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Alaskan holiday : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
Taking a job in a remote Alaskan town, a talented young chef bonds with a crotchety baker and a master swordsmith who complicate her career ambitions on the mainland. By the best-selling author of Merry and Bright
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Ambush by James PattersonAn anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a set-up, taking an officer down-and it's not Michael Bennett.The life of New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennet to the presence of a professional killer. Investigators chase leads that turn out to be phantoms, and this master killer entices one officer into compromising Bennett. He then goes a step further, luring another member of Bennett's family into even graver danger. Michael Bennett can't untangle what's driving the assassin-but he can tell it's personal. And he needs to determine exactly how he figures in the killer's logic, before there is one fewer Bennett in the world.
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Blood communion : a tale of Prince Lestat
by Anne Rice
Navigating his new leadership of the vampire world, Lestat uncovers the story of a mysterious outcast demon who he traces to 18th-century Petersburg and the court of Empress Catherine. By the best-selling author of An Interview With a Vampire. Illustrations
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Dark Sacred Night
by Michael Connelly
Teaming up with Harry Bosch to reopen a cold case, LAPD detective Renée Ballard navigates interpersonal differences to pursue justice for a murdered runaway in Hollywood. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Lincoln Lawyer series. 750,000 first printing
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Desperate Measures
by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington tackles a challenge with the potential of costing him everything. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Chiefs
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An Easy Death
by Charlaine Harris
Guiding two wizards through the magic-wary country of Texoma, a gunslinger navigating the Great Depression in the wake of FDR's assassination searches for a low-level magician who may be able to save the tsar. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author
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Elevation
by Stephen King
A timely, upbeat tale about the power of finding common ground, written by the#1 New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Mercedes, traces the story of a man whose mysterious affliction unites a small community. Illustrations
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Every breath
by Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people, including the conflicted surgeon daughter of an ALS patient and a Sunset Beach newcomer from Zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. 1.5 million first printing. Tour
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Holy Ghost
by John Sandford
A mayor's half-baked scheme to revive a floundering Minnesota community by turning it into a religious shrine is thrown into chaos by the discovery of a body. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Twisted Prey. Tour
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Make something good today : A Memoir
by Ben Napier
Using their own story as a springboard, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town encourage readers to seek out the good in life, celebrate the beauty of family and friends, and prosper within their communities. Illustrations
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Presidents of War
by Michael R Beschloss
The best-selling author of The Conquerors charts the controversial leadership, public reputations and evolving political powers of American wartime presidents from the War of 1812 through Vietnam, including Lincoln, Wilson and LBJ. Illustrations. Tour
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The Reckoning
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Firm returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to trace the unthinkable mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend by a young war hero who refuses to defend his actions during a bizarre trial
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Shell game
by Sara Paretsky
Returning to Chicago to prevent an erroneous murder charge, V. I. Warshawski traces a stolen artifact with links to an network of international mobsters, terrorist financiers, scammers and art thieves. By the New York Times best-selling author of Fallout. 100,000 first printing
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A spark of light : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. Tour
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
The award-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible traces the experiences of a woman whose efforts to protect her family from sudden unemployment are shaped by the story of an ostracized 19th-century science teacher. 500,000 first printing. Tour
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Vendetta
by Iris Johansen
Charged with protecting the life of his murdered boss' daughter, Jude Brandon teams up with longtime ally Catherine Ling to stop a terrorist who is plotting a nuclear attack. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Night and Day
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Winter in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand
A suburban wife confronts the loss of everything at the same time her husband is found dead on the beaches of St. John, where he harbored a secret second family. By the author of The Perfect Couple. 150,000 first printing. Tour
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The Witch Elm : a novel
by Tana French
Left for dead by burglars while partying with friends, a happy-go-lucky charmer takes refuge at his dilapidated ancestral home before a grisly discovery reveals an unsuspected family history. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Trespasser
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