Susan Whitfield

Mystery Author

Monday, June 17th at 6pm
Ervin Community Room at Grace Ridge

Susan Whitfield is the author of the Logan Hunter Mystery series, as well as a women’s fiction book, Slightly Cracked and cookbook, Killer Recipes.

Lynette Eason

Christian Suspense Author

Saturday, July 13, time TBA
Morganton Public Library

Lynette Eason is the author of the Deadly Reunions series, the Women of Justice series and novels of inspirational romantic suspense.

The Harbinger
by Jonathan Cahn

Sisters at Heart Book Discussion Group
Saturday, June 15, at 3pm
Morganton Public Library

Before its end as a nation, there appeared in ancient Israel nine specific warnings and omens of national destruction – These same nine Harbingers are now manifesting in America with profound ramifications for America's future and end-time prophecy. The prophetic mysteries are factual but revealed through a riveting narrative the reader will find hard to put down. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes another piece in a larger and larger puzzle, the ramifications of which are, even now, altering the course of America and the world.

One for the Money
by Janet Evanovich.

CBH: Tuesday, June 18, 7:00pm
MPL: Saturday, June 23rd, 3:00pm
VPL: Monday, June 24, 7:00pm

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash—fast—but times are tough, and soon she’s forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family.Stephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie’s bail bonding company. She’s got no experience. But that doesn’t matter. Neither does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli, with whom she has a past. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight, and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man.

Pre-registration is required to receive a discounted copy of One for the Money. Copies will be available on a first come first served basis.

Book to Movie Showings (2012 | PG-13):
CBH: Tuesday, June 18, at 5:30pm
VPL: Monday, June 24, at 5:30pm
MPL: Tuesday, June 11, at 6:00pm

The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson.

VPL: Tuesday, July 23, at 6:00pm
MPL: Saturday, July 27, at 3:00pm
CBH: Monday, July 29, at 6:00pm

Their fates were linked by the magical Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, nicknamed the “White City” for its majestic beauty. Architect Daniel Burnham built it; serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes used it to lure victims to his World’s Fair Hotel, designed for murder. Both men left behind them a powerful legacy, one of brilliance and energy, the other of sorrow and darkness. Here, then, is your ticket to the greatest fair in history—a place where incredible dreams came to life alongside darkest nightmares.

Pre-registration is required to receive a discounted copy of The Devil in the White City. Copies will be available on a first come first served basis.

Still Life
by Louise Penny

The Silver Star Readers
Wednesday, July 17, at 1:30pm
Grace Ridge

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montréal and yet a world away. Jane Neal, a long-time resident of Three Pines, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it’s a tragic hunting accident and nothing more but Gamache smells something foul this holiday season…and is soon certain that Jane died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter.

One for the Money

2012 | PG-13 | 91 minutes
MPL — Tuesday, June 11, at 6:00pm

Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.

Book to Movie Showings prior to book discussions:
CBH: Tuesday, June 18, at 5:30pm
VPL: Monday, June 24, at 5:30pm

Alex Cross

2012 | PG-13 | 101 minutes
MPL — Tuesday, July 17, at 6:00pm

Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.

Mystery Trips with Grace Ridge

More Information Coming Soon!

Ancestors in the Attic

Solve the mystery of your family’s history!

Session 4 - Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds. Monday, June 3, from 6-8pm in the Annex Courtroom, Burke County Courthouse.

Session 5 - North Carolina Room Resources. Monday, June 10, from 6-8pm in the North Carolina Room, Morganton Public Library.