My Salinger year

While working for literary agent Phyllis Westberg, aspiring writer Joanna Rakoff receives personal advice from reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

The night she disappeared : a novel —Jewell, Lisa, author.

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a char...

An image in the lake —Bowen, Gail, 1942- author.

PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE UNLOCKING SEASON, ISBN 9781770415287. In this 20th entry of the 'Joanne Kilbourn' series, Joanne and Zack are savouring the last lazy days of summer. But when a charismatic young woman wearin...

By the book —Guillory, Jasmine, author.

"Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. Overworke...

Camino winds : a novel —Grisham, John, author.

"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham returns to Camino Island in this irresistible page-turner that's as refreshing as an island breeze. In Camino Winds, mystery and intrigue once again catch up with noveli...

Another kind of Eden —Burke, James Lee, 1936- author.

A "tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s"-- Provided by publisher.

The best of us —Carr, Robyn, author.

Dr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado. It is a much-needed change of pace from her stressful life in Chicago. The only drawback is she misses her Aunt Helen, the woman who raised her. But it'...

The house on Olive Street —Carr, Robyn, author.

Sable: her bestselling novels have made her a star, but the woman who has everything has a past she is desperate to hide. Elly: an intellectual who has hidden herself within the walls of academia, afraid to admit she is ...

Camino winds a novel —Grisham, John.

Just as Bruce Cable's Bay Books is preparing for the return of author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island... The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are lev...

Magpie murders —Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.

"When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, sh...

The girl who could breathe under water : a novel —Bartels, Erin, 1980- author.

Kendra's first novel was a huge success, but now she's on a deadline and cannot write a thing. Her attention is consumed with a letter from an anonymous reader, who seems to know exactly how much Kendra's novel was based...

The night she disappeared : a novel —Jewell, Lisa, author.

On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on t...

Call me by your name —Aciman, André.

Seventeen-year-old Elio finds himself powerfully attracted to Oliver, a young American, and the two young men soon fall into a romantic and sexual relationship that influences their lives. The plot contains sexually exp...

The thirteenth tale —Setterfield, Diane, author.

"Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father's antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of Britain|́|s most prolific and well-loved nove...

A line to kill : a novel —Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.

"When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don't expect to f...

The best of us —Carr, Robyn, author.

Dr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado. It is a much-needed change of pace from her stressful life in Chicago. The only drawback is she misses her Aunt Helen, the woman who raised her. But it'...

The Store —Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Whenever you come around —Hatcher, Robin Lee.

"Just when Charity's wild imagination failed her, a flesh-and-blood hero walked into her life. Best-selling author Charity Anderson returns to her hometown of Kings Meadow to defeat a bad case of writer's block. She imag...

1Q84 : a novel —Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

In Tokyo, 1984, a young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion to notice puzzling discrepencies in the world around her and realizes she has entered a parallel existence. She calls it 1Q84 - the ...

A murder like no author : a Main Street book club mystery —Lillard, Amy, author.

"Bookstore owner Arlo and her Friday Night Book Club sleuths are going to have to read between the lines to solve this mystery! It's movie time in Sugar Springs and the whole town is pitching together to get the historic...