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New Arrivals – December

7th March 2020 by Graham Taylor

10th DECEMBER – NEW ARRIVALS this month!  These books are now available for borrowing.  To see last month’s new books, click here.

Discover more about us on Facebook and TripAdvisor.  You will find us at Calle Irlanda 5, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz (behind the old British School of Tenerife). Telephone: 922 383098.

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar–until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he’s ever encountered. Jack investigates–against the warnings of the police and his own editor–and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets. Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he’s ready to strike.
From the author of the Sunday Times number one bestseller Hunting Evil comes the next compulsive thriller in the Robert Hunter series.  A serial killer will stop at nothing… The Killer: His most valuable possession has been stolen. Now he must retrieve it, at any cost. The Girl: Angela Wood wanted to teach the man a lesson. It was a bag, just like all the others. But when she opens it, the worst nightmare of her life begins. The Detective: A journal ends up at Robert Hunter’s desk. It soon becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose. And if he can’t stop him in time, more people will die. If you have read it You must die Praise for Chris Carter ‘Punchy and fast paced’ Sunday Mirror ‘A gripping psychological thriller’ Breakaway ‘An insanely good crime series. Extraordinarily well written, high quality and high drama all the way’ Liz Loves Books ‘Carter has a background in criminal psychology and the killers at the centre of his novels are all the more terrifying for it’ Mail on Sunday, chosen for ‘If You Only Pack One’ ‘This is a chilling, compulsive portrait of a psychopath, and proves that Carter is now in the Jeffery Deaver class’ Daily Mail ‘There’s a touch of the Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter’s plotting’ Mail on Sunday.
Top cop, devoted sister, and now Inmate 3329: even prison bars won’t stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop — as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He’s ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom . . .
Amos Decker – the FBI consultant with a perfect memory – returns to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town in the newest thriller in David Baldacci’s #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series. When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution — and now murder. Decker and Jamison are ordered to investigate the death of a young woman named Irene Cramer, whose body was expertly autopsied and then dumped in the open — which is only the beginning of the oddities surrounding the case. As Decker and Jamison dig into Irene’s life, they are shocked to discover that the woman who walked the streets by night as a prostitute was a teacher for a local religious sect by day — a sect operating on land once owned by a mysterious government facility that looms over the entire community. London is a town replete with ruthless business owners, shady government officials, and religious outsiders, all determined to keep their secrets from coming out. When other murders occur, Decker will need all of his extraordinary memory and detective skills, and the assistance of a surprising ally, to root out a killer and the forces behind Cramer’s death. . . before the boom town explodes.
‘The perfect book for Erika Foster fans. It has all the same vibes – but MORE. I actually think this is Robert Bryndza’s best book yet’ ‘A gripping read that I could not put down’ ‘What an absolutely stunning start to what promises to be a brilliant new series’  From the breakthrough international bestselling author of The Girl in the Ice, a breathtaking, page-turning novel about a disgraced female detective’s fight for redemption. And survival. Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly became a nightmare. Fifteen years after those catastrophic, career-ending events, a copycat killer has taken up the Nine Elms mantle, continuing the ghastly work of his idol. Enlisting her brilliant research assistant, Tristan Harper, Kate draws on her prodigious and long-neglected skills as an investigator to catch a new monster. But there’s much more than her reputation on the line: Kate was the original killer’s intended fifth victim . . . and his successor means to finish the job.
Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew risk everything to stop a cutthroat arms dealer from stealing a priceless ancient treasure in the thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. In 1074 B.C., vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler–along with its mysterious cargo–sinks off the coast of Scotland. How are these three mysterious events connected? And, more importantly, what do they mean for Kurt Austin and his NUMA team? As they search for answers, the NUMA squad join the agents of the British MI5 to take on a wide-reaching international conspiracy. Their common enemy is the Bloodstone Group, a conglomerate of arms dealers and thieves attempting to steal ancient relics on both sides of the Atlantic. Kurt and his team soon find themselves wrapped up in a treacherous treasure hunt as they race to find the lost Egyptian riches. . . before they fall into the wrong hands.
Sergeant Lindsay Boxer tackles an ambitious case that spans San Francisco, L.A., and Chicago in this pulse-pounding thriller of “smart characters” and “shocking twists” (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters’ aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country. The victims were no angels, but are the shooters villains . . . or heroes?
“Utterly engaging, terrifying, and unputdownable, this novel will haunt readers and have them wanting more from Kelly.” –Booklist, Starred Review Erin Kelly, the masterful author of He Said/She Said, delivers another intense, irresistible novel of psychological suspense in We Know You Know. You can’t keep the secret.  You can’t tell the truth.  You can’t escape the past…  Marianne was seventeen when she fled her home in Nusstead – leaving behind her family, her boyfriend, Jesse, and the body they buried. Now, thirty years later, forced to return to in order to help care for her sick mother, she can feel the past closing around her. And Jesse, who never forgave her for leaving in the first place, is finally threatening to expose the truth. Marianne will do anything to protect the life she’s built, the husband and daughter who must never know what happened all those years ago. Even if it means turning to her worst enemy for help… But Marianne may not know the whole story – and she isn’t the only one with secrets they’d kill to keep.

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Clubs News

7th March 2020 by Graham Taylor

We have recently decided to reopen two of our clubs, The Tenerife History Group, and the Literary Group. 

In addition, the Art Club which meets at the library on Tuesday’s has reopened.

We hope it will be possible to reopen other library clubs in the near future.

Filed Under: Films club

Latest DVDs – updated July 2022

29th February 2020 by Graham Taylor

UPDATED: July 2022

DS507: THIS IS GOING TO HURT: A tale set in a delivery room with its heartwarming but also its most painful moments, it offers an honest look at life as a doctor on the ward and the toll the job can take at home.

DS508: THE PEMBROKESHIRE MURDERS: The detective superintendent reopens two cold cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to robberies. Steve’s team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.

DS509: THE SPLIT. Series 1, 2 and 3: The Defoes, a family of women divorce lawyers, have to face their past when their father returns after 30 years of absence.

DC194: BOLT: The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.

DL487: CROCODILE DUNDEE: An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

DL488: KNOCKED UP: For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she’s pregnant with his child.

DM179: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLY: In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount’s self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.

DR280: THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE: A Chicago librarian has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, creating complications in his marriage.

DS364C: VICTORIA SERIES 3: With monarchies tumbling in Europe, Victoria and Albert must confront what it means to rule in this new era. Constitutional crises, scandals, and a decade of marriage mean Victoria is tested like never before; as mother, wife, and Queen.

DS415D: THE CROWN SEASON 4: The fourth season covers the time period between 1979 and 1990, is set during Margaret Thatcher’s premiership, and introduces Lady Diana Spencer.

DS501: BONANZA. BLOOD ON THE LAND: The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
DS502: BONANZA. THE LAST TROPHY:
DS503: BONANZA. THE MISSION:
DS504: BONANZA. DARK STAR:

DT684: THE GUILTY: A young person gets hired to kill someone completely unknown, by someone equally unknown. Or is that true? Nothing is what it seems.

DV1362: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET: True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet.

DV1363: MISERY: After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

DA526: ATTACK FORCE: When aliens arrive on Earth to harvest human DNA, a special agent is assigned to destroy them without letting the public know they exist.

DA527: NON-STOP: An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.

DA528: DAYS OF THUNDER: A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.

DA529: ALLEGIANT: After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them.

DL479: SPANGLISH: A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

DL480: BROTHERS IN LAW: Roger Thursby is just starting out as a barrister, full of ideals, but he is a bit too keen for his fellow lawyers.

DL481: ASK A POLICEMAN / BOYS WILL BE BOYS: The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs—then find themselves involved in the real thing./ Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school.

DL483: PORRIDGE: The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.

DL484: OLD BONES OF THE RIVER / WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY: A professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes on his duties too./ A Cockney family. (3 sisters, a brother-in-law and a niece) inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family doesn’t want to leave London, but one of the male relatives insists and off they go to face the unknown.

DL486: HOLIDAYS WITH PAY: The Rogers family head off by car to Blackpool where, after a musical interlude and fun on the prom, they have an adventure in a haunted house.

DN261:A WILDERNESS JOURNEY: A journey into Alaska’s wilderness

DN262: THIS IS BULGARIA: 100 unusual photos of Bulgara

DR279: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Aspiring news anchor Sally “Tally” Atwater makes a demo tape of a fake story and is hired by Miami station manager Warren Justice. Though she lacks polish and experience, Warren sees promise in Tally and decides to give her a chance, giving her tough love assignments to foster her talent.

DS494: FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER: Two siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents’ home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.

DS495: TIN STAR: Ex undercover UK cop turned police chief of a small town in the Canadian Rockies does what he must to defend his family from those in power whether it’s the oilmen, the preachers or the gangsters.

DS496: THE MOANING OF LIFE: Karl is faced with the different aspects of life by travelling around the world and discovering how different people face life’s challenges.

DS497: THE ORIGINALS SEASON TWO: A family of power-hungry thousand-year-old vampires look to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.

DS498: LITTLE BRITAIN SERIES TWO: Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.

DS500: EMMERDALE DVD GAME: A soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales.

DT680: BLOW-UP: A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

DT681: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

DT682: STOLEN INNOCENCE: Stacy, a rebellious teenager, leaves home for the freedom and adventure of life on the road away from her parents. Afraid and alone, she is befriended by Richard, a handsome ex-con traveling across the country on a crime spree. Her short lived joy soon turns to terror.

DT683: JADE: A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he still loves.

DV1361: SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear on a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller gets the job 6 days later, secretly trying to find out what happened.

DF10X: GREAT EXPECTATIONS PART 1:

DF10Y: GREAT EXPECTATIONS PART 2: Great Expectations follows the childhood and young adult years of Pip a blacksmith’s apprentice in a country village. He suddenly comes into a large fortune (his great expectations) from a mysterious benefactor and moves to London where he enters high society.

DF22A: MADAME BOVARY PART 1:

DF22B: MADAME BOVARY PART 2: Madame Bovary tells the bleak story of a marriage that ends in tragedy. Charles Bovary, a good-hearted but dull and unambitious doctor with a meagre practice, marries Emma, a beautiful farm girl raised in a convent. Although she anticipates marriage as a life of adventure, she soon finds that her only excitement derives from the flights of fancy she takes while reading sentimental romantic novels. She grows increasingly bored and unhappy with her middle-class existence, and even the birth of their daughter, Berthe, brings Emma little joy.

DS491: HUSTLE SEASON ONE: A motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.

DV1352: PAGE EIGHT: Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer whose life, personal and professional, has just been turned inside out. When his boss and best friend, Benedict Baron dies suddenly, Worricker is left on his own to deal with a contentious Top Secret file that threatens the sanctity and stability of the entire MI5 organization.

DV1353:TURKS & CAICOS: Worricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four “businessmen” show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.

DV1354: SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD: MI5 officer Johnny Worricker and Margot Tyrell are on the run together across Europe. But Worricker knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront his nemesis, the prime minister.

DV1355: HELP: Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

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Consular Visit

20th February 2020 by Graham Taylor

WE ARE SORRY THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING SITUATION IN THE SOUTH WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. ALL CONSULAR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE.

Filed Under: Films club

Latest Re-opening News

2nd February 2020 by Graham Taylor

The Library Committee met again on Wednesday 17th February to review the current regulations (Tenerife at Level 2) and to discuss how quickly we can safely return to the new “normality”, given the regulations which the Cabildo (the island government) lays down for libraries.  We monitor these, and members of our committee make regular visits to the Municipal Library in Puerto de la Cruz to discuss with their Librarian how they implement the regulations.

Committee meetings will continue to take place monthly to review changes to protocols which are announced.

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