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Love, Unscripted
by Owen Nicholls --
Contemporary Romance
Ellie had the quizzical eyebrows of
Broadcast News
–era Holly Hunter and the neon-red hair of Kate Winslet in
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
. At least that’s what caught Nick’s attention when he met her. A cinema buff and devotee of great love stories, Nick always fancied himself the Tom Hanks of his own romantic comedy. For 4 blissful years, Nick loved Ellie just as he loved his job as a film projectionist: wholly, earnestly, cinematically.
But now Ellie has moved out, and Nick is forced to sift through his memories to figure out where it all went wrong. That night was a perfect meet-cute, yes, but was their romance as destined for a “happily ever after” as he’d thought? Was he really the rom-com hero he believes he’d been? Or did this Harry let his Sally down?
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The King at the Edge of the World
by Arthur Phillips --
Historical Thriller
The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to
think
that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem. The queen’s spymasters fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his family’s Catholicism, then 40 years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe?
It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of England’s religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King James’s soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent.
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American Sherlock
by Kate Winkler Dawson --
Biography/True Crime
Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities--beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners, and hundreds of books--sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least 2,000 cases in his 40-year career. Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes," Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's greatest--and first--forensic scientists, with an uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural.
Heinrich was one of the nation's first expert witnesses, working in a time when the turmoil of Prohibition led to sensationalized crime reporting and only a small, systematic study of evidence. Heinrich spearheaded the invention of a myriad of new forensic tools that police still use today, including blood spatter analysis, ballistics, lie-detector tests, and the use of fingerprints as courtroom evidence.
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How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
by K. Eason --
Science Fiction
Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium.
Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world.
When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince.
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Check out one of MPL's featured dittos, where we let you know what else you might like to read based on a popular item. Click on the image to get to our catalog and start searching!
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Bob Conklin, Adult Services Librarian, recommends reading
Can You Help Me?
by Thomas Bird.
He liked this book because it highlighted Huntington's disease, a genetic disease that's not very well-known. The case studies were very interesting.
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Jessica Hill, Library Associate in the Children's Department,
recommends reading
The Girl in Red
by Christina Henry.
She liked this book because it's a post-apocalyptic take on Little Red Riding Hood. It was dark and tense without being over the top.
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Zach Berkley, Adult Services Librarian, recommends reading
Injection
by Warren Ellis.
He liked the book because it's a graphic novel (his favorite), and it's a great mix of a little science fiction, horror, and fantasy. It's a mind-bending adventure that keeps your interest.
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