Conejos Library District

A series of character sketches which reveal the life of a village community in the Middle West. They are in the form of epitaphs in a kind of 'free verse'.

Forty years after Emily Vaughn was murdered on her prom night, U.S. Marshal Andrea Oliver picks up the cold case to find justice. Who killed Emily Vaughn? The stunning new standalone thriller from international No. 1 bestseller Karin Slaughter. A girl with a secret ... Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead....

"A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Deadhart, Alaska. Population: 673. Living. In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven't seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know...

Jules Whittier is starting to regret the promise she made to her grandmother on her deathbed. The motel is even more dilapidated than it looked like in the pictures and it turns out that renovating it includes working with her estranged cousins Maddie and Gina—the same cousins who caused her to fail at running the last motel. But there’s no getting around the stipulations in Gram’s will, and Jules needs to make a success of the Beachcomber,...

"April MacFarlane wishes her best friend, veterinarian, Brant Wylder would see her as more than another rescue. Someone he might choose for his own happily ever after. Can she convince him the only thing in need of rescue is her heart? Brant knows April's life is a mess, and figures the last thing she needs is her BFF hitting on her. After all, he just extracted her from a loveless marriage, gave her a job, as well as a home for her and her four-year-old...

"Ryan Wylder isn't looking for love. He's been burned before and has learned his lesson the hard way. But when his sexy new neighbor Carly Clarke takes aim at him with her shotgun during a late-night misunderstanding that sparks his interest, he may have to look out for more than his life -- he may have to look out for his heart! Carly Clarke is ready for a change. No more men. No more bad decisions or accepting well-meaning interference in...

Maddie Montgomery has finally found her slice of heaven - a charming cottage on the sugar-sand beach of Shell Cove, Maine. There’s only one problem, the flow of tourists to Shell Cove dried up years ago and now it’s up to her to bring them back. When a stash of bootlegged whiskey from the 1940s is found in the walls of Maddie’s cottage, the discovery sparks an idea for an event that could bring the town back to life.

The name "Trinidad" is the Spanish word for "Trinity" as submitted by an early resident Gabriel Gutierrez. Trinidad became a stopover on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail bearing a reminder of the gently curving ruts of mule and oxen wagons drawn by travelers. Eventually, the town of Trinidad was populated by early pioneers on the banks of the Purgatoire River circa 1861. Trinidad, incorporated as a city in 1876, witnessed people of various...

After the tabloids deem actress Valerie Bernard "over the hill" despite the fact that she's only in her thirties, she decides she needs a break from the hustle of Los Angeles. And what better place to get away than the idyllic little town that her mother used to speak so fondly of? But once she arrives in Snowy Pine Ridge, Valerie has a harder time blending in than she expected. She's not used to small town life, and the residents of the town...