Local Author
Hidden Things, by Doyce Testerman. Calliope Jenkins is a singer-turned-private eye whose former boyfriend is found dead in Iowa. Foul play is suspected. Road trip!
Fiction
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub. Elsa Emerson grows up in Door County, Wis., before whisking herself off to Hollywood in the 1940s to become a movie star. Drama ensues!
God Carlos, by Anthony C. Winkler. Jamaican author Winkler takes us onboard a 16th-century Spanish ship seeking fortune (and trouble) in the newly discovered West Indies.
John Saturnall’s Feast, by Lawrence Norfolk. Life, love, war and eating in 17-century Britain. The buzz on this one is deafening.
Wilderness, by Lance Weller. A post-Civil War trek over the Olympic range in Washington state, pursued by thugs.
Secrets
Boss Rove, by Craig Unger. Karl Rove rose, fell, and rose again. How’d this operative survive — and thrive?
Dead Wrong, by Richard Belzer and David Wayne. From Marilyn and the Kennedys to who really killed Martin Luther King, Jr. Conspiracies abound!
Essays
My Heart is an Idiot, by Davy Rothbart. The popular writer and radio contributor writes on love, life and the lure of the road.
The Fourth Dimension of a Poem, by M.H. Abrams. Nine essays on literature and life from the 100-year-old legend of literary criticism.
Inventing the Enemy, by Umberto Eco. The Italian author weighs in on abortion, Wikileaks, censorship and more.
Self Help
Why Have Kids? by Jessica Valenti. What a great question! This new mother somehow finds time to think on, and write about, procreating.
What Makes Love Last? by Dr. John Gottman and Nan Silver. Another question for the ages. Is there a formula for relationship success?
Biography
Volcker, by William L. Silber. The influential life and work of former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker.
The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill, by Helen Shores Lee and Barbara S. Shores. Arthur Davis Shores was a trailblazing civil rights attorney in 1960s Alabama. His daughters look back on his life.
