Happy Friday! We hope you’re looking forward to a great fall weekend. Need a book or two for some evening reading? We have lots of new titles—so why not stop by when you can (we’re open Saturday, 10-2) and see what’s on the shelves? To place a book on hold online, visit https://owwl.org and sign in to your account using your library card number. Pick up your book from the shelves near the circulation desk when you have time.
Here are a few of the new adult fiction titles we’ve gotten in recently:
Fair are the Meadows
Helen Stenerson has planted her roots in the community of Green Creek, Iowa, and poured her heart into teaching. She’s determined to avoid romantic entanglement—her teaching contract forbids it, and a broken engagement has taught her the dangers of opening her heart. But thoughtful seminary student Ødger Gunderson begins to weaken her resolve with his genuine interest. When an urgent letter from Ohio is delivered to Helen, the quiet life she’s built is shattered. The letter brings news of her aunt’s failing health, and when Helen rushes back to be with her, her aunt reveals secrets about Helen’s past that upset everything Helen thought she knew.
One Split Second
Detective Tracy Crosswhite is assigned to defend an old friend. Sheriff Jenny Almond has been charged with first-degree murder for shooting an unarmed veteran on a stormy night of confusion, paranoia, and split-second choices. Tracy is certain there’s more to the story of Anthony Alvarez’s killing and her investigation draws her back to a cold case that still haunts the community. More than forty years ago, Alvarez was the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of a teenage babysitter. The lead investigator, Jenny’s late father, always believed Alvarez had been framed. Digging deeper into both the past and the present, Tracy discovers a complex web of sinister motives and long-buried secrets, unearthing them one by one.
The French Illusion
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong—and the nightmare that follows. After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation. Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride—gripping and impossible to put down.