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Adult Services Staff Picks February 2021 |
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Salvaged
by Madeleine Roux
Recommended by: Brandee
As a longtime fan of Ripley in the Alien movies, I was thrilled to pick up this book by one of my favorite authors. It's dark and creepy and gets under your skin. Rosalyn Devar is a "space janitor" who goes on jobs cleaning up after ill-fated research expeditions. She's made a lot of mistakes at work and her last chance is going to clean up the Brigantine. The crew is reported to be dead. But are they?
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A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
Recommended by: Cathy
I think midwinter is a good time to revisit Maeve Binchy. Some of my favorites are Evening Class, Tara Road and A Week in Winter. Escape to another world full of warmth, wit and humor. A wonderful storyteller.
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The Survivors
by Jane Harper
Recommended by: Laura
Haunted by guilt for a reckless and consequential mistake in his youth, Kieran returns to his coastal hometown and his struggling fishing-industry parents, before the discovery of a body on the beach reveals long-held secrets.
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We Are All the Same in the Dark
by Julia Heaberlin
Recommended by: Rachel
The discovery of an unknown girl found by the side of the road a decade after an unsolved disappearance compels a young police officer's investigation into dangerous local and personal secrets.
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The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins
Recommended by: Sarah R.
Supplementing her modest income by stealing small valuables from her gated-community clients, a broke dog-walker endeavors to win the heart of a wealthy bachelor before learning his late wife’s own rags-to-riches story.
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An Elegant Woman
by Martha McPhee
Recommended by: Sarah V.
A meditation on memory, history, and legacy — and an exploration of the stories we tell ourselves and what we leave out — follows four generations of women in one American family.
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