Adult bestseller:
• The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley: Their childhood home, “Atlantis”, a secluded castle on the shore of Lake Geneva is where Maia and her fi ve sisters gather when their father passes on. All were adopted as infants. Each sister is given a clue to her own heritage. Maia’s clue takes her to Rio de Janeiro where in the 1920s Izabela’s newly wealthy father wants his daughter to marry into the aristocracy but she meets the architect who is creating plans for the enormous statue, Christ the Redeemer. She persuades her father to allow her to travel with his family to Europe where she meets an ambitious young sculptor in Paris. She knows that back home she is promised to a man whom she hardly knows.
• Trauma by Michael Palmer and Daniel Palmer: Medical suspense. After four years that earned respect for her at White Memorial Hospital, Dr. Carrie decides to take a break to return home where her young brother Adam, a combat vet, suffers from PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. She is invited to join an experimental program at the VA Medical Center to implement a new procedure that may help returning vets like her brother. In recovery, her fi rst patient mysteriously leaves the hospital, then a second one goes missing. She turns to David, an investigative reporter, to unlock the secrets.
• Country by Danielle Steel: Stephanie’s impulsive road trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon results in a chance meeting with country music megastar Chase Taylor who opens the world of Nashville to her.
• The Sound of Glass by Karen White: Merrit receives unexpected news when she learns that she has been bequeathed a home in Beaufort, South Carolina. She looks into her late husband’s family’s past as she finds healing in the salt air of the Lowcountry.
Adult biography:
• Head Case: my brain and other wonders by Cole Cohen
Adult fiction:
• The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler: A fragile book arrives on Simon’s doorstep in June at his home overlooking the Long Island Sound. The log belonging to the owner of a traveling carnival in the 1700s contains references to circus mermaids of which his mother was one. His younger sister joined the circus six years ago. The log is a warning regarding generations of “mermaids” that were in his family.
Adult inspirational:
• The Body in the Birches, a Faith Fairchild mystery by Katherine Hall Page: Faith’s teenage son Ben’s summer job as a dishwasher at The Laughing Gull Lodge may land him in hot water with what he learns. Her daughter Amy is concerned about her new friend Daisy who believes that someone doesn’t want her mother to inherit The Birches, an early twentieth century cottage. Meanwhile Faith has found the housekeeper’s body in the woods near the historic cottage.
Adult large print:
• The Stranger by Harlan Coben: He appears out of nowhere, whispers a few words into someone’s ear and departs, his information undeniable, leaving that person to cope with an upset life.
Adult non-fiction:
• Well Fed, Flat Broke: recipes for modest budgets and messy kitchens by Emily Wight
Young adult:
• Say You Will by Eric Walters Off the Page by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
Junior non-fiction:
• Animals Helping After Disasters by Jennifer Zeiger
