If you have completed the August Book Challenge to read a family saga be sure to let the library know so your name can be placed in the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. The September Book Challenge is to read a book that includes a map.

The library will be closed Monday, September 5 in observance of Labor Day.

If you have been using MontanaLibrary2Go through Overdrive it is recommended you switch to using the Libby App from your favorite app store or go to meet.libbyapp.com as Overdrive will be phased out in 2023. Call the library for more information or to obtain your library card number.

Take the opportunity to Buy a Bag O’Books during September. You may purchase a grocery sack full of used books for only one dollar!

“Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.” ~Gary Paulsen

A new Eve Duncan novel by Iris Johansen is “A Face to Die For.” Archaeologist Riley Smith seeks forensic sculptor Eve Duncan to re-create the face that launched a thousand ships – Helen of Troy. After tomb raiders murder Riley’s father, she is more determined than ever to reach Troy’s burial site, avenge his death and enlist Eve’s aid.

“The Edge of Summer” is by Viola Shipman. After the sudden death of her mother, a private Southern seamstress known as Miss Mabel, Sutton Douglas heads to Michigan to find answers to questions about her mother’s past and her own place in the world.

The latest novel by David Baldacci is “The 6:20 Man.” Every day Travis Devine boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at a prestigious investment firm. Then one morning his routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead.

Two new inspirational novels include “Edge of Dusk,” the first in a new series by Colleen Coble and “Beyond the Desert Sands,” the second installment in the Love on the Santa Fe series by Tracie Peterson.

“The Lost” is a Mace Reid K-9 mystery by Jeffrey B. Burton. A home invasion turned kidnapping brings Mason “Mace” Reid and his cadaver dog, Vira, to a wealthy suburb of Chicago. After Vira finds the dead body of the wife, everyone is on high alert to find the five-year-old daughter. But the trail Vira follows leads back to the daughter’s father, billionaire Kenneth J. Druckman.

Jennifer Chiaverini has written the historical fiction novel “Switchboard Soldiers.” This work tells the story of “the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, validated women as essential workers, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory.”