Adults

After Dark by Haruki Murakami. Darkly entertaining, Murakami intertwines three loosely related stories during seven hours in a Tokyo Denny’s restaurant.

Bones by Jonathan Kellerman.  What’s more sinister than a serial killer?  Find out in Kellerman’s 23rd Alex Delaware novel.

A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber.  Mary Jo Wyse is pregnant and stranded on Christmas Eve, and there’s no room at the local inn.  Grace offers her the room over their stable just in time for baby Noel, Mary Jo’s three brothers – the three Wyse men – and paramedic Mack McAfee to arrive.

Dark Summer by Iris Johansen.  A veterinarian on a remote search and rescue mission is caught up in an unplanned whirlwind of terror and destruction.

The Gate House by Nelson DeMille.  In the long awaited followup to The Gold Coast, John Sutter has come home to attend the funeral of a longtime family servant.  Multiple characters from the past reemerge to try and draw John back into the Bellarosa family and exact revenge.

A Good Woman by Danielle Steel.  When the sinking of the Titanic shatters Annabelle’s privileged life she discovers a passion for medicine as WWI unfolds.  Betrayed and pursued by scandal she escapes to the front lines in France.  After the war her past still manages to catch up and she discovers she must face it after all.

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.  Winner of the Man Booker Prize, an Indian chauffeur murders his employer and justifies his actions as the act of a “social entrepreneur.”  In a series of letters the chauffeur reveals how and why he became a killer.

The South Beach Diet Super Charged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life by Arthur Agatston.  Change the way you live by becoming fitter as well as thinner!

Teens

The Book without Words by Avi. This fable about life and death, greed and betrayal, magic and secrets chronicles a mysterious blank book that falls into the hands of a desperate boy. 

Doomwyte: A Novel of Redwall by Brian Jacques.  Bisky and the Redwallers battle the evil Doomwyte Ravens in their search for a fabled treasure.

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke.  The third installment in the Inkheart trilogy brings the series to a close as the Inkworld is in disarray and the Book of Immortality is unraveling.  Can anyone save this story?

Last Chance for First by Tom Hazuka.  Bobby’s been suspended from his soccer team for drinking, his parents compare him to his perfect brother, his soccer coach is a monster, and his girlfriend has a secret.  Now he’s got to lead his soccer team to the state championships and win a soccer scholarship to college.

Everything listed is available to check out at the Douglas Library.  Please come in and select one of these books or call and have us reserve one for you!  The Douglas Library is located at 560 10th St or call us at 364-3851.