Miami Public Library Online
New Books - January, 1998

FICTION

Amis, Martin. Night Trains. A mystery -- Jennifer Rockwell is dead, apparently a suicide, but her father the cop doesn't believe it.

Gordimer, Nadine. The House Gun. What do you do when the son you love murders someone?

Koontz, Dean. Fear Nothing. Christopher Snow has a disease which makes it necessary for him to avoid the sun -- so he only comes out at night and discovers dangerous things.

Parker, Barbara. Suspicion of Deceit. Author of Suspicion of Innocence -- a woman learns that her fiance is suspected of murdering a federal agent and may be involved in other deaths.

Zigman, Laura. Animal Husbandry. A very funny story about a lady investigating animal behavior -- particularly of the man who jilted her.

NON-FICTION

Rule, Ann. Bitter Harvest: Arson and Murder in the Heartland. The mistress of true crime writes about Dr. Debora Green, who lost two of her three children in a fire she set herself.