Langley-Adams Library Recommendations

" In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it’s too late?  " (Goodreads.com) This is one of the best books I have read this whole pandemic. It is clever and entertaining! Best of all, it is...a murder mystery! Sue Nakanishi Adult Services & Outreach Coordinator Available at the Langley-Adams Library 

" We Came Here to Shine" by Susie Orman  is a historical fiction that takes place during the 1939 New York World's Fair.  Struggling actress Vivi gets assigned (by her studio head for whom she is under contract with) to replace the lead in the famous Aquacade (a dazzling synchronized swimming show) along-side Gold Medal Olympian and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller. College student Max, majoring in journalism, gets assigned by her professor to a summer internship at the World's Fair's to write for the fair's daily paper -instead of at the New York Times as she'd hoped. Neither Vivi nor Maz are thrilled by their assignments. Luckily, these two happen to meet and form a friendship. I did a zoom program with this author and learned how much research she put into this book. Alot of true events were included in her fictional tale-which made this an interesting story. Sue Nakanishi Adult Services & Outreach Coordinator Available at the Langley-Adams Library