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2054
by Elliot Ackerman
Set 20 years after the events of the New York Times best-selling 2034 the fate of American democracy is threatened by tech visionary in the Amazon rainforest who uses a breakthrough in AI to assassinate the president.
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Not Your Crush's Cauldron
by April Asher
When witch Olive Maxwell decides to take a walk on the wild-ish size, landing her on the Guardian Affairs watchlist, she gets her very own Guardian Angel to keep her out of trouble who happens to be her new roommate—and her long-time crush.
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Love in Color : Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
by Bolu Babalola
In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places.
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| American Spirits by Russell BanksThe last book by the late great Russell Banks offers three gritty, character-driven tales set in rural Sam Dent, New York, where his acclaimed novel The Sweet Hereafter took place. The elegiac stories explore a kidnapping, the loss of family land, and problems with new neighbors. Read-alikes: Richard Russo's novels; Mariana Enriquez's Things We Lost in the Fire. |
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Paper Cage
by Tom Baragwanath
How far would you go to keep your family safe? Lorraine Henry is generally content to keep her head down and get on with her work as a records clerk at the Masterton police station. But when children start going missing in her small town, Lo can't help but pay attention. After all, she has Bradley, her young nephew, to worry about, and the cops don't seem to be putting much effort into finding the kids. And then the unthinkable happens: Bradley disappears. Distraught but determined, Lorraine vows to bring him home no matter what. And, together with a detective from Wellington, she embarks on a dangerous mission, one that will illuminate all the good and all the bad in Masterton.
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Trouble
by Lex Croucher
When her sister falls ill, Emily Laurence takes her place as the new governess at Fairmont House, educating the children of widower Captain Edwards while searching for trinkets to sell to help her impoverished family in this "energetic and lighthearted" romance (Publishers Weekly) by the author of Infamous. You might also like: Cat Sebastian's London Highwaymen novels; K.J. Charles' The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting.
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| Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó CrucetIn Miami, 20-year-old Cuban American narrator Ismael "Izzy" Reyes is ordered to stop impersonating rapper Pitbull at parties, so he has a new goal: becoming his own version of Scarface's Tony Montana. Also narrating this creative, compelling novel is Lolita, a captive orca with a mental connection to Izzy. Read-alike: Sea Change by Gina Chung. |
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| The Adversary by Michael CrummeyIn an early 19th-century coastal Newfoundland town, Abe Strapp's grand plan to marry well and combine two businesses is sabotaged by his smarter widowed sister. Furious, Abe seeks revenge, which divides loyalties and causes devastating consequences in this "enthralling masterpiece" (Kirkus Reviews). Read-alikes: Macbeth by Jo Nesbo; Chenneville by Paulette Jiles. |
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At First Spite
by Olivia Dade
Angry at Johnny, the fiancé who dumped her, and Johnny's brother, Matthew, who encouraged him to call off the wedding, Athena Greydon moves into the ten-foot-wide Spite House that stands between the men's homes. However, Athena's plan to be the worst neighbor ever is threatened by her growing feelings for Matthew in this opening installment of the Harlot's Bay series.
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The Fortune Seller
by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Starting a job at a Manhattan hedge fund after graduation, Rosie uncovers the true identity the mysterious Annelise, a girl who infiltrated her elite Yale set with devastating consequences, and wonders if it's too late for her to put right what went wrong.
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The Weavers of Alamaxa
by Hadeer Elsbai
In this sequel to The Daughters of Izdihar, a group of activists continues to fight for women's rights in a patriarchal society that would deny them full personhood. Inspired by Egyptian history, this conclusion to the Alamaxa duology boasts a "fully formed grounded setting, exhilarating magic, and all-too-real political machinations" (Kirkus Reviews). Read-alikes: Ausma Zehanat Khan's Khorasan Archives series; Saara El-Arifi's Final Strife trilogy.
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Neferura : The Pharaoh's Daughter
by Malayna Evans
Dreaming of forbidden romance and freedom, Neferura, princess and high priestess of Egypt, to escape her vile half-brother, forms an unlikely alliance with a mysterious tattooed wisewoman who offers her a way out, forcing her to decide where her loyalties lie and how much she's willing to sacrifice.
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The London Bookshop Affair
by Louise Fein
In this atmospheric and intricately plotted spy novel, the tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis reaches across the Atlantic and into the life of sheltered London bookshop clerk Celia Duchesne, who learns a shocking truth about the wartime fate of her sister and the an old family scandal comes back to haunt her.
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| Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia FordThis sweet debut follows 77-year-old Jenny Quinn as she applies for and competes on a British baking show, where making old recipes has her recalling events from the past, including a 60-year-old secret she's never shared with her beloved husband. Read-alikes: Hazel Prior's How the Penguins Saved Veronica; Bonnie Garmus' Lessons in Chemistry. |
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The Split
by Kit Frick
When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24 hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past.
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
An unexpected visitor upends the sheltered life of Carlota Moreau, whose father, mad scientist Doctor Moreau, keeps her isolated on their estate in 1870s Yucatán, Mexico, along with the human-animal hybrid creatures he has created. Try this next: Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau.
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The Mystery Writer
by Sulari Gentill
When he is accused of murdering his sister Theo's literary mentor and lover, Gus, after Theo disappears, leaving behind clues in the form of a story, soon discovers that in order to protect the carefully constructed deceit, Theo, and everyone who ever looked for her, must die. Simultaneous.
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| Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl GonzalezIn the 1980s, up-and-coming artist Anita de Monte is married to Jack, an established white artist, when she dies after a suspicious fall. In the 1990s, Brown University student Raquel Toro researches a project on Jack while starting her own relationship with a wealthy white man. This Reese's Book Club pick presents a witty, thought-provoking look at art, race, class, and gender. Read-alike: Hernan Diaz's Trust. |
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Waiting for the Flood
by Alexis J. Hall
When a flood brings Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency into his quiet world, Edwin Tully, haunted by fragments of the past, is offered the hope of something he thought he'd never have again as they grow closer in their struggle against rising waters.
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One of the Good Guys
by Araminta Hall
In this fast-paced and intricately plotted psychological suspense novel, narrator Cole leaves his London life (and failed marriage) behind to start over in a quiet town on England's South Coast. He starts getting close to his neighbor, an artist called Leonora, but the local disappearance of two activists upends their tenuous relationship and uncovers that neither of them are quite who they seem to be.
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
by Janice Hallett
Looking to revive her career by writing a book about the Alperton Angels cult, who convinced a teenage girl her baby was the anti-Christ, true crime author Amanda Bailey, with the Alperton baby turning 18, seeks to find them until what she uncovers is much darker and stranger then she'd ever imagined.
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In Want of a Viscount
by Lorraine Heath
Arriving in England in a desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat, American Leonora Garrison finds fate leading her to Viscount Wren and torn between desire and duty, risks everything to be in his arms.
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The Canopy Keepers
by Veronica G. Henry
Disgraced fire chief Syrah Carthan, when another devastating wildfire breaks out, is pulled back into action, discovers an underground secret society that could save or destroy the world, forcing her to make a choice between human loyalty and preserving the delicate balance of nature.
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Who to Believe
by Edwin Hill
When popular restaurateur Laurel Thibodeau is found brutally murdered in her own home, and her husband is the prime suspect, six friends gather together, sharing theories about Laurel's death, soon realizing they each have something to hide as jealousy, revenge, adultery and greed converge.
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| The Other Valley by Scott Alexander HowardTeenage Odile lives in a remote valley that's bordered by itself -- 20 years earlier on one side and 20 years later on the other -- and travel between them is rarely allowed. One day while in the woods with a friend, Odile sees something she shouldn't in this buzzy, thought-provoking debut novel and inspiration for an upcoming TV series. Read-alikes: Kazuo Ishiguro's novels; This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. |
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The Painter's Daughters
by Emily Howes
The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.
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Kingpin
by Michael Lawson
Washington DC “troubleshooter” Joe DeMarco investigates the suspicious death of an intern for the Speaker of the House who was on the verge of releasing a report detailing political bribes, in the 17th novel of the series following Alligator Alley.
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A Fate Inked in Blood: Saga of the Unfated Book 1
by Danielle L. Jensen
After discovering that she is a shield maiden who can repel any attack, a fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath to protect Skaland in a Norse-inspired fantasy romance, from the best-selling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
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The Kingdom of Sweets : A Novel of the Nutcracker
by Erika Johansen
"Light and dark-this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favorite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister's shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has brought the Nutcracker, an enchanted present that offers entry into a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets. In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also full of gifts . . . and dreadful bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical, and decide to which world she truly belongs"
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Frenemy Fix-Up
by Yahrah St. John
A corporate workaholic facing a health scare asks a former high school classmate and current yoga studio owner to help him get into shape and win back the one who got away, despite really getting on each other's nerves.
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How You Get the Girl
by Anita Kelly
High school basketball coach Julie Parker invites a team member's foster parent, a super-hot ex-WNBA star, to be her assistant coach and the pair begin to blur the lines between working together and dating.
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The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw
You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three "saints" who control them. The mermaid and her doctor must embrace the cruelest parts of their true nature if they hope to survive.
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| The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai; translated by Jesse KirkwoodIn an unmarked Kyoto restaurant, a father and daughter work to recreate special dishes from a person's past. They help a widower who wants a dish like one his wife used to make, a student requesting one of her grandmother's meals, and more in this charming Japanese bestseller. For fans of: Michiko Aoyama's What You Are Looking for Is in the Library; Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold. |
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The Catch
by Amy Lea
While in a Canadian rural fishing village, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karisen, in a last-ditch effort to save her brand, agrees to poses as Evan Whaler's fiancé and as their fake relationship starts turns into something real, she must decide if she's willing to take a chance at love in the wild.
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Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair
by Laura Piper Lee
Dumped by the father of her child, new mother Hannah Tate takes baby Bowie and heads to rural Georgia to stay with her mother and stepfather until she figures out her next step. Needless to say, getting involved with carpenter River is NOT part of the plan.
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Seasonal Work
by Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman, the acclaimed author of novels such as Prom Mom and Lady in the Lake, serves up a "delightful" (Library Journal) collection of 12 stories, including a new novella. Tess Monaghan fans take note: the tough Baltimore PI makes two appearances here.
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A Plague on Both Your Houses : A Novel in the Shadow of the Russian Mafia
by Robert Littell
Inspired by real events, this fast-paced historical thriller combines the star-crossed young love of "Romeo and Juliet" with the upheaval of the collapse of the Soviet Union. As two rival crime organizations fight for control of Moscow amidst economic anarchy, Roman and Yulia form an unlikely connection across ethnic, religious, and territorial lines.
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A Sign of Her Own
by Sarah Marsh
This is the reflective and richly detailed story of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who just wants to express herself on her own terms. While studying with Alexander Graham Bell to learn his Visual Speech technique, Ellen begins to question society's shunning of sign language and the pressure deaf people faced to assimilate.
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Mrs. Gulliver
by Valerie Martin
In 1954, on Verona Island, Lila Gulliver, the proud owner of a high-end brothel, takes in Carità, a young, destitute and beautiful blind force of nature, who catches the eye of the scion of the wealthiest family on the island, setting in motion a passionate chain of events that changes all their lives.
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Murder by Lamplight
by Patrice McDonough
In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
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The Lost Dresses of Italy
by M. A. McLaughlin
Three beautifully preserved Victorian dresses unite two women living nearly a century apart in this compelling and richly detailed story of loss and recovery. In 1947, textile historian Marianne Baxter travels to a still-rebuilding postwar Italy to oversee an exhibit of the dresses, which once belonged to celebrated poet Christina Rossetti (who hid them away in 1865 for mysterious reasons).
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All Our Yesterdays : a Novel of Lady Macbeth
by Joel H. Morris
A novel set 10 years before the events in Shakespeare's classic play follows the life of Lady Macbeth who was married to the violent, sadistic Mormaer of Moray at age 15 and relied on her wits to survive with her young son.
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The Rumor Game
by Thomas Mullen
When a reporter Anne Lemire's story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Special Agent Devon Mulvey's investigation into the death of a factory worker, they are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime and domestic fascism, which threatens to engulf the city in violence.
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The Murder of Mr. Ma
by John Shen Yen Nee
In 1924 London, when shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, these unlikely allies investigate the murders of Chinese immigrants, all stabbed to death with a butterfly sword and must connect the dots to catch a killer before they become victims themselves.
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| How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. OrdoricaIn 2011-2012, nerdy first-generation college student Daniel de La Luna meets and grows ever closer to his freshman roommate, soccer star Sam Morris. But Sam's sudden death the following summer leaves Daniel trying to make sense of it all while visiting his family in Mexico. For fans of: powerful and moving first novels; Bryan Washington's Family Meal. |
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| Dixon, Descending by Karen OutenFormerly an Olympic hopeful, Dixon Bryant is now a devoted school psychologist with a daughter in college. Still, he wants something more, and agrees to climb Mount Everest with his brother in an attempt to become the first Black American men to summit. But things don't go as planned in this engrossing, evocative debut. For fans of: vivid adventure stories with fascinating, well-drawn characters. |
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Finding Margaret Fuller
by Allison Pataki
Describes how Margaret Fuller became the beating heart of the Transcendentalists, becoming a role model to Louisa May Alcott, an inspiration to Nathaniel Hawthorne and a muse to Henry David Thoreau as he headed into the woods.
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Sex, Lies and Sensibility
by Nikki Payne
Left with nothing but a rustic inn in the middle of nowhere—and each other—after the death of their father, Nora and her free-spirited sister must revamp the inn before Labor Day or lose it all, which pits them against an eco-tour guide who is determined to see them fail.
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Northwoods
by Amy Pease
Working for his mother, the sheriff of an idyllic Midwestern resort town, Eli North, when the body of a teenage boy is found in the lake, is drawn into an investigation related to America's opioid epidemic that becomes much more than just a hunt for a killer.
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The Mars House
by Natasha Pulley
Set in the far-future Martian colony of Tharsis, this "exquisitely layered and entertaining" (Publishers Weekly) novel by Natasha Pulley (The Half Life of Valery K) explores the often fraught marriage of convenience between anti-immigrant politician Aubrey Gale and dancer January Stirling, a refugee from Earth. Read-alikes: R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years; Derek Kunsken's Venus Ascendant series.
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| Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. ReillyIn Auckland, New Zealand, queer 20-something siblings Greta and Valdin navigate adulthood, explore their Russian and Māori family history, and long for love in this witty first novel that also includes a sojourn in Argentina when Valdin meets up with his ex. "Say hello to your new favorite fictional family" (Kirkus Reviews). For fans of: The Guncle by Steven Rowley; Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park. |
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Arch-conspirator
by Veronica Roth
Feeling uncontrollable rage toward her militant uncle Kreon who is rising to claim her father's vacant throne, Antigone and her siblings, welcomed into his mansion, become captives as well as guests, but her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable—and neither is he.
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Cahokia Jazz
by Francis Spufford
A detective and his indigenous jazz pianist partner investigate a seemingly ordinary murder that ultimately threatens to unravel the peace and reveal hidden secrets in an alternate history version of 1920s America where Native American populations thrived.
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Listen for the Lie
by Amy Tintera
Despite misgivings, Lucy Chase returns to her Texas hometown, where everyone thinks she killed her best friend five years ago on a night she can't recall. Now a podcaster is on the case, and Lucy's going to help. This atmospheric novel is a Good Morning America Book Club selection.
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
by Helene Tursten
In this follow-up to An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, readers learn more about clever, capable 88-year-old Maude in six darkly humorous stories that detail her meting out justice at various points in her life, including the present day, where Swedish police have just discovered a body in her apartment. For fans of: Arsenic and Old Lace.
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The Truth of the Aleke
by Moses Ose Utomi
Seventeen-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the city, and when the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God's Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home.
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Midnight Hour
by Abby L. Vandiver, editor; foreword by Stephen Mack Jones
Centered around the midnight hour, this "excellent" (Kirkus Reviews) collection presents 20 original stories, from cozy to noir, written by authors of color, such as Jennifer Chow, Tracy Clark, E.A. Aymar, Raquel V. Reyes, Gigi Pandian, V.M. Burns, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
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My Name was Eden
by Eleanor Barker-White
When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she'd reserved for Eden's unborn twin, Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.
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The Excitements
by C. J. Wray
Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.
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