BPL Staff Picks: January 2019Like this list

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• The Man Who Caught the Storm

  the Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

  Hargrove, Brantley,

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  Biography. With this vivid biography, Hargrove brings you inside the core of monster tornadoes and into the life of "the king of the chasers." It's like you're part of his team, experiencing the thrill of the chase. What a ride! What an incredible…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Death of Mrs. Westaway

  Ware, Ruth,

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  Thriller. In this modern gothic tale, a young woman who barely makes a living telling fortunes on Brighton Pier and is in trouble with loan sharks, attempts to rescue her finances by claiming an inheritance that may, or may not, belong to her.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Travelling Cat Chronicles

  Arikawa, Hiro

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  Fiction. Deceptively simple this is the quirky and poignant story of a sassy intelligent cat and his beloved owner who must find a new home for him. Visiting various friends and relatives they embark on a road trip through Japan to find just the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Sun

  Edwards, K. D., 1971-

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  Urban Fantasy. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts. Uncovering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twisted

  Kane, Andrea

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  Romantic Suspense. New York Times bestselling novelist Andrea Kane leads you down a dark and twisted alleyway, littered with drugs, kidnapping, and murder. Navigating expertly between the mind of a deranged serial killer and the FBI special agents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kiss Quotient

  Hoang, Helen

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  Contemporary Romance. An autistic econometrician hires an escort with a heart of gold (and the body of a movie star) to teach her how to succeed at dating, but neither of them is expecting how quickly a simple business transaction will upend their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leaving Time (with bonus novella Larger Than Life)

  A Novel

  Picoult, Jodi

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  Fiction. Alice Metcalf, a scientist who studied elephants in Boswana, vanished when her daughter Jenna was a mere three years old. Ten years later, thirteen-year-old Jenna enlists the help of psychic Serenity Jones and former detective Virgil…Read moreRead more of this annotation