas where movie stars, singers, strippers, politicians and the mob mingled. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2006.

Fantastic Fiction

BR74683
Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix.
7 v. of braille.
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur's. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Grim Tuesday" (BR74685). Followed by "Sir Thursday" (BR74687). 2005 (Keys to the kingdom ; 3)

General Fiction

BR74577
Fifth business by Robertson Davies.
4 v. of braille.
A tale of ambition, love and vengeance which covers 60 years, three continents, and two wars. A man bearing a great guilt gets caught up in events with disastrous, and sometimes comic, results. Followed by "Manticore" (BR50279). 2005, c1970.

BR74359
The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards.
5 v. of braille.
Dr. David Henry is a man with a terrible secret - he decided not to tell his wife that one of their twin babies was born with Down's syndrome, and said instead that it died. Caroline, the nurse who secretly adored him, was given the child to institutionalize, but instead moved away to raise her. Covers twenty-five years in the lives of the two families, and explores the damage a single lie can do to all involved. c2005.

BR74549
Orpheus lost by Janette Turner Hospital.
4 v. of braille.
Bewitched by the haunting violin she hears in the subway, MIT mathematician Leela-May Moore falls in love at first listen with mysterious musician Mishka Bartok. A series of terrorist bombings which overlap disappearances by Mishka cause Leela to tail her lover, only to be snatched off the street and interrogated by members of a shadowy private security force. Their leader is Cobb Slaughter, who has loved/loathed her since their blighted childhoods in South Carolina. Is Cobb simply tormenting Leela, or could Mishka really be a terrorist? Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2007.

BR73897
Consolation by Michael Redhill.
4 v. of braille.
In a dual story, Jem Hallam, a British apothecary and immigrant to 1850's Toronto, has formed a friendship with photographer Samuel Ennis. A century and a half later, historian Davis Hollis has uncovered clues leading to the earliest photographs of the city, presumably taken by Ennis, which were in the strongbox of a ship that sank in the harbour over a century before. Now his widower Marianne, with the help of her daughter's fiancé, decides to honour her husband's memory by finding them. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. c2006.

Historical Novels

BR74375
The years of fire by Yves Beauchemin ; translated by Wayne Grady.
3 v. of braille.
Charles Thibodeau's high school years are truly years of fire: he discovers girls and politics. Fire also changes his life when his estranged father threatens his stepfather's store with arson. Charles must begin dealing drugs to pay him off, desperate to escape that life and fulfil his dreams of becoming a writer. Sequel to "Charles the bold" (BR74349). Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007. (Charles the Bold ; 2)

BR73662
Christ the Lord: out of Egypt : a novel by Anne Rice.
3 v. of braille.
Fictionalized story of Jesus's childhood based on the gospels and New Testament research. Violence and strong language. 2005.

Mysteries (Fiction)

BR74044
One good turn by Kate Atkinson.
5 v. of braille.
After receiving an inheritance, British PI Jackson Brodie, from "Case Histories", retires and moves to France. While visiting his girlfriend in Edinburgh, Scotland, Brodie witnesses a road-rage accident. Later, as the bystanders are menaced, he investigates the incident. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2006.

BR73786
The concrete blonde by Michael Connelly.
5 v. of braille.
Harry Bosch, maverick homicide detective, is hauled into court, the chief defendant in a civil suit against the LAPD. The plaintiffs are the family of "The Dollmaker", a notorious serial killer whom Bosch shot during an arrest three years before. Their allegation? That Bosch killed the wrong man - an accusation which becomes horribly plausible when a new body is found to carry all the hallmarks of a Dollmaker slaying. To clear his name, Bosch must prove that a copycat killer is at work. Strong language and some violence. 2006, c1994.

BR73783
Before the frost: a Kurt and Linda Wallander novel by Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg.
4 v. of braille.
Ystad police make an horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together as if in prayer. Linda Wallander arrives at the station and becomes involved in the case. In the process she shows the hallmarks of her father - the flaring temper, the maverick approach - when confronting a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners. Some descriptions of violence. 2004. (Linda Wallander ; 1)

BR74401
The good husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith.
3 v. of braille.
Precious Ramotswe's husband, J.L.B. Matekoni plans to do something special for their adopted daughter, but when his plans hit some snags he's happy to be married to resourceful and understanding Precious. 2007.

BR74432
The female of the species: tales of mystery and suspense by Joyce Carol Oates.
3 v. of braille.
From adulterers to murderers, the women portrayed here possess a killer combination of venom and vice. In "The Haunting," a mother reinvents herself after her husband's suspicious death. Mysterious late-night phone calls prompt an unhappy young wife to seek vengeance on her volatile mate in "So Help Me God." Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. Contains strong language. 2005.

BR74548
Not in the flesh by Ruth Rendell.
4 v. of braille.
A man and his dog unearth something in a wood - a human hand, part of a body that has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death, and the only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Then, about twenty yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is discovered. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.

Suspense (Fiction)

BR73568
Night fall: a novel by Nelson DeMille.
5 v. of braille.
Five years after the horrific crash of Flight 800 over Long Island, John Corey is caught up in the now-closed case by his FBI lawyer wife, Kate, who believes the government's findings of mechanical failure are wrong. When Corey's investigations show anomalies, the FBI send him and his wife away, but John is not put off - he has ten days' leave on his return. Ten days in which to avoid the FBI and to find that elusive video tape taken by two adulterous lovers on the beach which may - or may not show a sea-to-air missile racing up to hit the plane. Violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2004.