What to read while waiting for...

Gray Mountain By Grisham, John 2014-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385537148 Check Our Catalog John Grisham has a new hero . . . and she's full of surprises The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track--until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

The Story Keeper By Wingate, Lisa 2014-08 - Tyndale House Publishers 9781414388267 Check Our Catalog When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the twentieth century, will both take her on a journey and change her forever. Happy with her life in the city, and at the top of her career with a new job at Vida House Publishing, Jen has left her …More

If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O By McCrumb, Sharyn 1995-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345902153 Check Our Catalog Sheriff Spencer Arrowood keeps the peace in his small Tennessee town most of the time. Every once in a while, though, something goes wrong. When 1960s folksinger Peggy Muryan moves to town seeking solitude and a career comeback, and she receives a postcard with a threatening message, her idyll is shattered. Then a local girl who looks like Peggy vanishes without a trace. Although she was …More

Drybone Hollow By Billheimer, John 2004-08 - Worldwide Library 9780373265008 Check Our Catalog When a dam in West Virginia suspiciously breaks and kills four local people, Owen Allison's plans to return to California are halted. Hired to uncover what really happened, Owen discovers a dirty game of corruption and greed--with someone going to murderous lengths to hide an ugly truth. Martin's Press. …More

The Devil's Hearth: A Fever Devilin Mystery By De Poy, Phillip 2003-01 - Minotaur Books 9780312284855 Check Our Catalog Praise for Phillip DePoy and "The Devil's Hearth "Phillip DePoy is a born storyteller. To read "The Devil's Hearth is to be inside an Applachian folktale as it unfolds, hearing the sounds and rhythms, seeking the glorious colors, and sniffing the irresistible aromas of home cooking in the Georgia hills."---S. J. Rozan, author of "Winter and Night "DePoy skillfully lays out the complex …More