Each week, when available, a local library will recommend a selection of books available for check out.

This week’s suggestions come from the Ellenville Public Library, at 40 Center Street, Ellenville. For more details, visit eplm.org, call the library at 845-647-5530, or email epl@rcls.org.

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

by Anna Johnston

In the years since his wife died, Fred has been slowly sliding towards becoming homeless. After discovering a just-deceased elderly man in the park, Fred finds himself a victim of mistaken identity for the recently deceased man, Bernard. Ushered back to the nursing home where Bernard is a dementia patient, Fred finds himself well taken care of for the first time in years. After many failed attempts to fix the mix-up, Fred decides to enjoy this life he's borrowed from Bernard until the truth is discovered, but after learning more about Bernard's past, Fred soon turns all his focus into trying to fix Bernard's relationship with his estranged daughter. This story is full of both humor and heart, with several unexpected developments that will captivate readers until the final page.

The Night We Lost Him

by Laura Dave

Nora's relationship with her father has been strained, to say the least, which has only added to the emotions she's facing after he fell to his death from the cliffs by his beach vacation home. However, when her half-brother Sam shows up claiming there is no way their perfectionist, detail-focused father would ever make such a tragic misstep, Nora agrees to join Sam in a search for answers as to what really happened to their father on the night of his death. As the estranged half-siblings try to discover the reasons behind some of their father's latest business and personal decisions, they must try to find the truth from their father's oldest family and friends... all of which seem to be keeping the secrets from the past from Nora and Sam. This thriller engagingly moves at a steady pace, easily allowing the reader to be sucked into the mystery of what really happened on the fateful night.

The Author's Guide to Murder

by Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, and Karen White

When authors Kat, Emma, and Cassie arrive at Castle Kinloch on a small Scottish island, it is painfully obvious to everyone on the island that the women are struggling to get along long enough to research the book they are planning to write together. The three authors soon find themselves under even more scrutiny after Brett Saffron Presley, the famous author that uses the castle for fancy retreats, is found killed in his private tower. While the local police investigator investigates the women for murder, it becomes apparent that this writing research girls' trip is not what it appears, and because each woman has history with Presley, they'll have to work together to find the real murderer before it's too late. This cozy mystery is layered and engaging, using multiple perspectives to create an intricate and satisfying mystery for readers.