Concord Public Library 'Book of the week'
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.org. Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of BloodstainsCatriona McPherson2011, 291 pagesFiction Set against the background of the general labor strike of 1926 in Great Britain, Dandy Gilver, a wealthy aristocrat and sometimes amateur sleuth, has been hired by Lollie Balfour, an upper-class Scottish woman who thinks her husband will try to kill her. To...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Rip TideStella Rimington2011, 369 pagesFictionMI5 agent Liz Carlyle has a problem. She needs to find out why a young British citizen, raised in the Muslim faith, has been arrested with a group of pirates trying to hijack a ship of supplies headed for African relief workers. The search for answers takes her to a high-security prison in Paris, to the...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.com.Hera's RevengeWendy Dingwall2011, 213 pagesFictionThe curator of the National Museum of Athens arrives at work to find his night watchman dead and a priceless dagger and small gold statue of Hera, the original symbolic mother, gone.At the Pinkerton Travel Agency in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Yvonne Suarez signs up the last person for her customized...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Friendship BreadDarien Gee2011, 363 pagesFictionIn the manner of Kristin Hannah, Kate Jacobs or Debbie Macomber, Friendship Bread is a story of healing, forgiveness, reconciliation and new friendships. Meet the people of Avalon, all touched by friendship bread after a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread, a bag of starter, the recipe and a request...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Foremost Good Fortune: A MemoirSusan Conley2011, 273 pagesNonfictionSusan Conley, her husband, and two young sons move to Beijing in 2009. Susan's husband Tony is there to set up a company, and he speaks fluent Mandarin. Susan does not speak Mandarin and worries because she can't remember how to pronounce the number eight, which is their...
