by Peabody Institute Library | Apr 26, 2011 | Fiction, Historical Fiction
If you are a fan of writers like Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabelle Allende, you may want to pick up a copy of The Invisible Mountain. In her debut novel, Carolina De Robertis tells the story of three generations of a family in Uruguay. Ignazio fled Venice and his...
by Peabody Institute Library | Apr 13, 2011 | Fiction
Hoffman’s latest novel looks at the history of Blackwell, a fictional town in western Massachusetts. Blackwell was founded by a con artist short on survival skills and his young immigrant wife who was the true pioneer. Each chapter explores a different...
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 14, 2011 | Adventure, Fiction
Publisher’s Summary: “Archaeologist and explorer Annja Creed’s fascination with the myths and mysteries of the past leads her to a crypt in the caves of France, where the terrifying legend of the Beast of Gevaudan hints at the unimaginable. What she discovers is...
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 9, 2011 | Fiction
At the young age of twelve, Gideon Crew saw his brilliant mathematician father gunned down before his eyes after being accused of treason. Twelve years later, his dying mother tells him that his father was framed and deliberately killed as part of a cover-up. With her...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 22, 2011 | Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
Charley Davidson is a private investigator and a grim reaper. As part of her reaper job description, she must convince dead people to “go into the light”, which in this case strangely enough is Charley herself. Of course things are never that simple. In...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 15, 2011 | Fiction
The Radleys seem like your average, albeit dysfunctional modern family who live in the small British village of Bishopthorpe. Dr. Peter Radley goes off to to his GP office each morning, while his wife Helen is a stay at home mother who focuses her attention on her...
