A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novelby John Irving

“A remarkable novel. . . . A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late twentieth-century fiction–it is an amazingly brave piece of work . . . so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world.”
— STEPHEN KING, Washington Post

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice–not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys–best friends–are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.

“Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating, and darkly comic . . . Dickensian in scope . . . Quite stunning and very ambitious.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Brilliantly cinematic . . . Irving shows considerable skill as scene after scene mounts to its moving climax." — ALFRED KAZIN, New York Times

The Greeks of Beaubien Street: Detroit Detective Storiesby Suzanne Jenkins

Warning! Adult Content! A Homicide Detective Juggling Two Lives

Nestled below the skyline of Detroit you’ll find Greektown, a few short blocks of colorful bliss, warm people and Greek food. In spite of growing up immersed in the safety of her family and their rich culture, Jill Zannos doesn’t fit in. A Detroit homicide detective, she manages to keep one foot planted firmly in the traditions started by her grandparents, while the other navigates the most devastated neighborhoods in the city she can’t help but love.

>>>While She Investigates the Biggest Murder of Her Career, Secrets from Her Own Family Emerge

She is a no nonsense workaholic with no girlfriends, an odd boyfriend who refuses to grow up, and an uncanny intuition, inherited from her mystic grandmother that acts as her secret weapon to crime solving success. Her story winds around tales of her family and their secret laden history, while she investigates the most despicable murder of her career.

>>>The Greeks of Beaubien Street is a modern tale of a family grounded in old world, sometimes archaic, tradition as they seek acceptance in American society. They could be any nationality, but they are Greek.

Jane In The Jungleby Norma Grochowski

“Quiet newspaper reporter by day, butt-kicking vigilante by night, Sadie must hide her identity from the police as she tries to help them catch a serial rapist. When she falls for a police detective, things become even more complicated. Readers who enjoy a bit of romance with their police procedurals will enjoy Jane in the Jungle.”

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Sadie Peterson works as a reporter at the New York Times. Her dream is to cover politics or an intriguing corruption story that will captivate her readers, but her editor has her writing recipes and an occasional inspirational tale.

When her boss finally assigns her the story that could make her career, Sadie can’t turn it down. There is a vigilante protecting women from rape and assault across the city. What her boss doesn’t know is, Sadie is the vigilante.
A victim of assault herself, Sadie knows the mental torment and the hurt an attack can cause a woman–that’s what led her to the path of vigilantism.
With firsthand knowledge of the attacks, her readers love her stories, and soon everyone in the city wants to know who the vigilante is, even the police.

The city has a serial killer. And when Sadie goes up against him, she barely escapes with her life. Soon after, the killer turns his sights on Sadie and starts killing women that look like her.

The young and handsome Alex Russo is one of the detectives on the serial killer case. Alex is also assigned to find out who the vigilante is and arrest her. After Sadie’s attack, she and a woman in a coma are the only women who can identify the serial killer. Unwise of who Sadie is, Alex is assigned to protect her and falls for her.

Can Sadie hide her identity from the police, the killer, and her fans? Read Jane in the Jungle and find out.

The Truth About Gretchenby Alretha Thomas

Gretchen Holloway, in her final year of graduate school, is in the throes of auditioning actors for her thesis film, inspired by a murdered young football star who has haunted her dreams for two years. Gretchen believes making the movie will be cathartic. But instead of freeing her, embarking upon the film production unleashes a sequence of events that lead Gretchen to conclude that she’s the reincarnation of the young man.

Regina Wilson has always wanted to be an actress. When her agent gets her an audition for a role in Gretchen’s film, which eerily mirrors one of the worst events of her life–the unsolved murder of her older brother, Robert–she’s hard-pressed to go through with it. Upon fleeing, she leaves behind a keepsake that features Robert’s photo. Gretchen sees the picture and recognizes Robert from her dreams. She tracks down Regina, and after being rebuffed and called crazy, Gretchen’s unexplainable knowledge of events in Robert’s life eventually convinces Regina that Gretchen is Robert reincarnated.

The two decide to have his case reopened, but their significant others are dead set against it, and the police, who believe that Robert’s death was gang-related, are less than cooperative. However, Gretchen is desperate to get justice for her former self, and Regina wants justice for her brother. The women piece together the final week of Robert’s life. And the deeper they delve into his past; one shocking revelation follows another, leaving them wondering who they can trust and if they’ll live long enough to find Robert’s killer and bring him to justice.