New & Notable

Enjoy these new arrivals to enhance your summer reading.

Fiction:
On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe
A Nigerian woman accepts an offer to work in Belgium, only to discover herself trapped in the sex trade. This book was reviewed very well, and may appeal especially to those who read Little Bee.

Why I Love Singlehood by Elisa Lorello and Sarah Girrell
The owner of a coffee shop tries her hand at online dating. An easy beach read.

The Disappearing Man by Doug Peterson
A novel that tells the story of Henry “Box” Brown, the slave who escaped north in a box, and went on lecture tours in England in support of the abolitionist movement.

To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
A film editor in Los Angeles has a superficially perfect life, but she wonders “What If”? What if she'd stayed in Nebraska with her true love, Willie?

The Taint of Midas by Anne Zouroudi
A mysterious death on a Greek island involving rapacious land developers and the dead man’s friend, a detective, who is blamed for the murder.

Non-Fiction:
For Cod and Country by Barton Seaver
Use this cookbook to help you grill up summer seafood and fix delicious accompaniments!

Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse by Suraya Sadeed
A memoir of defying the odds to help Afghan women and children, written by the daughter of a former Kabul governor.

Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy by Sanjiv Battacharya
A foreign atheist gives a first-hand account of the darker side of fundamentalist LDS splinter groups, and comes to some unexpected conclusions.

Wanton West by Lael Morgan
A history of madams, murder, money, and wild women on Montana’s frontier.

To Die in Mexico by John Gibler
Since 2006, 34,000 Mexicans have been killed in the drug war. Reveals the brave civic resistance to death cults and official silencing by, among others, some of the remarkable Mexican journalists trying to tell the drug war's hidden story.