Kirk Wallace Johnson Pages: 308 Published: 2018
The book: One evening in 2009, after an orchestral performance at the Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old flute player, Edwin Rist, pulled off the biggest theft ever at the British Museum of Natural History. He stole hundreds of rare bird exhibits. The author, Kirk Wallace Johnson, on hearing about the heist, was intrigued. In this book he tells the very gripping true story of this bizarre crime. Read more
Sheena Kamal Pages: 322 Published: 2018
The book: Nora Watts discovers some new information about her late father, who apparently committed suicide. She wants to learn more, so she travels from Vancouver to Detroit in search of his past. Something untoward is going on but Nora doesn’t know what. Is the search for information on her father leading her into danger? Or is something else putting her at risk? Read more
Celeste Ng Pages: 336 Published: 2017
The book: Shaker Heights is a quiet, progressive suburb of Cleveland, where everything looks picture perfect. Mia Warren, a bohemian single mother, moves into the neighborhood with her teenage daughter, Pearl. They’re different from their neighbors, who may not be as progressive as they like to think they are. Mia has a secret from her past and one neighbor is determined to know what it is. Read more
Lisa Wingate Pages: 334 Published: 2017
The book: It’s Memphis, Tennessee in 1939. The five Foss children, who are all under twelve, live on a riverboat with their parents. One stormy night, when their mother is taken ill, the children are left alone. Unbeknownst to the parents, some strangers have nefarious plans for their children. Read more
Hania Allen Pages: 378 Published: 2018
The book: There’s been a murder! A dead body appears, propped up like a scarecrow, in a field near Dundee in Scotland. D S Dania Gorska is called in to investigate. Originally from Poland, she has recently transferred from London to Dundee Police’s Specialist Crime Division. Gorska learns about a case, closed before she arrived, that involved two runaway teenage girls. She’s convinced the runaways and the murder are connected. Can Gorska find the murderer? Are the two cases linked? Did the girls really runaway? Read more
Kelli Estes Pages: 390 Published: 2015
The book: It’s modern-day Seattle. Inara has graduated and is about to start a corporate job her father has arranged for her. She’s unenthused with the idea and has other plans that involve an old family home she has inherited on Orcas Island in the Puget Sound. There she finds an old piece of embroidered cloth and sets out to discover its origins.
Mei Lien lives in Seattle during the 1800s, a time period during which racism was rampant. Tragedy befalls her family. Read more
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