AUBURN – The Auburn Public Library new books for September have been announced.

Fiction

A commuter plane carrying 47 passengers crashes into an apartment building. Out of the wreckage emerges a mystery involving the discovery of four extra bodies and the absence of the flight attendant’s remains.

Bored, predictable New Yorker Angela Russo finds her life taking some unexpected turns when she answers an on-line personal ad from Rich, a sailing instructor from Mount Desert Island, Maine.

When a psychotic serial killer, who counts among his victims the daughter of a U.S. senator, eludes regular law enforcement officials, it falls to a team of civilians to pick up the trail.

In Reich’s 10th Temperance Brennan thriller, Brennan becomes enmeshed in a New Brunswick cold case involving the bones of a teenage Jane Doe.

Nonfiction

In recounting some of his most hair-raising cases, TV’s “Dog, the Bounty Hunter” explains how he rose above troubles in early life to find success.

What would happen if human beings suddenly ceased to inhabit the planet? This eye-opening tour of a world without people explores some surprising ways earth would adapt.

While some of the incidents he describes are well-known, Weiner’s long view of CIA history raises questions about its purpose and record of success.

Who can resist a good dog story? This one, about a man with unusual insight into animal behavior and the Labrador mix he adopts, attests to the rewards of mutual respect.

The New England Patriots’ linebacker describes how he made it back to the starting line-up after a stroke following the team’s 2005 Super Bowl win.

The author was Tony Blair’s press secretary from 1994-2003, and these entries provide a vivid perspective on world events.

Children’s

One in a series of humorous chapter-book paperbacks for new readers, this entry finds Martin in a toy store after closing. For kids in grades two to four.

Clocks, a railroad station, toys, silent films and Hugo all play a role in this 533-page picture book-cum-graphic novel that defies all categories. For kids ages 9 to 12, and adults too.

Oxford University Press has produced for today’s children this facsimile edition of all the old and even older nursery favorites. For ages 4 to 8.

Emma-Jean is not your typical seventh-grader. Intensely logical rather than led by emotions, she sets out to solve the problems of her classmates. For kids in grades five to seven.

With a new baby on the way, each member of the family contributes to a new cradle, quilt and mobile, so when she arrives, she’ll sleep just like a baby. A warm, comforting book for kids ages 5 and 6.