Book of the Week: ‘Death at Dovecote Hatch: A Florence Norris Mystery’
Death at Dovecote Hatch: A Florence Norris Mystery Dorothy Cannell 2015, 251 pages Fiction Housekeeper Florence Norris notices mysterious things. Florence sees a woman standing near the edge of the track at a train station and wonders if she is thinking of suicide. She is also concerned about Kenneth Tenneson’s fatal fall at his country estate. Was it really an accident? Is this linked somehow to Kenneth Tenneson’s young ward, Mercy?...
Book of the Week: “The Inn at Lake Devine”
The Inn at Lake Devine Elinor Lipman 1998, 253 pages Fiction Elinor Lipman is whip smart and funny; many people know her for her essays and her hilarious tweets about electoral politics, but her novels are also a treat. The Inn at Lake Devine is about a young woman, Natalie Marx, only 12 when the book opens, and her fascination with a Vermont inn whose proprietress responds to her mother’s request for information by writing that...
Book of the Week: “The New Health Rules”
The New Health Rules Frank Lipman and Danielle Claro 2014, 233 pages Nonfiction This is a “just the facts book” for simple changes to achieve whole-body wellness. There are tips for eating, moving, boosting, healing and living life optimally. You don’t need to make the changes all at once, but you can check any page of this book and decide to change one thing or attempt something new like meditation, yoga or acupuncture. Fill the...
Book of the Week: “Lending a Paw”
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. We’re also on Tumblr (reading-rumblr.tumblr.com and concordteens.tumblr.com), Facebook (facebook.com/ConcordPublicLibrary) and Instagram. Lending a Paw Laurie Cass 2013, 344 pages Fiction Another one to add to the “Librarian with a Cat” cozy mystery genre, Lending a Paw takes the genre on the road in a bookmobile. Having a cat on board the maiden...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. We’re also on Tumblr (reading-rumblr.tumblr.com and concordteens.tumblr.com), Facebook (facebook.com/ConcordPublicLibrary) and Instagram. How music got free Stephen Witt 2015, 296 pages Nonfiction When is the last time that you bought a CD? I’m not talking about an album of music on iTunes, but an actual physical CD, purchased in a store. If you’re...
