APRIL’S STAFF PICKS BOOK CLUB IS HOSTED BY REFERENCE ASSISTANT EMILY 

Join us on April 7th at 6pm for our Staff Picks Book Club! This month we are reading The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods:

A tightly plotted page-turner ripped from the headlines of history, as three very different women must work together to stop a killer and save the truest home they've ever known Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances.

Until a new guest lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, refusing to speak or explain her arrival, the sordid stories of unexplained deaths seem unconnected. Faith’s reticence is quickly interpreted as malevolence, setting the house abuzz with whispers of dark magic. Abby, a staunch Quaker, lifelong supporter of progressive causes, and the Bethany Home’s treasurer, thinks the rumors of mystical powers swirling around Faith are nonsense, but she recognizes the danger of a good story.

 Books are available at the Reference Desk and you can email askreference@coventrylibrary.org with any questions!