Staff favorites: Three novels to check out now

No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Cynthia is a typical high school student who sneaks out one night to goof around with her boyfriend. She is caught by her angry father and she storms off to bed screaming how much she hates him. She realizes the next morning how horrible she was and she goes to apologize but she can’t find him. Strangely, her mom and brother are gone as well. The car is gone from the driveway and there is no note. Twenty-five years later, she is still desperately seeking answers to their disappearance. Her search for the truth will jeopardize her life and family. ~Jeff A.

Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
An ancient retrovirus comes to life in southern Russia, causing mothers to lose their babies before they are born. Governments around the world treat the SHEVA virus as a dangerous disease that must be eradicated, but something else is afoot, namely a sudden evolutionary leap in the human genome, with unusual consequences. With events spinning out of control, a trio of researchers—disgraced archaeologist Mitch Rafelson, retrovirus expert Kaye Lang and globe-trotting CDC virus hunter Christopher Dicken—must convince governments of the truth. Fun, fast-paced, thought-provoking, and even a splash of romance, this is speculative fiction at its best. ~ Beth D.

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
This is a magical story that will have you floating on air. You’ll fall in love with the Waverly women and Bascom, North Carolina. While wanting to find out what happens next you will also be dreading that this book is going to come to an end. Just read it, and you’ll be recommending it to others afterwards!     ~  Jesten R.

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