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Sneak Peek Adult Fiction July 2017
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These titles will all be released in August. Don't miss out, click on the cover to place your hold.
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Rituals
by Kelley Armstrong
A conclusion to the popular series finds Olivia's ongoing efforts to discover the truth about her birth parents' crimes complicated by Celtic mysteries in the secluded town of Cainsville and her love triangle with criminal lawyer Gabriel and biker Ricky.
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The Winners' Circle
by Gail Bowen
The latest novel in the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve series opens in the month of May, a time of beginnings when all things seem possible. Joanne's husband, Zack, recently elected mayor of Regina, is optimistic that he can garner the public support necessary to make Regina a city that works -- not just for the few, but for the many. Their oldest son Peter is marrying Maisie Crawford, a woman as clever and forthright as she is lovely. Their lakeside wedding is a dream come true, but when a former lover of a member of the bridal party shows up, the dream becomes a nightmare. Before the bride's bouquet has wilted, there's an act of sickening cruelty; soon afterwards, there's a murder. Devastated, Joanne and Zack search for answers. As it becomes increasingly unclear whether political agendas, shattered romance, or a secret buried deep in the past have motivated the crimes, the loyalties of the Shreve family are tested.
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On her majesty's frightfully secret service
by Rhys Bowen
Agreeing to help her cousin the queen thwart an elopement between the Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson, royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch offers assistance to her pregnant friend while clashing with an old rival from finishing school. By the best-selling author of Crowned and Dangerous
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Shattered
by Allison Brennan
A crossover novel by the best-selling author of Poisonous finds investigative reporter Max Revere teaming up with FBI agent Lucy Kincaid to exonerate a woman wrongly accused of murdering her son.
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Seeing Red
by Sandra Brown
Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he lead a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now, ambitious TV journalist Kerra Bailey is determined to get an exclusive with the Major - even if she has to wrangle an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper.
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Charlatans
by Robin Cook
Promoted to his elite Boston teaching hospital's Chief Resident, Dr. Noah Rothauser investigates a series of anesthesia errors that are killing patients and raising serious concerns about a resident who has created multiple personalities of herself on the internet. By the best-selling author of Coma
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Texas Fierce
by Janet Dailey
Hoping to claim and restore his family's failing ranch, Bull Tyler is confronted by a rival clan that would resort to murder to steal his land, a situation that is further complicated by his growing love for a woman who would marry into the enemy family. By the best-selling author of Texas True
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Red swan : a novel
by Peter T. Deutermann
When the death of a behind-the-scenes CIA operative reveals that the CIA has been compromised by a Chinese infiltrator, retired CIA officer Preston Allender makes a shocking discovery that upends the entire American intelligence network. By the award-winning author of Pacific Glory
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The Cottingley Secret
by Hazel Gaynor
The best-selling author of The Girl Who Came Home reimagines the early 20th-century story of cousins Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, who became a national sensation when they claimed they photographed fairies in their garden, winning the support of novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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I Know a Secret
by Tess Gerritsen
Investigating the death of a horror film producer whose murder scene has been gruesomely staged, detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are baffled by an apparent lack of a cause of death, a case that is further complicated by a second, equally bizarre murder.
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Gone to Dust
by Matthew Goldman
Investigating a murder complicated by the killer's strategic approaches to confounding all possible DNA evidence, private detective Nils Shapiro is forced by FBI interference to secretly uncover the potentially shattering identity of a mysterious woman.
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Y Is for Yesterday
by Sue Grafton
A penultimate installment in the best-selling series follows the release of a young rapist who Kinsey Millhone carefully monitors in the wake of a vengeful sociopath's determination to exact revenge.
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The Last Tudor
by Philippa Gregory
A latest historical novel by the best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl reimagines the lives of Lady Jane Grey and her two sisters, who respectively endure imprisonment, a secret marriage and marginalization under the suspicious eyes of Tudor queens Mary and Elizabeth
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Fast falls the night
by Julia Keller
Investigating a series of suspicious overdose deaths in her Appalachian hometown, prosecutor Bell Elkins uncovers evidence of a tainted batch of heroin and begins a desperate race against time that is challenged by local opinions. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sorrow Road
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Crime scene : a novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
A latest novel of suspense by the award-winning father-son team finds athletic star-turned-coroner's investigator Clay Edison drawn into a complex case involving a retired psychology professor's death and an old scandal involving the horrific murder of one of the professor's students.
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Dragonsworn
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cursed dragon Falcyn, awaiting the time when evolution will end the Greek race he blames for destroying everything he ever cared for, clashes with Medea, Apollo's granddaughter, who would use a secret weapon to halt a plague that would end the lives of her people. By the best-selling author of the Chronicles of Nick series.
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Dark Light : Dawn
by Jon Land
With an uncanny ability to survive any combat situation, Max Younger has built a heroic life for himself as a Navy SEAL. That is, until a rogue rescue operation plunges him back into a past he thought he’d escaped forever. Waiting for him back home in New York are terrible, long-hidden truths rooted in the tragic death of his father. But the origin of those truths lie even further back than that, and Max finds himself ensnared in a sinister plot involving nothing less than the biblical apocalypse.
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The history of bees : a novel
by Maja Lunde
Three generations of beekeepers from the past, present and future pursue respective dreams and endure painful losses while connecting with nature against the backdrop of an urgent global crisis.
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Any Dream Will Do
by Debbie Macomber
Taking a bank job after her abusive father passes away, Shay risks everything to save her brother from a dangerous drug lord and winds up sentenced to two years in prison before finding love and healing at the side of a widowed pastor. By the best-selling author of A Girl's Guide to Moving On
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Deep black : a Tom Locke novel
by Sean McFate
A follow-up to Shadow War finds disillusioned military contractor Tom Locke working undercover with surviving team members deep inside ISIS territory to track down a missing Saudi prince.
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The Color of Fear
by Marcia Muller
When her famed Shoshone-artist father is left in a coma by a racially driven beating during San Francisco's holiday season, private investigator Sharon McCone resolves to bring the attackers to justice, only to find herself targeted by hate-filled, racist threats. By the New York Times best-selling author of Looking for Yesterday.
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Cat shining bright
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Missing his crime-solving work in spite of his delight in training his three kittens, cat detective Joe Grey assists an investigation into the murders of a beautician and one of her customers, only to have his kittens complicate the case. By the author of Cat Shout for Joy.
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Thief's Mark
by Carla Neggers
Working with an international art thief to investigate the murders of his parents and his own kidnapping in early childhood, FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan struggle with transformations in their relationship while confronting a killer who would play out dark fantasies.
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The walls
by Hollie Overton
Working a dubious job in a death-row prison to support her son and ailing father, Kristy marries a man who tempts her to pursue a very different life before his violent nature and the ideas of the inmates she has met compel her to risk everything to protect her family. By the author of Baby Doll.
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The room of white fire
by T. Jefferson Parker
A marine-turned-private investigator struggling from the recent death of his wife races against time to track down a shattered young soldier who has escaped from a mental institution and who possesses a dangerous secret. By the three-time Edgar Award-winning author of Crazy Blood
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The dark net
by Benjamin Percy
When the criminal underworld of the internet gives way to the viral spread of ancient demons, an adolescent with visual prosthetics, a technophobic journalist, a former child evangelist and a cyber hacker activist become the world's unlikely defenders.
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Judgment at Appomattox
by Ralph Peters
As the Civil War nears its end, General Robert E. Lee makes a desperate, dramatic gamble that results in the fall of Richmond, Virginia. By the author of The Damned of Petersburg
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Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline
An epic battle of wills and legal strategy ensues when DiNunzio and Rosato represent opposing sides in a wrongful-termination lawsuit, triggering conflict-of-interest complications that estrange the partners and force their friends and colleagues to take sides.
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The Good Daughter
by Karin Slaughter
Decades after a shattering confrontation that left her mother dead and her sister traumatized, a New York-based lawyer returns to her Atlanta hometown to help her father save the life of a young woman accused of a school shooting.
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The other girl
by Erica Spindler
The ritualistic murder of a beloved college professor forces a small-town Louisiana police officer to confront a traumatic night from her long-buried past. By the best-selling author of Justice for Sara
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A Promise to Kill
by Erik Storey
A follow-up to Nothing Short of Dying finds Clyde Barr assisting a sick and elderly Ute whose Native American community is being overrun by a menacing biker gang that is harassing and attacking locals
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Without fear or favor : a novel
by Robert Tanenbaum
When a police officer shoots the son of a respected inner-city Baptist preacher, a public outcry for harsh justice pits prosecuting attorney Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, against a radical organization of armed militants who begin targeting uniformed cops.
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Nothing stays buried
by P. J Tracy
A serial murder case involving a killer who leaves playing cards on his victims and a private missing-persons case in a small farming community connect in disturbing ways that prompt a collaborative investigation between the Minneapolis police and the unconventional Monkeewrench crew. ***STAFF PICK****
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Map of the Heart
by Susan Wiggs
Accompanying her aging father on a trip to his native France, a widowed photographer is led by his memories of World War II to unexpected revelations about their family's history at the same time she bonds with a handsome American historian. By the best-selling author of the Lakeshore Chronicles series.
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Barely legal : a Herbie Fisher novel
by Stuart Woods
"In the newest nonstop adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, the protege will become the hero: now is the time of Herbie Fisher. Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test as he finds himself embroiled in his most daring adventure to date"
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