18 new books by CT authors to read this winter – CT Insider

With the holiday shopping season underway folks are often hearing phrases like shop small and buy local. What about reading local?

During the fall a number of local authors published new books spanning tales of espionage and murder to medical memoirs.

Here are 18 books recently published by local Connecticut writers:

"Last Stop on the 6" by Stamford's Patricia Dunn.

With the holidays coming up, many of us might experience a bit of familial guilt or fall into old patterns with relatives we dont see very often. Stamford author Patricia Dunn explores the tangled knot of family love, guilt and secrets in her book Last Stop on the 6. Her book follows Theresa Angela Campanosi as she returns home to her familys drama ahead of her brothers wedding. The book was published Nov. 9.

In the latest installment of the "Alex Hawke series by espionage and thriller author Ted Bell, the spys plans for a relaxing cruise are interrupted when hes pulled into a case to protect democracy. The Greenwich authors hero finds himself not on the pleasure cruise he had planned, but traversing the high seas and the Amazonian jungle to save the day in Sea Hawke. The latest adventures of Alex Hawke (who James Patterson called the new James Bond) comes out Dec. 7.

Husband and wife writing duo Amber Edwards and Justin Scott published Forty Days and Forty Nights in October. The Newtown couples first book written together is a thriller that follows a domestic terrorist plot set against a flooding Mississippi.

"Better to Trust" by Weston's Heather Frimmer.

In Weston author Heather Frimmers sophomore novel she pens a family drama about a neurosurgeon hiding a pill addiction who operates on his sister-in-laws brain in Better to Trust. The novel, which was published in September, examines addictions, adultery, secrets and learning to trust.

Dirk Cussler continues his fathers series in Clive Cusslers The Devils Sea. The latest installment in the Dirk Pitt series that Cusslers father wrote was published in November. The Wallingford author penned a tale that involves political drama with the Chinese military and features the hero tacking adventure under the sea and on the Himalayan peaks.

"The Happy Accidents" by New Canaan's Jamie Beck.

When a pact to say yes to any adventure that comes their way results in a variety of consequences, three friends are forced to examine their relationships in Jamie Becks latest novel The Happy Accidents. The New Canaan author published her story of friendship and misadventure in September.

Gioia Dilibertos new novel, Coco at the Ritz, is a historical fiction account of the famous designer Coco Chanels life after she faced treason charges in the wake of World War II. The Woodbury authors story revolves around Chanels interrogation. The book will be published Dec. 7.

Norwalk author Kat Rosenfelds latest thriller No One Will Miss Her was released in October. A scandal tears through a rural town in Maine when the towns pariah ends up dead and becomes all the more tangled when a billionaires wife is connected to the case.

Danbury author Robert Tomaino published his debut western in October with his book New Madrid. In the early 1800s a solitary sheriff with a grim past has to dig into the towns secrets to uncover what happened to a missing child.

For those looking for more history than fiction, New Haven author and Yale professor Vladimir Alexandrov looks at Boris Savinkov in his new book. To Break Russias Chains: Boris Savinkov and His Wars Against the Tsar and the Bolsheviks was published in September.

Waterbury resident Larry Rifkin details his media career in his memoir "No Dead Air."

Waterbury resident Larry Rifkin explains his role in popularizing the iconic purple dinosaur Barney and bringing UConn womens basketball into the mainstream in his memoir No Dead Air. The memoir was published in September.

Fairfields Joanna Quinn wrote a middle grade novel about a pre-teen dealing with bullies and self esteem in Greta Grace. Quinn is a former middle school teacher and her book was published in September.

Wallingford author Stefania Munzi-Logus wrote a childrens book about a child with a hearing disability called Jojos Tiny Ear in October. She wrote the book about her sons microtia, a condition that results in having a small ear and a hearing disability.

New Haven's Ross Douthat wrote his medical memoir The Deep Places.

Ross Douthat chronicled his struggles with Lyme disease and his forays into alternative medicine in his October memoir The Deep Places. The New Haven authors story begins when he and his family relocate to Connecticut only for his medical problems to begin.

A lawyer thinks his life is looking up when he leaves his job to take a position at a prestigious firm only for him to quickly get ensnared in his bosss drama in After the Fact. Greenwich author Jeff Cooper spins a tale of blackmail and deceit in his latest thriller, published in November.

Stamford author Benjamin Folkinshteyn published his children's book "The Three Little Pigs and the Miracle of Chanukah" in November. The author takes the classic tale of the "Three Little Pigs" and gives it a twist by having the pigs befriend the wolf and on an adventure as they learn about Chanukah.

Colebrook author Mark Scarborough shares his thoughts on literary classics and the impact books have had on his life in his memoir Bookmarked: How the Great Works of Western Literature F*cked Up My Life. His book was published in September.

Greenwich author Jeffrey S. Stephens published his latest thriller, Fools Errand in November. The novel tells the story of a son who discovers his fathers stash of stolen money and uses it to carry out his fathers dreams while reconciling himself with his fathers secrets.

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