On the shelves - Aug. 29

The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at clovis.polarislibrary.com or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup.

“Arctic Storm Rising” by Dale Brown. After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible first strike? When an American F-22 collides with one of the Russian interlopers, things go south fast. Flynn and his security team are ordered to parachute into the area in a desperate bid to reach the crash sites ahead of the Russians. Soon they're caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek with Spetsnaz commandos operating covertly on American soil.

“Deadly Editions” by Paige Shelton. It's a quiet, snowy morning at The Cracked Spine bookshop, when bookseller Delaney Nichols receives a mysterious visitor. He presents her with a perplexing note: an invitation to a meeting with Shelagh O'Conner, who requests Delaney's participation in an exclusive treasure hunt. Delaney is intrigued, but also cautious: Shelagh has a reputation for her hijinks as a wealthy young woman in the '70s. But Delaney is enticed by the grand prize at the end of the treasure hunt. The night after the first meeting of the treasure hunters, however, several homes in Edinburgh are robbed, a man linked to Shelagh is killed, and Shelagh herself has disappeared from her home. Terror mounts throughout the city as Delaney attempts to solve the mystery.

“The Last Night in London” by Karen White. London, 1939. Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can't believe her luck. Then the Blitz devastates her world. As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever. London, 2019. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious's haunting past.

“A Brief History of Earth” by Andrew H. Knoll. How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or roamed by fearsome monsters. The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller.

“Cozy Cottage & Cabin Designs” by Design America Inc. Cozy Cottage & Cabin Designs will help you find the perfect efficient small home! Featuring over 200 functional floor plans for cabins, cottages, a-frames, vacation homes, apartment garages, sheds, and more, this book will allow you to browse expertly prepared plans.

“Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters” by Andrew Morton. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet.' And bow to her wishes. Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement. From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden war-time lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years.

— Summaries provided by library staff