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Title: The bamboozlers
Personal Author: De Guzman, Michael
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 167
ISBN: 0-374-30512-9, $16
Abstract: Nothing exciting ever happens to twelve-year-old Albert
Rosegarden until he meets his grandfather for the first time, and the
pair travel to Seattle, Washington, where Albert becomes a partner in
his grandfather's elaborate scheme to "con a con man."
"Plot progression is steady, well paced, and broken up into short
chapters of clear, concise detail. Language and writing style are
visual and uncomplicated, with engaging characters that lend an
authentic feel to the story." (SLJ)
Subject(s): Grandfathers/Fiction; Swindlers and swindling/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Reading Level: 5 and up
Review: School Library Journal v. 51 no. 12 (Dec. 2005). Harris, Kim,
reviewer [with full text]
Review: The Horn Book v. 81 no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2005). Lempke, Susan
Dove, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Children's Catalog
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: The boyfriend list: (15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic
frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver)
Personal Author: Lockhart, E.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0-385-73206-6, $15.95
0-385-90238-7 (lib bdg), $17.99
Abstract: A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for
her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend,
losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist
mother and her father, and more.
"Readers will find many of Ruby's experiences familiar, and they'll
appreciate the story as a lively, often entertaining read." (Booklist)
Note(s): Followed by The boy book (2006)
Subject(s): School stories; Dating (Social customs)/Fiction;
Washington (State)/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 58 no. 7 (Mar.
2005). Stevenson, Deborah, reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: Publishers Weekly v. 252 no. 9 (Feb. 28 2005) [with full text]
IN Senior High School Library Catalog
Title: Beacon Hill boys
Personal Author: Mochizuki, Ken
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication Year: 2002
Pages: 201
ISBN: 0-439-26749-8, $16.95
0-439-24906-6 (paperback), $5.99
Abstract: In 1972 in Seattle, a teenager in a Japanese American family
struggles for his own identity, along with a group of three friends
who share his anger and confusion
"The author nicely balances universal experiences of male adolescence
. . . with scenes that bring readers right into the complicated era,
and his important, thought-provoking story asks tough questions about
racial and cultural identity, prejudice, and family." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Japanese Americans/Fiction; Washington (State)/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Reading Level: 7 and up
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 56 no. 6 (Feb.
2003). Kory, Fern, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
IN Senior High School Library Catalog
Title: Searching for Candlestick Park
Personal Author: Kehret, Peg
Publisher: Cobblehill Bks.
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 149
Language of Document: English
ISBN: 0-525-65256-6, $14.99
Abstract: Determined to find his father and relive their good times,
twelve-year-old Spencer takes his cat, slips away from home in
Seattle, and sets out for San Francisco's Candlestick Park
This is "a fast-paced, exciting adventure. A good choice for reading
aloud as well as starting class discussion." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Runaway children/Fiction; Cats/Fiction; Father-son
relationship/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 93 (Aug. 1997). Peterson, Lauren, reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 51 (Nov. 1997).
Del Negro, Janice M., reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 43 (Sept. 1997). Larson, Jeanette,
reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: The ornament tree
Personal Author: Thesman, Jean
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Year: 1996
Pages: 232
ISBN: 0-395-74278-1, $16
Abstract: "In 1914 in Seattle, 14-year-old orphan Bonnie moves to the
boardinghouse of her independent-minded female relatives and becomes
involved with the people who live and work there. . . . The focus is
on the events of the times, including the end of World War I, the flu
epidemic, the labor riots, the start of Prohibition, and, above all,
the struggle for women's rights." (Booklist)
"The underlying issues are substantial, but the presentation is laced
with humor and warmth--no small feat." (Horn Book)
Note(s): Also available in paperback from Avon Bks.
Followed by The tree of bells
Subject(s): Orphans/Fiction; Feminism/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Reading Level: 7 and up
Review: Booklist v. 92 (May 1 1996). Rochman, Hazel, reviewer
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 49 (Mar. 1996).
Bush, Elizabeth, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 42 (Mar. 1996). Codell, Cindy
Darling, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Horn Book v. 72 (July/Aug. 1996). Burns, Mary M., reviewer
[with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: The tree of bells
Personal Author: Thesman, Jean
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 232
ISBN: 0-395-90510-9, $15
Abstract: "Keeping secret her cousin Bonnie's plans to travel to
China, sixteen-year-old Clare Harris contemplates her own future. . .
. Clare becomes more interested in helping the underprivileged in
1920s Seattle and more involved in the small dramas taking place at
her family's lively boarding house. For those who enjoyed the first
book, this installment will more than satisfy." (Horn Book Guide)
Note(s): Sequel to The ornament tree
Subject(s): Feminism/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Reading Level: 7 and up
Review: Booklist v. 95 no. 19-20 (June 1-15 1999). Rochman, Hazel,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 52 no. 11
(July/Aug. 1999). Bush, Elizabeth, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 45 no. 7 (July 1999). Codell, Cindy
Darling, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Yang the youngest and his terrible ear
Personal Author: Namioka, Lensey
Responsibility: illustrated by Kees de Kiefte
Publisher: Little, Brown
Publication Year: 1992
Pages: 134
ISBN: 0-440-40917-9 (paperback), $4.50
Abstract: Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented
Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new
students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships
and playing baseball
"Namioka explores issues of diversity, self-realization, friendship,
and duty with sensitivity and a great deal of humor." (Horn Book)
Note(s): Other titles about the Yang family are: Yang the eldest and
his odd jobs (2000); Yang the second and her secret admirers (1998);
Yang the third and her impossible family (1995).
Joy Street books
Subject(s): Chinese/United States/Fiction; Family life/Fiction
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Reading Level: 4-6
Review: Booklist v. 88 (June 1 1992).
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 45 (June 1992).
[with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 38 (July 1992). [with excerpt]
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) (May 1 1992).
Review: The Horn Book v. 68 (July/Aug. 1992). [with excerpt]
IN Children's Catalog
Title: Broken for you
Personal Author: Kallos, Stephanie
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication Year: 2004
Pages: 371
ISBN: 0-8021-1779-1, $24
Abstract: "Margaret Hughes lives alone in a Seattle mansion, divorced
from her husband after the death of their son. She talks to her
father's priceless antique porcelain collection and spends her days
dusting. Wanda Schultz, abandoned as a child by her parents, cannot
accept the rejection of her lover, Peter, whose solitary postcard
brings her across the country in search of him. When cancer sends
Margaret a wakeup call, she opens her home and her heart: first to
Wanda and then to a flood of other new 'family' members as she learns
to interact with people and eventually to atone for a past crime she
only gradually understands." (Booklist)
"The novel itself is a mosaic of eccentric characters and their
interlocking storylines, which sometimes border on the fantastic. . .
. So lovely is the world Kallos has created that it seems more
reparative to curl up on the couch with this book and suspend belief
than to deconstruct the plot." (Washington Post Book World)
Subject(s): Washington (State)/Seattle; Single women;
Women/Psychology; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Ghost stories; Guilt
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 129 no. 13 (Aug. 2004). Stidham,
Jenn B., reviewer [with full text]
Review: Publishers Weekly v. 251 no. 28 (July 12 2004). Lipskar,
Simon, reviewer [with full text]
Review: Booklist v. 100 no. 22 (Aug. 2004).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The body of David Hayes
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2004
Pages: 344
ISBN: 0-7868-6725-6, $23.95
Abstract: In this "Detective Lou Boldt thriller, computer whiz David
Hayes has embezzled $17 million from the bank where he worked and
hidden it within the computer system. Now paroled for the crime, he
wants to get the money and be free of all competing parties, including
some utterly ruthless Russian Mafia types who will stop at nothing to
get the loot. Years before, Hayes had an affair with Boldt's wife--now
VP of systems at the bank--and he blackmails her into helping him
recover the money. Though dedicated and skilled, Boldt and his team
are human and fallible; Boldt must balance his jealousy as a husband
with his professionalism as a detective. Pearson's novels are always
well written, and he takes special care with richly drawn subordinate
characters." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Washington (State)/Seattle;
Police/Washington (State)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 813
Review: Kirkus Reviews (New York, N.Y.: 1991) v. 72 no. 3 (Feb. 1
2004)
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 129 no. 4 (Mar. 1 2004). Conroy,
Robert, reviewer [with full text]
Review: Publishers Weekly v. 251 no. 8 (Feb. 23 2004) [with full text]
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The art of deception
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2002
Pages: 451
ISBN: 0-7868-6724-8
Abstract: This Lou Boldt-Daphne Matthews suspense novel "finds the
Seattle police lieutenant and his forensic psychologist colleague
investigating two cases that ultimately become one. Boldt is tracking
a serial killer, and Matthews is investigating the death of a woman
who was thrown from Seattle's Aurora Bridge. . . . Pearson makes
particularly good use of his Seattle setting this time; the legendary
Underground (created when the city was rebuilt after its great fire of
1889) has often appeared in mysteries, but Pearson's detail-rich
treatment goes well beyond the typical cliches of dark passages and
abandoned storefronts. On every level, this series remains one of the
mystery genre's great pleasures." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Police/Washington (State); Washington (State)/Seattle;
Suspense novels
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
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Title: Middle of nowhere: a novel
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 375
ISBN: 0-7868-6563-6
Abstract: "Seattle police lieutenant Boldt and forensic psychologist
Matthews must contend not only with a string of robbery assaults--one
victim of which is a fellow officer--but also with the effects of a
'blue flu' that has left the department seriously understaffed and
riddled with internal conflict." (Booklist)
This thriller "boasts simmering suspense, a plot with a level of
detail that comes only from painstaking research, and dynamic
chemistry between Boldt and his colleagues and family." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Police/Washington (State); Washington (State)/Seattle;
Suspense novels
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The first victim
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 381
ISBN: 0-7868-6440-0, $23.95
Abstract: "Inside a shipping container that has washed ashore near
Seattle during a storm is heard the 'unmistakable cry of human
voices.' From this dramatic opening springs . . . {this} Lou Boldt
thriller, in which the Seattle Police Department goes head to head
with the INS to bust an immigrant-smuggling ring run by Chinese
gangs." (Libr J)
"Boldt's usual partner, forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, plays a
lesser role this time, but in her place Pearson substitutes television
news anchor Stevie McNeal, who mounts her own investigation, thus
introducing a meaty subplot involving media excesses. As always,
Pearson builds suspense incrementally, brilliantly amassing details
until his plot reaches critical mass at just the right moment."
(Booklist)
Subject(s): Washington (State)/Seattle; Police/Washington (State);
Suspense novels; Murder stories
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The Pied Piper
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 1998
Pages: 497
ISBN: 0-7868-6300-5, $23.95
Abstract: "Recently promoted Seattle Police Lieutenant Boldt and
forensic psychologist Matthews attempt to catch the Pied Piper, a
kidnapper who snatches infants from their cribs and leaves a toy flute
as his calling card. Moving from city to city up the West Coast, the
Piper has completely confounded both the FBI and local police."
(Booklist)
Subject(s): Washington (State)/Seattle; Police/Washington (State);
Kidnapping; Suspense novels
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Beyond recognition
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 480
Abstract: "A rag and a bone are literally all the Seattle PD has to
work with after a violent fire consumes a home and its helpless female
occupant, a divorced mother. When a second victim dies the same way,
detective Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews begin the
process of profiling a serial killer who uses rocket fuel to torch
women because they resemble his mother. Elsewhere, a young boy named
Ben, whose abusive stepfather has all but driven him into the street,
has been befriended by a fraudulent 'psychic' named Emily Richland,
who hires Ben to scout her clients' vehicles while they're meeting
with her. This task leads, . . . to Ben witnessing an exchange of cash
for rocket fuel, a sighting that in turn eventually takes the police
to their killer." (Publ Wkly)
"Moving from one punchy scene to the next, this fuse-burning suspense
tale is wonderful reading for a wide audience." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Murder stories; Police/Washington
(State); Washington (State)/Seattle
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: No witnesses: a novel
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 1994
Pages: 365
Abstract: "Wealthy food industry mogul Owen Adler receives a series of
FAXes demanding that he liquidate his business and commit suicide
within a month. The alternative is that consumers of Adler Foods will
begin to die. After the deadline passes and two children are
hospitalized with a mysterious infection, Adler lets his girlfriend,
Seattle forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, contact detective Lou
Boldt. Boldt's empathy for the rising number of victims compels him to
put his life at risk as he coordinates an extended investigation while
trying to prevent mass panic." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Poisoning; Police/Washington (State);
Murder stories; Washington (State)/Seattle
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The angel maker: a novel
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Year: 1993
Pages: 341 In this crime thriller someone is "running around with a
scalpel removing a kidney here, a lung there, then selling the organs
to desperate patients willing to pay upward of $15,000. This grisly
brand of 'harvesting' comes to light in Seattle when victims begin
turning up minus a part or two. It's the job of a police psychologist
named Daphne Matthews, aided by her piano-playing ex-lover, Lou Boldt,
to try to bring the perpetrator of these ghastly crimes to justice."
(N Y Times Book Rev)
"Pearson's engaging forensic detail . . . and brisk prose will have
readers racing to the cliffhanger climax." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Murder stories; Police/Washington
(State); Washington (State)/Seattle
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Undercurrents
Personal Author: Pearson, Ridley
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 1988
Pages: 386
Language of Document: English
Abstract: "A killer is on the loose--a brutal, terrifying murderer who
was himself supposed to be dead. Seattle Police Sergeant Lou Boldt,
haunted by the deaths of the man he believed to have been the Cross
Killer (so called because of the crosses he slashes onto his victims)
and of the real criminal's new victims, is in charge of the case and
determined to solve it. . . . Undercurrents is not for the squeamish;
it is grittily detailed and no punches pulled. But Pearson clearly
understands what makes a good mystery move, and this one sprints
breathlessly along, taking the reader with it to a surprising, and
satisfying, conclusion." (West Coast Rev Books)
Subject(s): Murder stories; Police/Washington (State); Washington
(State)/Seattle
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Waxwings: a novel
Personal Author: Raban, Jonathan
Publisher: Pantheon Bks.
Publication Year: 2003
Pages: 281
ISBN: 0-375-41008-2, $24
Abstract: "Tom Janeway is a professor of writing, a novelist and a
public radio commentator; his wife, Beth, works for GetaShack.Com, a
startup providing virtual neighborhood tours for prospective house
buyers. They have a four-year-old son named Finn, and they appear
content. Behind the happy facade, though, Beth has grown deeply
unhappy with her self-absorbed husband. . . . Unfolding in
counterpoint to Raban's chronicle of the rather civilized collapse of
their marriage is the story of a shady Chinese immigrant called Chick;
he survives a horrific journey to America and becomes an off-the-books
contractor who bullies Tom into employing him to renovate their gloomy
old house after Beth moves out." (Publ Wkly)
This novel "succeeds as a sharply observed satire of the Internet boom
and as a bittersweet meditation the American dream." (Libr J)
Subject(s): British/United States; Washington (State)/Seattle;
Marriage problems; Satire; Immigrants; Chinese/United States
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: London Review of Books v. 25 no. 21 (Nov. 6 2003). [with
excerpt]
Review: New Statesman (London, England: 1996) v. 132 (Sept. 22 2003).
[with excerpt, full text]
Review: Booklist v. 100 no. 3 (Oct. 1 2003).
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 128 no. 15 (Sept. 15 2003). [with
excerpt, full text]
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) v. 95 (Sept.
25 2003). [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 108 no. 39 (Sept. 28 2003).
Review: Entertainment Weekly no. 731 (Oct. 3 2003).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Pyro
Personal Author: Emerson, Earl W.
Publisher: Ballantine Bks.
Publication Year: 2004
Pages: 307
ISBN: 0-345-46288-2, $24.95
Abstract: "Paul Wollf is a veteran Seattle firefighter whose
firefighter father died in an arson blaze when Wollf was four. Fueled
by his hatred for the killer, he achieves heroics that protect him
from political infighting within the department. Work gets more
complicated, however, when a new pattern of fires is detected, each
one closer to Wollf's station; evidence points to the arsonist who
caused his father's death." (Libr J)
This is a "fast-paced, smoke-filled, gripping story loaded with plot
twists, snappy and graphic dialogue, and firefighting lore." (Publ
Wkly)
Subject(s): Washington (State)/Seattle; Firefighters; Arson; Suspense
novels
Review: Booklist v. 100 no. 17 (May 1 2004)
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Vertical burn
Personal Author: Emerson, Earl W.
Publisher: Ballantine Bks.
Publication Year: 2002
Pages: 340
ISBN: 0-345-44589-9
Abstract: "One day, life is dandy for John Finney, . . . a veteran of
Seattle's fire department. The next day he loses his friend and
partner in a fire he suspects was set, and shortly after that he is
being framed for arson and targeted for murder by conspirators who are
planning to burn down the city's tallest building. . . . Emerson
combines an intimate knowledge of fires and fire fighting with an
intricate plot played out by characters you can love or hate."
(Booklist)
Subject(s): Firefighters; Washington (State)/Seattle; Conspiracies;
Arson; Suspense novels
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 98 no. 15 (Apr. 1 2002). Dodge, Dennis, reviewer
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 127 no. 5 (Mar. 15 2002). Person,
Roland, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
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Title: Bad boy: a novel
Personal Author: Goldsmith, Olivia
Publisher: Dutton
Publication Year: 2001
Pages: 324
ISBN: 0-525-94558-X, $24.95
Abstract: "Tracie Higgins is a young reporter for the Seattle Times.
Though she has a musician-poet-lout boyfriend, every Sunday Tracie
meets platonic chum Jonathan Delano for brunch. Jonathan is a
techno-wizard for Micro/Con; he is responsible, dedicated,
environmentally correct; good to his mother and stepmothers; and alas,
an ugly duckling dweeb who hasn't had sex in a year. Tracie agrees to
give him a 'make over': the clothes, the moves, the haircut, the
lines--in short, attitude." (Publ Wkly)
"The book is kind of silly and sappy, but it works because Goldsmith
infuses her story with much humor, general good cheer, a compulsively
readable plot, and a hapless happy ending." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Dating (Social customs); Friendship; Single women; Love
stories; Washington (State)/Seattle; Women journalists; Businessmen
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Under cover of darkness
Personal Author: Grippando, James
Publisher: HarperCollins Pubs.
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 399
ISBN: 0-06-019240-2, $25
Abstract: "Attorney Gus Wheatley, general partner of one of Seattle's
biggest and most prestigious law firms, is interrupted from his busy
schedule by a call from his daughter's dance instructor: his wife,
Beth, failed to pick up six-year-old Morgan after class. At first
merely annoyed, he next assumes his wife is having an affair . . . but
soon calls police when he realizes Beth has disappeared without a
trace. Ambitious FBI agent Andrea ‘Andie’ Henning believes Beth may
have fallen victim to a serial killer." (Publ Wkly)
Grippando's "characters are well drawn but not excessively detailed;
his plots are intelligently conceived and executed; and he avoids many
of the cliches of this genre." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Missing persons; Law and lawyers; Murder
stories; Washington (State)/Seattle; United States/Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Plowing the dark
Personal Author: Powers, Richard
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 415
ISBN: 0-374-23461-2, $25
Abstract: "In Seattle, a woman painter joins a team of software
engineers who are devising a virtual-reality module; at the same time,
an American hostage, moldering in a bare cell in Beirut, tries to
mentally reconstruct his Stateside existence. Powers's intellectual
dexterity is dazzling, especially in the descriptions of
virtual-realty programming, and he has plenty to say about the
intersections of art, war, commerce, and literature." (New Yorker)
Subject(s): Virtual reality; Hostages; Artists; Philosophical novels;
Washington (State)/Seattle; Lebanon/Beirut
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: American Book Review v. 22 no. 1 (Nov./Dec. 2000). Strecker,
Trey, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Atlantic Monthly (1993) v. 286 no. 1 (July 2000). Kirsch,
Adam, reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 17 (May 1 2000). Pearl, Nancy, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Commonweal v. 127 no. 15 (Sept. 8 2000). Sayers, Valerie,
reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 6 (Apr. 1 2000). Dodd, David,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: London Review of Books v. 22 no. 15 (Aug. 10 2000).
Sutherland, John, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Christian Century v. 117 no. 35 (Dec. 13 2000). Houser,
Gordon, reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: The New Republic v. 224 no. 20 (May 14 2001). Ravitch,
Michael, reviewer [with full text]
Review: The New York Review of Books v. 48 no. 1 (Jan. 11 2001).
Leonard, John, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 105 no. 25 (June 18 2000).
Zalewski, David, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 5115 (Apr. 13 2001). Quinn,
Paul, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Esquire v. 134 no. 1 (July 2000). Birkerts, Sven, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review (June 18 2000). Zalewski,
Daniel, reviewer
Review: The Review of Contemporary Fiction v. 20 no. 2 (Summ 2000).
Harris, Charles B., reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Mountain time: a novel
Personal Author: Doig, Ivan
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 316
ISBN: 0-684-83295-X
Abstract: This novel focuses on "sisters Lexa and Mariah McCaskell.
Lexa's marriage to a forest ranger and her days as cook in Alaska are
behind her; now sturdy, capable Lexa runs a catering service in
Seattle. She lives with rugged environmental journalist Mitch Rozier,
another escapee from rough life in northern Montana. At 50, Mitch is
facing a double crisis: the newspaper where his column appears is
about to fold, and his foxy, rapacious father, Lyle, a notorious land
despoiler, is dying of leukemia and has summoned him back to Twin
Sulphur Springs. Lexa goes back to Montana, too, bringing her sexy
sister, Mariah, just returned to the States after a year-long
photographing expedition around the world. Lyle's illness and death
unleash complex memories and future shocks." (Publ Wkly)
"A worthy addition to Doig's impressive saga of the twentieth-century
West." (Booklist)
Note(s): Continues the story of the McCaskell family; previous titles
comprise the author's Montana trilogy
Subject(s): Montana/20th century; Fathers and sons; Washington
(State)/Seattle; Sisters; Journalists
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 95 no. 19-20 (June 1-15 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 124 no. 13 (Aug. 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 no. 33 (Aug. 15 1999).
[with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 (Aug. 15 1999).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The list
Personal Author: Martini, Steven Paul
Publisher: Putnam
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 438
Abstract: A novel about "attorney-turned-novelist Abby Chandlis, who
stretches the practice of ghost-writing to an extreme and perilous
level. Fearful that glamour instead of grammar sells books in today's
shallow publishing industry, Chandlis creates Gable Cooper, a strong,
handsome, but definitely fictitious alter ego who as 'author' of her
new novel should assure its success. Possessed of these qualities,
rugged Jack Jermaine seems ideal for the role. However, his spooky
past and dangerous tendencies soon cause Abby to regret the entire
scheme." (Libr J)
The author "clearly had a good time writing this fanciful book, in
which he manages to incorporate multiple settings, invent gossamer
disguises for important publishing personalities and skewer the
machinery that produces blockbuster books." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Women lawyers; Washington (State)/Seattle; Authorship;
Publishers and publishing; Suspense novels; Satire
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Indian killer
Personal Author: Alexie, Sherman
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Year: 1996
Pages: 420
Abstract: "Bodies in trendy Seattle have been turning up scalped and
decorated with owl feathers, prompting anti-Indian rhetoric from a
vitriolic shock jock and leading to a spate of street violence, white
against Indian and Indian against white. The killer, John Smith, is an
Indian without a tribe. Adopted by a white couple, John quickly slips
into a delusional fantasy life in which he dreams of righting all the
wrongs inflicted on Native Americans." (Booklist)
"Sherman Alexie is too good a writer, too devoted to the complexities
of a story, to settle for a diatribe. His vigorous prose, his haunted
, surprising characters and his meditative exploration of the sources
of human identity transform into a resonant tragedy what might have
been a melodrama in less assured hands." (N Y Times Book Rev)
Subject(s): Indians of North America/Washington (State); Washington
(State)/Seattle; Murder stories; United States/Race relations; Mental
illness
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 93 (Sept. 1 1996). [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 121 (Aug. 1996).
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) (Jan. 6 1997).
Review: The New York Times Book Review (Nov. 24 1996). [with excerpt]
Review: Time v. 148 (Oct. 21 1996). [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 101 (Nov. 24 1996).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Microserfs
Personal Author: Coupland, Douglas
Publisher: ReganBooks
Publication Year: 1995
Pages: 371
Abstract: This is the "tale of computer techies who escape the serfdom
of Bill Gates's Microsoft to found their own multimedia company. The
story is told through the online journal of Danielu'microsoft.com, an
affable, insomniac, 26-year-old aspiring code writer. Together with
his girlfriend Karla, a mousy shiatsu expert with a penchant for Star
Trekky aphorisms, and a tight clique of maladjusted,
nose-to-the-grindstone housemates, he relocates to a Lego-adorned
office in Palo Alto. Calif., to develop a product called Object
Oriented Programming (Oop!), a form of virtual Lego." (Publ Wkly)
"The characters are fascinating, and the relationships they develop,
though unconventional in every way, are vivid and lovely." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Computers; Washington (State)/Seattle; Microsoft
Corporation
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 91 (May 15 1995). Wilkens, Mary Frances, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 120 (May 15 1995). Annichiarico, Mark,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: London Review of Books v. 18 (June 6 1996). Vanderbilt, Tom,
reviewer
Review: New Scientist v. 148 (Nov. 25 1995). Marks, Paul, reviewer
Review: New Statesman & Society v. 8 (Nov. 10 1995). Jukes, Peter,
reviewer [with full text]
Review: Quill & Quire v. 61 (July 1995). McGowan, Michael, reviewer
Review: The Canadian Forum v. 74 (Dec. 1995). Halim, Nadia, reviewer
Review: The Nation v. 260 (June 26 1995). Perlstein, Rick, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: The New York Review of Books v. 43 (Feb. 15 1996). Fallows,
James, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review (June 11 1995). McInerney, Jay,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 4832 (Nov. 10 1995). Foden,
Giles, reviewer
Review: Fortune v. 132 (Sept. 18 1995). Aley, James, reviewer
Review: Maclean's v. 108 (June 26 1995). Smallbridge, Justin, reviewer
[with full text]
Review: New York v. 28 (June 5 1995). Homans, John, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 100 (June 11 1995).
McInerney, Jay, reviewer
Review: Writing Instructor v. 16 no. 3 (Spr 1997). Brooks, Kevin,
reviewer [with full text]
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Half asleep in frog pajamas
Personal Author: Robbins, Tom
Publisher: Bantam Bks.
Publication Year: 1994
Pages: 386
Abstract: In this novel "Gwen, an endangered stockbroker, is involved
with straitlaced Belford and his born-again monkey. When she is
attracted to Larry--who has cancer and is currently between trips to
Timbuktu--she must choose among the American dream, the Timbuktu
alternate, and something else." (Libr J)
"The yarn has a genuineness, a warmth, a humor, and an incredibly
compelling plot, which hold our attention to the end." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Satire; Stock exchange; Avarice; Cancer; Washington
(State)/Seattle
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 90 (Aug. 1994). [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 119 (Sept. 15 1994).
Review: The New York Times Book Review (Oct. 30 1994). [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 99 (Oct. 30 1994).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Fierce invalids home from hot climates
Personal Author: Robbins, Tom
Publisher: Bantam Bks.
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 415
ISBN: 0-553-10775-5
Abstract: "Switters, the protagonist, is an errand boy for the CIA, a
secret lover of Broadway show tunes and a pedophile. On assignment in
Peru . . . Switters encounters a Kandakandero medicine man who gives
him mind-altering drugs and wisdom, but in exchange inflicts a curse:
if Switters's feet ever touch the ground, he will be struck dead
instantly. So Switters spends the rest of the novel in a wheelchair,
although this in no way slows him down. He returns to Seattle, chases
after his 16-year-old stepsister and numerous art students, then
embarks on a mission to Syria to sell gas masks to Kurds; there, he
beds a nun who even so remains a virgin. In true Robbins style, the
writing throughout is lush and sexy, containing a great deal of witty
social and political commentary." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Satire; Sex; Drugs; Curses; Nuns; United States/Central
Intelligence Agency
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 14 (Mar. 15 2000). Hooper, Brad, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 9 (May 15 2000). Rungren, Lawrence,
reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 105 no. 21 (May 21 2000).
Poniewozik, James, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Literature and Psychology v. 47 no. 3 (2001). Roy, Amy C.,
reviewer [with full text]
Review: The New York Times Book Review (May 21 2000). Poniewozik,
James, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Jitterbug perfume
Personal Author: Robbins, Tom
Publisher: Bantam Bks.
Publication Year: 1984
Pages: 342
Abstract: "Priscilla Partido, a Seattle member of Daughters of the
Daily Special (waitresses with college degrees), gets a beet tossed in
her window; Madame Devalier and V'lu Jackson, New Orleans purveyors of
fine perfume, get a beet too; so do the owners of LeFever Odeurs in
Paris. What does it all mean? . . . The real theme here is
immortality, in the person of Alobar, a 1000-year-old Nordic imp who
sports across the globe (ending up as Einstein's janitor) with the
secrets to olfactory wisdom and eternal life and love. Also at large
is a Leary-esque philanderer, Wiggs Dannyboy, who as founder of an
immortalist sect, the Last Laugh Foundation, accompanies Priscilla on
her quest for happiness and the perfect (beet-based) scent. Robbins is
still in top form, still mixing the lunatic and the thoughtful--or
rather, doing a literary watusi up every page and jitterbugging back
down." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Immortality; Allegories; Satire; Fantasies
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: National Review v. 37 (June 28 1985).
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 89 (Dec. 9 1984).
IN Fiction Catalog
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Title: Prayers for the assassin: a novel
Personal Author: Ferrigno, Robert
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 2006
Pages: 397
ISBN: 0-7432-7289-7, $24.95
Abstract: This novel is set "in the year 2040. The U.S. has been rent
by civil strife and a nuclear attack that leveled New York and
Washington, D.C. The nation is now divided into the Islamic States of
America, whose capital is in Seattle, and the Bible Belt, located in
the South. Young and fearless researcher Sarah Dougan, a moderate
Muslim who frequently chafes at the restrictions placed on women,
discovers that the nuke attacks long blamed on Israel were in fact
carried out by a fanatical Muslim billionaire who intends to take over
the nation by launching an unprecedented attack on the Christian
South. Intending to verify her explosive findings, Sarah must go into
hiding, where she is joined by her lover, former elite Muslim warrior
Rakkim Epps. The two zigzag their way across an unrecognizable U.S.,
dogged by a psychopathic rogue assassin named Darwin." (Booklist)
"Ferrigno raises important questions about religious freedom while
handling the subject of Islamic faith with great insight and
evenhandedness. If the plot sometimes overwhelms character
development, he still allows his creations to air their own opinions
without moralizing. In sum: a fast-paced thriller with timely appeal."
(Bookmarks Magazine)
Subject(s): Future; Terrorism; Islam; Suspense novels; Conspiracies
Review: Booklist v. 102 no. 7 (Dec. 1 2005). Wilkinson, Joanne,
reviewer
Review: New York Times (Late New York Edition) (Feb. 16 2006). Maslin,
Janet, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Maclean's v. 119 no. 9 (Feb. 27 2006). Steyn, Mark, reviewer
Review: Reason v. 38 no. 5 (Oct. 2006). Weigel, David, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Company
Personal Author: Barry, Max
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Year: 2006
Pages: 338
ISBN: 0-385-51439-5, $22.95
Abstract: The setting is the Seattle corporate headquarters of Zephyr
Holdings. . . . [Stephen] Jones wonders why his salary has been hidden
within the budget for office expenses ('I'm copy paper?') just because
he arrived in the midst of a hiring freeze. And he begins to wonder
why Zephyr, though a hive of activity, seems to have no real customers
and no real work to do." (N Y Times (Late N Y Ed))
"As bitter as break-room coffee, the novel eviscerates demeaning
modern management techniques that treat workers as 'headcounts.'
Though Barry's primary target is corporate dehumanization, he's at his
funniest lampooning the suits that tread the stage, consumed by the
sound and fury of office politics that signify nothing." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Business; Satire
Review: New York Times (Late New York Edition) (Feb. 6 2006). Maslin,
Janet, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 111 no. 8 (Feb. 19 2006).
Coupland, Douglas, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Economist v. 378 (Mar. 11 2006) [with excerpt]
Review: Weekly Standard v. 11 no. 22 (Feb. 20 2006). Bunch, Sunny,
reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Every fear
Personal Author: Mofina, Rick
Publisher: Pinnacle Books/Kensington Pub.
Publication Year: 2006
Pages: 381
ISBN: 0-7860-1746-5 (paperback), $6.99
Abstract: This novel begins with a "baby's kidnapping and his mother's
near-fatal hit-and-run. . . . Seattle Mirror reporter Jason Wade is on
the story--pressured by an unscrupulous editor to get the story, even
embellish it, if necessary. . . . Despite his digging, Jason can't
find out why the hardworking, nice couple who were high school
sweethearts were targeted. As the case becomes more bizarre, Jason
draws on all his journalistic skills. An unusual break comes from his
father, with whom Jason hasn't always had the best relationship. A
recovering alcoholic and a former cop, his father also is trying to
reinvent himself as a private detective. Mofina shows his strength at
creating gripping plots enhanced by realistic characters and social
awareness." (PopMatters)
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Spook: a nameless detective novel
Personal Author: Pronzini, Bill
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pubs.
Publication Year: 2003
Pages: 233
ISBN: 0-7867-1086-1, $25
Abstract: "The case seems simple enough. Spook, a homeless street
person, becomes a fixture at a local business; its employees provide
assistance as needed for the obviously mentally disturbed individual.
He is murdered in an especially heinous assault. His unofficial
'family' wants San Francisco private investigator 'Nameless' to learn
his real identity. Nameless hands the case over to his newly hired
field operative, Jake Runyon, a former Seattle cop. . . . A
fascinating entry in a series that continues to redefine noir fiction
even as it honors its roots." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives,
Private
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 128 no. 1 (Jan. 2003).
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Birds of prey: a novel of suspense
Personal Author: Jance, Judith A.
Publisher: Morrow
Publication Year: 2001
Pages: 390
ISBN: 0-380-97407-X
Abstract: "Retired Seattle cop J. P. Beaumont accompanies his
newlywed, eightysomething grandmother and her crusty hubby, Lars
Jenssen, on an Alaskan cruise to act as a chaperone of sorts. The
jaded protagonist is inadvertently forced to masquerade as an FBI
agent when Dr. Harrison Featherman's shrill blonde wife Margaret is
tossed overboard, and the crime is captured on ship security cameras."
(Libr J)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 97 no. 11 (Feb. 1 2001). Ott, Bill, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Breach of duty: a J.P. Beaumont mystery
Personal Author: Jance, Judith A.
Publisher: Avon Bks.
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 343
ISBN: 0-380-97406-1
Abstract: In this J.P. Beaumont "mystery, the sensitive Seattle police
detective, a recovering alcoholic, juggles several mysteries,
including the arson-induced death of an older woman and a series of
crimes related to the stolen bones of a Native American shaman.
Meanwhile, partner Sue Danielson is hounded by her ex-husband, and all
three 'cases' move to violent conclusions almost simultaneously." (Libr
J)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Lying in wait: a J.P. Beaumont mystery
Personal Author: Jance, Judith A.
Publisher: Morrow
Publication Year: 1994
Pages: 303
Abstract: Police detective J.P. Beaumont "tackles a case with its
origins in the Nazi death camps of World War II. When not one but two
grisly torture-murder victims are discovered in the Seattle area, Beau
and his new partner, Sue Danielson, are called in to investigate. Much
to Beau's surprise, he finds that one of the victims was married to a
former high school classmate, Else Didricksen." (Booklist)
"Beau and Sue probe Else's high school romance, the missing accident
victim and the Nazi connection before they come up with the killer in
this red hot, fast-paced story." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Summer Island: a novel
Personal Author: Hannah, Kristin
Publisher: Crown
Publication Year: 2001
Pages: 319
ISBN: 0-609-60737-5, $21
Abstract: "When Ruby was 16, her mother, Nora, walked out on her
family, and Ruby has never forgiven her. Nora has become a famous
national advice guru based in Seattle, and when the press finds out
about an affair she had while still married, her career is thrown into
turmoil by the scandal. Ruby, an unemployed comedian, has a chance to
make some money by writing an article about her now-famous mother,
whom she hasn't spoken to in 10 years, and when Nora is injured in a
car accident, Ruby breaks her silence and decides to take care of her
mostly as an aid to her writing project. . . . Hannah has written a
wonderful mother/daughter story that highlights the individuality of
each strong woman and shines hope on fractured relationships."
(Booklist)
Subject(s): Comedians; Mothers and daughters; Love stories;
California/Los Angeles; Washington (State)/20th century; Traffic
accidents
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 97 no. 9/10 (Jan. 1-15 2001). Engelmann, Patty,
reviewer
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 126 no. 3 (Feb. 15 2001). Hanes,
Margaret, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Blackout
Personal Author: Nance, John J.
Publisher: Putnam
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 435
ISBN: 0-399-14594-X, $23.95
Abstract: "From the jungles of Vietnam to the forests around Seattle
and on several harrowing plane trips in between, FBI Agent Kat Bronsky
and Washington Post reporter Robert MacCabe investigate why American
jumbo jets are falling out of the sky. All the crashes have striking
similarities: pilots were either killed or left blind by bright
flashes that exploded just in front of the cockpit while the planes
were in midair. Equally confusing is the appearance, then
disappearance, of a corporate jet in the vicinity of all the crashes."
(Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Airplane accidents; Journalists; Terrorism; Suspense
novels; United States/Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 9-10 (Jan. 1-15 2000). Taylor, Gilbert,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 2 (Feb. 1 2000). Terpening, Ronnie
H., reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 46 no. 7 (July 2000). Short, Anita,
reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Skeleton dance: a novel
Personal Author: Elkins, Aaron J.
Publisher: Morrow
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 246
ISBN: 0-688-15928-1, $23
Abstract: "Celebrated Seattle 'skeleton detective' Gideon Oliver
travels to the quaint French village of Les Eyzies to aid police in
the identification of some human bones. At first, the bones were
thought to be prehistoric fossils, common enough in a town famous for
its Paleolithic caves and the world-class Institut de Prehistoire. But
closer examination reveals the deceased to have been murdered sometime
within the past five years, possibly by someone linked to the
institute." (Publ Wkly)
"But for all the breezy humor, the satirical treatment of squabbling
scientists respectfully illuminates their fascinating work, and in the
end it is the scholarship that dazzles." (N Y Times Book Rev)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/France; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 14 (Mar. 15 2000). Needham, George,
reviewer
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 4 (Mar. 15 2000). Braun, Susan Gene
Clifford, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 105 no. 14 (Apr. 2 2000).
Stasio, Marilyn, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Fiction Catalog
^ TOP Title: East of the mountains
Personal Author: Guterson, David
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co.
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0-15-100229-0, $25
Abstract: This is the "story of one Ben Givens, a retired Seattle
heart surgeon and widower who is dying of colon cancer. As the novel
opens, Ben arises, depressed, after a sleepless night. . . . Ben is so
depressed that he has decided to kill himself, and he wants to make it
appear accidental; he will die while bird hunting in the dry eastern
Washington canyons of his youth. With a surgeon's meticulousness, he
sets out early with his dogs in his Scout and a cup of steaming lemon
tea in hand." (N Y Times Book Rev)
"Guterson draws compelling characters and creates a haunting sense of
place and of humankind's paradoxical relationship with the natural
world." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Suicide; Cancer; Washington (State)/20th century;
Widowers; Philosophical novels; Dogs; Hunting
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 95 no. 9-10 (Jan. 1-15 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 124 no. 3 (Feb. 15 1999).
Review: The Antioch Review v. 58 no. 1 (Wint 2000).
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) v. 91 no. 112
(May 6 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: The Economist v. 351 no. 8124 (June 19 1999).
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 no. 19 (May 9 1999).
[with excerpt]
Review: The New Yorker v. 75 no. 11 (May 17 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 5019 (June 11 1999).
Review: Time v. 153 no. 16 (Apr. 26 1999). [with excerpt]
Review: Gentlemen's Quarterly v. 69 no. 5 (May 1999).
Review: New York v. 32 no. 14 (Apr. 12 1999).
Review: Newsweek v. 133 no. 16 (Apr. 19 1999). [with full text]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 (May 9 1999).
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Total control
Personal Author: Baldacci, David
Publisher: Warner Bks.
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 520
Abstract: "Sidney Archer is devastated when she hears that the plane
carrying her husband to Los Angeles has crashed. But her nightmare
begins when she learns he'd traded identities and flown to Seattle
instead. Evidence suggests that Jason Archer was selling corporate
secrets to a high-tech rival. Soon Sidney herself is caught in a web
of intrigue as wealthy men vie for more power and money." (Libr J)
Subject(s): Widows; Business/Unscrupulous methods; Suspense novels;
Conspiracies; Women lawyers
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Cloud chamber: a novel
Personal Author: Dorris, Michael
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 316
ISBN: 0-684-81567-2
Abstract: Dorris's "first novel, 'A Yellow Raft in Blue Water,' traced
the experiences of three generations of modern American Indian women.
'Cloud Chamber' stretches back farther still, to the 19th-century
Irish immigrants whose descendants eventually fall in love with some
of the black and Indian characters in that earlier book. . . . It
tells the stories of five generations who live in Ireland, Kentucky
and Seattle and on a Montana reservation." (N Y Times Book Rev)
"Though not unflawed--a few voices sound confusingly similar and a few
characters are more types than people--this is a compellingly readable
and emotionally satisfying novel, full of secrets and surprises."
(Booklist)
Subject(s): Irish Americans; Family chronicles; Women
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 93 (Oct. 15 1996). Cart, Michael, reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 121 (Nov. 15 1996). Smith, Starr E.,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review (Feb. 9 1997). Sayers, Valerie,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 4911 (May 16 1997).
Bradfield, Scott, reviewer
Review: Time v. 149 (Feb. 17 1997). Skow, John, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 102 (Feb. 9 1997). Sayers,
Valerie, reviewer
Review: U.S. Catholic v. 62 (May 1997). McCormick, Patrick T.,
reviewer [with full text]
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Flood tide: a novel
Personal Author: Cussler, Clive
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 511
ISBN: 0-684-80298-8
Abstract: In this thriller, Dirk Pitt and "his sidekick, Al Giordino,
are out to catch a Chinese shipping magnate who smuggles illegal
Chinese immigrants into countries around the world to be worked as
indentured slaves. On a lake near Seattle, Pitt stumbles across Qin
Shang's heavily guarded compound. Pitt is the special projects
director for the National Underwater & Marine Agency. . . . Searching
the lake with a robotic observation device, Pitt finds heaps of
mass-executed Chinese bodies. He then rescues a dozen still-living
captives, including beautiful Immigration and Naturalization Service
agent Julia Lee." (Publ Wkly)
Subject(s): Suspense novels; Conspiracies; Smuggling; Undocumented
aliens
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Far Eastern Economic Review v. 160 (Dec. 18 1997). Cohn, Don,
reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog Title: Flesh wounds
Personal Author: Greenleaf, Stephen
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 1996
Pages: 318
ISBN: 0-684-81583-4
Abstract: Private eye John Marshall Tanner "gives himself the
masochistic pleasure of going to Seattle to do a job for an old flame.
Although Tanner is still in love with this woman, he agrees to search
for her fiance's missing daughter, a stunning figure model who has run
afoul of an exploitative photographer described as 'a carnivore.'. . .
He discovers the city's richer, darker colors when he traces the
photographer's previous victims to the sex clubs and prostitutes' turf
where they ended up after appearing in a pernicious new line of
pornography using advanced digital technology." (N Y Times Book Rev)
"The Tanner series continues to be among the most emotionally and
intellectually challenging in the genre." (Booklist)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
IN Fiction Catalog Title: The bookman's wake: a
mystery with Cliff Janeway
Personal Author: Dunning, John
Marc Marc (FIC) Marc2HWW
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 1995
Pages: 351
ISBN: 0-684-80003-9
Abstract: "Unexpected danger and chilling intrigue attend a Denver
bookstore owner's trip to Seattle for the purpose of escorting a
purported book thief to jail. Ex-cop Cliff Janeway . . . agrees to act
as bounty hunter because of his interest in rare books; he soon
realizes, however, that his employer has a hidden agenda involving the
years-ago murder of two brothers who were owners of a publishing
company known for its limited editions." (Libr J)
The author "can't resist writing lengthy, luxurious passages about the
craftsmanship of the great print men. Strictly speaking, these
eloquent lectures on the art of the printer and the beauty of the book
get in the way of the action; but that shouldn't bother anyone who
loves books--and their covers." (N Y Times Book Rev)
Subject(s): Mystery and detective stories/United States; Detectives
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 91 (Apr. 1 1995). Melton, Emily, reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 120 (Mar. 1 1995). Klett, Rex E., reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review (May 7 1995). Stasio, Marilyn,
reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Fiction Catalog Title: A killing in Moscow
Personal Author: Egleton, Clive
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 1994
Pages: 346
Abstract: British agent Peter Ashton is "sent to the Moscow embassy to
appraise the local security efforts, he gets caught up in the
investigation of the murder of a British subject. Puzzled by
contradictions in the evidence, he enlists the help of a minor Russian
functionary, a woman who is beaten and tortured for what she may know.
Soon, the trail leads to Seattle and Serbia, where international
commerce has been put to corrupt ends. Egleton is never fanciful but
always imaginative, and his latest novel is densely plotted and
peopled with full and convincing characters." (Libr J)
Subject(s): British/Russia; Suspense novels; Spies; Secret service;
Russia/Moscow; Conspiracies; Murder stories
Dewey Decimal Classification: Fic
Review: Booklist v. 90 (Aug. 1994). [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 119 (July 1994). [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review (Aug. 28 1994).
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