Lee Child's Personal: A Jack Reacher

Someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president but failed to kill him. The suspected sniper has serious skills and is a hard man to find. Reacher tracked him down once and put him in jail. Now he's asked to hunt him again, and put him away permanently.

Tracking the shooter will take Reacher from France to England after a killer with a treacherous vendetta. He'll need to uncover who did the hiring and what's behind the assassination attempt before executing his orders. 

To reserve a copy of this book, or the first in the Jack Reacher series, call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Janet Evanovich's Top Secret Twenty-One

Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city’s hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer’s whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn’t want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti’s bookkeeper and knows all his boss’s dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti’s list of people to put six feet under.

To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He’s dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he’ll have to enlist Stephanie’s help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.

Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day’s work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur’s wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli’s Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what’s number one on the list—but that’s top secret.

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February's Book Display: Cozy Mysteries!

February's book display is all about Cozy Mysteries! Interested in a good mystery but without the gore? Try these favorite authors

• Abresch, Peter
• Adamson, Lydia
• Andrews, Sarah
• Bain, Donald
• Charles, Nora
• Coyle, Cleo
• Crosby, Ellen
• Douglas, Carol Nelson
• Dunning, John
• Elkins, Aaron
• Ferris, Monica
• Goldenbaum, Sally           
• Graves, Sarah
• Haddam, Jane                     
• Haines, Carolyn
• Hart, Carolyn
• Henry, Sue
• Muller, Marcia
• Myers, Tamar
• O’Marie, Sister Carol Ann
• Page, Katherine Hall
• Roberts, Gillian
• Spencer-Fleming, Julia
• Truman, Margaret
• Weir, Charlene 
• Ashford, Jeffrey
• • Barron, Stephanie 
    Beaton, M.C.
    Bebris, Carrie
    Cannell, Dorothy
    Charles, Kate
    Chesney, Marion
    Christie, Agatha
    Cleeves, Ann
    Crane, Hamilton
    Crombie, Deborah
    Curzon, Clare
    Dams, Jeanne M.
   

Connie's book review: A Pampered Pets Mystery

If you're in the mood for a good mystery with a lot of humor, I'd recommend A Pampered Pets Mystery series by Sparkle Abbey.

The series starts with Desperate House Dog where you meet Caro Lamont, a pet therapist, and her cousin Mel Langston, owner of the plush Bow Wow Boutique.  The rivalry between these two Texan beauties makes a wonderful side story to each mystery.  The drama and danger facing the girls as they solve each case is just enough to keep it an easy yet captivating read.  ( I will not even hint at the side story!)

In this series, the two cousins find themselves unintentionally in the middle of the murder investigations of a client, an acquaintance, and and then a neighbor.  It becomes very difficult for Caro and Mel not to become involved as they are simply trying to help a friend, a pet, and then a victim's sister.

 At each turn they are met with the stern warnings not to get involved by the very handsome and very stern Detective Malone.  This guy is good cop/bad cop all wrapped up in one.  Malone's a constant character in all three books, as is the perfectly sunny weather in this Laguna Beach setting.  Each mystery also surrounds some very pampered and well-loved pets.  But don't worry, no pets are harmed in the story of these books.

I wouldn't say you need to love animals to enjoy Caro's and Mel's stories, but it certainly adds to it.  And the small bio at the end about the author is like the icing on the cake.  I have thoroughly enjoyed all three books and certainly hope the series continues. 

To put this book on hold, please call the Information Desk: (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243.

If You Like Culinary Mysteries

Susan        Susan Wittig Albert             Mys, LT

                  Elisabeth Bastion              LT

J                Alexander Campion           Mys

                  JoAnna Carl                      Mys, LT

                  Jill Churchill                       Mys

                  Susan Conant-Park          Mys, LT

                  Cleo Coyle                        Mys

                  Isis Crawford                     Mys, LT

                  Mary Daheim                     Mys, LT

                  Diane Mott Davidson         Mys, LT, Audio

                  Jimmie Ruth Evans             LT

                  Joanne Fluke                      Mys, LT, Audio

                  Lisa Harris (Patricia Crumb) LT

                  B.B. Haywood                      LT

                  Tamar Myers                      Mys, LT

                  Nancy Pickard                    Mys, LT

                  Virginia Rich                       Mys

                  Lou Jane Temple                Mys

       Cookbooks

                   This is a very small selection of the many cookbooks we have. If you’re looking for a particular title,             author, or style, ask at the Information Desk and we’ll be happy to find something for you. We also             have a wide selection of cookbooks in our Spanish section. If we don’t have it, we can try and get it                  from another library within the state.

                Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods you can Stop Buying and Start Making by Alana Chernila

                641.5 Che

                Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes by Giada De Laurentiis 641.594 Del

                 The Mom's Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time!              by Janice Newell Bissex 641.555 Bis

                  Gale Gand's Short and Sweet Recipes: Quick Recipes with Eight Ingredients or Less by Gale Gand          641.86 Gan

                  Everyday Happy Herbivore: Over 175 Quick and Easy Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes by Lindsay      Nixon 641.563 Nix

                  Down Jersey Cooking: Celebrating our Heritage from Past to Present by Joe Colanero 641.597 Col

                 The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab 641.594 Kna

                 Ching’s Everyday Easy Chinese: More than 100 Quick and Healthy Chinese Recipes

                 by Ching-He Huang 641.595 Hua

                  Russian Cooking by Robin Howe

                 641.594 How

                Baby and Toddler Cookbook:Fresh, Homemade Foods for a Healthy Start

                By Karen Ansel 641.562 Ans

                 Vegetables by James Peterson 641.65 Pet

                 

                  Fic- Fiction, Mys-Mystery, Audio-Audiobook, LT-

                  Large Type, S-Spanish, B-Biography NOTE:

                  There are 2 Audio sections, cassette and CD.

                  Please ask at the Information Desk to locate the

                  right one.

                  If you don’t see what you’re looking for on

                  Our shelves, please at the Information

                  Desk; we’ll try to get it for you from

                  another library.