More Great New Books at Doylestown Library

Here are just a few of the new books recently added to the library shelves. This time I've included more non-fiction titles than usual, focusing on authors who have been on TV and PR in the past few weeks. The Beautiful Garden book is included because the folks at the library tell me that they get a lot of questions about edible gardening (plus, it's spring). Don't worry, fiction lovers. There's something for you too, including a new entry in the field of Scandinavian suspense.

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us - by Michael Moss  Moss, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the New York Times, has written a revealing probe that looks at America's increasing love affair with unhealthy food and how the big food manufacturers ignore health risks and employ savvy advertising to sell their products and reap huge profits.

The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design a Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs - by Leslie Bennett  Whether your yard is large or small, in the front, or out back, or in a few containers on your deck, you can pursue beauty and produce food both in the same space.

Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice - by Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphey  The title says it all: Whitey was the most sought after criminal of his generation. His story involved murders, prison, living under the radar and, perhaps most interesting, the story of how the FBI finally caught him in 2011. He goes on trial later this year.

The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church - by John Thavis  Timely book written by the retired bureau chief of the Catholic News Service in Rome. This book was written before the resignation of the recent pope, but is now especially topical. A candid look at the goings-on at St. Peter's. Thavis concentrates on the history he has witnessed first-hand over his thirty-year career.

Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court - by Sandra Day O'Connor  Does not provide commentary on contemporary issues, but does provide an unbiased, informative and entertaining look at current history. It presents "snapshots of the people and events that reflect the Court's evolution and journey."

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore  Can it be called "chick lit" if it's written by a man? Having a mid-life crisis is often associated with trying something new, and Moore, an accomplished cellist and college professor, had always wanted to write. The result is this book with the catchy title about three small town friends (not those supremes) who meet regularly at the local town eatery to gossip and cement their friendship from adolescence through maturity. A novel of strong women and strong friendships.

Dark Tide - by Elizabeth Haynes   An intense psychological thriller, a follow-up to her popular first novel, Into the Darkest Corner. Genevieve Shipley leaves her high-powered job to dance in a gentlemen's club. It proves to be quite lucrative; she is able to give up this job as well, but trouble arrives soon after. She is living her dream on a houseboat. After her first party, the body of a dead dancer - the only friend she had at the club - is discovered floating next to the boat. Genevieve believes she was the real target and is being hunted by the club owners because of a deal she made with the bouncer before she left.

The Andalucian Friend - by Alexander Soderberg  First title in a projected trilogy by a new author of Swedish suspense. The book chronicles a global turf war among Spanish drug runners, German gangsters, Russian hitmen, and Swedish cops. At the center of the action is Sophie, a nurse and single mom, who gets caught up in all this chaos because of her charitable instincts toward one of her patients, who turns out to be the leader of a crime ring. Fans of Scandinanvian fiction will like this one.

A Thousand Pardons - by Jonathan Dee  Pulitzer Prize finalist Dee gives us an up-to-date story of a woman forced to return to work after her high-powered lawyer husband crashes and burns. She finds a job in public relations and discovers that she has a talent for getting powerful men to apologize for their misdeeds. When a former school chum, now a powerful film star, asks for her help, the brisk pace of this novel picks up even more.

So, visit the library and pick up one of their new acquisitions- or look for a book that's been around for a while that you've been meaning to read.