New bestsellers from Danielle Steel and Faye Kellerman

The Library continually receives new books. This week we received “One Day at a time”, the latest novel by Danielle Steel. Fantastic fiction describes this book as follows:

“Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family. Her mother, Florence, is a mega-bestselling author. Her sister, Jane, is one of Hollywood's top producers, who has lived with her partner, Liz, for ten years in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. But Coco, a law school dropout and family black sheep, works as a dog walker, having fled life in the spotlight for an artsy northern California beach town.
When Coca reluctantly agrees to house-sit for Jane, she discovers Jane's unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but down-to-earth British actor who's fleeing a psycho ex-girlfriend. Their worlds couldn't be more different. The attraction couldn't be more immediate. And as Coco contemplates a future with one of Hollywood's hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their lives, old wounds are healed and new families are formed - some traditional, some not-so-traditional, but all bonded by love.

With wit and intelligence, Danielle Steel's new novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the lives of three unusual, but wonderfully real couples. Funny, sexy and wise, “One day at a time” is at once moving, thought provoking, and utterly impossible to put down.”

Another recent arrival is “Cold Case” by Faye Kellerman. Matthew Lewin reviewed this book for London’s “The Guardian” newspaper on 2/9/08 and this is what he had to say:

“Computer software billionaire Genoa Reeves was an unhappy, isolated child, saved only by the sensitive attention of teacher Ben Little. Which is why, 15 years later, she offers the LAPD a huge endowment if they can discover who killed the much-loved teacher. The file is handed to Peter Decker and his team, who begin to unearth some very unsavoury people in the drug-ridden music business - and some uncomfortable secrets that have been buried in otherwise respectable lives. Faye Kellerman is an excellent writer whose work is hugely enjoyed by those who like a slow drip of revelations. But those who like more excitement will find this a little too plodding, and the tense but messy denouement unsatisfying.”

I have always enjoyed Faye Kellerman's books, and I think Mathew Lewin is probably correct- I do enjoy the slow reveal... So this review hasn't put me off at all!

Both of these writers are regularly on bestseller lists. According to Wikipedia, Steel holds the distinction of having been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989 for having a book on the New York Times Bestseller List for the most consecutive weeks of any author—381 consecutive weeks at that time. Faye Kellerman and her husband, Jonathon Kellerman are the only married couple ever to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List simultaneously, for two different books (Wikipedia). It will be interesting to hear what Gilgandra readers think of both these books. Tell us what you think!