What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday?

     Well, it's back around to Wednesday again and I just have to ask, "What's in Your Library Bag?" I bet you didn't see that one coming did you? LOL.
     If you noticed the book trailer last week, it was on a new book called, "No Rest For The Dead " by Sandra Brown and 25 other mystery authors who got together to create a book for the purpose of donating the proceeds to Lymphoma and Leukemia research. What an amazing feat!! One story, 26 authors! Each author has a chapter or two and they are labeled accordingly, so you know that you are changing authors and conceivably writing styles as you go into it. First impressions may be that this could  never work. 26 different authors with different voices and writing styles could never come together and create one solid story. But, it does work; it really does. Reading along, the story flows seamlessly, moving from one chapter and author to the next. If it weren't for the titles and headings at each chapter, you'd never know that the voice was essentially changing. They are that good! The idea of a novel written in this way by so many different authors is what drew me to it in the first place. I didn't believe that 26 authors all writing could create one story. But they have and you should read it.
     The beginning of the book describes the the trying, convicting and executing of a relatively important character. What follows is a story about a 10 year anniversary memorial service held in honor of the executed person, Rosemary, a wealthy art curator. This party becomes a last chance for the chief detective, Jon Nunn to redeem himself and prove that Rosemary was wrongly put to death. This possible mistake has drained the detective of all life, but this case. As each of the other possible killers in this past crime are invited to the "party" we see glimpses of the past and what really happened. I am not finished reading the novel yet, but it is all leading to this party and whether or not the detective on the case can finally prove whether or not Rosemary really did kill her husband or if she was wrongly executed and someone else did it. Then the real question is, Who did kill Christopher Thomas?
     So, to figure out this beautifully written mystery, you must come to the library and check it out, cause I'm not going to tell. Besides, I'm not even finished yet, so I don't know. But, I will soon and then you'll need to check it out, because I know you're dying to find out...