Dear Readers,
It is truly a pleasure to serve our community. As we look ahead to 2026, we are pleased to highlight several accomplishments from 2025—beginning with the addition of our new sound booth pod. This innovative resource expands the range of services we offer and provides new opportunities for work, study, and privacy. We invite you to visit the library to experience its benefits firsthand.
Throughout 2025, our collection of books, DVDs, games, newspapers, magazines, and puzzles continued to grow. We added 938 new items, representing a total list value of $12,519.60.
When considering the combined value of library materials checked out and public computer usage, the estimated savings provided to our community in 2025 totaled $1,259,043.21.
We are deeply grateful for the continued support of our community and count it a privilege to serve you.
Sincerely,
Lisa, Rachel, and Mary
Closed Wednesday the 24th through Christmas to resume normal hours Monday the 29th.
Closed Wednesday the 31st through New Years to resume normal hours Monday January 5, 2026
NEW BOOKS
The Coworker by Freida McFadden. Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So, when Dawn doesn’t show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrel–beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running–is surprised.
Cry Havoc by Jack Carr. Tom Reece, a SEAL operator attached to the highly classified and shadowy MACV-SOG is about to be thrust into a bloody battle to discover the truth.
Days You Were Mine by Clare Leslie Hall. From the author of Broken Country, a captivating drama about how one man’s quest to uncover the truth about his adoption changes everything he knows about love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
False Witness by Phillip Margolin. With a deadly criminal drug gang, a powerful, corrupt figure hiding in the D.A.’s office, and a Congressman who turned up with an unbelievable story after disappearing for days, False Witness is twisty, breathtaking, and unpredictable thriller”
Framed in Death by J.D. Robb. Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist’s career with a wave of a hand. But one-man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his.
The French Kitchen by Kristy Cambron. Paris, 1952 — An ex-pat wife living in Paris signs up for a cookery class taught by an American chef with an indomitable wit and decidedly French airs–an instructor by name of Julia Child. Amongst classes of the L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes, with pots and pans and prim Paris wives learning to sauť in the French way, Kat Fontaine learns much more than she bargained for.
Nash Falls by David Baldacci. Walter Nash is a sensitive, intelligent and kindhearted man. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family. However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father’s funeral, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night.
The Picasso Heist by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A $100 million painting. A previously unknown Picasso is discovered in the attic of a French villa. Everyone wants to possess it. Filthy-rich Manhattan art people. Organized crime bosses. Power-hungry government officials. A notorious forger. A glamorous twenty-two-year-old art thief. Only one person knows how to take it. She’s the rival none of the power players see coming.
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly. Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. Representing the victim’s family, Mickey’s case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails.
Return of the Spider by James Patterson. Meet Alex Cross as a rookie cop in Return of the Spider, the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider. The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry: Detective Alex Cross, the ‘human superhero’ (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji, the ‘most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter’ (Lexington Herald-Leader). But that wasn’t their first meeting.
The Widow by John Grisham. Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….