Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

On the shelves - Aug. 20

The following are available for checkout at:

Clovis-Carver Public Library

Impossible to Ignore by Carmen Simon, PhD reveals a groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore - using the latest in brain science. People make decisions and act based on what they remember, and many experts have offered techniques on how to improve your own memory, but not how to influence other people's memory. This practical guide will show you how.

Lenin On the Train by Catherine Merridale provides a riveting account of the underground conspiracy and subterfuge that went into making Lenin's fateful journey across Europe to Petrograd, where his explosive address to the impassioned crowds ignited the Russian revolution, forever changing the world. Eyewitness testimonies and wartime archives bring to life a world of counterespionage, wartime desperation, illicit finance, and misguided utopianism.

1,000 Ideas For Color Schemes by Jennifer Ott easily navigates how to choose color combinations for any use. Divided into major color groups, each spread contains photographs and a color palette that provide inspiration and reliable combinations for use in countless projects: home decor, fashion; wedding celebrations, table settings, cake decorating, garden design -- imagination and circumstance are the only limit.

Murder is No Accident by A.H. Gabhart revolves around a suspicious string of deaths at an old Victorian mansion where Maggie Greene is trespassing in the magnificent tower room to write her stories. She hides when a realtor shows up, but when the realtor's body is found at the bottom of the stairs, Maggie realizes someone else is in the house. Deputy Keane is called in, assuming the death to be a tragic accident, until a second person is found dead in the house.

The Curse of La Fontaine by M.L. Longworth questions if newlywed investigators Nick and Nora can solve their most sinister challenge yet: a centuries-old curse. Chef Valets plans to extend his very successful restaurant, La Fontaine, in Aix-en-Provence, and learns very powerful neighbors are against him. When a skeleton is unearthed in the garden and Valets begins receiving threatening letters, the question arises, has the curse of La Fontaine been triggered?

A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox finds Clive and Henrietta, newly engaged faced with the difficult task of meeting each other's family. "Difficult" because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is heir to a fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has secrets about her past as well. Clive's parents are less than enthused about his impoverished intended, and Henrietta, more at home with the servants than his family, soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant's ring, becoming part of a bigger, darker plot.

Portales Public Library

I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen

In the latest Rizzoli and Isles mystery, Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are investigating two separate and seemingly unrelated homicides with unknown causes of death. Although the bodies are from different locations and the victims themselves had no relation, both bodies bear startling wounds, and in addition to the two cases, both Jane and Maura are dealing with their own personal issues outside of work. While Jane tries to help save her mother's shaky marriage, Maura is struggling with the dying days of her own mother, the infamous serial killer Amalthea Lank, whose crimes and reputation have always haunted Maura's personal and professional lives. When Amalthea dangles a clue about the two murders for Maura and Jane, the two women are sent on a hunt to link the cases together that includes an independent horror film, a shocking abuse scandal, and a string of martyred saints who died in horrific and unusual ways.

Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber

Shay Benson loves her younger brother Caden, but when Caden gets in trouble with the men he owes money to, Shay steps in and makes a mistake that she can't take back. Realizing that she needs to cut ties with Caden and make a fresh start for herself, she wanders into a church to escape from both the cold and her problems, and meets Pastor Drew Douglas. Drew is a widower whose world fell apart after he lost his wife and could barely keep himself together enough to focus on his two children and his church, and when he finds Shay looking for guidance, the two become friends. Over time Drew helps Shay get her life back together and in turn gives himself a sense of purpose again, while their friendly relationship slowly grows into something deeper that both of them realize they need. When Caden returns to town, however, the secrets about both him and his sister threaten to destroy Shay's newly reconstructed life and the hope of a future with Drew and his kids.

House of Spies by Daniel Silva

Four months after the worst terrorist attack on America since 9/11, executed with careful planning and secrecy, renowned spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon is on the trail of an ISIS member known only as Saladin. Saladin's attack on America also left a path of destruction in his wake through London, and following the one single thread he has to find him, Gabriel and his team travel to the south of France and meet Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. Olivia is a beautiful former model from England who pretends not to notice that Martel's enormous wealth is built on a drug empire, and Martel, in turn, disregards the fact that he knows that the man he is currently doing business with is trying to destroy the western world. However, with Gabriel's investigation and assistance, both Martel and Olivia may end up being heroes in the fight against Saladin as well, accompanying Gabriel in his hunt for the terrorist across the globe.

— Summaries by

library staff