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Large Print books by Frieda McFadden donated by Brenda Whittaker:
The Perfect Son in memory of Doris S. Whittaker. Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.
The Housemaid's Secret in memory of Zula B. Sawyer. A housemaid discovers a secret about the sick wife of the man who hired her.
The Housemaid is Watching in memory of Matilda E. Whittaker. Millie finally has a home, husband and son, but their new neighborhood harbors dark secrets.
Other large Print books donated by Brenda Whittaker:
The Viper By Brad Meltzer in memory of "Judge" Chet Ketcham. Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be—he’s spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he’s diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turning the suit into a final, untraceable hiding spot.
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny in memory of Madelyn C. Neumann. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it, a man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that the plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning.
New adult fiction:
Woman Down by Colleen Hoover. A viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced author Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the Internet turns on you. Now, in an attempt to save her career, she retreats to a secluded cabin, hoping to find inspiration. Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra's words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who's becoming her muse.
A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt. After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast, frigid territory in the Arctic Circle. His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. As Cole’s life unravels—and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation, he turns to Pitseolala’s younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider. It’s then that Cole uncovers what binds them—a singular mission to find her killer.
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley. Summer, 1986. The Creel sisters, Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna, welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin—newly arrived from India—into their house in rural Wyoming where they’ll all live together. Because this is what families do. That is, until the sisters decide that it’s time for their uncle to die.