Jan Karon fans who love Mitford
will be pleased to see the tenth novel in the successful Father Tim series Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good has
arrived at PWPL. Five years after
retirement, Father Tim finds that retirement is not that exciting. He considers a return to the ministry. His adopted son is struggling with his own
issues and bookstore owner Hope Murphy may be facing tragedy with her unborn
baby. As usual, Karon spins multiple
storylines into a compelling story about the residents of Mitford, South
Carolina.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant is an
absorbing historical novel. Addie, the
daughter of Jewish immigrants was born in Boston in 1900. A spirited and strong girl and woman, Addie
and her two sisters thirst for adventure.
During her life, she witnesses wars, faces heartbreak and comes into her
own as a woman. Diamant’s previous
novel, The Red Tent, is another
skillfully written historical chronical.
Emma Healey
has a degree in bookbinding and attended art school in London. After both of her grandmothers suffered from
dementia, she started to explore the disease by writing a novel. Elizabeth
is Missing centers around Maud who knows something is not quite right in
her life. She keeps buying cans of
sliced peaches, even though she has a cupboard full, and forgets to drink her
tea. She does know her friend Elizabeth
is missing and her disappearance may relate to the mystery of her sister’s
disappearance following World War II.
This debut novel explores how Maud tries to solve a mystery when she
can’t remember all of the clues.
Lisa and
Joe Stone have been married for twenty years.
The two attorneys run a small law firm in Henry County, Virginia. They handle ordinary cases and try to appease
their difficult client Lettie VanSandt. When
Lettie dies in a freakish fire, they have to determine if the fire was an
accident or if someone intended to do away with her. Settling her peculiar estate becomes
endlessly complex and reveals a number of deadly secrets. The
Jezebel Remedy by Martin Clark is a well plotted and quirky legal thriller.
Sara
Taylor’s first novel The Shore is
set in a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay just off the coast of
Virginia. Here inhabitants, wealthy and
destitute, have lived for generations.
The characters in this novel are all deeply connected to the land and
possess a resilience that only the place they call home could create. Spanning a century, this saga is filled with
characters and an intertwined narrative that tells their stories.
Detective
Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies, but this one is unique even by
Detroit standards. As stranger and more
disturbing bodies are discovered, the city tries to hold on. Broken
Monsters is an eye opening thriller about broken cities, broken dreams and
broken people trying to put themselves back together again.
Ruby by Cynthia Bond is the epic and
unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the
town desperate to destroy her. Another
debut novel, Bond tells the story of Ephram Jennings and the beautiful girl he
has loved since childhood. Ruby is the
girl he never forgot, but as soon as she was old enough, she fled Liberty,
Texas for the bright lights of New York City.
When a telegram from her cousin forces Ruby to return home, Ephram must
choose between his loyalty to the sister who raised him or his dreams of love
and life with Ruby.
Ben and
Caroline Tierney and their two young boys are hoping to start over after Ben
hits a dead end with his latest novel and Caroline loses her banking job. When Ben inherits land in the village of
Swannhaven, the couple moves to a remote corner of upstate New York. Strange things begin to happen as Ben
discovers chilling, dangerous and deadly secrets. What seemed to be a fresh start has turned
into a nightmare as Ben and Caroline try to survive in the House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy.
Dexter
Morgan is a man people love to watch in action.
As the star of seven national bestsellers and a phenomenal TV series, author
Jeff Lindsay has created a character unlike any other. In his eighth Dexter novel Dexter is Dead, Lindsay elevates his
witty, dark and fascinating character to new heights one last time. This novel is purported to be the final novel
in the Dexter series, and Lindsay does not disappoint. Dexter is confronted with the end. He has lost his wife, kids, career and the
loyalty of his sister. He is in jail for
murders he didn’t commit, but an unlikely savior, his twisted brother, may save
him.
These and
many more readable works of fiction are available on the new book shelves of
the Peter White Public Library.
By Pam Christensen
Library Director
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