Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
“Extraordinary…hilarious…Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time¯and an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge past and future. ¯Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed)
Kill the Father
“Outstanding…[an] unrelenting, adrenaline-fueled novel, with a final twist serving as a setup for a sequel. Don’t be surprised if Kill the Father becomes the next Big Thing in international crime fiction.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
Huck Out West
“Huck Out West [is] the latest to emerge from this wild genius’s half-century outpouring of postmodernist books, stories, novellas and plays….Under Coover’s hell-hot pen….this pulsating anti-epic….establishes Huck in exactly the place Twain himself planned to take him.” (Ron Powers – The New York Times Book Review)
Her Last Breath
What at first seems like a tragic, but routine car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing about the crash is accidental. But who would want to kill an Amish deacon and two of his children? He leaves behind a grieving widow and a young boy who clings to […]
The Dry
“A stunner…It’s a small-town, big-secrets page-turner with a shocker of an ending…Recommend this one to fans of James Lee Burke and Robert Crais, who mix elements of “bromance” into their hard-boiled tales.” ¯Booklist, starred review
Carve the Mark
“Brimming with plot twists and highly likely to please Roth’s fans.” (Kirkus Reviews)
Below the Belt
“Woods keeps the suspense high all the way to the dramatic conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly
The Bear and the Nightingale
“Stunning . . . will enchant readers from the first page. . . . with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Cruel Crown
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Little City Thrift.
Slavery & the Underground Railroad In New Hampshire
New Hampshire was once a hotbed of abolitionist activity. But the state had its struggles with slavery, with Portsmouth serving as a slave-trade hub for New England. Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers and Stephen Symonds Foster helped create a statewide antislavery movement. Abolitionists and freed slaves assisted in transporting escapees to […]