Big Fiction Titles; Week of 12/28

Plenty of new fiction by big-name authors is hitting bookstore shelves, ready for those cashing in their gifts cards or returning unwanted gifts).

12/29 Fiction

Fired Up: Book One of the Dreamlight Trilogy (Arcane Society Dreamlight Trilogy)
Jayne Ann Krentz
Retail Price: $25.95
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult – (2009-12-29)
ISBN / EAN: 0399155961 / 9780399155963


Brilliance Audio
UNAB. CD; Lib Ed; 978-1-4233-2644-1 $92.97
UNAB. MP3-CD; Lib Ed; 978-1-4233-2646-5 $39.97

Brilliance Audio

  • UNAB. CD; Lib Ed; 978-1-4233-2644-1 $92.97
  • UNAB. MP3-CD; Lib Ed; 978-1-4233-2646-5 $39.97

Audiobook and eBook downloadable from OverDrive.

Starred review from Booklist for this “…first in a trilogy connected to her brilliantly original Arcane Society series [which] displays all the signature Krentz elements her readers prize, from witty prose to a fast-paced plot rich in danger and intrigue to superheated chemistry between two perfectly matched protagonists”
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The 13th Hour: A Thriller
Richard Doetsch
Retail Price: $25.99
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Atria – (2009-12-29)
ISBN / EAN: 1439147914 / 9781439147917

This thriller, told in reverse, is getting some extra attention because it is also being released as a Vook (today, the Washington Post took a look at it and other efforts to combine text and video).

Of the prepub reviewers,  Booklist was the most enthusiastic, giving it a star. LJ‘s verdict was that  “Suspending disbelief is worth every moment of Doetsch’s (The Thieves of Heaven; The Thieves of Faith) thrill ride through time, which tantalizingly reveals the true nature of all the characters involved.”

The book does have an intriguing premise, as outlined by the author:

Other big-name titles releasing on 12/29:

  • Stephen Hunter I, Sniper, Simon & Schuster
  • Jude Deveraux Days of Gold, Atria
  • Julie Garwood Sizzle, Ballantine
  • Mary Balogh, A Matter of Class, Vanguard

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