magic — and who receives dreams of the
future — learns to accept herself and her spiritual
identity.
Diamond and Pearls by Julien Ayotte
A string of bizarre break-ins puzzles retired detective
Drew Diamond, but the cat-and-mouse
game truly begins when the thief steals a strand
of valuable pearls.
The Eldridge Incident by K.W. Garlick
At the height of the Second World War, a navy
destroyer is dispatched to test experimental camouflage
technology, only to mysteriously disappear.
A clairvoyant finds himself entangled in the
mystery when he receives a terrifying vision of
two of the missing sailors.
From Slaves to Soldiers: The First
Rhode Island Regiment in the American
Revolution by Robert Geake
From acts of heroism to bouts of misfortune,
learn about the legacy of the men who enlisted
for freedom from local historian Robert Geake.
Hawthorn Academy: Year One
by D.R. Perry
Aliyah Morgenstern learns on her first day of
high school that her uncle is an infamous criminal,
and now everyone is waiting for her to do
something evil. It doesn’t help that she’s a powerful
extramagus and is bonded to a baby dragon.
Is her destiny really set in stone?
Kid Number One: Alan Hassenfeld
and Hasbro by G. Wayne Miller
This book, by Providence Journal reporter G.
Wayne Miller, tells the story of how Kid Number
One, Alan Hassenfeld, suddenly became chairman
and CEO of Pawtucket-based Hasbro after
his brother, Stephen, tragically died from AIDS.
Lost Restaurants of Providence
by David Norton Stone
Some of Providence’s best-known restaurants
have come and gone, but the memories (and
photographs) remain. The author takes us on a
journey of restaurants past where you can still
smell the fresh coffee brewed every twenty minutes
at the Silver Top Diner and hot butter cakes
flipped in the window at Childs.
Strong as Steel: A Caitlin Strong Novel
by Jon Land
In 1994, Jim Strong investigates a mass murder
on a freight train linked to mysterious missing
cargo for which no record exists. In the present,
his daughter, Caitlin, finds herself on the
trail of that same cargo when remains are found
in the desert. Caitlin is about to uncover a longburied
secret, one that men have killed and died
to protect.
Summoned by M.A. Guglielmo
Zahara floats out of her lamp ready to trick a
sorcerer into giving up his soul, but her summoner
is a do-gooder intent on saving the world.
Forced by a magical contract, they team up to
defeat a vengeful fallen angel and stop a war
between the human world and the jinn world.
Winds of Fear by Gledé Browne Kabongo
Abbie Rambally meets her new neighbors for the
first time, and she’s convinced something isn’t
right. First, the couple is fascinated with Abbie’s
son, constantly asking about him, and then Abbie’s
nanny quits with no notice — and her new
neighbors are all too happy to step in and help.
Abbie must uncover what her neighbors are hiding
as her family’s safety depends on it.
100 Things to Do in Rhode Island
Before You Die By Robert Curley
This guidebook by author Robert Curley, who
has called the Ocean State his home for more
than twenty years, is a fun and quirky take on
all the must-dos in Rhode Island. There are
experiences in here that every local has to try at
least once, such as day tripping to Block Island,
partying like a yachty at the Clarke Cooke House’s
Boom Boom Room, walking along Newport’s
Cliff Walk and feasting on Rhode Island’s
famous specialties like Del’s lemonade, a coffee
cabinet, bakery pizza and more. �
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