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How She Died, How I Lived
by Mary Crockett

Struggling with survivor's guilt when a kindhearted classmate loses her life in a malevolent attack, a teen finds herself drawn to the victim's boyfriend and wonders if their relationship can survive their combined traumas.
Look Alive Twenty-Five
by Janet Evanovich

When three consecutive managers from a famous deli go missing, leaving no clues behind but a single shoe each, latest manager Stephanie Plum navigates Lula's theories about alien abductions to avoid becoming the next victim.
Woman In Gold [dvd]

Sixty years after fleeing Vienna during World War II, a Jewish woman begins the arduous task of retrieving family possessions seized by the Nazis with the help of an inexperienced, young lawyer.
Iceman: My Fighting Life
by Chuck Liddell

Traces the Ultimate Fighting Champion's journey from a bartending job in California to his forefront position as a top-ranked light-heavyweight fighter, describing his intellectual youth, training in martial arts, and numerous UFC victories.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

Set in the cruel world in the Capital of the nation of Panem, the annual Hunger Games pits young children against one another in a battle to the death on national t.v., so when Katniss represents her district, she knows an important decision between survival and the love of another will have to be made when she is called to enter the ring.
The Sunlit Man
by Brandon Sanderson

Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
Feel the Burn / sound recording
by G. A Aiken

A one-eyed rebel dragon king of the Provinces meets his match in a beautiful barbarian and mortal woman who, a feared Daughter of the Steppes, has no time for him until danger places her in his arms.
The Housemaid is Watching
by Freida McFadden

The New York Times bestselling author presents another addictive psychological thriller in the series in which the Housemaid, now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind, but soon finds this seemingly perfect neighborhood the most dangerous place of all.
A Killer In the Family: A Novel
by Gytha Lodge

After uploading her DNA to an ancestry website, a single mother is contacted by a detective who indicates she is a very close match to a serial killer.
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
by Jaycee Lee Dugard

The woman abducted at age 11 by a man and woman who subsequently held her hostage and sexually abused her for 18 years discusses her life.
None of This is True: A Novel
by Lisa Jewell

Popular podcaster Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own podcast after a woman named Josie Fair comes into her life and then disappears, leaving behind a terrible and terrifying legacy that puts her life and her family's lives in mortal danger.
My Life is Murder

Follows retired detective, Alexa Crowe, as she helps her former colleague solve crimes with the help of a young police data analyst.
Look Closer
by David Ellis

When the murder of a beautiful socialite in a nearby suburb blows up their lives, Simon and Vicky, a “normal,” well-respected, wealthy Chicago couple, find their secrets and lies having devastating consequences as it comes to light that one of them may be a killer.
Pretty Girls: A Novel
by Karin Slaughter

Estranged for years after the disappearance of their sister, trophy wife Claire and struggling single mom Lydia are reunited by the murder of Claire's husband and investigate decades of family secrets to discover the truth.
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