Beebe Library is already planning entertaining and informative programs to help you through the winter slog of January and February.

On Thursday January 24, author William Martin will be at the library to talk about his new book, “The Lost Constitution.” Martin, who first came to national attention with “Back Bay,” considers himself a storyteller, from a long line of Irish storytellers, coming to this decision when he was in his teens.
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Many people marveled at the spectacular success of the Harry Potter books when they first came out in 1998.

“These books will really get kids reading again,” thought many educators and parents. It seemed like J.K. Rowling invented fantasy for a generation of children. But fantasy has been around for a long time. You might say that fantasy has been around since the very beginning of human existence.
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For March 10, 2009

Barclay, Linwood (Canadian) Zach Walker series
Bad Move (2004)
Bad Guys (2005)
Lone Wolf (2006)
Stone Rain (2007)

No time for goodbye (2007)
Too close to home (2008)

Bates, Karen Grigsby (LA/NPR) Alex Powell series
Plain Brown Wrapper (2001)
Chosen People (2006) Not in NOBLE

Brogan, Jan (New England) Hallie Ahern series
Final copy (2001)
Confidential source (2005)
Yesterday’s fatal (2007)
Teaser (2008)

Buchanan, Edna (Miami) Britt Montero series
Contents Under Pressure (1992)
Miami, It’s Murder (1994)
Suitable for Framing (1995)
Act of Betrayal (1996)
Margin of Error (1997)
Garden of Evil (1999)
You Only Die Twice (2001)
Ice Maiden (2002)
Love Kills (2007)

Cold Case Squad series
Cold Case Squad (2004)
Shadows (2005)

Nobody lives forever (1990)
Pulse (1998)

Nonfiction
The Corpse had a familiar face: covering Miami, America’s hottest beat. (2004)

Connelly, Michael (LA) Harry Bosch
Black Echo (1992)
Black Ice (1993)
Concrete Blonde (1994)
Last Coyote (1995)
Trunk Music (1998)
Angels Flight (1999)
Darkness More Than Night (2001)
City of Bones (2002)
Lost Light (2003)
The Narrows (2004) also McCaleb
The Closers (2005)
Echo Park (2006)
The Overlook (2007)
The Brass Verdict (2008) Mostly Haller; some McEvoy

Terry McCaleb series
Blood work (1998)
The Narrows (2004) also Bosch

Mickey Haller
The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)
The Brass Verdict (2008) also Bosch; some McEvoy

Jack McEvoy
The Poet (1996)
The Brass Verdict (2008) Mostly Haller, also Bosch
The Scarecrow Due 6/09

Void Moon (2000)
Chasing the dime (2002)

Nonfiction
Crime beat: a decade covering cops and killers (2006)

Downie, Leonard, Jr. (Washington Post’s Executive editor)
The Rules of the Game (2009)

Dubois, Brendan (NH) Carl Landry series
Resurrection Day (1999)

Lewis Cole series
Dead Sand (1995)
Black Tide (1995)
Shattered Shell (1996)
Killer Waves (2002)
Buried Dreams (2004)
Primary Storm (2006)

Betrayed (2003)
Twilight (2007)
Final Winter (2008)

Hiaasen, Carl (FL)
Powder Burn (1981) w/ William D. Montalbano
Trap Line (1982) w/ William D. Montalbano
A Death in China (1984) w/ William D. Montalbano
Tourist Season (1986)
Double Whammy (1987)
Skin Tight (1989)
Native Tongue (1991)
Strip Tease (1993)
Stormy Weather (1995)
Lucky You (1997)
Sick Puppy (1999)
Basket Case (2002)
Skinny Dip (2004)
Nature Girl (2006)

Isleib, Roberta Cassie Burdette series (Golf Lover’s)
Six Strokes Under (2002)
Buried lie (2003)
Putt to death (2004)
Fairway to heaven (2005)
Final Fore (2006)

Advice Column series
Deadly advice (2007)
Preaching to the corpse (2007)
Asking for murder (2008)

Lupica, Mike (Sports) Peter Finley series
Dead Air (1986)
Extra Credits (1988)
Limited Partner (1990)

Jack Molloy series
Bump and Run (2000)
Red Zone (2003)

Jump (1995)
Full Court Press (2001)
Wild Pitch (2002)
Too far (2004)

McDermid, Val (Scotland) Kate Brannigan series
Dead beat (1993)
Kickback (1993)
Crackdown (1994)
Clear break (1995)
Blue genes (1996)
Star struck (1997)

Tony Hill & Carol Jordan series
The Mermaids singing (1996)
Wire in the Blood (2002)
Last Temptation (2002)
Torment of Others (2004)

Lindsay Gordon series
Report for murder (1998)
Common murder (1999)
Deadline for murder (1997)
Conferences are murder (1998)
Booked for murder (2000)
Hostage to murder (2003)

Place of Execution (2000)
Killing the shadows (2001)
Distant echo (2003)
Grave Tattoo (2006)
Darker Domain (2009)

McGrory, Brian (Boston) Jack Flynn series
Incumbent (2000)
Nominee (2002)
Dead line (2004)
Strangled (2007)

Parker, T. Jefferson Merci Rayborn series
Blue hour (1999)
Red light (2000)
Black water (2002)

Laguna heat (1985)
Little Saigon (1988)
Pacific beat (1991)
Summer of fear (1993)
Triggerman’s dance (1996)
Where serpents lie (1998)
Silent Joe (2001)
Cold pursuit (2003)
California Girl (2004)
The Fallen (2006)
Storm runners (2007)
L.A. Outlaws (2008)