“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely” – Karen Kaiser Clark
Regular library hours are Monday-Thursday, 1:30-5:30 p.m., and Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
“Careless Love” is a DCI Banks novel by Peter Robinson. A young woman is found dead, dressed in evening attire, in an abandoned car on a country road. A well-dressed man in his 60s is found dead in a gully near a rocky spot where people hike. Both deaths are suspicious. Their identities are uncovered, but more questions arise. A source reveals information that an old enemy has returned. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants. This book is in large print.
“A Divided Loyalty” is by Charles Todd. A young woman is found dead near Stonehenge. Her killer is unknown. Ian Rutledge investigates, but he has little to go on. The clues point him toward an impossible solution. It will make Scotland Yard angry enough to fire him. Should he pursue the leads or leave the case alone? Where is his loyalty? This book is in large print.
“The Mother Next Door” is by Tara Laskowski. Neighborhood mothers, the Ivy Five, plan a Halloween party. When a new mom moves in, the other mothers receive anonymous messages warning about exposing the neighborhood’s past. The Ivy Five must protect their families, but secrets begin to be uncovered. A malicious plot threatens everyone. Will the neighborhood carry on after the party? This book is in regular print.
“Mercy Falls” is by William Kent Krueger. Cork O’Connor becomes the target of a sniper on the Ojibwe reservation. Cork finds Eddie Jacoby, a Chicago businessman, dead near Mercy Falls. The Jacoby family hires a private investigator to investigate. Cork discovers a tie between a Jacoby son and his own wife, Jo. Dark and personal motives may be behind the events. Cork is determined to find the truth where murder, greed, sex and jealousy hide. This book is in regular print. Featured nonfiction books at the library are: - “The Black Panthers: A Story of Race, War, and Courage – The 761st Tank Battalion in World War II,” by Gina M. DiNicolo.
- “Short Sweet & Sacred,” a collection of stories from life coaches, including Wausa’s Pat Acklie-Roth, compiled by Erin Bloom Davenport.
- “Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them),” by Roberto Trotta.
- “Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond,” by Henry Winkler.
- “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir,” by Curtis Chin.
