At the Library, August 13, 2025 The library’s Archive/Genealogy Room is temporarily closed while we deal with some heating/cooling issues. Once the repairs have been finished, we’ll let everyone know.
Regular Events: Crochet/Needle craft – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00, every 1st Saturday at 10:00 Book Club – 1st Saturday at 1:00 Memorials: Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Linda Raines, given by Mountain View Sunday School Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Leona Evans Reynolds, given by Mary “Cookie” Bensenhaver
New fiction:
The Hamptons lawyer by James Patterson
The Hamptons on Long Island is known for its beautiful beaches, its luxury lifestyle–and its exclusive legal advice. When Jane Smith takes on a famous celebrity client, she’s armed and ready: with brilliant arguments, hard evidence–and two Glocks. Yet she’s chased down, shot at, and risks contempt of court. That’s when mounting a legal defense turns into self-defense. Knowing every day in court could be her last, she’s a survivor. For now.
It happened on the lake by Lisa Jackson
The huge Victorian house on Lake Twilight belongs to Harper Reed Prescott, as does the private island on which it sits. Harper wants little to do with either. Twenty years ago, Harper’s grandmother died suspiciously while in her care, on the same night that Harper’s boyfriend disappeared. His body was never found, and no charges were filed. But the rumors haven’t faded. There have been other deaths, other accidents. All revolving around Harper and her family. Now Harper’s marriage is over, her college-age daughter is estranged, and Harper just wants to sell the property and make a fresh start. Except returning to the lake has stirred everything up again. Whispers. Memories. And the persistent feeling that, as she gazes out at the houses across the water, she’s being watched in turn. The whole town has always thought Harper has something to hide, and they’re right. But she might have even more to fear.
Rage : a Kate Burkholder novel by Linda Castillo
Summer has arrived with a vengeance in Painters Mill, and a macabre discovery by three Amish children brings the quiet to a grinding halt. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered body of 21-year-old Samuel Eicher, a local Amish man who owned a successful landscaping business. What twisted individual murdered him in such a sadistic way? The investigation has barely begun when, miles away, a second body is found, stuffed into a barrel and dumped in a ravine. The deceased is 21-year-old Aaron Shetler, Samuel Eicher’s best friend. What could these two young Amish men have done to deserve such violent ends? With a heat wave bearing down, Kate learns quickly that, for reasons she doesn’t understand, no one is willing to talk about what happened to the men.
That last Carolina summer : a novel by Karen White
As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creeks near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the west coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother. As Phoebe’s return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn toward Celeste, whose granddaughter years ago went missing. Their connection, woven through shared losses and hope, brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste’s adult grandson Liam resurrects
complicated emotions tied to Phoebe’s past. But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify–bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything.
New Non-Fiction:
The Idaho Four : an American tragedy by James Patterson
The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left us all with so many questions. Now, after more than 300 interviews, James Patterson and journalist Vicky Ward finally have some answers. We know what it was like to live in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022, the day of the cold-blooded killings. We know what the local police and FBI did right. And what they did wrong. We’ve learned so much about the four heartbroken families–the Mogens, Goncalveses, Kernodles, and Chapins. And we have the backstory for Bryan Kohberger–brilliant grad student, loner, apparent incel–now indicted and facing trial.
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, under Halley’s Comet, the rambunctious Twain was an early teller of tall tales. He left his home in Missouri at an early age, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi, and arrived in the Nevada Territory during the silver-mining boom. Before long, he had accepted a job at the local newspaper, where he barged into vigorous discourse and debate, hoaxes and hijinks. After moving to San Francisco, he published stories that attracted national attention for their brashness and humor, writing under a pen name soon to be immortalized. Chernow draws a richly nuanced portrait of the man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune and crafted his celebrity persona with meticulous care.
Ocean : Earth’s last wilderness by David Attenborough
Attenborough and Butfield take readers on an adventure-laden voyage through eight unique ocean habitats, countless intriguing species, and the most astounding discoveries of the last 100 years, to a future vision of a fully restored marine world–one even more spectacular than we could possibly hope for.
New Easy Readers:
The zombees by Justin Colón
On Halloween, a swarm of undead bees invades the town to deliver spooks and sweets.
Cranky, crabby crow (saves the world) by Corey R. Tabor
Cranky, crabby Crow does not want to play with Squirrel or do loop-de-loops with Hummingbird. He doesn’t have time for Rat or Bat. From high atop a telephone pole, Cat warns Crow that he will soon be all alone if he turns his friends away with his very cranky “kaw!” one more time. But, unbeknownst to all, Crow has bigger, world-saving fish to fry–he must protect planet Earth from an asteroid headed our way!
Little big man by Varian Johnson
A little boy has to step up and be a ‘little big man’ while his dad is at work over the weekend.
Dancing Petunia by Charity Vogel
On a countryside farm live a group of precocious animals. Petunia the cow loves to dance. She discovers how to be herself and pursue her hobbies against social pressure.
