Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

On the shelves - Nov. 1

The following books are available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library:

“Rope Burn” by William W. Johnstone. Ace and Chance find themselves on the wrong side of the law inside the meanest, dirtiest prison in the Arizona territory. When a barroom brawl lands Ace and Chance Jensen in jail, it’s just the beginning of a nightmare that will never end. Their jailmates are army deserters. Even worse, their jailers assume Ace and Chance are deserters, too. Things go from bad to worse awfully fast. One prisoner tries to escape and gets blasted in the back. Others face horrific torture at the hands of sadistic renegades. And the whole operation is run by a maniacal army major who’s working the deserters to death for his own profit. Ace and Chance have no choice but to bust out of this miserable hellhole-or die trying.

“Three Hours in Paris” by Cara Black. Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the Führer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed her husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta, and a fierce resolve. But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction, she has no formal spy training. Thrust into the red-hot center of the war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the world in her hands. When Kate misses her mark and the plan unravels, Kate is on the run for her life-all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up.

“Final Judgment” by Marcia Clark. When it comes to relationships and self-preservation, defense attorney Samantha Brinkman has always been cut and run. But it’s different with Niko, a suspect in the murder of an investor whose shady dealings turned Niko’s good life upside down. He had the motive: revenge, as did many others who banked a fortune on the wrong man. That’s a point in Niko’s favor. So is his alibi. Until that alibi mysteriously disappears. As Sam’s feverish search for another viable killer begins, the investigation only leads deeper into Niko’s past and its secrets. From the darkest suspicions to final judgment, fighting for Niko is Sam’s job. To do it, she must risk everything on a man who could make all her worst fears come true.

“Norco ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History” by Peter Houlahan tells the story of how five armed young men attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in U.S. history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, this Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime journeys back to the Southern California of the 1970s, an era of predatory evangelical gurus, doomsday predictions, megachurches, and soaring crime rates, with the threat of nuclear obliteration looming over it all.

“Inspired Star Block Quilts” by Sandy Berg. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced quilter, with the 12 different star patterns provided, you’ll learn how to form both traditional and modern stars with contemporary settings like negative space. Enjoy learning a new and easily doable method and incorporating these elements into your future quilt projects!

“The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Ian S. Port. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ‘n’ roll-and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul-whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought-to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo.

— Summaries provided by library staff