Cranston Public Library

"For librarian Aurora Teagarden, who is known around her small town as a master sleuth, nothing beats a good mystery. When mayhem and murder jump off the page and into her small town, she must solve each crime clue by clue before it is too late. The Aurora Teagarden Collection 2 contains six original movies from the series: Last Scene Alive; Reap What You Sew; The Disappearing Game; A Game of Cat and Mouse; An Inheritance to Die For; A Very Foul Play."--...

"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who undersands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one is...

From hosting authors to planning and coordinating book activities such as book signings and book clubs, libraries are perfect venues for readers to interact directly with authors and their books. And mounting literary programming can be easier than you might think. In this guide Booklist's Brad Hooper advises librarians in providing a wide range of programming that targets their communities of book lovers. Incorporating interviews from librarians...