Staff Picks

New Items ~ April 2019

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FICTION The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear.  Mazie Dobbs investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz. Black Leopard, red wolf by Marlon James.  A swords-and-sorcery epic set in a mythical Africa that is also part detective story, part quest fable, and part inquiry into the nature of truth, belief, and destiny. Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken.  This is about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. Cemetery Road by Greg Iles.  An electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a …

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Spring!

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How could we not post a blog this time of year without thinking about and looking forward to spring?  So in that frame of mind, here are some books that have the word SPRING in their titles. Heart Spring Mountain by Robin MacArthur.  A young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a heavy storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret. Paris Spring by James Naughtie.  Paris, in April of 1968. The cafes are alive with talk of revolution, but for Scottish-American Will Flemyng–a spy working in the British Embassy–the …

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New Items ~ March 2019

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FICTION The age of light by Whitney Scharer.  Chronicles the tumultuous working and romantic relationships of photographer Man Ray and model-turned-photographer Lee Miller in early 1930s Paris. As long as we both shall live by JoAnn Chaney.  A masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong, a marriage with lots of secrets…. Big bang by David Bowman.  Set in the 1950s, this epic presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination. Connections in death by J.D. Robb. Eve Dallas fights to save the innocent – and serve justice to the guilty – …

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The Oscars In Libraries!

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Because of one of Scott’s previous blog posts, he was contacted by Brandi Scardilli, of Information Today, Inc., about how Gardiner Public Library, among other libraries, promote Oscar nominations, and winners. Click on the link to read the entire blog! The Oscars At The Library    

New Items ~ February 2019

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FICTION Alice isn’t dead by Joseph Fink.  A female big-rig driver crisscrosses America searching for signs of the wife everyone else thinks is dead. The angel in the glass by Alys Clare.  A physician-sleuth in the year 1604 uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in this historical mystery. Bad news travels fast by Maureen Milliken.  When an Appalachian Trail hiker becomes lost in the woods of Maine, then is found dead, it sets off a chain of events that upsets the fragile peace of the town of Redimere, Maine. The boy by Tami Hoag.  Nick Fourcade and Annie …

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New Items ~ January 2019

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FICTION The Adults by Caroline Hulse.  A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their NEW partners, all go on an epic Christmas vacation together.  What could go wrong? Bitter orange by Claire Fuller.  Whiffs of Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, and Charlotte Bronte as an upstairs neighbor becomes obsessed with her downstairs neighbor. The clockmaker’s daughter by Kate Morton.  The story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadows across generations set in England from the 1860s until the present day. The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash.  An evocative and wildly absorbing novel about the …

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