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New Book Corner: Kids & Cozy Edition

 

This is the 2^nd book in this Mississippi based mystery series, by the same author who pens the Cat In The Stacks series!

An'gel and Dickce Ducote tend to stay put in Athena, Mississippi, but a wedding is a good reason to say a temporary farewell to Charlie Harris's cat Diesel and go visit relatives. But while their stay in Louisiana is scorching hot, the atmosphere at the wedding is downright cold, with bride-to-be Sondra Delevan putting her trust fund above little things like love and loyalty.

When a violent storm supposedly sweeps Sondra off a balcony to her death, the sisters discover that many of the guests attending the wedding had major reasons to object to Sondra's marriage. Now, it's up to An gel and Dickce to use their down-home instincts to expose dubious alibis, silver-plated secrets, and one relentless murderer who lives for till death do us part.

Amber Here: This is the third book in this great series and I cannot wait to see what Stoker& Holmes get up to in this installment!

(I would suggest reading them in order, the 1^st in series is called The Clockwork Scarab!)

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak.

Now Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that's been missing for centuries. But when the letter which will heal a centuries-old rift between England and the Betrovians is stolen out from under Evaline and Mina's watchful eyes, the two girls are forced into a high-stakes race to ensure they find the chess queen before anyone else does.

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Coming Soon Sunday!

From Edgar Award Winning Writer Katherine Marsh!

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever.

The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary, and the matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon, Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed in a clean, new nightgown and shown to a soft bed with blankets piled high. She can hardly believe she isn't dreaming!

But when Mary begins to explore the strange nearby town with the help of her new friend, Jacob, she learns a terrifying secret about Madame Z's true identity. If Mary's not careful, her new home might just turn into a nightmare.

Agatha & Anthony Award Winning Author Is Back!

Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again!

This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say. . . HELLO?

It's a Lemoncello But something suspicious is going on . . . books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library. Is someone trying to CENSOR what the kids are reading? In between figuring out mind-boggling challenges, the kids will have to band together to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Now it's not just a game can Mr. Lemoncello find the real defenders of books and champions of libraries?

Ever Happen To You?

 

For Us Longmire Fans

Gina the Cookie Lady recently spent some time in Longmire Country, stopping in the Busy Bee for a special.

Who wouldn't?

Running beside it, as Walt always notes, is Clear Creek.

Good Food.

Good Scenery.

Great Books.

Thanks, Gina!

Thickety!

 

Coming February 3, 2016!

Kara and Taff know that only Grace Stone has the power to reverse her Last Spell on their father, and that in order to save him, they have to rescue their foe from the Well of Witches first. Forgiving Grace should be the hardest part of their journey . . . but soon the children are confronted by creatures called the Faceless, mysteries as old as magic, and an ancient secret that threatens their very lives.

Back in the World, a war against magic is brewing that endangers everyone they care about. Can Kara and Taff find Grace and make it back to their father in time?

Jo Nesbo

Jo's Next Book comes out on...

February 16, 2016

From the internationally best-selling author of the Harry Hole novels comes this short, lyrical tale of a man on the run from a crime lord's deadly retribution, lost far beyond the Arctic Circle, where the sun remains in the sky for months on end.

A wayward hitman, mourning a recent loss, arrives in a tiny town on Norway's far northeastern border. He calls himself Ulf and gives a halfhearted excuse for his presence, but the locals, who seem as if out of a folk story from a previous century, ask him few questions and supply him with food, shelter, and a gun.

In his previous life, Ulf worked as a fixer for The Fisherman, one of the cruelest drug kings in Oslo, a man whose reach spans the globe. After acting foolishly (but out of mercy and desperation) Ulf has now become the man his boss needs fixed. Can this strange town--and especially a curious, lonely boy with his taciturn mother--offer Ulf a chance at redemption while he awaits the arrival of those who would hunt him down?

New Book Corner

We have Signed Copies Coming!

A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiance e Georgiana Sutton was raised.

Mycroft's comfortable existence is overturned when Douglas receives troubling reports from home. There are rumors of mysterious disappearances, strange footprints in the sand, and spirits enticing children to their deaths, their bodies found drained of blood. Upon hearing the news, Georgiana abruptly departs for Trinidad. Near panic, Mycroft convinces Douglas that they should follow her, drawing the two men into a web of dark secrets that grows more treacherous with each step they take...

Written by NBA superstar Kareem Abdul- Jabbar and screenwriter Anna Waterhouse, Mycroft Holmes reveals the untold story of Sherlock's older brother. This harrowing adventure changed his life, and set the stage for the man Mycroft would become: founder of the famous Diogenes Club and the hidden power behind the British government.

Coming Soon Sunday!

The shouts and laughter of Christmas revelers break the muffled silence as Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are swept along onto the Metro. But when the train is stopped due to the bad weather, Jessie notices that one lady hasn't left the train: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. Why would anyone want to harm this reserved, elegant lady?

Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday festivities. Soon Vera and Joe are on their way to where Margaret lived to begin their inquiry.

Then, just days later, a second woman is murdered. Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past led by clues that keep revolving around one street . . .Why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak?

Need something to listen to while doing chores?

BBC radio 4 has an adaptation of the great Christie classic!

Click here to go to the site & listen!

Don't wait to long! The radio plays are only available for a short time and you don't want to miss your opportunity!

Radio Play!

Click here to listen to a great BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Dick Francis's The Whip Hand!

Don't wait to long or it will be gone!

BBC Radio 4 Synopsis:

Disabled ex-jockey turned investigator Sid Halley faces a daunting treble: guard The Guineas favorite, investigate a dubious racing syndicate and find the man who has swindled his ex-wife.

Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, Alan Devereux as George Caspar, David Vann as Unwin/Quayle, Kim Durham as Chico Barnes and Patricia Gallimore as Rosemary Caspar.

Dramatized by Alan England
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.

New Book Corner!

Coming Soon Sunday! Local Edition...

Welcome to Torte-a small-town family bakeshop where the treats are killer good.

It's the dead of winter in the sleepy town of Ashland, which means no tourists-and fewer customers-for Jules Capshaw and her bakery. But when she's asked to cater an off-season retreat for the directors of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, business starts heating up...until Jules finds a dead body in the freezer.

Someone at the retreat has apparently iced the bartender, a well-known flirt with a legendary temper-that is, before a killer beat him to the punch. Then, from out of nowhere, Jules's own ex-husband shows up at the shop-and soon becomes a suspect. With accusations piling up higher than the snow-and thicker than a chocolate mousse cake-Jules has to think outside the (recipe) box to find the real culprit...and make sure he gets his just desserts.

Murder heats up Seattle's Pike Place Market in the next Spice Shop mystery from the national bestselling author of "Assault and Pepper." Springtime in Seattle's Pike Place Market means tasty foods and wide-eyed tourists, and Pepper's Spice Shop is ready for the crowds. With flavorful combinations and a fresh approach, she's sure to win over the public. Even better, she's working with several local restaurants as their chief herb and spice supplier. Business is cooking, until one of Pepper's potential clients, a young chef named Tamara Langston, is found dead, her life extinguished by the dangerously hot ghost chili a spice Pepper carries in her shop.

Now stuck in the middle of a heated police investigation, Pepper must use all her senses to find out who wanted to keep Tamara's new cafe from opening before someone else gets burned

New Book Corner!

In the middle of his usual hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive when he realizes that a new case is being foisted on him, but a few hours later, he receives some shocking news that leaves his headstrong assistant Rose more furious than usual. Carl has no choice but to lead Department Q into the tragic cold case of a vivacious seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from school, only to be found dead hanging high up in a tree.

The investigation will take them from the remote island of Bornholm to a strange sun worshipping cult, where Carl, Assad, Rose, and newcomer Gordon attempt to stop a string of new murders and a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything—or anyone—get in the way.

Coming Soon Sunday!

A new fantasy adventure from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Under the Never Sky.

For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can't remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen--Conquest, Famine, and Death--are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now--bound, bloodied, and drugged--Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he's fallen for--not to mention all of humankind--he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him?

August MM Bestsellers

1 – Kevin O’Brien - No One Needs to Know (Pinnacle)- Signed Copies Available

2 – Leslie Budewitz - Assault and Pepper (Berkley)

3 – Rhys Bowen - Queen of Hearts (Berkley)

4-  John Connolly - The Wolf in Winter (Pocket)

5 - tie

Yasmine Galenorn - Flight from Death (Berkley) - Signed Copies Available
Alex Erickson - Death by Coffee (Kensington)
Louise Penny - Still Life (St. Martin’s)
Ann Bishop - Written in Red (Roc)
Carol O’Connell - Mallory’s Oracle (Jove)

10 – tie  

J.C. Nelson - Wish Bound (Ace)- Signed Copies Available
Ingrid Thoft - Loyalty (Berkley)
Alex Kava - Breaking Creed (Berkley)
Terry Hayes - I Am Pilgrim (Pocket)
Dorothy Gilman - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Fawcett)

August TP Bestsellers

1 – Craig Johnson - The Cold Dish (Penguin) JB & Fran Recommend

2 – Don Winslow - The Power of the Dog (Vintage) JB Recommends

3 – Louise Penny - The Long Way Home (Minotaur) Adele Recommends

4-  tie

Daniel O’Malley - The Rook (Backbay) Amber & Fran Recommend
Peter Spiegelman - Thick as Thieves (Vintage) JB Recommends

6 – Jamse Ellroy - Perfidia (Vintage) JB Recommends

7 – tie

Christine Carbo - Wild Inside (Atria)
Peter May - The Blackhouse (Quercus) Fran Recommends
Jussi Adler-Olsen - The Keeper of Lost Causes (Plume) Adele Recommends

10 – tie

Richard Kadrey - Sandman Slim (Voyage) Amber & Fran Recommend
M.J. McGrath - The Bone Seeker (Penguin) Fran Recommends
Mark Schweizer - The Maestro Wore Mohair (St. James)
Craig Johnson - Death Without Company (Penguin) JB & Fran Recommend
Peter Lovesey - The Stone Wife (Soho)
Ben H. Winters - The Last Policeman (Quirk) Fran Recommends
Rennie Airth - River of Darkness (Penguin) Fran Recommends

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