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Don't miss the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale this week Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please make sure to follow social distancing guidelines and wear a mask for your safety and ours. Have questions about the upcoming election? Stay informed by attending Polititaco Tuesday, this Tuesday, October 20 at the Howard College Library from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. Community members are welcome to attend and every time you sign in at an event, your name will be added to a raffle to win one of three prizes, winners will be announced after Oct. 27.
It's summer in the city and passions are soaring along with the temperature, for everyone but Mitchell Fisher, who hates all things romance in “The Secrets of Love Story Bridge” (LP F PAT P) by Patrick, Phaedra. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to the famous "love story" bridge. Only his young daughter, Poppy, knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell still grieves the loss of her mother. Then one hot day, everything changes when Mitchell courageously rescues a woman who falls from the bridge into the river. He's surprised to feel an unexpected connection to her, but she disappears before he can ask her name. Desperate to find out her identity, Mitchell is shocked to learn she's been missing for almost a year. He teams up with her spirited sister, Liza, on a quest to find her again. However, she's left only one clue behind a message on the padlock she hung on the bridge.
Billy Harney was born to be a cop in “The Black Book” (M PAT J) by James Patterson & David Ellis. As the son of Chicago's chief of detectives with a twin sister on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Teaming up with his adrenaline-junkie partner, Detective Kate Fenton, there's nothing he wouldn't sacrifice for his job. Enter Amy Lentini, a hardcharging assistant attorney hell-bent on making a name for herself who suspects Billy isn't the cop he claims to be.
After being rejected from the Navy SEALS, Mitchum becomes his small town's unofficial private eye in “The River Murders” (M PAT J) by James Patterson. But his investigation skills are put to the test when he must find his missing teenage cousin, and uncovers a government conspiracy in the process. Mitchum brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth, even if it destroys the people he loves. Mitchum has never been more desperate. One by one his loved ones have become victims of carefully staged attacks. There's only one way to stop the ruthless mastermind intent on destroying everyone around him, to go on the most dangerous hunt of his life.
Four years ago, Daniel was a Los Angeles financial analyst who was too handsome for his own good in “Tranquility Falls” (LP F BUN D) by Bunn, Davis. Too smart for his anchor job on the nightly news. And too enamored with the heady addictions of the high life. That man died in a tragic accident with his fiancée. With grief and guilt battling for control, Daniel moved to the quiet California seaside town of Miramar Bay with his best friend, a rescue Labradoodle who still sees him through rough times. Daniel's a different man now. Daniel's self-centered sister has dissolved several longtime relationships, theirs included. The latest? Her restless teenage daughter, Nicole, whom she's dropped off in Miramar Bay without a backward glance. For Nicole, who's never felt at home in the world, it only confirms the disconnect she's always had with her mother. Now, left with an uncle she barely knows, Nicole is more adrift than ever. Yet to Daniel's surprise playing surrogate father is forging a bond that he needs too. More difficult for Daniel is the possibility of romance with lovely and fragile Stella Dalley. Struggling with a trauma of her own, the single mother is as cautious about love as Daniel is, no matter how healing it could be. But for Daniel, Stella, and Nicole there's still hope for a tomorrow they can call their own. All they have do is to learn to trust in each other, and in themselves.
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles William Elliot
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