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Pink Lemonade Cake Murder

Eat the Kool-Aid Author: Joanne Fluke Murder is once again brewing in Lake Eden, and this time the suspect is Hannah’s own mother! When outcast base-ball hero “No-No” rolls into town, corrupting youth, stirring up controversy, angering old enemies, and bringing back bad memories for Delores, it’s only a matter of time before Hannah stumbles over his broken body. Meanwhile, Mike is still suffering the effects of burn-out and Hannah and team think that excluding him from this case is, oddly, just what the doctor ordered. In this strange little offering, all that’s silliest in Lake Eden is in full effect, [...]

2023-12-14T18:34:21-07:00December 14th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Grapes of Wrath, The

A Nihilistic Classic Author: John Steinbeck Tom Joad, convicted murderer, is walking the long, dusty road to his Oklahoma home. He doesn’t regret what he did – he would do it again. But he does miss his family and wonder what happened to them while he was in jail. What he finds, after teaming up with an ex-preacher (Casey) on the road, is his family preparing to abandon their only home, the farm that has been with them for generations. It seems that there is hope, there is money, to be made in California. The government is taking over the farms, [...]

2023-12-08T16:24:56-07:00December 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mysterious Island, The

Solitude, Survival, and a Mystery Author: Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is classic Jules Verne: adventure tinged with near-misses, engaging survivalist saves, profound mysteries, elements of imagination, and lots of fascinating scientific tidbits. We begin with escape. A group of Union soldiers is held at a Confederate camp, and they take advantage of the proverbial dark and stormy night to steal a hot air balloon, letting the wind carry them where it may. And it does. To save their very lives, they end up throwing all their supplies overboard, finally arriving, five men with varying levels of expertise, plus one loyal [...]

2023-12-03T12:42:07-07:00December 3rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |
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