I asked my teammates an important question, “What did you read while we were closed?” They answered, and I have them ready to share with you!

Slow Horses

Slow Horse (now an Apple TV show) by Mick Herron is the first book in the Slough House series. “Slow Horses” are intelligence officers that have made significant mistakes and have been forced to be paper pushers for the rest of their career. 

When a student, Hassan Ahmed, is kidnapped, the Slow Horses of the Slough House are willing to do anything to help. As the story unfolds, reader’s learn different groups have a vested interest in the Ahmed kidnapping.

This action-packed book isn’t one you want to miss.

The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers is a novel written by Rosamunde Pilcher. The book was adapted for a stage production as well as a movie.

The novel bounces between time periods following Penelope Keeling as she reviews her past and relationships with her children after her departure from a hospital. 

The book is written from Penelope’s point of view and the point of view of her children. 

I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men is a science fiction novel written by Jacqueline Harpman. 

Thirty-nine women and a girl are held prisoner underground. All the guards are male; however, they never speak to them. None of the prisoners know why they are being held captive, nor why there is a child with them.

One day, the guards flee, the women escape, and discover the reality of the world they are living in. 

Is there more

Why, yes there is. Some of our other recommendations are below.