Tomorrow August 19th in the Stribling Room, Fletcher Clark will perform “The Runaway Scrape” for adults at 6:00. In narrative, song, and characterization, Fletcher Clark recounts this historical flight before the advancing forces of Santa Anna. The Runaway Scrape ends with the Battle of San Jacinto and the emergence of the Republic of Texas. Happy reading!
New to the Library:
DVDS
Every Breath You Take
Gangs of London Season 1
Here Today
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Operation Paperclip
Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries)
Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron (F DOI Bow.12)
“After being ambushed on a dark winter road, Mike Bowditch’s Jeep crashes into a frozen river. Hours earlier, Mike was called to investigate the suspicious drowning of a wealthy professor. His daughter-in-law insists the man was murdered. The accusations lead Mike to a sinister local family who claim to have information on the crime. As Mike faces a nightlong battle to stay alive, he must dissect the hours leading up to the ambush and solve two riddles: which one of these people desperately wants him dead, and what has he done to incur their wrath?”
Fallen by Linda Castillo (F CAS Bur.13)
“When a young woman is found murdered in a motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Someone doesn’t want Rachael’s past- or the mysteries she took with her to the grave- coming to light. As Kate digs deeper, violence strikes again, this time hitting close to home. Will Kate uncover the truth and bring a murderer to justice?”
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict (F BEN)
“In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to- for the protection of her family and her legacy- to preserve her carefully crafted identity in the world in which she lives.”
Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine (F CON)
“Addison’s about to get married, but she’s not looking forward to the big day. It’s not her fiancé, it’s because Addison doesn't know who she really is. A few years ago, a driver found her bleeding next to a New Jersey highway. While her physical wounds healed, Addison’s memory never returned. She doesn’t know her real name. Or how she ended up injured on the side of a road. Or why she can’t shake the notion that she may have done something very bad. In a posh home in the Boston suburbs, Julian tries to figure out what happened to his loving, caring wife, Cassandra, who disappeared without a trace two years ago. She would never have left him and their seven-year-old daughter Valentina- or would she?”
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