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The Switch: A Novel
by Joseph Finder
Picking up a politician's laptop by mistake, Michael Tanner discovers stolen files before finding himself targeted by an unscrupulous fixer at the same time the owners of the files hatch a deadly plot. By the best-selling author of Guilty Minds.
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Camino Island
by John Grisham
Thriller. A young woman is recruited to recover priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts that were stolen during a daring heist.
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Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Thriller. Ignoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder.
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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Initiative
by Eric Lustbader
Spy Thriller. Amnesiac secret agent Jason Bourne joins forces with dubious enemies when the murder of a high-ranking Russian official triggers a retaliatory plot to steal the U.S. President's nuclear launch codes. By the best-selling author of Black Heart.
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The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel
by Edward Kelsey Moore
The late-in-life marriage of two infamous natives of an Indiana community attracts the return of a famous guitar bluesman while compelling numerous locals to resolve long-standing disputes, from a philanderer who would prove his faithfulness, to a transgender woman who would live authentically. By the best-selling author of The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat.
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
Fiction. A provocative love story by the award-winning author of The God of Small Things meanders through a spectrum of powerful emotions experienced by diverse protagonists, including a grieving father who writes a letter profiling the people who came to his 5-year-old daughter's funeral and two longtime friends at a guest house who sleep wrapped around each other like newlyweds.
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
Fantasy/Science Fiction. A discreet translation assignment enmeshes a linguistics expert and a military intelligence operator in the world-shattering revelation that magic was once widely practiced and can be reactivated if they travel back in time to make historical changes that are complicated by human treachery.
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Kiss Carlo
by Adriana Trigiani
Historical Fiction. Establishing a stable home and Western Union Telegraph Office in post-World War II Philadelphia, the hardworking Palazzini family is shattered by their nephew's epiphany in the wake of a telegram that changes everything for the citizens of a small Italian-American village.
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The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
by Helen Rappaport
A moment-by-moment account of the last 13 days of the Russian Imperial family's lives draws on previously untapped resources to cover such topics as their imprisonment, the political maneuverings of those out to save or destroy them and their brutal assassinations.
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Boost Your Brain Power in 60 Seconds
by Michelle Schoffro Cook
Scientists predict that within 8 years, brain disease will kill or disable more people than cancer and heart disease combined. Given this shocking new research, we urgently need to know how to protect and improve our brain health. In Boost Your Brain Power in 60 Seconds, Dr. Michelle Schoffro Cook aims to turn this prediction around with her prescriptive and proven plan. Several years ago, Dr. Cook was in a terrible car accident in which she suffered a brain injury, resulting in cognitive impairment, partial paralysis in her left arm, and severe migraines. Using her expertise in natural medicine, Dr. Cook developed a program that improved her memory, cured her migraines, and reversed her arm paralysis.
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