On the shelves - May 28

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Clovis-Carver Public Library

Trout Tips by Trout Unlimited, given in memory of Butch Hester, is a comprehensive volume of tips and tactics for anglers from every region of the country, whether a beginning angler or an experienced fisherman, thoroughly covering all aspects of fly-fishing.

Between Heaven and the Real World by Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman has been donated in memory of Curt Brooks, and openly shares the incredible highs to earth-shaking lows that have shaped the singer's faith, family, and music, offering inspiration and great hope.

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that — for many veterans as well as civilians — war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. TRIBE explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

The Best in Things in Life are Free by Lonely Planet is packed full of money-saving tips, tricks and recommendations for the best-value sights and experiences around the world. From parks, museums and exercise classes that are free, to insider ideas on food and experiences offered at great value, this book features over 60 major cities around the world and promises to help any traveler on a budget to make the most of their trip.

Trial Run and Flash Point are the first two volumes of Thomas Locke's “Fault Lines” series, taking a thrilling psychological journey into the mind, testing the limits of consciousness. Trial Run finds Reese Clawson's work crashing into boundaries of secrets and lies, as she scrambles to maintain control of her experiments, drawing in a thrill junkie with altered brain chemistry, a scientist working on remote-viewing technology, and a math prodigy whose algorithms subvert computer encryption. Flash Point continues to follow Reese, now paired with financial analyst Lena Fennan who accepts a mysterious invitation to take a leap into the unknown, taking her to the brink of destruction. As time and space become jumbled, Lena and Reese are pulled into a collision course that could alter the parameters of human consciousness.

Eggshells by Caitriona Lally shares a whimsical jaunt through Dublin, where Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in - and never has - even being told by her parents that she was "left by fairies." Now living alone, the neighbors treat her as if she's crazy, her sister condescends her, social workers seem to have registered her as troubled, and she hasn't a friend in the world. Deciding it's time to change her life, Vivian advertises for a friend and roams the city, seeking her escape route to a better world, the other world her parents said she came from. Then one day someone named Penelope answers her ad for a friend and Vivian's life begins to change.

Portales Public Library

Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child

Jeremy Logan is what he calls an “enigmalogist”, an investigator whose cases specialize in phenomena that are unexplainable and possibly supernatural, and his job requires him to keep an open mind and a willingness to explore any avenue, no matter how strange. Logan knows from experience that legends are based in reality, but when he travels to an isolated writers' retreat in the Adirondacks to work on his own book and a dead hiker is discovered on Desolation Mountain, he wonders how much fact the rumors about his death are actually grounded in-when the murder is blamed, largely, on werewolves. With the body mutilated savagely from a bite and claw marks, the locals believe that this is more than a mere bear attack, and when Logan is asked to investigate, he faces not only the outlandish belief in lycanthropy but also the many suspects that could also be capable of such a crime. As more and more of the townspeople start pointing fingers at something that may or may not even be human, however, Logan realizes that he might be in his most dangerous situation yet.

Secrets in Summer by Nancy Thayer

Darcy Cotterill is a thirty-year-old librarian who lives on the lovely island of Nantucket year-round, in the house she grew up in and then inherited from her grandmother, and each summer she looks forward to the swell of seasonal visitors and meeting her new summertime neighbors. Each Memorial Day weekend brings new people to the island, but Darcy is dismayed to find that staying right next door to her for the summer months is her ex-husband Boyz, his wife Autumn, and Autumn's daughter Willow. As Darcy unwittingly finds herself drawn into the family concerns of Boyz's new family, she also does her best to navigate a new relationship of her own with local carpenter Nash Forester. Then when she meets a charming and handsomer vacationer named Clive Rush, a musicologist staying on the island to write a book and visit family, Darcy finds herself instantly smitten and wanting to know him. As the summer progresses and the end of the season starts to near, Darcy must decide what she wants and what relationships to pursue.

G-Man by Stephen Hunter

In the latest novel about Bob Lee Swagger, Stephen Hunter focuses on the past-Depression era 1934, when criminals boasting Tommy-guns became infamous for their crimes, including John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Most notorious of all was perhaps Lester Gillis, a gangster so dangerous that he scared even Al Capone and was kicked out of the Chicago Mob, and as the newly formed U.S. Division of Investigation, soon to become the FBI, does their best to hunt down and arrest as many gangsters as they can, they hire Charles Swagger-World War I hero, sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas, and the most talented gunman at the time-to stop Gillis himself. Eighty years later, Charles's grandson, Bob Lee Swagger, prepares to sell the family home, but before the house can be torn down, he uncovers a strongbox hidden in the foundation, full of memorabilia from 1934, all belonging to his grandfather, who Bob's father never told him about. As Bob starts investigating the items and information left behind by his mysterious grandfather, he realizes that someone is following him, someone who is obsessed with the legacy of Charles Swagger.

— Summaries by

library staff