Tag: murder
The Bodies Left Behind
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/01/26/the-bodies-left-behind/
Title: The Bodies Left Behind Author: Jeffrey Deaver Publisher: Simon & Schuster, November 2008 Summary: This is a real cat-and-mouse thriller with the usual Deaver twists and turns. It all starts with a 911 call that is mysteriously cut short. Deputy Brynn McKenzie is sent...
Too Close to Home
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/10/28/too-close-to-home/
Title: Too Close to Home Author: Linwood Barclay Publisher: Bantam, September 2008 Summary: Derek was looking forward to the coming week. He was finally going to have a place for he and his girlfriend Penny to be together without any interruptions. So what if the...
Serena
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/10/20/serena/
Title: Serena Author: Ron Rash Publisher: Ecco, October 2008 Summary: Have you ever read a book that is so good, you just don’t understand how the author isn’t more well-known? For me, that book was the astonishing One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash. This...
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/08/the-story-of-edgar-sawtelle/
Title: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Author: David Wroblewski Summary: I could have lain in the hammock for hours on end with the new book by first-time author David Wroblewski. What a storyteller! The story takes place in 1970′s Wisconsin at the Sawtelle farm,...
HeartSick
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/07/heartsick/
Title: HeartSick Author: Chelsea Cain Summary: Archie Sheridan was the lead detective tracking the Beauty Killer, a prolific and monstrous serial killer. When he himself is kidnapped by the murderer, Gretchen Lowell, she tells him he will be her 200th victim. Gretchen keeps Archie...
A Prisoner of Birth
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/05/a-prisoner-of-birth/
Title: A Prisoner of Birth Author: Jeffrey Archer Summary: A modern day version of The Count of Monte Cristo, this enthralling story is full of interesting characters and suspenseful twists and turns, A young British auto mechanic, Danny Cartwright, is wrongly accused of killing...
Adam
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/14/adam/
Title: Adam Author: Ted Dekker Summary: FBI agent Daniel Clarke is obsessed with finding the serial killer known as Eve. Eve has killed at least 16 women and shows no sign of stopping. Daniel’s obsession has already cost him his marriage and now it...
A Northern Light
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/09/a-northern-light-2/
Title: A Northern Light Author: Jennifer Donnelly Summary: Unlike many girls in the Great North Woods at the turn of the century, Mattie Gokey is gifted: She is a writer so talented she has been offered a full scholarship to Barnard College. But how can she leave? Since her mamma...
Down River
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/04/21/down-river/
Title: Down River Author: John Hart Summary: Five years ago, Adam Chase was acquitted of murder, even though his own stepmother testified against him. Most people in his hometown believed that he was guilty and that his father’s money paid for the verdict. Adam...
The Savage Garden
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/04/21/the-savage-garden/
Title: The Savage Garden Author: Mark Mills Summary: The Savage Garden, written by Mark Mills, is the story of two murders, committed 400 years apart, and the attempt to solve the mystery of both crimes. It’s 1958 and Adam Strickland, Cambridge undergraduate, has just been dumped...