The WCC Library in Smyth Hall will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 9, for pre-commencement activities.

Brown, Rita Mae. The Purrfect Murder. “Aided by her cats, a small-town Virginia woman investigates a murder.” (Popular PS3552.R698 P86 2008)

Grisham, John. The Appeal. “Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.” (Popular PS3557.R5355 A86 2008)

King, Stephen. Duma Key. “A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.” (Popular PS3561.I483 D86 2008)

Kinsella, Sophie. Remember Me? “A woman wakes up in a London hospital after an auto accident with no memory of the previous life-changing three years.” (Popular PR6073.I246 R46 2008)

Krentz, Jayne Ann. Sizzle and Burn. “A member of the Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, helps a woman with psychic powers.” (Popular PS3561.R44 S54 2008)

Miller, Sue. The Senator’s Wife. “A woman lives with her husband’s persistent infidelity.” (Popular PS3563.I421444 S46 2008)

Patterson, James. 7th Heaven. “In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.” (Popular PS3566.A822 A616 2008)

Robb, J. D. Strangers in Death. “Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a businessman’s scandalous death; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.” (Popular PS3568.O243 S77 2008)

Steel, Danielle. Honor Thyself. “A 50-year-old actress injured in a terroist attack in Paris must rebuild her life.” (Popular PS3569.T33828 H66 2008)

Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book. “A rare-book expert unlocks the secrets of a medieval manuscript.” (Popular PR9619.3.B7153 P46 2008)

Garwood, Julie. Shadow Music. “In medieval Scotland, a princess starts a Highlands war.” (Popular PS3557.A8427 S54 2007)

Grafton, Sue. T is for Trespass. “Kinsey Millhone must contend with a woman who has stolen a nurse’s identity in order to take advantage of Kinsey’s elderly neighbor.” (Popular PS3557.R13 T15 2007)

Griffin, W.E.B. The Shooters. “An Army officer on the trail of a missing drug enforcement agent is undermined by the military and intelligence communities.” (Popular PS3557.R489137 S47 2008)

Hooper, Kay. Blood Dreams. “The FBI agent Noah Bishop and his special crimes unit join with an unconventional civilian agency to track a killer.” (Popular PS3558.O587 B58 2007)

Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas. “Tensions between two Kansas farm families explode with terrible consequences.” (Popular PS3566.A647 B56 2008)

Patterson, Richard North. The Race. “Corey Grace, a Republican senator from Ohio noted for voting his own conscience rather than the part line, becomes locked in a no-holds-barred presidential primary campaign with his rival, a member of the party establishment and leader of the Christian right.” (Popular PS3566.A8242 R33 2007)

Baldacci, David.  Stone Cold.  “Members of Washington’s Camel Club are being stalked to prevent them from uncovering government secrets.”  (Popular PS3552.A446 S76 2007)

Cussler, Clive.  The Chase.  “In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer all over the West.”  (Popular PS3553.U75 C47 2007)

Evanovich, Janet.  Plum Lucky.  “Stephanie Plum finds herself in over her head with a caper involving thrice stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase and a bad case of hives–not to mention her grandmother playing the slots in Atlantic City using the stolen money.”  (Popular PS3555.V2126 P58 2008b)

Koontz, Dean R.  The Darkest Evening of the Year.  “A woman who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog are shadowed by an evil stranger.”  (Popular PS3561.O55 D287 2007)

Patterson, James.  Double Cross.  “Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a Washington killer who boasts of his killings on his own Web site, as well as an old adversary who has escaped from prison.”  (Popular PS3566.A822 D68 2007

Follett, Ken.  World Without End.  “Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s Pillars of the Earth.”  (Popular PR6056.O45 W67 2007)

Grisham, John.  Playing for Pizza.  “An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League’s Parma Panthers.”  (Popular PS3557.R5355 P56 2007)

 Karon, Jan.  Home to Holly Springs.  “The Mitford character Father Tim returns to his native town to reconnect with family and friends.”  (Popular PS3561.A678 H66 2007)

McCraig, Donald.  Rhett Butler’s People.  “An authorized sequel to Gone With the Wind updates the character of Rhett Butler for the modern reader.”  (Popular PS3563.A2555 R48 2007)

Steel, Danielle.  Amazing Grace.  “A San Francisco earthquake brings four strangers together.”  (Popular PS3569.T33828 A43 2007)