January - February 2022
 Available Formats: Paperback, BRIDGES Audiobook and BRIDGES eBook
These Things Hidden
by Heather Gudenkauf

When her sister Allison, convicted of a heinous crime, is released from prison to a halfway house and is desperate to speak with her, Brynn, unable to forget the past that haunts her, must keep the truth from being revealed due to unimaginable consequences. 
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
by Max Lucado

Guides readers in a study of Philippians 4:6-7 to calm their anxiety, explaining key concepts, including celebration, meditation, and asking for help, that offer freedom from their struggle.
Available Formats: Paperback, BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
Falling Home
by Karen White

Returning to her childhood home in Georgia to care for her dying father, Cassie, who has left her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle and gorgeous fiance behind, finds her life unexpectedly changed by Sam Parker, the town doctor, who teaches her valuable lessons in love, forgiveness, and hope. 
Available Formats: Hardcover
The Missing Piece
by Sharon Sala

A private investigator uncovers numerous suspects when a prominent Denver multimillionaire goes missing after discovering that someone in his inner circle wants him dead, leaving Charlie Dodge and his assistant to find the would-be killer before its too late.
Available Formats: Hardcover, CD, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Lightning Strike
by William Kent Krueger

In this prequel to the acclaimed Cork O’Connor series, 12-year-old Cork stumbles upon the body of a man hanging in a tree—the first in a series of events that cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family and himself. 
Available Formats: DVD
Mare of Easttown

Academy Award winner Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. From creator and writer Brad Ingelsby, with all episodes directed by Craig Zobel, the seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave

After her husband disappears, Hannah Hall quickly realizes he isn’t who he said he was and that his 16-year-old daughter, who wants nothing to do with her, may hold the key to figuring out his true identity. 
Available Formats: Hardcover
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni

As his own son gets ready to leave for college, Vincent Bianco recalls his final summer before college in 1979 during which he received an education of a lifetime while working alongside two Vietnam vets as a laborer on a construction site.
Available Formats: Hardcover, Large Print, BRIDGES Audiobook and BRIDGES eBook
The Christmas Wedding Guest
by Susan Mallery

Guilted into being bridesmaids at their parents’ vow renewal ceremony, sisters Reggie and Dena Sommerville, each working through tough personal issues, find love in the most unexpected of places—their hometown. 

Upcoming Book Discussions
 
January 24, 2022
6:30pm at the Library
Book Discussion:
The Push
by Ashley Audrain
 
 
February 28, 2022
at 6:30pm
Book Discussion
OBOI Selection TBD
 
Multiple copies are made available at the library for upcoming selections. Contact the library for
more information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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