Miami Public Library Online
New Books - October, 1998

FICTION

Block, Lawrence. Everybody Dies: A Matthew Scudder Novel. Matthew Scudder is back in his 14th outing, and he's turned so respectable that he just got a PI license.

Cornwall, Patricia. Scarpetta's Winter Tale. Only 80 pages long, this little "special gift" from the author to her readers has Kay Scarpetta, along with Detective Peter Marino and niece Lucy, cooking their way through Christmas.

Isaacs, Susan. Red, White, and Blue. Author of Lily White with the story of an FBI agent's attempt to infiltrate a white supremacist group.

Izzi, Eugene. The Criminalist. From a writer whose own recent death was as bizarre as those he writes about--a mystery about a cop once accused of a terrible murder finds himself under suspicion again.

Pears, Iain. Death and Restoration. Author of best-seller An Instance of the Fingerpose, Pears returns with another Jonathan Argyll mystery.

Penman, Sharon Kay. Cruel as the Grave. In another of her popular medieval mysteries, Penman brings back Justin de Quincy, who investigates murder in 12th century England.

Rice, Ann. The Vampire Armand. More "Vampire Chronicles."

Roberts, Nora. The Reef. Tate, a student of marine archaelogy, joins with the mysterious Matthew Lassiter to dive in search of a jeweled amulet called Anguelique's Curse and finds danger and passion.

NON-FICTION

Arnot, Bob. The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet. The chief medical correspondent for NBC News sets up three diets for women seeking to avoid or to battle breast cancer.

Barry, Dave. Dave Barry Turns 50. The title says it all.

Loewenstein, Dora. The Rolling Stones: A Life on the Road. The daughter of the band's longtime manager has put together an exclusive life story, complete with 1,000 photographs.

Pilcher, Rosamunde. Christmas with Rosamunde Pilcher. Celebrating Christmas the Scottish way with best-selling author Pilcher.