What we're reading in May 2012
Ever wonder what the folks who work at a mystery bookstore like to read? Well, here's your answer. Each month we ask everyone here to pick a book, current or older, that they truly enjoyed and are enthusiastic about. Of course, if you visited the store, we'd tell you directly what we like but for those of you who can't come see us, this is the next best thing. Our special thanks to Judi for pulling this feature together and to all the staff who contributed their picks.
Presented here are the picks for this month, an archive of earlier months is available from the menu at the left.
What Mary Alice is reading
The Night Circus is a simply wonderful book that will sweep you away with gorgeous prose, fantastic imagery and tangible memories in black and white and sweeping Technicolor. This is a once in a lifetime read that everyone should experience to awake and play with the sensory charms of book loving. As appropriate for the 12 year old as the 112 year old reader, do spread the magic and send to friend and family too. Did you figure out that Richard and Mary Alice just loved this book-----and so did many of our young and adult friends!
 Also available as an eBook
What Lynne is reading
Jane K. Cleland is a favorite author whose specialty is antiques and Dolled Up for Murder is the seventh stellar entry for New Hampshire’s Josie Prescott. Whoever would have guessed that a collection of dolls would precipitate murder, though? Cleland has outdone herself here, weaving a plot that will absorb readers until the very end of the book.
Also available as an eBook
What Margo is reading
John Hart’s done it again. Iron House is one powerful thriller! Two brothers, growing up in an orphanage, are split up with one becoming an important mob figure and the other the adopted son of a U.S. senator. United years later, their past begins to catch up with both of them. Riveting, fast-paced, and unforgettable.
Also available as an eBook
What Judi is reading
Arnaldur Indridason’s Operation Napoleon, a gripping tale of a major US WWII secret frozen in the glacial ice. When a long-missing bomber is found, both German and American soldiers are on board. The attempts to both remove it and keep secret its very existence puts many lives at risk. A thriller!
Also available as an eBook
What Richard is reading
We don’t carry much true crime at MLB but I had to make an exception for Midnight in Peking, an amazing work of history by Paul French. It tells the tale of the murder of Pamela Werner in Peking in 1937. The setting alone is astonishing as British and European colonial remnants hang on in a city surrounded by the Japanese and where the Chinese government has already fled. Pamela was the daughter of a prominent English scholar and her murder shocked the community and set off a massive investigation that solved nothing. French provides his own, convincing answers in this fascinating book.
Also available as an eBook
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