Compiled by the UA Library Adult Services staff.

Deadly Intent
By Lynda La Plante
La Plante takes the detective novel to a new level with fast action and intricate plotting. When the body count rises, new clues surface as Detective Anna Travis focuses on her prime suspect: a slippery English drug lord trafficking in a deadly opiate.

Home Safe
By Elizabeth Berg
When Helen’s husband dies unexpectedly, she must learn how to manage on her own. After learning her husband also withdrew much of their life savings before his death, she must also rethink her marriage and find a way to make ends meet. A quick, satisfying read.

Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way
By Ruth Reichl
Tender at the Bone author Ruth Reichl writes a frank and honest account of life with her mother, Mim. In this extraordinary personal journey told with humor and sadness, Reichl comes to terms with her eccentric mother’s life as it transforms her own.

Shanghai Girls
By Lisa See
Spanning approximately 20 years, including turmoil in China and escape to the United States, Lisa See’s moving novel chronicles the lives of two sisters whose story is complicated by both world events and their familial relationships.

The Strain
By Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
A Boeing 777 lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport and approaches the gate. Suddenly it stops. The lights are out, the window shades are down and all communication channels are silent. The first of a trilogy, The Strain is a tale of modern day vampire horror and a good scary read.

The Tourist
By Olen Steinhauer
The Tourist is a spy novel in the tradition of writers such as John LeCarre and Len Deighton. The protagonist is the tourist, a CIA black ops assassin who is burned out. After his botched suicide, he becomes a CIA analyst and tries to make a normal life with a wife and child. However, no one is really ever out of the assassin game.

Why is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask
By Jancee Dunn
If you want to read a memoir that will have you reminiscing about your childhood, this is it. Dunn, a writer in her 40s, talks about her parents and siblings and how they retain family traditions while dealing with 21st century life.

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