May’s Books

Sarah Monette’s “The bone key” is a collection of short stories in the manner of the traditional English ghost story, with no gratuitous sex or violence, and the horror is implied. In fact, the author acknowledges her debt to H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James in the introduction. The ten stories all share the main character, an a shy, awkward museum archivist, Kyle Murchison Booth. It is Booth’s brushes with the undead that make for compelling, gripping, and unsettling reading.

Heth, Edward. Any number can play

Koethe, John. Falling water

Ehrenreich, Eric. Nazi ancestral proof: genealogy, racial science, and the final solution

Watson, Larry. Montana 1948

Kimmel, Haven. A girl named Zippy: growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana

Watson, Larry. Orchard

Laine, Kristen. American band: music, dreams, and coming of age in the heartland

Monette, Sarah. Bone key

George, Elizabeth. Careless in red

Dereske, Jo. Index to murder

Barnard, Robert. Last post

Bond, Stephanie. Body movers

Bond, Stephanie. Two bodies for the price of one

Wolf, Laurie Goldrich. The only bake sale cookbook you’ll ever need

Grunes, Barbara. Best bake sale ever cookbook

Fine, Doug. Farewell my Subaru: an epic adventure in local living