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Adult Services Staff Picks September 2022 |
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All the Queen's Men
by S. J. Bennett
Recommended by: Cathy
Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace.
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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
by Hank Green
Recommended by: Lori
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is the bold and brilliant follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It’s a fast-paced adventure that is also a biting social commentary, asking hard, urgent questions. How will we live online? What powers over our lives are we giving away for free? Who has the right to change the world forever? And how do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?
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Carolina Moonset
by Matt Goldman
Recommended by: Laura
Returning home to Beaufort, South Carolina, to take care of his ailing father who is succumbing to dementia, Joey Green grows increasingly anxious as his hallucinatory arguments with figures from his youth begin to hint at long-buried secrets, scandals and suspicions.
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The Children on the Hill
by Jennifer McMahon
Recommended by: Sarah L.
When Lizzy Shelley, the host of the popular podcast Monsters Among Us, arrives in Vermont, where a kidnapping and monster sighting has sent the town into a frenzy, she is determined to hunt it down because it could be her very own sister.
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Counterfeit
by Kirstin Chen
Recommended by: Sarah R.
The story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise--an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship.
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A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik
Recommended by: Brandee
An unwilling dark sorceress destined to rewrite the rules of magic clashes with a popular combat sorcerer while resolving to spare the lives of innocents.
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It All Comes Down to This
by Therese Anne Fowler
Recommended by: Joanna
Three sisters-- Beck, a freelance journalist; Claire, a pediatric cardiologist; and Sophie, an Instagram influencer-- come together to sell the family's summer cottage in Maine, which becomes complicated by an enigmatic ex-con with his own hidden past.
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
Audiobook recommended by: Claire
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her mother—and how she retook control of her life.
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