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eReads The newest titles added to our digital collection. June 2024
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The 24th hour
by James Patterson
While celebrating Cindy's engagement at one of San Francisco's finest restaurants, a woman is assaulted and Lindsay, Claire and Yuki spring into action, but when the victim's story keeps changing, Lindsay must expose a high-society killer before the Women's Murder Club is short a bridesmaid… or two.
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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, in the third novel of the series following Camino Winds.
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The guncle abroad : a novel
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 Hazelbourne ladies motorcycle and flying club : a novel
by Helen Simonson
In the summer of 1919, Constance, sent as a lady's companion to Hazelbourne-on-Sea, is welcomed by Poppy Wirrall, a baronet's daughter who runs a ladies' motorcycle club, but as the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peace, the club realizes the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked.
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Home is where the bodies are
by Jeneva Rose
"After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoingbattle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave"
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I will ruin you : a novel
by Linwood Barclay
After convincing a student with a bomb not to harm anyone, an English teacher is targeted by a deranged blackmailer in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of No Time for Goodbye. Simultaneous.
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The last one : a novel
by Will Dean
"When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it's the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete is missing. And when she walks out into the corridor, all the cabin doors are open. To her horror, she soon realizes that the ship is completely empty. No passengers, no crew, nobody but her. The Atlantica is steaming into the mid-Atlantic and Caz is the only person on board. But that's just the beginning of the terrifying journey she finds herself trapped on in this white-knuckled mystery"
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Listen for the lie : a novel
by Amy Tintera
"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"
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Long Island : a novel
by Colm Tâoibâin
In 1976 Lindenhurst, Long Island, Ellis Lacey, an Irishwoman in her 40s with no one to rely on in this still-new country, discovers her husband got a woman pregnant and the woman's husband refuses to raise it, forcing Ellis to decide what she will do and not do in this unexpected situation.
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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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Miss Morgan's book brigade : a novel
by Janet Skeslien Charles
The New York Times and internationally best-selling author of The Paris Library returns with a novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France. Illustrations.
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One perfect couple
by Ruth Ware
Landing on a tropical paradise where they'll compete against four other couples to win a cash prize, Lyla and Nico, starring on the new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, find themselves trapped on a storm-swept island where they all must band together for survival as a killer walks among them.
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The paradise problem
by Christina Lauren
When his 100-million-dollar inheritance comes with a catch—he must be happily married for five years, Liam Weston, the uptight heir of a grocery chain, turns to his secret not-so-ex-wife Anna Green, a feisty, foul-mouthed artist, to fake their relationship and convince his one-percenter parents they're in love.
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Real Americans : a novel
by Rachel Khong
In this intricately woven tapestry of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance, 15-year-old Nick Chen, who can't shake the feeling his mother is hiding something, sets out to find his biological father—journey that raises more questions than provides answers.
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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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Think twice
by Harlan Coben
When his former client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing, who is deceased, has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, sports agent Myron Bolitar and Win, his longtime friend and colleague, search for answers, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes.
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Unsteady : a novel
by Peyton Corinne
"Rhys Koteskiy is back-at least, he's supposed to be. During last year's Frozen Four, the Waterfell University hockey captain and NHL legacy took a brutal hit that left him with a concussion and a new discomfort on the ice. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks every time he attempts to skate, Rhys wonders if he'll ever play again-or if he'll ever want to. Sadie Brown is staying focused this semester-no matter what. Currently drowning in debt, custody hearings for her younger brothers, and skating practices, she's just trying to make it to the next day. A spitfire figure skater known for her bad attitude and frequent disappearing acts, Sadie has a reputation on campus. And it's not a pretty one. When she accidentally witnesses one of the golden boy hockey captain's panic attacks and attempts to help him, a strange sort of understanding strikes up between them. No questions asked. Just comfort. But Rhys finds himself drawn to Sadie. Where he feels empty, a shell of the man and player he was before, Sadie is so full of everything, it bursts from her; every emotion she feels seems like it's blasted at max volume. Rhys is desperate to feel anything. Sadie wants to stop feeling so much. But healing doesn't mix with secrets, and they're both skating on thin ice"
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You like it darker : stories
by Stephen King
Delving into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal, the legendary storyteller and expert in short fiction presents this exhilarating collection of 12 tales, many never-before-published, about fate, mortality, luck and the folds in reality where anything can happen.
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Women and children first : a novel
by Alina Grabowski
When a young woman dies under suspicious circumstances at a house party, the private lives of 10 women unravel as they confront this tragedy in their small Massachusetts town where blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper and a shocking truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge.
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When cicadas cry
by Caroline Cleveland
"A young white woman has been bludgeoned to death in a rural church on Cicada Road, just outside the small town of Walterboro, South Carolina-a state that has been roiling with racial tenson since the shooting of an unarmed Black man by a white police officer. Sam Jenkins, who is Black, was found covered in blood and kneeling over her. Zach Stander, a down-and-out lawyer, is convinced to take Sam's case by his detective girlfriend, Addie, while the local solicitor prosecuting the case wields the power ofan influential family. And then there's the mysterious cold-case of teen girls murdered on a nearby beach-is there a connection, and will Addie and Zach put the pieces together in time?"
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The summer we started over : a novel
by Nancy Thayer
Returning to Nantucket to help her younger sister with the grand opening of her gift shop, Eddie Grant must face all she left behind: her father's increased eccentricities; her sister's resentment of her leaving; and a past love connection, discovering a long-buried family secret that will change them all forever.
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Lies and weddings : a novel
by Kevin Kwan
Forced to attend his sister's wedding to seduce a woman with money and get his family out of debt, Rufus, the future Earl of Greshambury, finds their plans—and their reputation—going up in flames when a secret tryst and tragedy become known, revealing a shocking twist.
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Between two trailers : a memoir
by J. Dana Trent
This compelling memoir recounts the story of a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana, emphasizing the realization that true liberation is achieved only by making peace with the place called home.
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Bits and Pieces : My Mother, My Brother, and Me
by Whoopi Goldberg
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life. If it weren’t for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010—and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later—she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone. Emma raised her children not just to survive, but to thrive. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Whoopi shares many of the deeply personal stories of their lives together for the first time.
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The Cleopatras : the forgotten queens of Egypt
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Recapturing the lost world of Hellenistic Egypt and tracing the kingdom's final centuries before its fall to Rome, a noted historian tells the dramatic story of the seven Cleopatras who styled themselves as goddess-queens, ruling through the canny deployment of arcane rituals, opulent spectacles and unparalleled wealth.
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Coming home
by Brittney Griner
From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist comes a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
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The expectation gap : the tiny, vast space between our beliefs and experience of God
by Steve Cuss
"Christians experience significant gaps between what we believe about God and what we encounter from God. Sometimes our best efforts keep us stuck in the gap. In The Expectation Gap, systems theorist Steve Cuss offers a unique window into how we can quiet the inner critic, wrangle chronic anxiety, and relax into God's presence"
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Left for dead : shipwreck, treachery, and survival at the edge of the world
by Eric Jay Dolin
A best-selling and award-winning maritime historian presents this true story of five castaways—three British sailors and two Americans—abandoned on the Falkland Islands for a year and a during the War of 1812, showing individuals in wartime under great duress acting both nobly and atrociously as they struggle to survive. Illustrations.
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Life after doom : wisdom and courage for a world falling apart
by Brian D. McLaren
Drawing on insights from philosophers, poets, scientists and theologians, a public theologian and activist discusses the catastrophic failure of both our religious and political leaders to address today's dominant issues while exploring how to live with wisdom, resilience and love during these turbulent times.
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Paradise of the damned : the obsessive quest for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold
by Keith Thomson
An ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth and El Dorado fanatic, Sir Walter Raleigh, released from the Tower of London, journeys across an ocean to find the fabled city, gambling his painstakingly acquired wealth, hard-won domestic bliss and his very life, while back home, his rivals plotted his demise. Illustrations.
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Shakespeare : the man who pays the rent
by Judi Dench
Interweaving anecdotes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, Dame Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her 70-year career, serving up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes. Illustrations.
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The situation room : the inside story of presidents in crisis
by George Stephanopoulos
A former senior advisor to President Clinton, and for more than 20 years, the anchor of This Week and the co-anchor of Good Morning America, takes us into the White House Situation Room, the epicenter of crisis management where decisions are made that affect the lives of every person on this planet. Illustrations.
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Skies of thunder : the deadly World War II mission over the roof of the world
by Caroline Alexander
The New York Times best-selling author presents this masterpiece of modern war history in which she, drawing on obscure memoirs and long-ignored records, gives us the World War II pilots' and soldiers' eye views of flying and combat, probing at what it takes to survive extreme circumstances. Maps.
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Expanded and Updated: the Total Money Makeover : A Proven Plan for Financial Peace
by Dave Ramsey
Do you want to build a budget that actually works for you? Are you ready to transform your relationship with money? This New York Times bestseller has already helped millions of people just like you learn how to develop everyday money-saving habits with the help of America's favorite personal finance expert, Dave Ramsey.
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Vanishing act : the enduring mystery behind the legendary Doolittle raid over Tokyo
by Dan Hampton
For the first time, a retired fighter pilot definitively solves the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid, in this gripping, untold story of a secret mission set during the darkest days of World War II that includes never-before-published documents and photographs in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Raiders' descendants. Illustrations.
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The Way of the Hermit : My Incredible 40 Years Living in the Wilderness
by Ken Smith
Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The Way of the Hermit , seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith recounts a life he has chosen to spend alone with the wilderness.
Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone, with no electricity or running water. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the lonely loch', where he lives off the he fishes for his supper, chops his own wood, and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a hermit.
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Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space
by Adam Higginbotham
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller"
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Cunning folk : life in the era of practical magic
by Tabitha Stanmore
This history of practitioners of“service magic” in medieval and early modern Europe reveals the central place they occupied in everyday life and how they helped soothe the anxieties of both commoners and nobles. 80,000 first printing.
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