TLC Staff Recommendations

Winter 2002

SHUTTER ISLAND
by Dennis Lehane LP Fic

The author of the acclaimed Mystic River creates a sort of Gothic Noir with this creepy thriller. It’s 1954, and Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels is sent to a prison for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous prisoner. What he finds will keep you turning pages long into the night.
-Ron Woods

NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN
by Elizabeth McCracken LP Fic
From childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, to old age in Hollywood, Mose Sharp relates the poignant story of the vaudeville comedy team and passionate friendship of Carter and Sharp. A nostalgic part of Americana is captured in McCracken’s offbeat and heartwarming way.
-Jean Bowman

HOUSE ON BEANTOWN ROAD
by Elizabeth Van Pelt LP B/Van Pelt
The author bravely chronicles a year as a single parent and member of the ‘sandwich generation’ as she cares for her baby daughter and her father who is in the first stages of dementia. With humor and spirit, she finds her difficult life full of beauty, kind neighbors, and hope.
-Janis Hawkins

TO THE NINES
by Janet Evanovich LP Fic
Evanovich delivers more fast paced, nonstop zany action with To The Nines. Inept bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and her outrageous sidekick Lulu head to Vegas to catch an illegal immigrant. Stephanie doesn’t destroy any cars this time, but will Las Vegas ever be the same?
-Jeannie Dilger-Hill

PERSONAL INJURIES
by Scott Turow LP Fic
A morally ambiguous attorney is forced to turn state’s evidence against some crooked judges in order to save his family. This well written story features strong characters and good dialogue.
-Ron Woods

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