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The red daughter : a novel by John Burnham SchwartzDefecting to America at the height of the Cold War, the daughter of Joseph Stalin finds her quiet existence upended by controversial associates, CIA suspicion and her relationship with a young lawyer.
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Blessing in disguise : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Loving three very different men throughout her lifetime, a single mother and art consultant examines the unique bonds she shares with her three daughters, before an unexpected twist of fate brings a past secret to light.
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The organs of sense
by Adam Ehrlich Sachs
A nineteen-year old Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who would later go on to discover calculus, investigates the claims of a blind astronomer who predicts a total eclipse of the sun that will plunge Europe into total darkness in 1666.
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The favorite daughter by Kaira Sturdivant RoudaEmerging from a year grieving the tragic death of her older daughter, a woman in a California oceanfront gated community observes the changes in her family while uncovering disturbing truths about her late daughter's final days.
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Miss Julia's humorous efforts to understand mysteries surrounding an unscrupulous new doctor and his painfully shy wife are complicated by Lloyd's first car and a newly divorced LuAnne's makeover in accordance with a new funeral home job.
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Tightrope by Amanda QuickWhen her new bed-and-breakfast is threatened by a robot innovator's untimely death, a former trapeze artist teams up with an enigmatic man who would track down a cipher machine prototype.
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Biloxi : a novel by Mary MillerA collection building on the critically acclaimed The Last Days of California and Always Happy Hour takes readers into the Biloxi home of an aimless, newly single 63-year-old retiree who makes the impulsive, life-changing decision to adopt a dog.
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If she wakes by Michael KorytaAn insurance investigator finds herself on the run from a mysterious young hit man while examining the case of a young college student who has been rendered a locked-in syndrome patient by a suspicious accident.
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The bride test by Helen HoangWhen his difficulties with processing emotions complicate the search for his bride, a Vietnamese-American on the autism spectrum is pursued by a hopelessly smitten girl from the Ho Chi Minh City slums.
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The night window : a Jane Hawk novel by Dean R. KoontzWhen people under Arcadian control begin showing signs of violent instability, Jane Hawk and her growing band of supporters prepare for an ultimate battle to determine America's future.
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Where we come from : a novelby Oscar CasaresMoving to his godmother's volatile Texas border town after his mother's sudden death, a 12-year-old Mexican-American boy discovers a young illegal immigrant taking shelter in his godmother's home before their shared desire for independence puts all of them at risk.
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Boy swallows universe by Trent DaltonExiled in a drug-oppressed refugee suburb in 1980s Australia, a 12-year-old boy dreams of a career in journalism while fending off the local criminal element to protect his imprisoned mother.
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Sunset Beach by Mary Kay AndrewsReluctantly accepting a job at her estranged father's law firm in the aftermath of her mother's passing, Drue is tangled in a decades-old mystery that threatens everyone she loves.
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The confessions of Frannie Langton : a novel by Sara CollinsA servant and former slave enduring a sensational trial for her employers' murders reflects on her Jamaican childhood and her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist whose questionable ethics set the stage for a forbidden affair.
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The Kremlin strike by Dale BrownWhen a new administration initiates countermeasures to Russian aggression, Brad McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron find themselves confronting dangerous adversaries on the untested battlefield of space.
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The assassin of Verona by Benet BrandrethWilliam Shakespeare and his actor friends, Oldcastle and Hemming, flee Venice with the knowledge of Catholic spies in England trying to destroy Queen Elizabeth, but encounter even more intrigues in the forests around Verona.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself : a novel by William BoyleA Brooklyn mob widow is drawn into a bizarre adventure involving her granddaughter and a retired porn star, finding themselves on the run from an unhinged Mafia enforcer.
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Mistress of the Ritz : a novel by Melanie BenjaminThe director of the luxurious Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris and his courageous American wife, Blanche Auzello, risk their marriage and lives to support the French Resistance during World War II.
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