Staff Picks
February 2016
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Longbourn
by Jo Baker

A reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice from the perspectives of its below-stairs servants captures the romance, intrigue and drama of the Bennet household from the sideline perspective of Sara, an orphaned housemaid who becomes subject to the arrival of the militia and the attentions of an ambitious former slave.
The secret rooms : a true story of a haunted castle, a plotting duchess, and a family secret
by Catherine Bailey

After opening a room in a wealthy British estate that had been sealed for 60 years, a historian discusses the intrigue surrounding the death of the Ninth Duke of Rutland and why he erased portions of his life from all family records. (general history).
The hand that feeds you
by A. J. Rich

Returning home to discover that her husband has been mauled to death, psychology doctorate student Morgan Prager learns that her husband was leading a dangerous double life involving other women who are being systematically murdered.
The Iceberg : A Memoir
by Marion Coutts

An award-winning memoir by the nationally exhibited artist and writer lyrically meditates on family, love and language as experienced in the two years leading up to her Independent art critic husband's death from a brain tumor. Reprint.
In a dark, dark wood
by Ruth Ware

Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend on the English countryside, reclusive writer Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has died.
The light of the world : a memoir
by Elizabeth Alexander

A Pulitzer Prize-finalist poet reflects with gratitude on her life after the sudden death of her husband. 40,000 first printing.
You can trust me : a novel
by Sophie McKenzie

Investigating her best friend's suspicious suicide, Julia uncovers horrifying clues that her friend may have been murdered by the same man who killed her sister 18 years earlier, a person who may be someone close to her family. By the award-winning author of Girl, Missing.
Until you're mine : a novel
by Samantha Hayes

Hiring Zoe to help her around the house as she prepares for her baby's arrival, Claudia Morgan-Brown discovers that there is something off about Zoe and, after learning about a series of vicious attacks on pregnant women in the area, worries that her own life is in danger. 50,000 first printing.
Dear daughter : a novel
by Elizabeth Little

After being released from prison on a technicality, Janie Jenkins tracks down the one lead she has on her mother's real killer and is startled by what she uncovers about her mother's past in a small South Dakota town.
Gail Borden Public Library District

Main Library
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Elgin, Illinois 60120
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Elgin, Illinois 60124
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