Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Attenbury EmeraldsJill Paton Walsh2010, 338 pages FictionThis is a Dorothy Sayers-inspired mystery, involving her characters Lord Peter Wimsey, his wife Harriet, and his invaluable manservant, Bunter. Harriet asks Peter to recount his very first case about the Attenbury Emeralds. Peter and Bunter tell her how they solved this very intriguing...
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For further information about the Concord Public Library, please visit concordpubliclibrary.net.A Lonely DeathCharles Todd 2011, 343 pagesFictionScotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent to the village of Eastfield, near Hastings, on the east coast of England. Three men who had survived the Great War and returned home have been murdered with soldier's identification disks left in their mouths. Rutledge must discover the link...
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to HarvardLiz Murray2010, 352 pagesNonfictionLiz Murray's childhood in the Bronx reflects the harrowing journey of a child born into a family of poverty, mental illness, and parental drug addiction. In 1980, the author was born with drugs in her system (yet healthy) to a drug-addicted mother and a then incarcerated father. Her parents' mainlining...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Chasing LilacsCarla Stewart2010, 291 pagesFictionThe summer after sixth grade was the start of a tumultuous time for Sammie Tucker, a 12-year-old girl who lives in a small Texas petroleum community. Her mother has had nerve problems ever since Sammie's baby sister, Sylvia, died seven years ago, is sent away to a hospital for therapy after...
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concord public libraryFor more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Fatal UndertakingMark De Castrique2010, 232 pagesFictionFormer Charlotte cop Barry Clayton (nicknamed Buryin' Barry in grade school) has returned to his hometown in the North Carolina mountains to help run the family funeral parlor and serve as a part-time sheriff's deputy. The body in Barry's casket at the...
