Tuesday, July 21st marks the last program of our Summer Reading Event at the Library, and this date will once again speak of heroes, but heroes of our imagination. In the past the various programs have been devoted to heroes in the bay, those in the wildlife and in our own County. Kids and Mothers: all reading logs are due in our Library by Saturday, July 18th; see our Librarian, Miss Shirley for more details. And the Awards Ceremony with the party too will be Tuesday, July 28th. Hope to see you all there.
15 SECONDS by Andrew Gross is one of his most compelling books featuring a plastic surgeon from Ft. Lauderdale Florida, who arrives in Jacksonville to speak at a conference and then suddenly is arrested by the local police. As one shattering event follows another that morning, Henry Steadman then turns to a friend, a local attorney, for help. However, arriving at his home, Steadman discovers his friend has been murdered. And, then he suddenly realizes that he is being set up for some unknown reason in that unbelievable day of hell.
Andrew Grossman is a former co-writer with James Patterson, and has developed a style of writing similar to that of Patterson’s. His technique uses conversation and short sentences that totally intrigue the reader. This plot never slows down, and the book will keep you reading it for hours and hours.
WOMAN WITH A GUN by Phillip Margolin is an author that writes about what he knows; he is a former criminal defense attorney from Portland, Oregon, and the plots of his books reflect this. Additionally, this author has a very unusual twist to the plots of all his books; as you read them, you are certain that you know how they will end. But each time you are surprised. And he doesn’t fail with this book.
The photograph on the cover of the book is from an actual photo that the author found in the restroom of Palmer’s Village Café in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Mr. Margolin became so impressed and intrigued with the photograph that he made arrangements to buy it, and thence came the idea for this book.
A photographer discovers on the beach a woman standing, facing the water while holding a gun behind her. Immediately stopping, the photographer quickly takes the picture of this woman from behind as she looks into the sea. And then the photographer becomes enraptured with the potential story of this woman, clad in her wedding dress, who seems to be paralyzed with her sight of the sea.
Ten years later a would-be novelist discovers this picture at a showing of the photographs in New York City, and becomes obsessed with the story behind the picture, and the accompanying mystery of a woman who has been accused of shooting her husband on their wedding night.
And then, Margolin, as the master story teller, takes over and deeply involves the reader in the plot of his book. And dazzles the reader with the ending.
“When An Old Person Dies, A Library Burns Down!”
Karen Gillespie
And we certainly don’t want our Library to burn down!
