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- The book club for troublesome women : a novel / by Bostwick, Marie,author.;
- "By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman's dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia -- one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. She has a standing invitation to the neighborhood coffee klatch, and now, thanks to her husband, a new subscription to A Woman's Place -- a magazine that tells housewives like Margaret exactly who to be and what to buy. On paper, she has it all. So why doesn't that feel like enough? Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia's newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women -- Bitsy and Viv -- to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique, they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine -- and that their secret longing for more is something they share. Nicknaming themselves the Bettys, after Betty Friedan, these four friends have no idea their impromptu club and the books they read together will become the glue that helps them hold fast through tears, triumphs, angst, and arguments -- and what will prove to be the most consequential and freeing year of their lives."--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Feminist fiction.; Novels.; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Female friendship; Women;
- The cider shop rules / by Lindsey, Julie Anne.;
- The Fall Festival is in full swing. Civil War reenactors from three counties are partaking in Blossom Valley's tribute to John Brown. Blue Ridge Mountain foliage is in full bloom. And best of all is Jacob Potter's pumpkin farm where his hay rides, piglet races, pumpkin picking and corn maze are time-honored draws for locals and tourists alike. That's why it's such a shock when Mr. Potter is found dead, hidden under a tarp in the back of Winnie's pickup truck. This certainly betrays Potter's reputation as one of the town's most popular citizens. Fortunately, when it comes to solving a murder, no one has a patch on Winnie. Now, all eyes are on her to do it. Unfortunately, that includes those of the killer who'll do anything to keep an orchard full of secrets buried.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Family-owned business enterprises; Orchards; Country life; Murder;
- You know her / by Jennett, Meagan,1989-author.;
- "Killing Eve meets My Sister the Serial Killer in this lush, savage Southern Gothic about two women: a burgeoning murderer and the cop hell-bent on catching her"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Bartenders; Female friendship; Policewomen; Serial murders; Women serial murderers;
- A shout in the ruins : a novel / by Powers, Kevin,author.;
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Slavery; Race relations;
- Shiloh [sound recording (CD)] / by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds; MacNicol, Peter,1954-;
- Read by Peter MacNicol.When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.Newbery Medal Award Winner
- Subjects: Dogs; Animals; Animal welfare; Children's audiobooks;
- © p1992., Random House Audio,
- What stalks the deep / by Kingfisher, T.,author.;
- "The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America. Alex Easton does not want to visit America. They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted. But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin-who went missing in that very mine-well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do."--
- Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novellas.; Coal mines and mining; Missing persons; Veterans;
- Bridge to Terabithia / by Paterson, Katherine.; Diamond, Donna.;
- The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.LSC
- Subjects: Friendship; Grief; Death; Country life;
- © 2007, c1987., HarperCollins,
- The last victim : a novel / by Robards, Karen.;
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Women forensic scientists; Women psychiatrists;
- © c2012., Ballantine Books,
- The dog across the lake / by Davis, Krista,author.;
- "Holly Miller arrives at her cousin Josh's campsite to return his wayward pooch only to discover he is nowhere to be found and a guest of the Sugar Maple Inn is dead in his tent, prompting her and her Jack Russell Terrier, Trixie, to sniff out a sneaky killer"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Novels.; Dogs; Hotelkeepers; Hotels; Jack Russell terrier; Murder; Pet owners;
- Birder, she wrote / by Andrews, Donna,author.;
- "Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael's latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed. First her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them - a group of newcomers to Caerphilly who have built McMansions next door to working farms and then do their best to make life miserable for the farmers. And finally Meg's grandmother, shows up, trailed by a nosy reporter who is writing a feature on her for a genteel Southern ladies' magazine. Cordelia drafts Meg to accompany her and Deacon Washington of the New Life Baptist Church - and the reporter, alas - in their search for a long-lost African-American cemetery. Unfortunately what they discover is not an ancient cemetery but a fresh corpse. Can Meg protect her grandmother - and Caerphilly - from the reporter who seems to see the worst in everything ... and help crack the case before the killer finds another victim?"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character); Murder; Reporters and reporting; Women detectives;
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