Serving the High Plains

On the shelves - Aug. 29

The following books are available from the Tucumcari Public Library. For information call 461-0295.

Fiction

"Black List," by Brad Thor. If the counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath can discover who targeted him for death, he can prevent a terrorist attack.

"I, Michael Bennett," by James Patterson. A New York detective takes refuge with his 10 children in an upstate cabin.

"Backfire," by Catherine Coulter. The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock investigate the murder of a judge.

"The Fallen Angel," by Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service discovers a global criminal enterprise behind a murder at the Vatican.

"Shadow of Night," by Deborah Harkness. An Oxford scholar/witch and a vampire geneticist pursue history secrets and each other in Elizabethan London.

"Criminal" by Karin Slaughter. Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his supervisor, Amanda Wagner, confront mysteries from the past.

Non Fiction

"Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. A tour of America's sacrifice zones it most exploited rural and urban areas, by an investigative reporter and a cartoonist.

"Cowards," by Glenn Beck. The radio host and founder of GBTV discuss 13 lies that politicians, academics and the media perpetuate.

"Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss," by RoseMarie Terenzio. Many books have sought to capture John F. Kennedy Jr.'s life. None has been as intimate or as honest as Fairy Tale Interrupted. Recalling the adventure of working as his executive assistant for five years, RoseMarie portrays the man behind the icon—patient, protective, surprisingly goofy, occasionally thoughtless and self-involved, yet capable of extraordinary generosity and kindness.