by envisionmg | Aug 16, 2013 | Historical Fiction, Patron Recommendations
“Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean
For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It is a way of life...
by envisionmg | Mar 30, 2013 | Patron Recommendations
About the book: “The story begins with a shocking revelation, delivered by a disheveled woman who presents herself at the offices of a respectable law firm in London. At first the receptionist suspects this mysterious woman is a vagrant; the clothes that hang on...
by envisionmg | Mar 18, 2013 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
About the book: “Matt Beaulieu was two years old the first time he held Elle McClure in his arms, seventeen when he first kissed her under a sky filled with shooting stars, and thirty-three when they wed. Now in their late thirties, the deeply devoted couple has...
by envisionmg | Mar 4, 2013 | Fiction, Mystery, Patron Recommendations
About the book: “To the public, he’s a hero: a brutal killer who targets sex offenders. To most of London’s police force, he’s the suspect in a gruesome, time-consuming case to be avoided. But to Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, he’s a murderer—no matter the...
by envisionmg | Feb 23, 2013 | Patron Recommendations
About the book: “High in the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century, Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, meets Enza, a practical beauty. But when scandal rocks Ciro’s tiny village, unbeknownst to Enza, he is sent to hide in America. When disaster...
by envisionmg | Sep 24, 2012 | Patron Recommendations
About the book: “With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming...
