People come to Los Angeles to chase their dreams. Sometimes they find themselves cast into a nightmare. And sometimes, the most ardent dreamers turn out to be the most vicious monsters.

The body of an aspiring actress is found dumped near a hospital emergency room. She’s been drugged and murdered and the motive for the callous crime remains maddeningly out of reach. Until, a prime suspect materializes. Another Hollywood hopeful. Only to be shot dead by a sniper using a weapon that turns out to have been catalogued in a previous murder. And another, before that. It’s not long before more bodies begin piling up.

What makes the murderous spree baffling is the apparent lack of connection among the victims. Is this the work of a random thrill killer, the toughest of all cases to unravel?

But as Alex and Milo dig deeper they’re faced with an even knottier scenario: a highly complex killer with deep-seated motivation that will require all of their highly honed skills to decipher.

The latest page-turner from #1 New York Times bestseller Jonathan Kellerman, is a tale of psychological complexity, dark suspense, and shocking surprises. A wild ride through L.A.’s surreal underbelly climaxed by an edge-of-the chair conclusion.

And the latest from bestselling author Jojo Moyes…

The #1 New York Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family

“Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does.” –Jodi Picoult

Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad–a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago–suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

This Saturday, April 5, 2024, we are hosting a KICK THE BOOT kick-off event at the main library in Ville Platte.  We have partnered with @KeepLouisianaBeautiful to participate in #LovetheBootWeek for the week of April 5-13th! Our theme for the week is, “Let’s Trade: Trash for Seeds”.  Join us Saturday morning from8 am to noon to also meet one of our favorite local authors, GiGi Fontenot and a new craft vendor, Connie Ortego!  They will be with us from 9 am to 11 am.  We will be handing out trash bags that can be traded in throughout the week for FREE packets of vegetable and flower seed packs. Prizes will be given to those who bring in 4 full trash bags by April 13^th and for the one who turns in the most trash bags! Additionally, in partnership with Coca-Cola and the Osprey Initiative, Keep Louisiana Beautiful is offering a recycling opportunity in Evangeline Parish during the Love the Boot Week. The drop off point is at the DOTD office located at 2990 Tiger Lane, Vidrine, LA.  The recycled items that they will accept in separate bags are plastic bottles and aluminum cans only. (No bleach or milk containers or any foam or plastic products). Patrons will be able to drop off bagged recycled items until Monday, April 14^th at 5 pm.

Mother nature is calling! You can now explore your park for free in Evangeline Parish at Chicot State Park. All you need is your library card. You can check out a Geaux Explore backpack for seven days that contains a:

• Pass for a free, one-day entry to any Louisiana state parks or historic site
• Set of binoculars
• Compass
• Magnifying glass
• Leave No Trace outdoor ethics cards
• Louisiana Bird Guide
• Louisiana Wildlife Guide
• Louisiana Trees and Wildflower Guide
• Survey that should be completed when the backpack is returned.

(You may also check out a PARK PASS without a Geaux Explore backpack).

Check out: With your library card at any of the six libraries in Evangeline Parish, you can check out a state park pass and backpack together or separately.

Visit for free: Present the pass to the park ranger. The park will keep the pass upon entrance.

Admission rules: The pass permits one vehicle and its passengers to enter the park. However, it does not provide access to cabins, campgrounds, or other programs while at the park. The pass is not valid for overnight stays.

Have fun: But remember to respect our state parks. Use the backpack’s materials to leave no trace and enjoy nature responsibly.

Check Out Louisiana State Parks is a joint project from the State Library of Louisiana, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, and Louisiana State Parks. Call or visit the main library or your branch for more information.

Eighteen public library systems are participating in the Check Out Louisiana State Parks pilot program:

This Saturday, April 5, 2024, we are hosting a KICK THE BOOT kick-off event at the main library in Ville Platte.  We have partnered with @KeepLouisianaBeautiful to participate in #LovetheBootWeek for the week of April 5-13th! Our theme for the week is, “Let’s Trade: Trash for Seeds”.  Join us Saturday morning from8 am to noon to also meet one of our favorite local authors, GiGi Fontenot and a new craft vendor, Connie Ortego!  They will be with us from 9 am to 11 am.  We will be handing out trash bags that can be traded in throughout the week for FREE packets of vegetable and flower seed packs. Prizes will be given to those who bring in 4 full trash bags by April 13^th and for the one who turns in the most trash bags! Additionally, in partnership with Coca-Cola and the Osprey Initiative, Keep Louisiana Beautiful is offering a recycling opportunity in Evangeline Parish during the Love the Boot Week. The drop off point is at the DOTD office located at 2990 Tiger Lane, Vidrine, LA.  The recycled items that they will accept in separate bags are plastic bottles and aluminum cans only. (No bleach or milk containers or any foam or plastic products). Patrons will be able to drop off bagged recycled items until Monday, April 14^th at 5 pm.

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest installment in his wildly popular Cotton Malone series–now in development as a streaming series. The Medici Return takes Cotton to Italy to solve a five hundred year-old mystery.  

Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ–a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries–now worth in the trillions of dollars.  But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence–a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. 

Who will become the next prime minister of Italy, and who will be the next pope? Finding answers proves difficult until Cotton realizes that everything hinges on when, and if, the Medici return.

And the latest from best-selling author Marie Benedict.

London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.

May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.

Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.