954.7 Boo, Katherine: BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS

Unforgettable characters fight for survival in a notorious slum adjacent to the world-class Mumbai airport.  The author is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist;  the book is a National Book Award winner.

THE DINNER by Herman Koch

Two couples dine in an Amsterdam restaurant.  As the discussion turns to an incident involving their sons, the moral questions pile up.  Clever and chilling.

TELLING THE BEES by Peggy Hesketh

What Albert, age 80, does is tend his bees.  What he does not do is speak to his neighbor and her sister.  Then the women are murdered, and a lifetime of secrets and regrets begins to be revealed.

WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES by Karen Joy Fowler

Fern, a chimpanzee raised in a human family, is gone.  Her human sister, wondering what is left for her to believe, narrates this original and heartbreaking story.

THE PERFECT GHOST by Linda Barnes

When the dynamic half of a biography-writing team dies, the mousy half takes over.  Secrets abound.  Great twist at the end. Great fun.