Revival by Stephen King: In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is
playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a
shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister,
Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and
the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and
girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then
tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from
the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13,
he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies,
losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades
later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet
again in a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and the many terrifying
meanings of Revival are revealed. King imbues this spectacularly rich and dark
novel with everything he knows about music, addiction, and religious
fanaticism, and every nightmare we ever had about death. Check Availability
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius
Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered
corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an
enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The
gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate
Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his
family's sinister past. But Pendergast learns there is more at work than a
ghastly episode of family history: he is soon stalked by a subtle killer bent
on vengeance over an ancient transgression. In short order, Pendergast is
caught in a wickedly clever plot, which will leave him stricken in mind and
body...and may well end with his death. Check Availability
Flesh and Blood by Patricia
Cornwell: It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and
she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI
profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their
Cambridge house. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated
1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cell phone rings, and
Detective Pete Marino tells her there's been a homicide five minutes away. A
high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded
groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing. In this 22nd
Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling
pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except
fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they
cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and
there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New
Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South
Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that
only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face
with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy,
Scarpetta's own flesh and blood. Check Availability
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (DVD):
While Astrid, Snotlout
and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races, Hiccup and
Toothless journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and
exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a
secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious
Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to
protect the peace. Check Availability
Jersey Boys (DVD): The story of four young men from the wrong
side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s
rock group The Four Seasons. Check Availability
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