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"Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read." |
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OCTOBER 2026 | LIBRARY NEWS |
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Book Club Kits now Available for check out! Check out a kit of 10 books for your next book club! These are located in the Reference Room. |
Ghost Hunt at the Library-Oct. 23 Please RSVP on our website-20 spots open. |
 Create & Connect: An Adult Craft Night Blackout Poetry Buttons Monday, October 26th 5:30pm
FREE Event, Please RSVP on our website Queen City Room Intended for Adults |
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All Aboard!-Train Presentation with "Mike the Train Guy" October 17 10am Queen City Room Free, Intended for ages 12+ |
Spider Education with Guest Conservationist, Paul Calvert Join us for the presentation and stay for the craft! Free, all ages welcome |
CHILDREN'S Department Programs |
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Visit the Fire Department at the Library Saturday, Oct. 17 10am-noon Intended for families
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NEW PROGRAM in OCTOBER! Every Thursday-let's eat! RSVP on our website to join us! |
Cozy up with a Thriller this Fall- |
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The French Illusion
by John Grisham
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong--and the nightmare that follows. After Paul and Chelsea Tanner's fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation. Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride--gripping and impossible to put down.
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Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher is hard to find. It's not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive. She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can't trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace. Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centers, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him. But Reacher isn't built to run. He's built to finish things. General Turner knows that if they come for Reacher, they'll regret it--all the way to the top of the chain.
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The Things You'll Never Know
by Ashley Audrain
Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own. --Lisa Jewell From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death. All those moments in life that mark a before, and an after. Before the death of me, and after. Before they knew the truth of what happened, and after. Fiona stares up at the faces of her husband, Adam, and their children. They've found her on the hallway floor. The double doors slam on the ambulance, and Fiona watches it take her body away--but how can that be, if she's still here in her home, with her family? That's when she realizes her worst fear has come true: Fiona is dead. In the days that follow, Fiona moves quietly among them, as they become increasingly suspicious about her death. Everyone seems to be hiding something--her depressive husband, her devoted best friend, her estranged younger sister, her precocious six-year-old son, and most of all, Fiona herself. That is, until her teenage daughter discovers Fiona's diary--and the stunning betrayal she had been hiding. Exploring the performative identities of womanhood, the cost of being good, and what we owe ourselves and each other in the face of desire, Ashley Audrain's daring, thought-provoking novel asks: will you find who you really are, before you die?
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The Wives: An Absolutely Nail-Biting Mystery Thriller That Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat
by Alex Khan
When two husbands are brutally murdered by their seemingly loving wives, DS Mumtaz 'Moomy' Ali and DCI Sarah Heaton of the Met police have to solve a complex case and expose a dark conspiracy involving some very powerful - and wealthy - players, putting their own lives on the line. They took their wedding vows.Now they're taking lives. Rose Cromwell, is a mother of two, grandmother to four and has just celebrated her thirty-fifth wedding anniversary to husband Mike. An ordinary, enviable marriage... until the night that Rose wakes up to see Mike stabbed to death in their marital bed, and the murder weapon in her hand. Close by, Divya Sharma is happily planning a lavish meal for her devoted husband, Karthik. But their special night ends in horror when she butchers him to death with the meat cleaver she used to lovingly prepare his meal. Two perfect marriages, cut short by unimaginable bloodshed, pull Detective Mumtaz 'Moomy' Ali of the Met Special Crime Unit and DCI Sarah Heaton into a perplexing investigation with no clues to follow. As Mumtaz circles closer to the heart of the case, she finds a connection that might be responsible for turning these gentle, loving wives into brutal murderers. But exposing the truth brings Moomy into the sights of some powerful people who will stop at nothing to stay in the shadows. Can she solve the case, without becoming the next victim on the list? A fast-paced, heart-racing, dark and sinister mystery novel, set in London. Fans of M.W. Craven, Ajay Chowdhury and M.J Arlidge will be hooked.
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Savage Lake
by Nick Medina
A mother and son travel to a dilapidated cabin in the woods that haunts more than just her memories in this new unnerving horror from the author of The Whistler and Sisters of the Lost Nation. Nell Marin swore she would never return to the place where part of her died. The passing of her estranged father, however, leaves her with no choice but to take her teenage son, Oscar, back to the run-down family cabin on Torchlight Lake, where horrific memories linger. The two will fix the place up, sell it, and ensure Nell never has to return to that dreaded lake again. But when the roads--which pass through Native land--are barricaded by the local Tribe, the quick trip turns into weeks. Oscar, a horror movie buff, knows this is exactly how it starts. As the long summer days drag on, unsettling things begin to occur: screams ring out over the water and a mysterious figure watches the cabin from the trees at night. Most disturbing of all, his mother is becoming less and less herself. As the strange events lead Oscar to uncover the secrets Nell has shielded him from, he is forced to confront a reality that is far more frightening than movie monsters. He must uncover answers to the questions that stole so much from his mother...before the horror that traumatized Nell drags him under as well.
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October is "Teen-Tober" Teen Tober is a nationwide, month-long celebration taking place throughout October hosted by libraries to celebrate teens and promote year-round library services. |
Banned Books Week Banned Books Week 2026 takes place from October 4-10, with the official theme, "Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read." This annual event highlights the harms of censorship following record highs in book challenges and restrictions nationwide. We honor the right to read and readers' access to information. |
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