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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Book Signing
Jessica Fellowes
Friday, November 30th, 2012, 8pm
@ Book Revue
313 New York Avenue, Huntington
Author Jessica Fellowes, niece of the creator of the hit television program Downton Abbey, will speak and sign her book, The Chronicles of Downton Abbey
world changed forever by World War I. New characters arrive and new intrigues thrive as the old social order is challenged by new expectations.
In this new era, different family members abound (including Cora's American mother, played by Shirley MacLaine) and changed dynamics need to be resolved: Which branch of the family tree will Lord Grantham’s first grandchild belong to? What will become of the servants, both old and new? The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, carefully pieced together at the heart and hearth of the ancestral home of the Crawleys, takes us deeper into the story of every important member of the Downton estate.This lavish, entirely new book focuses on each character individually, examining their motivations, their actions, and the inspirations behind them. An evocative combination of story, history, and behind-the-scenes drama, it will bring fans even closer to the secret, beating heart of the house.
Friday, November 16, 2012
New Audiobooks!
The Forgotten, by David Baldacci
After he receives a posthumous note from his aunt hinting that things are horribly amiss in her Florida Gulf Coast town, Army Special Agent John Puller uncovers a shocking conspiracy in this new novel from the author ofZero
Day.
The Last Man, by Vince Flynn
An invaluable CIA asset has gone missing, and with him, secrets that in the
wrong hands could prove disastrous. The only question is: Can Mitch Rapp find
him first?
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, by James Patterson
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to
resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest of moral choices.
The Perfect Hope, by Nora Roberts
A woman returning to her small hometown in South Carolina is still haunted by
the unsolved murder of a childhood friend in this new novel from the #1 New
York Times best-selling author of more than 200 novels.
The Secret Keeper, by Kate Morton
Withdrawing from a family party to the solitude of her tree house,
sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking murder that throughout a
subsequent half century shapes her beliefs, her acting career, and the lives of
three strangers from vastly different cultures.
Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored
housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured
by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and
religious firestorm that changes her life forever.
After he receives a posthumous note from his aunt hinting that things are horribly amiss in her Florida Gulf Coast town, Army Special Agent John Puller uncovers a shocking conspiracy in this new novel from the author of
Friday, November 9, 2012
Author Visit
This event has been rescheduled.
Tim O'Mara, author of Sacrifice Fly will appear at the Library on Wednesday, November 14th at 7 pm.
In this outstanding mystery debut, ex-cop and school teacher Raymond Donne is dragged back to the force when his student goes missing. Authentic, intense, and gripping, Sacrifice Fly is the first in a series from a stellar new voice in crime fiction.
Tim O'Mara, author of Sacrifice Fly will appear at the Library on Wednesday, November 14th at 7 pm.
In this outstanding mystery debut, ex-cop and school teacher Raymond Donne is dragged back to the force when his student goes missing. Authentic, intense, and gripping, Sacrifice Fly is the first in a series from a stellar new voice in crime fiction.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Book Signing
Friday, November 16th, 2012, 7pm @ Book Revue in Huntington
Author Tim O'Mara will speak and sign his new crime fiction novel,
Sacrifice Fly.
Raymond Donne wasn’t always a schoolteacher. Not only did he patrol the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as one of New York’s Finest, but being the nephew of the chief of detectives, he was expected to go on to bigger things. At least he was until the accident that destroyed his knees. Unable to do the job the way he wanted, he became a teacher in the same neighborhood, and did everything he could to put the force behind him and come to terms with the change.
Then Frankie Rivas, a student in Ray’s class and a baseball phenom, stops showing up to school. With Frankie in danger of failing and missing out on a scholarship, Ray goes looking for him, only to find Frankie’s father bludgeoned to death in their apartment. Frankie and his younger sister are gone, possibly on the run. But did Frankie really kill his father? Ray can’t believe it. But then who did, and where are Frankie and his sister? Ray doesn’t know, but if he’s going to have any chance of bringing them home safely, he’s going to have to return to the life, the people, and the demons he walked out on all those years ago.Intense, authentic, and completely gripping, Tim O’Mara’s Sacrifice Fly is an outstanding debut from a stellar new voice in crime fiction.
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