Great Reads Book Club | Marshall-Lyon County Libraries

1) The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

Author

Larson, Erik

Series

Thorndike Press large print peer picks

Notes

July 15, 2023 selection

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An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett.

2) Little wolves

Author

Maltman, Thomas

Series

Thorndike Press large print peer picks

Notes

August 18, 2023 selection

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Their family farms devastated by a Minnesota drought in 1987, a father searches for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, while a pastor's wife returns to the town for mysterious reasons of her own.

3) The Kaiju Preservation Society

Author

Scalzi, John

Notes

September 15, 2023 selection.

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"The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their...

4) When blood lies: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery

Author

Harris, C. S

Series

Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries volume 17

Notes

October 21, 2023 selection

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"Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his tragic past, and now what has been done in the dark will come to light in this gripping new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of What the Devil Knows. March, 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoleon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing...

5) The Searcher

Author

French, Tana

Notes

November 18, 2023 selection

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"Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing, arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small...

6) Homecoming: a novel

Author

Morton, Kate

Notes

December 15, 2023 selection.

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Called home to care for her grandmother after a fall, Jess, a journalist, discovers a book chronicling the police investigation into an old unsolved murder that has a shocking connection to her family. "The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations. Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve,...