New Books

My new crown is in for the long haul now. Dentist finished buffing and shining. So now I've got another crown, not sure how many that is. The dentist gave me the form that was used to make the new tooth. It kind of gave Jo the creeps. Not that I put it someplace where she could always see it.. 😛

This is going to be a quick post. Jo and I are watching a stack of CSI, relaxing and enjoying the lovely weather. I'm just going to list some new books I've acquired since the beginning of September. I'll get back to my look at my favorite authors in my next post.

New Books

1. Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden. This book was turned into a movie starring Deborah Kerr.

"In the days when it was the General's 'harem' palace, ladies with their retinues and rich clothes could be seen walking on the high windy terraces. At night, music floated out over villages and gorges far into the early hours. Now the General's son has bestowed it upon the disciplined Sisters of Mary. Beginning work in the orchards and opening a school and a dispensary for the mountain people, the small band of Sisters are depended for help on the English agent, Mr Dean. But his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. When he says bluntly 'This is no place for a nunnery', it is as if he already knows their destiny .."

2. The Nanny by Evelyn Piper. I have previously enjoyed Piper's Bunny Lake is Missing. This book was turned into a psychological thriller starring Bette Davis.

"In the High House School for Disturbed Children, the windows are narrow, the shadows are dark, and the secrets can be deadly.

Unable to cope with his guilt, Joey Fane has been here ever since the afternoon when his little brother wouldn't leave him alone in the bathroom – the day that Joey cracked a block across Ralphie's head and left him to bleed.

Two years after the incident, Joey is finally released – but he will soon wish he could have stayed locked away forever.

While he was away, his mother fell completely under the spell of the Nanny who was hired before the accident. With Joey's return, it's time for Nanny to leave, but she's not ready to go.

Between these two ruthless souls, battle will be waged, and more blood will be spilled."

3. The Rope by Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon #17). One of my favorite mystery series.

 

"It's 1995. Fresh off the bus from New York City, a broken-hearted 35-year-old named Anna Pigeon takes her first job as a park employee: a decidedly unglamorous, seasonal stint at the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, she goes hiking alone in the park—never to return. Her co-workers assume she's moved on since her cabin is cleaned out. But when Anna wakes up—trapped at the bottom of a well, naked, with no supplies and no memory of how she got there—she must draw upon all of her strength, courage, and skill to survive. Because whoever set Anna's trap isn't through with her yet…"

4. Crime Machine by Giles Blunt (John Cardinal #4). An excellent Canadian series and also a TV series.

"A year after the death of his beloved and troubled wife, Catherine, John Cardinal has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. He has fallen into an easy routine of work on cold case files and platonic movie nights with friend and colleague Lise Delorme. The quiet of a snow-covered Algonquin Bay is shattered when the decapitated bodies of two people are found in a summer home on Trout Lake. The victims, visitors from Russia, are in Algonquin Bay attending the annual fur auction. This is by no means a routine murder investigation as Cardinal soon discovers, but a horrific piece of a very twisted puzzle. Blunt has, once again, given us a page-turning plot, a remarkable cast of characters and the comfort of John Cardinal at the helm."

5. Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré. 

"Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.

Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all."

They all look interesting to me. Hope they are.