Twelve Sharp:
by Janet Evanovich
Published 2006 by St. Martin's Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0312349483

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America's favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, is back in her 12th adventure, plagued by a mysterious female stalker who turns out to have a close connection to Ranger.

REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 05/22/2006

The mixture of slapstick and gunplay that has put Evanovich's series about a sassy, less than competent New Jersey bounty hunter at the top of bestseller lists once again works its magic in Stephanie Plum's latest caper (after 2005'sEleven on Top ). Stephanie, who freely admits her failings as a hunter of fugitives, faces a growing work backlog that threatens the continued existence of her job. Her clumsy efforts to clear some cases, along with the help of her outrageous colleague, Lula, result only in their adding another sad sack to the office payroll-a forlorn shoe salesman who's talked off a ledge by Stephanie's offer of a position as file clerk. Stephanie's ambivalence toward the two men in her life becomes harder to maintain when one of them, the mysterious Ranger, is accused of kidnapping his own daughter. Countless over-the-top scenes, including one at a funeral parlor, will delight longtime fans.1.25 million first printing; author tour. (One-day laydown June 20)

Coming Out
by Danielle Steel
Published 2006 by Delacorte Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0385338325

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With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be nothing Olympia can't handle . . . until one sunny day in May when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York.

REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 04/24/2006

In her 67th novel (following May'sThe House ) bestselling author Steel (more than 530 million copies sold) fashions a plot around a single event: an invitation to a debutante ball in New York City. Attorney Olympia Crawford Rubinstein manages to juggle a challenging full-time job; a loving relationship with her second husband, Harry (an appeals court judge who is her former law professor); the care of their five-year-old son, Max, and her three older children from a previous marriage. Olympia's first husband, Chauncey, is a stereotypical, upper-class snob, with no job but a passion for playing polo. Harry, son of Holocaust survivors, champions liberal causes. When Olympia's teenage twin daughters, Veronica and Virginia, are invited to an exclusive "coming out" ball, everyone's lives are thrown into turmoil. Most of the book revolves around the arguments and disagreements spurred by the invitation, and Steel appears overly didactic as she tries to pump life into the simplistic setup: Olympia's Jewish mother-in-law, Afro-American law partner and gay older son are trotted out like polo ponies at auction. Steel's métier is glamour and romance; her attempt to deal with social injustice falls flat.(July)

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
by Fannie Flagg
Published 2006 by Random House

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 1400061261

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In the tradition of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" and "Standing in the Rainbow," beloved novelist Fannie Flagg returns with a fulllength novel about the mystery surrounding a woman's peculiar experience in the afterlife.

Judge & Jury
by James Patterson
Published 2006 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0316013935

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Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss "The Electrician," when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror #11 in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Everybody is on edgeNo one has ever crossed the man whose orders have made entire families disappear.Though Cavello's influence extends across blue uniforms and black robes, the case should be open and shut. But the legal system fails.