The Books are Coming! The Books are Coming!

You may have seen an e mail from me recently with the same title as above. Hopefully, you have even received some new materials at your branch already. If you haven’t you will be getting shiny new things any day now. Since we are ordering again, it seems like a good time to begin making contributions to the JPL Blog. We will try to keep it light and interesting—we save the heavy, uninteresting stuff for e mail! For this first entry I wanted to highlight a few new titles that we have sent off as orders. You may have heard about them and will want to keep an eye out for them when they show up at your branch.

The latest from Patricia Cornwell in the Kay Scarpetta series is easy enough to remember, it’s called Scarpetta.



Booklist Review:
Twenty years after launching the Kay Scarpetta series, Cornwell returns to form (the last few entries have been disappointing) in this thoroughly contemporary, high-impact outing. Though she lives and works in South Carolina, medical examiner Scarpetta is asked for by name by a man being accused of murder in Manhattan. He says he won t let anyone else examine him for DNA evidence except Dr. Scarpetta, who is nationally known after making numerous appearances on CNN. Normally Scarpetta wouldn’t abide such an odd request, but her forensic psychologist husband, Benton Wesley, convinces her after evaluating the accused himself. Despite having the victim’s DNA all over him, Oscar Bane insists he did not commit the murder and insists to Scarpetta and to anyone else who will listen that he is being electronically monitored by someone or something and implores them to watch their backs. Initially, Bane seems to be just another paranoid criminal, but evidence emerges to show he just might be on to something. All the while, Scarpetta herself deals with electronic scrutiny of a sort when an anonymous online gossip columnist reveals horrible secrets from her past. Can she convince her colleagues to listen to Bane’s warnings before it’s too late? The blend of forensic investigation and high-tech intrigue will please Scarpetta’s legions of fans. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews.


There are also a number of new titles, both serious and definitely not serious, on order on the topic of women in the political spotlight. Look for two on Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader and Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles (the not so serious), a biography of Michelle Obama titled Michelle, and Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street by Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK prime minister Tony Blair.



Be on the lookout for these new titles and a lot more—coming to a branch near you. Also stay tuned for further Collection Development contributions to the JPL Blog.

The Books are Coming! The Books are Coming!

You may have seen an e mail from me recently with the same title as above. Hopefully, you have even received some new materials at your branch already. If you haven’t you will be getting shiny new things any day now. Since we are ordering again, it seems like a good time to begin making contributions to the JPL Blog. We will try to keep it light and interesting—we save the heavy, uninteresting stuff for e mail! For this first entry I wanted to highlight a few new titles that we have sent off as orders. You may have heard about them and will want to keep an eye out for them when they show up at your branch.

The latest from Patricia Cornwell in the Kay Scarpetta series is easy enough to remember, it’s called Scarpetta.



Booklist Review:
Twenty years after launching the Kay Scarpetta series, Cornwell returns to form (the last few entries have been disappointing) in this thoroughly contemporary, high-impact outing. Though she lives and works in South Carolina, medical examiner Scarpetta is asked for by name by a man being accused of murder in Manhattan. He says he won t let anyone else examine him for DNA evidence except Dr. Scarpetta, who is nationally known after making numerous appearances on CNN. Normally Scarpetta wouldn’t abide such an odd request, but her forensic psychologist husband, Benton Wesley, convinces her after evaluating the accused himself. Despite having the victim’s DNA all over him, Oscar Bane insists he did not commit the murder and insists to Scarpetta and to anyone else who will listen that he is being electronically monitored by someone or something and implores them to watch their backs. Initially, Bane seems to be just another paranoid criminal, but evidence emerges to show he just might be on to something. All the while, Scarpetta herself deals with electronic scrutiny of a sort when an anonymous online gossip columnist reveals horrible secrets from her past. Can she convince her colleagues to listen to Bane’s warnings before it’s too late? The blend of forensic investigation and high-tech intrigue will please Scarpetta’s legions of fans. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews.


There are also a number of new titles, both serious and definitely not serious, on order on the topic of women in the political spotlight. Look for two on Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader and Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles (the not so serious), a biography of Michelle Obama titled Michelle and Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street by Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK prime minister Tony Blair.



Be on the lookout for these new titles and a lot more—coming to a branch near you. Also stay tuned for further Collection Development contributions to the JPL Blog.