Staff Picks for Adult CD Fiction

A Cool Breeze on the Underground

Why is it a pick?

The luckiest event in 11 year old Neil Carey’s life occurs when he is caught pick pocketing. Grown-up Neil attends college, and has a very unusual job. He helps people out of trouble.

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Adult CD Fiction

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Susana

Why is it a pick?

The aftermath of WWI still haunts a small village where Maisie Dobbs is investigating a series of suspicious fires.

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Adult CD Fiction

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Susana

Why is it a pick?

A law professor’s first time visit to a prison completely changes her life.

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Adult CD Fiction

Picked by

Susana

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Why is it a pick?

This is an engrossing and touching story of a Chinese son who lives in Seattle during World War II. He loves jazz and his best friend Keiko who is Japanese-American. As an adult he discovers a number of possessions of evacuated Japanese internees have been found in a hotel, it brings up many memories of being a person of Asian descent during those days.

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Adult CD Fiction

Picked by

Diane

Open and Shut

Why is it a pick?

The first title in the Andy Carpenter mystery series. The wisecracking attorney is left speechless when he inherits millions and discovers a family secret.

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Adult CD Fiction

Picked by

Susana

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Why is it a pick?

The first Hercule Poirot mystery explains his arrival in England.

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Adult CD Fiction

Picked by

Susana

The Second Objective

Why is it a pick?

Historical fiction based on a real life event during WWII. After the D-Day landing the Nazis go behind Allied lines disguised as GIs in a last attempt to win the war.