Books we are Reading

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In July, Roni Nicora will be leading the discussion on The Good Lie by A.R. Torre. It is a gripping read that explores the dark side of human nature. Six teens murdered. A suspect behind bars. A desperate father. In a case this shadowy, the truth is easy to hide. Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She's spent a decade treating California's most depraved predators and unlocking their motives. Working with defense attorney Robert Kavin, Moore suspects he's hiding something. 

The group will be discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt in August. This book explores how loneliness can be transformed with slightest touch from another living being. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. 

Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives.   Aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons.   When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.   This is a debut novel by Sarah Penner.