Clarendon Hills Public Library

	April 15, 2013	The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain Check the Catalog>> An amoral drifter and a beautiful but bored wife plot to murder her middle-aged husband. First published in 1934, this classic noir novel was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism.
	May 20, 2013	Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal Check the Catalog>> As World War II begins British-born but American-raised Maggie Hope, despite being a college educated math whiz, is barred from a job as a codebreaker by her gender and is only offered a position as a lowly typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Here she stumbles upon a web of spies, murder and intrigue.
	June 17, 2013	The Expats by Chris Pavone Check the Catalog>> When her husband receives a lucrative job offer in Luxenbourg, Kate resigns from her position as a CIA operative - a job her husband knows nothing about - and begins reinventing herself as an expat mom. But expat life isn't easy and Kate finds her old spook instincts aroused when another American couple arrives. Suspecting that they're not who they say they are, Kate wonders if her past is catching up to her. 2013 Edgar Award Winner for Best 1st Novel by an American Author