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New Fiction BooksJanuary 2021
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Fool me twiceby Jeffry P. LindsayA sequel to Just Watch Me finds thief and disguise artist Riley Wolfe continuing his Robin Hood-inspired crusade against the wealthy elite by orchestrating the theft of a highly prized Fabergé egg - by the best-selling author of the Dexter series.
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Ordesa by Manuel VilasAn English-language release of a best-seller from Spain follows a divorced man’s midlife return to the Pyrénées mountain community of his childhood, where he navigates addiction, solitude and the ghosts of his late parents.
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The chicken sisters by K. J Dell'AntoniaA more than three-decade feud between two Kansas families implodes when a daughter who left one of the families to marry into the other brings the story of their fried-chicken competition to the attention of a popular reality show.
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The opium prince by Jasmine AimaqAccidentally killing a young Kochi girl while driving through Kabul, an Afghan-American foreign-aid worker is confronted by an opium dealer’s threats, the loss of his marriage and wrenching guilt over the local regime’s indifference.
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Big girl, small townby Michelle GallenA U.S. debut by an award-winning writer from Ireland follows the experiences of a plucky chip-shop worker whose coming-of-age in the post-Troubles years is upended by abandonment and growing tensions between local Catholics and Protestants.
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The lies you told by Harriet TyceFrom the acclaimed author of Blood Orange, here is a dark new psychological thriller about the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect family—and the perfect murder.
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The mermaid from Jejuby Sumi HahnA talented young deep-sea diver from occupied 1948 Korea’s neighboring Jeju Island visits Mt. Halla for her family’s annual trading trip before her romance with a mountain youth is upended by family tragedy and political turbulence.
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Eddie's boyby Thomas PerrySurviving an attempt on his life, retired mob hit man Michael Shaeffer reflects on his apprenticeship under an elite killer while pursuing his would-be assassins from Australia to the United States to identify who is trying to eliminate him.
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Our last goodbye by Shirley DicksonAfter her mother’s death in 1943, a young British woman decides to become a nurse and finds herself working alongside the handsome and funny Richard Bentley and wondering why he isn’t fighting in the war.
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The haunting of Brynn Wilderby Wendy WebbBonding with residents at a Lake Superior boarding house in the aftermath of a devastating loss, Brynn is unnerved by a frail local’s insights before becoming irresistibly drawn to a man with a dangerous reputation.
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Night in Tehran by Philip KaplanA suspenseful thriller based on true events follows the experiences of an American diplomat in Tehran who becomes a firsthand witness to the military violence, religious extremes and political machinations of the Iranian Revolution.
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Irena's war by James D. ShipmanForced to run 1939 Warsaw’s soup kitchens to help the Gestapo maintain an illusion of order, a social worker learns small ways to defy her employers while helping smuggle essential supplies to criminalized Jewish families.
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Peach blossom paradise by Fei GeConsumed by thoughts of revolution in 1898 China, Xiumi begins fighting the Confucian social mores that view women as property and, on her wedding day, becomes a pawn in a series of violent transactions carried out by men who think they are building paradise.
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From these broken streetsby Roland MerulloA curator at Italy’s National Archives, a secretary working for the Italian Fascist government and an underworld black marketeer join forces to repel their Nazi occupiers in 1943 Naples in a novel inspired by a true, historic uprising.
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You will never know : a novel of suspense by S. A. PrentissA woman’s carefully rebuilt life is upended by a local murder that casts suspicion on her daughter and stepson amid revelations of her husband’s failing business and a private investigator’s inquiries into the death of her first husband.
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The blade betweenby Sam J. MillerReluctantly visiting his upstate New York hometown when his father falls ill, a restless gay photographer reconnects with two high-school friends who become his allies in a plan to expose the corrupt motives of invasive corporate gentrifiers.
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Olive Bright, pigeoneer by Stephanie GravesTending her veterinarian father’s Hertfordshire racing pigeons while waiting for her best friend to return from World War II, Olive is recruited into the Baker Street covert branch of British Intelligence before investigating the murder of a local busybody.
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Rest and be thankful by Emma GlassA burned-out pediatric nurse in a loveless relationship begins experiencing recurring dreams about water before starting to glimpse the figure of an unknown individual dancing just beyond the corner of her vision - by the author of Peach.
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Wrong alibiby Christina DoddSentenced to life in prison for a murder she did not commit, 18-year-old Evelyn escapes and works under an alias at a wilderness camp, where her chance at revenge is complicated by a former employer’s mysterious connections.
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The wrong family by Tarryn FisherAn off-kilter narrator witnesses the slow unraveling of a couple’s strained marriage that erupts in unexpected ways, in a chilling tale of domestic suspense by the best-selling author of The Wives.
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