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New Fiction, Mystery & Science Fiction August 2018
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Our house
by Louise Candlish
When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a bird's nest custody arrangement, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the family home to maintain stability for their children. But now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other.
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The Masterpiece
by Fiona Davis
At New York's Grand Central Terminal, two women fifty years apart -- one an art teacher with dreams of working for Vogue and the other a divorcee who takes a job at the information booth to support herself and her daughter -- strive to make their mark on a world set against them.
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If You Leave Me
by Crystal Hana Kim
Fleeing to a refugee camp when Communist-backed troops from the North invade her hometown in 1950s Korea, Haemi Lee clings to a beloved friend but is drawn to the security offered by his wealthy cousin.
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Ohio
by Stephen Markley
On one fateful summer night in 2013, four former classmates -- each haunted by regrets, secrets, and lost loves -- converge on the rust belt town where they grew up in northeastern Ohio, a region ravaged by the Great Recession, the opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. But when two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life -- until the unthinkable happens.
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Toucan Keep a Secret
by Donna Andrews
While locking up after an event at Trinity Episcopal Church and checking on the toucan her friend Rev. Robyn Smith is fostering in her office, Meg Langslow investigates the sound of hammering in the underground crypt and finds the murdered body of an elderly parishioner who had become disgruntled with the church and ranted all over town about taking back his wife's ashes.
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Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
by Rhys Bowen
In the days leading up to her wedding to Darcy O'Mara, Lady Georgiana Rannoch takes on the responsibilities of a grand estate, but proving she can run a household just may be the death of her.
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Walking Shadows
by Faye Kellerman
An unwelcome discovery on the grounds of an empty house brings Detective Peter Decker, who retired from the LAPD, to the allegedly quiet town of Greenbury, New York, and puts him up against a criminal plot that stretches back 20 years.
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Desolation Mountain
by William Kent Krueger
Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders.
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An Unwanted Guest
by Shari Lapena
It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing weekend away. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity and all contact with the outside world, the guests settle in for the long haul. But then someone starts killing the guests one by one, and it turns out everyone has a secret to hide and no one is above suspicion.
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New Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Foundryside
by Robert Jackson Bennett
In the city-state of Tevanne, run by four merchant houses that control magical technology, talented thief Sancia Grado finds herself in danger when she steals a magical artifact that could change the world — or destroy it.
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Relic
by Alan Dean Foster
The sole survivor of a plague that destroyed a galaxy-spanning human civilization is taken in by an alien species, who offer to help locate the long-lost planet Earth in exchange for his cooperation in resurrecting the human race with his genetic material.
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Ball Lightning
by Cixin Liu
When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier.
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