Books You May Have Missed
I know that too often when I have my heart set on reading a particular book, someone else beat me to the shelf. I can place a reserve on it, but I don’t want to go home empty-handed. There are still thousands of great books on the shelves, no longer new, but still just as good as they were when released. None of us has time to read everything that’s new, so here are a few recommendations by library staff that may be a little older, but you won’t want to miss them.
If you liked The Thirteenth Tale, try The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman. Journeying to the luxurious Bosco estate, a writer's retreat, in upstate New York to work on a book based on the troubled events that took place there in the summer of 1893, novelist Ellis Brooks uncovers the dark secrets of the wealthy Latham family. If you’re an adult who loved Twilight, try Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton. Chloe Hobbs, a sorcerer's daughter and owner of Sticks & String, a knitting shop in Sugar Maple, a Vermont town populated by warlocks, vampires, witches, and other paranormal inhabitants, believes that she has finally found Mr. Right, Luke MacKenzie, the all-too-human cop investigating the town's first homicide.
In New England White by Stephen L. Carter, Lemaster Carlyle, president of an elite New England university, and his wife, Julia, the divinity school dean, discover the body of a professor who was once Julia's lover, and their teenage daughter may have been involved. Julia struggles to protect her entire family while doggedly pursuing the truth, even if the cost is her peace of mind.
Before he became a best-selling author, Don Winslow spent over 15 years as an arson investigator and his expert knowledge shows in this riveting thriller, California Fire and Life. Investigator Jack Wade sorts through the remains of a L.A. mansion where a young mother was killed. Southern California is captured with all its quirks.
Sherlock Holmes has never been portrayed in a better light in the first book of a series about Mary Russell, a 15-year-old American girl who apprentices herself to the great detective in the early years of World War I. In The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie King has created a fitting partner for Holmes who equals him in intelligence.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle follows the family struggles of the Sawtelle family, who raise a special breed of dog on their Wisconsin farm. David Wroblewski's retelling of a classic piece of Shakespeare is often sad, but the beautiful writing and nuanced cast of characters keeps one reading even when any chance of a happy ending seems elusive. It's a story that manages to pack an emotional whirlwind -- love, family, betrayal, revenge, jealously, loyalty, loss and hope are all to be found in Edgar's story -- but rarely bogs down or becomes unbelievable. If you didn't pick it up when it first came out, it's well worth the read now.
If you liked The Thirteenth Tale, try The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman. Journeying to the luxurious Bosco estate, a writer's retreat, in upstate New York to work on a book based on the troubled events that took place there in the summer of 1893, novelist Ellis Brooks uncovers the dark secrets of the wealthy Latham family. If you’re an adult who loved Twilight, try Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton. Chloe Hobbs, a sorcerer's daughter and owner of Sticks & String, a knitting shop in Sugar Maple, a Vermont town populated by warlocks, vampires, witches, and other paranormal inhabitants, believes that she has finally found Mr. Right, Luke MacKenzie, the all-too-human cop investigating the town's first homicide.
In New England White by Stephen L. Carter, Lemaster Carlyle, president of an elite New England university, and his wife, Julia, the divinity school dean, discover the body of a professor who was once Julia's lover, and their teenage daughter may have been involved. Julia struggles to protect her entire family while doggedly pursuing the truth, even if the cost is her peace of mind.
Before he became a best-selling author, Don Winslow spent over 15 years as an arson investigator and his expert knowledge shows in this riveting thriller, California Fire and Life. Investigator Jack Wade sorts through the remains of a L.A. mansion where a young mother was killed. Southern California is captured with all its quirks.
Sherlock Holmes has never been portrayed in a better light in the first book of a series about Mary Russell, a 15-year-old American girl who apprentices herself to the great detective in the early years of World War I. In The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie King has created a fitting partner for Holmes who equals him in intelligence.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle follows the family struggles of the Sawtelle family, who raise a special breed of dog on their Wisconsin farm. David Wroblewski's retelling of a classic piece of Shakespeare is often sad, but the beautiful writing and nuanced cast of characters keeps one reading even when any chance of a happy ending seems elusive. It's a story that manages to pack an emotional whirlwind -- love, family, betrayal, revenge, jealously, loyalty, loss and hope are all to be found in Edgar's story -- but rarely bogs down or becomes unbelievable. If you didn't pick it up when it first came out, it's well worth the read now.
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