ADULT TITLES

1. The Alpine Traitor: An Emma Lord Mystery by Mary Daheim. "When Alpine's newspaper, "The Advocate," narrowly escapes a potential hostile takeover, Emma Lord finds herself on the top of the suspect list when the person behind the bid turns up dead. "
2. High Profile by Robert B. Parker. "When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree, police chief Jesse Stone is forced to deal with small-minded local officials as well as national media scrutiny; then the body of a young woman is discovered a few days later, and the pressure to solve the crimes becomes more intense. "
3. Lover's Knot by Emile Richards. "A lover's knot quilt becomes the catalyst for saving a troubled marriage when newspaper journalist Kendra Taylor and her husband Isaac come together to solve the mystery of the quilt and of the family he has never known. "
4. Dark Victory: The Life Of Bette Davis by Ed Sikov. "A portrait of a legendary Hollywood star captures the life of an intelligent, opinionated, and unusual woman who became one of filmdom's most important talents, revealing Davis's complex personal life and her unique cinematic accomplishments."
5. The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky. " Picking up her sixteen-year-old daughter Grace after a party, Deborah Monroe accepts responsibility for hitting a man with the car on the way home, even though Grace had been driving, a deception that threatens the bond between mother and daughter. "
6. Light Of The Moon by Luanne Rice. " Feeling adrift in the wake of her mother's death, anthropologist Susannah Connolly travels to the French Camargue to investigate a saint linked to her family's history, but her life is changed by an encounter with a lonely man and his wounded daughter. "
7. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. " Gathering for their weekly knitting club at a small yarn shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of friends shares such challenges as raising children, navigating the ups and downs of their careers, and pursuing uncertain relationships. "
8. Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith. "The sequel to 44 Scotland Street continues to follow the residents of the converted Edinburgh townhouse, as young Bertie prepares for kindergarten, former surveyor Bruce contemplates a new career, and Pat embarks on a new life at the university. "
9. Curse Of The Spellmans by Lisa Lutz. "Izzy struggles to retain her private investigator's license after a pseudo engagement and her fourth arrest, a challenge that is further complicated by David's marriage to Petra and Rae's teenage angst. "
10. Abandon by Carla Neggers. " A quiet long weekend in New Hampshire explodes in a vicious attack on Deputy U. S. Marshall Mackenzie Stewart at her friends lakefront cottage. When a once-powerful judge goes missing Mackenzie teams up with FBI Special Agent Andrew Rook to track down her attacker and solve the seemingly connected crimes. "

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Max's Words by Kate Banks. "Max's brothers collect stamps and coins but will not share. Max decides to collect words, cutting them out of newspapers and magazines and copying them from the dictionary. Then he and his brothers discover how to use them creatively."
2. Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan. "Maine's own Ashley Bryan uses bright, cut-paper collages to illustrate three spirituals, 'This Little Light of Mine,' 'Oh When the Saints Go Matching In', and 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.'"
3. One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice. "This old Chinese folktale is given an Irish twist, as Mr. O'Grady finds an old pot in the field which doubles everything put in it."
4. Polo: the Runaway Book by Regis Faller. "This wordless book tells the story of Polo's adventures as he retrieves his new book from an alien and helps him and his people."
5. Yellow Elephant: a Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios. "Fourteen animals have an unexpected color: an orange giraffe, a pink cat, a blue turtle. Each is accompanied by a poem. "
6. Gone Wild: an Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans. "This Caldecott honor book is organized as a conventional alphabet book but each letter is given animal characteristics. A graphic delight!. "
7. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers. "Walter Dean Myers captures the rhythms of jazz in these poems while his son's paintings evoke all the moods of jazz and its performers. "
8. Something About Hensleys by Patricia Polacco. "The popular Patricia Polacco writes and illustrates a moving story about an unforgettable general store that seems to have everything anyone needs.. "
9. Great Big Guinea Pigs by Susan L. Roth. "A guinea pig tells her child the true story of a giant guinea pigs that lived in Venezuela about eight million years ago."
10. Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn by Cynthia Rylant. "The ever-popular pair, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby try to help his kind neighbor by serving tea for her new knitting club."

THE TEN MOST REQUESTED TITLES FOR MARCH

1. Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich. "Just after Valentine's Day, Diesel returns to once again turn New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's world upside down."
2. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollen. " Cites the reasons why people have become so confused about their dietary choices and discusses the importance of enjoyable moderate eating of mostly traditional plant foods."
3. The Appeal by John Grisham. " When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court."
4. 'T' Is For Trespass by Sue Grafton. " Sociopath Solana Rojas uses a stolen identity as a private care giver to gain access to her intended victims while endeavoring to outmaneuver private investigator Kinsey Millhone. "
5. World Without End by Ken Follett. "Two centuries after the building of the elaborate Gothic cathedral in Kingsbridge, its prior finds himself at the center of a web of ambition and revenge that places the city at a crossroad of commerce, medicine, and architecture."
6. Merle's Door: Lessons From A Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. "Describes how the author adopted a wild dog by installing a dog door so that the dog could live both inside and outside, in a study of the human-dog partnership, animal consciousness and behavior, and how dogs might live if they can make some of their own decisions. "
7. The Omnivore's dilemma: A Natural History Of Four Meals by Michael Pollen. " Offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment."
8. Touchstone by Laurie R. King. "Left with an extraordinary sensitivity that allows him to determine the lies and deceptions of everyday life with a mere touch after the Great War, Bennett Grey lives a reclusive life until he is called in by the British government to find a terrorist."
9. The Meeting Place by Janette Oke. "British and French settlers in 1753 Canada live in separate villages with no interaction until a chance meeting between two young women, one from each community."
10. Book Of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell. " Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and a covert saboteur before a series of violent deaths brings her skills into high view. "