June 2024 list by Nanette Alderman
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Act of Defiance
by Brian Andrews
When U.S. intelligence reports there's something going on in Russia, President Jack Ryan and his youngest daughter, Katie, determine the Russians are about to launch a super missile submarine, and the race is on to find its location and decide if it poses a threat to the continental U.S.
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All Fours
by Miranda July
Ditching her California life for the open road, a restless, semi-famous artist leaves her husband, child and career and reinvents herself in a motel room, embarking on a journey of self-discovery and what it means to be alive and free.
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All's Fair in Love and War
by Virginia Heath
A former naval captain hires an emergency governess to watch his children while on an expedition to Egypt where she runs afoul of the captain's brother, who disapproves of her bohemian and unconventional educational style.
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Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham
Bay Books shop owner Bruce Cable is reunited again with best-selling author Mercer Mann to solve another murder on Camino Island, Florida.
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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung
As China's civil war ravages and engulfs their once-privileged lives, four resourceful daughters defy tradition and flee their home as the Communist army closes in, charting a path across a war-torn nation to independence in Taiwan.
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First Frost
by Craig Johnson
Sheriff Walt Longmire tries to manage his increasingly complicated personal life while staving off the violent underworld that is encroaching on the Old West.
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The Guncle Abroad
by Steven Rowley
With his brother getting remarried in Italy, Patrick takes his niece and nephew back under his wing, and as they travel through Europe, he tries his best to help them understand love, while dealing with a groom with cold feet, his over-flirtatious sister and other disasters.
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The Heist
by Jack Du Brul
Detective Isaac Bell investigates an attack on the Federal Reserve being led by a master thief and his assassin accomplice in 1914 Washington, D.C.
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Highcliffe House
by Megan Walker
Anna unexpectedly finds herself on a business trip with the ambitious, money-driven Graham in 1813 England, forcing them to confront their prejudices and discover unexpected common ground.
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I Will Ruin You
by Linwood Barclay
After convincing a student with a bomb not to harm anyone, an English teacher is targeted by a deranged blackmailer.
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Locked in Pursuit
by Ashley Weaver
Working once again with her handler in the British government, safecracker Ellie McDonnell, as a rash of burglaries plague London and an unknown object arrives by a mysterious courier, must beat the thieves at their own game as World War II looms over the city.
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Look on the Bright Side
by Kristan Higgins
When a solution to get her life back on track comes from foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini who needs a date for his sister's wedding, oncologist Lark Smith agrees and falling in love with his big, warm family, discovers the best things in life aren't planned at all.
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Mind Games
by Nora Roberts
With the ability to see into minds and souls, Thea, who brought her parents' killer to justice years ago, discovers the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability when she can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away as he plots his revenge.
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The Ministry of Time
by Kaliane Bradley
To establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time, a“bridge” who lives with, assists and monitors the expat known as“1847” or Commander Graham Gore, falls fervently in love, with consequences she never could've imagined—ones that could change the future.
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Savor It
by Tarah DeWitt
Sent to Spunes, Oregon, for the summer to consult on a restaurant opening, former hotshot chef in NYC who lost his Michelin star along with his love of cooking, Fisher Lange, with the townspeople up in arms, strikes a deal with his beautiful new neighbor to turn things around.
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The Silverblood Promise
by James Logan
A disgraced heir to an ancient noble house, Lukan Gardova, when his estranged father is murdered, vows to solve this mystery as a chance to make amends for his mistakes, which leads him to a fabled city where everything has a price—and the price of truth is the deadliest of all.
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Southern Man
by Greg Iles
A man—and a town—are rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but he's unbowed in the fight to save those he loves.
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The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee
by Alexander McCall Smith
As the residents of Scotland's most celebrated address go about their eventful lives, young Bertie Pollock, when Galactica MacFee, the class's new ringleader, comes between him and Olive, flees to Glasgow with his best friend in tow.
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Very Bad Company
by Emma Rosenblum
On an exclusive retreat in Miami with her new employer, trendy tech startup Aurora, Caitlin Levy, when a fellow high-level executive vanishes, whose disappearance could cost the team millions, and her colleagues must continue the charade to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations.
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Westport
by James B. Comey
When she becomes the lead suspect in her coworker's murder, Nora Carleton calls in her old colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and lawyer Carmen Garcia, and as they hunt for the true killer's motive, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who framed her.
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