AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library has new acquisitions on its shelves for
February.

Fiction

“Red on Red: a Novel,” Edward Conlon. The novel features two different NYPD detectives, the introspective Meehan and the rough and ready Esposito, as they create a successful crime-solving partnership as well as an unlikely friendship.

“Now You See Her,” Joy Fielding. Mary Taggart, a newly divorced 50-year- old who is still grieving for the daughter who disappeared in a boating accident two years earlier, decides to take a vacation to Ireland. While there she spots a girl who she believes is her missing daughter. What was simply sightseeing turns into a search involving many twists and turns before the dramatic conclusion.

“Deliverance from Evil: a Novel of the Salem Witch Trials,” Frances Hill. Frances Hill, an expert on the Salem witch-hunt, has crafted a dramatic novel bringing to life the accusers and the accused. The Rev George Burroughs, who is living in Wells, Maine with the wife he has rescued from an Indian massacre, is arrested and returned in shackles to his former parish of Salem where he stands accused as the “Leader of witches.”

“Someone’s Watching,” Sharon Potts. This mystery takes on Miami’s South Beach club scene and the drugging of high school girls on vacation who are then kidnapped and forced into lives of prostitution.

Nonfiction

“Bird Cloud: A Memoir,” Annie Proulx. The author of “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Shipping News” tells how, after a peripatetic youth in New England, she came to choose the wide open spaces of Wyoming as the setting for her home and her work.

“William and Kate: A Royal Love Story,” Christopher Andersen. A biographer and royal watcher charts the ups and downs of the young couple’s 10-year romance, carried on until now largely hidden from public view.

“Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1,” Mark Twain. The multifaceted nature of Twain’s genius and personality are on display in this unique but flawed memoir, published in full for the first time, at his direction, 100 years after his death.

“The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence,” Gerald Blaine. Conspiracy theorists have long accused the Secret Service of inexplicable incompetence during the Kennedy assassination. Now one of their own finally answers those charges.

“Lucifer’s Child,” Elliott L. Epstein. Auburn resident Elliott Epstein, who witnessed the trial first-hand, revisits the notorious 1984 abuse-murder case in which 4-year-old Angela Palmer was cooked to death in an oven inside an Auburn tenement building.

Teen

“Wildthorn,” Jane Eagland. When17-year-old Louisa Cosgrove arrives at England’s Wildthorn Hall, an insane asylum, she is stripped of her identity. Louisa’s story of the events leading up to her confinement show her frustration with being disbelieved and her feelings of betrayal as she struggles to find her identity.

“Rot and Ruin,” Jonathan Mayberry. A novel that takes place in a post-apocalyptic landscape that has been overrun by zombies. Benny needs to find a job immediately or else will lose half of his food rations. He reluctantly becomes an apprentice to his estranged brother Tom, who is reported to be one of the greatest zombie hunters around. While working alongside his brother, Tom learns that zombies may not be the only dangers lurking in the streets.

“Ice Claw,” David Gilman. It follows the adventures of Max and Sayid. While Max is on a snowboarding trip in the French Pyrenees he witnesses the murder of a Basque monk named Brother Zambala. Before he dies, Brother Zambala entrusts Max with a cryptic message warning of a future disaster. It is up to Max and Sayid to decipher the code and save the world.

“The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend),” Kody Keplinger. 17-year-old Bianca Piper is a friend to two peers. Her insecurity about her own beauty is confirmed when a young man named Wesley calls her a Duff. After Bianca’s parents divorce a love-hate relationship with Wesley eventually turns to love, as the two start looking below the surface.

Children

“Zoo Borns!,” Andrew Bleiman. It is an introduction to the world’s lesser know baby animals. Zoos around the globe contributed photos and information about each featured animal. While this book was written with young children in mind, animal lovers of all ages will enjoy the book. Best for kids in pre-school to grade two.

“How Tia Lola Learned to Teach,” Julia Alvarez. Follow the further adventures of Tia Lola and Miguel and Juanita Guzman family as they navigate their parents’ divorce and a move from New York City to Vermont. Grades  four to six.

“Hugless Douglas,” David Melling. Douglas, a young bear, wakes up one morning and needs a hug. He tries hugging a rock, a tree and some sheep with no success. Isn’t there anyone who will give Douglas hug. Best for children ages 3 to 6.

“The Candymakers,” Wendy Mass. At the Life Is Sweet factory, four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to create the tastiest candy in the country for the Confectionery Association Conference. Which lucky child will invent a candy more delicious than Oozing Crunchoramas or Neon Lightning Chews? When the factory’s secret ingredient is stolen, the children find common ground: to foil the plot by creating the best candy ever. Grades  four to six.