Silas Marner
Last Kiss
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Penny Weymouth. Publishers Weekly: Rice makes a solid return visit to the Hubbard's Point, Conn., setting of Beach Girls(2004). As the book opens, a year soaked in Wild Turkey has passed since singer/songwriter Sheridan Rosslare lost her son, Charlie, in a random New York mugging. While Sheridan drowns […]
Odd Hours
Synopsis: Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz?s Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers? imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd […]
Gandhi & Churchill : the Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Elizabeth Morris – Library Journal: The complex task of drawing comparison and contrast between two of the most chronicled lives of the 20th century is easily and compellingly handled by Herman (How the Scots Invented the Modern World). Spanning the globe and dozens of decades, Herman never sinks into the clich?s of these two men's […]
The Purrfect Murder
Publishers Weekly: At the start of bestseller Brown's uneven 15th Mrs. Murphy Mystery (after 2007's Puss 'n Cahoots), Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, the former postmistress of Crozet, Va., is saddened to hear that a local ob-gyn has been killed-either by a resentful friend, who thought the doc had once slept with his wife, or by […]
The Darkest Evening of the Year
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Set mostly in Southern California, this topnotch thriller from bestseller Koontz (The Good Guy) depicts with unabashed emotion and wit the magical powers of golden retrievers?in particular, a female named Nickie, who will stop at nothing to save innocent children and protect their guardians. Amy Redwing, the survivor of a […]
Blood Dreams
Publisher Weekly Review: In the plodding first of a new psychic crime fighter trilogy from bestseller Hooper (Sleeping with Fear), Noah Bishop of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit is now supervising an all-female team of civilian contractors known as Haven. Together, they track a serial killer who has moved his maniacal atrocities from Boston to […]
Flags of Our Fathers
The Umpire Strikes Back
Garden Spells
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. With enough grassroots buzz, Allen’s mainstream debut (she’s published romances under the nom de plume Katie Gallagher) could become a best seller. This captivating concoction, which has strong fairytale elements, is set in a small town in western North Carolina. The Waverley women have always had unusual talents, and newly […]