Looking for your next read? Check out these titles
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If you are on the hunt for a good book, the library can help. Here is a selection of new books, most of them fiction, that is available at the St. Joseph Public Library, at other Missouri Evergreen libraries or from one of the SJPL eContent vendors. Visit the library’s catalog at sjpl.missourievergreen.org to find these or other great books to enjoy.
“Brooklyn” by Tracy Brown. Belonging to the genre of urban fiction, this gritty book is not for the fainthearted. The title is the home of a preacher’s family and the name of their middle child. Brooklyn is manipulative and uncaring about how she gets what she wants. Opening with her murder, the story then builds to the question of not just who killed her, but why so many people have the motive to.
“To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods” by Molly X. Chang. This book’s genre is considered a fantasy, but it also relates to the lives of many people living under the control of conquerors today. Woven as a fairy tale in a different time, the story makes you think as well as be entertained. As you read this book’s world, you may see many underlying truths. If you have never read a fantasy title, you may see a new genre open for you.
“The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, A Novel” by C.L. Miller. This is a very well-crafted mystery. The reader is gradually introduced to two mysteries. First is the murder of an antique dealer. The second is identifying a ring of thieves who deal in black-market antiques. These two mysteries intersect at a country estate sale where a reluctant Freya is drawn back into the world of antiquities and those who are willing to kill for them. The author leads the reader to the solution by gradually revealing both the past and the present.
“The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories or the Magic of Reading” by James Patterson. Do you think librarians sit and read on the job all day, occasionally recommending a book to an elderly lady? Noted author James Patterson knows many stories from librarians who have solved mysteries, saved lives and made a significant difference for their patrons. Here he presents their stories. Prepare for some surprising tales from the library world from a major author who thought these stories needed to be told.
“Murder Road” by Simone St. James. Creepy, scary and riveting are words that describe this book in the horror genre. On their honeymoon driving down a deserted road looking for a resort town where they are planning to stay, a couple picks up a wounded hitchhiker. These good Samaritans take the woman to a hospital where she dies. April and Eddie then find themselves going from witnesses to suspects in a series of murders along that deserted road. Is there something supernatural at work here?
