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Book reviews from participants Aug 24:
Perfect Vegetables from Cooks Illustrated: Filled with neat tips and recommendations.
Silver Scream by Mary Daheim: I enjoyed it thoroughly!
Whiter than Snow by Sandra Dallas: I enjoyed the book-another good story by this author.
Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics by Paula Deen: Most recipes easy to do, ingredients you have at home.
Daughters of Cain by Colin Dexter: Inspector Morse-in the tradition of other crime solvers-at times seemingly obscure but you have to keep reading.
Train by Pete Dexter: LA, 1953- intersecting facets of society-suddenly in direct conflict resulting from random acts and events-clever contrast between these characters-both shocking and familiar.
Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamont: Imagine the last days of a tiny, obscure community--this is a portrait of an unforgettable group of characters-human foibles and individuals who "rise" above it-interaction with "society" and private morality.
River Rising by Athol Dickson: This was a good depiction of how black people are looked down upon unjustly. The way he described the geography of the area down south was superb.
 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart Clark, Mary Higgins 1995-05 - Simon & Schuster 9780684803968 Check Our Catalog
Sweetheart roses - the traditional gift of lovers. Yet they had been an important clue in the murder ten years ago of strikingly beautiful Suzanne Reardon, whose husband, Skip, is now serving a life sentence for that murder. Kerry McGrath had only begun to work in the county prosecutor's office at the time of the infamous "Sweetheart Murder Case", yet she remembers being impressed by both the ability her new boss, Frank Green, displayed in successfully pursuing the conviction, and the general ineptness of the defense counsel. Skip Reardon's fate was sealed, and Green's reputation made. Now Kerry herself has gained quite a reputation as a smart and relentless prosecutor, so much so that her name has been given to the governor as a candidate for a new judgeship he is about to award. It is something she wants desperately, not only a chance to enter a level of the legal world open to only a few, but an opportunity to prove to her ex-husband, Bob Kinellen, that she is indeed special. Then suddenly Kerry's plans are turned upside down. When Kerry's beloved daughter, Robin, is injured in an automobile accident, suffering superficial but nonetheless potentially disfiguring cuts to her face, she is treated by a well-known plastic surgeon. It is in the doctor's office that Kerry first sees the woman with the beautiful face, a face she remembers from the past but can't place. Then, on another visit to the plastic surgeon, she sees the same haunting face again - but not on the same woman as before! Suddenly she remembers - the face those women share was the same face she had seen in the pictures of Suzanne Reardon, the "Sweetheart Murder" victim, killed ten years ago! But why would someone begiving these women the face of a dead woman? When Kerry begins to ask questions, it soon becomes clear that almost no one involved - not her boss, Frank Green; not her ex-husband and his shady "Irish Mafia" client Jimmy Weeks; not her long-time friend and benefactor, State Senator Jonathan Hoover; and most especially not Dr. Smith, the plastic surgeon - wants to see the case reopened. And it soon becomes apparent that one of them will stop at nothing to prevent it. Still Kerry persists, aided by Skip Reardon's appeals lawyer, Geoff Dorso, the first man to whom she has felt any real attraction since the breakup of her marriage. But what she doesn't know is that no matter what she decides, it is already too late - she is in great, growing danger. In Let Me Call You Sweetheart, America's reigning Queen of Suspense provides a fascinating and terrifying look into the minds of people obsessed with beauty - some of whom will even kill in its name. …More |
 | No Place Like Home Clark, Mary Higgins 2005-04 - Simon & Schuster 9780743264891 Check Our Catalog
In the latest thriller from America's queen of suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever--her childhood home. …More |
 | The Shadow of Your Smile Clark, Mary Higgins 2010-04 - Thorndike Press 9781410421869 Check Our Catalog
"The Shadow of Your Smile" is the latest thriller from #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark. …More |
 | Where Are You Now? Clark, Mary Higgins 2008-01 - Thorndike Press 9781405687225 Check Our Catalog
International bestselling suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark proves she knows how to tell a gripping story with this mystery of a family tragedy and one woman's dangerous quest for the truth. …More |
 | A Ghost of a Chance Claybourne, Casey 1996-08 - Jove Books 9780515118575 Check Our Catalog
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 | Summer Blowout Cook, Claire 2008-06 - Hyperion Books 9781401322410 Check Our Catalog
A string of Italian beauty salons run by a lovably insane Boston Irish family is the backdrop for this hilarious, rambunctious novel that is full of juicy conflict and unconditional love. …More |
 | Perfect Vegetables: Part of "The Best Recipe" Series Cook's Illustrated Magazine 2003-08 - America's Test Kitchen 9780936184692 Check Our Catalog
The Test Kitchen at Cook's Illustrated Magazine has tested thousands of vegetable recipes in order to bring you the very best techniques and flavor combinations. 275 recipes, 16 pages of color photos and more than 200 hand-drawn illustrations that demonstrate cooking techniques in step-by-step detail. …More |
 | Scarpetta Cornwell, Patricia D. 2008-12 - Putnam Adult 9780399155161 Check Our Catalog
Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. Is the handcuffed and chained patient a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true? G.P. Putnam's Sons …More |
 | Whiplash Coulter, Catherine 2010-06 - Putnam Adult 9780399156533 Check Our Catalog
Coulter, a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author, returns with another pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, who take on a German drug company following the vicious murder of an employee behind the company's U.S. headquarters. …More |
 | Treasure of Khan Cussler, Clive Author Cussler, Dirk 2006-12 - Putnam Publishing Group 9780399153693 Check Our Catalog
A mysterious Mongolian mogul is conducting covert deals for supplying oil to the Chinese while wreaking havoc on global oil markets. The Mongolian harbors a dream of restoring the conquests of his ancestors, and holds a dark secret about Genghis Khan that just might give him the wealth and power to make that dream come true. …More |
 | Silver Scream: A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery Daheim, Mary 2002-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780380978670 Check Our Catalog
The latest entertaining entry in the acclaimed Bed and Breakfast series of delightful mysteries finds a Hollywood crew descending upon Hillside Manor on Halloween weekend for one final, fatal production. …More |
 | Calder Promise Dailey, Janet 2004-07 - Thorndike Press 9780786261574 Check Our Catalog
A New York Times Bestselling Author Readers embraced the Calder family when Janet Dailey's chronicle of their lives debuted in 1981. Now the internationally bestselling author returns to the Triple C Ranch in Montana with the eighth volume in the Calder family saga. Yearning to become her own woman, Laura Calder is dissatisfied with her life - wanting everything, yet not truly knowing what she wants. Pursued by two men, each with a hold upon her heart, she leaves the nightclubs of Rome and the manor houses of England to return to Montana and the Triple C. But nothing in her privileged background has prepared her for the danger she encounters there . . . …More |
 | Calder Storm Dailey, Janet 2006-07 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758204424 Check Our Catalog
All his life, Trey Calder has been trained to take over his family's ranch, to protect what is theirs. Now the time has come for a Calder son to make a stand and hope that his way is the right way after all. …More |
 | Lone Calder Star Dailey, Janet 2005-08 - Thorndike Press 9780786276882 Check Our Catalog
- Shifting Calder Wind and Green Calder Grass were both New York Times and USA Today bestsellers. …More |
 | Whiter Than Snow Dallas, Sandra 2010-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312600150 Check Our Catalog
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Prayers for Sale" comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life-changing effects it has on the people who live there. …More |
| Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics: The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook and the Lady & Sons, Too! Deen, Paula H. Introduction by Berendt, John 2005-10 - Random House (NY) 9781400064557 Check Our Catalog
From one of the most frequently visited restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons, comes this collection of down-home Southern family favorites. …More |
 | The Daughters of Cain Dexter, Colin 1995-12 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780517701218 Check Our Catalog
The enormously popular Inspector Morse series continues with his most exciting--and baffling--mystery yet. Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, has been stabbed to death. What is the connection between his murder and three very different women? …More |
 | Train Dexter, Pete 2005-06 - Anagrama 9788433970671 Check Our Catalog SPA
With his trademark economy of style, Dexter brings a colorful cast of characters to life in its most reckless, vulnerable moments, stripping away words and manners until all that is left is the basic human pulse. …More |
 | The Last Days of Dogtown Diamant, Anita 2005-09 - Scribner Book Company 9780743225731 Check Our Catalog
A BookPage Notable Title |
 | River Rising Dickson, Athol 2006-01 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764201622 Check Our Catalog
2006 Christy Award Winner - Suspense |
 | Four to Score Evanovich, Janet 1999-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312966973 Check Our Catalog
"Evanovich's novels are among the great joys of contemporary fiction."--"GQ." In "Four to Score, " Stephanie follows in Ranger's entrepreneurial bootsteps--but comes up against a slew of unsavory characters in the wildest ride of her life. Author online at www.evanovich.com. National ads, including "USA Today" and "The New York Times Book Review." Martin's Press. …More |
 | One for the Money Evanovich, Janet 2002-06 - HarperTorch 9780061009051 Check Our Catalog
Janet Evanovich makes a major debut with this witty and critically acclaimed crime novel. Meet Stephanie Plum of Trenton, New Jersey. She's a rookie bail bondswoman who has the awkward habit of leaping first and looking later when she's out snagging bail jumpers. It's not a job for the faint at heart, but it's tailor-made for Stephanie Plum. …More |
| Sizzling Sixteen Evanovich, Janet 2010-06 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780739377727 Check Our Catalog
This 16th Stephanie Plum adventure will wear the blockbuster crown for grand scale fun, it's a surefire bet. Someone wants to kill Vinnie, but who? The list is long, and it's up to Stephanie to whittle it down to one. …More |
 | Pursuit of Honor Flynn, Vince 2009-10 - Atria Books 9781416595168 Check Our Catalog
Deadly and charismatic hero Rapp wages a war against a new enemy, in this devastatingly intense thriller by "New York Times"-bestselling author Flynn. …More |
| Shadow Dance Garwood, Julie 2007-01 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780375435263 Check Our Catalog
For years fans have clamored for a book starring beloved recurring characters Jordan Buchanan and Noah Clayborne who have been featured in past Garwood novels. Here they are in a very sexy and highly entertaining tale. …More |
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