EVIL Eye by Joyce Carol Oates: In "Evil Eye," we meet Mariana,
the young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual. When her husband's brazen
first wife visits one night, Mariana learns a terrible secret that could be a
harbinger of doom for her marriage and very soul. In "So Near, Anytime,
Always," shy teenager Lizbeth meets Desmond, a charming boy who offers
this introverted girl the first sparks of young romance. Yet just as their
relationship begins to blossom, Lizbeth realizes that beneath Desmond's perfect
facade lies a dark soul that could wreak havoc on Lizbeth and her loved ones.
In "The Execution," spoiled college student Bart Hansen has planned
the perfect, brutal crime to get back at his parents for their years of condescension.
Yet what he didn't plan for is a mother whose love is more resilient than he
could have ever imagined, who threatens to derail his carefully laid-out plans.
And in "The Flat-Bed," childhood trauma has prevented Cecelia from
enjoying the pleasures of physical intimacy with a man, but when she finally
meets the love of her life, Cecelia realizes that finding intimacy will mean
coming face-to-face with the despicable man from her past who robbed her of her
innocence years ago. Check Availability
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood: Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic
has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda
from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which
is being fortified against man and giant Pigoon alike. Accompanying them are
the Crakers, the gentle, quasi-human species engineered by the brilliant but
deceased Crake. While their reluctant prophet, Jimmy--Crake's one-time
friend--recovers from a debilitating fever, it's left to Toby to narrate the
Craker theology, with Crake as Creator. She must also deal with cultural
misunderstandings, terrible coffee, and her jealousy over her lover, Zeb.
Meanwhile, Zeb searches for Adam One, founder of the God's Gardeners, the
pacifist green religion from which Zeb broke years ago to lead the
MaddAddamites in active resistance against the destructive CorpSeCorps. Now,
under threat of an imminent Painballer attack, the MaddAddamites must fight
back with the aid of their newfound allies, some of whom have four trotters. At
the center is the extraordinary story of Zeb's past, which involves a lost
brother, a hidden murder, a bear, and a bizarre act of revenge. Check Availability
Never Go Back by Lee Child: Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it
all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern
Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th
MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had. Reacher
is there to meet, in person, the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so
far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone. But it isn't Turner behind the
CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with
serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about. When
threatened, you can run or fight. Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and
clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C.
Metro police, and four unidentified thugs. 
The Iceman (DVD): Inspired by actual events, The Iceman
follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski from his early days in the
mob until his arrest for the murder of more than one hundred men. Appearing to
be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father, in reality
Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986,
neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession. 
The Place Beyond the Pines (DVD): A motorcycle stunt rider
turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn
child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie
cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
:
No comments:
Post a Comment