Friday Finds: September 12, 2008

Is it Friday already!?  Must be time to let MizB (and others) know what’s come into my radar, and into my house this week:

Owen Matthews has written a memoir of his family called Stalin’s Children: Three Generations of Love, War and Survival.  The product description for this book calls it “A transcendent history/memoir of one family’s always passionate, sometimes tragic connection to Russia.”  Readers of my blog know how much I fancy personal memoir, I’m really looking forward to this one!  Stalin’s Children goes on sale next Tuesday, September 16.

The Tenth Case by Joseph Teller will be available October 1.  This looks like a quick well-written mystery.  I like the set-up in the synopsis:

 

Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, better known as Jaywalker, has just been suspended for using “creative” tactics and receiving “gratitude” in the courtroom stairwell from a client charged with prostitution. Convincing the judge that his other clients are counting on him, Jaywalker is allowed to complete ten cases. But it’s the last case that truly tests his abilities-and his acquittal record.

Samara Moss-young, petite and sexy as hell-stabbed her husband in the heart. Or so everyone believes. Having married the elderly billionaire when she was an eighteen-year-old former prostitute, Samara appears to be the clichéd gold digger. But Jaywalker knows all too well that appearances can be deceiving. Who else could have killed the billionaire? Has Samara been framed? Or is Jaywalker just driven by his need to win his clients’ cases-and this particular client’s undying gratitude?

That’s it for new books this week!  I’ve had to say “no thank you” to several offers of advance review copies of books lately.  Time to catch up on my reading and reviewing; this crisp fall weather we’re having should make it a snap to snuggle down with a good book!