BIO SLOCUM: THE HARD WAY AROUND: The Passages of Joshua Slocum; by Geoffrey Wolff

 

Here is a biography that reads like an adventure story.  Slocum, a master sailor, left Gloucester in 1895 and spent the next three years sailing around the world – alone -  in a 36-foot sailboat.  This wonderful biography tells about his personal as well as maritime adventures, right up until he was last seen off Martha’s Vineyard in 1908.  For all sailing and adventure enthusiasts.

THE DAMAGE DONE by Hilary Davidson

 

 

Travel writer Lily Moore has left New York for Spain, although she still pays the apartment rent for her troubled sister Claudia.  Summoned home after learning that Claudia has drowned in the tub, Lily learns that – you guessed it – the victim isn’t Claudia.  But who is she?  And where is Claudia?  Terrific psychological suspense from a first-time author.

THE AMATEUR HISTORIAN by Julian Cole

 

 

 

Set in York, England, this atmospheric debut novel links the dark stories of two young girls separated by one hundred years:  one died, and now one has been kidnapped by the very disturbed title character.  An appealing private investigator searches for the missing girl, although not without clashing with the Chief Inspector, who happens to be his brother.  

Remember to laugh!

814.54 Ephron, Nora:  I REMEMBER NOTHING AND OTHER REFLECTIONS

The screamingly funny Ephron (I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK) returns with another collection of essays  in which she reviews events in her life and bemoans the aging process.   One example: in  “My Life as a Meatloaf” she relives the ecstasy of having a restaurant’s entree named for her, and the agony of its eventual removal from the menu.  No one does it better.