On the shelves - May 9

The following books are available from the Tucumcari Public Library.

For more information call 461-0295.

Fiction

"Guilty Wives" by James Patterson. Four friends in Monte Carlo for a luxurious girls' vacation find themselves in prison, accused of a crime.

"The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark. A biblical scholar who has made an amazing discovery is murdered.

"Come Home" by Lisa Scottoline. A woman joins her estranged former stepdaughter to investigate the possible murder of her ex-husband.

"Stay Close" by Harlan Coben. A disappearance in Atlantic City brings together three frustrated people whose lives were once connected.

"Taken" by Robert Crais. When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Cole soon determines that it was no fake.

Non-Fiction

"The Short American Century" by Bacevich, Andrew. "The Short American Century" is an opportunity to clear your mind and to think with a new perspective about our national agenda.

"Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill," by Daniel Imhoff. This new edition of Imhoff's lucid explanation of the farm bill and the [many] issues it covers.