Chesterfield County Public Library

Featured Titles

If you are looking for a good book to read, try these library staff recommendations of books that are especially worthwhile.

Fiction

Shell Game: A Mallory Novel by Carol O'Connell

Carol O'Connell writes stunningly original psychological thrillers featuring the alluring, intimidating and maladjusted (Kathleen) Mallory. Shell Game opens with a magic act that goes horribly wrong in front of thousands of viewers. Mallory is convinced that it was not an accident and her attempts to uncover the truth lead her to a group of magicians with secrets dating back to World War II.

Non-Fiction

Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters by Derek Lundy

There is a place on earth that is so remote, it is as far from human contact as the moon. That place is the lower 40's, 50's, and 60's around Antarctica. On old maps, before the world was known, cartographers marked these latitudes with "here there be dragons." The Vendee Globe round-the-world single-handed sailing race takes sailors through the heart of the dragon's lair. With writing that is at once strong and eloquent, Lundy chronicles the 1996-1997 race in this high adventure - where 16 sailors entered the race but only 6 officially finished. This is their story. The story of the structure of sailing ships, the genesis of storms, and the courage it takes to fight the seas for 5½ months - alone.

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