by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 10, 2011 | Fiction
In 1913, an unaccompanied, mysterious little girl arrives by boat in Brisbane Australia and is adopted by the dockmaster and his wife. She doesn’t remember her name and the only clues to her identity is that she was by a women who she calls “The...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 7, 2011 | Fiction
True to it’s title, The Four Stages of Cruelty is not a book for the faint of heart. Kali Williams is a Corrections Officer at the Ditmarsh Penitentiary, a maximum security prison in Minnesota. Even though Kali works in the prison, as a female CO, she provides...
by Peabody Institute Library | Dec 15, 2010 | Fiction, Fiction/Mystery, Romance
You’d think when A book starts with a lovely relaxing vacation in Ireland, Eve and Roarke are in for a bit of a respite from some of their misadventures. No. Of course not. Beginning with a crossbow killing of chauffeur, and proceeding to a string of many more...
by Peabody Institute Library | Dec 9, 2010 | Fiction
Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Mario Vargas Llosa delivered his Nobel lecture this past Tuesday. The Guardian reported that: Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa delivered a resounding tribute to fiction’s power to inspire readers to greater ambition, to...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 28, 2010 | Fiction, Horror
Judas Coyne, lead singer for a metal band, has been living in semi-retirement on a farm in New York with his young goth girlfriend Georgia. Coyne has a collection of occult and morbid items, so when his assistant asks him if he’d like to buy a dead man’s...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 27, 2010 | Fiction, Historical Fiction
We were so lucky to have Daphne Kalotay visit the library at the beginning of the month. She was a wonderful speaker. We couldn’t resist another joint review for Russian Winter. The beautiful cover is what first catches your eye of Daphne Katolay’s ...
