The Lincoln Myth : a Novel
Publishers Weekly 03/24/2014 Bestseller Berry’s 10th Cotton Malone thriller (after 2013’s e-book novella The Tudor Plot) provides startling new perspectives on the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and Abraham Lincoln’s decision to fight the Civil War. At play is a secret document passed from George Washington to each new president, until Lincoln used it to seal […]
The Son
“A deftly plotted novel that probes the deepest mysteries: sin, redemption, love, evil, the human condition. . . . One of Nesbø’s best, deepest and richest novels.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.
Blossom Street Brides : a Blossom Street Novel
Kirkus Reviews 2014-01-21 Spring is in the air on Blossom Street, and the baby-blanket window display at A Good Yarn might just change a few lives in bright, unexpected ways. While she helps couples choose perfect symbols of their love and commitment, jewelry-store saleswoman and diamond specialist Lauren Elliott has been waiting years for a […]
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Library Journal Horan's second novel is widely anticipated, as her debut, Loving Frank, has sold nearly a million copies and received exceptional reviews. Once more, Horan depicts a rule-breaking relationship, that of Robert Louis Stevenson and American divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, who became his wife. They met in France in 1875, Fanny having […]
Death On Blackheath
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Friends in Council in memory of Jean Haywood.
The Weight of Blood
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013 In this clever, multilayered debut, McHugh deftly explores the past of an Ozark Mountain family (think doublewides, pickups, and possum stew) with plenty to hide and the ruthlessness to keep their secrets hidden. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Dane, from Henbane, Mo., is grieving for her murdered friend, Cheri, and her mother, Lila, who vanished […]
Still Life With Bread Crumbs
Donated to the library in memory of Jean Haywood by Friends in Council. The New York Times Book Review – Joanna Rakoff There comes a moment in every novelist's career when she sloughs off the weight of the past—the conventions and obsessions, the stylistic fallbacks and linguistic tics, the influence of early masters—and ventures into […]
The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches
Publishers Weekly ★ 10/28/2013 The mystery is personal for Flavia de Luce in Bradley’s excellent sixth novel featuring the precocious 11-year-old sleuth in post-WWII England (after 2013’s Speaking from Among the Bones). The body of Harriet de Luce, her mother who disappeared in a mountaineering accident when Flavia was about a year old, has finally […]
Killer : an Alex Delaware Novel/
Publishers Weekly 12/23/2013 Dr. Connie Sykes, the owner and operator of a lab that tests for sexually transmitted diseases, shows up at Alex Delaware's office and threatens him in the powerhouse opening of bestseller Kellerman's 29th novel featuring the L.A. psychologist (after 2013's Guilt). Sykes leaves Delaware unscathed, for the time being. In one of […]