April and May should bring warmer weather, but since anything can happen in Minnesota, these book picks offer frigid snowy highlands in one and a hot, humid swamp in the other.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Set in the not-too-distant future in Scotland when wolves are nearly extinct, Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy features Inti Flynn, one of a team of biologists who come to reintroduce wolves to the landscape. Even if wolves and conservation aren’t interesting to you, this novel has mystery, conflict, romance and an intriguing cast of characters to keep you hooked from beginning to end.
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai is an evocative debut novel set in a swampy area of Florida as a woman goes back to her childhood home, reconnecting with her estranged mother after her grandmother dies. These second and third generation Vietnamese-American women must deal with family secrets, their fractured relationship and the crumbling house left to them.
Ashley Christopherson is the owner of Niche Books in Lakeville. Read more at nichebooksmn.com.
