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The NLS annotation follows: Demon Copperhead DB110786 Kingsolver, Barbara; Thurston, Charlie Reading time: 21 hours, 6 minutes. Charlie Thurston General “Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It’s the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks […]

The NLS annotation follows: Sweetshop of dreams DB107835 Colgan, Jenny Reading time: 12 hours, 53 minutes. Beverley A. Crick Human Relations Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian’s sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. But as Rosie gets

The NLS annotation follows: The Christmas train DB55045 Baldacci, David Reading time: 7 hours, 37 minutes. L. J. Ganser A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Humor Romance Bestsellers Holidays Journalist Tom Langdon takes a cross-country train from the East Coast to Los Angeles to spend

The NLS annotation follows: Later DB102648 King, Stephen Reading time: 6 hours, 34 minutes. Seth Numrich Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Supernatural and Horror Fiction Bestsellers An NYPD detective draws Jamie, a young boy born with the unnatural ability to communicate with the dead, into the pursuit of a killer. But the cost of

The NLS annotation follows: Before she disappeared DB102104 Gardner, Lisa Reading time: 10 hours, 3 minutes. Dolly Lewis Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Bestsellers Middle-aged recovering alcoholic Frankie Elkin searches for missing people the world has stopped looking for. A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood where Haitian teenager Angelique Badeau

The NLS annotation follows: Nightwork DB108296 Roberts, Nora; Damron, Will Reading time: 16 hours, 25 minutes. Will Damron Romance “Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother’s head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed

Worlds of Books to discuss Lightning strike: a novel DB105655 by William Kent Krueger. Be aware that this is the eighteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series but is a prequel describing Cork’s backstory and should not affect those who insist on reading series in published order. The NLS annotation follows: Lightning strike: a novel

The NLS annotation follows: What happened to the Bennetts DB107276 Scottoline, Lisa Reading time: 10 hours, 17 minutes. Edoardo Ballerini Suspense Fiction Psychological Fiction After Jason Bennett and his family have an encounter with carjackers with ties to a drug trafficking organization, the Bennetts are enrolled in the witness protection program. But their lives begin

The NLS annotation follows: The maid: a novel DB106298 Prose, Nita; Ambrose, Lauren Reading time: 9 hours, 40 minutes. Lauren Ambrose Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Bestsellers Twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray doesn’t interact well with the world and misses her gran who codified it for her. She has gotten a job as a hotel maid

The NLS annotation follows: The wife between us: a novel DB86959 Hendricks, Greer; Pekkanen, Sarah; Whelan, Julia Reading time: 11 hours, 15 minutes. Julia Whelan A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Suspense Fiction Psychological Fiction A tangled love triangle isn’t what it seems. An exploration

Please join us to discuss this 2022 Audiobook of the Year Audie award winner. The NLS annotation follows: Project Hail Mary DB103718 Weir, Andy; Porter, Ray Reading time: 16 hours, 12 minutes. Ray Porter Science Fiction Bestsellers Ryland Grace awakens on a spaceship far from Earth with no memory and two dead crewmates. As he

The NLS annotation follows: The guest list DB99917 Foley, Lucy, (Novelist) Reading time: 9 hours, 56 minutes. Olivia Dowd Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Bestsellers Psychological Fiction On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather for the wedding of a television star and magazine publisher. As the festivities begin, resentments and petty