March 5 — A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Ann Fowler. (DB093792)

After her family is left destitute by the Civil War, Alva Smith marries into the wealthy, but socially shunned, Vanderbilt family. Old-money New York society refuses to welcome her, but Alva uses her intelligence and will to win acknowledgement and respect. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018 [14 hours, 21 minutes]

 

March 19 — I Am the Central Park Jogger by Trisha Meili. (DB056125)

The victim of a 1989 brutal assault and rape in New York City recounts overcoming medical odds to become an inspiration to others suffering massive brain injury. Fourteen years after the attack, Meili discusses the aftermath of her trauma, her rehabilitation, and the reasons for finally going public with her story. Bestseller. 2003 [6 hours, 45 minutes]

 

April 2 — Dog On It by Spencer Quinn. (DB068453)

After flunking out of police school, canine Chet becomes partners and roommates with private investigator Bernie Little. Though easily distracted, Chet is a good sleuth. He describes Bernie's latest case--the disappearance of fifteen-year-old Madison Chambliss--and his own frustration when trying to communicate clues. Strong language and some violence. 2009 [8 hours, 5 minutes]

 

April 16 — A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life by James Bowen. (DB077202)

London street musician and recovering drug addict Bowen recounts his 2007 discovery of an injured stray cat he named Bob, with whom he became inseparable. Describes the ways the companions have helped each other and become known around the world. Bestseller. 2013 [6 hours, 25 minutes]

 

May 7 — The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson. (DBC29304)

Daisy Flowers is fifteen in 1978 when her free-spirited mother dumps her in Possum Flats, Missouri… Sentenced to spend the summer living with her grandmother, the wry and irreverent town mortician, Daisy draws the line at working for the family business, Flowers Funeral Home. Instead, she maneuvers her way into an internship at the local newspaper where… she learns of a mysterious tragedy from fifty years earlier. Adult. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Some violence.  [13 hours, 8 minutes]

 

May 21 — The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story by Bob Brier. (DB047024)

Combining modern forensic technological evidence with historical facts, Brier proposes that the eighteen-year-old pharaoh was murdered. He supports his theory by detailing circumstantial evidence gleaned from reviewing Tutankhamen's remains and Brier's studies of the interaction of society and religion with the role of rulers in Ancient Egypt. [10 hours, 54 minutes]

 

June 4 — The Man-Eaters of Tsavo by J. H. Patterson. (DB046487)

In colonizing Africa, Lt.Col. Patterson and his comrades traveled through desert and jungle to build roads and bridges. In 1907 Patterson wrote of his encounters with man-eating lions who terrorized his work crew. A film, The Ghost and the Darkness is based on Patterson's adventures. 1907. [6 hours, 57 minutes]

 

June 18 — The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin. (DB132261)

 

You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society ... London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club—a sanctuary where they can discover freedom, sisterhood, and the courage to rewrite their stories… Unrated. Commercial audiobook. [7 hours, 51 minutes]