Book Picks from Your Local Library for Oct. 29

Are you hoping to spend this chilly Halloween weekend with an exciting book? If you said yes, you’re in luck – the staff members at the have some suggestions for you.

This week’s teen’s book recommendation was written by teen librarian, Diane Wilson. And the adult recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn – she said in an email that she kept her choices a bit creepy in honor of Halloween.

For adults:

Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton
Has Jack the Ripper come back from the dead to terrorize London again? Detective Lacey Flint starts to wonder when she happens upon the brutal murder of a woman just moments after it has happened. The murder bears eerie similarities to Jack the Ripper’s murders and Detective Flint’s fears are confirmed when the media receives a letter from the alleged killer pointing out the gruesome likenesses. Flint needs to track this brutal copycat as fast as she can, but when more letters arrive addressing her by name, she realizes the killer is tracking her as well.

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
When Homeland Security can’t handle something, it’s time to call in the secret specialists of the Department of Military Sciences (DMS). For example, top-notch police officer and soon-to-be FBI agent Joe Ledger kills a terrorist and a few days later he must kill him again. DMS recruits Ledger and lets him in on the baffling mystery and their latest mission—they must save the world from the release of a new bio-weapon that turns the living into the walking dead.

For teens:

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
It’s 1947, and when 15-year-old Evie Spooner goes on a family trip to Palm Beach with her mother and stepfather, she becomes embroiled in a web of lies and intrigue involving a handsome young ex-GI who seems smitten with her. When events take a murderous turn, Evie must decide for herself what she must do. This one’s a National Book Award winner. Recommended for grades 9-12.

Summaries are based in part from information in the library's catalogue.