AUBURN – Among the new Auburn Public Library acquisitions for October are the following:

Fiction

“Blow Fly” by Patricia Cornwell. Leaving Virginia in search of peace and quiet, Kay Scarpetta journeys to Florida, where a series of baffling murders entangles her in an international conspiracy and the most unexpected circumstances of her life.

“Bleachers” by John Grisham. Perennial best-seller Grisham switches venues in this novel about high school football in a small Texas town where the sport has become a religion.

“Hello, Darkness” by Sandra Brown. The host of a late night radio call-in show teams with a police psychologist to identify a mysterious caller before he kills the woman he feels has wronged him.

“Stone Cold” by Robert B. Parker. Investigating a pair of serial killers targeting the residents of an affluent suburb, police chief Jesse Stone finds his job complicated by politicians, the media, his drinking and his ex-wife.

“A Perfect Day” by Richard Paul Evans. When a fledgling writer unexpectedly pens a bestseller and compromises his marriage in the process, he receives guidance from a mysterious stranger with an uncanny knowledge about his future.

“Fatal Tide” by Iris Johansen. A young woman finds her remote island refuge terrorized by ruthless mercenaries, forcing her to take to the open sea in a perilous race against time.

Nonfiction

“Who’s Looking Out for You?” by Bill O’Reilly. The popular pundit names the people and institutions who are failing in their duties to protect the public interest and wonders why we let them get away with it.

“AfterLife: Answers from the Other Side” by John Edward. The popular psychic describes the celebrities, animals and regular people he communicates with in the hereafter and shares insight into his life as a husband and father.

“The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century” by Paul Krugman. This lively collection of New York Times columns by an award-winning economist faults blunders by the Bush administration for the decline of the boom economy.

“Three Weeks in October: The Manhunt for the Serial Sniper” by Charles A. Moose. The Maryland police chief who led the October 2002 investigation explains how the notorious shooters were caught to end a deadly 23-day ordeal.

“Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood” by Julie Gregory. This gripping memoir describes one woman’s struggle for recovery after years as a victim of the little-known form of child abuse.

Children’s

“Moses Goes to the Circus” by Isaac Millman. Moses, who is deaf, goes with his family to a circus where the acts are designed for the deaf and blind. The book includes some American Sign Language diagrams so the reader may learn too. For children ages 4 to 8.

“Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile” by Won-Ldy Paye. In a traditional Dan folktale from Liberia, Mrs. Chicken outsmarts her sister crocodile, who is still hungry. For children in kindergarten through first grade.

“Two Old Potatoes and Me” by John Coy. This wildly designed picturebook shows how one child gets many new potatoes from two old and shriveled ones. You, too, can perform this magic! For young gardeners in kindergarten through second grade.

“My Name Is Yoon” by Helen Recorvits. Yoon, who with her family has just arrived from Korea, slowly accepts her new classroom, country and the new look of her name. For children ages 4 to 8.

“Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes,” selected by Ama Flor. This bilingual collection of traditional rhymes has English adaptations by Alice Schertle. For children in preschool through second grade.

Audiobooks

“The Twisted Root” by Anne Perry; read by Terrence Hardiman. When Lucius Stourbridge’s fiancee disappears after a party at his London home, he seeks out the help of detective William Monk, who has a reputation for excellence.

“The Photograph” by Penelope Lively; read by Daniel Gerroll. After the recent death of his wife, a husband opens an envelope marked “Do Not Open-Destroy” and finds a photograph of her with another man. The unfolding story reveals secrets within marriages and between two sisters.

“To the Nines” by Janet Evanovich; read by Lorelei King. On the trail of a missing illegal immigrant, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum struggles to manage her crazy family and love life while avoiding a group of sinister killers.

“The Lake House” by James Patterson; read by Hope Davis. When evil surfaces, six extraordinary children from different Rocky Mountain homes find safety together at a waterfront cabin they call the Lake House.

“Matchstick Men” by Eric Garcia; read by Stanley Tucci. Roy and Frankie are con artists who have perfected the rules of the game. But the sudden arrival of Roy’s daughter threatens to disrupt their lives as well as their latest “job.”