Digital Dukes and Damsels (with no distress)

Looking for patrons to join our newest book club! Each month we will discuss a book which was downloaded on your personal device (assistance will be provided if needed). Books will be available through Hoopla or Ohio Digital Library.  SIGN UP AT ALPL.ORG/PROGRAMS

The selection for this month is Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay.

"When an elevator in a Manhattan office tower plummets 40 floors, killing the four occupants, it's just the beginning of a horrible week in New York City. Over the next two days, elevator malfunctions cause more fatalities, and a taxi bombing kills three. Beleaguered Mayor Richard Headley, when asked by thorn-in-his-side columnist Barbara Matheson if it's safe to ride an elevator in the city, can only reply that he doesn't know, a response that causes chaos. Meanwhile, NYPD detectives Lisa Delgado and Jerry Bourque are working on the homicide of a man mutilated to hide his identity, who turns out to have been an expert elevator technician. Responsibility for the bombing is claimed by the increasingly violent activist group Flyover, but the person or organization causing elevators to go rogue remains a mystery until a heart-stopping climax atop a towering skyscraper."