WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
Lexicon by Max Barry
What if there were certain sounds, or combinations of sounds,
that would compel you to obey mindlessly whenever you
heard them. What if other sounds could kill you if they were
spoken aloud? What if a government organization knew how
to do this? What if they recruited gifted young people and
taught them these deadly skills? What if they lost control of the
people they trained? All of these nightmares are waiting for
you in one thrilling novel. Read it.
PAGE TURNERS
SEPTEMBER 2013
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Rosemary was a happy talkative child. She loved playing with
her sister Fern and adored her older brother Lowell. Now she is
struggling through college while her brother is on the run from
the FBI. Her parents are shadows of the lively and clever people
they once were but it is Fern who has suffered the worst fate of
all and Rosemary remembers nothing about the incident that
broke up her family. This book is not about what you think it is
and will surprise and intrigue you with its unusual story line.
MYSTERY SERIES OF THE MONTH
How the Light Gets In (2013), The Beautiful Mystery,
A Trick of the Light and others by Louise Penny
Chief inspector Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec is clever
and compassionate. He needs both these qualities when he
investigates murder and mayhem. These often occur in the
seemingly idyllic village and artists’ community of Three Pines
to the south of Montreal. He is not afraid dig deep beneath the
surface of daily life to find the evil that hides underneath. These
beautifully plotted mysteries are full of interesting characters
and will keep you guessing to the end.
ONE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
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Night of the Comet by George Bishop
It’s 1973 and Comet Kohoutek is approaching earth. In
Terrebonne, Louisiana, Alan Broussard has bought his son
Alan Junior a telescope and hopes to share his interest in the
stars with him. Young Alan is already interested in a heavenly
body, the one belonging to his classmate Gabriella and he
discovers that the telescope gives him a close up look at her
bedroom window. His mother Lydia is unhappy with the way
her life has turned out. The arrival of the comet brings growing
family tensions to a head. Will they be able to reach a new
understanding of what holds them together?
ENTERTAINING NON-FICTION
Extra Sensory: the Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy
and Other Powers of the Mind by Brian Clegg
There have always been people claiming they can read minds,
move objects without touching them or speak to the dead.
Is there any evidence at all to back up these claims? To try
and answer that question Brian Clegg, who holds a physics
degree, has examined studies on the paranormal done by
university groups and other scientists. He takes a thoughtful
and perceptive look at the evidence and manages to be
entertaining while he does so. What’s the verdict? Read the
book and find out.
DOWN SOUTH
The Sweetest Hallelujah by Elaine Hussey
Billie is eleven years old and believes that her father is Saint
Hughes, the black jazz musician, but he hasn’t been home
for years. Her mother, Betty Jewel Hughes, is dying of cancer.
Across in the white part of town Cassie Malone, recently
widowed, is coming to terms with the fact that she is childless
and alone. A poignant newspaper ad brings Betty Jewel and
Cassie together and then an explosive secret is brought to light.
This is a moving story of forgiveness and friendship.
SUMMER IN THE CITY
Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda
On a humid night in Red Hook, Brooklyn two bored teenage
girls take a raft out on the East River. They disappear and only
one of them survives. She is found by a local teacher who
carries her to a nearby store. When the other girl is found dead
the store owner tries to find out what happened to her. A boy
who is suspected of the murder has an unknown ally working
to clear him. A cast of lonely people are bound together by one
disturbing event and by their desire to be free of the past.
FREE LOVE
Fin and Lady by Cathleen Schine (author of The Three
Weissmanns of Westport)
When Fin’s mother dies there is no one left to take care of
him except his half-sister Lady. He hasn’t seen her for years
so his life is turned upside down when she arrives at his dairy
farm home in Connecticut and takes him to live with her in
Greenwich Village, in the middle of the swinging sixties. Fin
may only be eleven but he has a good head on his shoulders
and he soon realizes that Lady, who wants her freedom above
everything else, needs someone to look out for her too. In a
world filled with turmoil and change will they manage to stay
together as a family?
A SONG OF THE SEA
The Rathbones by Janice Clark
The Rathbone’s were once a prosperous family of whalers.
Mercy is the last of them and her father has been lost at sea
for seven years. Her uncle Mordecai, a recluse, lives in the attic
and teaches her navigation. One night, after a violent incident,
Mordecai and Mercy have to flee their crumbling family home.
They take to the seas and ply the islands off the Connecticut
coast uncovering family history and secrets as they go. Can
there be any redemption for the Rathbones or must they
vanish like the whales they once hunted?
REAL LIVES
The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine
Granville by Clare Mulley
Christine Granville was a woman like no other. She was highly
decorated British agent who won the George medal, an OBE
and the Croix de Guerre for her exploits behind enemy lines
in world war ll. She thrived on danger and was courageous
and resourceful under extreme pressure. She survived the war
only to die at the hands of an obsessed lover. This book is an
exciting account of special operations in war-time Europe as
well as a lively portrait of a charismatic woman.