October 2017 list by Sarah Brinkerhoff Recent Releases Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Years after she is placed in the hands of a stranger vital to her family's survival, Anna takes a job at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during the war while meeting with the man who helped them and learning important truths about her father's disappearance. Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart Deputy Sheriff Constance Kopp and her sister Fleurette defend the young women being brought into the 1916 Hackensack jail under dubious charges like waywardness and incorrigibility. Savage Country by Robert Olmstead Bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, a late-19th-century widow embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged, mysterious brother-in-law, only to find herself fighting for their land as well as the lives of the hired men and families in their charge.  Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain Impulsively ending her engagement to another man to marry a mysterious stranger from a small North Carolina community in 1944, Tess rapidly discovers that she is trapped in a loveless relationship and is treated with suspicion by secretive neighbors before discovering her talents as nurse during a devastating polio outbreak. The Countess of Prague by Stephen Weeks While investigating the suspicious death of a man in the Vltava, Beatrice von Faulkenburg mixes with royalty and commoners, goes undercover as a man, and arrives at a spa in Marienbad where the mystery unfolds. The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd A remarkable young woman whose actions were far ahead of her time, teenager Eliza Lucas, running her family's plantations, discovers that they are in danger of losing everything. She strikes a dangerous deal with a slave: teach her the intricate, secret process of making indigo dye, and in return—against the laws of the day—she will teach the slaves to read, in an incredible true story of dangerous and hidden friendships, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha The tale of two sisters who, surrounded by a cast of unforgettable characters, assert their independence and courageously carve a path of their own in 1940s Rio de Janeiro. The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash Inspired by actual events, a tale set in the Appalachian foothills of 1929 North Carolina follows the struggles of an ordinary woman to reclaim her dignity and rights in a labor mill, where she earns a paltry salary before risking her family and future to join a union.  The Orphan of Florence by Jeanne Kalogridis In this irresistible historical novel set in the turbulent world of the Medicis, a young woman finds herself driven from pick-pocketing to espionage when she meets a mysterious man. The Tiger's Prey: A Novel of Adventure by Wilbur A. Smith One of four sons of master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, Tom embarks on a treacherous voyage across the vast reaches of the ocean and confronts dangerous enemies in exotic locales while following passions that lay the future for his family.  Contact your librarian for more great books!