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Adult Services Staff Picks November 2020 |
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Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
Recommended by: Sarah V. and Laura
Brooklyn couple Amanda and Clay have escaped with their kids to a rental house in the country for the weekend. It’s an idyllic vacation until one night a couple of strangers knock on the door, claiming they’re the owners and that something – no one knows what – has happened back in NYC. An eerie atmosphere and absolutely brilliant writing make this one of the best suspense novels I’ve ever read.
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Squeeze Me
by Carl Hiaasen
Recommended by: Brandee
Timely, irreverent and funny. This was exactly the book I needed right now. Hiaasen's books always feel like I'm reading movies with big casts of kooky characters and outrageous situations. Set in sunny Florida, Angie Armstrong, a wildlife wrangler, has to deal with a weird influx of huge, hungry pythons. Although it is part of a series with Clinton Tyree, a.k.a. Skink, an odd character who enjoys roadkill cuisine, it can be read as a standalone. I do hope Angie has further adventures!
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Babylon Berlin
by Volker Kutscher
Recommended by: Zena
This is a dual book/DVD pick--Babylon Berlin is a police procedural/mystery series set during the Weimar Republic in Berlin. They made a German TV series based on the books, and they have finally come out on DVD and both the books and show are excellent.
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The Once and Future Witches
by Alix E. Harrow
Recommended by: Sarah R.
A delightful tale of sisters, magic and women's suffrage set in the late 1800s. The three Eastwood sisters, separated for years, find each other again in New Salem and slowly see what happens when they test their powers against the powers that be.
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Gossip Girl
by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Recommended by: Lori
When the beautiful Serena van der Woodsen returns to Spenford after mysteriously getting kicked out of boarding school, the gossip flies among the privileged students at the Upper East Side private high school.
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The House in the Cerulean Sea
by TJ Klune
Recommended by: Rachel
Given a curious classified assignment to evaluate the potential risks posed by six supernatural orphans, a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth bonds with an enigmatic caregiver who hides dangerous secrets.
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