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The vintage photos appearing in this catalog are a result of the Oklahoma Images project, a collection of pictures and essays that illustrate the history of Central Oklahoma. Find photographs, art works, primary source materials, and essays that tell the story of the people who have called Oklahoma home. These images can be found on the MLS website www.metrolibrary.org. On the cover is the Belle Isle boat dock (1909) which housed the canoes available for rent at Belle Isle Park. Canoers could explore the wooded areas along the lake or row to one of the many islands for a nice picnic lunch. Photo by L.H. Keller. 1

BEST SELLERS The Associate

Cross Country

By James Patterson

By John Grisham Kyle McAvoy has an outstanding legal mind and seems to have a glittering future until a dark secret catches up with him. He is offered a job in one of the world’s largest law firms. He won’t be working for the firm, but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors. If he refuses, a compromising video will ruin him. Kyle is caught between criminal forces, the FBI, and his own law firm. FIC

Detective Alex Cross pursues the most ruthless killer he’s ever encountered. He uncovers a shocking Washington, D.C. underworld where a gang of teenage thugs headed by a warlord known only as the Tiger, operates. When the Tiger’s elusive trail turns up in Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Unprotected and alone, can Alex manage to both survive and catch the killer? FIC

Bending the Rules

A Good Woman

By Susan Anderson

By Danielle Steel

Detective Jason de Sangres wants to see three teens caught spray painting a Seattle neighborhood pay for their destruction. Poppy Calloway suggests that they be given art related community service. Jason was raised in foster care and knows what it takes to walk the line. Poppy was raised by hippie parents who believed you give back to the community. They are both charged with guiding the three teens through the cleanup process. Along the line, love enters their lives. ROM

Annabelle Worthington’s family is lost on the Titanic, and her world is changed forever. She pours herself into volunteer work and a passion for medicine. She goes to war-ravaged France to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of World World I, she works in a field hospital. When the war ends, Annabelle is a doctor, and begins a new life in Paris. She discovers that her past is hard to leave behind. FIC

Bull’s Island

By Lisa Scottoline

Lady Killer

By Dorothea Benton Frank

Mary DiNunzio is surprised to see her high school rival, Trish Gambone, walk into her office at Rosato & Assoc. Trish is terrified of her boyfriend, an abusive, gun toting drug dealer. Mary remembers him from school, too, when she had a major crush on him. Trish vanishes and a dead body turns up. Mary is plunged into a nightmare that threatens her job and even her life. She goes on a one woman crusade to unmask the killer. FIC

Betts McGee loved pristine Bull’s Island until a nasty rumor ended her engagement to J.D. Langley. She left, and after nearly 20 years, she’s come back as a top banking executive and heading up the most important project of her career that will transform the island. Her estranged family does not welcome her with open arms and worse still, she’s united with ex-flame J.D. FIC 2

BEST SELLERS The Manning Brides

His two lives collide when a fellow jockey is accused of murdering a colleague. Mason doesn’t want to get involved. He is torn between doing what is right, and what will keep him alive. MYS

By Debbie Macomber Rich Manning and Jamie Warren have always been just good friends, until she asks him to father a child. Rich agrees if she’ll marry him. Paul Manning is a widower with three children who turns to Leah Baker for help and comfort. It grows into something else and he discovers he wants more than a Stand-In Wife. ROM

Texas Blood Feud By Dusty Richards The Byrnes family has carved out a place on the land in Texas. Three generations have paid in blood and treasure. Chet Byrnes hanged three horse thieves and a blood feud erupted. A family wants revenge, and this leads to one vicious murder after another. Chet must find a way to end the war he started.WES

Outsider By Diana Palmer Colby Lane is a former black ops CIA operative. Now retired, he has become assistant chief of security for Ritter Oil Corporation. His past is never far behind, and he’s enmeshed in plans to trap a notorious drug trafficker. His exwife, Sarina, may be more involved than she’s letting on. Also, Sarina has a six year old daughter that looks an awful lot like Colby. ROM

True Detectives By Jonathan Kellerman Moses Reed and Aaron Fox have the same mother, but different fathers. Moses is a no-frills LAPD detective, while Aaron is a smooth talking private eye. Usually they go their separate ways but the disappearance of student Caitlin Frostig isn’t usual. They reluctantly team up to crack the case, and descend into the sinister underside of the City of Angels.MYS

Rough Weather By Robert B. Parker Spenser is hired as a bodyguard to rich Heidi Bradshaw. He witnesses an unexpected crime at an exclusive society wedding that she is giving. The kidnapping of the young bride opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis. MYS

What Happens In London By Julia Quinn Olivia Bevelstoke believes her new neighbor may have killed his fiancé. She stakes out a spot near her bedroom window to spy on him. Sir Harry Valentine is instantly suspicious when a gorgeous blonde begins to watch him from her window. Harry is soon spying on Olivia, and falling in love. ROM

Silks

By Dick Francis & Felix Francis Defense barrister Geoffrey Mason’s true passion is riding his thoroughbred, Sandeman. 3

NONFICTION Armed and Dangerous

A Cup of Comfort for Cat Lovers

By William Queen & Douglas Century ATF agent William Queen went undercover in a group of violent skinheads and infiltrated a ring trafficking in high powered explosives, drugs, and firearms. In 1985 he faced his toughest mission, apprehending Mark Stephens, a narcotics trafficker who was terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles. Living in the woods outside the city, Stephens was cunning survivalist , but he met his match in Queen. TC

By Colleen Sell A furry friend adds joy to your life and in this collection you’ll find 50 cats that will steal your heart, one meow at a time. From a wayward Calico that rescues his family from a deadly snake, to a sophisticated Siamese that helps to heal her ailing owner, this is a celebration of the courage, healing, and affection of loyal companions. A life without cats is no life worth purring about. SS

Bow Wow

Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day-0r-Less

By Marty Becker, D.V.M. Whether you’ve just brought home your first puppy or you’ve known for years that your beloved dog rules the roost, you will delight in this quirky canine compendium. Filled with illustrations and little known facts, this book will make you and yours the smartest at the dog park. Jam packed with tips and trivia this must read book is nothing to bark at. SS

By American Diabetes Association Here are a slew of new, low cost recipes, complete with cost per serving and nutrition information and useful tips to help even the most cost conscious consumer navigate the grocery store shelves. Learn how to plan meals more carefully, shop smart, eat well at your favorite restaurants, grow your own herbs, and prepare recipes that fit into any budget. HAF

Computers for Seniors for Dummies

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

By Nancy C. Muir Computers have much to offer people of any age. Let the steps and illustrations guide you to setting up your computer and gaining basic computer skills. You’ll be designing documents, simplifying finances, exchanging e-mail and photos with friends and family, shopping for the best prices, and finding new communities online. SS

By Charles Osgood Charles Osgood offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last 70 years of presidential campaigns. He captures the humor of the campaign trail. Culled from speeches, interviews, press conferences, and articles by and 4

NONFICTION about the candidates, no source is left untapped. Osgood makes the seemingly endless race to the presidency a lot more fun. HIS

these simple Ramen noodle recipes. You can cook them into everything from soups, salads, main courses, even into desserts. They aren’t just for the poor starving college students anymore. Try some of these recipes and you won’t look at Ramen noodles ever the same again. HAF

Invitation: Billy Graham and the Lives God Touched

Resilience

By Basyle and Aran Tchividjian Here is the inspiring journey of hearts and souls encountering God through the ministry of Billy Graham. From despair to hope, from broken life to renewed spirit, each individual story is told within the visual context of the crusade experience. This is an invitation to experience the spiritual legacy of Billy Graham and the work of God told by his grandsons. REL

By Elizabeth Edwards Elizabeth Edwards is no stranger to adversity. She lost her son in a car accident, been diagnosed with breast cancer during her husband’ s 2004 bid for the vice presidency, then had a recurrence of the cancer in 2007. On the campaign trail she met others who faced serious adversity in their lives. She has crafted an inspiring meditation on the gifts we can find among life’s biggest challenges. BIO

One Ball Knits Accessories By Fatems, Khadija, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman

Senior Moments

Just what can a knitter do with only one ball of yarn? This book offers 20 stylish and easy answers to that question. You can learn how to knit everything from jewelry to a shawl and more. The patterns are organized by yardage required, are ideal for weekend projects, and last minute gifts. That single ball of yarn can blossom into something spectacular even in the hands of a beginning knitter. ARC

By Shelley Klein Senior moments come in all shapes and sizes, and can strike at any age. Comprising the experiences of everyone from the famous to infamous, this book is full of advice, anecdotes, quotes, tips, and excuses. It explores the whole spectrum of annoyances hounding us as we go gray at the temples, add a few inches to the midsection, and keep forgetting what day of the week it is. From everyday folks to politicians to brilliant scientists, we’ve all fallen victim to the curse of senior momentitis. HUM

101 Things to do With Ramen Noodles By Toni Patrick This is a must have for noodle lovers everywhere. Give your taste buds a whirl with 5

NONFICTION Sheltered in His Arms

A Voyage Long and Strange

By Correna Pickens & Farah Bazzrea

By Tony Horwitz

This story touches six generations of an Oklahoma pioneer family whose faith in God strengthened them in raising their seven children. The last child, Wilma, overcame great adversity to raise three extraordinary patriotic sons. After losing one son in the Vietnam War, the two surviving brothers created a powerful legacy. One, Carlos Ray, has become a high profile American icon whom we know as Chuck Norris. BIO

What happened in North America between Columbus’s sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims’ arrival in 1620? Horwitz sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth. His odyssey takes him inside an Indian sweat lodge in Canada, down the Mississippi in a canoe, on a road trip fueled by buffalo meat, and into sixty pounds of armor as a conquistador re-enactor in Florida. HIS

Cheyenne and Arapaho Delegates Council Over Cherokee Outlet (1889)

FICTION The Bone Garden

Foreign Body

By Tess Gerritson

By Robin Cook

Jennifer Hernandez flies to New Delhi, India when her beloved grandmother dies after hip surgery. Her grandmother appears to be another victim of medical tourism, uninsured first world citizens traveling to third world countries for more affordable surgery. Jennifer reaches out to New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery for help. Between them, Laurie and Jennifer unveil a multilayered conspiracy of global proportions.

Julia Hamill makes a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new rural home, a skull buried in the rocky soil. It was human, female, and showed marks of murder. The mystery is traced back across time and place to Boston, 1830. A doctor was murdered and mutilated on university grounds, and it was because of the trafficking in illicit cadavers.

Eclipse

Man in the Middle

By Richard North Patterson

By Brian Haig

Lawyer Damon Pierce is starting to feel that his work is soulless. Then, two life altering events take place. His wife announces that she’s leaving him, and a woman from his past reappears. Marissa Okari’s husband is a freedom fighter and has been arrested by a West African country’s savage dictator. It’s now up to Damon to take on his case and save him from almost certain death.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Sean Drummond’s latest assignment is to find out if the demise of an influential defense official was murder or suicide. He is drawn into the labyrinthine channels of American intelligence and the war in Iraq. What he uncovers will make him question everything he believes in. He will ask himself: “Are my loyalties to my superiors or to the American soldiers battling for their lives?”

Exposed By Alex Kava

The Secret Between Us

FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell and Assistant Director Cunningham believed that the threat targeted Quantico. The deadly virus causes death from a million internal cuts, and the victims appear random. Maggie must tackle this opponent from within a bio-safety isolation ward, while waiting to see if death is already multiplying inside her body. She fears her last case might end with an intelligent killer escalating from murder to epidemic.

Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive. Her decision to shoulder the blame for the accident turns into a deception that takes on a life of its own. The special bond between mother and daughter is threatened.

By Barbara Delinsky

FICTION Silent Thunder

dormant memories of her beloved grandpa, the stray she rescued as a child, and the painful roots strangling her relationship with her mother. Cassandra and the people she loves are swirled into a tumultuous yet grace filled journey.

By Iris and Roy Johansen The U.S. Maritime Museum has just acquired the former pride of the Soviet fleet, the nuclear attack sub Silent Thunder. Before it can go on public exhibition, Hannah Bryson , with the help of her brother Conner, is hired to inspect every inch of it and make sure it’s safe for the visitors. Conner discovers a cryptic message behind one of its panels, and before he can figure it out there is a deadly assault on the sub. Hannah will stop at nothing to unravel the truth about Silent Thunder.

White Lies By Jayne Ann Krentz Para-sensitive Clare Lancaster is a human lie detector, and any falsehood no matter how subtle sets her blood racing. Her father’s new business consultant, Jake Salter, walks a delicate line between truth and deception. But with his help Clare unravels a web of conspiracy and murder involving a powerful Arizona family. Clare and Jake plunge into an investigation that demands every bit of their special gifts.

Smoke Screen By Sandra Brown

A Year on Ladybug Farm

Newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Charleston PD detective Jay Burgess. She remembers nothing of how she got there or how he wound up dead. Burgess was one of four heroic city officials who risked their lives to lead others to safety from a catastrophic fire. With the help of Burgess’ best friend Raley Gannon they try to discover what had really happened that fateful day. Now they’re not only chasing the truth but running for their lives.

By Donna Ball Three friends, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget, buy a run- down mansion, nestled in the Shenandoah Valley. They christen it Ladybug Farm, hoping the name will bring them luck. As they take on the home improvement challenge, they encounter disaster after disaster, from renegade sheep and garden thieves to a seemingly ghostly inhabitant. Over the course of a year they question their decision, but sometimes the best things can happen when everything goes wrong.

Stray Affections

By Charlene Ann Baumbich Cassandra Higgins is at a Collector’s Convention when she’s charmed by a one of a kind snowglobe containing figures of three dogs and a little girl with her own hair color. She buys the globe and it begins to spark long 8

ROMANCE The Accidental Lawman

love, he finds she’s fallen in love with another man. Sandy knew that she was a lot of things to Clint except the woman he loved. So it was no surprise when he encourages her pursuit of another. Soon the friends find themselves in a series of crossed signals, mixed messages, and close encounters.

By Jill Marie Landis

Hank Larson foils a bank robbery after only being in town for five minutes. Of course, the robber tripped over Hank’s boots, now Hank’s being hailed a hero and anointed the sheriff. Everyone thinks that the Lord led him there to save the day. Everyone, that is, except the town’s healer, Amelia Hawthorne. The robber who got away was her nineteen year old brother. Now Hank must bring the guy in and break Amelia’s heart.

Cypress Nights By Stella Cameron Roche Savage is a talented psychiatrist who has always avoided gentle reserved women. Unfortunately, he spies young widow Bleu Labeau who has come to Toussaint to start a new school. Then a man is killed in St. Cecil’s Church and the townspeople must fend for themselves. When more bodies are found, it’s revealed that all the victims are former patients of Roche. Speculation arises that they may not be looking for a stranger but one of their own.

Body Language

By Suzanne Brockmann Photographer Clint McCade was a free spirit until he realized that something was missing. Sandy Kirk had been his best friend and closest confidante since grade school. When he finally seeks her out to declare his

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ROMANCE Everybody Loves Evie

suspicion that this is about more than just cake. The truth is, Hayley is Tommy’s long lost daughter, and the aging rocker wants to meet her and her daughter.

By Beth Ciotta Evie Parish has joined Chameleon, an organization that exposes fraud using reformed crooks to catch current ones. Evie’s mom falls for a sweetheart scam, and Evie rushes to the rescue. She’s accompanied by her sexy new boss, and closely pursuing them is her ex-boyfriend, Arch. It’s hard to concentrate on the case with these two macho males squaring off.

A Lady’s Secret By Jo Beverly When the fun loving Earl of Huntersdown, Robin Fitzvitry, meets a cursing nun in a French inn, he can’t resist the mystery. He offers to help Sister Immaculata reach England. But she’s not exactly a nun, though she has spent years in an Italian convent with her widowed mother. Since her mother’s death she must find the only person who might protect her, her true father, an English lord who does not even know she exists. With her pursuers closing in, she must race to the coast with Robin’s help.

His Captive Lady By Anne Gracie Harry Morant’s tough exterior hides a badly scarred heart. After eight years at war, he’s breeding racehorses and planning a practical, unemotional marriage. When he buys a new estate he meets Lady Helen Freymore. She is trapped by poverty and scandal, and agrees to marry Henry. She soon finds herself powerfully drawn to this gentle soldier, but then her secret past threatens to shatter their newfound happiness.

Missouri By H. Alexander, T. Bateman, F. Christman, & J. Livingston Four independent Missouri women believe they have life wrapped up until the winds of change sweep into their world. Dr. Serena VanBuren must confess to Dr. Carson Tanner a deep hurt before they can explore feelings between them. Esther Young’s forty year old single life is turned upside down when Tom Pearson enters her office. Julie Richmond, vice president of an all girl’s school is certain she needs nothing more in her life, especially the Bible toting minister whose daughter attends the school. Widow Carlee Benett’s world orbits

Just Desserts By Barbara Bretton Hayley Goldstein has a chance of a lifetime, to bake a cake for world famous rock star Tommy Stiles. But why would he send his big time lawyer to her small South Jersey bakery? She’s had enough hard knocks in her life to suspect the worst, and has a sneaking 10

ROMANCE around her children, until she begins to work for a star skater.

bride. He sends her back to Cedar Point, and three years later shows up on her doorstep. The military has ordered him to protect his wife from a killer. Lacy wants nothing to do with this soldier who once drove her away.

Sabrina By Lori Wick

True Love and Other Desires

When Sabrina Matthews is confronted by a police officer who has been called to the night district where she lives and works as a prostitute, she finds herself befriended by Danny Bradshaw and his wife, Callie. Through their kindness she walks away from her old life and into a new life in Christ. She leaves Denver, choosing Token Creek in Montana Territory where she tries to help others as she was helped. She falls in love but is afraid that her past will keep him from loving her in return.

By Rachel Gibson Faith Duffy’s very wealthy and very old husband has gone to that big bank in the sky, leaving her with a pile of money and a mess of a pro hockey team. Faith loathes the number one player for the team, Ty Savage. He has his sights on winning the Stanley Cup and doesn’t need a bimbo messing up his plans. He soon discovers that there’s more to Faith than beauty and billions, but a relationship is impossible, and falling in love would be a disaster.

State Secrets By Linda Lael Miller

Winner Takes All

Cookbook author Holly Llewlleyn is the last person who should be labeled an “enemy of the state”. Her brother is a missing traitor, and with her ties to the president, the Secret Service isn’t taking chances. They send Agent David Goddard, undercover to watch Holly. The only problem is that she’s not just another assignment. She’s a woman who could change his life.

By Nora Roberts Brooke Gordon has vowed to never mix business with pleasure, but one look into the mesmerizing eyes of Parks Jones was all it took. He was desirable and completely off limits, and would have to break a few rules to convince her that love wasn’t just a game. Johanna didn’t give her trust easily, especially to a man who lived in the public eye. So why was he appearing nightly in her dreams? He desperately wanted to win this game of love.

A Texan’s Luck By Jodi Thomas Captain Walker Larson is shocked when a beautiful stranger walks into his office claiming to be his wife. His father had bought Lacy for him in a wife lottery, but he has no desire for a 11

MYSTERIES All the Wrong Moves

gelatinous looking corpse. Turns out the body was immersed in a vat of lye, a technique used in refinishing furniture, and this makes Dyce a prime suspect. She now has to play private eye to solve the murder or the next victim could be her.

By Merline Lovelace USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade and her team spend their time testing the latest gizmos and gadgets for the military. Sam stumbles over two dead bodies early one morning while testing the newest item, a lightweight metal frame that a person can slip inside and have a robot’s strength, speed, and vision capabilities. She later learns that one of the dead men is a former U.S. soldier turned arms dealer. His death may be part of an elaborate cover-up.

Ghastly Glass By Joyce & Jim Lavene Jessie Morton, an assistant professor at a local college, is doing research on Renaissance crafts, and has a crabby boss at her glassblowing apprenticeship. During the Renaissance Faire, the man playing the Grim Reaper is found dead. The message found on his robe starts appearing on village walls. Is this a gory decoration or is someone sending a message? Jessie decides to find the answer, but in a place where everything from the fog to the pirates’ tattoos is fake, nothing is as it seems.

Dial Om for Murder By Diana Killian A.J. has two divas in her yoga studio, and they are enough to drain her sanity. Actress Nicole Manning and reality show star Barbie Siragusa are also vicious rivals. A.J. finds Nicole in a permanent corpse pose, and all fingers point to Barbie. It’s going to take some really deep digging and deep breathing to wade through all this celebrity dirt to find the killer. She’s not going to let camera crews, the paparazzi, or a cold blooded murderer disrupt her inner peace.

I Scream, You Scream By Wendy Lyn Watson Tally Jones, owner of Remember the A-la-mode ice cream parlor, is stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband and his new girlfriend at his company luau. Suddenly the new girlfriend drops dead, and Tally is the prime suspect in her murder. To catch a killer, Tally will have to churn up the town’s darkest secrets and dip deep into the past. Can she freeze out the real culprit before a murder charge puts her on ice for good?

Dipped, Stripped, and Dead By Elise Hyatt Dyce Dare never thought that she’d end up divorced, with a toddler to raise, and an ex who forgets his child support. To make ends meet, she starts up Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business. When she goes dumpster diving to find things to refinish, she uncovers a 12

MYSTERIES Makeovers Can Be Murder

forget her cheating ex that she hasn’t had time to pay attention to the local gossip. When she finds the town sweetheart dead at her back door, everything else falls by the wayside. The police investigator tries to link Tori to the murder in a love triangle gone bad. She has to rely on her new sewing sisters to help clear her name.

By Kathryn Lilley Plus size reporter Kate Gallagher is facing a huge challenge—she has to bare her belly while wearing a bikini on camera for an upcoming assignment about weight loss scams. While meeting with her support group the Newbodies, her friend Jana confides that her marriage is in trouble. When Jana turns up dead, Kate learns that Jana wasn’t the first “Newbody” to meet a violent death. Apparently a killer has an appetite for curvy victims, and Kate may be next.

Snake in the Glass By Sarah Atwell Everyone in Tucson is obsessed with the annual Gem Show in town. So, when a nervous stranger comes to Em Dowell’s glassblowing studio begging to use her kiln for an experimental gem treatment, she’s not alarmed. Besides she’s too worried about her missing brother, Cam. Then a dead body is found in the desert and is linked to the stranger and to Cam. Em is soon following trails in the desert and the nearby Indian reservation, trying to solve the case and find her brother.

Mourning in Miniature By Margaret Grace Miniaturist Gerry Porter is retired and has time to devote to her craft and granddaughter Madison. Rosie Norman asks Gerry to accompany her to her 30th high school reunion, and Gerry looks forward to seeing her old students. Rosie only wants to see star athlete David, who had once kissed her. David is murdered and a clue leads Gerry down a path of thirty year old alliances, betrayals, and grudges. With the help of her granddaughter, Gerry must employ all her skills to reconstruct the murder scene.

Under the Cajun Moon By Mindy Starns Clark International business etiquette expert Chloe Ledet had moved away from New Orleans and the family restaurant years ago. When she hears that her father has been shot, she races home to be by his side and handle his affairs, only to learn a long hidden secret that changes everything she knew about herself and her family. She is framed for murder and must search for a priceless treasure, whose roots weave through the very history of Louisiana itself.

Sew Deadly By Elizabeth Lynn Casey Tori has been the talk of Sweet Briar, South Carolina ever since she moved to the tiny town. She’s been so busy adding a children’s corner to the library, winning over the women of the sewing circle, and trying to 13

LARGE PRINT Blue-Eyed Devil

their opposing beliefs about war, politics, and faith. Can they set aside their views so that God’s love might win? ROM.

By Lisa Kleypas Hardy Gates is a self-made millionaire from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s made enemies in the ride to the top of Houston’s oil industry, and he’s got vengeance on his mind. Haven Travis comes from money, but refuses to set out on the path her family has chosen for her. When she marries a man her family disapproves of, her life is set on a new and dangerous course. Two years later she comes home, and falls in love with Hardy, a family enemy. ROM

Family Tree

By Barbara Delinsky After Dana Clarke gives birth to her first child, she notices that the little girl does not resemble her parents. Her husband suspects that Dana may have had an affair. To put the rumors to rest, she delves into her husband’s heritage to unearth some uncomfortable secrets. Can their marriage survive what she discovers? FIC

Ever After

Fatally Flaky

By Karen Kingsbury

By Diane Mott Davidson

Two couples are torn apart, one by war between countries, and one by a war within. Emily Anderson meets Army reservist Justin Baker and their relationship is founded on a mutual faith in God. Emily’s parents still struggle to move past

The wedding reception that Goldy Schulz is set to cater has suddenly been moved to Gold Gulch Spa, just two days before it’s due. Then beloved local physician Doc Flynn is killed when his car 14

LARGE PRINT Leaving North Haven

tumbles into a ravine. Goldy and Doc’s best friend Jack think that he was murdered because of research he was doing at the spa. These allegations are confirmed when Jack himself is attacked there. Now there seems to be a clever killer on the grounds watching Goldy’s every move. MYS.

By Michael L. Lindvall

North Haven, Minnesota is where the streets still end in cornfields and the townspeople joke that they don’t live at the end of the world but they can see it from their porches. The Rev. David Battles and his family have relished living in this charming little town for 10 years, but now it’s time to move one. Come along and meet the citizens in this Midwest town, and read their slice of life stories. FIC

Ghost at Work By Carolyn Hart

Bailey Ruth Raeburn has always been great at solving mysteries, so why should a little thing like her death change anything? Being a ghost gives her an opportunity to lend a helping hand. Kathleen, the pastor’s wife, definitely needs help when she finds a dead man on her porch. As a member of Heaven’s Department of Good Intentions, Bailey Ruth goes back to Earth to extricate Kathleen from a dire situation. MYS

Mother’s Day Murder By Leslie Meier

Reporter Lucy Stone thinks that she will get to kick back and enjoy a fancy Mother’s Day brunch with her brood. The festivities are interrupted by a nasty scene between two competitive moms. Things really escalate when the two moms team up to host an after prom party. Lucy has a front-row seat for the fireworks but never expects to 15

LARGE PRINT committed in Aunt Vella’s house, and new man suddenly enters her life. Investigator Zack Jones is not repelled by her powers, because he has them himself. As a killer makes Raine his target, she and Zack must rely not only on their powerful abilities but on each other. ROM

see one of the moms shot dead right in front of her. MYS

Naughty Neighbor By Janet Evanovich

Louisa Brannigan’s neighbor, Pete, snatches her newspaper and listens through her townhouse walls. When she loses her government job as a press secretary, he asks her to join his undercover operation. Of course, getting involved in the disappearance of a pig who is in Witness Protection is certainly not what she had in mind when she took the job. Sneaking around corners and using a Porsche as a getaway car is fun though. ROM

Son of a Fast Gun By Hascal Giles

The Jessups were tough and prideful men, ranchers, and gunfighting legends. Then Morgan Hill got it in his head that there was only room enough for one rancher in Maverick Creek. He sent his hired guns out to get rid of the ranchers. When they got to the Jessups’ spread, Jericho John stood up to them and died. His son Ed has no choice but to ride hard to Morgan Hill’s spread to become the Judge, Jury, and executioner as he administers the law of the six-gun. WES

Sizzle and Burn

By Jayne Ann Krentz Raine Tallentyre has paranormal abilities and with the death of her Aunt Vella, her last blood relative, she has resigned herself to a lonely life. Then she discovers that a horrifying crime has been 16

LARGE PRINT Sparkle

Step on a Crack

When the town outcast, Maude Rose, dies, Poppy and Bren are shocked to discover that they’ve inherited her gaudy jewelry. They’re even more incredulous when they learn that the gems are the real thing. The women don’t even know each other, much less why they were chosen as Maude Rose’s beneficiaries. Maybe it’s because neither of them ever had a chance to find the real sparkle within themselves, until now. INSP

After the death of a beloved first lady, the most powerful people in the world gather for her funeral. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man’s cold blooded scenario. Detective Michael Bennett is pulled into the fray, and must help rescue thirty four hostages. He is confronting the most ruthless man he has ever encountered, and as the entire world watches, he has to find a way out. FIC

By Jennifer Greene

By James Patterson

Attendees of the 1952 NAACP National Convention, Calvary Baptist Church, 300 N Walnut (June 1952.)

From the personal collection of James E. Stewart, Jr. 17

LARGE PRINT T is for Trespass

When Crickets Cry

Private eye Kinsey Millhone’s elderly neighbor Gus is so crotchety that when he takes a bad fall, his only living relative finds someone to take care of him so that she can get back home. Kinsey helps by running a check on the applicant, Solana Rojas, and everything seems to be ok. Except that the real Rojas was indeed an excellent caregiver, but the woman who has stolen her identity is not. MYS

On a shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town, a spirited seven year old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, heads to his car. Then a beat up bread truck careens around the corner and changes the trajectory of both their lives. Before it’s over they will both know the reasons why crickets cry, and that miracles lurk around unexpected corners. INSP

By Sue Grafton

By Charles Martin

Cowboys at the Site of Stiles Park (c. April 1889) Photo by Andrew Forbes 18

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