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Adult Services Staff Picks March 2021 |
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
Recommended by: Zena
High-school English teacher Jake Epping is enlisted by a friend to travel back in time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a mission for which he must befriend troubled loner Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Loving Day
by Mat Johnson
Recommended by: Sarah R.
After he inherits a roofless, half-renovated mansion in black Philadelphia, and subsequently discovers a daughter he never knew he had, Warren Duffy and his daughter search for a new life as they struggle with an unwanted house and its ghosts, fall in with a utopian mixed-race cult and inspire a riot on Loving Day, the unsung holiday that celebrates interracial love.
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Things in Jars
by Jess Kidd
Recommended by: Rachel
The sooty streets of Victorian London are crawling with nefarious characters, and Bridie Devine--female detective extraordinaire--must confront her most remarkable puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick. Winding her way through a mystery as labyrinthine as the city streets, Bridie won't rest until she finds Christabel, even if it means unearthing a past that she'd rather keep buried.
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Secret Chicago : A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
by Jessica Mlinaric
Recommended by: Lori
Find oddities and inspiration in Chicago's uncommon sites, including hidden attractions, haunted locales, and unique landmarks. This guide delivers answers to questions around town that you didn't even know you had and proves that when it comes to secrets, Chicago is second to none.
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Who is Maud Dixon?
by Alexandra Andrews
Recommended by: Laura
Working for a mysterious novelist known as Maud Dixon, Florence Darrow accompanies her to Morocco where her new novel is set – and where she, after a terrible accident and no sign of Maud, decides to become Maud, claiming the life she’s always wanted.
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The Lantern Men
by Elly Griffiths
Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist at Cambridge, returns to the mysterious, mythic salt marshes of Norfolk to help solve the cold case of a serial killer and four missing women.
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Elevator Pitch
by Linwood Barclay
Recommended by: Brandee
Elevator crashes bring New York to a standstill. Is it faulty parts or something more sinister?
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