OBD Staff Picks March

In 1931 Shanghai, two Nationalist spies pose as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders causing unrest in the city.

Twelve-year-old Miv lives in a Yorkshire town unsettled by a series of murders, creating fear and uncertainty within the community. As her mother's illness alters family life and her father considers relocating, Miv struggles with the possibility of leaving behind her home and her closest friend.Together with her friend Sharon, Miv begins to observe and record details about the people and events in their neighborhood, hoping to better understand the...

This book "is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the wolf in our backyards, as well as its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering...

"Tess's daughter Anna now has a daughter of her own and soon, a stepdaughter. As they navigate the joys and challenges when two families merge, lightning just may strike twice."-- Container.

"[A] hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Join the fun as Mayflower Kennel Club competitors -- a fly-fishing shop owner from Pine Nut, NC, Shih Tzu-doting partners, squabbling yuppies, a trophy wife and her ace handler and a married couple -- vie for the top prize"--Container.

"At thirty-one, Chloe Fairway isn't where she wants to be in life. Stuck in a PA job for a boss who barely notices her and back home with her parents after a painful breakup, she feels like a failure. So, when she's invited to her college's ten-year reunion, the last thing she needs is to face the people who once voted her "most likely to succeed." She definitely doesn't want to see her former best friend Sean Adler, now a hotshot film director living...