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Adèle
by Leila Slimani
, Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. Suspenseful, erotic, and electrically charged, Adèle is a captivating exploration.
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Big Bang
by David Bowman
A darkly humorous epic by the late author of Bunny Modern imagines the postwar transformations of celebrities from Jackie Onassis and Lucille Ball to Arthur Miller and Frank Sinatra in the years before the Kennedy assassination.
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The Break Line
by James Brabazon
Dispatched to Sierra Leone to help combat rebel forces who are slaughtering innocent villagers, British intelligence operative and hardened assassin Max McLean searches for the monster behind the attacks only to be confronted by a deadly mistake from the past.
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The Collector
by Fiona Cummins
After escaping the clutches of serial killer Brian Howley, Detective Sergeant Etta Fitroy must follow his grisly clues to finally bring him to justice but his endgame has a terrifying twist — one that will not only change his fate but the fate of everyone she loves.
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The Death Messenger
by Mari Hannah
A follow-up to The Silent Room finds DS Matthew Ryan and Detective Superintendent Eloise O'Neil investigating a series of violent recordings by an unknown assailant who may be directly targeting their new special unit.
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The Devil's Waters
by David L. Robbins
A giant freighter in the Gulf of Aden holds secret cargo that could bring down the governments of four nations. When Somali pirates grab the ship, the order comes down: get the freighter back, at all costs.
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Don't Let Go
by Michel Bussi
Holidaying in an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion, wealthy Parisians Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect family moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze. Then Liane Bellion disappears from her hotel room. The door to her room is open, the walls and sheets are spotted with blood.
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The Eulogist
by Terry Gamble
In pre-Civil War Ohio, Irish immigrants James, Olivia, and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves after they lose their mother to childbirth and their father boards a riverboat to New Orleans.
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In Dog We Trust
by Beth Kendrick
Unexpectedly named the legal guardian of a wealthy man's prized Labrador retrievers, Jocelyn Hilliard moves into a luxurious seaside mansion before tackling the dual challenge of caring for her charges and contending with her late benefactor's estranged son.
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Josephine Baker's Last Dance
by Sherry Jones
A novel based on the life of the legendary performer and activist follows Josephine Baker, from 1920s Paris to 1960s Washington to her final, triumphant last performance.
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The Liar's Room
by Simon Lelic
A therapist who reinvented herself with a new identity 14 years prior to keep her daughter safe is disturbed when a new patient begins asking her unsettling questions.
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The Lost Country
by William Gay
Discharged from the Navy, Billy Edgewater hitchhikes home to East Tennessee to see his ailing father, but is sidetracked on the way by con men, vigilantes and violence, in a posthumous novel from the author of The Long Home.
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Moondust Lake
by T. Davis Bunn
A disillusioned business executive who would escape from his tyrannical father's shadow and psychotherapist with a tragic past discover unexpected healing, freedom, and love in the solitude of a Miramar Bay retreat.
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Never Anyone But You
by Rupert Thomson
Fictionalizes the true story of a love affair between two extraordinary women and recreates the surrealist movement in Paris and the horrors of the two world wars.
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No Mercy
by Joanna Schaffhausen
A follow-up to The Vanishing Season finds police officer Ellery Hathaway and FBI profiler Reed Markham tackling two difficult cases involving a brutally elusive rapist and a support-group member who may have helped convict an innocent man.
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One Day in December
by Josie Silver
Taking place over 10 consecutive Christmases, tells the story of Jack and Laurie, who meet at a bus stop and continue to circle each other's lives seemingly fated to be together, except not actually managing it, for a decade.
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The Perfect Liar
by Thomas Christopher Greene
A seemingly idyllic second marriage between a charismatic artist and a strong-willed single mother becomes subject to dark secrets and the manipulations of an anonymous adversary who leaves them sinister messages.
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Side by Side
by Jenni L. Walsh
In a historical novel, Bonnie Parker tells the story of her and Clyde's infamous crime spree in her own words.
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A Sister's Survival
by Cydney Rax
Leaning on Alita for support to heal and move on after a shattering revelation, youngest Reeves sister Elyse looks for ways to settle the score with Burgundy; while Coco plots revenge against the unfaithful father of her child.
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Street Rap
by Shaun Sinclair
For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved without money. So they formed the Crescent Crew, and outfit of young, ruthless hustlers that locked the Southern drug trade in a stranglehold. They're at the height of their power when Qwess is offered a record deal from a major label. He accepts and makes plans for his whole crew to go legit, but Reece enjoys his position as king of the streets and has no desire to relinquish his crown.
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To Keep the Sun Alive
by Rabeah Ghaffari
1979. The Iranian Revolution is just around the corner. In the northeastern city of Naishapur, a retired judge and his wife, Bibi-Khanoom, continue to run their ancient family orchard, growing apples, plums, peaches, and sour cherries. The days here are marked by long, elaborate lunches on the terrace where the judge and his wife mediate disputes between aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews that foreshadow the looming national crisis to come. Will the monarchy survive the revolutionary tide gathering across the country? Will the judge’s brother, a powerful cleric, take political control of the town or remain only a religious leader?
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The Wartime Sisters
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Reunited after an estrangement at the beginning of World War II, two Brooklyn sisters, one an officer's wife, the other a widow and factory laborer, are shattered by the revelations of a mysterious figure from the past.
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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
Unexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self.
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