Author Talk with Ashley Baker Wednesday, October 22 at Sharon Forks Library

 

The Ashes of Us by Ashley Baker

Dr. Ashley Baker returns to Sharon Forks Library on Wednesday, October 22 to talk about her latest psychological suspense novel, The Ashes of Us. In this morally complex story, a clinical pathologist taps into his own dark impulses when his daughter asks him to take the life of the man who raped her. 

Dr. Baker says her stories usually begin with an idea: what if a daughter asked her father to do something reprehensible (The Ashes of Us) or what if there was a novel about a killer that didn't focus on the murderer. (The Furious Others) 

Local Author Spotlight: Dr. Ashley Baker, Author of The Furious Others

 

The Furious Others by Ashley Baker

In her newly released novel The Furious Others, Dr. Ashley Baker describes the final hours in the lives of ten young women who have been the victims of a serial killer.  

Rather than telling the story from the perspective of the killer, The Furious Others flips the traditional horror novel format and begins in Purgatory, where the killer stands condemned for multiple murders. Chapter by chapter, the book reveals the sinister side of Jason LeDown through the eyes of his victims and the few lucky souls who survived their encounters with the brainy, awkward, and angry young man. 

Vacation Reads

 

Summer can be the perfect opportunity to stay up late reading or get lost in a great book. How do you decide which books to pack on your vacation? Do you travel light and rely on ebooks? Personally, I have a strong preference for hardback novels which is why my bags are always so heavy. On road trips, I enjoy listening to books on CD, especially anything by humorist David Sedaris. 

What do you like to read or listen to on vacation? 

Do you like to explore new authors or stick with your favorites? 

Staff Picks: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell - Adult Fiction

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

In The Family Upstairs, a twenty-five-year-old woman inherits a mansion in a fashionable London neighborhood and learns it was the site of a murder/suicide that left her an orphan. 

The novel uses dual timelines to reveal the bizarre circumstances that left three people dead, two children missing, and a ten-month-old baby discovered alive in a London mansion two decades earlier.   

As Libby Jones learns more about the grim fate of her birth parents, her older brother shares the story of how his mother’s hospitality to a new friend led to abuse and violence at the hands of a charismatic charlatan. Meanwhile, their long-lost sister struggles to raise funds to bring her own family back to London for a revealing reunion.