November - December 2022
 Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Fox Creek
by William Kent Krueger

to Cork O'Conner tries to find his wife who had accompanied a mysterious stranger on a visit the ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux before a group of mercenaries can. The latest novel of the series following Desolation Mountain.
Available Formats: Paperback and BRIDGES eBook
Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward With Your Life
by Matt Paxton

With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves you, and identify the items worth keeping so that you can focus on living in the present. For over 20 years, Matt Paxton has helped people from all walks of life who want to live more simply declutter and downsize.  Paxton's unique, step-by-step process gives you the tools you need to get the job done"
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
A Flicker in the Dark
by Stacy Willingham

Twenty years after her father was arrested as a serial killer, Louisiana psychologist Chloe Davis becomes alarmed when local teenage girls once again go missing and she begins seeing parallels that may or may not be there. 
Available Formats: Paperback, CD, BRIDGES eBook, BRIDGES Audiobook and DVD
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--"Scout"--returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt.
Available Formats: Hardcover , BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Bull Mountain
by Brian Panowich

Taking a job as sheriff to distance himself from his drug-running family and keep the peace in their Georgia mountain territory, Clayton Burroughs is approached by a federal agent who claims he wants to help shut down the family's operations. 
Available Formats:  Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Christmas Bells
by Jennifer Chiaverini

A holiday tale inspired by Longfellow's classic poem follows the experiences of a dedicated Boston teacher who, in the face of a somber season, finds inspiration and renewal at the church where she volunteers. By the New York Times best-selling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. 
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Overkill
by Sandra Brown

When Eban, the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support gets an early release from prison, brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback and Rebecca's ex-husband to make an impossible decision for justice.
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Wrong Place Wrong Time
by Gillian McAllister

After witnessing her teenage son kill a man, a mother falls asleep in despair, wakes up and it is yesterday, and wakes up again and it is the day before yesterday, getting chance after chance to stop the murder and save her son. 
Available Formats:  Hardcover and BRIDGES eBook
The Girl Who Survived
by Lisa Jackson

Kars McIntyre is the sole survivor of a brutal family massacre  that happened 20 years earlier. When the person believed to be responsible for the killings is released from prison, Kars wonders how many times she can be the girl who survived as people around her start to die horrible deaths.

Upcoming Book Discussions
 
 
November 28, 2022
6:30pm at the Library
Book Discussion:
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni
 
December 19, 2022
6:30pm at the Library
Book Discussion:
Comfort & Joy
by Kristin Hannah
 
Multiple copies are made available at the library for upcoming selections. Contact the library for
more information.
 
 
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Independence, Iowa 50644
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