by Peabody Institute Library | Apr 4, 2012 | Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Dr. John Meacham inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage, shooting two patients, his business partner, and staff before finally turning the gun on himself. The role of scapegoat falls on his friend and colleague Dr. Lou Welcome. Dr. Welcome had...
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 29, 2012 | Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Megan seems like your typical small town soccer mom. She has a great husband, two wonderful kids, and even the white picket fence. But 17 years ago Megan walked the wild side which ended in a murder and it is now about to come crashing back in on her....
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 29, 2012 | Fiction, Staff Picks
“Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. She hasn’t got a troop or even a badge to call her own. But she’s checked the Handbook out from the elementary school library so many times that her name fills all the lines on the card, and she pores over its...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 19, 2012 | Fiction, Staff Picks
Reviewed by Charlotte “When a tsunami rages through their coastal town in India, 17-year-old Ahalya Ghai and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and homeless. With almost everyone they know suddenly erased from the face of the earth, the girls set out for...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 15, 2012 | Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal
Reviewed by Kim Abby Radwell has an unusual psychic talent. She’s able to find, unlock and channel psychic energy from so called “hot books” and use it to disable people. After a near deadly incident in a client’s library, Abby receives a...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 31, 2012 | Fiction, Staff Picks, Staff Review
“The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the port of Long Beach, California is receding into memory; Saudi Arabia has recently quelled a coup; Russians and Turks are clashing in the Caspian Basin; Iranian armored units,...