On the shelves - Feb. 26

The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup.

“Ralph Campton: The Guns of Wrath” by Tony Healey. Eight years ago, vicious bandits killed Marshal Tobias Cassidy and left his daughter for dead. Now a contest to determine the top shootist in the Wild West is set to take place in Fortune’s Cross, and lady gunslinger Hope Cassidy has come to town for vengeance. After gunning down one of the men who murdered her father, Hope learns the identity of the person who ordered her father’s death all those years ago. She will make him pay for what he’s done, just like she did the others. But first she must survive a competition in which there can be only one competitor left alive.

“The Girl with the Louding Voice” by Abi Dare. The only daughter of a broke father, Adunni is a valuable commodity. Removed from school and sold as a third wife to an old man, Adunni finds that her life amounts to this: four goats, two bags of rice, some chickens, and a new TV. When unspeakable tragedy swiftly strikes in her new home, she is secretly sold as a domestic servant, where no one will talk about the strange disappearance of her predecessor, Rebecca. No one but Adunni. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless servant, Adunni is repeatedly told that she is nothing. But she is determined to find her voice until she can speak for herself, for the girls like Rebecca who came before, and for all the girls who will follow.

“The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess” by Andy Marino. Sydney Burgess has spent years burying her past and building a better life for herself and her young son. But when she opens her front door and a masked intruder knocks her briefly unconscious, everything begins to collapse. She wakes in the hospital and tells a harrowing story of escape. The cops tell her a different story, Because the intruder is now lying dead in her house. As horrific memories of past addictions surface, an unnatural darkness starts whispering in her ear. It begins to change into something unimaginable. And the darkness has a terrible craving of its own.

“America’s First Freedom Rider” by Jerry Mikorenda. Pickpockets, drunks, and kidnappers were all part of the daily street scene in old New York. None of this was on Elizabeth Jennings’s mind as she climbed the platform onto the Chatham Street horsecar. But her destination and that of the country took a sudden turn when the conductor told her to wait for the next car because it had “her people” in it. When she refused to step off the bus, she was assaulted by the conductor who was aided by a NY police officer. On February 22, 1855, Elizabeth Jennings v. Third Avenue Rail Road case was settled. Future US president Chester A. Arthur was Jennings attorney and their lives would be forever onward intertwined. This is the story of what happened that day.

“Windfall” by Erika Bolstad. At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As Erika’s mother was dying, she revealed that their family still owned the mineral rights to Anna’s land―and oil companies were interested in the black gold beneath the prairies. Desperate to learn more about her great-grandmother, Erika set out for North Dakota to unearth what she could of the past.

“The Dusty Knuckle” by Daisy Terry, Rebecca Oliver & Max Tobias. The Dusty Knuckle is a celebration of recipes packed with flavor from east London’s favorite bakery. Full of practical, easy-to-follow instructions for mixing, fermenting and shaping, this resourceful cookbook includes everything you need to know to get to grips with dough at home. From legendary Potato Sourdough to unforgettable Focaccia, there are plenty of savory bakes to enjoy.

— Summaries provided library staff