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In Amulya Malladi’s The Mango Season, Priya Rao is returning to her home in India after a seven year absence. The reason: to tell her family that she is getting married. This is an upsetting proposition, considering that she will be informing her very traditional Indian family that she will be marrying a non-Indian American. Her greatest fear is that her family will no longer love her, and as she continues to delay telling them the news, circumstances begin to spiral out of her control. This book offers interesting insight into familial relationships and into conventional Indian culture while being a quick, cute, and humorous story.

Reviewed by Sandra S., North County Regional

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The Opera Ghost is said to have lived under the Paris Opera House for as long as any one can remember. Never seen and as long as his demands are met, he will leave everyone and everything alone. But when Christine Daae sings she becomes his angel of music. She is his obsession, his love. He will kill to help her, but if her affections should change he will kill her, and the one she loves. He is the most selfish of beings and will not let go of his obsession. She has no choice. Will the Phantom ever let her go?

Reviewed by Elizabeth S., Charlotte, NC

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The Society was born one night in German-occupied Guernsey as a ruse created on the spot to escape punishment for breaking curfew. Its history is told in an exchange of letters between its members and a writer who finds the topic a promising one for her next book. The resulting tale is one of the most charming this reviewer has read in a long time. Through the unique vehicle of personal correspondence, the writers present an amazing mix of eccentric and heroic characters in a story ranging from hilarious to tragic. No book lover should miss this one.

Reviewed by Jim B., Main Library

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Blood Game picks up immediately following the events in Quicksand. Nancy Jo Norris, a college student and daughter of Senator Ed Norris, is murdered and the blood drained from her body. As Joe Quinn examines the crime scene, he makes a startling discovery. He can see and communicate with Nancy Jo’s ghost. As Joe must come to grips with this startling event, the link between the killer and Eve is discovered. Jelak is on the short list of people suspected of killing Eve’s daughter Bonnie. As the game of cat and mouse begins, Eve and Joe will hold nothing back in their quest for justice.

Reviewed by Angela A., Cornelius Branch

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A ghost writer is asked to step in and assist in finishing the memoirs of the recently retired British Prime Minister. The previous collaborator turned up dead on the shore in Martha's Vineyard where the former PM is staying. After some reluctant investigating the writer discovers that there may be more to his predecessor's death than a drunken accident and that there may be a sinister reason as to why it is so hard to find his client's true voice. This is a great page-turning thriller ripped straight from today's headlines and an indictment of recent British foreign policy.

Reviewed by Ed M., Morrison Regional

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