Author Archives: Walpole Town Library

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter

“New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see coming A mysterious kidnapping On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants inContinue reading “The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter”

The Warehouse by Rob Hart

“On the surface, The Warehouse is a thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find a terrifying cautionary tale of the nightmare world we are making for ourselves.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter “Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place toContinue reading “The Warehouse by Rob Hart”

Bitterroots by C.J. Box

“A riveting new novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. The ties that bind can burn you. Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She’s her own boss and answers to no one, and that’s just the way she likes it afterContinue reading “Bitterroots by C.J. Box”

The Knowledge Gap: The hidden cause of America’s broken education system–and how to fix it

“The untold story of the root cause of America’s education crisis–and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country’s frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. TheContinue reading “The Knowledge Gap: The hidden cause of America’s broken education system–and how to fix it”

We Are All Good People Here by Susan Rebecca White

“From the author of A Place at the Table and A Soft Place to Land, an “intense, complex, and wholly immersive” (Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author) multigenerational novel that explores the complex relationship between two very different women and the secrets they bequeath to their daughters. Eve Whalen, privileged child of an old-money Atlanta family, meets Daniella GoldContinue reading “We Are All Good People Here by Susan Rebecca White”

Say Say Say by Lila Savage

“A gem of a book . . . lyrical, tender, and profoundly insightful.”–Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone “A beautiful, bracingly honest debut novel about the triangle formed between a young woman and the couple whose life she enters one transformative year: a story about love and compassion, the fluidity of desire, and theContinue reading “Say Say Say by Lila Savage”

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

“From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about courage, hope, and learning to love against all odds. Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen her fair share of them, and she’s a totalContinue reading “Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center”

The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

A teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war—with deadly consequences—in this dark and provocative novel by the bestselling author of The Passenger “Suspenseful and utterly riveting!”—Tess Gerritsen “When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her creative writing assignmentsContinue reading “The Swallows by Lisa Lutz”

Inland by Tea Obreht

The New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife returns with “a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West” (Entertainment Weekly).   “In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfold. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life—her husband, who has gone in searchContinue reading “Inland by Tea Obreht”