TLC Staff Recommendations

Fall 2004

THE BELL JAR
By Sylvia Plath LP Fic

Esther Greenwood, a beautiful talented young writer/editor suffers a nervous breakdown. This autobiographical novel set during the 1950’s is a moving story of her struggle with mental illness.
-Janice Robinson

DEATH OF A CAD
By M.C. Beaton LP Fic

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her fiancé home to the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh, the whole town is delighted. But the morning after a lavish engagement party, one of the guests is found dead, and there are many suspects. This charming mystery series features quirky recurring characters.
-Susan Conn

HUNGRY OCEAN
By Linda Greenlaw 639.2778

With colorful characters, savage weather and constant danger, the author tells her story about one 30-day voyage as the captain of a sword fishing boat. You’re right there in all the excitement but without the cold and wet.
-Jean Bowman

HAWKES COVE
By Susan Wilson LP Fic

Charlie is investigating the recently recovered fifty-year-old fighter plane found in Hawkes Cove, a place where his mother Evangeline found sanctuary during the war. There he meets Maggie and turns up a story that is more than he bargained for.
-Susan Sullivan

PROTECT AND DEFEND
By Richard North Patterson LP Fic

A newly elected president appoints a controversial judge to the Supreme Court. Politics and legal action ensue, as the divisive issue of abortion becomes the centerpiece of this exciting and thought provoking novel.
-Ron Woods

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Last Updated: July 28, 2007