Category Archives: adult
Museum of Extraordinary Things – Alice Hoffman
Coralie was a mermaid. She had webbed hands, with which she was born, and a beautiful scaled tale, with which she was supplied. Her father was the owner of the museum on Coney Island that exhibited all manner of oddities, … Continue reading
Road to Reckoning: A Novel – Robert Lautner
Thomas Walker’s great adventure had gone terribly wrong. Only a few days ago he and his father set out from New York to sell Samuel Colt’s Improved Revolving Gun in the hills of central Pennsylvania, hoping to make a living … Continue reading
A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II – Eric Jaffe
On May 3, 1946, at the close of World War II, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened. Twenty-eight Japanese had been indicted for war crimes, the most prominent being General Tojo Hideki. Sitting behind Tojo was Okawa … Continue reading
Revolutionary – Alex Myers
Deborah Samson had served her indenture only to find that she was still not allowed to live as she wished. Society insisted that she have a master. Earning her living as a weaver, sitting in a corner of the tavern, … Continue reading
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World – Alison Weir
The Princess Elizabeth, first child of Edward IV, grew up in a splendid court. As the daughter of a beloved king in a prosperous country, she was destined for a great marriage. She would have known her worth. But things … Continue reading
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend – Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
The Sioux called them Paha Sapa, the heart of everything that is, the center of the universe, a most sacred place. Today they are called the Black Hills. When treaty after treaty had been broken and these hills were threatened, … Continue reading
Tatiana: An Arkady Renko Novel – Martin Cruz Smith
When Tatiana Petrovna falls from her balcony in Moscow the prosecutor rules it a suicide. Even though she is an investigative reporter with many enemies no one questions the ruling. No one except Arkady Renko. He feels things just aren’t … Continue reading
No Man’s Nightingale: An Inspector Wexford Novel – Ruth Rendell
Retirement is weighing heavily in Chief Inspector Wexford’s hands, so a call from Detective Superintendent Burden is a welcomed event. Burden invites Wexford to act as consultant and accompany him on an inspection of the vicarage where the Reverend Sarah … Continue reading
Parasite – Mira Grant
Sally was dead. The car wreck destroyed her brain and her body is being kept alive artificially. Her family gathered around and prepared to turn off life support so that her organs might be harvested and used for others. Abruptly, … Continue reading
What’s So Funny?: My Hilarious Life – Tim Conway, Jane Scovell, Carol Burnett (Foreword by)
Tim Conway is just one of the funniest people ever to walk this planet. From Tim’s eventful baptism through his interesting childhood, it becomes evident that Dan and Sophia (Tim always refers to his parents as Dan and Sophia) were … Continue reading
Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel – Alexander McCall Smith
The folks on Scotland Street have been nudged from their familiar ruts and are trying to cope. Matthew and Elspeth have just brought their newborn triplet boys home and are, of course, struggling to care for three infants. The fact … Continue reading
The Storycatcher – Ann Hite
Ghosts roam Black Mountain and Shelley Parker is accustomed to seeing them. She’s done it for most of her sixteen years. Usually they warn her of danger or just tell her their stories. The ones she is seeing now don’t … Continue reading
The Daughters of Mars: A Novel – Thomas Keneally
The Durance sisters were so much alike. They were beautiful, tall and graceful girls. Both were registered nurses. Naomi moved to Sidney and was a nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Sally was the one who stayed on the … Continue reading
Bones of the Lost: A Temperance Brennan Novel – Kathy Reichs
Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist, is all set to start examining some Peruvian mummy dogs when an apparent hit and run takes her attention. The girl has no identification, no house key, and no personal belongings except for a tiny pink … Continue reading
A Fatal Likeness: A Novel – Lynn Shephard
The aging Charles Maddox, once a renowned detective, still breathes, still lives, but has left all awareness behind, perhaps never to regain it, and the younger Charles Maddox has taken up residence in the house to be near his uncle. … Continue reading
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