Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season to be hermits for many of us this year, but we’ll muddle through somehow. In the meantime, isn’t it wonderful we have books to keep us company? We’ve selected six this month to keep you and your book club buzzing right through to the new year.
- The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan — A baby is kidnapped, a witness has amnesia, there’s something amiss at the fertility clinic and the local body count is growing in this second novel of the Detective Josie Quinn series.
- Snatch 2&20 by Luke E. Fellows — The swamps of Wall Street and Silicon Valley collide in this satiric fictional memoir parodying the author’s past life as a hedge fund manager. Selling one’s soul has never been such slimy business.
- The Second Mother by Jenny Milchman — A woman takes a teaching position on an island off the coast of Maine, but her sense of refuge begins to take on a sinister air once she gets to know the inhabitants.
- The Road King Chronicles: Blue Ridge Run by Harry Harrigan — Master Sergeant Roman Keane just wants to retire and see the country on his motorcycle. A chance encounter with a suspiciously bloodied vehicle has other plans for him.
- Synchronicities on the Avenue of the Saints by Deborah Gaal — A bipolar scientist is roped into taking an experimental drug that begins to steal his mind, then his life. Can he and a colorful crew of odd compatriots stop its worldwide launch?
- EO-N by David Mason — The discovery of a WWII airplane buried under a Norwegian glacier sets off a riveting journey from the destruction and cruelty of war to the relentless pressures of contemporary corporate greed.
Learn more about these discussion-worthy reads on our December Book Club Network page. Not a member of our Network? Find out how your book club can receive a free copy of each of our monthly picks here.
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