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The testaments
by Margaret Atwood
A long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling The Handmaid’s Tale is set 15 years after Offred stepped into an unknown fate and interweaves the experiences of three female narrators from Gilead. (dystopian). Simultaneous. TV tie-in. Tour.
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Elevator pitch : a novel
by Linwood Barclay
When an outbreak of fatal elevator crashes in Manhattan coincides with a sinister drop in emergency response services, two seasoned New York detectives and a straight-shooting journalist race against time to find answers. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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Imaginary friend
by Stephen Chbosky
A highly anticipated follow-up to The Perks of Being a Wallflower finds a single mother’s desperate efforts to escape an abusive relationship thrown into turmoil by her son’s disappearance and reappearance days later with an imaginary friend. 750,000 first printing. Tour.
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The Russian
by Ben Coes
When criminals from the former Soviet Union establish a vicious underworld in the U.S., former Navy SEAL and CIA agent Rob Tacoma conducts a top-secret mission to neutralize the mob boss behind the murder of a CIA Special Ops leader.
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The Russian account
by Stephen Coonts
CIA officer Tommy Carmellini navigates an international financial conspiracy that puts CIA head Jake Grafton in the crosshairs of an assassin. By the best-selling author of Flight of the Intruder.
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Akin : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets. By the best-selling author of Room. (historical fiction). (This book was listed in a previous issue of Forecast.) 150,000 first printing.
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Outfox
by Sandra Brown
A latest thriller by the best-selling author of Tailspin and Seeing Red features Sandra Brown’s signature combination of steamy romance and high-suspense plot twists. (suspense).
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The Noel stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
A follow-up to The Noel Diary finds a humiliated and depressed woman, reeling from a scandal that ended her marriage, finding renewal in a relationship with a man who hides a dark past
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The Guardians
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Reckoning and The Rooster Bar presents his latest fast-paced legal thriller, incorporating his signature inventive twists and turns into a courtroom drama inspired by some of today’s most hot-button issues. Simultaneous.
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Life and Other Inconveniences
by Kristan Higgins
When the blue-blood grandmother who abandoned her long ago calls and asks for help, Emma London, the black sheep of the family who has built a wonderful life for herself and her teenage daughter, must make a difficult decision. Original.
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What happens in paradise : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
A follow-up to the best-selling Winter in Paradise finds Irene and her sons returning to St. John to investigate her late husband’s secret double life before uncovering surprising truths about their own realities and futures. 200,000 first printing.
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The long flight home
by Alan Hlad
In September 1940, the events of World War II bring together British pigeon-keeper Susan Shepard, American pilot Ollie Evans and a pigeon on a very special mission named Duchess.
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Game of snipers
by Stephen Hunter
Obsessively tracking a sniper with skills that match his own, Bob Lee Swagger teams up with the Mossad, the FBI and local law enforcement to identify the killer's next target. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Point of Impact
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Sins of the fathers
by Judith A Jance
Agreeing to help an acquaintance from the past track down a missing child, Beau launches an investigation that forces him to confront his troubled past. By the New York Times best-selling author of Field of Bones. (suspense). Simultaneous. Tour.
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Cold storage : a novel
by David Koepp
A debut novel by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park follows the desperate mission of a Pentagon bioterror operative and two unwitting security guards to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism. 500,000 first printing.
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Killer instinct
by James Patterson
A sequel to Murder Games finds the suspicious death of a professor reuniting Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Detective Elizabeth Needham against a terrorist plot targeting New York City. Co-written by a #1 best-selling author. 500,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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Bloody genius
by John Sandford
When a culture war between rival departments at a local state university culminates in the death of a renowned scholar, Virgil Flowers struggles to identify a killer among a group of wildly passionate, diametrically opposed zealots. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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The last widow : a novel
by Karen Slaughter
An electrifying latest entry in the best-selling series finds Will and Sara pitted against a mysterious group that would unleash a deadly epidemic. By the Edgar-nominated author of Cop Town. 250,000 first printing.
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The dark side : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Haunted by the childhood death of her sister, Zoe devotes herself to a nonprofit career helping disadvantaged kids before scars from the past challenge her as a mother. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lost and Found. (romance).
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The Oysterville Sewing Circle
by Susan Wiggs
Forced by scandal to return to her Pacific coast childhood home, a Manhattan fashionista assumes guardianship over two orphans and bonds with a circle of fellow seamstresses before an unexpected challenge tests her courage and heart. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Map of the Heart. (general fiction).
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Contraband
by Stuart Woods
The Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs establishes a highly anticipated publishing milestone in the latest entry of his best-selling series starring elite Manhattan rainmaker, Stone Barrington.
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Second Look These books were among our most popular large prints checked out in the past few months.
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Past tense
by Lee Child
Detouring to his father's childhood hometown at the beginning of a cross-country hitchhiking tour, Jack uncovers disturbing family revelations at the same time he becomes entangled in a dangerous high-ticket sale. By the best-selling author of No Middle Name.
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Shadow Tyrants
by Clive Cussler
When the descendants of a legendary band of imperial secret-keepers threaten humanity, Juan Cabrillo and his team aboard the Oregon race to protect the world from a plot to eliminate all technology. Co-written by a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
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The reckoning
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Firm returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to trace the unthinkable mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend by a young war hero who refuses to defend his actions during a bizarre trial. Simultaneous
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Why not tonight
by Susan Mallery
A moody, reclusive artist finds himself stranded for days with his overly-positive and perky studio manager after a mudslide shuts them inside his mountain home.
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Every breath
by Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people, including the conflicted surgeon daughter of an ALS patient and a Sunset Beach newcomer from Zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. Simultaneous
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Beauchamp Hall : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Seeking solace from her unfulfilled dreams in a beloved British television series, Winnie impulsively departs for England in the aftermath of two losses and rediscovers herself amid the dramas and personalities of the show's production set. By a best-selling author.
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Due to some changes in the library online card catalog, it sometimes is harder to place holds on books that are owned by other libraries for pick up in Rocky Hill. If you find you are unable to place an item on hold to be picked up in Rocky Hill, please email cora@rockyhillct.gov with titles of large print book recommendations. We will then place the hold for you. Thanks!
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