https://www.helloannakatz.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662757421406-OM58XG3TY0ZEWVXT8S2S/BG_Neutral.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662757421406-OM58XG3TY0ZEWVXT8S2S/BG_Neutral.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1663718517086-B3SU77SEPAE0DTBJ7FVT/BG_Seafoam.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662757421406-OM58XG3TY0ZEWVXT8S2S/BG_Neutral.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/eff7db9a-58fb-438a-83fe-06ec1c3c2db9/jessica-ruscello-OQSCtabGkSY-unsplash.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/d9b8521a-de5f-4e77-beb0-aa3da720437f/photo+2-3.27.26.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/9501e418-db44-4e6d-94d1-af785918caaa/Ghostwriting_Updated_Homepage.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/82b5476d-0423-4ce9-bbc8-0027b8c12128/Editing_Updated_Homepage.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/545f4e2c-2ff7-4a95-98dd-485733ec1c34/W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/c1f73bd3-f409-41b8-977c-f4c9727bbd02/Mountaineers+Books+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/c7783c7e-bfe8-4348-bf05-86ea43dd0b83/Hachette+Book+Group+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/7be14da4-6a14-4e6b-9a76-bec22ce29a48/Nat+Geo+Kids+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/ecea1e68-62f2-47cc-a313-3df9ad9735f9/Penguin+Random+House+logo.png Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/b5c970f2-335c-4165-95db-e8fbc24e888d/Chronicle+Books+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/131d972f-e683-46fd-9e1c-15cd928a0be1/Pokemon+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/100a22df-f4ae-4e2b-8aa2-2f73e6cffb1a/Weldon+Owen+logo Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1708644086761-P56NAEYF3V79JCXTFN7Y/I+Have+Always+Been+Me.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir Precious Brady-Davis; Introduction by Joey Soloway; TOPPLE Books and Little A; A powerful memoir of independence, releasing the past, and living the dream by award-winning trans advocate Precious Brady-Davis. Memoir Nonfiction LGBTQ Adult Biography Transgender Coming of Age Feminism Precious Brady-Davis remembers the sense of being singular and grappling with “otherness.” Born into traumatic circumstances, Davis was brought up in the Omaha foster care system and the Pentecostal faith. As a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid, she felt displaced. Yet she realized by coming into her identity that she had a purpose all along. In I Have Always Been Me, Brady-Davis reflects on a childhood of neglect, instability, and abandonment. She reveals her determination to dream through it and shares her profound journey as a trans woman now fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious. She speaks to anyone who has ever tried to find their place in this world and imparts the wisdom that comes with surmounting odds and celebrating on the other side. A memoir, a love story, and an outreach for the marginalized, Precious’s sojourn is a song of self-reliance and pride and an invitation to join in the chorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1708643741815-935WORWZ7F6BVEUP1JDP/Buzzfeed+Unsolved+Supernatural.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal by Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej; Hachette Book Group; Based off one of the most popular web series on the internet, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej present BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural, 101 of the scariest, spookiest, and creepiest locations around the USA and a few abroad, with 50 percent brand-new content and locales exclusive to the book. Hey there, demons! BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural has entertained viewers over the course of seven spooky seasons, covering the supernatural and otherworldly spirits, to ghosts, ghouls, unexplained paranormal activity, and everything in between. In their thrilling debut book, cohosts Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara (lovingly known as the “ghoul boys” to fans) deep-dive into dozens of haunted locations around the USA and a few abroad, including subjects from some of their most favorite and talked about episodes, as well as brand-new locations not previously seen before on their show. As they explore the history behind haunted houses, creepy graveyards, former insane asylums, abandoned buildings, and horrifying hotels, Shane and Ryan use their trademark wit and humor to dissect each terrifying tale with their most hilarious highlights and biting commentary. So hold on to your hell-bound soul, boys and ghouls—it’s about to get demonic up in here. 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Readers can compare multiple interpretations of iconic scenes (remember the infamous egg-cracking incident?), read letters exchanged between Cleary and the first illustrator, and learn the stories behind the illustrations. • Celebrates the timeless work by these five artists since Beverly Cleary published the first Ramona Quimby book in 1955 • Includes excerpts from the books • Two essays illuminate the series's narrative and artistic impact The Art of Ramona Quimby explores the evolution of an iconic character, and how each artist has ultimately made her timeless. For fans of illustration and design, and for those who grew up alongside Ramona, this richly nostalgic volume reminds us why we fell in love with these books. • Beverly Cleary's bestselling children's series has sold over 50 million copies. • Great for readers who grew up with Ramona and Beezus, as well as parents, grandparents, and anyone who remembers reading these books when they were young • A must-have for fans of Beverly Cleary and the Ramona series, as well as anyone interested in illustrated character art and development over time • Perfect for those who loved The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Theodor Geisel, The Art of Eric Carle by Eric Carle, and Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created by Laura Miller Art Books about Books Nonfiction History Childrens American https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1708643868475-INGM8GHU7IGRMQ2ODFRN/Me+and+The+Cottonwood+Tree.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - Me and The Cottonwood Tree An Untethered Boyhood; Herb Bryce; Chock-full of unbelievable stories, Me and the Cottonwood Tree will enchant readers with the hilarious misadventures of young Herb growing up during some of the most pivotal times in America. From getting stuck in the family outhouse, to buying a donkey as a pet, to creating a giant fireball out of burning Christmas trees, you'll be taken along for a wild ride full of hysterical stories of Herb growing up through some of America's most influential moments in history. Set in Arizona and California from 1933 to 1950, this is the story of one boy's untethered childhood. Herb Bryce grew up as part of a large Mormon family, moving frequently from town to town and house to house. In each new home, Herb learns valuable lessons...and often gets into heaps of mischief along the way. Jump back to a time when kids were given freedom not often allowed to children today--roaming fields and forests, having adventures, and learning about how to create adventure right outside your door. Humor Memoir History Nonfiction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1708643907638-ODG1MYJY7TM6GWDVECUH/The+Kitchen+is+Closed.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - The Kitchen is Closed And Other Benefits of Being Old; Sandra Butler; In her eighties, Sandra Butler does not identify as elderly. Or mature. She’s neither plucky nor a burden, and she’s not over any hills. She’s old, and she’s ready to reclaim that word. In this funny and intensely personal collection of essays, Butler chronicles her experience moving from aging to old, remembering and forgetting all the wrong things, feeling frustrated with technology, keeping up with the avalanche of cultural and political news, mothering two middle-aged daughters, surveying her old body, and ultimately, preparing for her death. With its sharp humor and refreshing honesty, The Kitchen Is Closed is a must-read for aging women, eldercare workers, and adult children who want to gain a fuller sense of their mother’s life. Old women are cast aside in white American culture, Butler argues, and it’s both disheartening and disrespectful. Butler is not a senior—she’s a mother, a lesbian, a Jew, a feminist, and at times, a “rabble-rousing hectorer.” And now that her time is running out, Butler doesn’t mess around with things that don’t matter. She is supremely motivated, and she’s so much braver than ever before. Nonfiction Humor Memoir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1708643913742-1FVGGF3Z6GFQZ5TGOFZ6/Shes+Up+to+No+Good_Sara+Goodman+Confino.jpg Anna Katz, Writer & Editor - She's Up to No Good: A Novel Sara Goodman Confino; For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends. Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce. With time on her hands and her life in flux, she agrees to accompany her eccentric grandmother Evelyn on a road trip to the seaside Massachusetts town where much of their family history was shaped. When they hit the road, Evelyn spins the tale of the star-crossed teenage romance that captured her heart more than seventy years ago and changed the course of her life. She insists the return to her hometown isn’t about that at all—no matter how much she talks about Tony, her unforgettable and forbidden first love. Upon arrival, Jenna meets Tony’s attentive great-nephew Joe. The new friendship and fresh ocean air give her the confidence and distance she needs to begin putting the pain of a broken marriage behind her. As the secrets and truths of Evelyn’s past unfold, Jenna discovers a new side of her grandmother, and of herself, that she never knew existed—and learns that the possibilities for healing can come at the most unexpected times in a woman’s life. 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The recounting of an emotional and personal experience, Hold Back the Rain shares the true story of one woman’s journey through a challenging adulthood. What happens when a stable, happy life begins to slowly drift away, further and further out of reach? What happens when life continuously goes wrong at every turn—from career changes to marriage strife to illness to death? And who will be there to help pick up the pieces? With honesty and confidence (and a touch of Duran Duran), Michelle Vignault shares her journey of ups and downs through a complicated life, and how a special friendship helped her through the darkness to find a second chance at happiness. With the support of a best friend, Vignault discovers the tools she needs to overcome one obstacle after another until she eventually regains control of her family. Hold Back the Rain brings to light the difficult realities of life but ultimately is the story of how inner strength and perseverance are the keys to making it through. Life is full of heartbreaking moments—but it is in these darkest hours that true bonds are formed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662766621173-5BMF4E4XE29CT69WVWZ7/61KOPLK7fEL.jpeg Books - BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1676052565657-JQ4A2PYUJZXMYLUJN62Z/The+Unexpected+Benefits+of+Being+Run+Over%2C+Naseem+Rochette.png Books - The Unexpected Benefits of Being Run Over Naseem Rochette Breaking doesn’t mean you’re broken. In a pedestrian crosswalk on a quiet tree-lined street, Naseem is hit and then run over three times. Onlookers yell for the driver to stop as she hears her fate in her husband’s screams. Is he is watching the mother of his children die? Miraculously, she survives, yet she is no longer the person she worked so hard to be. Her “cracks”—the changes to her body and mind—initially feel impossible to accept. In learning to embrace this new, unrecognizable self, Naseem decides to celebrate the day she almost lost her life as the day she discovered her true strength—her Unbreakable Day. In this unique memoir, equal parts heart wrenching and inspiring, Naseem lays bare the reality of personal trauma—and how we each have the power to reimagine our lives and find beauty in being both broken and unbreakable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1676052809364-PJWALNZG7G7MBTPENQ1M/I+Have+Always+Been+Me%2C+Precious+Brady-Davis.jpg Books - I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir Precious Brady-Davis A powerful memoir of independence, releasing the past, and living the dream by award-winning trans advocate Precious Brady-Davis. Precious Brady-Davis remembers the sense of being singular and grappling with “otherness.” Born into traumatic circumstances, Davis was brought up in the Omaha foster care system and the Pentecostal faith. As a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid, she felt displaced. Yet she realized by coming into her identity that she had a purpose all along. In I Have Always Been Me, Brady-Davis reflects on a childhood of neglect, instability, and abandonment. She reveals her determination to dream through it and shares her profound journey as a trans woman now fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious. She speaks to anyone who has ever tried to find their place in this world and imparts the wisdom that comes with surmounting odds and celebrating on the other side. A memoir, a love story, and an outreach for the marginalized, Precious’s sojourn is a song of self-reliance and pride and an invitation to join in the chorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662766621523-RX7AORANRQ15VW3ZHCR0/53516778._SY475_.jpg Books - Me and the Cottonwood Tree Herb Bryce; Chock-full of unbelievable stories, Me and the Cottonwood Tree will enchant readers with the hilarious misadventures of young Herb growing up during some of the most pivotal times in America. From getting stuck in the family outhouse, to buying a donkey as a pet, to creating a giant fireball out of burning Christmas trees, you’ll be taken along for a wild ride full of hysterical stories of Herb growing up through some of America’s most influential moments in history. Set in Arizona and California from 1933 to 1950, this is the story of one boy’s untethered childhood. Herb Bryce grew up as part of a large Mormon family, moving frequently from town to town and house to house. In each new home, Herb learns valuable lessons...and often gets into heaps of mischief along the way. Jump back to a time when kids were given freedom not often allowed to children today—roaming fields and forests, having adventures, and learning about how to create adventure right outside your door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1742587042937-N8V6NKA9I87JYXZ5QZ91/Sim+One_A+Love+and+Then-What-Happens+Story_Tom+Ahern.jpg Books - Sim One: A Love and Then What Happens Story Tom Ahern. Most of us spend our whole lives searching for the one. Some of us are lucky enough to find them, even for a moment. And some—like Simone and Tom—were lucky enough to find love, purchase a second home abroad, create a successful business, and build a life together for nearly four decades. But what happens after the love story? Told through a series of notes and emails, Tom shares his raw, humorous, and heartfelt declarations on what it’s like living, loving, and losing theone, Sim One, to a disease that no one talks about: cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Sim One is a love letter meets memoir that asks what does it mean to love—and keep loving—when faced with the possibility of losing it all? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662768618641-8IDEKT9VYORNQH5FA4KM/714Ht%2BPOWML.jpeg Books - Our Brother's Keeper The Life of Sam Israel, Richard S. Hobbs; From immigrant shoemaker to multimillionaire, this is the extraordinary life story of Sam Israel. Sam Israel was one of the Pacific Northwest's most eccentric, controversial, and enigmatic characters. An immigrant Sephardic Jewish shoemaker of humble beginnings, Israel arrived in Seattle in 1919 and thanks to savvy investing, came to own hundreds of properties in Seattle and around the state. This impressive assemblage included dozens of buildings in downtown Seattle and thousands of acres in western and eastern Washington and was valued at the time of his death in 1994 at more than $40 million. Always a challenging and independent-minded person, Sam moved to central Washington in 1960, and his reputation as a reclusive, absentee landlord grew. To his immediate family he was the revered "Uncle Sam," but to others he remained a mystery. Late in life, Sam Israel became known for his love of the outdoors, his devotion to Jewish faith and history, and his generous support of numerous community organizations, from the Seattle Hebrew Academy to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and various wildlife and archaeological organizations in the United States and the State of Israel. He carried his faith in G-d, his Jewish identity, and a sense of personal responsibility for Jews and non-Jews from his home to the community and across the world. Sam never married, and upon his death in 1994 his properties became a key part of historic preservation in Seattle and the growth of the arts community in Pioneer Square. Through the foundation he established, his fortune funded Jewish education for future generations. Today, the Samis Foundation carries on Sam Israel's legacy, living and funding the heart of Sam's motto: "We are our brother's keeper." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662768618564-716WB4MN2S1CG1AG7VLM/514MqSOkIRL._AC_SY780_.jpg Books - Tracking a Shadow My Lived Experience with MS, Edith Forbes; A memoir of the author’s twenty-five-year, self-designed experiment with a nonpharmaceutical approach to multiple sclerosis and of the indomitable mother who taught her to meet trouble with active resistance. When novelist Edith Forbes experienced her first episode of multiple sclerosis in 1993, few treatments existed. The famously crippling disease was a medical mystery, its cause unknown and its course unpredictable. The only medical advice Forbes received then was to “simply live your life.” She had other ideas. Forbes grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, raised by a widowed mother who met challenges head on. Besides shouldering responsibility for seven children and a cattle ranch, Forbes’s dynamo mother had ambitions to change the world. As a forward-thinking woman in a largely male business, she became a model of tenacity and independence for her daughter. After her MS diagnosis, Forbes turned her fear into action, immersing herself in the medical literature to search for ideas. Finding an unexpected connection between the medical information and her own knowledge of agriculture, she embarked on a self-designed experiment that continues to this day. Tracking a Shadow weaves together the story of Forbes’s personal twenty-five-year medical experiment with a memoir of the mother whose constant determination to look for better answers shaped the author’s unique approach to her disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662768619144-6HCIUTRBNHPKA3T97KPD/71pnJPuaF3L.jpeg Books - The KItchen is Closed And Other Benefits of Being Old, Sandra Butler; In her eighties, Sandra Butler does not identify as elderly. Or mature. She’s neither plucky nor a burden, and she’s not over any hills. She’s old, and she’s ready to reclaim that word. In this funny and intensely personal collection of essays, Butler chronicles her experience moving from aging to old, remembering and forgetting all the wrong things, feeling frustrated with technology, keeping up with the avalanche of cultural and political news, mothering two middle-aged daughters, surveying her old body, and ultimately, preparing for her death. With its sharp humor and refreshing honesty, The Kitchen Is Closed is a must-read for aging women, eldercare workers, and adult children who want to gain a fuller sense of their mother’s life. Old women are cast aside in white American culture, Butler argues, and it’s both disheartening and disrespectful. Butler is not a senior—she’s a mother, a lesbian, a Jew, a feminist, and at times, a “rabble-rousing hectorer.” And now that her time is running out, Butler doesn’t mess around with things that don’t matter. She is supremely motivated, and she’s so much braver than ever before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662768619345-UCJK03FYC5908BA418RB/71b928p6WkL.jpeg Books - A Survivor's Journey: From Victim to Advocate Natasha Simone Alexenko; An inspiring true story of love, hope, and victory―and of one woman who was determined to make a difference in the wake of a crime. On August 6, 1993, twenty-year-old Natasha Alexenko was assaulted at gunpoint. After nearly a decade, her backlogged rape kit was finally tested and her rapist, who roamed free for ten years, was brought to justice. On the day he was sentenced, Alexenko vowed that she would no longer be a statistic and would do whatever she could to help police on behalf of other rape victims. In 2011, she founded Natasha’s Justice Project (NJP), a nonprofit committed to ending the rape-kit backlog. This unflinching memoir chronicles her journey from trauma to triumph. Despite personal setbacks and bureaucratic obstacles, Alexenko refuses to give up on her determination to raise awareness of a problem even worse than she imagined, as tens of thousands of untested rape kits languish in crime storage facilities across the country. Written for fellow survivors, their families, law enforcement, and anyone impacted by rape, her deeply personal story is a testament to the power of one person to make a profound change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1689015118538-VLD1K1GL05PX5J0B67XK/Dont+Forget+to+Write_Sara+Goodman+Confino.jpg Books - Don't Forget to Write Sara Goodman Confino In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She's Up to No Good. When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermès scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She's sharp, straight-talking, takes her job very seriously, and abides by her own rules...mostly. As the summer unfolds, Ada and Marilyn head for the Jersey shore, where Marilyn helps Ada scope out eligible matches--for anyone but Marilyn, that is. Because if there's one thing Marilyn's learned from Ada, it's that she doesn't have to settle. With the school year quickly approaching and her father threatening to disinherit her, Marilyn must make her choice for her future: return to the comfortable life she knows or embrace a risky, unknown path on her own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1689014975982-4STUI8S0HMVEQO9BA0EJ/Shes+Up+to+No+Good_Sara+Goodman+Confino.jpg Books - She's Up to No Good Sara Goodman Confino For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends. Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce. With time on her hands and her life in flux, she agrees to accompany her eccentric grandmother Evelyn on a road trip to the seaside Massachusetts town where much of their family history was shaped. When they hit the road, Evelyn spins the tale of the star-crossed teenage romance that captured her heart more than seventy years ago and changed the course of her life. She insists the return to her hometown isn't about that at all--no matter how much she talks about Tony, her unforgettable and forbidden first love. Upon arrival, Jenna meets Tony's attentive great-nephew Joe. The new friendship and fresh ocean air give her the confidence and distance she needs to begin putting the pain of a broken marriage behind her. As the secrets and truths of Evelyn's past unfold, Jenna discovers a new side of her grandmother, and of herself, that she never knew existed--and learns that the possibilities for healing can come at the most unexpected times in a woman's life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1689014903270-WAJRQDOBXLLGZGTQRV50/Deconstructed_Liz+Talley.jpg Books - Deconstructed Liz Talley An exhilarating novel about fast friends and fashionable revenge by Liz Talley, the USA Today bestselling author of Adulting. Antique-store owner Cricket Crosby's life is turned upside down when she discovers that the rumors of her husband's affair aren't just leisurely southern gossip. Her plan: hire an investigator; find an attorney; enlist the help of her new assistant, Ruby; and make her husband pay. Ruby knows how quickly everything changes. After a dicey past, she's determined to forge a new future by working for Cricket and reinventing herself as a designer, deconstructing vintage haute couture. If anybody can help mend a few tears in Cricket's life, she can. But turns out Cricket's life isn't just a little torn. It's wrinkled, stained, and falling apart at the seams. With Ruby and her ragtag relatives--a soused PI and a hunky tow truck driver--Cricket is sleuthing her way to the truth, no matter how dangerous it gets. Sure, Cricket's life isn't what she imagined. But she's embracing change and figuring out what she really wants. And that's kind of fabulous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1689015231079-AQW3J5B23H3ZU75MJEYI/Fatal+Headwind_Leena+Lehtolainen.jpg Books - Fatal Headwind A Maria Kallio Mystery, Leena Lehtolainen After months of maternity leave, tough-talking Espoo police detective Maria Kallio is ready to return to work. But before assuming her new post as head of the Violent Crime Unit, she vacations with her husband and daughter on the island of Rödskär. There Kallio learns that, one year earlier, her ex-boyfriend Harri had mysteriously fallen to his death from the isle's steep and treacherous cliffs. On the anniversary of that event, Harri's boss, the CEO of an allegedly nontoxic paint company, loses his life on those very same rocks. In light of such a coincidence, Kallio searches for the link between these two tragedies and is soon convinced that they weren't accidents--they were murders. As the Finnish nights grow longer, so too does the list of suspects. Was the CEO's disillusioned wife involved? His environmental-activist son? Or perhaps his rebellious daughter? Or might the culprit be his half brother, an adventurous sailor whom Kallio finds altogether a little too intriguing? From internationally bestselling Finnish author Leena Lehtolainen comes the sixth book of the gripping Maria Kallio Mystery series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1523041583561-W5RPW7VW3Z3K5DDG2FS3/51CI6br8oIL._UY250_.jpg Books - The Nightingale Murder A Maria Kallio Mystery, Leena Lehtolainen; Award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen’s heart-stopping series continues as investigator Maria Kallio’s hunt for a killer gets dark, dangerous, and dirty… A grievously mutilated young woman arrives at the hospital in Espoo, Finland—only to vanish without a trace. Though the victim refused to identify herself, Violent Crimes Unit Commander Maria Kallio suspects she’s connected to the city’s sex-worker underworld. The next day her suspicions grow when celebrity call girl Lulu Nightingale is murdered during a live television broadcast. The victim’s clients included some of the top names in Finnish society, but the list of suspects is even longer: her infatuated bodyguard, a suicidal TV producer, and a talk-show host with political aspirations. But how is Lulu’s murder connected to the tortured woman’s disappearance? As the body count keeps rising, Maria plunges into the dark demimonde of the sex trade. And this time, searching for answers may shatter all that she has. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1523041958424-8BSJEWYV03A7KW1HU21C/51oy-m9Bh-L._UY250_.jpg Books - Before I Go A Maria Kallio Mystery, Leena Lehtolainen; A fierce detective risks everything to unravel a tangle of secrets and corruption protecting a killer in this spellbinding seventh mystery in the tension-filled Maria Kallio series. When Petri Ilveskivi is murdered in the street on his way to a city-planning meeting, Maria Kallio, commander of Espoo's Violent Crime Unit, and her team are first on the scene. Almost immediately, her focus is on the band of skinheads who brutally attacked the Finnish commissioner and his husband three years earlier. Did they finally finish the hate crime they started? But the trail soon reveals a web of lies—secrets Petri was keeping from even those closest to him—and a long list of suspects. As she juggles her obligations as a wife, mother, and detective, Maria suggests to her superiors that what first appears to be a random assault may actually be something more sinister. When she's met with silence and higher-ups take her off the case, she disobeys orders and investigates on her own, putting both her family and herself at risk. In this captivating tale in the Maria Kallio series, someone is protecting a killer. Can Maria track them down before the next victim falls? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1667248454780-TIQP9O8O2S77IYCM7M5B/A1DgsPNInuL.SR160%2C240_BG243%2C243%2C243.jpg Books - Death Spiral A Maria Kallio Mystery, Leena Lehtolainen; Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isn’t going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Ström, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest. Could it be the sexual predator who’s lately been terrorizing the city? Is it the former lover of Noora’s mother, who has been stalking the family since she rejected him? Or might the killer be someone even closer than that? With so much riding on Noora’s success—and so many people with motives to murder—the detective must sift through the long list of suspects before the case turns ice cold. Death Spiral, the fifth book in Lehtolainen’s international bestselling Nordic crime series, is a chilling tale of hot tempers, high stakes, and the untimely death of a rising star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1527978772758-T8VLABCXDFSTTEWJNEZ3/515%2B5eyPhdL.jpg Books - Derailed A Maria Kallio Mystery, Leena Lehtolainen; Detective Maria Kallio investigates a doping scandal turned murder in award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen’s pulse-pounding thriller. After surviving a terrifying assault during her last investigation, Maria Kallio traded in her badge for a comfortable desk job. But when the head of social affairs for the Finnish Athletics Federation is murdered―the victim of an apparent poisoning―Maria is drawn back into a race against more than murder. A series of crimes has unfolded, and to Maria’s trained eyes, they look like the makings of a conspiracy. As Maria follows the track to a doping scandal, a money-laundering scheme, domestic abuse, and explosive death threats leveled against a sports reporter, she collects the pieces of a baffling puzzle. Now, to run down the killer and save the next victim, all she has to do is make them fit. So far only one thing is for certain: Maria Kallio is rediscovering the thrill of the chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1527978886867-M7FR2G9OQGDI29E2XDCQ/51O1401k63L._SY346_.jpg Books - In the Heat of the Moment Sandhamm Murders, Viveca Sten; What’s a lie among friends? It’s murder―in this riveting thriller by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Tonight You’re Dead… It’s Midsummer’s Eve, the celebration of the longest day of the year, and on Sandhamn it’s the longest party of the year. But the fun comes to a dead halt when a young reveler is murdered, a teenage girl is found drugged and dazed on the beach, and other young women vanish. So far, what links the victims is a mystery. For Nora Linde and her new boyfriend, Jonas Sköld, the crimes are personal: one of the missing girls is Wilma, Jonas’s daughter. And her disappearance could test Nora and Jonas’s relationship in ways they never expected. Thrust into the investigation, they soon discover that it’s more than a case of bad blood between friends. But the truth, which has receded into a haze of carousing, drugs, and liquor, is getting harder to see. If Nora and Jonas are going to find out what happened to Wilma, they’d better do it fast―before the ebbing tides sweep away all the terrible secrets of that night on Sandhamn Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aa435ab5417fc573375a298/1662766621930-HQMPHYCRPZ80PCA3QJJ0/59008357._UY2560_SS2560_.jpg Books - Mariah is Missing David Henry Nelson; nspired by a true event in the Big Sky Country of North Central Montana in the 1970s, Mariah Is Missing tells a compelling tale about a small town and the memorable people who live, work, love, and drink there. In his debut novel, David Henry Nelson reimagines the story behind a crime which occurred in 1974 while he served as the county attorney in Pondera County, Montana. He realized years later that this case had a long-lived ripple effect on many people, which prompted him to write this book. 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Katz’s book will be loved by those who already love Ramona, and is a good reminder to those who haven’t thought about her for a while that even at 65, she is still relevant.” - Lizzy Acker, The Oregonian “The young heroine of Beverly Cleary’s classic series has such a big personality that it’s taken five artists to draw her over the years…the perfect gift for not-so-little ones looking for nostalgia.” - R.S., Yahoo! 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