We’re seeing some hot new titles come through Technical Services where new books are received and processed. A lot of these have already been requested by various library patrons, but you can always add your name to the list. (For instructions, check our website and take the “How to request a book online” tutorial.) Or you can always call us during library hours. We’re happy to help you! Here are some books that might interest you:
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (Cody, Powell, Meeeteetse), begins in Mexico during the 1930s with main character Harrison Shepherd meeting Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and working for Lev Trotsky.
Ford County, by John Grisham (Cody, Powell, and Meeteetse), showcases fictional characters in a short story collection backdropped by the county which was the setting of Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill.
Rainwater, by Sandra Brown (Cody and Powell), resurrects the Depression as a theme. In accepting tenant David Rainwater, boardinghouse owner Ella Barton faces some “unsettling changes.”
A Christmas Blizard, by Lake Wobegon meister Garrison Keillor (Cody), brings us humor just in time for the holidays. The tale features James Sparrow making a blizzard flight to Looseleaf, N.D. to see his dying Uncle Earl.
The End of the Road, by Sue Henry, (Cody, Powell, and Meeteeetse), takes Maxie McNabb and her mini-dachsund, Stretch, back to Homer, Alaska to snuggle in for a long winter. Maxie helps solve the murder of a friendly drifter, John Walker.
Other Men’s Horses, by Elmer Kelton (Cody and Powell), is a hearty Western featuring Texas Ranger Andy Pickard who is ordered to nab a murdering horse trader and bring him to trial. Read this one and pay tribute to Elmer Kelton, who died in August at age eighty-three.
Kindred in Death, by J. D. Robb, (aka Nora Roberts), (Cody and Powell), has Lt. Eve Dallas searching New York City for the despicable murderer of the sixteen-year-old daughter of the newly promoted NYPD captain. If you like Nora, you’ll like J.D.
Loading ...
