New adult fiction
Hundreds of books are added to the Library's collection each month. Here are the most recent Fiction books for adults.
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A Murdered Peace: A Kate Clifford Mystery
Amid the unrest following a failed revolt against Henry IV, Kate Clifford must defend her friend Berend from a murder charge --adapted from cover description.
Format: Book - 2018 First Pegasus Books edition.
Holds: 62 on 15 copies
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MacDoodle Street
"A collection of legendary absurdist comic strips about life in 1970s New York City, now available in print for the first time in over thirty years. Every week, from 1978 to 1980, The Village Voice brought a new installment of Mark Alan Stamaty's uproarious, endlessly inventive strip MacDoodle Street. Centering more or less on Malcolm Frazzle, a blocked poet struggling to complete his latest lyric for Dishwasher Monthly, Stamaty's creation encompassed a dizzying array of characters, stories, jokes, and digressions. One week might feature the ongoing battle between irate businessmen and bearded beatniks for control of a Greenwich Village coffee shop, the next might reveal a dastardly plot involving a genetically engineered dishwashing monkey, or the frustrated dreams of an irascible, over-caffeinated painter, or the mysterious visions of a duffle-coated soothsayer on the bus. Not to mention the variable moods and longings of the comic strip itself.... And somehow, in the end, it all fits together. MacDoodle Street is more than just a hilarious weekly strip; it is a great comic novel, a thrilling, surprising, unexpectedly moving ode to art, life, and New York City. This new edition features a brand-new, twenty-page autobiographical comic by Stamaty explaining what happened next and why MacDoodle Street never returned, in a unique, funny, and poignant look at the struggles and joys of being an artist"--Provided by publisher.
Format: Book - 2019
Holds: 0 on 2 copies
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Transparent City
"In a crumbling apartment block in Luanda, Angola, impoverished families hoard memories to survive a corrupt regime. Odonato-nostalgic for the days of socialism-searches for his son whose life as a petty criminal he laments. As his hope drains away, Odonato's flesh becomes transparent and his body increasingly weightless. Transparent City confirms Ondjaki as one of Africa's major writers."--Provided by publisher.
Format: Book - 2018
Holds: 0 on 5 copies
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The Colonial Conquest: A Novel
The Colonial Conquest is the first volume of Alessandro Spina's epic, The Confines of the Shadow, a sequence of novels and short stories that map the transformation of Libya, particularly the coastal city of Benghazi, under the pressure of Italian colonization. This volume is divided into three sections--The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor--which are set between 1912 and 1927. At its outset we find Italian soldiers solidifying their control over Libya's coasts, leaving Libyan rebels to withdraw to the desert and prepare for a war that would rage for over a decade. The readers is then led to explore the divided Libya of the 1920s, when an Italian governor ruled from Benghazi while Sidi Idris al-Senussi, the head of the Senussi dynasty and future Libyan king, governed from Ajdabiya. Voices from all sides bicker over whether to reconcile or fight, though many simply try to make space for whatever small pleasures life amidst political upheaval might allow. Employing a cosmopolitan array of characters, ranging from Ottoman functionaries, to Libyan aristocrats and Italian officers, Spina chronicles the colonial experience in Libya with breadth and feeling. Distinguished by an intimate understanding of East and West, this work and its companion volumes comprise among the most significant achievements of 20th century fiction and stand unchallenged as the only multi-generational epic about the European experience in North Africa.
Format: Book - 2018
Holds: 0 on 5 copies
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I'm New York's Finest
Flight attendant Naomi Foxx has helped her brother Reggie orchestrate his smuggling operation. When his operation falls apart, she realizes she must go into hiding.
Format: Book - 2017 Second edition.
Holds: 0 on 8 copies
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The Black Widow Clique
Best friends and blood sisters for life Melonee and Fiona have one goal in life; to get rich and live comfortably. But growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles, CA wasn't helping in obtaining that goal. That is, until Fiona comes up with the plan to marry for money and murder for even more. The girls seek out older, established, and wealthy bachelors, drawing them into their web of deception with their good looks, sexy bodies, and loving personalities. Once their last names are changed and the ink is dry on the insurance policies, the clique executes their plans to have the new husband die an accidental death, leaving their fortune and or insurance money to the widowed wife. Their little marry-for-money scam works for years until things take a drastic turn. What happens when one friend's connection to the new mark has her questioning her role in The Black Widow Clique while the other friend wants to carry out the murderous plan to get hold of the multi-million dollar insurance policy? Friendships will be tested, lies will be told, and loyalty will come into play when one black widow decides that their cozy web of deception, love, and money isn't big enough for two anymore.
Format: Book - 2018
Holds: 0 on 6 copies
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Mafio$o: Part Three
Layla West begins her solo reign of terror with seed money stolen from her estranged husband, Scott. Her only purpose is to weaken and defeat the empire she helped build. Scott, Maxine, and Bugsy have their hands full playing offense and defense. Their list of enemies is growing exponentially, and when their family gets added to the mix, it is time to bring in special teams.
Format: Book - 2018 First edition.
Holds: 0 on 8 copies
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Torn by the Code
Authentic and gripping, Eureka debuts with a poignant novel about one woman's climb to success and those ready to pull her right back down. "Elana Dolvan lived through a treacherous childhood in Chicago, and wants to be more than another 'hood life' statistic, so she sets her sights on the top. Elana works her way up the steep ladder of white collar success, achieving one of the most impressive careers in her family's history. She becomes a powerful attorney, but the lure of the streets is still strong. She is also known in the underworld as Dutchtress, one of the most ruthless female bosses in the U.S. Trapped between the two worlds, her double identity soon creates problems, and all hell breaks loose. The unpredicted fallout leaves nothing but murder and mayhem in its path. Dutchtress refuses to allow her enemies to take another breath of fresh air after they take her most precious possession. She will stop at nothing to get back what's hers. With her right-hand man, Flex, by her side, they perform a bloody symphony, reaching all the way from the Windy City to Jamaica. Family or not; no one's spilled blood is off limits."--Back cover.
Format: Book - 2018
Holds: 0 on 6 copies
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