Nevermore August 15, 2023
Reported by Rita
A Nearly Normal Family by M.T.
Edvardsson is a Swedish murder mystery with three narrators: 18-year-old
Stella, accused of killing her 33-year-old boyfriend; her pastor father who
believes she is innocent; and her defense attorney mother who believes everyone is lying. Our reader described this
as an enjoyable, easy read available from Tennessee READS (and also can be
placed on reserve from other libraries in our consortium!) DC
Homecoming by Kate Morton spans generations.
When Australian journalist Jess finds herself unemployed in London and gets a
call to come back home to Sydney, she discovers a true crime book about the
Turner Family Tragedy of 1959 in her grandmother’s attic. Jess begins to
investigate the cold case of the mysterious death of a mother and her three
kids and finds the case has ties to her family. Our reader thought it a
wonderful distraction but hard to follow and better suited for astute mystery
readers. AH
The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey is set in 1977
Minnesota where Heather and Brenda have a secret. The best friends are among
the small town’s teens who play and party in the tunnels under the town. One
night they see something in the tunnels they vow never to tell…that is, until
girls start going missing. This was a fast read—a real page turner with plenty
of twists and turns. KM
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer
Finney Boylan is about two mothers and their two young adult children in a
small New Hampshire town. Teens Asher and Lily are in high school when they
fall in love. Both of them have histories of abusive fathers, and when Lily is
found dead, Asher is the prime suspect. Our reader said that there are huge
plot twists, and that the pain of both Lily’s and Asher’s mothers was
heartbreakingly well written. KP
Also
Mentioned:
A
Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
Good
Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli, Francesca
Cavallo, and others
Dinners
with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships by Nina
Totenberg
Nanny
Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett
Us:
Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by
Terrence Real
Hang the
Moon
by Jeannette Walls
Our
Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Everyone
in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
New Books:
The Last
Ranger by Peter Heller
The
Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan
Casey
The
Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Family
Lore
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Mrs.
Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn
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