10 New Arrivals at the Library

Need a new book to read? Here's a sampling of this week's new arrivals at .

• The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone (fiction/adult). Called "well-written, expertly paced, and timely" by Publisher's Weekly, telling the story of a couple who experience the perils of illegal border crossing.
• The Vanishers: A Novel by Heidi Julavits (fiction/adult). A paranormal detective story named among Amazon's Best for March 2012.
• Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson (fiction/adult). The latest installment in the Chief Inspector Eric Winter series by one of Sweden's best-selling authors.
• Play Nice by Gemma Halliday (fiction/adult). A thriller from the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, the first in a freshly minted mystery series.
• Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers (fiction/adult). Set in 1862 in London, and called "endlessly inventive" with "imaginative leaps and relentless pacing" by The New York Times Book Review.
• Time Snatchers by Richard Ungar (fiction/children). A sci-fi thriller for ages 10 and up.
• The Apothecary by Maile Meloy and illustrations by Ian Schoenherr (fiction/children). From prizewinning author Maile Meloy and called a "magical blend of 1950's history, magic, and science" by one reviewer.
• Big Nate and Friends by Lincoln Peirce (fiction/children). The main character, Nate Wright, is also known for the newspaper comic strip in publication since 1991.
• Ellray Jakes Walks the Plank by Sally Warner and illustrations by Jamie Harper (fiction/children). Book three in the Ellray Jakes series for ages 6 and up.
• Muncle Trogg by Janet Foxley and illustrator O'Kif (fiction/children). "A topsy-turvy fairy tale about a small giant on a big adventure" for ages 7 and up.