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The afterlives
by Thomas Pierce
Struggling with questions about faith and the meaning of life when he recovers after being technically dead without having any profound experiences, Jim Byrd, accompanied by his new wife, investigates ghost sightings, psychic readings and other potentially supernatural activities in their efforts to make sense of new understandings about the afterlife. By the award-winning author of Hall of Small Mammals.
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Anatomy of a scandal
by Sarah Vaughan
Desperate to clear the name of her loving and charismatic public figure husband in the wake of scandalous accusations, Sophie clashes with a determined prosecution lawyer, Kate, who resolves to uncover the truth and bring Sophie's husband to justice. By the author of The Art of Baking Blind.
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Before we were yours : a novel
by Lisa Wingate
A tale inspired by firsthand accounts about the notoriously corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society follows the efforts of a Baltimore assistant D.A. to uncover her parents' fateful secrets in the wake of a political attack and a chance encounter with a stranger. By the best-selling author of Tending Roses.
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Beneath the mountain
by G. L. DAndrea
A New York documentary filmmaker, visiting his wife's small mountain community in the majestic Italian Dolomites, is challenged to unravel the truth about a decades-old triple murder in the wake of a devastating accident. Original. An international best-seller. 50,000 first printing.
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The boat people
by Sharon Bala
Journeying to what he hopes will be a new life with his young son on a rusty cargo ship with 500 fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's civil war, a young father arrives on Vancouver's shores, where the group is thrown into a detention processing center and threatened with deportation amid accusations of terrorism. A first novel.
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The bomb maker
by Thomas Perry
A lethally clever designer of explosives tests the skills and collective strength of the highly skilled LAPD Bomb Squad. By the award-winning author of the Jane Whitefield series.
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City of endless night : a Pendergast novel
by Douglas J Preston
Heading an investigation into the murder of a wealthy tech billionaire's daughter, Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta teams up with FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast, only to uncover the work of a serial killer whose agenda threatens an entire city. By a pair of #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 New York Times best-selling authors. 250,000 first printing.
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Eternal life : a novel
by Dara Horn
Ever since she made a deal to save her son's life in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, Rachel has been doomed to live eternally—having hundreds of children and being stalked by an obsessed man—but, as her descendants develop new technologies for immortality, she realizes that, for them to live fully, she must die. By the author of The World to Come.
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Everything here is beautiful
by Mira T. Lee
The bond between a responsible, self-contained older sister and her mentally ill, impulsive younger sister is shaped and tested over years marked by the loss of their mother, an impetuous first marriage, a fling that results in the birth of a baby and painful sacrifices. A first novel.
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Fall from grace : a novel
by Danielle Steel
When her wealthy and devoted husband dies suddenly in an accident, Sydney is devastated to learn that he left his estate to his vindictive daughters, a situation that forces her to take a job where she is wrongly set up to take the fall for a corrupt employer's illegal activities. By the best-selling author of Blue.
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Fools and mortals : a novel
by Bernard Cornwell
The estranged younger brother of William Shakespeare observes the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dream while navigating a high-stakes game of duplicity and betrayal that threatens his acting career, his potential fortune and the lives of his fellow players. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Saxon Tales. 100,000 first printing.
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The girl in Times Square
by Paullina Simons
When her best friend and roommate, Amy, disappears without a trace, New York City college student Lily Quinn finds herself drawn to the detective investigating Amy’s case, until she finds answers that challenge everything she knows about her own life. By the best-selling author of The Bronze Horseman. A first U.S. publication. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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The girls in the picture : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
An intimate reimagining of the powerful creative partnership between Hollywood superstars Frances Marion and Mary Pickford traces their friendship and boundary-breaking achievements against a backdrop of pre-World War I Hollywood. By the best-selling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue.
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Green : a novel
by Sam Graham-Felsen
Struggling with bullying in his largely segregated, working-class neighborhood in 1992 Boston, Dave, a white boy at a mostly black middle school, befriends a youth who lives in public housing and who confounds Dave's assumptions about black culture before their bond is tested by girls, family secrets and national violence. A first novel.
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Grist Mill Road : a novel
by Christopher J Yates
Years after three friends from an idyllic hamlet 90 miles north of New York City are bound and then separated by a devastating, seemingly senseless crime, the trio revisits their painful pasts in even more traumatizing ways. By the award-winning author of Black Chalk.
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Heart spring mountain
by Robin MacArthur
A young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a disastrous storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret stretching back through three generations of women ancestors. A first novel by the award-winning author of Half Wild: Stories. 30,000 first printing.
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Hellbent
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
When the man who raised and trained him warns him that secret government forces are trying to eliminate all surviving members of the Orphan Program, Evan Smoak is challenged to track down and protect his teacher's last protégé from a brutal new Program leader. By the best-selling author of The Nowhere Man.
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House of secrets : Library Edition
by V. C. Andrews
Working as a servant at a gothic mansion, young Fern develops a close bond with the son of her wealthy employer before becoming subject to the new lady of the estate, a cruel and punishing mistress who interferes with the young couple's plans for the prom by exploiting haunting family secrets.
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The immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
Sneaking out to get readings from a traveling psychic reputed to be able to tell customers when they will die, four adolescent siblings from New York City's 1969 Lower East Side hide what they learn from each other before embarking on five decades of respective experiences shaped by their determination to control fate. By an award-winning author.
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In every moment we are still alive
by Tom Malmquist
Tom tries to raise his newborn baby daughter by himself after the sudden death of his wife from acute Leukemia right after she gave birth.
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Into the black nowhere
by Meg Gardiner
An FBI profiler is forced to navigate the twisted mind of a charismatic, ruthless serial killer responsible for the murders of a series of women in southern Texas, in a thriller inspired by the case of Ted Bundy. By the Edgar Award-winning author of China Lake.
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Killer choice
by Tom Hunt
When his pregnant wife falls dangerously ill, a financially strapped man is approached by a mysterious benefactor who offers him money for treatment in exchange for committing a murder, a situation that forces the desperate husband to confront the darkest reaches of his soul and betray those closest to him. A first novel.
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King Zeno
by Nathaniel Rich
A traumatized police officer, a conflicted Mafia matriarch and a talented trumpet musician cross paths in 1918 New Orleans against a backdrop of the Spanish flu, the birth of jazz and the brutal activities of an ax murderer. By the author of The Mayor's Tongue.
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A map of the dark
by Karen Ellis
Racing against time to find a teenage girl who has gone missing from Queens, FBI agent Elsa Myers navigates a frustrating series of false leads while enduring the collapse of her own carefully compartmentalized world, shaped by her experiences of being lost, her painful past and her father's terminal illness. 30,000 first printing.
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The music shop : a novel
by Rachel Joyce
The owner of a 1988 music shop in a down-at-heel suburban community uses his talent for connecting customers to the music they seek and resists a chance at an intimate relationship with a beautiful young woman who hides a mysterious agenda and compels him to confront painful elements from his past. By a best-selling author.
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Need to know : a novel
by Karen Cleveland
A dedicated CIA counterintelligence analyst assigned to uncover the leaders of Russian sleeper cells in the United States stumbles on a secret dossier of deep-cover agents before facing an impossible choice that tests her loyalties to the agency and her own family. A first novel.
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Oliver Loving
by Stefan Merrill Block
The complicated bonds uniting a family and the members of their community are tested by a devastating school shooting that has left a young man in a coma for nine years, a tragedy that is illuminated by an experimental diagnostic technology that suggests that his mind may still be active and capable of revealing what happened.
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Operator down : a Pike Logan thriller
by Brad Taylor
Veteran operator Pike Logan and his team embark on a high-risk search for an undercover Mossad agent only to stumble on a ruthless military coup in Africa, a situation that tests his Taskforce loyalties. By the best-selling author of Ring of Fire.
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The other side of everything : a novel
by Lauren Doyle Owens
A curmudgeonly widower emerges from a hermit-like existence in the wake of a neighborhood murder that implicates an artistic cancer survivor who creates suspiciously realistic paintings of the crime scene in her efforts to cope, a situation that is further complicated by an abandoned teen who finds herself drawn to the chief suspect. A first novel.
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Phone
by Will Self
A conclusion to the trilogy that began with Umbrella and Shark finds unorthodox psychiatrist Zack Busner struggling to manage the symptoms of advancing Alzheimer's, while enigmatic MI6 operative Jonathan De'Ath hides the truth of his affair with Gawain Thomas. By the award-winning author of The Butt.
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Promise not to tell
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Having spent years battling demons stemming from her childhood in a cult and a fire that ended her mother's life, a Seattle gallery owner is devastated when one of her artists commits suicide after sending her a mysterious picture that compels her to team up with a fellow cult survivor, a private investigator who uncovers the work of a determined killer.
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Red clocks : a novel
by Leni Zumas
Five women—including a high school teacher, a biographer, a frustrated mom, a pregnant adopted teen and a forest-dwelling homeopath—struggle with changes in a near-future America where abortion and assisted fertility have been outlawed and where the homeopath is targeted by a modern-day witch hunt. By the author of The Listeners. 50,000 first printing.
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Red sky at noon
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Imprisoned in the Russian Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a penal cavalry battalion made up of Cossacks and convicts to fight the Nazis, but as he and his comrades set out on a suicide mission in July 1942, they wonder if there is a traitor among them. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Romanovs.
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Senlin ascends
by Josiah Bancroft
"The first book in the stunning and strange debut fantasy series that's receiving major praise from some of fantasy's biggest authors such as Mark Lawrence and Django Wexler. The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants. Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassins, and the long guns of a flying fortress. But if he hopes to find his wife, he will have to do more than just endure. This quiet man of letters must become a man of action. The Books of Babel: Senlin Ascends; Arm of the Sphinx"
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Spy of the first person
by Sam Shepard
Follows an unnamed narrator as he shares memories of work, adventure, and travel as he undergoes medical tests and treatments that leave him increasingly dependent on the loved ones who are caring for him
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A state of freedom : a novel
by Neel Mukherjee
Five characters in very different circumstances—from a domestic cook in Mumbai to a vagrant and his dancing bear—find the meanings of dislocation and the desire to get more out of life. By a Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author.
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Still me
by Jojo Moyes
The irrepressible Louisa Clark from Me Before You and After You arrives in New York to start a new life and a long-distance relationship with Ambulance Sam while working for the super-wealthy Gopniks, a job that introduces her to New York high society and a secretive man who reminds her of her own past.
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The take
by Christopher Reich
Preferring work that allows him to stay under the radar, freelance industrial spy Simon Riske reluctantly takes a high-profile job from the CIA involving a gangster's theft of millions from a visiting Saudi prince and a stolen letter containing highly sensitive information. By the New York Times best-selling author of Rules of Deception. 75,000 first printing.
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The English wife
by Lauren Willig
A fairytale marriage between two English aristocrats erupts at a Shakespeare-themed ball where the husband dies and the wife is presumed dead, a scandalous event that prompts an unlikely alliance between the husband's sister and a reporter who is determined to uncover the truth. By the award-winning author of The Mischief of the Mistletoe.
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This could hurt : a novel
by Jillian Medoff
Five human resources colleagues navigate the emotional complexities of their ambitions, hopes and fears as their small company is buffeted by economic forces that threaten to upend its employees. By the best-selling author of I Couldn't Love You More. 50,000 first printing.
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This love story will self-destruct : a novel
by Leslie Cohen
A pair of acquaintances who did not initially hit it off romantically, Eve and Ben, keep running into each other over and over again while they navigate their new adulthoods of first jobs, dates, breakups, reunions, betrayals and eventually love. Original.
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Tom Clancy power and empire
by Marc Cameron
A newly belligerent Chinese government leaves U.S. President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options to control a series of attacks designed to sabotage peace negotiations. By the best-selling author of the Jericho Quinn series.
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Two girls down : a novel
by Louisa Luna
Hired by the devastated mother of two young girls who have gone missing from a small Pennsylvania town strip mall, enigmatic bounty hunter Alice Vega is rebuffed by the overextended local police and partners with disgraced former cop, Max Caplan, on a case involving a dangerous web of lies, false leads and complex relationships.
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Unbound : a Stone Barrington novel
by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington encounters an adversary more threatening than any of his career. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs.
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The unmade world
by Steve Yarbrough
Follows the emotional consequences of an a tragic accident on a snowy night outside of Krakow by an American journalist and a businessman turned petty crook amidst the political changes, economic collapses and armed conflicts of the past 10 years.
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The wife : a novel of psychological suspense
by Alafair Burke
Marrying an economics professor she met while catering an East Hampton dinner party, Angela finds her tragic past coming under scrutiny at the same time she is asked to defend her husband against wrongful accusations. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Ex. 50,000 first printing.
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The wife between us
by Greer Hendricks
A psychologically charged tale of suspense follows the unexpected twists that shape a divorce and second marriage that are anything but what they seem. Co-written by the author of The Opposite of Me.
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Winter
by Ali Smith
A follow-up to Autumn depicts in wry observations a bleak, post-truth era rooted in history, memory, art and laughter at a time of endurance and survival. By the award-winning author of The Accidental.
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The winter station : a novel
by Jody Shields
An aristocratic Russian doctor stationed in a Manchurian outpost races to contain a deadly plague before it spreads to the rest of the world. By the best-selling author of The Fig Eater. 75,000 first printing.
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Woman at 1,000 degrees
by Hallgrímur Helgason
An octogenarian living out her final days in a garage with a laptop and a hand grenade reflects on her life as the daughter of a prominent political family in idyllic western Iceland, who in the aftermath of her father's fateful alliance with the Nazis is forced to rely on her wits to survive in the United States, Argentina and a native Iceland vastly changed by technology and economic crashes.
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The woman in the window
by A. J. Finn
An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality. A first novel. 200,000 first printing.
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The grave's a fine and private place : a Flavia de Luce novel
by C. Alan Bradley
Joining her older sisters for a recuperative boating trip in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, 12-year-old Flavia de Luce discovers a body in the water near the church of a murderous vicar. By the co-author of Ms. Holmes of Baker Street.
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Robicheaux : a novel
by James Lee Burke
Struggling with PTSD, alcoholism and wrenching loss, Dave Robicheaux discovers that he may have committed a homicide he is investigating and endeavors to clear his name and make sense of the killing. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Creole Belle.
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The devil's claw : a Jennifer Dorey mystery
by Lara Dearman
After coming upon the body of a drowned woman on a beach in Guernsey, journalist Jennifer Dorey, helped by DCI Michael Gilbert, discovers secrets about a Nazi soldier's illegitimate son and the community's dark past
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Death by chocolate cherry cheesecake
by Sarah Graves
Opening a waterfront bakery in a coastal Maine fishing village, Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie, find their summer launch complicated by an unseasonal hurricane that strands her family away from home and renders her a suspect in the murder of a corrupt health inspector. By the best-selling author of the Home Repair Is Homicide series.
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The widows of Malabar Hill
by Sujata Massey
A debut entry in a new series by the Agatha Award-winning author of The Sleeping Dictionary introduces Bombay's first female lawyer, Oxford graduate Perveen Mistry, as she investigates a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in strict purdah seclusion who become subject to a murderous guardian's schemes for their inheritances.
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A treacherous curse : a Veronica Speedwell mystery
by Deanna Raybourn
When the enigmatic Stoker's former expedition partner goes missing from an archaeological dig with a priceless Egyptian diadem, Victorian adventurer Veronica Speedwell investigates mishaps that have plagued the expedition as well as malevolent enemies that threaten Stoker's career. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Perilous Understanding.
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Dark in death : An Eve Dallas Novel
by J. D. Robb
When a young woman is brutally murdered while attending a screening of Psycho at Times Square, Eve Dallas is contacted by a writer of crime fiction who recognizes the case, and other recent killings, from storylines in her books. By the best-selling author of Echoes in Death.
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The bloody spur
by Mickey Spillane
When stubborn rancher George Cullen takes a stand against the Sante Fe Railroad—which wants to build a spur through Trinidad, New Mexico—Sheriff Caleb York must deal with a colorful cast of dangerous characters and Cullen’s former cronies—all of whom have arrived in town with murder on their minds. By a pair of New York Times best-selling authors.
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The questionable behavior of Dahlia Moss
by Max Wirestone
Starting a new job as an “industry spy” with a slightly sketchy games-development company, Dahlia Moss, to cross off items on her “to do” list, must deal with a mysterious whistle blower, an unidentified corpse in the staff room and a new game under development. By the author of The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Gnomon : a novel
by Nick Harkaway
A tale set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state follows the suspicious death of a dissident in custody and finds state inspector Mielikki Neith immersing herself in the victim's world, where she encounters a panorama of characters and innovations that transform her perspectives. By the author of Angelmaker.
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Shroud of eternity
by Terry Goodkind
A sequel to Death's Mistress is set in the world of The Sword of Truth and finds the warrior sorceress Nicci and her companions embarking on a quest to the shrouded city of Ildakar to restore Nathan's magic.
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Dark state
by Charles Stross
As two nuclear superpowers clash across timelines, Rita, a new spy and the estranged daughter of Commissioner Burgeson, must deal with an activated sleeper cell, in the second novel of the series following Empire Games.
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The genius plague
by David Walton
When his brother Paul, a mycologist, recovers from a strange fungal infection with abilities he didn’t have before, along with a host of others, and believes this is the next step in human evolution, NSA code breaker Neil Johns, determined to learn the truth, uncovers a secret that could place all of humanity at the mercy of alien intelligence. Original.
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The infinite future
by Tim Wirkus
An obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel writer and a Mormon historian embark on a search for a mystical, life-changing book about the true nature of the universe, and experience weird, out-of-this world paradigm shifts when they find it. By the award-winning author of City of Brick and Shadow.
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The largesse of the sea maiden : Stories
by Denis Johnson
A posthumous story collection by the National Book Award-winning author of Jesus' Son contemplates subjects ranging from old age and mortality to the unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe manifest, depicting haunted characters who would atone for the past, remember departed loved ones or come to terms with lifelong obsessions.
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