Great Reads From Your Library Staff
May 2022
Firekeeper's daughter
by Angeline Boulley

Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy.
 
This book was really well written. I couldn't put it down.
**Recommended by Diane D. in Aberdeen**
 
Available in: Print/ CD/ eBook/ eAudio
Greenwich Park
by Katherine Faulkner

Helen innocently befriends Rachel at a prenatal class despite the woman’s unbecoming behavior and has no idea her new friend has ulterior motives and is on a vindictive mission to ruin the lives of her extended family. 
 
**Recommended by Melissa in Edgewood**
 
Available in: Print/ LP/ CD/ eBook/ eAudio
The Haunting of Silvercreek Lodge
by Alexandria Clarke

In a small town in Colorado rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, A recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake.
 
**Recommended by Terri in Bel Air**
 
Available in: Print
 
In the weeds : around the world and behind the scenes with Anthony Bourdain
by Tom Vitale

The long-time director and producer of Anthony Bourdain’s television series discusses his experiences filming in some of the most volatile regions in the world and presents an unvarnished view of the late star. 
 
He worked for Anthony Bourdain for 16 years as cameraman and director. Quite a back story on how the series were made as well as their friendship.
**Recommended by Teresa Z. in Bel Air**
 
Available in: Print/ eBook
It's a wonderful woof
by Spencer Quinn

As the holidays approach ,Chet the dog and his human partner, private investigator Bernie Little, search for a fellow investigator who disappeared along with a client in the twelfth novel of the series following Tender Is the Bite.
 
I love the Chet and Bernie mystery series. Jim Frangione does a wonderful job narrating the audiobooks. The next book is scheduled to be released 8/9...Bark to the Future.
**Recommended by Elizabeth in Jarrettsville**
 
Available in: Print/ LP/ CD/ eAudio
Mickey7
by Edward Ashton

A disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice work Niflheim, Mickey7, who can regenerate after dying, must keep his newly arrived clone a secret from the rest of the colony as the survival of all lifeforms comes down to him. 
 
**Recommended by Linda in Havre de Grace**
 
Available in: Print
The night she went missing
by Kristen Bird

"Emily, a popular but bookish prep school senior, goes missing after a night out with friends. She was last seen leaving a party with Alex, a football player with a dubious reputation. But no one is talking. Now three mothers, Catherine, Leslie, and Morgan, friends turned frenemies, have their lives turned upside down as they are forced to look to their own children--and each other's--for answers to questions they don't want to ask."
 
**Recommended by Ashley in Riverside**
 
Available in: Print/ eAudio
Subpar parks : America's Most Extraordinary National Parks & Their Least Impressed Visitors
by Amber Share

The creator of the wildly popular Instagram account SUBPAR PARKS, sharing her personal love and connection to the outdoors, combines beautiful illustrations celebrating each national park along with the one-star reviews that clueless tourists have left online. 
 
**Recommended by Nancy J. in Bel Air**
**Recommended by Kelly in Edgewood**
 
Available in: Print
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