The library will be closed on Saturday June 17 and Monday June 19 for Juneteenth National Independence Day. We will reopen on Tuesday June 20 at 9:30 a.m.
Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition.
Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life, and even the history of Sicily, forever.
Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is identical to a calling. He’s a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft.
Gaetano sets out to find the boy and punish the kidnapper, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined.
Meanwhile, Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. And Alfredo D’Antonio is a reclusive goat-herd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew.
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline is how the lives of these unforgettable characters collide in an epic tale of good versus evil.
Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans.
Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charming Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke
By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father's daughter, sharpwitted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother's son, timid and cerebral.
When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out. Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family.
That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.
Hang the Moon by author Jeannette Walls is a riveting novel about an spirited young woman in Virginia during Prohibition.
On the wild Oregon coast, tucked between the mountains and the sea, stands Siren Song, home to a group of women known as The Colony. Their aunt hoped the isolated lodge would be a sanctuary, a place where she could protect them and their special gifts.
But nowhere is safe from the man who has marked them for death. The note pinned to the dead body found on the remote beach has no name, just Ravinia Rutledge's phone number and the words Next of Kin. Ravinia insists she doesn't recognize the man on the mortuary slab, but she suspects Detective Nev Rhodes doesn't believe her
He can tell that she's one of them Siren Song women. Five years after moving away from The Colony, Ravinia has carved out a life as a private investigator whose specialty is helping others locate their missing loved ones.
Yet sometimes, it's better if the missing are never found. Good Time Charlie is the name given to a monster from her past, a man whom she and her sisters hoped was gone forever.
But the dead man on the beach is a sign that Charlie has merely been waiting, preparing to fulfi ll his mission to rid the world of the Siren Song women and anyone else who gets in his way. Rhodes has his own reasons for being fascinated with The Colony and its surroundings a place marked by unexplained deaths and tragedies. Rhodes plays by the rules, but there are forces at work here that defy notions of law and order
And despite Ravinia's reluctance to team up with Nev, it's the only way to stop an adversary determined to see that each and every member of The Colony will die at his hands. Wicked Dreams by Lisa Jackson is a chilling new thriller set on an isolated island off the Oregon coast.