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Library Inventory 2020-2023 by Author

Library Inventory 2020-2023 by Title

NEW BOOK PURCHASES JUNE 2018

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ALTERNATE SIDE Anna Quindlen

Nora Nolan leads a charmed life with a good job, kids in college, and a loving husband. One morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood. The tensions in her tight-knit community and problems in her marriage are exposed by this unexpected act of violence.

AUNTIE POLDI AND THE FRUITS OF THE LORD Mario Giordano

Wine and murder – nothing is more likely to rouse Auntie Poldi’s love of the chase. In this adventure she tastes the murder weapon, finds a body in a vineyard, and tries to steer clear of the Mafia.

AUNTIE POLDI AND THE SICILIAN LIONS Mario Giordano

On her sixtieth birthday, Auntie Poldi retires to Sicily with good wine, a view of the sea and few visitors. When her handsome handy-man disappears and is found murdered, she can’t help but ask questions that leads to an investigation.

CARNEGIE’S MAID Marie Benedict

Clara is an imposter serving as a lady’s maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie. She may not have household skills, but she has an uncanny understanding of business; therefore, Andrew begins to rely on her. She spurs his transformation from ruthless industrialist into philanthropist.

THE CHATEAU Paul Goldberg

Bill has hit rock bottom. Fired from his science reporter job and in a last ditch effort to revive his career, he heads to Florida to investigate the death of his college roommate. But upon arrival he discovers a hitch to his plan, his dad Melsor. Melsor is angling control of his Condo Board through legal and illegal means and hopes his son will help him.

CHICAGO David Mamet

From his perch at the Chicago Tribune, Mike Hodge, scarred veteran of the Great War, knows the underbelly of the Windy City. So Mike should have known better than to fall for Annie because her family was part of it. The man who killed Annie should have known better than to trifle with Mike. Mamet won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.

THE ESCAPE ARTIST Brad Meltzer

Nola’s body was found on the plane that mysteriously fell to the ground and she was declared dead. But longtime friend Zig has just found out that Nola is alive and on the run. On her last mission for the Army, she saw something nobody was supposed to see.

THE FALLEN David Baldacci

Something sinister is going on in the rustbelt town of Baronville. In the past few weeks there were four bizarre murders. The police are stumped by the cryptic clues left at the scene that includes bible verses and odd symbols. Decker, known as the Memory Man, may be the only one to solve this bizarre case.

THE FAMILY GATHERING Robyn Carr

Dakota recently left the military to move home to clear his head before embarking on his next adventure. His older sibs are happily settled, but his life gets complicated when several women from his small town pursue him. Unfortunately, he is attracted to the one woman who’s not interested in him.

THE FEMALE PERSUASION Meg Wolitzer

At a campus lecture Greer, a college freshman, meets Faith who is a magazine editor and leader of a feminist organization. When Greer has a gross encounter with a loutish frat boy, she is enraged and sets off to make the world a better place for women.

GIRL UNKNOWN Karen Perry

David and Caroline are balancing their marriage’s middle years, raising children, caring for parents, and developing careers while loving each other deeply. One afternoon a student appears in David’s university office and says, “I think you might be my father.” Movie/TV rights in the works.

THE GOOD PILOT PETER WOODHOUSE Alexander McCall Smith

A young woman working on a farm meets a US Air Force pilot stationed nearby. Val rescues a Border collie named Peter Woodhouse from his abusive owner and gives the dog to the pilot. Peter becomes his mascot, and Val and Mike fall in love until disaster strikes.

HELL BENT Greg Hurwitz

After being taken from a group home, Evan was raised and trained as a government assassin at the Orphan Project. He broke away from the Program and dedicated himself to help the desperate. Now secret forces are busy trying to find and eliminate any Program survivors, including Evan.

MACBETH Jo Nesbo In a run-down industrial town the police department struggles to eliminate its drug problem. One powerful drug lord plans to manipulate the head of SWAT named Inspector Mac Beth. Because Macbeth is susceptible to violent and paranoid tendencies, the dealers use powerful connections to win.

MURDER BEYOND THE GRAVE James Patterson

Stephen has it all, Ferrari, house, loving wife. But all he needs now is enough air to breathe because he has been buried alive. High in the mountains, developers tour a lodge they intend to buy and modernize. But the locals don’t like outsiders and a grisly shooting occurs.

SHOOT FIRST Stuart Woods

Violence targeting one of his foursome interrupts Stone’s golf game. This incident is part a scheme to push a brilliant business woman out of her cutting-edge software company and steal its valuable secrets.

SISTERS LIKE US Susan Mallery

Harper is divorced, struggling to pay bills, bond with her teenage daughter, and please her demanding mother. Her sister, Dr. Stacey is pregnant and feels totally unprepared for motherhood. Stacy has yet to tell their overbearing mother she is expecting and her husband plans to stay home with the baby.

TIGER WOODS (BIO) Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian

In 2009, Tiger Woods was a world famous athlete living the perfect life with a beautiful wife and two young children. But then it all unraveled and his double life was exposed leading the world to wonder: Who is Tiger Woods, really?

A TIME OF LOVE AND TARTAN Alexander McCall Smith

Changes are afoot on Scotland Street, where small things can be of great consequence. Embarrassment follows Pat after having coffee with her ex. At the same time her boss went to the bookstore and attracted the attention of the police.

TWENTY-ONE DAYS Anne Perry

In 1910, Daniel is a junior barrister in London eager to succeed without help from his influential parents. In his new case, his client is found guilty of murder. Before his client faces the noose, Daniel is dispatched to find the real killer.

VARINA Charles Frazier

Varina has limited marriage prospects, so she agrees to marry a much older widow and prepares to settle into the secure life a Mississippi landowner. Her quiet life is interrupted when her husband, Jefferson Davis, enters politics and is appointed president of the Confederacy. With the South falling, Varina and her children must travel as fugitives with bounties on their heads. Author of COLD MOUNTAIN

WHITE HOUSE Amy Bloom

Lorena Hicks grew up dirt poor and reinvented herself as the most powerful woman reporter in the U.S. She met Eleanor Roosevelt while reporting on Franklin’s presidential campaign. Her connection with the First Lady deepens into intimacy and matures into a life and love she never expected to have.

WINTER SISTERS Robin Oliveira

In 1879, an epic blizzard descends on Albany that devastates the city. When the snow finally settles, two newly orphaned girls are reported missing. Dr. Mary Stipp begins to search for the sisters. What she discovers will pit families against one another, tear reputations apart, and put lives at risk. In this historical drama and literary thriller the brutal cost of child exploitation is explored.

THE QUEEN OF THE BIG TIME (LP) Adriana Trigiani

Nella aspires to live in town far away from farm work. But her dreams shift after she meets a handsome poet, and their friendship ignites into a fiery romance that should lead to marriage. He disappears for four years, but returns on the eve of Nella’s wedding. Copyright 2004.

NEW BOOK PURCHASES MAY 2018

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ACCIDENTAL HEROES Danielle Steel

The fates of an Air Force pilot, a pregnant flight attendant, and a dedicated TSA agent converge on a flight from New York to San Francisco. When a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge, bearing an ambiguous and ominous message, is found at a N.Y. security checkpoint everyone tries to avert a tragedy.

AFTER ANNA Lisa Scottoline

Dr. Noah, a widower and single dad to a young boy, has married a wonderful woman, Maggie. All are happy and Maggie is overjoyed when she is reunited with her daughter, Anna. Events take a heartbreaking turn when Anna is murdered and Noah is accused of the crime.

AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE Tayari Jones

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink. As they settle into their life together, Roy is arrested and sentenced to prison for a crime his wife knows he did not commit. Oprah Book Club pick with movie options.

AS YOU WISH Jude Deveraux

Three very different women find themselves together at a summerhouse in Virginia. Olivia had an unhappy marriage, but recently married a man she loves. Kathy is married to a man who is in love with someone else. Elise is stuck with a man her wealthy parents chose for her to marry.

THE BISHOP’S PAWN Steve Berry

History notes the feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King Jr. that ended April 4, 1968. Currently, former Justice Department agent Malone must reckon with what happened when he discovers the Justice Dept. and the FBI are at war over a rare coin and secret files about King.

CAVE OF BONES Anne Hillerman

An instructor at a character-building program vanishes while searching for a lost at-risk teen. The girl finds her way back to base and tells Officer Manuelito that she stumbled upon a human skeleton in the wilderness. Manuelito sets off to solve the twin mysteries.

THE CUTTING EDGE Jeffery Deaver

A brutal, triple murder at a jewelry store shocks the city and Rhyme and Sachs take the case. Curiously, the murderer left behind a half-million dollars’ worth of gems at the scene. More crimes follow and it appears the target is not the gems, but engaged couples planning for their wedding day.

THE DISAPPEARED C. J. Box

A prominent, female British executive never came home from a guest ranch, and the British Embassy is pressing for answers. Joe Pickett knows the ranches are stocked with handsome cowboys and that “ranch romances” are common. But no sign of her months after she vanished? That suggests something sinister.

DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA Walter Mosley

Joe King Oliver was one of NYPD’s finest investigators until he was framed for assault by fellow officers and lands in Rikers. A decade later, King is a private detective running his own agency with his daughter, when he gets info from a woman who claims she was paid to frame him years ago.

DUEL TO THE DEATH J.A. Jance

Stuart Ramey finds himself with millions of dollars in bitcoin after taking down the killer of his best friend. He needs codes to access the money and that means turning on Frigg, a rogue artificial intelligence program. Stu calls upon Ali and the High Noon crew when a drug cartel wants Frigg.

EVERY NOTE PLAYED Lisa Genova

The accomplished concert pianist, Richard Evans, undergoes an acrimonious divorce from his wife Karina after a long-poisoned marriage. Richard’s sudden diagnosis with ALS and his swift decline bring them under the same roof again when Karina moves back to take care of him.

GREEK BEARING GIFTS Philip Kerr

Bernie investigates an insurance claim filed by a Nazi whose losses are the stolen spoils of Greek Jews. Soon Witzel is found murdered. Bernie teams up with Lieutenant Leventis, who recognizes in this case the same highly grotesque style of killer he investigated during WW2.

I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU Mary Higgins Clark

After a party, Kerry is found at the bottom of the family pool. The first suspect is her boyfriend and the second suspect is the neighbor who was angry because he was not invited. Kerry’s older sister is determined to find the truth, but does not realize that she is now in danger.

THE KREMLIN CONSPIRACY Joel C. Rosenberg

The American president is distracted by growing tensions in North Korea and Iran. While in Moscow, the Russian president is consolidating power and plotting a military strike. But in his blind spot is a former U.S. Secret Service agent trained to protect, but ready to kill to save his country.

A NANTUCKET WEDDING Nancy Thayer

While planning her wedding, Alison is anxious to introduce her fiancé to her grown daughters. She hopes they reconnect, as well as get to know her fiancé’s grown children. Unfortunately, one daughter stumbles upon a terrible secret, and the other finds herself under the spell of her soon-to-be stepbrother.

THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES Elizabeth George

The cozy and bucolic town of Ludlow is stunned when the local deacon is accused of a serious crime. Unfortunately, while in police custody he is found dead. Detective Havers and D.I. Lynley are forced to confront the past as they try to solve how the deacon died.

RED ALERT: AN NYPD MYSTERY James Patterson

The richest of New York’s rich gather to raise money for those less fortunate when a fatal blast rocks the room, stirring up horrifying memories of 9/11. An investigation is started to determine if the explosion is an act of terrorism or homicide.

THE RISING SEA Clive Cussler

An alarming rise in the world’s sea levels sends a NUMA scientific team rocketing around the globe to find answers. At the bottom of the East China Sea, they find a diabolical plan to upset the Pacific balance of power and in the process displace a billion people.

THE SIXTH DAY Catherine Coulter

Several political figures die mysteriously, but officials declare the deaths are from natural causes. When the German Vice-Chancellor dies on the steps of 10 Downing Street, it is clear the depths are well-constructed assassinations. To solve the crimes, special agents take on a ruthless mastermind.

SWEET VENGEANCE Fern Michaels

Tessa could not have imagined anything worse than losing her twin girls and husband, until she was convicted of their murder. After being in prison for ten years, her conviction is overturned due to a technicality. Awaiting her new trial, she retreats to a tropical island to gather information to help solve the case.

THE TEMPTATION OF FORGIVENESS Donna Leon

Brunetti’s friend is worried her son is using drugs and hopes he can intervene. When her husband is found unconscious at the foot of a bridge in Venice, Brunetti looks for connections between father and son. This investigation leads to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing consequences.

THE THIRD VICTIM Phillip Margolin

Three women are kidnapped and tortured, but only one escapes and identifies the house where she was held captive. It is owned by a local attorney who is arrested. He insists he is innocent, but his wife’s statements about sadism are damning. The death penalty case begins immediately.

TO DIE BUT ONCE Jacqueline Winspear

Within months of Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush government contract. Maisie’s investigation leads her into the web of wartime opportunism run by powerful men of London’s underworld.

THE WOMAN LEFT BEHIND Linda Howard

Non-athletic Jina works as a drone operator in an elite paramilitary unit. Her team leader does not have much confidence in his new tech geek, but chemistry between them is building. Soon after the squad sets off on a mission, the base is attacked. Jina remained behind and is feared dead.

NEW BOOK PURCHASE APRIL 2018

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AGENT IN PLACE Mark Greaney

ARTEMIS Andy Weir

AS BRIGHT AS HEAVEN Susan Meissner

THE CHALK MAN C. J. Tudor

COUNT TO TEN James Patterson

DARK IN DEATH J. D. Robb

THE DECEIVERS Alex Berenson

FALL FROM GRACE Danielle Steel

FIFTY FIFTY James Patterson & Candice Fox

FORCE OF NATURE Jane Harper