Dorsey Thriller High in Demand
Thriller fans are driving strong library demand for two titles coming next week, from Tom Dorsey and Kay Hooper – and early reviews favor Dorsey.
Gator A-Go-Go by Tim Dorsey is the most-requested title to be released next week, with strong holds of 6:1 or more in libraries we checked. It features homicidal yet discerning anti-hero Serge Storms and his drug-addicted sidekick as they seek rough justice amid the revelry of spring break. Booklist says: “All of Dorsey’s books offer belly laughs, but this one seems a cut above.”
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Large Print available from HarperLuxe on 02/01/2010
- $24.99; ISBN: 9780061945670
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper has holds of at least 1:1, and as high as 7:1 at one library. Publishers Weekly was not very impressed:
Too many interchangeable doll-like victims and a by-the-numbers plot mar bestseller Hooper’s conclusion to her paranormal thriller trilogy that began with Blood Dreams and Blood Sins.
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Audio available from Brilliance
- CD (9 discs): $87.97; ISBN 9781423333142
- MP3: $39.97; ISBN: 9781423333166
Large Print from Random House
- $26; ISBN 9780739377567
More Major Fiction Releases Next Week:
The Dragon Keeper: Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb (Eos/Harper), the first in a two-volume fantasy “mini-series” by veteran fantasist Hobb that Booklist calls as “good as it is massive.”
The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd (Morrow) is the first in a new thriller series by debut author Boyd. Publisher Morrow is backing its high hopes for the book with a 150,000 first printing.
Three Days Before the Shooting . . . by Ralph Ellison; only half the ibraries we checked have ordered this novel that Ellison left unfinished after his death, his second after Invisible Man.
February 5th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
interestingly, “the bricklayer” has picked up steam here with 44 holds. as far as i can tell, there is no media coverage on it so i am not sure where people are finding out about it. it is blurbed by patterson and lee child…