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The murder of Mr. Ma
by John Shen Yen Nee
In 1924 London, when shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, these unlikely allies investigate the murders of Chinese immigrants, all stabbed to death with a butterfly sword and must connect the dots to catch a killer before they become victims themselves.
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Sharpe's command : Richard Sharpe and the bridge at Almaraz, May 1812
by Bernard Cornwell
Sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside in the early 19th century, far behind enemy lines, the formidable Captain Sharpe and his group of men—with their cunning and courage to rely on—must stop two French armies from meeting on the Almaraz bridge.
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Table for two : fictions
by Amor Towles
The New York Times best-selling author shares six stories based in New York City, which consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters, and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood, told from seven different viewpoints, which stars the indomitable Evelyn Ross.
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The lost Book of Bonn : a novel
by Brianna Labuskes
In 1946 Germany, librarian Emmy Clarke, while cataloging literature plundered by the Nazis, finds a poetry collection which leads her to two sisters, a horrific betrayal and an extraordinary protest of hundreds of brave women who did what so few others dared to do under the Third Reich—they said no.
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James : a novel
by Percival Everett
Describes the events of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of the enslaved Jim, who decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island after learning he is to be sold to a man in New Orleans.
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A love discovered
by Tracie Peterson
Marybeth and Edward forge a marriage of convenience as they venture westward to the untamed frontier of the newly incorporated railroad town of Cheyenne, where they must rely on each other's strength amidst the perils of their new life.
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A governess's guide to passion and peril
by Manda Collins
After her employer is murdered, a governess finds herself forced to work with a lord who once broke her heart in the fourth novel of the series following A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes.
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American daughters : a novel
by Piper Huguley
Brought together by their fathers' friendship, describes how the daughters of Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt became close friends and struggled together and supported each other through marriages, pregnancies, women's rights and progressive causes.
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The familiar
by Leigh Bardugo
During the Spanish Golden Age, Luzia Cotado, gifted with magic, garners the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king, plunging her into a world where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur—and where she must enlist the help of an embittered immortal familiar whose deadly secrets could destroy them both.
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The British booksellers : a novel of the Forgotten Blitz
by Kristy Cambron
Rival booksellers Amos and Charlotte, as Coventry is devastated by Luftwaffe's local blitz, must put aside their differences and fight together to help Coventry survive, in this exploration of the unbreakable bonds that unite us through love, loss and the enduring solace that can be found between the pages of a book.
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