Staff Picks
December 2021
Suggestions From Cary Area Public Library Staff Members
The Book of Accidents 
by Chuck Wendig

Haunted by their tragic pasts, Nate and Maddie Graves move back to their hometown with their son, Oliver, who becomes involved with a strange boy who has a taste for dark magic that puts them at the heart of a battle of good vs evil.
The Hope Chest
by Carolyn Brown

Three estranged cousins—Nessa, Flynn and April—are reunited by an inheritance that requires a special task – for them to hand-stitch a cherished quilt, which makes them realize that the family they have been looking for has been right in front of them all along. 
The Stranger Behind You 
by Carol Goodman

After surviving a brutal attack, Joan Lurie, who exposed a famous newspaper tycoon as a sexual predator, moves to a highly secured apartment building where she meets a 96-year-old woman who witnessed an incident long ago that may be linked to the book she is writing. 
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
by Madeline Martin

Taking a job in a London bookshop just as the Blitz begins, Grace finds comfort in the power of words, storytelling and community as the bookshop becomes one of the only remaining properties to survive the bombings. 
Godspeed 
by Nickolas Butler

The principals of True Triangle Construction seem willing to do anything to get their promised payday from a mysteriously wealthy homeowner for a project in Jackson, Wyoming in the new novel from the best-selling and award-winning author of Shotgun Lovesongs.
All the Lonely People
by Mike Gayle

After lying about his perfect retirement life to his daughter in Australia, a Jamaican immigrant scrambles to make his actual life resemble the one he claimed to have when his daughter announces her intent to visit. 
Hostage 
by Clare Mackintosh
 
Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems with her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination: The following instructions will save your daughter's life...
Someone needs Mina's assistance and knows exactly how to make her comply.
All Our Shimmering Skies 
by Trent Dalton
 
Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who's abandoned his post. With messages from the skies above to guide them towards treasure, but foes close on their trail, the trio will encounter the beauty and vastness of the Northern Territory and survive in ways they never thought possible.
An Ambush of Widows
by Jeff Abbott

Henry North is a down-on-his-luck cybersecurity expert from New Orleans. Adam Zhang is the cofounder of one of Austin's most successful venture capitalist firms. These two men didn't know each other. They had never met. Yet they died together, violently, in a place neither had any business being. An uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands' deadly and dangerous secrets--as they try to protect their own. Together, these two widows will face a powerful foe determined to write a false narrative about the murders. In doing so, neither Flora nor Kirsten will remain the women the world thought they were.
The Librarian of Saint-Malo 
by Mario Escobar

Jocelyn and Antoine are childhood sweethearts, but just after they marry, Antoine is drafted to fight against Germany. As World War II rages, Jocelyn uses her position as a librarian in her town of Saint-Malo to comfort and encourage her community with books. Jocelyn begins to write secret letters smuggled to a famous Parisian author, telling her story in the hope that it will someday reach the outside world.
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