Act of War by Brad Thor: After a CIA
agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and
terrifying claim. There's just one problem--no one knows if she can be trusted.
But when six exchange students go missing, two airplane passengers trade
places, and one political-asylum seeker is arrested, a deadly chain of events
is set in motion. With the United States facing an imminent and devastating
attack, America's new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative
Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the
country's history. Code-named "Gold Dust" and "Blackbird,"
they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will
constitute an act of war.
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian: Living in an igloo of ice and trash bags half a year after a
cataclysmic nuclear disaster, Emily, convinced that she will be hated as the
daughter of the drunken father who caused the meltdown, assumes a fictional
identity while protecting a homeless boy. Check Availability
The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons: Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week
at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in
their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay
of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation,
their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called
themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the
group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt.
Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once
again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. There, far from
civilization, the women make startling discoveries that will change them in
ways they never expected. Check Availability
Le Week-end (DVD): Long-married British couple Nick and Meg are revisiting Paris
for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their
relationship. Diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen
from harmony to disharmony as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep
tenderness, and even deeper regret. An invitation from Nick's old friend
Morgan, an amusingly eccentric American academic, soon leads them to a hopeful
vision of what their marriage might still become.
Non-stop (DVD): During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London,
U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages
demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an
off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will
be killed every twenty minutes.
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