Fall Bestsellers 2020 Fall Bestsellers 2020 A Time for Mercy by John Grisham Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. 10/13 Elsewhere by Dean Koontz California man Jeffy Coltrane and his 11-year-old daughter, Amity, discover the wonders and horrors of multiverse travel after an inventor entrusts them with a special device. 10/6 The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child Jack Reacher intervenes when Rusty Rutherford is ambushed. The bad guys are part of something deadly involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murder—all centered on a mousy little guy who has no idea what he’s up against. 10/27 Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her foundations. 10/6 Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber Urged by her mother to take a cruise for the holidays, Everly tours the Amazon under the guidance of a charming naturalist. 10/13 THIS LIST EDITED BY: EILEEN ACOSTA RAMAPO CATSKILL LIBRARY SYSTEM and TERRY EAGLE HAVERSTRAW KING’S DAUGHTERS PUBLIC LIBRARY A Dog's Perfect Christmas By W. Bruce Cameron The arrival of a lost puppy is yet another in the string of calamities facing the Goss family. Could the little canine be just what they all need? 10/20 Magic Lessons: A Prequel to Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman This prequel unveils the origin story of Maria Owens, who after being found as an abandoned baby in 1664 Salem, is taught in the "Unnamed Arts" before cursing her own family in love. 10/6 Cardiff, By the Sea by Joyce Carol Oates The four novellas in this spellbinding collection carefully tread the boundary between psychological and supernatural expressions of the macabre. 10/6 Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld Comedian Seinfeld reflects on the absurdities of life in a laugh-out-loud volume that gathers jokes he’s written over his 45-year career along with reminiscences on the lifestyle and craft of stand-up. (non-fiction) 10/6 The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton Sailing back to Amsterdam as a prisoner accused of an unknown crime, Detective Pipps relies on his faithful sidekick to help solve an onboard mystery. 10/6 Shakeup by Stuart Woods Stone Barrington returns to the Washington, D.C., hotel where he’s staying for the inauguration of his girlfiriend, Holly Barker, as president—only to find the body of Patricia Clark, the incoming secretary of commerce’s wife, lying on the floor of his suite. 10/27 FORTHCOMING FORTHCOMING OCTOBER Daylight by David Baldacci FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with military investigator John Puller's high- stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy -- from which neither of them will escape unscathed. (11/17). Hidden in Plain Sight by Jeffrey Archer Detective Warwick has been reassigned to the Drugs Squad and charged with tracking down a nasty South London drug dealer, which brings him in contact with a miscreant financier and a drug-dealing school buddy. (11/3) The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop By Fannie Flagg Taking a final visit to the ghost town where his mother Ruth's Whistle Stop Cafe made its fried green tomatoes, Bud Threadgoode discovers new friends and surprises about the community's women. 10/27 NOVEMBER Ramapo Catskill Library System www.rcls.org (845)243-3747