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A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe

A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe
  • Author(s): Bob Cullen
  • Location(s): Allegheny Mountains, Atlantic City
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Bobby Jobe is an arrogant pro golfer who fights with his caddy, chokes down the stretch in the PGA championship, then gets blinded by a bolt of lightning while hitting practice balls in a thunderstorm after the tournament. Caddy...

A Boardwalk Story

A Boardwalk Story
  • Author(s): J Louis Yampolsky
  • Location(s): Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1939

This first novel by J. Louis Yampolsky is a vivid coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of 1939 Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the tenth year of the Great Depression, and, in Europe, war clouds were gathering. The...

Charmed

Charmed
  • Author(s): Beth Ciotta
  • Location(s): Atlantic City
  • Genre(s): Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Beloved storyteller Lulu Ross champions non-violence. Just her luck, she’s tiara over glass slippers for a man who carries a gun. Professional bodyguard Colin Murphy is s-e-x-y. Too bad he’s delusional. Who would want to hurt Princess Charming—a low-profile,...

Florence Adler Swims Forever

Florence Adler Swims Forever
  • Author(s): Rachel Beanland
  • Location(s): Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to “America’s Playground” and move into the small apartment above their bakery. Despite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment where they raised...

Please See Us

Please See Us
  • Author(s): Caitlin Mullen
  • Location(s): Atlantic City
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this sophisticated, suspenseful debut reminiscent of Laura Lippman and Megan Miranda, two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer in Atlantic City as mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home. Summer has come to Atlantic City...

Plum Lucky

Plum Lucky
  • Author(s): Janet Evanovich
  • Location(s): Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Looking to get lucky? Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and she’s looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart. Stephanie Plum has a way...

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