Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things in General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. With a family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when […]
A humorous and engaging novel that follows a struggling single mother and novelist who is mistakenly identified as a contract killer, leading her into a chaotic and comedic adventure.
A historical fiction novel about four sisters in an Italian Catholic family in Chicago; two sisters fall in love with the same man, causing the family to split apart for 25 years.
Tisaanah, a former slave fighting for justice and the reclusive warrior, Maxantarius Farlione, who no longer believes it exists, are under the dark magic of the Orders, the most powerful organization of magic Wielders in the world. The bloody past Maxantarius wants to forget just may be the key to Tisaanah’s future... or the downfall […]
The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave.
Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
Freya, a shield maiden blessed by the gods, battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in this Norse-inspired fantasy romance.
Forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and […]
The book follows Grady Green, a once-successful author who retreats to a remote Scottish island after his wife Abby's disappearance, only to encounter unsettling events and a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love. Join Kiela the librarian and her assistant, Caz the sentient spider plant, as they navigate the low stakes market of illegal spellmaking and the high-risk business of starting over.
A sequence of strange events and a murder propel Chief Inspector Gamache toward a terrible realization. Something more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. Gamache and his team can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear as friends.
The first novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy portrays a fictional past, present, and future wherein Earth encounters an alien civilization. The extraterrestrials hail from a nearby system of three Sun-like stars orbiting one another, a representative example of the three-body problem in orbital mechanics.