OHCC LIBRARY

 

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For those of you who are interested in more holiday reading, there are holiday books on the shelf under the cabinets on the right side of the library.

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AND TO ALL A GOOD BITE David Rosenfelt - Defense attorney Andy Carpenter would rather spend December glued to football than wrapped up in holiday cheer, but a fresh murder tied to an old tragedy drags him back to work. Andy shelves the game schedule and takes the case. With his trademark wit, canine cameos, and courtroom chaos, David Rosenfelt delivers a Christmas mystery where only one verdict will do: peace on earth and a good bite for all..

 

CHRISTMAS IN BETHEL Richard Paul Evans – Leigh Beth Stilton never liked the holidays and Christmas was nothing to celebrate—until a chance meeting turns into a fantasy she never could have anticipated.

 

THE CHRISTMAS RING Karen Kingsbury – A military widow falls in love while searching for her lost family heirloom.

 

THE CHRISTMAS STRANGER Richard Paul Evans – Three years after losing his family on Christmas Eve, grief-stricken Paul hasn’t just given up on Christmas, he has given up on life. When a stranger knocks on his door, claiming to be picking up a laptop, Paul lets him in—but the man has a very different mission in mind. The next morning Paul challenges him to give him one reason to live. The stranger agrees but warns Paul not to expect a path he would have guessed or chosen.

 

A FERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS Debbie Macomber – A delayed ferryboat brings people together in this enchanting Christmas novel. Avery and Reed Bond are very close. Facing the first Christmas without their beloved Gram who had raised them, they decide to spend the holiday at Reed’s home. However, their plans take an unexpected turn when the ferry Avery is traveling on stalls in the middle of Puget Sound. At first an inconvenience, but Avery and Reed soon discover that this unforeseen delay might end up being a perfectly timed blessing in disguise.

 

 

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NEW BOOK PURCHASES DECEMBER 2025

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AMITY     Nathan Harris - New Orleans, 1866. Formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, their old master took June away to Mexico, while Coleman stayed behind to serve the Harper family.  When he is called to Mexico, disaster strikes and he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper's daughter, Florence. Coleman and June learn quickly that freedom isn't always given—sometimes, it must be taken by force.

 

CIRCLE OF DAYS     Ken Follett - Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. Joia is a priestess with a vision of a great stone circle, which will inspire Seft and become their life’s work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the tribes—and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare . . .  Truly ambitious in scope, CIRCLE OF DAYS explores one of the greatest mysteries of our age: Stonehenge.

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THE COLOR OF HOPE    Danielle Steel - Following the death of her husband, Samantha finds herself adrift. Her adult children encourage her to take a trip to Paris.  Samantha discovers a historic château in the Basque countryside. The château is the home of Xavier, trapped in a loveless marriage and trying to survive after a business failure. He needs rental income and Samantha needs a refuge. With Xavier living in a smaller house on the property, Samantha begins to transform the château into a temporary home.

 

COYOTE HILLS        Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman - Clay Edison left the Alameda County coroner’s office to become a private investigator. He’s working low-stakes cases— until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple is found dead  with drugs in his system and a head injury. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant that something’s not right—and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a tangle of betrayal and lies.

 

DEADLINE    Marc Cameron - Sam Lujan, a young protected witness, is lonely for his old life. So much so, he reveals his whereabouts to his mother, and they set off to see the Alaskan Northern Lights.  When U.S. Marshals Cutter and Teariki discover Sam is missing, they plunge headlong into the frozen unknown.  Also searching, Valeria Kot, the daughter of the criminal Sam testified against, has been waiting to strike back. She’s found it—and has dispatched a sadistic hit squad to make sure Sam pays.

 

DON'T FORGET ME, LITTLE BESSIE      James Lee Burke - At the beginning of the twentieth century, Bessie finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant suffragette, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil.  Watching the Texas countryside being destroyed by an oil company, Bessie is prepared to defend her home and her family. But when she accidentally kills a man to defend her father, she must flee to New York. There, her older brother introduces her to boys who will grow into gangsters, but as children admire and respect Bessie’s spirit and fortitude in a gangland that yearns for justice and mercy.  

 

EVIL BONES    Kathy Reichs - Small creatures—a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel—have been turning up throughout Charlotte, NC, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. But one day, Tempe is diverted by a disturbing call. The perp is upping the ante. And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the animal killings. Subsequently, people Tempe cares about begin to go missing until it becomes clear she is being taunted.

 

EXIT STRATEGY     Lee Child & Andrew Child - First—a Baltimore coffee shop.  As Reacher leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively he checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. Nothing is missing.  Second—a store to buy a coat. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A desperate plea for help.  Third—intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . .

 

KING’S RANSOM     Janet Evanovich - Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Her ex’s  cousin, Harley, is in trouble.   As bank president, he invested a huge amount of money in insuring priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a good business move, so he jumped in with both feet. But recently, the insured pieces started going missing and worse, there’s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime. 

 

NASH FAILS    David Baldacci - When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network, his life is turned completely upside down.   Nash is an intelligent man, he has a wife and a daughter and a high-level position at Sybaritic Investments.  However, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They want him to be their inside man to expose a money-laundering scheme through Sybaritic. At the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for years.

 

NOT QUITE DEAD YET    Holly Jackson - In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead.  One night she is violently attacked, suffering a catastrophic head injury. Doctors are certain that within a week, the injury will trigger a fatal aneurysm. Jet rejects an operation in order to guarantee herself at least a few more days.  As her condition deteriorates, she reconnects with her friend Billy, the only one willing to help her. With Billy at her side, she’s determined to solve her own murder.

 

NYPD RED 8    Marshall Karp - A bomb explodes in a crowded New York subway station at exactly 11:59 a.m. The next day, a second blast rips through a busy department store—again at 11:59.  As the bombs go off with clockwork precision, the death toll climbs and businesses shut their doors as the city hunkers down in fear.  NYPD Red Detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan face their most twisted case ever, as they race against the clock in search of one man who has vowed “to destroy New York City the way it destroyed my family.” 

 

RETURN OF THE SPIDER     James Lee Patterson – ALONG CAME A SPIDER introduced an unsurpassed rivalry:  Detective Alex Cross versus Gary Soneji.   But that wasn’t their first meeting...  Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, PROFILES IN HOMICIDAL GENIUS, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer—including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made as a rookie homicide detective.  Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face…the RETURN OF THE SPIDER.

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ROBERT B PARKER’S SHOWDOWN     Mike Lupica - Vic Hale isn’t anyone’s idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest – and loudest -- podcasters in the nation and spews overheated rhetoric that’s reviled by some but loved by even more. His brand of “entertainment” is so successful, he’s about to sign the biggest contract in the history of online broadcasting. Vic’s riding high...until he gets a visit from Spenser, who specializes in bringing guys like Hale back down to Earth.

 

THE SECRET OF SECRETS     Dan Brown - Robert Langdon is in Prague to attend a lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is about to publish an explosive book that contains discoveries that will disrupt established belief. After a brutal murder, Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon is targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by an assailant sprung from Prague’s most ancient mythology. In London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. 

 

THE SEVEN RINGS    Nora Roberts - Sonya lives in a house that has been cursed for generations.  She has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings.  After Sonya, her boyfriend, Trey, and their friends are forced to hear, see—and feel—the suffering of the house’s many ghosts as their torment is reenacted by the evil presence, their bond only strengthens.  Sonya is determined to bring light to this haunted place—to fill it with life and hope once again.

 

A SLOWLY DYING CAUSE     Elizabeth George - Michael Lobb has just been found dead. It’s suspicious that his body was found by a representative of a competing company, and Michael was the majority owner and the sole obstacle preventing a deal from being made. DI Lynley and DS Havers are brought in to help solve the crime and search for justice in a community where lust, greed, and family traditions collide with devastating consequences.

 

THEFT     Abdalrzak Gurnah - Three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after university with new swagger and ambition. Fauzia glimpses in him a chance at escape from a smothering upbringing. The two of them offer a haven to Badar, a poor boy still unsure if the future holds anything for him at all. As tourism, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils reach their quiet corner of the world, each one arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.

 

THIS DOG WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE [NF]     Elias Friedman & Ben Greenman - Elias Weiss Friedman became known as The Dogist when he took thousands of photos of dogs and posted them online along with their unique dog stories. He was an evangelist about the relationship between dogs and humans and the joy this bond brings us in the modern world.  Dogs can change our lives, and this book might just change yours.

 

THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA     Lisa Scottoline - Julia Pritzker has lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands.  Then a letter arrives, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa—but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Before long, strange things begin to happen. Not even a chance meeting with a handsome Florentine can ease her troubled mind. When events turn deadly, Julia’s harrowing struggle becomes a search for her identity, a race to save her sanity, and ultimately, a question of her very survival.

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