Paula's Picks
 
Never lie
by Freida McFadden

"A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker! Sometimes the truth kills... Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace years ago. But when a violent winter storm traps them at the estate, the house begins to lose its appeal. Stuck inside and growing restless, Tricia stumbles on a collection of audio transcripts from Dr. Hale's sessions with patients. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to the doctor's mysterious disappearance. With each tape, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and a web of lies slowly unravels. But by the time Tricia reaches the final cassette, the one that reveals the entire horrifying story, it will be too late... From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an addictive, unpredictable thriller that will keep you asking the question: what is the truth?"
The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden
by Kim Flottum

Features information about bees, beeswax, and the modern rules of beekeeping with do-it-yourself tips for safe and fun beekeeping
Leaving time
by Jodi Picoult

Abandoned by a grief-stricken father and scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, thirteen-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers
All the water in the world : a novel
by Eiren Caffall

Follows a young girl, Nonie, and her family as they navigate a post-apocalyptic New York ravaged by melting glaciers, as they safeguard cultural history while surviving storms, scarcity and meeting diverse communities in their quest for a hopeful future.
Beartooth
by Callan Wink

Set in the rugged Absaroka-Beartooth mountains, two brothers burdened by debt and grief face a life-altering decision after a dangerous offer in this gripping tale of survival, brotherhood and the stark beauty of the American West. 50,000 first printing.
This book will bury me : a novel
by Ashley Winstead

A once-celebrated amateur detective turned public pariah, Jane Sharp recounts her group's descent into the dark and deadly Delphine Massacres case, where fame, fractured evidence, and their own missteps blurred the line between solving crimes and becoming part of the tragedy.
Soldiers and kings : survival and hope in the world of human smuggling
by Jason De Leâon

An internationally recognized anthropologist, who embedded himself within a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years, presents this first-ever, character-driven look at human smuggling that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind.
Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficiency Projects for the Home : Grow Edibles, Raise Animals, Live Off the Grid & Diy
by Editors of Cool Springs Press

"Build a self-sufficient life with projects for growing and preserving your own food, keeping animals, harnessing alternative energy, and more. Learning to do more things yourself is healthy, rewarding, and fulfilling, and it benefits the environment. Whether you live in the suburbs or have dozens of acres in the mountains, this new and affordable edition adapted from the best-selling Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency guides your way with clear plan drawings, precise instructions, and detailed photos. Organized into categories, such as Chickens and Other Creatures, Nourishing Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation and Preservation, and Homestead Amenities, you'll discover countless ways for you to further connect your daily life to your environment"
Small things like these
by Claire Keegan

In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man, Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
Booked for murder
by P. J. Nelson

"In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. Madeline Brimley left small town Georgia many years ago to go to college and pursue her dreams on the stage. Her dramatic escapades are many but success has eluded her, leaving her at loose ends. But then she gets word that not only has her beloved, eccentric Aunt Rose passed, but she's left Madeline her equally eccentric bookstore housed in an old Victorianmansion in the small college town of Enigma. But when she arrives in her beat-up Fiat to claim The Old Juniper Bookstore, and restart her life, Madeline is faced with unexpected challenges. The gazebo in the back yard is set ablaze and a late night caller threatens to burn the whole store down if she doesn't leave immediately. But Madeline Brimley, not one to be intimidated, ignores the threats and soldiers on. Until there's another fire and a murder in the store itself. Now with a cloud of suspicion falling over her, it's up to Madeline to untangle the skein of secrets and find the killer before she herself is the next victim"
Beautiful ugly
by Alice Feeney

A year after his wife Abby mysteriously disappeared, author Grady Green, still consumed by grief, retreats to a remote Scottish island only to encounter a woman who looks exactly like the wife he lost. 150,000 first printing.
Counting miracles : a novel
by Nicholas Sparks

Returning to 1903 Iowa, a reclusive musician, Otis Taylor, returns to settle family affairs and find his missing niece, while Sadie West, seeking to help her family, creates a transformative bond with him, potentially unlocking the mystery of his niece.
A Happier Life
by Kristy Woodson Harvey

"Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market -- the home that Keaton didn't know existed until now -- she jumps at the chance to head south. As she gets to know her charming next-door neighbor, his precocious ten-year-old son, and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies, she soon finds she has more questions than answers. 1976: After meeting her adoring husband Townsend, Rebecca "Becks" Saint James abandoned the life she knew and never looked back. Forty years later, she's made a name for herself hosting annual summer suppers that have become the stuff of legend, with locals and out-of-towners alike clamoring for an invitation to her stunning historic home. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible, but behind the façade she is facing a dilemma that even she can't solve. And as the end of the season looms, she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make. As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations."
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel
by Shelby Van Pelt

After her husband dies, widow Tova Sullivan starts working at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, where she forms a special bond with a giant Pacific octopus who holds the key solving the mysterious disappearance of her 18-year-old son, Erik, over thirty years ago on the Puget Sound. 175,000 first printing.
Bad liar : a novel
by Tami Hoag

Sheriff's detective Nick Fourcade is thrust into a murder investigation while his colleague Annie Broussard delves into a missing person case, unraveling a web of deception and danger that leads deep into the Louisiana swamp, where nothing is as it seems.
A well-trained wife : my escape from Christian patriarchy
by Tia Levings

A former member of the Christian fundamentalist Quiverfull movement recalls how she was able to escape her role as a godly and submissive wife that included strict discipline, isolation and physical abuse and flee with her children. 60,000 first printing.
15 summers later
by RaeAnne Thayne

Ava Howell's husband leaves her after she publishes a best-selling memoir that describes what happened to her and her sister and must rebuild her life with her sibling, who is in love with a man whose dad died protecting her.
Spirit crossing : a novel
by William Kent Krueger

As a huge manhunt is launched to find a local politician's daughter, Cork O'Connor. and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police, when the body of a young Ojibwe woman is found, uncover a connection to the missing teenager?—?one that places his own grandson in the crosshairs of a killer.
Shelterwood : a novel
by Lisa Wingate

In 1990 Oklahoma, Valerie, a Law Enforcement Ranger reporting for duty at Horsethief Trail National Park, is immediately faced with the long-hidden burial site of three children, and working with the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police, unearths old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
The burning
by Linda Castillo

Discovering the charred body of an Amish man, chained to a stake and burned alive, in the woods, newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder, at odds with everyone around her, uncovers a secret legacy that shatters everything she thought she knew about the Amish themselves?—?and her own roots.
Trail of the lost : the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
by Andrea Lankford

When three young men vanish from the Pacific Crest Trail, a former park ranger launches an investigation with an eclectic team of amateurs who are determined to solve cases by land and by screen and find their hardships bearing strange fruits—ones that lead them to places and people they never saw coming.
Escape
by James Patterson

Chicago special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney investigates when six jail inmates escape and leave a taunting note for him along with two dead correctional officers in the third novel of the series following The Black Book. 300,000 first printing.
Gator country : deception, danger, and alligators in the Everglades
by Rebecca Renner

Describes the true story of Officer Jeff Babauta who became a“Florida Man” and went undercover to establish the Sunshine Alligator Farm in Florida to infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers throughout the Everglades.
In the hour of crows
by Dana Elmendorf

Gifted with the ability to talk the death out of the dying, 20-year-old Weatherly, when she's unable to save the mayor's son and the whole town suspects she was out for revenge for her cousin Adaire's murder, must prove her innocence and find Adaire's killer, no matter what it takes.
Everyone here is lying
by Shari Lapena

A father who had been having an affair that just ended badly discovers his difficult daughter unexpectedly home from school and loses his temper, ultimately discovering he's not the only one harboring secrets when she goes missing several hours later.
100 trails, 5,000 ideas : where to go, when to go, what to see, what to do
by Joseph R. Yogerst

From the coast of Florida to the peaks of Wyoming, a hiking travel guide provides information on 100 trails through North America with recommendations for scenic picnic lunches, tips for spotting wildlife and practical planning advice. Original. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.
The workweek lunch cookbook : easy, delicious meals to meal prep, pack, and take on the go
by Talia Koren

"The founder of the meal plan subscription service and blog Workweek Lunch shares her secret tricks for saving time, money and stress by meal-prepping lunches you can't wait to eat. Skip waiting in line for expensive takeout and make one of Talia's dozens of mouthwatering, easy-to-pack recipes instead. Each recipe is designed to be cooked in bulk, so you can get all of your cooking for the week done in just one afternoon"
Ozark dogs
by Eli Cranor

"After his son is convicted of capital murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in a junkyard outfitted to be an armory. He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords, notorious meth dealers and fanatical white supremacists, come to collect on Joanna as payment for a long-overdue blood debt. Headed by rancorous patriarch Bunn and smooth-talking, erudite Evail, the Ledfords have never forgotten what the Fitzjurls family did to them, and they will not be satisfied until they have taken an eye for an eye. As they seek revenge, and as Jeremiah desperately searches for his granddaughter, their narratives collide and intersect to provide a personal, gripping look into the reality of life in the Ozark Mountains. Eli Cranor, author of the critically acclaimed Don't Know Tough, drew from a murder in his Arkansas hometown to craft this atmospheric, immersive story about family and how far some will go to protect it, honor it-or in some cases-destroy it"
The business trip
by Jessie Garcia

On a plane, two women, business traveler Stephanie and abuse survivor Jasmine, unknowingly share a connection as they begin sending identical, increasingly erratic texts about the same man, Trent McCarthy, before both vanish, prompting an urgent investigation into their mysterious disappearance and the sinister manipulations at play.
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