After the craziness of August, the end of summer is supposed to bring peace and tranquility to the posh seaside enclave of East Hampton, New York. Antonia Bingham, chef and proprietor of the town's prestigious Windmill Inn, has been lining up new recipes to try in the quiet, golden days of September, and looks forward to putting murder and mayhem behind her so she can focus on herself and her business. But when a Labor Day visit by two slick Wall Streeters ends with their gruesome deaths in a summer rental house, Antonia is pulled back to the dark side. With mysterious guests (and possible suspects) popping in and out of the inn, Antonia has no choice but to put back on her sleuthing cap and try to decipher who butchered these men. Wading through social media, the local nightclub scene, share houses, and other unfamiliar haunts of the young and glamorous is an eye-opener for Antonia—and a major time commitment. And the timing couldn't be worse, because Nick Darrow, Antonia's movie... Views: 24
Celebrated poet Li-Young Lee returns with a breathtaking new volume about the violence of desire and the peace of love.The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly prevalent around the world, as well as the horrors the poet grew up with as a child of refugees. Lee draws from disparate sources, including the Old Testament, the Dao De Jing, and the music of the Wu Tang Clan. While the ostensive subjects of these layered, impassioned poems are wide-ranging, their driving engine is a burning need to understand our collective human mission. Views: 24
Anna lives in a flat with dad. He is a hoarder, and together they have spent the last 12 years constructing the Insomnia Museum, a labyrinth built from dead TVs, old cuckoo clocks, stacks of newspapers and other junk Dad has found.Anna is 17. She can't remember ever having seen outside the flat, but noises penetrate her isolated world: dogs bark in the walls; music plays in the floor, and a ship sails through the canyons between the tower blocks. Then one day dad falls asleep and won't wake up, and Anna must leave the museum and try to survive in a place that turns out to be stranger and more dangerous than she could have imagined.It this dazzlingly original debut novel, Laurie Canciani has created a world that is terrible, magical, and richly imagined. Views: 24
Life is not always as it seems on the surface... Like everyone raised in the idyllic seaside town of The Burrow, the ocean played a large role in Rose Barros' life. She lived her life to the rhythm of the tides until a near-death experience changed her love for the water to a soul-deep terror, driving a wedge between herself and her sister, Reen. Now, the only thing threatening to drown Rose is a mountain of bills and the burden of caring for her mother. She needs her sister more than ever, but rebellious Reen has skipped town and shows no interest in returning. But that all changes when two strangers arrive in the quiet seaside town and turn her life upside-down... The first, a girl who leaps from the pier before Rose's eyes; the second, the handsome new Chief of Police who doesn't take kindly to Rose interfering in his investigation of the girl's disappearance. As they dig into the girl's past, secrets are revealed, including a connection to Rose herself. Can Rose face her... Views: 24
Andy Stanley thinks he's seen it all as a member of the Jungle Explorer's Society—mummies, magic, all sorts of monsters. His own grandfather, Ned Lostmore, now exists as a sentient shrunken head. But nothing can prepare him for what happens when the Potentate and her evil Collective army steal an ancient scroll unlocking a powerful secret that could spell disaster for the J.E.S. and the entire world: the Doomsday Device. Once the Device is activated, Andy and his friends have very little time to track down the one person who can help them stop it. It's an adventure full of perilous pursuits, betrayal, and deadly riddles. The countdown has begun: has Andy Stanley finally run out of time? Views: 24
