New Adult Fiction: Monday, February 9

The weekend went too fast, but here we are again at Monday. Need a book to get you through the week? We have lots of new titles—so why not stop by when you can (we’re open til 8 pm tonight) and see what’s on the shelves? To place a book on hold online, visit https://owwl.org and sign in to your account using your library card number. Pick up your book from the shelves near the circulation desk when you have time.

Here are a few of the new adult fiction titles we’ve gotten in recently:

Death and Other Occupational Hazards

Her job is to die for. Literally. Most people think that when they meet Death, it’ll be a skeleton in a black potato sack. Truth is, she’s just a woman doing a job, and she’s very good at it. But when Death takes a much-needed break, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone’s killing people not on her list and it’s down to her to find the culprit before it’s too late. To make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister, Life — whom Death hasn’t got on with in millennia — won’t stop blaming her . . . And then there’s the slight problem of the charming (sexy) parasitologist she’s suspicious of. But she’ll be fine, right? After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge

Shadow — the head of Treadstone — has found evidence of massive Chinese espionage activity in the U.S. The spy running the operations is a shadowy American known only as Bai Ze. When Shadow consults the Files, she discovers that Jason Bourne encountered Bai Ze during an operation eight years earlier. As Bourne hunts for the elusive spy, he meets a reporter named Laney Reese who shares his strange affliction: eight years ago, Laney lost her entire memory, too. For Bourne, that can’t be a coincidence. He’s convinced that whatever happened to both of them is at the heart of the Chinese espionage operation. As he gets closer to his shadowy adversary, Bourne begins to suspect that he’s walking into a trap. But it’s a trap with an almost irresistible bait — the chance to recover his forgotten memories.

Her Time Traveling Duke

Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an “old-fashioned gentleman,” she doesn’t really expect it to work. And yet, the duke from a painting she admired at the museum is now standing in her apartment, demanding to know who abducted him. A man of science and truth, Henry Leighton-Lyons, the Duke of Beresford, has searched tirelessly for a way to turn back time and be with his late wife again. Instead, just as he’s about to pose for his portrait, he’s ripped centuries forward by a feckless, scantily dressed—and utterly bewitching—woman who believes in nonsense like crystals and astrology. Unable to reverse her spell, Rose vows to help Henry return to his own century.