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Coming Soon - Adult Fiction
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Coconut Layer Cake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
When Hannah learns her sister Michelle's boyfriend is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight home from L.A only to find proving Lonnie's innocence will be harder than expected. Lonnie remembers only parts of the night he went out to a local bar and ended up driving a woman home. He knows he helped her to her bedroom, but he doesn't recall anything else until he woke up on her couch the following morning. When he went to check on her, he was shocked to discover she was dead. Hannah doesn't know what to believe--only that exonerating a suspect who can't remember is almost impossible. Before everything comes crashing down on Lonnie like a heaping slice of coconut layer cake, it'll be up to Hannah to rack up enough clues to toast a flaky killer.
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The Museum of Desire
by Jonathan Kellerman
LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis has solved a lot of murder cases. On many of them he taps the brain of brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. But neither Alex nor Milo are prepared for what they find on an early morning call to a deserted mansion in Bel Air. Four people have been slaughtered and left displayed bizarrely and horrifically in a stretch limousine. Confounding the investigation, none of the victims seems to have any connection to any other, and a variety of methods have been used to dispatch them. As Alex and Milo make their way through blind alleys and mazes baited with misdirection, they encounter a crime so vicious that it stretches the definitions of evil.
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Sisters by Choice
by Susan Mallery
After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go. Kristine has become defined by her relationship to others. As much as she adores her husband and sons, she wants something for herself. She knew changing the rules wouldn't be easy, but she never imagined she might have to choose between her marriage and her dreams. Like the mainland on the horizon, Heather's goals seem beyond her grasp. Every time she manages to save for college, her mother has another crisis. Can she break free, or will she be trapped in this tiny life forever?
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Blindside
by James Patterson
The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing and in danger. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. The two strike a deal. Sources lead the detective to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation -- and also to the mayor's missing daughter. The murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. Michael Bennett has always been an honorable man, but sometimes honor has to take a back seat to survival.
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Crooked River
by Douglas J Preston
Dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes are washed up on Sanibel Island's beach--each one with a crudely severed human foot inside. Called away from vacation elsewhere in Florida, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the crime scene. With an ocean of possibilities confronting the investigation, no one is sure what happened or from where the feet originated. Pendergast finds himself facing the most complex and inexplicable challenge of his career: a tangled thread of evidence that spans seas and traverses continents, connected to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern medical science. All trails lead back to a powerful adversary with a sadistic agenda who sees in Pendergast the ideal subject.
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Last Day
by Luanne Rice
Years ago, Beth and her sister Kate suffered what they thought would be the worst tragedy of their lives the night both the famous painting Moonlight and their mother were taken. Beth moved on, throwing herself fully into the art world, running the family gallery, and raising a beautiful daughter with her husband Pete. Kate retreated into herself and took to the skies as a pilot. When Beth is found strangled and Moonlight goes missing again, Detective Reid can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Reid immediately suspects Beth's husband, whose affair is a poorly kept secret. He has an airtight alibi--but he also has a motive. Kate and Reid, along with the sisters' closest childhood friends, struggle to make sense of Beth's death, but they only find more questions.
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Golden in Death
by J. D. Robb
Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team it's time to look into Dr. Abner's past and relationships. Not every victim Eve encounters is an angel, but it seems that Abner came pretty close. While the lab tries to identify the deadly toxin, Eve hunts for the sender. But when someone else dies in the same grisly manner, it becomes clear that she's dealing with either a madman or someone who has a hidden and elusive connection to both victims.
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Long Range
by C. J Box
When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. Just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. The search for the would-be assassin becomes personal when Joe's best friend falls under suspicion for the crime. It's a race against the clock as Joe tries to identify the real shooter, while deciphering the grizzly encounter. Beset by threats both man-made and natural, he must go to great lengths to keep loved ones safe.
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The Boy From the Woods
by Harlan Coben
Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods. Now an adult, he still doesn't know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing. No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde to use his unique skills to help find Naomi. Wilde can't ignore an outcast in trouble, but in order to find Naomi he must venture back into the community where he has never fit in, a place where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions.
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After Sundown
by Linda Howard
Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he's kept his distance--until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Bitter experience has taught Ben Jernigan it's best to look out for number one. For two years the former soldier has lived in a self-imposed exile, using a top-notch security system to keep people away. But he had to let Sela know about the impending threat. As panic spreads, Sela and Ben discover that in the dark, cut off from the outside world, there's no more playing it safe--in life or in love.
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Texas Outlaw
by James Patterson
Texas Ranger Rory Yates is not keen for hero status. But it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery. Rory escapes his newfound fame when he's sent to the remote West Texas town of Rio Lobo, a municipality with two stoplights. Rio Lobo Detective Ariana Delgado is the one who requested Rory, and is the only person who believes a local councilwoman's seemingly accidental death is a murder. Then Rory begins to uncover a tangle of small-town secrets, favors, and lies as crooked as Texas law is straight. To get to the truth before more people die, Rory is forced to take liberties with the investigation.
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A Conspiracy of Bones
by Kathy Reichs
It's sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan, still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. To find answers, she must go rogue, working mostly outside the system. Tempe's new boss holds a fierce grudge against her and is determined to keep her out of the case. The clues Tempe discovers are disturbing and confusing. Was the faceless man a spy? A trafficker? A target for assassination by the government? With help from a number of law enforcement associates and utilizing new cutting-edge forensic methods, Tempe draws closer to the astonishing truth.
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The Numbers Game
by Danielle Steel
Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul's late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. Olivia—Paul’s girlfriend—is now in Manhattan, struggling to find herself. Olivia takes a major step, expanding her art gallery business internationally. Olivia realizes that there is so much she must learn about herself before committing her life to someone else. Eileen decides to chase her own dreams and heads off to Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris. At every age, there are challenges to be met and new worlds to discover.
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Hit List
by Stuart Woods
When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey.
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