October 2021 Loanstars Adult Picks
Beat Bobby Flay Conquer the Kitchen with 100+ Battle-Tested Recipes.
Flay, Bobby.
Print run 100,000.
The Death of Jane Lawrence : A Novel.
Starling, Caitlin.
2021
Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield's first choice for a husband is the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence. On their wedding night, 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. Author of "The Luminous Dead." Print run 60,000.
Island Eats : Signature Chefs' Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea.
Postnikoff, Dawn.
2021
"Island Eats" is a tribute to the vibrant food culture of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and the celebration of a passionate culinary community built on the edge of a continent. Featuring more than 80 signature dishes, from a classic salmon chowder to island-foraged chantarelle risotto, apple pie waffles to bannock ice-cream sandwich, this inspired collection boasts locally-minded, soul-satisfying dishes that readers will want to make again and again. Residence: North Vancouver, B.C. Print run 7,500.
The Last Guest : A Novel.
Little, Tess.
2021
When Elspeth Bell attends the fiftieth birthday party of her ex-husband, Hollywood director Richard Bryant, all she wants is to pass unnoticed. Instead, there are only seven other guests. Come morning, Richard is dead - and all of the guests are suspects. What starts out as a locked-room mystery soon reveals itself to be much more complicated, as dark stories from Richard's past surface, colliding with memories of their marriage that Elspeth vowed never to revisit. She begins to wonder not just who killed Richard, but why these eight guests were invited. Print run 20,000.
