This Week’s Literary Picks from Your Local Library

It’s the weekend, and you finally have some free time. Maybe you’re looking to lose some time in a new book, but you’re just not sure what to pick. Why not take some advice from the experts at the ? All of the books mentioned can be found through the county library system.

Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote this week’s suggestions: 

For adults:

A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger

In 1963, the murder of Bessie Goldberg took place in the small Boston suburb of Belmont. The murder bore the signature of the Boston Strangler, an elusive serial killer that had been on the loose for a little more than a year already. The police were quick to close in on Roy Smith, a black man who had been hired to clean Goldberg's house that day. In a racially charged nation that was riding on the wake of JFK's assassination, the jury was quick to find Smith guilty of the murder on highly circumstantial evidence. But even with Roy Smith behind bars, the Boston Strangler murders continued. Who really murdered Bessie Goldberg and who was the real Boston Strangler? This true-crime novel takes a closer look at this controversial murder case.

In the Woods by Tana French

In Dublin, Ireland two rookie detectives, Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox, stumble into working a high profile murder case of a 12-year-old girl that was found in the woods of a nearby suburb. Twenty years earlier, three children went missing in these same woods and only one child was found. The surviving child was Detective Ryan and only his partner Cassie Maddox knows his secret. As Ryan and Maddox work to find the link between these two cases, they are forced to also explore themselves and their partnership.

And for kids:

Square Cat written and illustrated by Elizabeth Schoonmaker

How can a square cat fit in a round cat world? Square cat, Eula, envies her round shaped friends and she tries everything to change her square shape. She tries wearing hoop earrings, wearing a beehive hat, and she even tries eating doughnuts! Her round friends come to the rescue and are quick to show her all of the cool things a square cat can do. This picture book is appropriate for students in preschool to first grade.

- Summaries are based on information from the library's catalogue