Special Agent Pendergast and Lt. Vincent D'Agosta are back in Preston and Child's new thriller "Fever Dream".  When Pendergast learns that his wife's accidental death years ago was actually murder, he enlists D'Agosta to help him track down a killer.  Set in Africa, New York and tje South, this is a gripping and suspenseful novel.

"The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks is a soap opera, no doubt about it, but it's a really good one.  17 year old Ronnie Miller and her little brother have to spend the summer in North Carolina with their divorced father, whom they haven't seen since he left.  She finds herself learning about herself, her parents and small town life in this touching book.  It will be coming out on the movie screen this spring.