April 9, 2021
Library Corner
New Fiction
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon – On the evening of May 3, 1937 ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naïve cabin boy eager to earn a permanent position; an impetuous journalist who has been blacklisted in her native Germany; and an enigmatic American businessman with a score to settle. Over the course of three champagne-soaked days, their lies, fears, agendas, and hopes for the future will be revealed – and one in their party will set a plot in motion that will have devastating consequences for them all.
Win by Harlan Coben – Windsor Horne Lockwood III – or Win, as his few friends call him – is a man of immeasurable wealth, impeccable taste, and a personal approach to justice that too often lands him on the wrong side of the law. But when the FBI hauls him to a murder scene in an Upper West Side penthouse, Win genuinely has no idea why – until he sees two objects in the apartment: a stolen Vermeer painting and a suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. Win doesn’t know how his family heirlooms came to be in a dead man’s apartment. He knows only that they were stolen from Lockwood Manor over twenty years ago when his cousin, Patricia was kidnapped. Although Patricia escaped her captors, they were never apprehended and the stolen items were never seen again – until now. When the FBI reveals that the murder victim was also the mastermind behind a notorious act of domestic terrorism. Win must figure out the connection between two cases that have baffled the authorities for decades. However, Win has three things the FBI doesn’t: a personal connection to the case, an ungodly fortune, and his own unique brand of justice.
The Last Apothecary by Sarah Penner – In eighteenth-century London, women whisper of a hidden apothecary shop and its mysterious owner, Nella, who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Nella’s dark world is no place for her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, but their unexpected bond sparks a string of consequences that echoes through the centuries. Two hundred years later, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell is running from her own demons when she discovers a clue to London’s long-unsolved “apothecary murders.” Caroline’s upended present soon collides with an explosive history, binding her fate to Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist that transcends the barrier of time.
Hadley & Grace by Suzanne Redfearn – Needing to escape her abusive marriage, Hadley flees with her two kids, knowing it might be her only chance. A woman who can’t even kill a spider, Hadley soon finds herself pushed to the limits as she fights to protect her family. Grace, new mother of baby Miles, desperately wants to put her rough past behind her for good, but she finds it impossible when her path crosses with Hadley’s, and her quest for a new start quickly spirals out of control and turns into a terrifying flight for survival. Stronger together than apart, the two find their fates inextricably entwined, and as the danger closes in, each must decide how much she is willing to risk for the other.