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First Readers
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Hope Rises
by David Baldacci
Release Date: April 14
Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed up by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him. He has nothing left to lose and with long, rigorous training under his belt the gentle and sensitive Nash has transformed into something he never thought he'd be: a physically imposing man with lethal skills.
Regular Print, Large Print
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A Disorganised Death
by Simon Brett
Release Date: April 7
Ellen Curtis - professional declutterer, amateur sleuth and woman of a certain age - hunts for a missing will with a killer bequest in this gripping mystery from the original king of British cosy crime, Simon Brett.
Regular Print
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The Patchwork Players: An ELM Creek Quilts Novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Release Date: April 14
The cast of a smash TV show arrives at a quilter's retreat for week of camaraderie and creativity that takes some surprising twists in this heartwarming new installment of Jennifer Chiaverini's much-beloved Elm Creek Quilts series.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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Last One Out
by Jane Harper
Release Date: April 14
Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself. After years of scorning those who left the Ridge behind as it fell into ruin, Ro never imagined she'd become one of them. But everything changed when she lost her son, Sam, who vanished while visiting during a break from college. But when Ro returns to Carralon Ridge to be with her husband and daughter on the anniversary of Sam's disappearance, she begins to suspect that something important was overlooked in his case.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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When the Wolves Are Silent
by C. S. Harris
Release Date: April 14
Sebastian St. Cyr faces his greatest challenge yet when the dissolute sons of London's power brokers begin turning up dead in what seem to be ritualistic sacrifices. As he digs deeper, numerous suspects emerge, including ones with ties to the Revolutionary War, members of a neo-Druid movement, and a printer of political tracts. It seems many people wanted the men dead, and Sebastian has to find the killer to keep them from striking again.
Regular Print
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Chasing the Clouds Away
by Debbie Macomber
Release Date: April 28
An uplifting story of an unforgettable chance encounter between a successful yet jaded businessman and a woman who sees--but also expects--the best in everyone, sparking an unlikely romance that challenges their assumptions about generosity, trust, and the gifts of unforeseen love.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club
by Susan Patterson
Release Date: April 20
Between their busy lives and their far-flung residences, the Mother-Daughter Book Club--four longtime college friends and their five daughters--more often discuss the books on their nightstands via 2 a.m. texts than in-person meetings. And maybe it's just as well, after what happened at their last get-together. So it's an emotional reunion when they finally gather again, this time on the spectacular shores of Italy's Lake Como.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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Cherry Baby
by Rainbow Rowell
Release Date: April 14
Everybody knows that Cherry's husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie . . .Almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. Tom is the creator of Thursday--a semi-autobiographical webcomic that's become an international phenomenon. Semi-autobiographical means there's a character in this movie based on Cherry . . . Baby.Wide-hipped, heavy-chested, double-chinned Baby. Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page--let alone on the big screen. But there's no getting away from it.
Regular Print, Large Print, CD Book
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Revenge Prey
by John Sandford
Release Date: April 7
Leonard Summers--not his real name--is on the run. A former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. after providing critical information about Russian spies in U.S. government service, Leonard, his wife Martha, and son Bernard have spent the past year holed up in a CIA facility near Washington. After the CIA makes a deal with the U.S. Marshal Service's Witness Protection Program (WPP), Leonard's family is transported to Minneapolis. The Summers are received at their destination by Lucas Davenport and fellow marshal Shelly White. Unbeknownst to them, the WPP group has been tracked by a Russian hit team.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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A Woman's Place
by Danielle Steel
Release Date: April 21
In April 1912, twenty-three-year-old Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is traveling with her beloved father from England on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. But when the ship strikes an iceberg and lifeboats are lowered with women and children first, Lord Alfred gives his place to another, and they are separated. Before he goes down with the ship, he asks his friend Bert Banning, a mill owner from Manchester, to promise he'll marry his daughter and care for her.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
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