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Date Published:2024

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The black wolf : an Inspector Gamache novel #20 /

Penny, Louise.


Illustration on endpapers. "Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning... In a dry and parched land where there is no water. Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government. From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike"--
Date Published:2025

Illustration on endpapers. "Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning... In a dry and parched land where there is no water. Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government. From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike"--

Date Published:2025

Museum Pass: Ingenium : Canada Agriculture & Food, Aviation & Space, Science & Technology Museums


Cannot be combined with any other offer. Not valid for exhibitions or events that have special admission fees. Pass holders must make a reservation at least 48 hours before their visit. For booking details visit : IngeniumCanada.org. Free admission up to 2 adults and 4 children.
Date Published:2017

The grey wolf : an Inspector Gamache novel #19 /

Penny, Louise.


Illustration on endpapers. "Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning. That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin The grey wolf. A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list-and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends. Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders. Their hunt grows increasingly desperate, even frantic, as the enormity of the creature they're chasing becomes clear. If they fail the devastating consequences would reach into the largest of cities and the smallest of villages. Including Three Pines"--
Date Published:2024

Illustration on endpapers. "Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning. That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin The grey wolf. A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list-and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends. Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders. Their hunt grows increasingly desperate, even frantic, as the enormity of the creature they're chasing becomes clear. If they fail the devastating consequences would reach into the largest of cities and the smallest of villages. Including Three Pines"--

Date Published:2024

Museum pass: Canadian Museum of Nature


Family admission to the Canadian Museum of Nature. a joint venture between Public Libraries and the Canadian Museum of Nature, allows library cardholders to borrow a pass to admit a family of five people (max. 3 adults) to the museum. fees apply for the special exhibition and the 3D movie. "a family of five people (max. 3 adults)"
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Broken country : a novel /

Hall, Clare Leslie.


Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager--the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel's life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.
Date Published:2025

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager--the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel's life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

Date Published:2025

Museum pass: National Gallery of Canada


One free family admission to the NGC collection only. Non-transferable. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer nor for a discount on special exhibition rates. "One free family admission"
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Museum Pass : Canadian Museum of History/ Canadian War Museum


Family 5 (max 2 adults). Family 5 (max 2 adults).
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Kobo E-reader - Book Club


Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy My Friends by Fredrik Backman Is a River Alive? by Robert McFarlane Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice -------------------------------- Albatross by Terry Fallis The Art Thief: a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel At the wolf’s table by Rosella Postorino Becoming by Michelle Obama The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer A burning by Megha Majumdar The butterfly girl by Rene Denfeld The child finder by Rene Denfeld Circe by Madeline Miller The company we keep by Frances Itani Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams The Dutch house by Ann Patchett Educated by Tara Westover Everywhere you don’t belong by Gabriel Bump Faithful by Alice Hoffman The farm by Joanne Ramos The female persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Fleishman is in trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fight Night by Miriam Toews The four winds by Kristin Hannah The fruit of the drunken tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Halfbreed by Maria Campbell Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead The heart’s invisible furies by John Boyne The Heaven & Earth grocery store by James McBride The heaviness of things that float by Jennifer Manuel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi How to pronounce knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa Hum if you don’t know the words by Bianca Marais Hundreds and thousands by Emily Carr The huntress by Kate Quinn I am, I am, I am by Maggie O’Farrell Inland by Tea Obreht The innocents by Michael Crummey Killers of the flower moon by David Grann A ladder to the sky by John Boyne The Librarian of Burned books by Brianna Labuskes The library book by Susan Orlean The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama The lost man by Jane Harper The map of salt and stars by Zeyn Joukhadar The midnight library by Matt Haig Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway The porpoise by Mark Haddon The pull of the stars by Emma Douoghue Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson Rough magic by Lara Prior-Palmer Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel The serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by Robin Wall Kimmerer The skin we’re in by Desmond Cole The Sleeping Car Porter by Mayr, Suzette Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende Starlight by Richard Wagamese Strangers by Vermette, Katherena The testaments by Margaret Atwood There there by Tommy Orange Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Tom's Story: my 16 year friendship with a homeless man by Jo-Ann Oosterman A traveler at the gates of wisdom by John Boyne The underground railroad by Colson Whitehead The unlikely redemption by Lesley Choyce Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Washington Black by Esi Edugyan What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens The Woefield Poeltry Collective by Susan Juby A woman is no man by Etaf Rum The women by Kristin Hannah The world that we knew by Alice Hoffman Writers & lovers by Lily King Yellowface by R.F. Kuang You will be safe here by Damian Barr.
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy My Friends by Fredrik Backman Is a River Alive? by Robert McFarlane Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice -------------------------------- Albatross by Terry Fallis The Art Thief: a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel At the wolf’s table by Rosella Postorino Becoming by Michelle Obama The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer A burning by Megha Majumdar The butterfly girl by Rene Denfeld The child finder by Rene Denfeld Circe by Madeline Miller The company we keep by Frances Itani Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams The Dutch house by Ann Patchett Educated by Tara Westover Everywhere you don’t belong by Gabriel Bump Faithful by Alice Hoffman The farm by Joanne Ramos The female persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Fleishman is in trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fight Night by Miriam Toews The four winds by Kristin Hannah The fruit of the drunken tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Halfbreed by Maria Campbell Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead The heart’s invisible furies by John Boyne The Heaven & Earth grocery store by James McBride The heaviness of things that float by Jennifer Manuel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi How to pronounce knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa Hum if you don’t know the words by Bianca Marais Hundreds and thousands by Emily Carr The huntress by Kate Quinn I am, I am, I am by Maggie O’Farrell Inland by Tea Obreht The innocents by Michael Crummey Killers of the flower moon by David Grann A ladder to the sky by John Boyne The Librarian of Burned books by Brianna Labuskes The library book by Susan Orlean The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama The lost man by Jane Harper The map of salt and stars by Zeyn Joukhadar The midnight library by Matt Haig Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway The porpoise by Mark Haddon The pull of the stars by Emma Douoghue Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson Rough magic by Lara Prior-Palmer Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel The serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by Robin Wall Kimmerer The skin we’re in by Desmond Cole The Sleeping Car Porter by Mayr, Suzette Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende Starlight by Richard Wagamese Strangers by Vermette, Katherena The testaments by Margaret Atwood There there by Tommy Orange Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Tom's Story: my 16 year friendship with a homeless man by Jo-Ann Oosterman A traveler at the gates of wisdom by John Boyne The underground railroad by Colson Whitehead The unlikely redemption by Lesley Choyce Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Washington Black by Esi Edugyan What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens The Woefield Poeltry Collective by Susan Juby A woman is no man by Etaf Rum The women by Kristin Hannah The world that we knew by Alice Hoffman Writers & lovers by Lily King Yellowface by R.F. Kuang You will be safe here by Damian Barr.

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The impossible fortune : Thursday murder club #5 /

Osman, Richard.


"Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang's next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable--something worth killing for. Joyce's daughter, Joanna, jumps into the fray to help the gang as they seek answers: Has someone kidnapped Nick? And what's this uncrackable code they keep hearing about? Plunged back into action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time?"--
Date Published:2025

"Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang's next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable--something worth killing for. Joyce's daughter, Joanna, jumps into the fray to help the gang as they seek answers: Has someone kidnapped Nick? And what's this uncrackable code they keep hearing about? Plunged back into action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time?"--

Date Published:2025

The killing stones : Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves #1 /

Cleeves, Ann.


When a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie was a popular, larger-than-life character, and his death is a shocking blow to the community. Detective Jimmy Perez, no stranger to the complexity of human nature and the darkness it can harbour, is soon on the scene. He counted Archie as a childhood friend, so this case is more personal than most. Now living in Orkney with his partner, Willow, and their son, Perez is soon drawn into the lives of the islanders, many of whom hold secrets. Dark secrets, which could have led to the man's murder. Here, in these ancient lands where history runs deep, Perez must discern the truth from legend before a desperate killer strikes again.
Date Published:2025

When a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie was a popular, larger-than-life character, and his death is a shocking blow to the community. Detective Jimmy Perez, no stranger to the complexity of human nature and the darkness it can harbour, is soon on the scene. He counted Archie as a childhood friend, so this case is more personal than most. Now living in Orkney with his partner, Willow, and their son, Perez is soon drawn into the lives of the islanders, many of whom hold secrets. Dark secrets, which could have led to the man's murder. Here, in these ancient lands where history runs deep, Perez must discern the truth from legend before a desperate killer strikes again.

Date Published:2025

The black wolf : an Inspector Gamache novel #20 /

Penny, Louise.


Illustration on endpapers. "Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning... In a dry and parched land where there is no water. Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government. From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike"--
Date Published:2025

Date Published:2025

The river is waiting : a novel /

Lamb, Wally.


Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that's before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother's enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?
Date Published:2025

Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that's before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother's enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?

Date Published:2025

Queen Esther : a novel /

Irving, John.


Includes discussion questions. Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board a ship from Bremerhaven to Portland, Maine, and anti-Semites murder her mother in Portland. In St. Cloud's, it's clear to Dr. Larch, the orphanage physician and director, that the abandoned child not only knows she's Jewish, but she's familiar with the biblical Queen Esther she was named for. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther, he doubts he'll find any family to adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, soon to become a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic family with a history of providing for unadopted orphans. The Winslows aren't Jewish, but they detest anti-Semitism and similar prejudice. Esther's gratitude to the Winslows is unending. As she retraces her steps to her birth city, Esther keeps loving and protecting the Winslows--even in Vienna. The final chapter of this historical novel is set in Jerusalem in 1981, when Esther is seventy-six.
Date Published:2025

Includes discussion questions. Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board a ship from Bremerhaven to Portland, Maine, and anti-Semites murder her mother in Portland. In St. Cloud's, it's clear to Dr. Larch, the orphanage physician and director, that the abandoned child not only knows she's Jewish, but she's familiar with the biblical Queen Esther she was named for. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther, he doubts he'll find any family to adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, soon to become a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic family with a history of providing for unadopted orphans. The Winslows aren't Jewish, but they detest anti-Semitism and similar prejudice. Esther's gratitude to the Winslows is unending. As she retraces her steps to her birth city, Esther keeps loving and protecting the Winslows--even in Vienna. The final chapter of this historical novel is set in Jerusalem in 1981, when Esther is seventy-six.

Date Published:2025

Chromebook


chromebooks. 1 laptop, 1 case, 1 dongle and 1 charging cord.
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The Paris express : a novel /

Donoghue, Emma.


A taut and suspenseful historical novel that reimagines an 1895 French railway disaster, an event famously documented in dramatic photographs. Set over a single day, as the morning train travels from the Normandy coast to Paris, men, women and children take their seats in the passenger cars, which are divided by wealth and status. Among the passengers is an anarchist intent on destruction, a young boy travelling alone, a pregnant woman fleeing her home village for the anonymity of the big city, a medical student who suspects a girl may have a fatal disease, and the railway men, devoted to the train, to the company and to each other.
Date Published:2025

A taut and suspenseful historical novel that reimagines an 1895 French railway disaster, an event famously documented in dramatic photographs. Set over a single day, as the morning train travels from the Normandy coast to Paris, men, women and children take their seats in the passenger cars, which are divided by wealth and status. Among the passengers is an anarchist intent on destruction, a young boy travelling alone, a pregnant woman fleeing her home village for the anonymity of the big city, a medical student who suspects a girl may have a fatal disease, and the railway men, devoted to the train, to the company and to each other.

Date Published:2025

Atmosphere : a love story /

Reid, Taylor Jenkins.


Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. She is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, easygoing even when the stakes are high; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As they become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.
Date Published:2025

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. She is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, easygoing even when the stakes are high; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As they become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

Date Published:2025

The first time I saw him : Hannah Hall #2 /

Dave, Laura.


Sequel to: The last thing he told me. "How far would you go for a second chance? Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety--and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance."--
Date Published:2026

Sequel to: The last thing he told me. "How far would you go for a second chance? Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety--and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance."--

Date Published:2026