Check out our catalog for: In the Woods

Rob Ryan, police detective for the Dublin murder squad finds himself on the case of a child murder that took place in a woods that has haunted him since his childhood. The author does a fine job developing the characters Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox along with a huge cast that create the right mix of real and mystical in this super psychological sleuthing. There are many slow twists that take you into the past-psychologically, archeologically and culturally as you sort  through the layers that keep you guessing up to the very end.

Check our catalog for: Redemption in Indigo

Paama’s husband is a fool and a glutton. Bad enough that he followed her to her parents’ home in the village of Makende, now he’s disgraced himself by murdering livestock and stealing corn. When Paama leaves him for good, she attracts the attention of the undying ones—the djombi—who present her with a gift: the Chaos Stick, which allows her to manipulate the subtle forces of the world. Unfortunately, a wrathful djombi with indigo skin believes this power should be his and his alone. Redemption in Indigo is a clever, contemporary fairy tale inspired in part by a Senegalese folk tale.

Check our catalog for: Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability

What's the greenest city in the US? Would you be surprised if someone told you New York City? If so, David Owen makes a compelling case in Green Metropolis why New York City is one of the greenest cities in the United States and why much of what passes for being green and sustainable is neither. An interesting read that's not afraid to take on some of the sacred cows of the environmental movement while offering solutions for how we can build more sustainable and environmentally-friendly communities. 

Check our catalog for: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

Jane Jameson is a children's librarian who gets fired by her mean boss, then on the same day gets accidentally shot.  The handsome stranger (Gabriel Nightengale) who saves her is a vampire, so she's turned into a vampire, too.  As she learns about her new vampire lifestyle in the small southern town she lives in (who knew you could go shopping for blood? - late at night, at the all-night store, of course), and gets to know her new friends and enemies, you have got to laugh.  She's afraid to tell her parents she's a vampire, and someone in the vampire community is trying to frame her for murder, but Gabriel seems to like her... This light vampire romance/mystery was quite enjoyable. This is the first in a series. The second book is Read more

Check our catalog for: Southern Lights

A coworker recommended this book to me. I hadn't read Danielle Steel in a long time and was pleasantly surprised. The story is a mystery revolving around a woman lawyer in New York. When threats are made against her daughter while she is trying a high-profile murder case, she is forced to send the daughter to her ex husband in Georgia.

Review by: Chris Hurt, Library Aide, Technical Services