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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
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Choppy Water
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Stuart Woods
When his Maine vacation is interrupted by extreme weather that a menacing adversary uses as cover to target a close friend, Stone Barrington uncovers a massive scheme with corrupt ties spanning New York City through Key West.
Also available in audio
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Final Cut
by S. J. Watson
The award-winning author of Before I Go to Sleep explores themes of memory and identity in the story of a documentary filmmaker who investigates the disappearance of a girl from a quiet fishing village.
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The Jackal
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J. R. Ward
The award-winning author of the Fallen Angels series presents a debut entry in a new Black Dagger Brotherhood spin-off set in an underground prison that is populated by thieving and murderous beings.
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The Hollow Ones
by Guillermo del Toro
Forced to shoot her suddenly violent partner, a rookie FBI agent witnesses the escape of a shadowy form before embarking on a sanity-risking investigation into a centuries-old being. Co-written by the award-winning author of Prince of Thieves.
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The Deadline
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Kiki Swinson
Desperate to break a major exclusive to secure a coveted anchor desk slot, an off-air TV news reporter risks her family's safety to investigate a murder in her Southern home town. By the author of Wifey
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The Silent Wife : A Novel
by Karin Slaughter
Investigating a brutal murder that eerily resembles another from years earlier, Will Trent reopens the case of a possibly wrongly convicted prisoner before teaming up with medical examiner Sara Linton to hunt down the true killer.
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Royal : A Novel
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Danielle Steel
Sent into hiding during World War II, headstrong 17-year-old Princess Charlotte assumes an alias and enjoys the freedoms of a normal life in Yorkshire before her ill-fated romance with her guardians' son leads to the orphaning of a royal infant.
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The First to Lie
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A devastating act of betrayal catapults a young woman onto an obsessive path to justice that embroils a glamorous manipulative wannabe, an in-too-deep reporter and a grieving widow into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse.
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The Palace
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Christopher Reich
When a man to whom he owes his life reaches out from prison, international spy Simon Riske recruits a daring investigative reporter and a rogue Mossad agent to thwart an international conspiracy targeting major European cities.
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The Midwife Murders
by James Patterson
To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition, it's her life's work. But when two kidnappings and a vicious stabbing happen on her watch in a university hospital in Manhattan, her focus abruptly changes. Something has to be done, and Lucy is fearless enough to try.
Also available in audio
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The Less Dead
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Denise Mina
Navigating burnout, an unfaithful ex and a relative's recent death, Margo reaches out to her birth family before discovering that her biological mother was murdered years earlier by a killer who begins sending her threatening letters.
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Bitter Pill
by Fern Michaels
Managing a painful career setback with the help of an online support group and a secret boyfriend who goes mysteriously missing, a neuroscientist is declared a person of interest when she is asked to identify the body of a stranger.
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Ghost Ups Her Game
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Carolyn Hart
A New York Times best-selling author's warm-hearted sleuth returns in the ninth Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel, with a case that will test even her Heavenly powers
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Squeeze Me : A Novel
by Carl Hiaasen
When a high-society dowager murdered at the height of Palm Beach's charity gala season is declared a political martyr by the colorful president she supported, a talented wildlife wrangler uncovers the truth amid the discovery of a controversial affair.
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
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Sophie Hannah
Hired to discretely investigate murder allegations against a wealthy client's wife, Hercule Poirot swaps seats with a nervous train passenger before a second killing is complicated by a series of impossible confessions.
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Sucker Punch
by Laurell K. Hamilton
When a young wereleopard is scheduled for execution for the brutal murder of his uncle, Anita Blake navigates escalating pressure from the local authorities and family demands for justice in the face of evidence that does not quite add up.
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue : A Novel
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Fiona Davis
A New York Public Library superintendent’s wife reevaluates her priorities upon joining a woman’s suffrage group in 1913, decades before her granddaughter’s efforts to save an exhibit expose tragic family secrets. By the best-selling author of The Chelsea Girls.
Also available in audio
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Whirlwind
by Janet Dailey
One of three sisters who would carry on their family's bull-breeding legacy debuts a promising specimen at a professional bull rider's competition while resisting the advances of an attractive cowboy who tests her resolve against the dangers of rodeo life.
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No Offense
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Meg Cabot
A sequel to No Judgments finds a broken-hearted Molly relocating to a library in the Florida Keys before the discovery of an abandoned newborn leads to an unexpected partnership with an arrogant town sheriff.
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Thick as Thieves
by Sandra Brown
While a woman investigates her absent father's involvement in a 20-year-old heist that ended in murder, two vengeful accomplices wait for a corrupt district attorney to make a fatal mistake. By the best-selling author of Outfox.
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The Last Mrs. Summers
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Rhys Bowen
Helping her friend inspect a recently inherited but uninhabitable Cornwall property, Georgie investigates a bossy host's suspicions that her husband murdered his first wife, allegations that are complicated by a creepy housekeeper and a long-ago tragedy.
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Every Bone a Prayer
by Ashley Blooms
"In her rural Appalachian holler, ten-year-old Misty's closest friends are the crawdads. Misty can speak to them, to the birds, to the creek, to everything outside, and she understands how they think. She knows that if she could just speak to her parents in the same way, she could stop all the fighting. But it's too hard. When her only friend William takes their friendship too far, Misty doesn't know how to get help. This is the story of one tough-as-nails girl whose choices are few but whose imagination is boundless, as her manner of coping with trauma becomes an adventure for everyone in her holler.
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The Falcon Always Wings Twice : A Meg Langslow Mystery
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Donna Andrews
Volunteering at her grandmother's craft-center Renaissance Faire, Meg is challenged to prove the innocence of her grandfather when he is wrongly accused of murdering a fairgrounds performer who was suspected of mistreating a rare falcon.
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