By David Liss
Series Benjamin Weaver Mysteries
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

When a merchant suffering reverses kills himself and a day later a Jewish stock–jobber is run down by a carriage. Benjamin Weaver, son of the stock–jobber, is asked by the merchant's son, to look into the deaths. The fatalities begin to look related and deliberate, pulling Weaver into a web of mystery and finance, a la London in 1719. An intriguing look at 18th century European finance.

By Andrew Ferguson

"The author recounts his haphazard experiences of helping his son get into college, an effort marked by quantities of self-help books, contradictory counselor advice, and steep costs (From the Publisher)."

By William Landay
Recommended By Alisa Fogel, Librarian-Programming, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk, Amy B., Children's Librarian, Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

His happy life and long-time respectability as a suburban Massachusetts assistant district attorney shattered when his 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, Andy Barber faces a wrenching decision about family loyalty when the facts increasingly suggest that the boy is guilty.

By Daniel Friedman
Series Buck Schatz Mysteries
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

"Learning that an old adversary may have escaped Germany with a fortune in stolen gold, retired cop Buck Schatz teams up with his grandson in an investigation involving a loan shark, a 7-foot-tall Hasidic Jewish man, and a maniac (From the Publisher)."

By A.J. Jacobs
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

"Documents the author's effort to follow a complicated two-year program of dubious diet and exercise practices in a wayward effort to promote perfect health that tests the patience of his long-suffering wife (From the Publisher)."

By Brandon Sanderson

"Arriving in the kingdom of Arelon to enter a marriage of state, princess Sarene discovers that her intended has died and that she is considered his widow, leaving her a lone force against the imperial ambitions of a religious fanatic (From the Publisher)."

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

"An uplifting tale of hope and faith celebrates the joy of the holiday season and follows a theme of the redemptive power of love (From the Publisher)."

By Bernard Cornwell
Series Saxon Stories
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Captured and raised by Danes in the ninth century, dispossessed nobleman Uhtred witnesses the unexpected defeat of his adoptive Viking clan by Alfred of Wessex and longs to recover his father's land. 1st book in the Saxon Tales series.

By Jenny Lawson
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

In an illustrated memoir, the creator of the Bloggess blog shares humorous stories from her life.

By Nelson Demille
Series John Corey Novels
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“Libyan terrorist Asad Khalil, known as "The Lion," returns to the U.S. to take care of unfinished business, and the only man who can stop him is John Corey, a special agent for the NYPD's Anti-Terrorist Task Force (From the Publisher).”

By Judith A. Jance
Series Joanna Brady Mysteries & J.P. Beaumont Mysteries
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

"Sent to Cochise County in Arizona by the Washington State attorney general to investigate the murder of a star witness, J.P. Beaumont teams up with Sheriff Joanna Brady and is surprised to find in her a savvy fellow detective (From the Publisher)."

By John Steinbeck
Recommended By Josephine Amoia, Children's Librarian, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Amy B., Children's Librarian
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Tuesday, January 13, 2015. 7:30 PM

Kino, a poor Mexican pearl fisher, finds a valuable pearl. Yet instead of bringing blessings, the pearl acts as a harbinger of misfortune to Kino and his wife, Juana.

By Sandra Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

"A romantic historical novel from the best-selling author of Smash Cut centers around an independent woman who runs a boarding house in Dust Bowl Texas (From the Publisher)."

By Sarah Dunant
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

"Condemned by sixteenth-century demands for lucrative dowries in order to marry, young Serafina is ripped from an illicit love affair and confined in an Italian convent, a situation against which she passionately rebels and reminds the convent's doctor of her own unhappy early years (From the Publisher)."

By Stan Jones
Series Nathan Active Mysteries
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

"Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active is regarded as "half-white" by the Inupiats of the village where he is stationed. He was born in Chukchi but was adopted by Anglos and raised in Anchorage. Now he is called upon to investigate the murder of a tribal leader who was stabbed to death with an antique harpoon, which had been recently returned to the community under the Indian Graves Act (From the Publisher)."

By Diane Mott Davidson
Series Goldy Bear 109
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

"Chef-turned-sleuth Goldy Schulz whips up a traditional Elizabethan banquet for an eccentric millionaire, with disastrous results (From the Publisher)."

By Cheryl Strayed
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian , Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Neela Vass, Head of Acquisitions
With Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, November 13. 7:30 PM.

A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again.

By Melissa De La Cruz
Series Beauchamp Family
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

"Engaged to Bran, the heir to Fair Haven and Gardiners Island, Freya, a bartender and witch who has a potion to cure every kind of heartache, finds her life spiraling out of control when a young girl goes missing after taking one of her irresistible cocktails (From the Publisher)."

Became the TV show: Witches of East End.

By Michael Robotham
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

"After being robbed of his briefcase, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz tracks down the thieves, who had mistaken him for someone else, and becomes unwittingly involved unraveling plots involving bank bombings in Baghdad and a missing VP at an international finance powerhouse (From the Publisher)."