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All the colors of the dark by Chris WhitakerAfter a string of disappearances in 1975 Missouri, a one-eyed boy heroically thwarts a kidnapping, igniting a chain of events that blur the lines between triumph and tragedy as the townspeople of Monta Clare confront hidden truths.
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Eruption by Michael CrichtonTwo of the world's most popular and prolific modern authors team up for a thriller about a history-making eruption in Hawaii that threatens to reveal a huge secret the US military has been hiding for decades.
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The seventh veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-GarciaIn 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary heroine, she becomes the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
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The lion women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliWhen Homa, a girl from her childhood, reappears in her privileged world, Ellie, amidst Iran's political turmoil, joins her in pursuing their goals for meaningful futures until one earth-shattering betrayal has far-reaching consequences, altering the course of both their lives.
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Hera by Jennifer SaintBetrayed by Zeus's ruthlessness after overthrowing her father, Hera questions her place as his wife and as a mother and seeks a path beyond endless violence in a retelling of the classic Greek myth.
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Hard to kill by James PattersonAttorney Jane Smith takes on the case of an unlucky man accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons and potentially a second family in the third novel of the series following Jane Effing Smith.
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Bury your gays
by Chuck Tingle
An Oscar-nominated showrunner of a streaming series fights studio pressure to kill off the gay characters in the season finale while fighting real-life monsters from his horror movie days who are stalking him and his friends through the Hollywood Hills.
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The burning by Linda CastilloDiscovering the charred body of an Amish man, chained to a stake and burned alive, in the woods, newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder, at odds with everyone around her, uncovers a secret legacy that shatters everything she thought she knew about the Amish themselves and her own roots.
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The Briar clubby Kate QuinnIn 1950 Washington, DC, at an all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship, but when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the women must expose the true enemy in their midst.
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Flashback by Iris JohansenTwenty years after their mother was the second victim of the Bayside Stranger, two sisters disappear leaving Kendra Michaels to investigate the cold case, in the 11th novel of the series following More Than Meets the Eye.
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The book of elsewhere by Keanu ReevesA warrior who cannot be killed, known simply as“B,” wants to die and a U.S. black-ops group has promised they can help with that if he helps them in return, but when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event points to a force even more mysterious than B himself.
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This is why we lied : A Will Trent thriller by Karin SlaughterWhile on their honeymoon at McAlpine Lodge, GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton must solve a murder when the Lodge's manager is found dead, and investigating the McAlpine family and other guests, they realize everyone here is lying; lying about their past, lying to their family, lying to themselves.
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Joy
by Danielle Steel
Abandoned by her free-spirited mother and raised by an emotionally distant father, Allegra finds solace in books and love, only to face the harsh realities of war and its impact on her husband, who returns from Afghanistan nearly unrecognizable.
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Angel of vengeance by Douglas J. PrestonAn FBI Special Agent poses as a cleric in New York's notorious Five Points slum to help catch a dangerous serial killer, in the latest addition to the long-running series following The Cabinet of Dr. Leng.
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Arkangel by James RollinsSigma Force is summoned to help search for a missing trove of ancient books after a Vatican archivist is murdered near the Kremlin, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Tides of Fire.
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Miss Morgan's book brigade by Janet Skeslien CharlesThe New York Times and internationally best-selling author of The Paris Library returns with a novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France.
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Fatal intrusion by Jeffery DeaverTo stop a ruthless serial killer who is threatening his sister, a by-the-books Homeland Security agent, Carmen Sanchez, grudgingly teams up with a brilliant but unorthodox private security expert to unravel a sinister web of secrets.
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Confessions of the dead
by James. Patterson
The arrival of a mysterious teen girl disrupts the idyllic peace of Hollows Bend, leading Sheriff Pritchett to investigate a wave of shocking crimes that lead him closer and closer to a lake that doesn't appear on any map.
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The hidden book by Kirsty ManningIn a novel based on a true story of clandestine courage in World War II, prisoners of war risk their lives to secure evidence of Nazi atrocities—and how one man concealed it for decades before passing it on to his family who struggle to understand their inherited legacy of trauma.
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Our little secret by Lisa JacksonBreaking off her brief affair with Gideon Ross, who threatens he'll never let her go, Brooke Harmon, after a year goes by, wants to believe it's all behind her but the fear hasn't disappeared—and she's right to be worried because Gideon is a man who keeps his word.
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Worst Case Scenario
by T. J. Newman
When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.
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By any other name by Jodi PicoultAcross centuries two women, Melina Green and Emilia Bassano, one a modern playwright and the other her Elizabethan ancestor, each fight societal expectations to have their voices heard on the stage in a world that silences female playwrights.
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A death in Cornwallby Daniel SilvaThe #1 New York Times best-selling author returns with the year's most anticipated new thriller in which a brutal murder, a missing masterpiece and mystery can only be solved by Gabriel Allon.
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The summer pact by Emily GiffinTen years after they made a pact, promising to always be there for each other in their times of need, Hannah, when one of the happiest moments of her life is suddenly turned upside down, calls on her closest friends, and together, they embark on a shared journey of self-discovery, forgiveness and acceptance.
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