Did you know: Our next Crafternoon is Saturday, March 7th, 1-3 pm, with simple felted stuffed animals. Ages 6 and up welcome- adults should stay with those 10 and under.
The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera. At twenty-eight, Siriwathi Perera never expected to be a taxicab driver in New York City, still living with her parents and binging true crime podcasts. But she's suddenly dropped into her own true crime when she discovers a passenger murdered in the backseat. Pinned as the obvious and only suspect, Siri chases down leads across the boroughs of New York City with the help of a public defender she’s connected with while driving.
The Jills by Karen Parkman. Virginia is a Jill--a professional Buffalo Bills cheerleader--living the life she's always dreamed of. She spends her weekdays practicing, her weekends cheering, and her nights hopping between events and bars and clubs with her teammates, and especially her best friend, Jeanine. But one Sunday, Jeanine fails to show up for a game, and all calls and texts go unanswered. As Virginia’s search for Jeanine spirals into obsession, disturbing questions emerge.
This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman. Is this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubenstein family, it could go either way. When their beloved older sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored and a misunderstanding about apple cake turns into decades of stubborn silence.
Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky. It's 1974. Nineteen-year-old Celia Dent’s contentment with her life is shattered when a woman she knows from work is murdered in a love tryst gone awry. What would that be like, Celia wonders, to die for love--or to kill for love? What would it be like to live each moment passionately and with full awareness that each breath is bringing her closer to her last?
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of the Astral Library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives--inside their favorite books.
And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. After a mortifying public humiliation, Dancy Flynn is desperate to find sanctuary far from the crowd. But where can a washed-up sex symbol hide? How about making an unannounced appearance at the secluded lake house of the sweet, sensitive high school boyfriend she hasn't seen in almost twenty years? But Clint Garrett is no longer the kid Dancy remembers. Now he's a gridiron superhero, still holding a massive grudge against her for breaking his teenage heart.
The following large print books were donated by Brenda Whittaker:
Stolen in Death by JD Robb in memory of Hilda Crosby. A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new.
Jigsaw by Jonathan Kellerman in memory of Arthur E. Sawyer. Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis return when what seemed to be an open and shut case turns into a mind-bending mystery.
Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan in memory of Meryl Sawyer. Undercover as newlyweds pretending to enjoy their honeymoon, Detective Kara Quinn and FBI Agent Matt Costa set a trap to catch a killer targeting newlyweds.
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman in memory of Maxine Sawyer. The Thursday Murder Club is on the case when they receive word an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.