Smith's Pasadena is a tale of love, damage and salvation set against the backdrop of California's City of Roses.Īfter a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. In a homage to the great noir stories of Los Angeles, award-winning author Sherri L. And Jude's got a few skeletons of her own. Once they start turning up, nothing is sacred.

And Jude is digging up the past like bones from a shallow grave. And someone has to pay. Now everyone is a suspect-family and friends alike. When Jude's best friend is found dead in a swimming pool, her family calls it an accident. Join us at this special meeting of the Mystery Club with author Sherri Smith, who will discuss her books, Pasadena and Orleans.īad things happen everywhere. The book club's picks are available in the store at a 15% discount.

Book clubs selecting this title for discussion should prepare for heated debate.Current reading selections: Pasadena and Orleans by Sherri Smith - with a special guest appearance with the author!ĭrop-ins are welcome. Does the novel challenge damaging stereotypes and strike a forceful blow against rape culture, or does it, at least in some ways, inadvertently reinforce the status quo? Cases could be made for either interpretation. Told in three voices - that of Alex and two of her classmates - 'The Female of the Species' is not likely to leave readers feeling neutral about its characters and the choices they make. Sometimes she can't stop herself from acting.

But I can't return to the sheep with blood on my breath they will shy away from me.' Thus she tries to keep her vengeful nature in check and hidden from her friends.

I want to run with them, so that I may tear out their throats when they threaten my flock. 'I am a wolf,' is how she thinks of herself, and she goes on to explain, 'It's not the sheep that call to me but the other wolves. When the suspect in her older sister's rape and murder is acquitted at trial, she stalks him like prey, the way he stalked her sister, and doles out a sentence. 'The Female of the Species,' by Mindy McGinnis.

Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith