Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley introduces eleven year old heroine, Flavia de Luce.
Two other new mystery novels have been purchased by the library. Floodgates by Mary Anna Evans, is set in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Also new is Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan.
Based on the family that Sidney Sheldon created in Master of the Game, Tilly Bagshawe has written the long-awaited sequel to Sheldon's #1 New York Times bestselling masterpiece in her new novel, Mistress of the Game.
Other new fiction by well-known authors includes Borderline by Nevada Barr; Storm Cycle by Iris Johansen; House Secrets Mike Lawson; The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles; Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner; and The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice. New in the science fiction section is Omen, part of the Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series.
New nonfiction titles include The Road to Woodstock by Michael Lang and Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World edited by Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury. August 15, 2009 was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.
Other new nonfiction includes Robert Mitchum: Baby I Don’t Care by Lee Server; In the Sanctuary of Outcasts a memoir by Neil White; Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future Chris Mooney; Keeping Poultry and Rabbits On Scraps; Choosing and Keeping Pigs; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Disaster Preparedness and The Handy Weather Answer Book.
The library now has copies of the books for Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma. The library will host a LTAI series beginning August 20 with Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse. The series titled Crime and Comedy: The Lighter Side of Murder and Misdemeanor, also includes The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams by Lawrence Block, Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen, Cozy by Parnell Hall, and One for the Money by Janet Evanovich. Let’s Talk About It is a reading and discussion group sponsored by the Watonga Public Library and the Oklahoma Humanities Council. Books will be available for checkout this summer. For more information, call the library at 580.623.7748 or toll-free in Blaine County at 888.261.9071.
The library is open Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Books can be rechecked by telephone at 623.7748 or by email at bookwoman@watonga.lib.ok.us.