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The Friends of the Library Book Sale will take place Friday, March 1, from 9 AM to 4 PM and Saturday, March 2, from 9 AM to 3 PM. There are hundreds of books to choose from! Proceeds from the sale benefit the library. Medicare 101 with Medicare Specialist, Chuck Wallace will be Tuesday, February 27 from 5-7 PM, get your Medicare questions answered. Participate in Walk Across Texas! with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, come by the library on Thursday, February 29 from 5-6:30 PM. In 2022, 133 counties participated in Walk Across Texas, get a chance to participate this year, you may also reach out to Casey Sullivan with the County Agent department at 432-2642236 for more information. There are still League of Women Voters of Texas, Nonpartisan Voter Guide available. Early voting is February 20-March 1, and Election Day is March 5, voter guides are by the circulation desk.
This week's reviews are mystery titles.
Meg has been roped into participating in a weapon smithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend in Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! -Meg Langslow #34 (M AND D) by Donna Andrews. Meg originally turned down an invitation to participate, but the night before the filming starts, someone attacks Faulk, her blacksmithing mentor, breaking his arm and eliminating him from the contest before it begins. Meg agrees to step in as his replacement to keep the project from failing. She's not thrilled that the filming will take place during December,
Christmas is already a crazy time for her. Since the competition is taking place on Ragnarshjem, the picturesque estate that her friend Ragnar, the retired heavy metal drummer, is turning into a Goth castle, Meg won't have to spend Christmas alone and gets to bring Michael and her twin sons with her. So, Meg joins the cast, to the dismay of several old-school blacksmiths who think women have no place in the profession anyway. And if the show's producers were hoping for drama, they're in luck. The blacksmithing world is a small one, and some of the contestants arrived already laden with grudges and feuds. It's a high-stakes, cutthroat competition between people who wield large hammers and make swords and have forges full of fire at their disposal. What could possibly go wrong?
Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter in Blood Lines- Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2 (M DEM N) by Nelson Demille. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own, CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western Germany, and whose body was discovered in a city park in the heart of Berlin's Arab refugee community. The authorities suspect this is an act of Islamic terrorism, but Brodie and Taylor soon believe there is more to this case. The reason for Vance's presence in Berlin is unknown, and as Brodie and Taylor work to discover what the murder victim was doing in the days and weeks preceding his death, they become immersed in the many conflicts and contradictions of modern Germany the Arab refugee crisis, the dark legacy of the Cold War and the Stasi secret police, and the imminent threats of a rising neo-nazi movement. At the same time, they are butting heads with the authorities both German and American and facing a possible threat from
American intelligence agents who fear that Brodie and Taylor might have learned too much about US clandestine operations during their mission in Venezuela. Ultimately, Brodie and Taylor realize that the murder of Harry Vance was merely the prelude to a much more sinister future event unless they can unravel the mystery in time to stop it.
Tracy Crosswhite is reopening the investigation into Seattle's Route 99 serial killer in One Last Kill- Tracy Crosswhite #10 (M DUG R) by Robert Dugoni. After thirteen victims, he stopped hunting and the trail went cold, stirring public outrage. Now, nearly three decades after his first kill, Tracy is expected to finally bring closure to the victims' families and redeem the Seattle PD'S reputation. Even if it means working with her nemesis, Captain Johnny Nolasco. The lead detective of the original task force, Nolasco dares Tracy to do what he failed to: close the case. Forming an uneasy alliance, Tracy and Nolasco revisit old leads and pursue new evidence only to unearth high-level corruption and cover-ups as dangerous as the elusive killer himself. At the risk of being exposed, such deadly and powerful forces will go to extremes to stay in the shadows. That's just where Tracy and Nolasco are headed to find the twisted truth behind a killer's motives, his disappearance, and his chilling comeback.
Theo Jennings is a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket in No Reserve (M FRA F) BY Felix Francis. The October yearling sales are where the big money exchanges hands in frenzied millions of Guineas paid for horses that are unnamed, untested, and have never taken a step on the track. It's the greatest gamble in horseracing and can end in ruin. Theo has just made the biggest sale of his life, when he overhears a secret conversation between the two bidders, can they really have colluded to fix the price of his big sale? When that same horse is found dead the next morning, he has no choice but to investigate, even against the wishes of his boss. But the more he uncovers, the less he can trust the people around him. The higher the stakes, the greater the risk. And in the bloodstock game, the ultimate price can be murder.