Year's Best Crime Novels

Booklist, has published its list of its 11 picks for the Year's Best Crime Novels. Click the title to see the book's availability.

• The Broken Shore by Peter Temple.
• The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Benyon.
• Echo Park by Michael Connelly.
• Free Fire by C.J. Box.
• The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst.
• The Limehouse Text by Will Thomas.
• The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox.
• Vicious Circle by Robert Littell.
• Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell.
• The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon.
• The Zero by Jess Walter.

How Fast Can You View?

The library now offers patrons new released DVD's for overnight loan. They are located in the main lobby in front of the circulation desk. So on your way home from the library, grab some popcorn and enjoy the movie!

Book Newsletters

The library has a collection of over 20 newsletters that are issued monthly that range from children's books to romances to bestsellers. Below are some of the recommended mystery titles for May.

The Bloomsday Dead by Adrian McKinty.
Con Ed by Matthew Klein.
A Safe Place for Dying by Jack Fredrickson.
Erased from Memory by Diana O'Hehir.

Planning a day trip? The Library offers Musem & Park Passes!

(Most passes offer free admission or a discounted admission)

Carousel Museum, Bristol
Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
Harriet Beecher Stowe Museum, Hartford
Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington
The Mark Twain House, Hartford
Mystic Seaport
New Britain Museum of American Art
New England Air Museum
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Connecticut State Parks & Forests Day Pass
Eric Carle Museum
Imagine Nation Museum
Mystic Aquarium
Roaring Brook Nature Center
The Children's Museum


Check the Library's Calendar of Events on our website for more programs and events!

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