JUNE 2011

We Need To Talk About Kevin -- Lionel Shriver
Just as devastating the second time 'round.

The Summer Guest -- Justin Cronin
A fishing camp in northern Maine is what the characters of this gripping novel have in common. The lives of a World War II veteran, a Vietnam draft dodger, a young medical student, a financier and a small town waitress are inextricably intertwined.

Smoke-- Elizabeth Ruth
Buster McFiddie, the son of an Ontario tobacco farmer, survives a fire, but is forever scarred. He befriends the town's doctor, who has secrets of his own.

Let Me In-- John Ajvide Lindqvist
A Swedish Stephen King. Vampires, serial killers, alcoholics, and teenage bullies.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
In 1964, Dr. David Henry delivered his own twins during a blizzard. His daughter, Phoebe, had Down Syndrome. A rash decision to send the newborn to an institution and tell his wife the child had been stillborn, irrevocably changed his marriage and his life. Unbeknownst to him, Phoebe was not sent to an institution, but was raised by Dr. Henry's nurse.

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-- Tom Franklin
Larry Ott was the last person to see Cindy Williams before she went missing. For twenty-five years he was ostracized and abused by the people of small town Mississippi. The only friend he ever had, Silas Jones, has returned to the town as a constable, and helps solve the mystery.

Our Kind of Traitor-- John le Carre
Perry Makepiece and his fiance Gail meet a shady, tennis-loving Russian on an Antiguan holiday. Dima is taken by Perry's English "fair play" and before they know it, are at the heart of a defection with far reaching consequences.