Following is a list of new audio books recently added to the Broward County Library collection. Titles are presented alphabetically, by author. All titles are in CD format.
Alcott, Kate: The dressmaker
Tess is the personal maid of the famous designer Lady Lucille Duff Gordon, and both of them are among the survivors of the Titanic’s sinking along with witnesses of Lady Gordon’s questionable behavior during the crisis: Fic
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Alford, Mimi: Once upon a secret
“The story of my affair with President Kennedy and its aftermath”. In 1962, White House intern Mimi Beardsley began an 18 month long affair with the President, an affair that remained secret until a Kennedy biographer broke the story in 2003: 973.922092 AL
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Amen, Daniel: Use your brain to change your age
“Secrets to look, feel, and think younger every day”. 10 simple steps to keep your brain healthy and active: 613 AM
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Baldacci, David: The innocent
Will Robie, a hitman for the US government walks away from an assigned target and goes on the run; he meets a 14 year old girl, a runaway from a foster home whose parents were murdered in what Robie comes to believe is a vast coverup: Fic
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Berenson, Alex: The shadow patrol
6th & latest thriller featuring maverick CIA agent John Wells: Fic
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Birdsall, Jeanne: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
3rd and latest in the kids’ series: J Fic
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Black, Holly: Red glove
2nd in the Curse workers young adult fantasy series: YA Fic
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Bond, Stephanie: Baby, drive South
1st in the Southern roads romance series: Fic
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Boo, Katherine: Behind the beautiful forevers
“Life, death and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, the story of families trying to make lives for themselves in one of India’s largest cities, based on 3 years of reporting from the field: 305.569095 BO
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Bradford, Barbara Taylor: Letter from a stranger
Justine, a documentary film maker, believes her beloved grandmother died a decade ago; when she accidentally opens a letter addressed to her mother, she learns that not only is her grandmother still alive but her mother had been keeping that news from the family; her search for her grandmother takes her to Istanbul and back in time to WWII: Fic
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Brady, Diane: Fraternity
In 1968, a professor at the College of the Holy Cross recruited 20 African-American students to enter his school, many of whom went on to successful careers, such as Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Pulitzer Prize winner, and a defense attorney; this book follows the lives and careers of 5 of those students: 378 BR
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Card, Orson Scott: Shadows in flight
5th & latest in the Shadow saga science fiction series: Fic
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Clark, Carol Higgins: Gypped
15th & latest mystery featuring LA private investigator Regan Reilly: Fic
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Cremer, Andrea: Wolfsbane
2nd in the Nightshade young adult paranormal fantasy series: YA Fic
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Cussler, Clive: The thief
5th & latest historical mystery featuring private investigator Isaac Bell in early 20th Century America: Fic
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Englander, Nathan: What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank
8 new stories from the novelist and short-story writer: Fic
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Eugenides, Jeffrey: The marriage plot
The story of a romantic triangle in the early 1980s: Fic
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Fox, Julia: Sister queens
“The noble, tragic lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile”, the daughters of Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella: 942.052 FO
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Gardner, Lisa: Catch me
6th & latest mystery featuring police detective D D Warren & police sniper Bobby Dodge in Boston MA: Fic
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Garrison, Paul: Robert Ludlum’s The Janson command
Continuation of Ludlum’s thriller series featuring former assassin Paul Janson: Fic
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George, Alex: A good American
A four-generation family saga, beginning with a couple’s flight from Germany in 1904: Fic
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Giff, Patricia Reilly: R my name is Rachel
The Great Depression forces 12 year old Rachel, her father, and her younger brother and sister to leave New York City for the country where their father was supposed to have a job; he eventually finds work in Canada, which takes him away from his kids for long periods of time; letters between Rachel and her best friend back in New York, the woman who owned the local flower shop, keep Rachel going: J Fic
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Gravano, Karen: Mob daughter (abridged)
“The Mafia, Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, and me”, from the daughter of a killer who confessed to 19 murders: 364.1092 GR
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Green, Jane: Another piece of my heart
In the 5 years since their marriage, Andi has tried to make a life with her new husband and his two daughters despite teen daughter Emily’s resentment and horrible behavior—read by the author: Fic
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Griffin, W E B: Covert warriors
7th & latest in the Presidential agent thriller series: Fic
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Grisham, John: Calico Joe
The son of a minor league pitcher looks back on his life and what happened after his father deliberately threw a ball at the head of a promising rookie pitcher on another team: Fic
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Gupta, Sanjay: Monday mornings
The first novel from the neurosurgeon and CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent: Fic
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Harris, Robert: The fear index
Research physicist Alex Hoffman worked for CERN until a nervous breakdown; since then he’s invented a supercomputer that is programmed to learn and make decisions on its own, which he uses to run a hedge fund based on the world’s fears; after Hoffman and a colleague begin lining up wealthy investors things start going wrong, but that might be all in Hoffman’s mind—is he going crazy or is someone trying to make everyone else think that’s what’s happening?—but he tracks down and kills someone he thinks was trying to kill him anyway: Fic
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Harrison, Kim: A perfect blood
10th & latest in the Rachel Morgan/Hollows urban paranormal fantasy series: Fic
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Hawley, Noah: The good father
Psychological thriller about how the son of a divorced rheumatologist became a political assassin, told by the father and the son: Fic
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Hunter, Stephen: Soft target
2nd & latest thriller featuring former Marine sniper Ray Cruz: Fic
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Jakes, T D: Let it go (abridged)
“Forgive so you can be forgiven”. The latest from the best-selling author and senior pastor of the Potter’s House, read by the author: 234.5 JA
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James, P D: Death comes to Pemberley
The best-selling mystery writer has written a sequel where mystery comes to Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, 6 years after Jane Austen’s Pride & prejudice: Fic
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Jance, Judith: Left for dead
7th & latest mystery featuring newscaster turned blogger Ali Reynolds, in Sedona AZ: Fic
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Kate, Lauren: Passion
3rd in the Fallen young adult paranormal fantasy series: YA Fic
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Kellerman, Jonathan: The victims
27th mystery/thriller featuring child psychologist Alex Delaware: Fic
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Klinenberg, Eric: Going solo
“The extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone”, tracing the biggest shift in demographics since the Baby Boom, with more than 50% of the population being unmarried and about 1 out of every 7 adults actually living alone: 306.815097 KL
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King, Stephen: The wind through the keyhole
The latest in the Dark Tower epic fantasy series, including a bonus CD with the author reading from his next novel, Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The shining: Fic
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Kinsella, Sophie: I’ve got your number
On the same day, about to be married Poppy loses both her engagement ring and her cellphone; when she discovers an apparently abandoned cellphone at the hotel where she lost both her items, she gives that phone’s # to the hotel staff so they can contact her; the phone’s real owner, businessman Magnus, wants his phone back and for Poppy to stay out of his life: Fic
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Lamott, Anne: Some assembly required
“A journal of my son’s first son”. The author of Operating instructions—a journal of my son’s first year takes up the story again, with the birth of her first grandchild when her son was only 19: 306.8742 LA
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Landay, William: Defending Jacob
The 14 year old son of an assistant district attorney is charged with the murder of a fellow student: Fic
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Leonard, Elmore: Raylan
3rd mystery/thriller featuring Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, the lead character in “Justified” on Fox TV: Fic
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Leven, Mark: Ameritopia
“The unmaking of America”. The latest from the right-wing commentator: 320.97301 LE
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Look, Lenore: Alvin Ho collection, books 3 & 4
From the popular kids’ series: J Fic
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Macomber, Debbie: One perfect word
“One word can make all the difference”. The best-selling author tells the story of focusing on specific words for a year at a time: 248.4 MA
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Maddow, Rachel: Drift
“The unmooring of America’s military power”, from the MSNBC talk show host: 302.230973 MA
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Margolin, Phillip: Capitol murder
3rd & latest mystery featuring Washington DC private detective Dana Cutler and OR law clerk Brad Miller: Fic
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Martin, George R R: A clash of kings
#2 in the Song of ice and fire epic fantasy series: Fic
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Martin, George R R: A storm of swords
#3 in the Song of ice and fire epic fantasy series: Fic
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Modesitt, L E: Scholar
4th & latest in the Imager portfolio science fiction series: Fic
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Mosley, Walter: All I did was shoot my man
4th & latest mystery featuring ex-boxer turned PI Leonid McGill: Fic
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Pagels, Elaine: Revelations
“Visions, prophecy, and politics in The Book of Revelations”. The best-selling Biblical scholar takes a look at the history and interpretation of the most controversial book in the New Testament: 228.06 PA
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Palmer, Daniel: Helpless
The life of former Navy SEAL turned soccer coach, Tom Hawkins, who is trying to raise his teen daughter after the murder of his ex-wife, is turned upside down after a local girl sends a nude picture of herself to a boy she wants to take her to the prom: Fic
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Palmer, Michael: Oath of office
Lou Welcome lost his medical license due to drug addiction, and now works for the agency that helped him beat his dependence, until the agency in turn suspends Lou when a former client kills 7 patients and staff and then himself; investigating this and other instances of bizarre behavior, Lou finds himself working with the First Lady: Fic
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Paretsky, Sara: Break down
15th & latest mystery featuring Chicago’s own W I Warshawski: Fic
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Parker, T Jefferson: The jaguar
5th & latest mystery featuring Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Charlie Hood: Fic
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Patterson, James: Private--#1 suspect
3rd mystery/thriller featuring Jack Morgan, founder of LA investigative firm “Private”: Fic
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Patterson, James: Private games
4th & latest mystery/thriller featuring Jack Morgan, founder of LA investigative firm “Private”: Fic
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Patterson, Richard North: Fall from grace
Ex-CIA operative Adam Blaine investigates after his estranged father is found dead at the bottom of a seaside cliff, after disinheriting his wife and kids in favor of his movie star girlfriend: Fic
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Pearl, Matthew: The technologists
In 1868, when strange and disastrous events threaten the still-young and growing Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4 students—including the school’s lone female—band together to solve them, prevent further loss of life, and protect their school: Fic
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Riordan, Rick: The son of Neptune
2nd in the Heroes of Olympus kids’ fantasy series: J Fic
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Robb, J D: Celebrity in death
34th & latest near-future Eve Dallas science fiction/mystery series: Fic
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Rosney, Tatiana de: The house I loved
A woman hiding out in the basement of her family home, set to be destroyed during Baron Haussman and Napoleon III’s reconstruction of Paris, looks back on her life and writes letters to her deceased husband: Fic
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Scott, Michael: The warlock
5th in the Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel young adult fantasy series: YA Fic
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Scottoline, Lisa: Come home
Pediatrician Jill Farrow lives with her fiancé and her 13 year old daughter; Abby, the 19 year old stepdaughter of Jill’s ex shows up one night, claiming that William, Jill’s ex, is dead from a possible drug overdose; when Abby later tells Jill that William was actually murdered, Jill decides to investigate even though the police saw no evidence of a crime: Fic
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Sendker, Jan-Philipp: The art of hearing heartbeats
4 years after her blind lawyer father disappeared, Julia and her mother find a copy of an old love letter supposedly written by her father to a poor crippled girl in Burma before WW II; Julia decides to travel there in search of any information about what might have happened to him, and to learn about her father’s past before he moved to the U.S. and met and married her mother: Fic
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Smith, Mark Allen: The inquisitor
Geiger is a modern torturer who is also a human lie detector; he is seeing a psychiatrist because he has severe migraines; one of his few rules is that he will not work on children; when a client brings in a 12 year old boy instead of the boy’s father, who might know the whereabouts of a valuable stolen painting, Geiger attacks the client, rescues the boy, and they go on the lam, but his wealthy and powerful client might have better resources than Geiger does: Fic
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Stabenow, Dana: Restless in the grave
19th & latest Alaskan mystery featuring native Alaskan investigator Kate Shugak: Fic
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Stoessinger, Caroline: A century of wisdom
“Lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor”, 107 years old, who survived Nazi prison camps to become a world class concert pianist: 940.531809 ST
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Street Chronicles: A woman’s work
Stories/novellas from 4 of street lit’s finest female voices: Fic
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Tyler, Anne: The beginner’s goodbye
Partially crippled Aaron is a successful editor of a series called “Beginner’s guides” for a vanity press; he meets, falls in love with, and marries Dorothy, a doctor with whom he was working on a guide to cancer; after a tree falls on their house and kills Dorothy, Aaron moves in with his sister; he has trouble dealing with Dorothy’s death, until he begins seeing her spirit: Fic
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Urban, Linda: Hound dog true
Very shy Mattie is about to begin 5th grade—in her 5th school; she and her mother move back to her mother’s old home to live with Mattie’s Uncle Potluck, the custodian at the school Mattie will be attending; Mattie plans on learning all she can from her uncle, and making herself indispensable to him, so he’ll make her his assistant, and she can hang out with him instead of having to make new friends; Mattie’s mother, her storytelling Uncle, and Quincy, a girl visiting the family next door, help Mattie overcome her shyness: J Fic
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Vanderpool, Claire: Moon over Manifest
In this 2011 Newberry Award winner, set in 1936, 12 year old Abilene spends the summer in her father’s old home town while he’s away working for the railroad: J Fic
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White, Randy Wayne: Chasing midnight
19th & latest in the mystery series featuring Sanibel Island ex-operative turned marine biologist Doc Ford: Fic
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Wood, Maryrose: The hidden gallery
2nd in the “Incorrigible children of Ashton Place” series, the continuing story of three children found living wild in the forest at Ashton Place—who might have been raised by wild animals--and their 15 year old governess: J Fic
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Zacks, Richard: Island of vice
“Theodore Roosevelt’s doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York”. The story of Teddy Roosevelt’s early career as Commissioner of Police in New York City: 363.230974 ZA
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