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Abandoned : a thriller
McFadyen, Cody.
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Investigating the works of a serial killer for hire who kills wives and effectively hides all evidence until the cases are closed, FBI Special Agent Smoky Barrett and her team fight to crack his operation and discover that he may be targeting Smoky.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MCF

American on purpose : the improbable adventures of an unlikely patriot
Ferguson, Craig, 1962-
New York : Harper, c2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 791.4502 FER

Angel time : a novel
Rice, Anne, 1941-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC RIC

Animal magnetism : my life with creatures great and small
Brown, Rita Mae.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 636 BRO

Black Friday : a Maggie O'Dell novel
Kava, Alex.
Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2009.
Maggie O'Dell leads an investigation into the bombing of the nation's largest shopping center, uncovering paranoia, racism and a sinister secret agenda that extends to the highest ranks of a white-collar lobby group. As retailers count down to Christmas Eve, Maggie knows that infiltration is the only option--even though the cost could be huge.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC KAV 

A blue and gray Christmas
Medlicott, Joan A. (Joan Avna).
New York : Pocket Books, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MED

Brangelina
Halperin, Ian.
New York : Transit Pub., c2009.
The superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their Hollywood spin-machine handlers have successfully manipulated the public into believing a glamorous fairytale that bears little resemblance to the reality of the pair's life together.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 921 PIT

Breaking the rules
Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
When a psychopath with deadly intent vows to shatter M's world forever, the muse and star model to France's iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont will break the rules to protect her family and her life.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC BRA

Breathless : a novel
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
When Colorado carpenter Gary Adams spots two mysterious creatures in the woods near his house, he calls on his friend, veterinarian Cammy Rivers for advice. But like Gary, Cammy has never seen an animal resembling this beautiful species. But when the Department of Homeland Security puts a call out for Gary and Cammy because of these animals, the two risk everything to protect the innocent creatures.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC KOO

Cat striking back : a Joe Grey mystery
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau.
New York : William Morrow, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MUR

The Christmas clock : a novel
Martin, Kat.
New York : Vanguard Pr., c2009.
"Teddy Williams was eight years old that Christmas, too young to understand all the undercurrents swirling around him in the tiny Michigan town of Dreyerville. He wasn't able to value that Christmas for the miracle it truly was. Teddy only knew he wanted to buy the beautiful Victorian clock in the window of Tremont's Antiques as a gift for his grandmother, Lottie Sparks, a woman desperate to find him a home before her rapidly progressing Alzheimer's left him an orphan. Teddy didn't know that in trying to buy the clock he would meet Sylvia Winters and Joe Dixon, a couple, once in love, desperate to overcome the past. He didn't know he would form a friendship with his neighbors, Floyd and Doris Culver, two people struggling to revive their long-dead marriage. He didn't know that these people would fill his Christmas with magic and hope; that the love of his friends would change his world, and that he would forever change theirs."--dust cover flap.
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The Christmas cookie club : a novel
Pearlman, Ann, 1941-
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC PEA

A Christmas promise : a novel
Perry, Anne.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London's East End, thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps and eight-year-old Minnie Maude Mudway join together in a search for Charlie, the donkey who belonged to Minnie Maude's Uncle Alf. Gracie is shocked to learn that only the day before, someone brutally murdered Uncle Alf and made off with his rag-and-bones cart and the beloved beast who pulled it.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC PER

The comfort table : recipes for everyday occasions
Lee, Katie, 1981-
New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 641.5973 LEE

A Creed country Christmas
Miller, Linda Lael.
Don Mills, Ont. : HQN Books, c2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MIL

Divine misdemeanors : a novel
Hamilton, Laurell K.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye and princess of faerie, determined to get to the bottom of the case even if means going up against Gilda, the Fairy Godmother. But even stranger things are happening. Mortals Gentry once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/ faerie relations.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC HAM

Evidence : an Alex Delaware novel
Kellerman, Jonathan.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware expose the shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles as they investigate the gruesome death of a young couple-murdered in flagrante--the man identified as a notorious womanizer and eco-friendly architect, the woman unidentified--in this unforgettable tale spiced with eco-terrorism, arson, blackmail, conspiracy, and a vendetta that runs deep.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC KEL

Foolproof
D'Amato, Barbara.
New York : Forge, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC DAM

Ford County : stories
Grisham, John.
New York : Doubleday, 2009.
John Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his immensely popular first novel, "A Time to Kill," with this wholly surprising collection of stories.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC GRI

The gift : a novel
Ahern, Cecelia, 1981-
New York : Harper, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC AHE

The good soldiers
Finkel, David, 1955-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 956.7044 FIN

Half broke horses : a true-life novel
Walls, Jeannette.
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC WAL

The help
Stockett, Kathryn.
New York : Amy Einhorn Books, c2009.
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC STO

Home in time for Christmas
Graham, Heather.
Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, 2009.
When she rescues a man claiming to be a patriot soldier, sentenced to death by British authorities, Melody Tarleton takes the stranger to her parent's house where a little Christmas magic, some enchanted petals, and ancient potions take them on an unimaginable adventure.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC GRA

Hothouse orchid
Woods, Stuart.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC WOO

House of reckoning : a novel
Saul, John.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Left in the cold care of a loveless foster family and alienated at school, Sarah Crane finds a kindred spirit in classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient still plagued by voices and visions. And in eccentric art instructor Bettina Phillips who is eager to mentor Sarah's artistic talent. But within the walls of Bettina's ancestral home, Sarah finds something altogether different and disturbing--a gateway from the grave into the world of the living that she and Nick will use to take control of their lives and to exact revenge.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC SAU

I, Alex Cross : a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC PAT

The lacuna : a novel
Kingsolver, Barbara.
New York : Harper, 2009.
"The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC KIN

Locked in
Muller, Marcia.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
"After being shot in the head, Sharon McCone suffers from locked-in syndrome, which involves almost total paralysis but an alert conscious mind. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted"--Provided by publisher.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MUL

Make it fast, cook it slow : the big book of everyday slow cooking
O'Dea, Stephanie.
New York : Hyperion ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 641.5884 ODE

Makers
Doctorow, Cory.
New York : Tor, 2009.
What happens to America when two geeks working from a garage invent easy 3D printing, a cure for obesity, and crowd-sourced theme parks? Lawsuits against Disney are only the beginning in this major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America in the age of open source and its hero/hacker culture.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC DOC

The monster in the box : an Inspector Wexford novel
Rendell, Ruth, 1930-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC REN

Nanny returns : a novel
McLaughlin, Emma.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MCL

Necessary as blood
Crombie, Deborah.
New York : William Morrow & Co., 2009.
The disappearance of a young mother, the murder of her Pakistani husband, and a child's life in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End--a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide--to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC CRO

Nine dragons : a novel
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC CON

No less than victory : a novel of World War II
Shaara, Jeff, 1952-
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest. As American commanders respond to the stunning challenge, the German spear is finally blunted.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC SHA

Once in a blue moon
Goudge, Eileen.
New York : Vanguard Press, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC GOU

The Paris vendetta : a novel
Berry, Steve, 1955-
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. But narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally- -an American Secret Service agent--and help him stop the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for the legendary lost treasure of Napoleon Bonaparte can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC BER

Pirate latitudes : a novel
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad," guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC CRI

Plum pudding murder
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
New York : Kensington Pub. Corp., c2009.
Rumour has it that "Lunatic Larry" Jaeger is in the red--an idea that takes a sinister turn when Hannah discovers the man himself dead as a doornail in his own office. It seems quite a few people would have liked to fill Larry's stocking with coal and then bash him with it. With so many suspects to investigate and the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah's running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn't want her to see the New Year.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC FLU

Pursuit of honor : a novel
Flynn, Vince.
New York : Atria Books, c2009.
Mitch Rapp comes up against a new and deadly enemy when he is unofficially ordered to find three terrorists by any means necessary. They've attacked Washington D.C., killing 185 and wounding hundreds. So far, however, his investigation has been painfully complicated and has yet to yield a single solid lead--and the last thing Rapp expected was to be in New York City to decide the fate of a man that could be his cover.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC FLY

Rainwater : a novel
Brown, Sandra, 1948-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty around her.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC BRO

The Scarpetta factor
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC COR

Southern lights : a novel
Steel, Danielle.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC STE

That holiday feeling
Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2009.
Silver Bells : Those Manning men and Manning sisters come home for a mistletoe marriage when a single dad finally says, 'I do." The Perfect Holiday : Will bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime? He sure will...if Savannah Holiday's aunt Mae has anything to do with it. Under the Christmas tree : When the folks of Virgin River discover a box of adorable puppies under the town's Christmas tree they call on local vet Nathaniel Jensen for help. But it's his budding romance with Annie McCarty that really has tongues-and tails-wagging!"--p.[4] of cover.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC THA

Time travelers never die
McDevitt, Jack.
New York : Ace Books, 2009.
Shel and his friend Dave journey through time in search of Shel's missing physicist-father, but make a devastating discovery that changes their lives forever when Shel violates their agreement not to visit the future.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MCD

Too many murders : a Carmine Delmonico novel
McCullough, Colleen, 1937-
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
On a beautiful spring day in the little city of Holloman, Connecticut, home to prestigious Chubb University and armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Captain Carmine Delmonico has more pressing concerns than finding a name for his infant son: twelve murders have taken place in one day, and Delmonico is drawn into a gruesome web of secrets and lies.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MCC

Too much happiness : stories
Munro, Alice.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MUN

Too much money : a novel
Dunne, Dominick.
New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC DUN

A touch of dead : Sookie Stackhouse, the complete stories
Harris, Charlaine.
New York : Ace Books, 2009.
A collection of every short story featuring Sookie Stackhouse, the telepathic waitress heroine of the best-selling Southern Vampire novels.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC HAR

U is for undertow
Grafton, Sue.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC GRA

Unclutter your life in one week
Doland, Erin Rooney.
New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.
Belchertown Nonfiction - 648 DOL

Under the dome
King, Stephen, 1947-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC KIN

The vintage caper
Mayle, Peter.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC MAY

Wishin' and hopin' : a Christmas story
Lamb, Wally.
New York : Harper, 2009.
"Set in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, the story of fifth grader Felix Funicello in the months leading up to Christmas 1964"-- Provided by publisher.
Belchertown Fiction - FIC LAM

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