Westborough Public Library - New Audiobooks
The 9th judgment
Patterson, James, 1947-
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p2010.
A young woman and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling walks in on a cat burglar. In just seconds there is an empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Detective Lindsay Boxer summons her friends in the Women's Murder Club. She is asked to put her own life on the line--but will it be enough?
Westborough General - CD BOOK/PAT/MYS
92 Pacific Boulevard [a Cedar Cove novel]
Macomber, Debbie.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
In this Cedar Cove installment, the sheriff once hoped to marry Faith Beckwith, but she ended the relationship last month. Now, to keep his mind off unrequited love, the sheriff must focus on a baffling murder case and help his friend, Judge Olivia Griffin, fight cancer. However, when a series of break-ins occur at the house Faith is renting, the sheriff finds himself not only dealing with Faith's predicament, but also his undying feelings for her.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/MAC
Apple turnover murder
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
Hannah is feeling the heat when she agrees to bake apple turnovers for a fundraiser and partake in the charity talent contest. But when Hannah discovers the MC dead with one of her apple turnovers in his hand, she realizes someone has murder on the menu.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/FLU/MYS
Bad chili
Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by Recorded Books, p2009.
Hap and Leonard return to clear Leonard's name, encountering along the way homophobic cops, deadly bikers, a pyromaniac nurse, a rabid squirrel, the town's own murderous chili king, and of course, one bad-ass tornado.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/LAN/MYS
The blind side [evolution of a game]
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.).
Santa, Ana, CA : Books on Tape, 2006.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/796.332/LEW
The burning land
Cornwell, Bernard.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood- soaked field beside the Thames.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/COR
Busted [life inside the great mortgage meltdown]
Andrews, Edmund L.
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, p2009.
Busted weaves together the author's own ride to the edge of bankruptcy with the tragicomic stories of his lenders, the Wall Street pros behind them, and the policymakers in Washington who were oblivious until it was too late.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/332.7/AND
Churchill
Johnson, Paul, 1928-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2010], p2009.
Johnson explores the complex and fascinating character of Winston Churchill--the soldier, orator, and statesman who shined brightest during Britain's darkest hours.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/Bio/CHU
Conspirata
Harris, Robert, 1957-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, 2010.
In 63 BC, Cicero stands supreme as the senior consul of the Roman Republic. But jealous rivals--from the ruthless and debauched to the fanatical and psychopathic--plan to destroy him and seize power. Thwarting their evil machinations will require all the skill and craft Cicero can muster.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/HAR
The coral thief
Stott, Rebecca.
[S.l.] : Tantor Media Inc., p2009.
In 1815 France, a young medical student discovers that the beauty who shared his coach has stolen the rare coral specimens he carried and soon he encounters a ring of philosopher thieves determined to sabotage pre-Darwinian theories of evolution.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/STO
Days of gold
Deveraux, Jude.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
Laird Angus McTern and Edilean travel from Scotland to America to reclaim the gold she inherited from her father.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/DEV
Deliver us from evil
Baldacci, David.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p2010.
Photojournalist Katie James is working on a story of international importance. But shortly after her meeting with a potential inside source, she is smuggled unconscious onto an airplane headed to an undisclosed destination. In the days to come, Katie and Shaw will be reunited in a deadly duel of nerve and wits against a surprising, secretive enemy and led around the world at a breakneck pace.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/BAL
The Devil's company [a novel]
Liss, David, 1966-
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire, ex-boxer, and master of disguise, Londoner Benjamin Weaver finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, pitted against Jerome Cobb, a wealthy and mysterious schemer who needs Weaver's strength and guile for his own treacherous plans. To save his friends and family from Cobb's reach--and more importantly to secure the welfare of England--Weaver must infiltrate the East India Company, navigate its warring factions, and uncover a secret plot of corporate rivals, foreign spies, and government operatives.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/LIS
Driving like crazy thirty years of vehicular hellbending, celebrating America the way it's supposed to be-- with an oil well in every backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in every carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank mowing our lawn
O'Rourke, P. J.
Grand Rapids, MI : Brilliance Audio, cp2009.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/818/ORO
Gwenhwyfar, the white spirit an Arthurian novel
Lackey, Mercedes.
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, p2009.
Gwenhwyfar moves in a world where gods walk among their pagan worshipers, where nebulous visions warn of future perils, and where there are two paths for a woman: the path of the Blessing or the rarer path of the Warrior. Gwenhwyfar chooses the latter, giving up the power that she is born into.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/LAC/FSF
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Eggers, Dave.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
A compelling voice for Generation X, Eggers here recounts his early 20s, caring for his younger brother after their parents' unexpected deaths and his endeavors in a variety of media.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/Bio/EGG
Hell gate
Fairstein, Linda A.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
Sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper has seen the worst New York City has to offer, and yet each case still casts a sickening new light on the darker side of humanity. Juggling two investigations--one involving the wreck of a ship transporting human cargo and one involving a congressman caught up in a sex scandal--Alex finds an irrefutable link between the cases. Uncovering the truth, however, pots her against powerful factions that won't think twice about putting her investigation--and Alex herself--on ice.
Westborough General - MP3 CDBOOK/FAI/MYS
How to buy a love of reading a novel
Gibson, Tanya Egan.
Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Audio, p2009.
Carley Wells is not fond of reading, so her parents commission a book to be written for her that she's sure to love. However, Carley loves Hunter Cay, who drowns himself in booze, Vicodin, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/GIB
Huge
Fuerst, James W. (James William).
[Ashland, Or.?] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
Twelve-year-old Eugene "Huge" Smalls is short, mean, angry, and brilliant, characteristics which win him no friends, but he is also an amateur sleuth with his first real case, which leads him to believe life might be better if he did not imagine himself a character in a Raymond Chandler novel.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/FUE/MYS
Imperfect birds [a novel]
Lamott, Anne.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. Now, Elizabeth is forced to confront the fact that Rosie has been lying to her, and that her deceptions will have profound consequences.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/LAM
The Lake Shore Limited
Miller, Sue, 1943-
New York : Random House Audio, p2010.
Playwright Wilhelmina Billy Gertz tirelessly works on The Lake Shore Limited, her play about a terrorist bombing and a man whose life is changed by the violent act. However, as she struggles with personal issues, the play's actors and director manage to breathe new life into her faltering passion.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/MIL
The last time I saw you [a novel]
Berg, Elizabeth.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
To each of the men and women in "The last time I saw you", this reunion means something different. A last opportunity to say something long left unsaid, an escape from the bleaker realities of everyday life, a means to save a marriage on the rocks, or an opportunity to bond with a slightly estranged daughter, if only over what her mother should wear--BOT website.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/BER
The little sleep a novel
Tremblay, Paul.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2009.
Mark Genevich is a South Boston P.I. with a little problem: he's narcoleptic, and he suffers from the most severe symptoms, including hypnogogic hallucinations. These waking dreams wreak havoc for a guy who depends on real- life clues to make his living. Clients haven't exactly been beating down the door when Mark meets Jennifer Times--daughter of the powerful local D.A. and a contestant on American Star--who walks into his office with an outlandish story about a man who stole her fingers. He awakes from his latest hallucination alone, but on his desk is a manila envelope containing risqué photos of Jennifer. Are the pictures real, and if so, is Mark hunting a blackmailer, or worse?
Westborough General - CD BOOK/TRE/MYS
Mortal friends
Hitchcock, Jane Stanton.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
"A serial killer is on the loose in Washington, D.C. The latest female victim has just been found in Georgetown, the social heart of the nation's capitol. That's how Reven Lynch, a well brought up society insider with a thriving high-end antique shop, meets George Gunner, a canny detective with the style of a hip-hop star, assigned to a special task force investigating the murders. Gunner is convinced that the killer is a society big shot hiding in plain sight, and he enlists Reven's aid as a confidential informant to help him understand this rarified world of embassy dinners and symphony balls. Reven agrees to help the detective, only to discover that he believes her boyfriend may be the murderer. During the course of the investigation the social world will unravel, an old friendship will be put to the test, and Reven will discover that nothing is what it appears to be"--Publisher's website.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/HIT
The other side of silence a novel of suspense
Pronzini, Bill.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
Driving into Death Valley to clear his mind when his wife files for divorce, Rick Fallon saves the life of Casey Dunbar and learns about the events that drove her to despair, a story that brings him to Las Vegas on a quest to unravel the dark secrets of her life.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/PRO/MYS
A plague of secrets
Lescroart, John T.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
When the owner of a trendy coffee bean supplier is found shot, the beautiful socialite niece of San Francisco's mayor is put on trial. Did she know that the shop, which on paper belongs to her, was also the supplier of marijuana to San Francisco's wealthy and powerful? Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and P.I. Wyatt Hunt find themselves on different sides of this trial in another crisp and page-turning thriller from New York Times best selling author Lescroart.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/LES
Rude awakenings of a Jane Austen addict a novel
Rigler, Laurie Viera.
[Old Saybook, CT] : Tantor Audio, p2009.
Jane Mansfield, a gentleman's daughter from Regency England, inexplicably awakens in an overly wired and morally confused L.A. with memories that are not her own and a friend named Wes--who is as attractive and confusing to Jane as the man who broke her heart back home.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/RIG
Solar
McEwan, Ian.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard is fast approaching 60, a mere shell of the academic titan he once was. While his fifth marriage falls apart, Michael suddenly finds himself with an unexpected opportunity to reinvigorate his career and possibly save humankind from the growing threat of global warming.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/MCE
Something borrowed a novel
Giffin, Emily.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2009].
After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend's fiancé and is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/GIF
Summer on Blossom Street
Macomber, Debbie.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
Knitting and life. They're both about beginnings, and endings. That's why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something, or someone, and start a new phase of their lives.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/MAC
Twenties girl [a novel]
Kinsella, Sophie.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie--a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance--mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara, on the other hand, has a number of ongoing distractions. Her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, her start-up company is floundering, and she's just been dumped by the "perfect" man.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/KIN
Undone a novel
Slaughter, Karin, 1971-
Grand Haven, MI : Brillance Audio, p2009.
Fleeing to Atlanta to seek refuge in the aftermath of a violent act, Sarah Linton becomes unwittingly enmeshed in a case involving a tortured young ER patient, a situation that is investigated by special agents Will Trent and Faith Mitchell.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/SLA
Until it's over a novel
French, Nicci.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
When horrible instances occur and people die around her, London cycle courier Astrid Bell grows convinced that she is bad luck and the worst of her luck has yet to arrive.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/FRE
Wife of the gods a novel
Quartey, Kwei J.
Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Audio, 2010.
An original debut novel set in Ghana, is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. Darko's own mother disappeared from this same village many years ago, and as the mystery unfolds, the reader meets a rich cast of characters, and learns about Trokosi, a system where young teenage girls are sent to live with fetish priests to bring good fortune to their families. Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/QUA/MYS
The wild things
Eggers, Dave.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them.
Westborough General - CD BOOK/EGG
Updated Thu Jul 1 11:41:58 2010