The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King (Kit) In the early years of WW I, 15-year-old American Mary Russell encounters Sherlock Holmes, retired in Sussex Downs. Impressed with Mary, Holmes initiates her into the mysteries of detection. The collaboration is ignited by the kidnapping in Wales of Jessica Simpson, daughter of an American senator. The sleuthing duo find signs of the hand of a master criminal.

Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski (2007)

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Kit) Elizabeth Gilbert was a 30-year-old successful journalist with a perfect life when she realized she was miserable. After surviving an acrimonious divorce, Gilbert sold her remaining possessions to spend a year abroad in three countries with nothing in common except starting with the letter "I." She eats (in Italy), prays (in India), and finds love (in Indonesia).

The Uncommon Reader: A Novella by Alan Bennett (2007)

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Kit) When 23-year-old Jankowski learns that his parents have been killed in a car crash he drops out of veterinary school and parlays his expertise with animals into a job with the circus, where he falls in love with star performer Marlena, a romance complicated by Marlena's husband, the circus boss who beats both his wife and the animals Jankowski cares for.

Territory by Emma Bull (2007)

Fiction

The beekeeper's apprentice : on the segregation of the queen by Laurie King

A bucket of ashes by P. B. Ryan

Children playing before a statue of Hercules : an anthology of outstanding short stories by edited by David Sedaris

A Step From Heaven by An Na (Kit)

Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle (Kit)

The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver (Kit)

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Kit)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

(Sacha Baron Cohen)

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary, and not only generates strong reactions regarding his extreme prejudices, but also tries to meet and marry Pamela Anderson. (DVD)

Breach

(Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney)

Lucky in the Corner by Carol Abshaw (2002)

Nothing But the Truth (And a Few White Lies) by Justina Chen Headley (2007)

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (2007)

My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain (2002)

No Angel by Penny Vincenzi (2004)

Hello to the Cannibals by Richard Bausch (2003)

Barrow's Boys by Fergus Fleming (2001)

If you are interested in theological thrillers that are suspenseful with strong character development you may also be interested in the following book list that we put together based on one of our patron's request:

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

O Jerusalem by Laurie King
 
The Last Secret of the Temple by Paul Sussman

Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison (1996)

Icebergs by Rebecca Johns (2007)

A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation by Catherine Allgor (2006)