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Here is what we discussed in our last meeting:
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Sizzling sixteen
by Janet Evanovich
A latest entry in the best-selling series finds intrepid sleuth Stephanie Plum, her grandmother and her other companions struggling to outmaneuver a killer who is targeting Vinnie, a case that is further complicated by Lula's involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme.
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The fifth witness : a novel
by Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller must defend a client who is accused of killing the banker involved with her foreclosure, a case that reveals strong suspicions, black-market dealings and a threat to Mickey's own life. By the #1 best-selling author of the The Lincoln Lawyer. 750,000 first printing.
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The steel kiss
by Jeffery Deaver
Forced to let a murderer escape so that she can save the life of an accident victim, Amelia Sachs, assisted by forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme, discovers that the accident was the first in a series of attacks by a killer who turns everyday utilities into weapons. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Skin Collector. 150,000 first printing.
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Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter
by Adeline Yen Mah
An international best-seller, a heart-wrenching but ultimately inspiring memoir recounts the author's painful childhood as the unwanted daughter of a wealthy yet abusive Chinese family, from which she escaped to the West. 50,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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The Sixth Day
by Catherine Coulter
When several major political figures who are linked to sophisticated drone assassinations die under mysterious circumstances, the Covert Eyes team follows leads to a wealthy cybersecurity genius and descendant of Vlad the Impaler who is desperate to unlock the secret of curing his severely ill twin brother's blood disorder.
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The Home for Unwanted Girls
by Joanna Goodman
Forced to give up her baby in 1950s Quebec when she becomes pregnant with her childhood sweetheart, Maggie makes the wrenching decision to abandon a more secure life to search for her daughter, Elodie, who, after enduring torturous conditions in orphanages and psychiatric hospitals, struggles to survive in an unnerving alien world. 20,000 first printing.
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After Anna
by Lisa Scottoline
Marrying a wonderful woman after years of loneliness and single fatherhood, John finds his newfound happiness turned upside-down by the arrival of his beautiful sociopath teen daughter, whose campaign to destroy their family and untimely murder force John to prove his innocence in the face of malevolent discoveries.
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The women in the castle
by Jessica Shattuck
In a novel set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, three widows' lives and fates become intertwined. By the author of The Hazards of Good Breeding. 150,000 first printing.
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