The Food Explorer is at the library

These new books are available at St. Catharines Public Library.

Fiction

“The Bad Daughter,” by Joy Fielding

A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father’s second wife have kept Robin estranged from her family for many years. When they are attacked in their own house, Robin is determined to mend fences and help with their recovery but she soon finds they all had secrets — one of them devastating enough to put them all in extreme danger.

“A Dangerous Crossing,” by Ausma Zehanat Khan

For Toronto police inspector Esa Khattak the Syrian refugee crisis becomes very personal when his sister is implicated in the double murder of a French Interpol agent and a young refugee in Greece. Now she has vanished and his search for her takes him from the Turkish-Syrian border across Europe and into the corridors of power in The Hague.

“Shallow Grave,” by Karen Harper

While volunteering with a support group for children affected by domestic violence, forensic psychologist Claire Britten stumbles across a suspicious death at a wildlife sanctuary. Her partner and criminal lawyer Nick Markwood begins looking into anyone with a grudge against the sanctuary when new attacks threaten both of them.

“Sunburn,” by Laura Lippman Over the course of a summer in a small Delaware town, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy affair. Still, each is holding back dangerous, even lethal secrets. When someone dies, is their love strong enough to withstand the truth or will it destroy them?

“Terminal List,” by Jack Carr Navy Seal James Reece has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that a group of conspirators within the American government ordered the deaths of his team members and his family. Now they have become his targets.

Non-fiction

“Time Pieces: a Dublin Memoir,” by John Banville

The celebrated author and winner of the Booker prize returns with a memoir of his life in Dublin, Ireland, a city that inspired his imagination and literary life.

“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” by Michelle McNamara

A true crime account of California’s Golden State Killer this book offers a snapshot account of a criminal mastermind and an author’s obsession with finding the truth.

“The Food Explorer,” by Daniel Stone

A chronicle of the 19th-century adventures of David Fairchild, a man who travelled the world and helped introduce diverse foods like avocados, mangoes, and seedless grapes to the American plate.

“Limits of the Known,” by David Roberts

Part history and part memoir, this book examines the adventurous spirit and the motivations behind explorers both past and present.

“Making the Monster,” by Kathryn Harkup

Harkup surveys the science and scientists that influenced Mary Shelley’s writing, especially her most famous creation: Frankenstein.