Flying Tigers soaring at St. Catharines Library
These new books are available at St. Catharines Public Library. Fiction
Come from Away, by Genevieve Graham. In this story of love, shifting allegiances and second chances, a young store clerk with several brothers fighting overseas befriends a stranger in town while rumours swirl of German U-boats lurking off the shores of Nova Scotia.
A Country Escape, by Katie Fforde. Fran has made the brave decision to leave her chef position in London to move into a beautiful, rundown farm in the Cotswolds. She has one year to make a success of it, and prove herself to the old lady who owns it that she can manage on her own. Can she? She’s going to need a lot of help, not least from her very eligible neighbour next door.
A Matter of Conscience, by James Bartleman. In 1972, child welfare officials remove twin babies from the care of their indigenous parents. Baby Brenda is adopted and raised by a family in Orillia. In 1990, a young man named Greg becomes embroiled in the murder of a female student from a residential school while at university. The lives of these two young people intersect in a story that confronts the murder and disappearance of Indigenous wome.
Mind of a Killer, by Simon Beaufort. Alec Lonsdale, a young reporter working for a London newspaper teams up with a spirited female colleague as several murders lead them to evidence of a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of society.
Reaper: Ghost Target, by Nicholas Irving. An American sniper wakes up in the U.S. with little memory of what happened while he was serving in Afghanistan. When a series of assassinations occur in the area around him, using his lost rifle, Vick Harwood realizes he must solve the mystery or be convicted of crimes he has not committed. Non-fiction
Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture, by Ken Jennings. The Jeopardy champion and bestselling author traces the evolution of humour, from prehistory to the present-day, in this entertaining exploration of what it means to be funny.
See You Again in Pyongyang, by Travis Jeppesen. A memoir of the author’s experiences living, traveling, and studying in Kim Jong Un’s North Korea.
Saving Sin City, by Mary Cummings. New York architect Stanford White’s 1906 murder at the hands of Harry K. Thaw became known as the “crime of the century.” Cummings sheds new light on this crime and trial.
Messing with the Enemy, by Clint Watts. A former FBI Special Agent and security expert presents an essential guide for surviving online in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, Russians, and “fake news.”
The Flying Tigers, by Sam Kleiner. This is the thrilling untold story of the American pilots who were recruited for a covert action in China and waged a secret war against Japan before Pearl Harbor.