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ON
MYSTIC LAKE
By
Kristin Hanna AF
When
her daughter leaves for college, and her husband of 20 years announces he is
in love with someone else, Anne Colwater retreats to her childhood home in the
rainy forests of the northwest. In
Mystic, Washington while caring for a young daughter of childhood friends who
is struggling to deal with the death of her mother, Anne finds a joy and passion
that she has never known.
-Susan Sullivan
LEGAL
TENDER
By Lisa Scottoline AF
Benedetta
“Bennie” Rosato’s lover has recently dumped her for a new associate in the legal
firm that they started up together. The morning after he announces, in front
of the entire staff, that he also wants to dissolve their business partnership,
he is found dead. Bennie has no
alibi. She does have a motive.
Not only does his will leave her everything, the murder weapon is found
in her house. Bennie keeps us entertained
as she goes undercover to solve her own case, before she is locked up for a
murder she didn’t commit.
- Susan Sullivan
TEST
OF WILLS
By Charles Todd AF
This
mesmerizing mystery marks the debut of inspector Ian Rutledge, a dauntless if
damaged veteran of the Great War. Rutledge
is sent to a small village in north England just after World War I in order
to solve a particularly heinous murder which also has political overtones.
Not only does he have to deal with the enmity of several powerful personalities,
but his own private demons as well.
- Ron Woods
A
SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH
By Eric Newby 915.81
In
1953 author Newby, a dissatisfied salesman, takes a two day rock climbing course
in Wales. This is all the preparation
he and a friend need to tackle a twenty thousand foot peak in a remote section
of the Himalayan mountains. In
the true spirit of British amateurism Newby chronicles the misadventures of
this harrowing undertaking with much wit and style, unlike his awkward attempts
at mountain climbing.
- Ron
Woods
Last Updated:
July 28, 2007