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Along Came a Spider

By James Patterson
Series Alex Cross Series
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

A Washington, D. C. police detective, Alex Cross becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve a schizophrenic psychopath.

Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories

By Hilary Mantel

A collection of contemporary short stories about England includes monster tales, near-memoir pieces, and mini-sagas of family and social fracture as triggered by sex, marriage, and class.

Best Boy

By Eli Gottlieb

A middle-aged autistic resident of a therapeutic community where he was sent as a young child rebels against changes in his environment by attempting to return to a family home and younger sibling he only partially remembers.

Blindness

By Jose Saramago
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Tuesday, June 13, 2017. 7:30 PM.
A city is hit by an epidemic of “white blindness” whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscape.

Dead Eyes

By Stuart Woods

Actress Chris Callaway finds her life threatened by a stalker whose attack leaves her blind, and it is up to Beverly Hills police detective Jon Larsen and Danny Devere, a gay friend, to track the would-be killer.

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By Renee Knight
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past to prevent her world from falling apart.

Eye of the World

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time Series
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, and Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries

By Marianne C. Bohr
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Thirty-plus years after first backpacking through Europe, Marianne Bohr and her husband leave their lives behind and take off on a yearlong quest for adventure.

House at the End of Hope Street

By Menna van Praag
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“Invited into a house where women are allowed to stay for 99 days while they turn their lives around, Alba, who has been struggling with a stalled academic career, learns about the refuge’s famous past visitors while embarking on a personal journey of healing (From the Publisher).”

Key of Valor

By Nora Roberts
Series Key Trilogy
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

In this conclusion to the Key trilogy, three women are united by destiny as Zoe, searching for the Key of Valor, unlocks the mysteries of the past to save her future.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

By J. Ryan Stradal
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference, Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Raised with a sophisticated palate by her single father, Eva learns the culturally rich stories behind a series of Midwestern dishes while becoming the star chef at a legendary restaurant.

Orphan #8

By Kim Alkemade
Recommended By Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian, Isabel Zinman, Readers' Services Librarian
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, October 18, 2016. 7:30 PM.

When hospice nurse Rachel realizes that her new patient is the doctor that spent years subjecting her to tortuous medical experiments at a Jewish orphanage, she is forced to confront her memories of the time and their lasting effect.

Painted Girls

By Cathy Marie Buchanan
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

A tale inspired by the real-life model for Degas’s Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is set in belle époque Paris and traces the survival efforts of the Van Goethem sisters after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie’s ballet training, introduction to a genius painter and patronage by a wealthy man whose assistance comes with a price.

Secret Chord

By Geraldine Brooks
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk
With Jean Simpson, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, March 28, 2017. 1:30 PM.

Based on the story of King David, traces his journey from an obscure shepherd to a hero and king before his fall.

Slade House

By David Mitchell

“Follows the narrative of five different people who disappear through a mysterious door in an unassuming alleyway that leads to Slade House, owned by a peculiar brother and sister, and vanish completely from the outside world (From the Publisher).”

Steel Remains

By Richard K. Morgan
Series Land Fit for Heroes
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Forgotten and living in a backcountry village, one-time war hero Ringil believes that he is past his prime as a warrior, until he is asked to find a lost cousin who has been sold into servitude.

Those Secrets We Keep

By Emily Liebert
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

A family woman who seeks completion, a woman who is unable to conceive and a privileged wild child unite for a three-week summer vacation at a beautiful New York lake before respective secrets and mounting tensions lead to profound life changes.

Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

By Peggy Noonan

A collection of top writings by the Wall Street Journal columnist traces her career in journalism and in leading political circles throughout the Reagan administration and beyond.

Who Do You Love

By Jennifer Weiner
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian

“First meeting as children, a wealthy girl with a congenital heart defect and an underprivileged boy with athletic talents meet periodically over three decades before considering whether their affections will overcome their differences (From the Publisher).”

Wild Swan: And Other Tales

By Michael Cunningham
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Presents four modern fairy tales in which elements from traditional stories are interwoven with the experiences of people at times of profound revelation.