Monthly Archives: May 2017

A young woman without prospects at a ball in Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island, is a target for a certain kind of “suitor.” At the Memorial Day Ball during the Panic of 1893, impoverished but feisty Penelope Stanton quickly draws the unwanted advances of a villainous millionaire banker who preys on distressed women—the incorrigible Mr. Daggers. Better known as the philandering husband of the stunning socialite Evelyn Daggers, Edgar stalks Penelope. Skilled in the art of flirtation, Edgar is not without his charms, and Penelope ...

Wicked – Jana DeLeon

May 22, 2017

Thriller

The fourth book in the Shaye Archer series by New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon. College student Tara Chatry is certain something bad has happened to her best friend Ethan Campbell. The smart, geeky student has disappeared, and when Tara tries to get the police involved, they dismiss her concerns, convinced Ethan is just another college student off on a bender. Shaye Archer hasn’t even been back in New Orleans for a full day when Tara knocks on her door, asking for help. Shaye ...

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson

May 21, 2017

Non-Fiction

The #1 New York Times Bestseller: The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime ...

The Dallas Nightclub Murders – Rick Suttle

May 21, 2017

Thriller

It’s the mid-1980s and a murder has occurred amid the glitz and glamour of the Dallas nightclub scene. Still new to the area, weekend bouncer Nick Saunders finds himself working amid the panic and wondering if the killer is a patron or one of the bar employees. Ten days later, another young female is murdered, followed by another 10 days after that. And over the next few months, three more women are killed — all of whom have last been seen at Renegades where Nick ...

After The Interlude – Ellyn Peirson

May 21, 2017

Inspiration

After the Interlude explores destiny, the sibling relationship, the impact on destiny of family of origin dynamics, where we were before we were born, where we’re going after we’ve left the planet, thin places, dreams, prayer and the importance of unbending intent. After the Interlude tackles purpose and the most difficult personal question of all personal questions—Why? After the Interlude converses with existence. After the Interlude is an expression of an Everyperson. All human beings know fear. All human beings lose family members. All human ...

Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters – Harold Evans

May 20, 2017

Random

A wise and entertaining look at the struggle for clarity in modern journalism by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He’s even been knighted for his services to journalism. In DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, ...

Corpses Say The Darndest Things – Doug Lamoreux

May 20, 2017

Mystery

It was a simple job: keep surveillance on the minister’s wife until she went safely to bed. Then all hell broke loose. The death of the wife of Chicago’s most beloved televangelist is only the beginning: someone is homiciding their way through the congregation of the Temple of Majesty Church. Thanks to his eager young secretary, private eye Nod Blake, an aging throwback to a bygone era of detecting on the mean streets, a dinosaur who never got the memo he was extinct, who sometimes ...

Kraken’s Keep – Jean Kilczer

May 20, 2017

Science Fiction

A routine dive turns deadly for marine biologist Tess Hoffman and her boyfriend, when they are attacked by a monstrous underwater creature of unknown origin. On a mission to study this dangerous deep-sea denizen, Tess is thrown together with a ragtag crew of scientists and explorers, including Culley – a hero in disguise and the true leader of the quirky pack – and George, a brilliant scientist. The results of their quest for the Kraken turn sometimes tragic, often hilarious, and occasionally erotic, as they ...

Sweetbitter – Stephanie Danler

May 19, 2017

Young Adult

Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaurant. What follows is her education: in champagne and cocaine, love and lust, dive bars and fine dining rooms, as she learns to navigate the chaotic, enchanting, punishing life she has chosen. The story of a young woman’s coming-of-age, set against the glitzy, grimy backdrop of New York’s most elite restaurants, in Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and high-adrenaline world of the food industry ...

Addicted To Death – Kerry Watts

May 19, 2017

Mystery

Detective Sergeant Carol Murphy and Constable Donna Dixon have the case of their careers to crack: the deaths of two middle class women who appear to have taken their own lives. The deaths turn out to be staged, and more violent attacks soon take place. On the hunt for the killer, the investigators suspect that he is capable of hiding his inner monster behind a façade of a perfect family… or is he? Determined to put an end to the serial killer’s reign of terror, ...

Broke Millennial – Erin Lowry

May 18, 2017

Random

Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Get Your Financial Life Together (#GYFLT)! If you’re a cash-strapped 20- or 30-something, it’s easy to get freaked out by finances. But you’re not doomed to spend your life drowning in debt or mystified by money. It’s time to stop scraping by and take control of your money and your life with this savvy and smart guide. Broke Millennial shows step-by-step how to go from flat-broke to financial badass. Unlike most personal finance books out there, it doesn’t just ...

Decimation: The Girl Who Survived – Richard T. Burke

May 18, 2017

Science Fiction

How far would you go to save the human race? In 2017 a virus sweeps across the world and infects every living person. It lies dormant until a woman gives birth. Then she dies. Fifteen years later, nobody has survived childbirth since the outbreak began. Teenage wheelchair athlete, Antimone Lessing, thought she would be competing at the Delhi 2032 Paralympics. Instead, she is nine months pregnant and commencing labour. When she unexpectedly survives, she becomes a vital clue in the race to develop a cure ...

Riftkeepers: Prime – Carrie Whitethorne

May 18, 2017

Fantasy

“There’s a darkness in you, Charlotte.” Beltane is the festival of new beginnings – an evening of dancing, music and fun. Just what Charlotte needs after losing her mother. What she doesn’t expect is Callan; tall, blond and handsome, he sweeps her off her feet. After a weekend together they part ways, expecting to never see each other again. Seven years later, Charlotte is juggling her family with work. She has no time for a personal life… until Callan finds her. Revealing his hidden identity, ...

Into the Water – Paula Hawkins

May 17, 2017

Mystery

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense. “Hawkins is at the forefront of a group of female authors – think Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott – who have reinvigorated the literary suspense novel by tapping a rich vein of psychological menace and social unease… there’s a certain solace to a dark escape, in the promise of submerged truths coming to light.” –Vogue A single mother turns up dead at the ...