March 2024
Claire’s Top 5 Picks
Betrayal by Phillip Margolin
Crosshairs by James Patterson
The Cage by Bonnie Kistler
Midnight by Amy McCulloch
Our Crumbling Foundation by Gregor Craigie
Betrayal: Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defence attorney in Oregon but back in her college days, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now, their situations couldn’t be more different. Mandy is on her last legs professionally, her career nearly over, and she is under arrest for the quadruple murder of all four members of the Finch family. Kerrigan’s only possible friend in this hopeless situation is Robin, the attorney she beat in the octagon so many years ago. A really good read!
Crosshairs: Detective Michael Bennet is back and faces a professional sniper who could be anyone, any where in New York City. Detective Michael teams up with Officer Rob Trilling, a shooting expert, former Army Ranger and sniper with the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. But Officer Rob seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people. When his new partner begins to log unexplained absences from duty, only Bennet can prove whether the decorated officer is a lonely hunter or a hardened assassin. Another really good read!
The Cage: On a cold, misty Sunday night, two women are alone in the offices of fashion conglomerate Claudine de Martineau International. One is the company’s human resources director who is sitting at her desk staring sombrely out the window. The other woman is one of the company’s lawyers, buried under a pile of paperwork, frantically rushing to finish. Leaving at the same time, the two women, each preoccupied by her own thoughts, enter the elevator that will take them down from the thirtieth floor. When they arrive at the lobby, one of the women is dead. Was it murder or suicide? A good read!
Midnight: A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica – to camp beneath the legendary midnight sun – becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the ends of the earth. Olivia Campbell has long dreamed of spending a holiday at Antarctica. So when her boyfriend, a high-powered art dealer with a taste for the finer things in life, decides to have a larger prestige auction on a luxury cruise liner to Antarctica, Olivia could hardly believe she was going with him and her dream was coming true. But then the first bodies are discovered. Good read.
Our Crumbling Foundation: This is non-fiction and concerns Canada’s Housing Crisis. This CBC journalist offers an illuminating examination of the unrelenting housing crisis Canadians find themselves facing, and reveals urgently needed solutions from around the world. He has talked with local experts, tenants, owners and homeless people across Canada all straining under tightening financial pressures. An interesting read.
Last week during March break, the library had forgiveness week for fines on overdue books. Thank you to the people that returned the books this week.
Mahjong is still going strong Wednesday mornings and Crocheting/Knitting Tuesday afternoons.
It is still too cold to sit down at the beach but nothing better than enjoying a good book with a cup of Baileys in front of the fireplace. Lots of new books and DVDs to enjoy.
Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 4pm and Thursdays 12 to 6pm.
See you at your library!
