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Five New Titles at Birmingham's Baldwin Public Library

New arrivals at the Baldwin Public Library include "Critical Mass" by Sara Paretsky and "The Way Way Back" on DVD.


Need a little action, suspense or adventure to get you through the week? The Baldwin Public Library has just what you need with the latest batch of new arrivals.

Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

V.I. Warshawski's closest friend in Chicago is the Viennese-born doctor Lotty Herschel, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust. Lotty escaped to London in 1939 on the Kindertransport with a childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. When Kitty's daughter finds her life is in danger, she calls Lotty, who, in turn, summons V.I. to help. The daughter's troubles turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg of lies, secrets, and silence, whose origins go back to the mad competition among America, Germany, Japan and England to develop the first atomic bomb. The secrets are old, but the people who continue to guard them today will not let go of them without a fight.

The Litter of the Law by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown

During an autumn scenic drive in rural Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and husband Fair discover the body of a murdered accountant lying in a cornfield. Rooting out the guilty murderer in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harry's farmer's wisdom--along with the quick wits and extraordinary senses of Sneaky Pie, Pewter, and Tucker.

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Anna Oh, a middle-age wife, mother and artist, divorces her husband 
after 27 years of marriage to marry Vivica, the Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

Before Midnight (DVD) 

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have 
passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

The Way Way Back (DVD)

While fourteen year old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his 
mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.


The information for this post was provided by Birmingham Patch reader Josh Rouan of the Baldwin Public Library.


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