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Reckless Girls
by Rachel Hawkins

Publish date: 01.04.2022
 
When they arrive at Meroe Island, a remote island paradise in the South Pacific despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism and murder, six people find their dream vacation turning into a nightmare when history starts repeating itself. 
The Horsewoman
by James Patterson

Publish date: 01.10.2022
 
Sharing the dream of being the best horsewoman in the world, Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter champion riders, break their vow of never going up against each other when they both participate in the competitions leading up to the Olympics. 
The Last House on the Street
by Diane Chamberlain

Publish date: 01.11.2022
 
Recently widowed, architect Kayla Carter moves into her new home in Round Hill where she is faced with threatening notes and a neighbor who is harboring long-buried secrets about the dark history of the land on which her house was built. 
One Step Too Far
by Lisa Gardner

Publish date: 01.18.2022
 
From a #1 New York Times best-selling author comes a new novel that sends Frankie Elkin into the woods in search of a lost man-and the shocking truth about why he went missing in the first place. 
Recitatif : A Story
by Toni Morrison

Publish date: 02.01.2022
 
In this 1983 short story about race and the relationships that shape us through life, Twyla and Roberta, friends since childhood who are seemingly at opposite ends of every problem as they grow older, cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them.
A Game of Fear
by Charles Todd

Publish date: 02.01.2022
 
Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates when the lady at a grand manor claims she witnessed a violent murder, but no blood or body can be found in the latest installment of the best-selling series following A Fatal Lie. 
City of the Dead
by Jonathan Kellerman

Publish date: 02.08.0222
 
Court-consulting child psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide detective Milo Sturgis unravel a baffling mystery after a naked corpse in the street leads to the discovery of another murder, in the latest novel of the long-running series following Serpentine.
Abandoned in death
by J. D. Robb

Publish date: 02.08.2022
 
Homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates after a woman’s body is found on a city playground bench holding a sign reading “bad mommy” in the newest novel of the long-running series following Forgotten in Death. 
Steal
by James Patterson

Publish date: 02.08.2022
 
When the son of the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund is thought to have committed suicide, but a body hasn’t been found, his father, believing that he is still alive, turns to Dylan Reinhart for help, drawing him into a world of multi-million-dollar secrets and danger. 
The Deepest of Secrets : A Rockton Novel
by Kelley Armstrong

Publish date: 02.15.2022
 
When secrets start to come out in the town of Rockton, turning people against each other, Detective Casey Duncan, while searching for the person responsible for these revelations, discovers that the culprit is a murderer, and no one knows what will happen next. 
The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley

Publish date: 02.22.2022
 
Arriving in Paris to stay with her brother Ben, Jess learns that he has gone missing, and to find him, starts digging into his life, realizing even though she has come to the City of Lights to escape her past, it’s his future hanging in the balance. 
Run, Rose, Run
by Dolly Parton & James Patterson

Publish date: 03.07.2022
 
From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer/songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

Every song tells a story.
She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her.
She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past.
Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny. It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find her.
And destroy her.
Shadows Reel
by C. J. Box

Publish date: 03.08.2022
 
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife Marybeth make separate discoveries that put the Pickett family in a pair of killers' crosshairs in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling series
 
Series: Joe Pickett
The Golden Couple
by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Publish date: 03.08.2022
 
When Marissa and Mathew Bishop glide through therapist Avery Chambers's door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger.
High Stakes : A Novel
by Danielle Steel

Publish date: 03.08.2022
 
Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department.
Even though she’s a newcomer, Jane quickly realizes that there are damaging secrets hidden behind the doors of Fletcher and Benson. As one of the youngest employees, she has the least power, but is also the least willing to accept things as they have been for years. When she puts everything on the line to right these wrongs, the consequences will leave no one unscathed.
In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel tells the story of a group of remarkable women navigating the challenges of balancing their families, their personal lives and the high stakes of ambition at the top of their game.
The Match
by Harlan Coben

Publish date: 03.15.2022
 
Wilde has grown up knowing nothing of his family, and even less about his own identity. All he knows is that, as a young child, he was found living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey.
He became known simply as Wilde, the boy from the woods. 
The ex-military operative follows a tip that he hopes will finally solve the mystery of his abandonment, but instead sends him straight into the arms of a serial killer.
Nine Lives : A Novel
by Peter Swanson

Publish date: 03.15.2022
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of Eight Perfect Murders comes the heart-pounding story of nine strangers who receive a cryptic list with their names on it-and then begin to die in highly unusual circumstances
The Recovery Agent
by Janet Evanovich

Publish date: 03.22.2022
 
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.
 
Series: Gabrielle Rose (1)
The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn

Publish date: 03.29.2022
 
Kate Quinn returns with an unforgettable WWII tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story, 'The Diamond Eye' is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.
The Resistance Girl
by Mandy Robotham

Publish date: 03.29.2022
 
Norway, 1942. War rages, and operation Shetland bus is in full swing. Under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and other locals smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into occupied territory. But when one mission goes awry, and Rumi’s fiancé is lost to the dangerous waters, she retreats from the clandestine group, vowing never to take to the seas again.
What Happened to the Bennetts
by Lisa Scottoline

Publish date: 03.29.2022
 
From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel. Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same. Now you have to choose between law...and justice.
   UPCOMING NON-FICTION TITLES:    
Unthinkable : Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
by Jamie Raskin

Publish date: 01.04.2022
 
Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the 45 days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.
I Came All This Way To Meet You :
Writing Myself Home
by Jami Attenberg

Publish date: 01.11.2022
 
From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity—and how it saved her life. 
Exploring themes of friendship, independence, class, and drive, I Came All This Way to Meet You is an inspiring story of finding one’s way home—emotionally, artistically, and physically—and an examination of art and individuality that will resonate with anyone determined to listen to their own creative calling.
Enough Already : Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
by Valerie Bertinelli

Publish date: 01.18.2022
 
Beloved actress and New York Times best-selling author Valerie Bertinelli returns with a heartfelt look at turning sixty, the futility of finding happiness in numbers on a scale, learning to love herself the way she is today, and tips for a healthier outlook on life.
Bertinelli shares an inspiring blueprint that offers women in midlife support and hope. She shares personal stories that many women will relate to from her past decade: hitting her fifties, taking care of her dying mother, the evolving relationship with her husband, a career change, her relationship with food, and the battle to believe in herself as she is.
The Treeline : The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
by Ben Rawlence

Publish Date: 02.15.2022
 
Combining reportage with the latest science, this journey is filled with the wonder and awe at the incredible creativity and resilience of trees and mysterious workings of the forest upon which we rely for the air we breathe. 
The Dark Queens : The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
by Shelley Puhak

Publish date: 02.22.2022
 
The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule.
In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture’s stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world.
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? : A Memoir
by Seamas O'reilly

Publish date: 02.22.2022
 
This memoir, from one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles, follows the family as they struggle to keep the household running. 
Making a Psychopath : My Journey Into Seven Dangerous Minds
by Mark Freestone

Publish date: 03.01.2022
 
Dr. Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most interesting, infamous, and disturbing cases of psychopathology in recent years. His expertise has led to a consultant role on several TV series, including Villanelle from 'Killing Eve', helping them accurately portray their fictional villains. Now, in 'Making a Psychopath' he shares his phenomenal insight into the minds of some of the world's most violent real-life criminals.
In defense of witches : the legacy of the witch hunts and why women are still on trial
by Mona Chollet

Publish date: 03.08.2022
 
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a "brilliant, well-documented" celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist.  Chollet looks at the history of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution, from Renaissance Europe and the Salem witch trials to modern day.
In the Margins : On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
by Elena Ferrante
 
Publish date: 03.25.2022
 
In the Margins contains four essays on writing and reading by the internationally bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults.
 
 
At ECL, we're an eclectic team of readers who are passionate about the books on our shelves.
Here's a look at what our staff are reading and loving right now!
 
All About Me!
Mel Brooks
The Storyteller
Dave Grohl
Blue Skinned Gods
SJ Sindu
Southern Lady Code
Helen Ellis
NOS4A2 
Joe Hill
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig

The Stolen Lady
Laura Morelli
Apples Never Fall 
Liane Moriarty
The Wish
Nicholas Sparks
 
Check out the archive of staff picks on our catalogue! 
 
   ECL'S MOST READ BOOK OF 2021: 
The tally is in! The most read book in Elgin County last year was Kristin Hannah's The Four Winds. Runners up include A Time For Mercy, Daylight, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Law of Innocence and A Promised Land.  
 
 
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