Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals

Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals

Gordon Grice | Dial Press. This is the kind of book you don’t give to people like my mother who gravitate toward thinking the worst of any situation. That cute little dog over there? A killer. What about those charming circus elephants? Murderers. And don’t even think that a mere butterfly is safe…

When the Killing’s Done

When the Killing’s Done

T.C. Boyle | Viking Press. Rats, feral pigs and eagles play important roles in T.C. Boyle’s thirteenth novel that’s based on real events that took place on the Northern California Channel Islands where an ecosystem — twisted by humans and introduced invasive species – has been struggling to survive for hundreds of years.