New items are available at the Hancock County Public Library.
The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Adult Fiction
“Sunburn,” by Laura Lippman
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Bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers who have the best intentions and the worst luck. Polly and Adam meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he’s also passing through. Yet she stays; and he stays, drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness unnerves and excites him. Over the course of the summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds dangerous secrets back from the other. Then someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other’s lives and lies that neither knows how to get away or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?
Adult Nonfiction
“A Dangerous Woman: The Life of Florence Gould,” by Susan Ronald
Born in turn-of-the-century San Francisco to French parents, Florence moved to Paris at the age of 11. Believing that money brought respectability and happiness, she became the third wife of Frank Jay Gould, son of the railway millionaire Jay Gould. She guided Frank’s millions into hotels and casinos, creating a luxury hotel and casino empire. She entertained Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Kennedy and many Hollywood stars, like Charlie Chaplin, who became her lover. While the party ended for most Americans after the Crash of 1929, Frank and Florence refused to go home. During the Occupation, Florence took several German lovers and hosted a controversial salon. As the Allies closed in, the unscrupulous Florence became embroiled in a money laundering operation for fleeing high-ranking Nazis. Yet after the war, not only did she avoid prosecution, but her vast fortune bought her respectability as a significant contributor to the Metropolitan Museum among many others. It also earned her friends like Estée Lauder who obligingly looked the other way. A seductive and amoral woman who loved to say “money doesn’t care who owns it”, Florence’s life proved a strong argument that perhaps money can buy happiness after all.
