Calvert Library's Book Bites for Adults

Enjoy our presentation of If I Disappear written by Eliza Jane Brazier and published by Berkley. When her favorite true-crime podcast host goes missing, an adrift young woman plunges headfirst into the wild backcountry of Northern California and her own dangerous obsession. Sera loves true crime podcasts. They make her feel empowered in a world where women just like her disappear daily. She's sure they are preparing her for something. So when Rachel, her favorite podcast host, goes missing, Sera knows it's time to act. Rachel has always taught her to trust her instincts. Sera follows the clues hidden in the episodes to an isolated ranch outside Rachel's small hometown to begin her search. She's convinced her investigation will make Rachel so proud. But the more Sera digs into this unfamiliar world, the more off things start to feel. Because Rachel is not the first woman to vanish from the ranch, and she won't be the last... Rachel did try to warn her.Please be advised, If I Disappear contains depictions or discussions of animal abuse, alcoholism, drug use and violence.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: https://bit.ly/IfIDisappear_ebookLibby audiobook: https://bit.ly/IfIDisappear_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Flight Attendant written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Random House. When binge-drinking flight attendant Cassandra wakes up in a Dubai hotel next to a body, she has no idea what happened, and all she can think to do is lie about it. She lies to her coworkers, and eventually to the FBI agents who question her. Could she have killed him? If not, then who did?Please be advised, The Flight Attendant contains depictions or discussions of alcoholism, death and strong language.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/FlightAttendant_ebookLibby audiobook:http://bit.ly/FlightAttendant_audiobook  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Night Circus  written by Erin Morgenstern and published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.The Night Circus was given the Alex Award and was named the top Fantasy book of 2012.Please be advised, The Night Circus contains depictions or discussions of violence, death and parental abuse.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive. Libby eBook -  https://bit.ly/NightCircus_ebookLibby Audio -   https://bit.ly/NightCircus_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The Stranger Diaries written by Elly Griffiths  and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare's colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland's most famous story, "The Stranger," left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature. To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary : Hallo Clare. You don't know me. Clare becomes more certain than ever: "The Stranger" has come to terrifying life. The Stranger Diaries was given the 2020 Edgar Award for Best NovelPlease be advised, The Stranger Diaries contains depictions or discussions of death.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive and an ebook and audiobook on Hoopla .Libby ebook:  https://bit.ly/StrangerDiaries_LibbyHoopla ebook:  https://bit.ly/StrangerDiaries_Hoopla_ebook Hoopla audiobook:  https://bit.ly/StrangerDiaries_Hoopla_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Nothing to See Here, written by Kevin Wilson and published by HarperCollins.  Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin step-kids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it's the truth. Thinking of the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other while also staying out of the way of Madison's uptight husband. Surprised by her intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her. Could this be the start of the amazing life she'd always hoped for?Please be advised: This title contains some strong language.Nothing to See Here is a New York Times BestsellerThis title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive and an audiobook and ebook on Hoopla.  Hoopla Audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12341717Hoopla Ebook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12510333Overdrive Ebook: https://www.overdrive.com/media/4559196/nothing-to-see-here Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of Circe written by Madeline Miller and published by Back Bay Books.In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.Please be advised, Circe contains a rape scene and episodes of torture.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby eBook - https://bit.ly/Circe_ebookLIbby Audio -  https://bit.ly/Circe_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of True Grit  written by Charles Portis  and published by Harry N. Abrams. Mattie Ross is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father's blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, as her partner in pursuit.True Grit is a New York Times Bestseller and has been adapted in to several films. Please be advised, True Grit contains depictions or discussions of graphic violence, death, sexism, racism and alcoholism.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla. Libby eBook - https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/522655Hoopla eBook - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12465932Hoopla Audio - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13525157 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail written by Bill Bryson  and published by Thorndike Press. Bryson shares his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.Following his return to America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The "AT" offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with Bryson's comic genius, it also provides endless opportunities to test his own powers of ineptitude and to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings. For a start there's his gloriously out-of-shape buddy from Iowa who accompanies the similarly unfit Bryson on the trail. Mile by arduous mile these latter-day pioneers survive the threat of bear attacks, the loss of key provisions, a gang of Ralph Lauren-attired yuppies, and a security guard who, for no reason, impounds Bryson's car. But Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this fragile and beautiful trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America's last great wilderness. An adventure, a comedy, a lament, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is a modern classic of travel literature.New York Times Best SellerPlease be advised, A Walk in the Woods contains depictions or discussions of sexual references and strong language.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook:  https://bit.ly/WalkintheWoods_ebookLibby audio:  https://bit.ly/WalkintheWoods_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Along Came a Spider written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown & Co. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids it was headline news. Then one of them was found--dead. For such a high-profile case, they needed Alex Cross, police psychologist, and Jezzie Flanagan, a Secret Service agent, and even they were no match for the killer.New York Times bestsellerPlease be advised, Along Came a Spider contains depictions or discussions of kidnapping and death.This title is available as an ebook and  audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/AlongCameaSpider_ebookLibby audiobook: http://bit.ly/AlongCameaSpider_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory  written by Caitlin Doughty and published by W.W. Norton & Company. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In her best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story.Please be advised, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory contains depictions or discussions of death.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive and as an audiobook on Hoopla. Libby eBook - https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/2310898Hoopla Audio - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13536304 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, written by Grady Hendrix and published by Quirk Books.  Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town, perfect for murderinos and fans of Stephen King. Please be advised: This title contains gore and child abuse.This title is a New York Times Best Seller, and a Barnes & Noble Best Fiction Book of 2020 This title is available as an ebook and auidobook on Libby by Overdrive. Libby Ebook: https://bit.ly/SouthernBookClub_ebookLibby Audiobook: https://bit.ly/SouthernBookClub_audio  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The House in the Cerulean Sea written by TJ Klune and published by Tor. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children and their mysterious caretaker reside.The House in the Cerulean Sea was an Alex Award Winner in 2021. It was also one of Book Riot's 20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies.Please be advised, The House in the Cerulean Sea contains depictions or discussions of child abuse and hate speech.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and an audiobook on Hoopla. Libby eBook - http://bit.ly/CeruleanSea_ebookLibby Audio - http://bit.ly/CeruleanSea_audioHoopla Audio - http://bit.ly/CeruleanSea_HooplaPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Sharp Objects written by Gillian Flynn and published by Penguin Random House. Camille Preaker was recently released from a psych hospital, and is now working as a reporter in Chicago. Her superior gives her a troubling assignment: return to her hometown to report on the unsolved murder of a young girl and the disappearance of another. Heading home means she'll have to face her neurotic, hypochondriac mother, and a half-sister she barely knows. Haunted by her own demons, Camille must solve a psychological puzzle of her own if she wants to get the story—and survive her return home.Please be advised, Sharp Objects contains some content involving violence, sex, explicit language, drinking, drugs, and smoking.This title is available in ebook and audiobook form through Libby by Overdrive. Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/SharpObjects_ebookLibby audiobook:  http://bit.ly/SharpObjects_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Middlesex, written by Jeffrey Eugenides and published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux.So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction.Please be advised, Middlesex contains strong language, homophobia and graphic sexual content.Middlesex is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Middlesex is available as an ebook and audiobook from Libby by Overdrive.Libby Ebook: https://www.overdrive.com/media/1567897/middlesexLibby Audio: https://www.overdrive.com/media/134426/middlesex Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Widow's House  written by Carol Goodman  and published by HarperCollins.   Goodman's novel blends the gothic allure of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca and the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty, contemporary edge of A.S.A. Harrison's The Silent Wife - a tale of psychological suspense set in New York's Hudson Valley.  This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Hoopla and as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive. Libby eBook - http://bit.ly/WidowsHouse_LibbyHoopla eBook - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12456565 Hoopla Audio - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11782128 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Finding Chika written by Mitch Albom and published by Harper. Bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in more than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika's arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, "No one in Haiti can help you with." Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure.Please be advised, Finding Chika contains depictions or discussions of death of a child.This title is available as an ebook and  audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/FindingChika_ebookLibby audiobook: http://bit.ly/FindingChika_audio  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of South Pole Station, written by Ashley Shelby and published by Picador. Cooper accepts her place in the National Science Foundation's Artists & Writers Program and flees to Antarctica, where she encounters a group of misfits motivated by desires as ambiguous as her own. The only thing the Polies have in common is the conviction that they don't belong anywhere else. Then a fringe scientist arrives, claiming climate change is a hoax. His presence will rattle this already-imbalanced community, bringing Cooper and the Polies to the center of a global controversy and threatening the ancient ice chip they call home.South Pole Station is a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. South Pole Station can be found as an audiobook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11945185 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of City of Girls  written by Elizabeth Gilbert and published by Riverhead Books. City of Girls is a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love.Please be advised, City of Girls contains explicit sexual content.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook:  http://bit.ly/CityofGirls_ebookLibby audiobook:  http://bit.ly/CityofGirls_audioPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong written by James Loewen and published by New Press. This work criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.Lies My Teacher Told Me was recognized with an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist ScholarshipPlease be advised, Lies My Teacher Told Me contains depictions or discussions of historical violence racism.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive and an ebook and audiobook on Hoopla.Libby ebook--http://bit.ly/LiesMyTeacherToldMeHoopla ebook--https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11834307Hoopla audiobook--https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13536256 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Amberlough written by Lara Elena Donnelly  and published by Tor Books. Welcome to Amberlough City, the illustrious but corrupt cosmopolitan beacon of Gedda. The radical One State Party--nicknamed the Ospies--is gaining popular support to unite Gedda's four municipal governments under an ironclad, socially conservative vision. Not everyone agrees with the Ospies' philosophy, including master spy Cyril DePaul and his lover Aristide Makricosta, smuggler and emcee at the popular Bumble Bee Cabaret. When Cyril's cover is blown on a mission, however, he must become a turncoat in exchange for his life. Returning to Amberlough under the Ospies' watchful eye, Cyril enters a complex game of deception. One of his concerns is safeguarding Aristide, who refuses to let anyone--the crooked city police or the homophobic Ospies--dictate his life. Enter streetwise Cordelia Lehane, top dancer at the Bee and Aristide's runner, who could be the key to Cyril's plans--if she can be trusted. As the twinkling lights of nightclub marquees yield to the rising flames of a fascist revolution, these three will struggle to survive using whatever means--and people--necessary. Including each other.Amberlough was nominated for Best Novel in 2017Please be advised, Amberlough contains depictions or discussions of graphic violence, sexual content, language and torture.This title is available as an audiobook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12018246  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of His & Hers written by Alice Feeney and published by Flatiron Books. There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She's worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC's lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she'll do almost anything to keep it. When asked to cover a murder in Blackdown-the sleepy countryside village where she grew up-Anna is reluctant to go. But when the victim turns out to be one of her childhood friends, she can't leave. It soon becomes clear that Anna isn't just covering the story, she's at the heart of it. DCI Jack Harper left London for a reason, but never thought he'd end up working in a place like Blackdown. When the body of a young woman is discovered, Jack decides not to tell anyone that he knew the victim, until he begins to realise he is a suspect in his own murder investigation. One of them knows more than they are letting on.Please be advised, His & Hers contains depictions or discussions of alcoholism, death and strong language.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive: http://bit.ly/HisandHers_ebook Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Magicians written by Lev Grossman and published by Penguin Books.  Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . .Please be advised, The Magicians contains scenes of graphic violence.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby eBook - http://bit.ly/Magicians_ebookLIbby Audio - http://bit.ly/Magicians_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The Story Sisters written by Alice Hoffman  and published by Shaye Areheart Books.  Elv, Claire and Meg are the Story Sisters, and each has a fate she must meet alone. One on a country road, one in the streets of Paris and one in the corridors of her own imagination. At once a coming-of-age tale, a family saga and a love story of erotic longing.Please be advised, The Story Sisters contains depictions or discussions of child abuse, drug use, sexual assault, substance abuse and death.  For more information, see review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alice-hoffman/the-story-sisters/This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/StorySisters_ebookLibby audiobook: http://bit.ly/StorySisters_audio  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, published by Saga Press.  Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them.This is How You Lose the Time War  won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction, the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2019 and the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella.Please be advised, This is How You Lose the Time War contains depictions or discussions of war, violence, self harm and suicide.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive: http://bit.ly/ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Deal Breaker written by Harlan Coben and published by Random House. Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret, and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business - where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed. Deal Breaker won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original.Please be advised, Deal Breaker contains depictions or discussions of sexual assault, strong language and death.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/DealBreaker_ebookLibby audiobook: http://bit.ly/DealBreaker_audiobook  Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother written by James McBride and published by Phoenix Books, Inc. James McBride grew up in the all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn with eleven siblings, and a mother who was as tough as nails. His mother was born a white, Orthodox Jew, who at the age of seventeen, left her family and past behind to marry a black minister. McBride reveals within this memoir the trials and hardships that his mother endured from a young age, and his own experiences of growing up in poverty with such a unique family.The Color of Water won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for nonfiction in 1997.This book is available as an audiobook through Libby by Overdrive. Libby audiobook: http://bit.ly/ColorofWater_audiobookVisit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Guest List written by Lucy Foley  and published by William Morrow. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It's a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride's oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn't wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?The Guest List is a New York Times Bestseller.Please be advised, The Guest List contains depictions or discussions of violence, drug use, self-harm, suicide and strong language.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook:  http://bit.ly/GuestList_ebook Libby audiobook:  http://bit.ly/GuestList_audio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Undead and Unwed written by MaryJanice Davidson and published by Penguin Publishing Group.  After being killed in a car accident, fashion savvy Betsy Taylor becomes one of the undead and, with the help of her newfound friends, the lure of designer shoes, and a sexy vampire, must destroy a dark enemy and fulfill her destiny as the prophesied vampire queen.MaryJanice Davison is a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award WinnerPlease be advised, Undead and Unwed contains depictions or descriptions of death, graphic violence, gore, and explicit sexual content.This title is available as an audiobook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13525136   Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

Enjoy our presentation of A Woman is No Man  written by Etaf Rum and published by HarperCollins. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra, also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry Adam. Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from a mysterious, yet familiar-looking woman makes Deya question everything she was told about her past. As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya and Isra, she begins to understand the dark, complex secrets behind her community.A Woman is No Man was named a Bookbrowe Best Book of the Year and Marie Claire Best Women's Fiction of the Year.  Please be advised, A Woman is No Man contains depictions or discussions of domestic abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse. This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla. Hoopla ebook:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13643274  Hoopla audiobook:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12195209Libby ebook:  http://bit.ly/WomanisNoMan_ebookLibby audiobook:  http://bit.ly/WomanisNoMan_audiobook Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Noir written by Christopher Moore and published by HarperCollins. It’s the summer of 1947 in San Francisco, California. Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin tends bar at Sal’s Saloon, and his daily life is about to be shaken up by some weird occurrences. His adventure begins when a comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint and takes a seat at the bar. They hit it off well, but his life quickly gets turned upside down. One of his schemes goes south, the Cheese vanishes, a suspicious flying object is spotted up the Pacific Coast and Sammy must contend with his own dark secrets while in search to find his girl.Please be advised, Noir contains some explicit language, violence and sexual content.This title is available in ebook form through Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla. Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/Libby_Noir Hoopla ebook: http://bit.ly/Hoopla_NoirPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.

Enjoy our presentation of The Radium Girls : the Dark Story of America's Shining Women written by Kate Moore and published by Sourcebooks. As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.Named as one of 12 Notable Non-Fiction Books of 2018 by the American Library Association.Please be advised, The Radium Girls contains descriptions or depictions of death.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/RadiumGirls_ebookLibby audiobook: http://bit.ly/RadiumGirls_audiobookHoopla ebook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11865831Hoopla audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11875774 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. written by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland and published by HarperCollins.  A shadowy government agency recruits linguist Melisande Stokes to help discover the reason magic left the world. Partnered with a military intelligence officer, she must travel back in time and alter events so that the Department of Diachronic Operations can preserve and protect magic.The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. was named one of School Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens in 2017.Please be advised, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. contains depictions or discussions of death, graphic violence and sexism.This title is available as an ebook on Libby and an ebook and audiobook on Hoopla. Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/RiseandFallofDODOHoopla ebook:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12457720Hoopla audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11876849Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Severance written by Ling Ma  and published by Picador/Macmillan. After an epidemic causes most New Yorkers to flee, Candace Chen stays behind and continues her routine: going to work, getting paid and blogging about the deserted city. Eventually, though, Candace will have to leave--putting her at the mercy of a power-hungry IT specialist named Bob.Severance was awarded the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and the 2019 NYPL Young Lions Prize. It was a finalist for the 2019 PEN/Hemingway award.Please be advised, Severance contains depictions or discussions of death.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive. https://maryland.overdrive.com/maryland-southernmarylandregional/content/media/3750131 Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle  written by Stuart Turton  and published by Sourcebooks Landmark. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day, until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others.The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was a Costa First Novel Award Winner in 2018. It was also one of Harper's Bazaar's 10 Must-Read Books of 2018.Please be advised, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle contains depictions or discussions of graphic violence, death, sexism, sexual harassment, and alcoholism.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla. Libby eBook - https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/4067126Libby Audio - https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/4280394Hoopla eBook - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12202307Hoopla Audio - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12205356Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of The Color Purple by Alice Walker and published by Harcourt.  In a series of letters to God and her sister Nettie, Celie tells the story of her life--from the horrifying details of childhood sexual abuse to glorious material success as an adult.The Color Purple was the winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.Please be advised, The Color Purple contains depictions or discussions of sexual assault, violence, physical abuse, strong language, hate speech and racism.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive  and Hoopla.Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/ColorPurple_LibbyHoopla ebook: http://bit.ly/ColorPurple_Hoopla Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of One for the Money written by Janet Evanovich and published by Thorndike. Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case. Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie's virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario's Sub Shop. There's still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting. It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At worst, it could lead to murder.New York Times Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 1994”Please be advised, One for the Money contains depictions or discussions of violence, sexual assault and strong language.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and an audiobook on Hoopla.Libby ebook - http://bit.ly/oneforthemoney_LibbyebookLibby audiobook - http://bit.ly/oneforthemoney_LibbyaudioHoopla audiobook - http://bit.ly/oneforthemoney_Hooplaaudio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/ 

Enjoy our presentation of Exit West, written by Mohsin Hamid and published by Riverhead Books. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through. Exit West has received many accolades, including Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Novels of the Decade and the Aspen World Literary Prize. Please be advised, Exit West contains violence and racism. This title is available in both ebook and audiobook format through Libby.Libby eBook - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2814358/exit-westLibby Audio - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2812965/exit-west Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

Enjoy our presentation of Her Royal Spyness written by Rhys Bowen and published Penguin Publishing Group.  Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch, and thirty-fourth in line for the throne, finds herself broke in London. After trying to earn money incognito at a cosmetics counter and as a housekeeper, she is tasked by the Queen to spy on the heir to the throne. Soon Georgie puts her sleuthing talents to work when an arrogant Frenchman, determined to gain control of her family's eight-hundred-year-old estate, ends up dead in her bathtub. Now her most important job will be to clear her family name.Her Royal Spyness has been nominated for numerous awards, including being a Dilys Award nominee and an Agatha Award nominee, best mystery.Please be advised, Her Royal Spyness contains depictions or discussions of death.This title is available as an ebook on Overdrive.Libby ebook- http://bit.ly/herroyalspynessPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

Enjoy our presentation of The Forgotten Garden  written by Kate Morton and published by Atria Books. A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book - a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaker and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday, they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and very little to go on, “Nell” sets out to trace her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell’s death that all of the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, The Forgotten Garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go.This title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive. Libby eBook - http://bit.ly/forgottengardenPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

Enjoy our presentation of The Testaments written by Margaret Atwood and published by Penguin/Random House. In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her--freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story more than fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. The Testaments was awarded the 2019 Booker Prize award. Please be advised, The Testaments contains depictions or discussions of violence and death, sexism, sexual assault and child abuse..This title is available as an ebook and an audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.  Please visit calvertlibrary.info for more information.Libby ebook--https://bit.ly/Testaments_LibbyeBookLibby audiobook--https://bit.ly/Testaments_LibbyAudioMusic:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Enjoy our presentation of Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker and published by Doubelday.  Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institutes of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love and hope.Please note Hidden Valley Road contains descriptions or depictions of abuse and mental illness.Hidden Valley Road was a New York Times bestseller and was named a Top Ten book of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Time Magazine.This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.  Please visit Calvert Library for more information at calvertlibrary.info. Libby eBook--https://bit.ly/HiddenValleyRoad_eBookLibby AudioBook--https://bit.ly/HiddenValleyRoad_AudioBookMusic:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Enjoy our presentation of Empty Mansions: the Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune written by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. and published by Ballatine Books. When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed a property listing for a grand estate that had been unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled into one of the most surprising American stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Empty Mansions is a rich tale of wealth and loss, complete with copper barons, Gilded Age opulence and backdoor politics. At its heart is a reclusive 104-year-old heiress named Huguette Clark. Dedman has collaborated with Huguette's cousin, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., one of the few relatives to have had frequent conversations with her, to tell a fairy tale in reverse: the bright, talented daughter who is born into an almost royal family of amazing wealth and privilege, yet who secrets herself away from the outside world. Empty Mansions reveals a complete picture of the enigmatic Huguette Clark, heiress to one of the greatest fortunes in American history, a woman who had not been photographed in public since the 1920s. Though she owned three palatial homes in California, New York and Connecticut, they sat vacant while she lived out her final two decades in a New York City hospital room, despite being in excellent health. Her father was self-made copper industrialist W. A. Clark, who at the dawn of the twentieth century was one of the richest men in America. Huguette's inheritance afforded her untold luxury: gorgeous paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, a vast collection of antique dolls, lavish gifts for her friends, the freedom to pursue her own work as an artist and, most important, the privacy she valued above all else. The Clark family story takes the reader nearly the entire span of American history in just three generations. The same Huguette who held a ticket for the return trip of the Titanic was touched by the terror attacks of 9/11. In this scrupulously detailed account, we meet Huguette's extravagant father, her publicity-shy mother, her star-crossed sister, her noble French boyfriend, the nurse who received more than $30 million in gifts and the relatives seeking to inherit Huguette's $300 million fortune. Richly illustrated with more than seventy photographs, some never before seen, Empty Mansions is a touching story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms.Empty Mansions is a New York Times Bestseller.This title is available as an ebook and an audiobook on Libby by Overdrive. Libby eBook -  https://bit.ly/EmptyMansions_LibbyeBookLibby Audiobook - https://bit.ly/EmptyMansions_LibbyAudio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

Enjoy our presentation of Night Film, written by Marisha Pessl and published by Penguin Random House. On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father, the legendary, reclusive cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova-- a man who hasn't been seen in public for more than thirty years.Night Film was a finalist for the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award and is a New York Times Bestseller.Please be advised, Night Film contains descriptions or depictions of violence and strong language.  This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby ebook-- https://bit.ly/NightFilm_LibbyeBook Libby audiobook-- https://bit.ly/NightFilm_LibbyAudio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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