Louise Baker

Out on a Limb; Party Line

“I first read Out on a Limb as a teenager, and was very happy to run across it again. It is every bit as funny as I remember it being. Baker was an inspiring person — but more than that, she was a very good writer.

Party Line: Remember shared telephone lines? Remember being at the mercy of every gossip in town? Baker writes about her life as a girl in a small California town, and how lives were shaped – sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse – by what was overheard on the party line.

Out on a Limb: At the age of eight, Louise Baker lost her right leg in an accident, but she never lost her sense of adventure, or her sense of humor. This is the (very humorous) tale of her subsequent life as a uniped.”

–KB/Technical Services

Stacy A. Cordery

Alice.  Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker

“Intelligent, outspoken, and sometimes outrageous, the oldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt influenced Washington society and politics as few women of her generation could. This book offers insights into this extraordinary character and into the political culture of the early 20th century in America.”
–MG/Reference

David Stone

Echelon Vendetta

“CIA agent Micah Dalton, a “Cleaner”, is sent to Venice to clean up the suspicious death of friend and fellow agent Porter Naumann.  As Micah strolls through Venice, the story expands in intriguing ways.  A suspenseful story line, with interesting and nasty characters, keeps you turning the  pages.”
–MM/Reference

Robert Wilson

A Small Death in Lisbon

“This very noir mystery/thriller is as well plotted and executed as any I’ve read.  His characters are complex and absorb your interest.  World War II Nazis still lurk in Portugal and their operations begun during the war are responsible for the tangle of evil that causes the title death.  Not for the faint-of-heart.  If you like this, read his Inspector Falcon series, starting with The Blind Man of Seville.”

The Company of Strangers

“Can’t get enough of this author: His villains are rotten, the murders are brutal, the espionage is murky and the lovers are star-crossed, but the plot – from bombed-out London to Salazar’s Portugal to Cold War Berlin and back to London – the plot is as brilliantly intricate as a Faberge egg and so well written. Read it.”

–DB/Reference Emerita