Diary of a Village Library by Caroline Lord, 269 pages

 This is the story of Lord's experiences as the librarian of the George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, where she served the small community of Francestown, New Hampshire from 1943 to 1960. New to the profession, she made up a lot of the protocol herself and kept a journal, noting her encounters with people and books, and reacting to current events as they affected the library and her town. The result is a unique book that recounts not only the culture of a possibly simpler time in small-town New England, but also the day-to-day operations of the pre-automated library.

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh, 269 pagess

 Of all the books in the Alleyn series, Scales of Justice is most powerfully reminiscent of Agatha Christie, with its setting in an almost unspeakably charming little English village, and its cast of inbred aristocrats. When one of the aristos turns up dead next to the local trout-stream – with, in fact, a trout at his side – everyone is dreadfully upset, of course, but really, just a tad irritated as well: Murder is so awfully messy. Thank gawd that nice Inspector Alleyn – not really one of us, you know, but not terribly wide of the mark – is on hand to clear things up. Though one could wish that he didn’t feel compelled to ask quite so many questions.

The CIA's Control of Candy Jones by Donald Bain, 269 pages

In the 26 years since The Control of Candy Jones was first published, the controversy surrounding this wrenching tale of how one of America's most famous models was used by the CIA as a human guinea pig in its infamous mind control experiments, has never completely vanished. It has remained a "cult book," fueling the cause of critics of the CIA, and further defining the now proven (and accepted) thesis that the minds of certain people can be manipulated and controlled, in this instance, for evil purposes. 20th Century Fox paid significant money for it as a film vehicle for Jane Fonda, yet never produced the movie despite attempts at screenplays by three of Hollywood's best, and has refused to sell the rights to the many producers who've expressed interest in making the film. Why? The CIA attempted to suppress the book, as did one of the doctors, a physician to the stars, who spearheaded the intelligence agency's mind control experimentation. This edition, with a new foreword by the author, presents another opportunity for every concerned citizen to share the compelling tragedy suffered by Candy Jones during that dark, tumultuous period in our history known as the "Cold War." 

This was mentioned in a WWII spy novel I read as proof that spy agencies were using mind control for years. I'm not 100% convinced but I don't believe our government is above these tactics.