Staff Picks - January 2013
By Sarah Strohmeyer
Series Bubbles Yablonsky Mysteries
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation
"Against all odds, Bubbles Yablonsky has returned to school, but while on her way to journalism school, she happens upon a crime scene and finds herself drawn into a murder investigation (From the Publisher)."
"Presents a collection of essays and speeches that consider the human and literary themes that have shaped the author's life, exploring such topics as the suicide of David Foster Wallace, and the ways in which technology has changed how people express love (From the Publisher)."
By Denise Mina
Series Garnethill Trilogy
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk
"On returning home in a drunken state after discovering her boyfriend has been married for twelve years, Maureen O'Donnell finds the body of her boyfriend tied to her kitchen chair with his throat cut and becomes the prime suspect in his murder (From the Publisher)."
By Margaret Dilloway
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
The story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife hasn't been what she'd expected.
Married to an erratic, controlling and sometimes frightening husband, Catherine plans a meticulous escape. Four years later, struggling to overcome her demons, Catherine dares to believe she might be safe from harm. Until one phone call changes everything.
By Nelson Demille
Series John Corey Novels
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director
"Detective John Corey sets out to capture the world's most dangerous terrorist - a young Arab known as "The Lion" - a man who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance against America for bombing Libya and killing his family (From the Publisher)."
"The memoirs" of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas describes how, as a little girl in 1929, she is sold into slavery; her efforts to learn the arts of the geisha; the impact of World War II; and her struggle to reinvent herself to win the man she loves (From the Publisher)."
By Ron McLarty
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian
"Working as a quality control inspector at a toy factory in Rhode Island, friendless alcoholic Smithy Ide considers himself a loser until a tragic event prompts him to set off on an epic cross-country bicycle journey (From the Publisher)."
Genre Psychological Fiction, Adventure Stories (Fiction), Loss/Grief
Teen Genre Adult Books for Teens
By Alan Furst
Series Night Soldiers 109
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services
"Arriving in Paris on the eve of the Munich Appeasement in 1938, Hollywood star Frederic Stahl is unwittingly entangled in the region's shifting political currents when he discovers that his latest film is linked to the destinies of fascists, German Nazis, and Hollywood publicists (From the Publisher)."
By Oscar Wilde
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian
With Sonia Grgas, Health Reference Librarian
Thursday, September 13. 1:30 PM.
A handsome, dissolute man sells his soul for eternal youth.
Became the movie: The Picture of Dorian Gray.
By Thomas H. Cook
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference
"The fortunate life of successful businessman Thomas Danforth of 1939 New York City is thrown into chaos when he unwittingly provides a location for a mysterious woman to receive training in firearms and explosives before she abruptly disappears (From the Publisher)."
By Maryann McFadden
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk
"After raising her daughter and caring for her aging parents for many years, history teacher Claire Noble finds her forthcoming nuptials and ambition to become a photographer compromised by their problems (From the Publisher)."
By Stephen King
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian
"A monumentally devastating plague leaves only a few survivors who, in a desert world, experience dreams of good and evil in confrontation and, through their choices, move toward an actual confrontation (From the Publisher)."
Became the TV mini-series: The Stand.
By Elin Hilderbrand
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager
Follows the lives of four high school students, their friends, and families after a fatal car accident on graduation night on Nantucket has lasting repercussions for everyone involved.
By Elizabeth Kostova
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian
"His ordered life thrown into disarray when he begins treating an unstable genius artist who has recently attacked a canvas at the National Gallery of Art, psychiatrist and art hobbyist Andrew Marlow struggles to understand the secret that torments the artist (From the Publisher)."
By Alan Pell Crawford
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian
"A portrait of Thomas Jefferson's retirement years at Monticello captures a turbulent period in the former president's life marked by personal and financial problems, depression, the disintegration of his family, and the founding of the University of Virginia (From the Publisher)."
"In Los Angeles a thirteen-year-old girl follows haunting music across an invisible border into an enchanted land known as Shei'rah that is inhabited by satyrs, unicorns, and phoenixes (From the Publisher)."
By Ed Stafford
"Describes the author's quest to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, offering details on the effects of deforestation and his encounters with both vicious animals and tribal members with machetes (From the Publisher)."
By Rick Riordan
Series Tres Navarre Mysteries
"Private detective Tres Navarre trails a two-stepping killer wreaking havoc on Texas's country music business, while protecting a pint-sized lass with a big-country voice (From the Publisher)."
By Paolo Bacigalupi
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist
"Living in a future where food is scarce, Anderson Lake tries to find ways to exploit this need, as he comes into conflict with Jaidee, an official of the Environmental Ministry, and encounters Emiko, an engineered windup girl who has been discarded by her creator (From the Publisher)."