My LINKcat AccountWell. What about those Packers? What about those Badgers? What about the incredible heat wave we’ve been having? It’s almost the end of September and we are just finally settling back down to more normal temperatures. It doesn’t seem right that not only are the stores filled with Halloween paraphernalia, but they are also filled with Christmas items while we are still having weather in the 90s. It also doesn’t seem right that football is being played in this heat – at least not during this week in the season. If I knew who to complain to, I would. Just for grins and giggles, I thought I would point out that today is not only National Good Neighbor Day but also National Drink Beer Day as well as National Strawberry Cream Pie Day. I think you could be a very good neighbor by sharing a pie or a beer with a neighbor – although probably not both. I just can’t imagine a beer that would go well with Strawberry Cream pie. Now tomorrow is National Coffee day which would go perfectly with the pie. And as we all know, books go great with pie, coffee, and beer! Speaking of books, below you will find a selection of some of the new books that arrived recently at the library. Enjoy and cheers!
New Non-Fiction
“An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic” by Daniel Mendelsohn. The best-selling author of The Lost presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
“What Happened?” by Hillary Rodham Clinton. A new book of essays by the former secretary of state includes entries describing her experiences in the 2016 presidential campaign and incorporates hundreds of inspirational quotes that have shaped her life and work.
New Fiction
“A Casualty of War, No. 9 (Bess Crawford)” by Charles Todd. Caring for an increasingly unstable soldier who believes his cousin is responsible for multiple injuries, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford investigates the patient's claims, only to find herself in unexpected danger. By the award-winning author of “The Shattered Tree “
“Sleep Like a Baby, No. 10 (Aurora Teagarden)” by Charlaine Harris. Stricken with flu while Robin is on a business trip, Roe accepts the help of an in-home nurse who goes missing on a stormy night at the same time that a body is found outside the house. By the best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series.
“Turkey Trot Murder, No. 24 (Lucy Stone)” by Leslie Meier. An uneventful Thanksgiving season is shattered by the overdose-related death of a wealthy investor's daughter, a tragedy that Lucy Stone links to the possible schemes of the victim's pregnant stepmother. By the best-selling author of “Candy Corn Murder”.
“Second Chance Girl, No. 2 (Happily, Inc.) by Susan Mallery. A biologist finds herself falling for her handsome neighbor after they spend time together trying to adopt a herd for her lonely giraffe in the second novel of the series following “You Say It First”.
“The Cuban Affair” by Nelson DeMille. When his shaky finances compel him to accept a lucrative job for a 10-day fishing tournament to Cuba, Army combat veteran-turned-charter boat captain Mac learns that one of his clients is seeking to claim millions hidden by her grandfather, who was forced to flee Castro's revolution years earlier. By the best-selling author of “Plum Island”.
“Enigma, No. 21 (FBI Thrillers)” by Catherine Coulter. Agents Savich and Sherlock network with agent Cam Wittier and New York Special Forces agent Jack Cabot in a race against time to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John Doe. By the best-selling author of “Insidious”.
“Haunted, No. 10 (Michael Bennett)” by James Patterson & James Born. Vacationing in the Maine woods after a series of traumatic crises, detective Michael Bennett is pulled into the case of a series of child disappearances from a tight-knit community that is reeling from a deadly addiction.
“Keep Her Safe” by Sophie Hannah. A British woman's relaxing holiday at a sunny Arizona resort transforms into a dark, obsessive quest for the truth when she becomes convinced that another guest is the woman who disappeared in a sensational headline case years earlier. By the best-selling author of “The Monogram Murders”.
“The Romanov Ransom, No. 9 (Sam and Remi Fargo Adventures)” by Clive Cussler & Robin Burcell. Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo investigate a kidnapping that may be linked to the Nazi-stolen Romanov ransom, a case that is complicated by the heinous acts of a guerrilla faction that would establish the Fourth Reich. By the authors of “Pirate”.
“Sleeping Beauties” by Stephen King & Owen King. A father-son collaboration envisions a near-future where the women succumb to a sleeping disease, the men revert to their increasingly primal natures and one woman, mysteriously immune, struggles to survive in an Appalachian prison town where she is treated alternately as a demon and a lab specimen.
“Wicked Deeds, No. 23 (Krewe of Hunters)”by Heather Graham. A romantic weekend for historian Vickie Preston and special agent Griffin Pryce is interrupted by the murder of a popular author in a literature-themed restaurant, a case with disturbing parallels to the works of Edgar Allan Poe.