<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2NPxfp_12hRdULY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2NPxfp_12hRdULY00" width="1758" height="1178" ><figcaption>Courtesy of Lawrence Krowdeed via Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p><i>Summer is the perfect time to explore mysteries, family history, and relationships — and to play some library Bingo with these reads chosen for you by King County Library System librarian Jenna Zarzycki. Drop into a KCLS library near you, or visit</i> <i>here</i> <i>to browse for books, attend events, access resources, and more. Be sure to check out KCLS’s Summertime Book Bingo, too!</i></p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3gGb8m_12hRdULY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3gGb8m_12hRdULY00" width="458" height="698" ><p><b>‘The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant’ by Liza Tully</b></p><p>If Miss Marple were real, you’d clamor at the chance to be her assistant, wouldn’t you? Perhaps not. Former fact-checker Olivia Blunt is determined to snag the post of assistant to world-famous private investigator Aubrey Merritt. After a trying interview, Olivia does get the job but is relegated to secretarial work instead of plunging into the exciting detective career she expected. When Merritt finally includes Olivia in an investigation into the death of a wealthy businesswoman, Olivia must sift through a multitude of suspects and survive her employer’s barbs. Readers will surely look forward to more stories of Merritt’s prowess as narrated by the scrappy Olivia.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Xq8Qt_12hRdULY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Xq8Qt_12hRdULY00" width="464" height="702" ></figure><h2>‘The Phoenix Pencil Company’ by Allison King</h2><p>Monica is an introverted undergrad who lives with her grandparents and works on technology meant to automate connections between people. When this same tech allows Monica to find a clue to her grandmother’s distant past, she also uncovers an astonishing family secret. The women in her family can reforge pencils, absorbing the stories of those who wrote with them. Monica must reclaim her legacy and decide how her future will be written. A debut novel that combines decades of family history with intriguing magical realism.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2fn6T3_12hRdULY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2fn6T3_12hRdULY00" width="456" height="700" ></figure><h2>‘Archive of Unknown Universes’ by Ruben Reyes Jr.</h2><p>A pair of Salvadoran American students explore their troubled history and test the limits of their relationship by using an experimental device called the Defractor. The machine allows its users to view alternate realities. Through the machine’s use, the students discover a connection to two star-crossed revolutionaries during El Salvador’s devastating civil war. This book takes readers on an emotional journey through dramatic family histories, while emphasizing the love that sustains its members through everything.</p><p><b><i>JENNA ZARZYCKI</i></b> <i>is an adult services librarian at KCLS, the King County Library System, who works in South King County. She adores talking about books to anyone who will listen and regularly contributes to KCLS’s BookMatch and booklist services. Zarzycki likes fantasy, romance, and narrative nonfiction best, although any book has the possibility to become a new favorite.</i></p></div></body>

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Summer is the perfect time to explore mysteries, family history, and relationships — and to play some library Bingo with these reads chosen for you by King County Library System librarian Jenna Zarzycki. Drop into a KCLS library near you, or visit here to browse for books, attend events, access resources, and more. Be sure to check out KCLS’s Summertime Book Bingo, too!

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