Book Lists: Wainwright Public Library

Life in the city of dirty water : a memoir of healing

By Thomas-Müller, Clayton, author | 2021

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There have been many Clayton Thomas-Müllers: The child who played with toy planes as an escape from domestic and sexual abuse, enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada's residential school system; the angry youngster who defended himself with fists and sharp wit against racism and violence, at school and on the streets of Winnipeg and small-town British Columbia; the tough teenager who, at 17, managed a drug house run by members of his family, and slipped in and out of juvie, operating in a world of violence and pain. But behind them all, there was another Clayton: the one who remained immersed in Cree spirituality, and who embraced the rituals and ways of thinking vital to his heritage; the one who reconnected with the land during summer visits to his great-grandparents' trapline in his home territory of Pukatawagan in northern Manitoba. And it's this version of Clayton that ultimately triumphed, finding healing by directly facing the trauma that he shares with Indigenous peoples around the world. Now a leading organizer and activist on the frontlines of environmental resistance, Clayton brings his warrior spirit to the fight against the ongoing assault on Indigenous peoples' lands by Big Oil.

The recovery agent

By Evanovich, Janet, author | 2022

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Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast. Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Cortez. But this particular job comes with a huge problem attached to it, Gabriela's ex-husband, Rafer. It's Rafer who has the map that possibly points the way to the treasure, and he's not about to let Gabriela find it without him.

A stranger in town

By Armstrong, Kelley, author | 2021

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" Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes it's the natural flux of things, but Casey's not so sure. It seems like something bigger is happening in the small town they call home. When an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, someone who seems to have come to the Yukon for a wilderness vacation but instead is now fighting for her life, it's all hands on deck. What--or who--attacked this woman, and why? With the woman unconscious, and no leads, Casey and Eric don't know where the threat is coming from. Plus, the residents of their deeply secretive town are uneasy with this stranger in their midst. Everyone in Rockton wants this mystery solved--and fast."-- Provided by publisher.

Labyrinth of lies

By Hannon, Irene, author | 2021

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Hostage : a novel

By Mackintosh, Clare, author | 2021

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What strange paradise

By El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author | 2021

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All the little hopes : a novel

By Weiss, Leah, 1947- author. | 2021

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"A Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II. Deep in the tobacco land of North Carolina, nothing's the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is curious and clever, but she can't make sense of it all. Then Allie Bert Tucker comes to town, an outcast with a complicated past, and Lucy believes that together they can solve crimes. Just like her hero, Nancy Drew. That chance comes when a man goes missing, a woman stops speaking, and an eccentric gives the girls a mystery that takes them beyond the ordinary. Their quiet town, seasoned with honeybees and sweet tea, becomes home to a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp-and more men go missing. The pair set out to answer the big question: do we ever really know who the enemy is? Lush with Southern atmosphere, All The Little Hopes, is the story of two girls growing up while war creeps closer, blurring the difference between what's right, what's wrong, and what we know to be true."-- Provided by publisher.

Not a happy family

By Lapeña, Shari, 1960- author | 2021

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The heron's cry

By Cleeves, Ann, author | 2021

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North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder – Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He’s a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved though to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found – killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.

The orphan witch

By Crutcher, Paige, author | 2021

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The death of Jane Lawrence : a novel

By Starling, Caitlin, author | 2021

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"Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man-one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon."--Provided by publisher.

Riverbend gap

By Hunter, Denise, 1968- author | 2021

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Nine lives : a novel

By Swanson, Peter, 1968- author | 2022

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The violin conspiracy

By Slocumb, Brendan, author | 2022

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The darkness in the light

By Kalla, Daniel, author | 2022

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Girl in ice

By Ferencik, Erica, author | 2022

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The whispers : a novel

By Perks, Heidi, 1973- author | 2022

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Peach blossom spring

By Fu, Melissa, author. | 2022

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It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin's future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk about his childhood. How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down? Yet how can Lily learn who she is if she can never know her family's story? Spanning continents and generations, Peach Blossom Spring is a bold and moving look at the history of modern China, told through the story of one family. It's about the power of our past, the hope for a better future, and the haunting question: What would it mean to finally be home?

The lying club

By Ward, Annie, author. | 2022

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The diamond eye : a novel

By Quinn, Kate, author | 2022

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More New Adult Arrivals

By Braithwaite, Oyinkan, author | 2018

By Marillier, Juliet, author. | 2019

By Thomas-Müller, Clayton, author | 2021

By Evanovich, Janet, author | 2022

By Armstrong, Kelley, author | 2021

By Hannon, Irene, author | 2021

By Mackintosh, Clare, author | 2021

By El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author | 2021

By Weiss, Leah, 1947- author. | 2021

By Lapeña, Shari, 1960- author | 2021

By Cleeves, Ann, author | 2021

By Crutcher, Paige, author | 2021

By Starling, Caitlin, author | 2021

By Hunter, Denise, 1968- author | 2021

By Swanson, Peter, 1968- author | 2022

By Slocumb, Brendan, author | 2022

By Kalla, Daniel, author | 2022

By Ferencik, Erica, author | 2022

By Perks, Heidi, 1973- author | 2022

By Fu, Melissa, author. | 2022

By Ward, Annie, author. | 2022

By Quinn, Kate, author | 2022