Closed Mon. Dec. 26, Tue. Dec. 27 and Sat. Dec. 31 and Mon. Jan. 2.

First Night Day Camp. Saturday, Dec. 31 from 10 am to 3 pm for children ages pre-k to 5th grade. Enjoy a walk downtown to shop at local stores or dine in our waterfront area restaurants while your child(ren) join us at the Webb for a First Night/New Years Day Camp.  Each hour (on the hour) we will have stories, games, crafts and activities incorporating New Years traditions from around the world. A light snack will be provided. $5 per hour (2 hour max) First hour is free with the purchase of a First Night Button. Reservations recommended. Walk-ins accepted if there is room. Call Laura at 726-3012 to sign up or for more information.

Save Money Workshop Sat. Jan. 7. Join Wendi Meredith at 10 am for a 2 hour workshop and learn efficient couponing so you can reduce your grocery budget 50-90 %. There is a cost of $30 which includes Wendi's book "The Art Of Frugality: Spending Strategies In A Tight Economy".

NEW MATERIALS

Adult

The Impossible Dead  by Ian Rankin 
Book Description

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes The Complaints must travel.
A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist. There are secrets buried in the past, and reputations on the line.
In his newest pulse-pounding thriller, Ian Rankin holds up a mirror to an age of fear and paranoia, and shows us something of our own lives reflected there.

A Burial At Sea  by Charles Finch

In earlier books Lenox was an aristocratic amateur detective. Now at age forty-two, he's a solid Member of Parliament on a sensitive mission to Egypt. He has many reasons to stay alive - a beloved pregnant wife and a promising career among them - but staying alive won't be easy for Lenox in the next two months.
Lenox sails on the Lucy, a naval vessel that seems particularly happy and efficient. The brutal murder of an amiable young officer puts an end to this idyllic picture.
Lenox starts an investigation at the captain's request. His detecting skills are rusty, but he still feels the thrill of the hunt. The ship, being an isolated world unto itself, neatly contains all his suspects. Unfortunately there are hundreds of seamen and dozens of officers on board, none of them the least bit suspicious. Read on to become thoroughly perplexed along with Lenox!
The plot has multiple climaxes - and one rousing scene that brought tears to my eyes. I never for a moment guessed the identity of the murderer. Charles Finch is good at keeping the reader guessing. He also shows flashes of a very Victorian sense of humor.

The Leopard  by Jo Nesbo 
Book Description
“With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction . . . Jo Nesbø wins.” —Marcel Berlins, The Times (U.K.)

Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer?
The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn’t want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong’s opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway—his father is dying—Harry’s buried instincts begin to take over. After a female MP is discovered brutally murdered, nothing can keep him from the investigation.
There is little to go on: a piece of rope, a scrap of wool, a bit of gravel, an unexpected connection between the victims. And Harry will soon come to understand that he is dealing with a psychopath for whom “insanity is a vital retreat,” someone who will put him to the test—in both his professional and personal lives—as never before.

Ruthlessly intelligent and suspenseful, The Leopard is Jo Nesbø’s most electrifying novel yet—absolutely gripping from first to last.