Harlem Library

The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography or autobiography.

There will be no library board meeting this month.

“The Dry” is written by Jane Harper. Federal Agent Aaron Falk hasn’t been back to his hometown since he and his father were run out of town twenty years ago. Even when he learns his best friend, Luke, is murdered along with his entire family, Falk doesn’t plan to go back. But then he receives a note saying “Luke lied. You lied. Be at the funeral.” When Falk returns for the funeral long-buried secrets resurface.

Caroline Kepnes is the author of “You Love Me.” Bookseller Joe Goldberg is done with cities. He gets a job at a local library in the Pacific Northwest where he can breathe. There he meets Mary Kay DiMarco, librarian, whom Goldberg is determined to win over although she already has a life as a mother and friend. True love can only happen if both people are willing to make room for the real thing.

A new murder mystery by Benjamin Stevenson is “Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.” Ernie Cunningham is part of a notorious crime family. Three years ago he witnessed his brother kill a man and turned him into the police. Now that brother is released from prison and the family is gathering to welcome him home. When a dead body is found on the slopes near the resort where they are staying it is up to Ernie to find the murderer.

Julia Kelly has written the historical fiction novel “The Lost English Girl.” Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne, knows she is expected to marry a Catholic man and have his children. After a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a jazz musician, Viv finds herself pregnant. A swift wedding is the only alternative. But when Joshua makes a life-changing choice on their wedding day, Viv must go back home. Four years later with WWII looming Viv evacuates her young daughter to the countryside estate of the Thompson family where she mistakenly believes she will be safe. Joshua gives up his musical career to join the RAF. Can this family find their way back to each other?

“The Suicide Solution” is a new nonfiction by Dr. Daniel Emina and Rick Lawrence. This work offers a Christ-centered approach to the problem of suicide, arriving at a solution that is both clinical and pastoral. “The pain is real, but so is the solution – and there is a path forward out of the darkness.”

Other new titles include “The House in the Pines” by Ana Reyes, “Cold-Blooded Liar” by Karen Rose, and “A Bright New Day” by Debbie Macomber.

Storytime for ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers meets each Tuesday at 10 A.M. Elementary students are invited to After School Squad on Wednesdays at 3:30 and Lego Club for all ages meets on Thursdays at 3:30.