Hardcover Fiction

by Stephen King · Scribner

by James Patterson · Little, Brown

A sizzling new thriller series by master suspense novelist Patterson features four career women--the Women's Murder Club--who track down a killer who's murdering newlyweds in San Francisco. NBC is scheduled to air a major two-part miniseries based on "1st To Die" during sweeps week in May 2001.

by Nora Roberts · Putnam

Set in the lush vineyards of the Napa Valley, "The Villa" is where family and business collide and deadly secrets threaten to destroy a proud heritage and an unexpected love. Tereza, the matriarch of the Giambelli family, has announced a merger with the MacMillan family's winery--a move which throws together Sophia Giambelli with Tyler MacMillan. Sophia is torn between a powerful attraction and a professional rivalry until acts of sabotage threaten both the family business and the family itself.

by John Grisham · Doubleday

Racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder are seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy in a 1950s southern cotton-farming community.

by Maeve Binchy · Dutton

by Amy Tan · Putnam

A mother and daughter find what they share in their bones in this compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Ruth Young and her widowed mother have always had a difficult relationship. But when she discovers writings that vividly describe her mother’s tumultuous life growing up in China, Ruth discovers a side of LuLing that she never knew existed. Transported to a backwoods village known as Immortal Heart, Ruth learns of secrets passed along by a mute nursemaid, Precious Auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined; of the crumbling ravine known as the End of the World; and of the curse that LuLing believes she released through betrayal. Within the calligraphied pages awaits the truth about a mother's heart, secrets she cannot tell her daughter, yet hopes she will never forget... Conjuring the pain of broken dreams and the power of myths, The Bonesetter’s Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes.

by Robert B. Parker · Putnam

by Terry McMillan · Viking Press

“Without question, this is McMillan’s best. A glorious novel....A moving tapestry of familial love and redemption.”—The Washington Post With her hallmark exuberance and a cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, Terry McMillan has given us a tour-de-force novel of family, healing, and redemption. A Day Late and a Dollar Short takes us deep into the hearts, minds, and souls of America—and gives us six more friends we never want to leave.

by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins · Tyndale

An evil world leader proclaims himself the Antichrist, drawing up plans to mark all human beings, but the members of the Tribulation Force are determined to stop him.

by Dennis Lehane · Morrow

The murder of one of their daughters re-unites three childhood friends: Sean Devine, the homicide detective; Jimmy Marcus, an ex-con and father of the murdered girl; and Dave Boyle, a troubled man who came home with blood on his clothes on the night of the murder.

by Brad Meltzer · Warner

White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy and dangerously irresistible daughter of the President. But the confident young attorney thinks he can handle the pressure. Until, out on a date, Nora and Michael see something they shouldn't. To protect her, he admits to something he shouldn't. And when a body is discovered and Michael is the suspected killer, he finds himself on the run. Now, in a world where power is an aphrodisiac and close friends carry guns and are under strict orders to risk their lives, Michael must find a way to prove his innocence.

by Lisa Scottoline · HarperCollins

by Barbara Taylor Bradford · Doubleday

Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy. Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends. Her big chance comes when she is discovered and wins a major role in a Broadway play. A promising love affair adds to the excitement of working in the theater; but Katie must face the demons of the past before she can embrace the possibilities of the future. In sixteen previous bestselling novels, Barbara Taylor Bradford has enthralled millions of readers with pade-turning plots and characters that linger in the heart and mind long after the book is closed. The Triumph of Katie Byrne will captivate her devoted fans and win her a whole new audience.

by Anita Shreve · Little, Brown

by Jack Higgins · Putnam

by Kristin Hannah · Crown

Une femme a fui le foyer (son mari et ses deux filles) et est devenue une journaliste célèbre. Dix ans plus tard, sa fille cadette va se venger. [SDM].