Costco Connection - December 2009

Hardcover on sale now

THE WRECKER

BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND JUSTIN SCOT T

In ;e Chase Clive Cussler introduced a
new hero, the
no-nonsense
detective Isaac
Bell, who
travels early-
20th-century
America,
pursuing
criminals,
driven by his
deep sense of
justice. Now
Bell takes on
a mysterious
saboteur who
is targeting

the railroads and has his sights set on much more in The Wrecker (Putnam).

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U IS FOR UNDERTOW

BY SUE GRAFTON

Grafton’s beloved Kinsey Millhone, one of the most admired characters in ;ction, is back in U is for Undertow

(Putnam). Grafton puts a new twist on the boy who cried wolf, in a story readers won’t want to miss and, once they start, won’t be able to put down.

Hardcover on sale December 1

STONES INTO SCHOOLS

BY GREG MOR TENSON

Greg Mortenson picks up where ;ree Cups
of Tea left o;, recounting his tireless work
to establish
schools for girls
in war-torn
Afghanistan.
Stones into
Schools
(Viking) is the
continuing
story of the
humanitarian’s
determined
e;orts to
encourage
peace through

education. Hardcover on sale December 1

Suspense and

Adventure

PIRATE LATITUDES

BY MICHAEL CRICHTON

From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an incredible light-hearted adventure story about swashbuckling pirates and pro;teers in 17th-century Jamaica. When the island’s governor hatches a plan to raid a Spanish treasure galleon, he ;nds himself in cahoots with a notorious pirate they call Hunter. Fast-moving and suspenseful, Pirate Latitudes (Harper) is destined to become a new historical classic.

Pirate Latitudes was discovered as a complete manuscript in Michael Crichton’s ;les after his death in 2008 and is the timeless story of treasure and betrayal.

Hardcover on sale now

THE LACUNA

BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER

With a true grasp of setting and armed with the knowledge of how history and public opinion can truly shape a life, Barbara Kingsolver paints an unforgettable portrait of an artist and a man.

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The incredible story of Harrison Shepherd is told through diaries, letters and newspaper clippings. Working for famed Mexican painter Diego Rivera, Shepherd ;nds himself the con;dant of the artist’s wife, Frida Kahlo, and her ill-fated lover, Leon Trotsky, in The Lacuna (Harper)— a novel that is sure to establish Kingsolver as one of the most provocative and important writers of our time.