<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for avlocation:"Kiosk at Civic Community Centre"]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for avlocation:"Kiosk at Civic Community Centre"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/oshlib/rss/search?query=avlocation%3A%22Kiosk%20at%20Civic%20Community%20Centre%22&amp;searchType=bl&amp;custom_edit=false&amp;suppress=true&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:23:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Widow]]></title><description><![CDATA["#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he's back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name. Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder. Simon knows he's innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer ... "-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645343</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645343</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grisham, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645343141</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593669907/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Astral Library]]></title><description><![CDATA['The Astral Library' is a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653349</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653349</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Quinn, Kate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653349141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063479753/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Stone]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Judge Mary Stone's courtroom, a person has to take a stand. In Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), Judge Mary Stone is a local celebrity. Born a farmer's daughter in a town where dogwoods bloom every spring and churches rise on every street corner, Judge Mary Stone holds her courtroom to the highest standard in the land. Do the right thing, or don't do it at all. Then she draws the biggest case Alabama has ever seen. Criminally, it's open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it's a choice between life and death. As she fights to determine the wisest course, Judge Stone will make history-or die trying"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653455</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653455</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Davis, Viola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653455141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316579834/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Not What You Think]]></title><description><![CDATA["You think you know the people you love. Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She's been here before. You think you know who you can trust. When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he's lying. He's with another woman, and she's determined to catch him in the act. You think you know how the story ends. But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can't explain himself. The house has become a crime scene ... Jamie is dead. It's not what you think."--Back cover.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653501</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653501</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mackintosh, Clare]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653501141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008742591/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strangers in the Villa]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sydney Lowe's life in New York is shattered when her husband, Curtis, admits to a meaningless affair with a client. Begging for forgiveness and vowing to prove his devotion, Curtis suggests the couple retreat to a remote hilltop house in Spain to repair their marriage. High above the Mediterranean, Sydney and Curtis are working on the isolated property and their relationship when a pair of Australian travelers turns up at their door in dire need of help. Lonely for companionship and desperate for free labor, Sydney and Curtis invite the attractive young couple to stay. But as the days pass, dark secrets come to light, the Lowes' bond is tested, and not everyone will leave the villa alive"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653648</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653648</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harding, Robyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653648141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538774007/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeper of Lost Children]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GIs Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes. Philadelphia born Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Mannheim, Germany, he meets a local woman, Jelka, and the two embark of a relationship that will impact their lives forever. In 1965 Maryland, Sophia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all-white boarding school and escape her heartless parents. While at the school, she discovers a secret that upends her world and sends her on a quest to unravel her own identity."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653507</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653507</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnson, Sadeqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653507141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668069912/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nash Falls]]></title><description><![CDATA["Walter Nash is a sensitive, intelligent and kindhearted man. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family. However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father's funeral, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They have an important request: become their inside man to expose an enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through Sybaritic. At the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for years. Nash has little choice but to accept the FBI's demands and try to bring Steers and her partners to justice. But when Steers discovers that Nash is working with the FBI, she turns the tables on him in a way he never could have contemplated. And that forces Nash to take the ultimate step both to survive and to take his revenge: He must become the exact opposite of who he has always been. And even that may not be enough"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C640348</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C640348</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Baldacci, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/640348141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538757987/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA["The long-awaited memoir of one of the most lauded and influential writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in Northern Ontario, through the writing of her seminal novel The Handmaid's Tale in occupied East Berlin, to her position today as revered truth-teller and literary icon. From the moment she published her first collection of poetry in 1966 -- sweeping up our most prestigious literary award while still a graduate student in Victorian literature at Harvard -- Margaret Atwood has been ahead of her time. Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents (her father was a forest entomologist, her mother a former schoolteacher), Atwood spent half of every year in the deep forests of Quebec, living in tents or in houses hand-hewn by her father. Thrilling and unfettered, it was also isolating (on celebrating her eighth birthday: "It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.") and occasionally terrifying (alone for days with a 42-year-old pregnant mother, with no means of transportation or communication). From this unconventional origin, Atwood unspools her life story, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped the literary landscapes of our time, from the cruel year that spawned Cat's Eye to the Orwellian 1980s of Berlin, where conversations between writers were quickly ushered outdoors to evade the listening devices in any Westerner's home or hotel room. Chronicling oddball early jobs (teaching English to engineering students in a Quonset hut), a faltering early marriage, the bohemian gatherings and literary infighting of a generation of writers finding their voice, to her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and their only daughter, Atwood shares the stories, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes machinations, and turning points that have made her one of the most important writers of her era"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C638897</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C638897</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Atwood, Margaret]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/638897141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Sorts</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771096433/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Impossible Fortune]]></title><description><![CDATA["The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645306</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645306</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Osman, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645306141</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217168934/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Wolf]]></title><description><![CDATA["The 20th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning ... In a dry and parched land where there is no water. Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government. From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C638281</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C638281</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Penny, Louise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/638281141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250328175/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Cruise to Die for]]></title><description><![CDATA[Special Agent Chloe McMurray has been asked to do many things in the name of her job. Going undercover on a cruise ship leaving from her home port of Miami, however, is a new one. Not only that, but she's tasked with posing as the wife of her federal counterpart, Special Agent Wesley Law. Their investigation? A string of murders and suicides across three states that seem unrelated, until they uncover a deadly technological connection. Every victim was an expert in technology and had some connection to Milestones, a megacorporation with ties to many industries ... including the cruise industry. Chloe and Wesley must successfully go undercover as tech employees on the ship hosting the ten-year anniversary of the Milestones cruise company. A tough ask when the two have never met before. They'll infiltrate the technology events, investigate their fellow passengers and try to uncover what's really going on. However, danger is never far behind. Their killer can use tech to do the job without lifting a finger, and at sea, there's no escape if their covers are blown.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653386</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653386</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653386141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780778305804/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA["New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins is back with a thrilling new gothic suspense set in a Gulf Coast beach motel where hurricane season can be murder. St. Medard's Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that's survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of the murder of her lover, political scion Landon Fitzroy, during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When Geneva Corliss, the current owner of the Rosalie Inn, hears a writer is coming to town to research the crime that put St. Medard's Bay on the map, she's less interested in solving a whodunnit than in how a successful true crime book might help the struggling inn's bottom line. But to her surprise, August Fletcher doesn't come to St. Medard's Bay alone. With him is none other than Lo Bailey herself. Lo says she's returned to her hometown to clear her name once and for all, but the closer Geneva gets to both Lo and August, the more she wonders if Lo is actually back to settle old scores. As the summer heats up and another monster storm begins twisting its way towards St. Medard's Bay, Geneva learns that some people can be just as destructive-and as deadly-as any hurricane, and that the truth of what happened to Landon Fitzroy may not be the only secret Lo is keeping ... "-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653644</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653644</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hawkins, Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653644141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250341884/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Invisible Woman]]></title><description><![CDATA["Elinor Gilbert is the Invisible Woman--but not the kind who can walk through walls. Former special agent Elinor Gilbert has disappeared from law enforcement. She hasn't been on a case in years--until her old FBI boss offers a special surveillance detail. The target: An art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime. The location: A ritzy New York mansion. The assignment: An undercover gig ... as a grandmotherly live-in nanny. Elinor is torn. Detective work comes naturally to her. Babysitting (kiddies and canines) does not. But as she investigates, Elinor discovers why a person living in the shadows might want to reappear. Part crime thriller, part hilarious social satire, The Invisible Woman is the story of a sleuth in search of herself"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653496</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653496</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patterson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653496141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316587075/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Son of Nobody]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from two commoners: an ancient soldier and modern scholar. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were not the only ancient tales of the Trojan War-there were others, now vanished but for echoes and fragments, in what is known as the Epic Cycle. In Son of Nobody, Yann Martel imagines one such tale, the Psoad, an epic that follows a goatherd's son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight at Troy. Psoas meets his doom, and the poem of his life is lost-until a Canadian academic studying at Oxford, Harlow Donne, discovers its relics thirty centuries later. As Donne assembles and comments on the fragments in footnotes, he retrieves memories of his wife and daughter, and grapples with questions of ambition, family, and responsibility in both the ancient and modern worlds. Son of Nobody upends the regal perspective of traditional epics and shows that "the past is never done with, that always there are parallels and returns and repetitions, always the song continues.""-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C649664</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C649664</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martel, Yann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/649664141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039001503/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Proving Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA["Following his "resurrection walk" and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. Representing the victim's family, Mickey's case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy, who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. McEvoy's digging ultimate delivers the key witness, a whistleblower who has been too afraid to speak up. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake. It is said that machines became smarter than humans on the day in 1997 that IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov with a gambit called "the knight's sacrifice." Haller will take a similar gambit in court to defeat the mega forces of the AI industry lined up against him and his clients"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643896</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643896</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connelly, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643896141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316563826/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once and Again]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lauren has spent a lot of her life waiting. She spent her childhood on her surfboard, waiting to catch the perfect wave. She waited a long time for her husband Leo. Now she and Leo are together waiting for those two lines on a pregnancy test that will tell Lauren she's finally pregnant. But many women wait for those things. Lauren has also spent her life waiting to use the gift that only the women in her family have: the opportunity, just once, to turn back time and reverse a bad decision, or a moment of catastrophic luck. When Lauren was fifteen, her mother Marcella reversed the car crash that killed Lauren's father, and ever since then, both Marcella and Lauren have been extra cautious around Dave, and perhaps extra brittle with each other. Even though Dave is alive and healthy, and out on the Malibu waves every day. Lauren and Leo's marriage has been rock-steady for the three years they've been married, but their fertility journey is starting to wear on both of them. When Leo takes a six-week job in New York, Lauren temporarily moves back to her childhood house. She'll spend time with her dad, spend time on the water, and try not think about the relationship with her mother she wishes she had. What Lauren doesn't expect is to run into the love of her youth: fellow surfer Stone, back home for the first time in ten years. Since he left and broke Lauren's heart. Now Lauren's thinking about all the choices that have brought her to this moment in her life - and wondering if one of them should be undone. A wise and luminous novel about mothers and daughters, the complexity of marriage, and the choices we make that come to define our lives, ONCE AND AGAIN is Rebecca Serle at her finest"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653575</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C653575</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Serle, Rebecca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/653575141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668025918/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Color of Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the unexpected death of her beloved husband, art gallery owner Samantha Thompson finds herself adrift in their Malibu beach house. Her three adult children ... scattered from New York to London to Milan ... are concerned for her well-being and encourage her to take a trip to Paris. Once abroad, an impulsive day trip from Paris to Biarritz leads Samantha to discover the charming medieval village of Arcangues in the Basque countryside, with its unique and iconic blue shutters and historic château. The château is the ancestral home of Xavier de Bonport, who is trapped in a loveless marriage and trying to dig himself out financially after a business failed due to the pandemic. He needs rental income as urgently as Samantha needs a refuge. With Xavier living in a smaller house on the property, Samantha begins to transform the château into a temporary home. As they each sense compassion and resilience in the other, as well as kindness, a friendship blossoms. Inspired by the stories of Xavier's grandmother, who saved hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, Samantha considers fostering some children at the request of the local Dominican nuns, whose orphanage is filled to capacity. As a newfound family begins to fill the château, Samantha and Xavier wonder if their friendship is becoming something more.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643968</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643968</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steel, Danielle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643968141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593498828/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil's Daughter]]></title><description><![CDATA["Graduating magna cum laude from MIT is the happiest day of Billie Banks's life, although her family is not part of it. Her mother, who always supported her, died when Billie was seventeen. Since then, her father has been slowly drinking himself to death on the family farm in Iowa, and she and her younger sister, Mickie, have grown even more estranged. Growing up, the siblings could not have been more different. Billie was shy, small, bookish, more like their mother; tall, blond Mickie was boldly sexual, craving attention, and lacking empathy for anyone, like their father. Despite Billie's attempts to look after Mickie following their mother's death, her sister consistently treated her with cruelty. So when Mickie invites Billie to move in with her in Los Angeles, Billie is both wary and hopeful. Taking a leap of faith, she joins her sister on the West Coast. While Mickie lands a questionable modeling job and falls in with a fast crowd, Billie begins working at a pathology lab and starts dating a warm, supportive reporter at the Los Angeles Times. But then the siblings' difficult history once again rises to the surface. This gripping story of a sisterly bond strained to the breaking point by narcissism and temptation is an unforgettable tale of good and evil from Danielle Steel"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C644221</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C644221</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steel, Danielle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/644221141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593498859/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seven Rings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house -- a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings. And now, to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all, a difficult task must be completed. After Sonya, her boyfriend, Trey, and their friends are forced to hear, see -- and feel -- the suffering of the house's many ghosts as their torment is reenacted by the evil presence, their bond only strengthens and their anger is renewed. Refusing to let her spirit be broken, Sonya searches each room for clues to her ancestors' hidden story, putting the picture together, unearthing small treasures, and uncovering the moments of joy that existed among the sorrows. She's determined to bring light to this haunted place -- to fill it with people, with life and hope, once again. But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover, to come at her in frightening forms. They may be illusions -- but illusions can be powerful enough to wound and kill. She feeds on fear, and lies are her weapon. This dark-hearted witch wants to be mistress of Poole Manor, at any cost. And Sonya will need to fight a battle across two realms to finally take possession of the house on the clifftop -- and of her own future....]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643904</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643904</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roberts, Nora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643904141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250288790/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Return of the Spider]]></title><description><![CDATA["The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry: Detective Alex Cross; the "human superhero" (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter" (Lexington Herald-Leader). But that wasn't their first meeting ... Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made as a rookie homicide detective. Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face ... the Return of the Spider."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645326</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patterson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645326141</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316596985/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone Before Goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA["Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself."-- Back cover.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C644018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C644018</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Witherspoon, Reese]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/644018141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538774700/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exit Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA["First--a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. Second--a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climates. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. Third--wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more ... "-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643878</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643878</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Child, Lee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643878141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593725849/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hallmarked Man]]></title><description><![CDATA["A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber -- but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is Decima Mullins, who calls on the help of private detective Cormoran Strike as she's certain the body in the silver vault was that of her boyfriend -- the father of her newborn baby -- who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. The more Strike and his business partner Robin Ellacott delve into the case, the more labyrinthine it gets. The silver shop is no ordinary one: it's located beside Freemasons' Hall and specializes in Masonic silverware. And in addition to the armed robber and Decima's boyfriend, it becomes clear that there are other missing men who could fit the profile of the body in the vault. As the case becomes ever more complicated and dangerous, Strike faces another quandary. Robin seems increasingly committed to her boyfriend, policeman Ryan Murphy, but the impulse to declare his own feelings for her is becoming stronger than ever."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645304</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645304</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Galbraith, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645304141</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316596947/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Return of the Spider]]></title><description><![CDATA["The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry: Detective Alex Cross; the "human superhero" (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter" (Lexington Herald-Leader). But that wasn't their first meeting ... Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made as a rookie homicide detective. Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face ... the Return of the Spider."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643899</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C643899</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patterson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643899141</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316569569/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone Before Goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA["Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself"-- Back cover.]]></description><link>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645302</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S141C645302</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Witherspoon, Reese]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://oshlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645302141</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538775158/MC.GIF&amp;client=oshawapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>