Fictional Parties

Having a party on New Year's Eve? Join these fictional parties. Hope your parties are happier than these!  Kristopher Jansma Why We Came to the City Request this item Anton DiSclafani The After Party Request this item Michael Kardos Before He Finds Her Request this item If you want any more suggestions or ideas, please call or come in the library today!

Help with New Year's Resolutions

Get started with the ideas in these books for your New Year's Resolution.  M. J. Ryan This Year I Will... Request this item 100 Weekend Projects Anyone Can Do Request this item Gene Baur with Gene Stone Living the Farm Sanctuary Life Request this item If you want any more suggestions or ideas, please call or come in the library today!

Dear Amy

Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan Summary: Margot Lewis is a teacher at an exclusive high school in the English university town of Cambridge. In her spare time, she writes an advice column, “Dear Amy”, for the local newspaper. When one of Margot’s students, fifteen-year-old Katie, disappears, the school and the town fear the worst. And then Margot gets a “Dear Amy” letter unlike any of the ones she’s received before. It’s a desperate plea for rescue from a girl who says she is being held captive and in terrible danger—a girl called Bethan Avery, who was abducted from the local area twenty years ago…and never found. The letter matches a sample of Bethan’s handwriting that the police have kept on file since she vanished, and this shocking development in an infamous cold case catches the attention of criminologist Martin Forrester, who has been trying to find out what happened to her all those years ago. Spurred on by her concern for both Katie and the mysterious Bethan, Margot sets out—with Martin’s help—to discover if the two cases are connected. But then Margot herself becomes a target. Reader’s comments: Definitely not the most realistic of books, but enjoyable nevertheless. The book is more about Margot’s life and mental health than anything else. As such, it is more psychological than action. The plot wasn’t a complete mystery, but it was a fun read and I was curious to see when the characters figured out the twist. Recommended for readers of psychological mystery.  Request this item Request this item in audio