November 15, 2021
Adult Fiction
The Walnut Creek Wish by Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Welcome to Walnut Creek,
Ohio, where Orley and Lois Troyer own an antique store they call "Memory
Keepers." Though knowledgeable in antiques and their repair, their real
talent is in mentoring folks who are hurting and don't even know it. Enter
Jeff, a restaurateur, and Rhonda, a hotel manager, who recently moved to Amish
country for the slow pace, but the change of scenery puts even more stress on
their already strained marriage. Will an antique sled be the last straw, or
will it lead to unexpected revelations and the fulfillment of dreams?
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams.
Avery Keene, a brilliant
young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to
hold her life together--excelling in an arduous job with the court while also
dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice
Wynn--the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases--has
slipped into a coma, Avery's life turns upside down. She is immediately
notified that Justice Wynn has left instructions for her to serve as his legal
guardian and power of attorney. Plunged into an explosive role she never
anticipated, Avery finds that Justice Wynn had been secretly researching one of
the most controversial cases before the court--a proposed merger between an
American biotech company and an Indian genetics firm, which promises to unleash
breathtaking results in the medical field. She also discovers that Wynn
suspected a dangerously related conspiracy that infiltrates the highest power
corridors of Washington. As political wrangling ensues in Washington to
potentially replace the ailing judge whose life and survival Avery controls,
she begins to unravel a carefully constructed, chess-like sequence of clues
left behind by Wynn. She comes to see that Wynn had a much more personal stake
in the controversial case and realizes his complex puzzle will lead her
directly into harm's way in order to find the truth.
The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens.
Lila Nash is on the verge
of landing her dream job--working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County
Attorney--and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert.
But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in
the office take a personal turn. The police believe the woman's assailant is
local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the case quickly flounders as the evidence
wears thin. It seems Gavin saw this investigation coming--and no one can
imagine how carefully he has prepared. The more determined Lila is to put Gavin
behind bars, the more elusive justice becomes. Battling a vindictive new boss
and haunted by the ghosts of her own unspeakable attack, which she's kept a
dark secret for eight long years, Lila knows the clock is ticking down. In a
race against an evil mastermind, it will take everything Lila's got to outsmart
a killer--and to escape the dark hold of her own past.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Burning Blue by Kevin Cook.
On January 28, 1986,
NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape
Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America's "Teacher in Space," was
instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least
that's what most of us remember. Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on
that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures--leading from NASA
to the White House--that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold
Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the shuttle for the agonizing
minutes after the explosion, which the astronauts did indeed survive. He
uncovers the errors and corner-cutting that led an overconfident space agency
to launch a crew that had no chance to escape. But this is more than a
corrective to a now-dimming memory. Centering on McAuliffe, a charmingly
down-to-earth civilian on the cusp of history, The Burning Blue animates a
colorful cast of characters: a pair of red-hot flyers at the shuttle's
controls, the second female and first Jewish astronaut, the second Black
astronaut, and the first Asian American and Buddhist in space. Drawing vivid
portraits of Christa and the astronauts, Cook makes readers forget the fate
they're hurtling toward. With drama, immediacy, and shocking surprises, he
reveals the human price the Challenger crew and America paid for
politics, capital-P Progress, and the national dream of "reaching for the
stars."
The Reporter Who Knew
Too Much by Mark Shaw.
Was What's My
Line TV Star, media icon, and crack investigative reporter and journalist
Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK
assassination? If so, is the main suspect in her death still at large? These
questions and more are answered in former CNN, ESPN, and USA
Today legal analyst Mark Shaw's 25th book, The Reporter Who Knew Too
Much. Through discovery of never-before-seen videotaped
eyewitness interviews with those closest to Kilgallen and secret government
documents, Shaw unfolds a "whodunit" murder mystery featuring
suspects including Frank Sinatra, J. Edgar Hoover, Mafia Don Carlos Marcello
and a "Mystery Man" who may have silenced Kilgallen. All while by
presenting through Kilgallen's eyes the most compelling evidence about the JFK
assassinations since the House Select Committee on Assassination's
investigation in the 1970s. Called by the New York Post, "the most
powerful female voice in America," and by acclaimed author Mark Lane the
"the only serious journalist in America who was concerned with who killed
John Kennedy and getting all of the facts about the
assassination," Kilgallen's official cause of death reported as an
overdose of barbiturates combined with alcohol, has always been suspect since
no investigation occurred despite the death scene having been staged. Shaw
proves Kilgallen, a remarkable woman who broke the "glass ceiling"
before the term became fashionable, was denied the justice she deserved, that
is until now.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Amelia Erroway:
Castaway Commander by B. C.
Peterschmidt. J GN
Forbidden to become a
pilot by her overprotective father, Amelia Erroway yearns to command her own
airship. To prove her worth, she sets off alone on her father's prized craft.
But disaster strikes: A fierce storm crashes her ship in uncharted lands and
Amelia, now a castaway, must use her wits to survive. With the help of Rastor
and Fynley, brothers who live deep in the Juniper rainforest, Amelia is
determined to repair her airship and, with her newly formed crew, fly home.
Hello, Mandarin Duck! by Bao Phi. E
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