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OverBooked Club
December 9, 5:30
Library Conference Room
Come chat about books with Kristen and Michelle.
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Abduction of a Slave
by Stabenow, Dana
In ancient Egypt, Tetisheri, Cleopatra's trusted agent, is sent to Cyrenaica to investigate a communication breakdown involving her uncle, a master trader. As she navigates a landscape filled with spies and hidden agendas, Tetisheri uncovers a web of intrigue linked to impending war and a local murder mystery.
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
by Mosley, Walter
Detective King Oliver fulfills his grandmother's dying wish to reunite with his estranged father while also protecting a missing woman and her daughter from a powerful billionaire in the third novel of the series following Every Man a King.
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Beautiful Ugly
by Feeney, Alice
A year after his wife Abby mysteriously disappeared, author Grady Green, still consumed by grief, retreats to a remote Scottish island only to encounter a woman who looks exactly like the wife he lost.
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Better Than Friends
by Shalvis, Jill
When Olive's off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly turns to her ex, Noah, a National Park Service agent, for help, forcing them both to confront their unresolved past in the seventh novel of the series following The Summer Escape.
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The Big Empty
by Robert Crais
Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, face a cryptic case and a terrifying, unpredictable killer in this twisty, satisfying thriller.
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The Bourne Vendetta
by Freeman, Brian
When a hacked database known as the Files upends the intelligence community, with careers destroyed and assassinations spreading from Europe to the U.S., Treadstone sends Jason Bourne to get or destroy them before the Chinese or the Russians—and Bourne's ex-lover, treacherous spy Johanna, may be the only one who can help him.
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Confessions
by Airey, Catherine
Three generations of women are bound by family secrets, lost memories and an enigmatic boarding school game as they unravel mysteries spanning from 1970s Ireland to post-9/11 New York, which threaten to tear them apart forever.
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The Crash
by Mcfadden, Freida
Eight months pregnant and abandoned by her baby's father, Tegan embarks on a desperate journey to her brother's house during a storm, only to crash and find herself at the mercy of a remote couple with potentially sinister intentions.
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Dark Hope
by Feehan, Christine
Demon slayer Silke Vriese Reinders must join forces with Benedek Kovak, a powerful Carpathian warrior on the brink of darkness, to stop an enemy threatening mankind in the latest addition to the long-running series following Dark Whisper.
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The English Problem
by Kamlani, Beena
Shiv Advani, an eighteen-year-old chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to study British law in 1930s London, arrives determined to fight colonialism but soon finds himself torn between his duty to India's independence movement and his growing desire to belong within British society.
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Going Home
by Lamont, Tom
Thirtysomething Téo Erskine has his life upended when a tragedy makes him the unexpected guardian of a toddler, forcing him to navigate friendship, responsibility and long-buried feelings while confronting what kind of man he wants to be.
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Grave Danger
by Grippando, James
Jack Swyteck must defend a woman accused of kidnapping her niece while uncovering deadly secrets about the parents as political forces and international law complicate the case in the latest addition to the series following Goodbye Girl.
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Holmes Is Missing
by Patterson, James
Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations face a challenging string of child abductions that forces them to solve the case without their brilliant leader, Brendan Holmes. in the second novel of the series following Holmes, Marple & Poe.
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How to Sleep at Night
by Harris, Elizabeth
Ethan and Gabe's marriage is tested when Ethan announces his congressional run as a Republican, while Nicole rekindles a romance with Ethan's sister Kate, a political reporter whose life spirals as family and career collide.
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The In-Between Bookstore
by Underhill, Edward
When Darby, a nearly 30-year-old trans man, returns to his Illinois hometown after losing his job, he steps into his old high school bookstore and slips back in time, coming face-to-face with his pre-transition teenage self, offering him a chance to change the past and confront old wounds.
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The Last Room on the Left
by Konen, Leah
Kerry, a struggling writer with a crumbling life, takes a caretaker job at a remote Catskills motel to finish her book, but when a snowstorm traps her with a frozen corpse, she must unravel a deadly game of survival—or risk losing her mind and her life.
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Let's Call Her Barbie
by Rosen, Renée
Including a readers guide and exclusive vintage Barbie photos, a bold new novel by a USA Today bestselling author shows how Ruth Handler, along with head engineer Jack Ryan and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, created a doll like no other.
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Lie for a Million
by Dailey, Janet
Following her husband's murder, Lila Culhane battles his pregnant mistress for leverage while preparing for a high-stakes reining competition, questioning her ranch manager and lover's loyalty, and dealing with a growing list of suspects in Frank's death.
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More or Less Maddy
by Genova, Lisa
Maddy Banks, an NYU student recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder after experiencing a wild and terrifying mania, rejects the stability of a“normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy, in a novel from a Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author.
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Mothers and Sons
by Haslett, Adam
A mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart.
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Never Say Never
by Steel, Danielle
After her husband of twenty-five years leaves her for a younger male lover, Oona Kelly Webster takes her anniversary trip to France alone, where after renting a house called La Belle Florence, she risks love with her friendly Trinidadian neighbor, a well-known actor.
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The Note
by Burke, Alafair
May Hanover, always the rule-following“Little Sheriff,” reunites with her childhood friends Lauren and Kelsey for a carefree trip to the Hamptons, but when a drunken prank goes disastrously wrong, May becomes the focus of a police investigation and begins questioning whether her friends are hiding dangerous secrets.
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The Oligarch's Daughter
by Finder, Joseph
Paul Brightman, a former Wall Street star hiding in a New England town with a bounty on his head, is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness as he unravels a conspiracy involving Russian operatives and government agencies after falling in love with Tatyana, the daughter of a powerful oligarch.
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Onyx Storm
by Yarros, Rebecca
After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail must seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre, and she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
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Order of Swans
by Deveraux, Jude
Kaley Adams travels to friend Jobi's island home, but she awakens on the plane in the birthplace of fairytales, and when the king asks Kaley to find the prince, she must rely on fairytale knowledge and her handsome guide to survive this new world.
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Presumed Guilty
by Turow, Scott
Rusty is a retired judge asked by his fiancée, Bea, to defend her adult son Aaron, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend Mae, and Rusty agrees to help but questions whether the system can provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
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Remember When
by Balogh, Mary
When Clarissa Ware returns to Ravenswood after living a society life as the Dowager Countess of Stratton, she reconnects with widowed village carpenter Matthew Taylor, and their summer friendship deepens into romance.
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See How They Hide
by Brennan, Allison
When murder victims are found in different parts of the country in the same unusual position the same night, Matt Costa and his team discover that both victims had escaped from Colorado's Havenwood cult and are being hunted one by one.
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Shattering Dawn
by Krentz, Jayne Ann
When PI Gideon Sweetwater disrupts the kidnapping of Amelia Rivers, they escape and return to the ruins of the hotel where Amelia lost a night to amnesia before gaining powers, desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug designed to enhance psychic abilities.
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Something Rotten
by Lipstein, Andrew
In his provocative, crackling new novel, Andrew Lipstein spins a wicked web through the heart of Copenhagen.
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The Stolen Queen
by Davis, Fiona
In 1978, as a valuable Egyptian artifact disappears during the Met Gala, Met curator Charlotte Cross and young assistant Annie Jenkins embark on a high-stakes search that leads them to Egypt, where Charlotte must confront an ancient curse and the haunting tragedy of her past.
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The Texas Murders
by Patterson, James
Texas Ranger Rory Yates, a quick-draw champion, teams up with Tigua Tribal police archer Ava Cruz to investigate the disappearance of a native woman, pursuing a suspect in a long-cold case across Texas's harshest landscapes.
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The Three Lives of Cate Kay
by Fagan, Kate
Cate Kay, a reclusive bestselling author, has concealed her identity for years, but when a devastating tragedy from her past resurfaces, she's forced to confront the secrets that derailed her dreams and return to the place she's been running from.
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Vantage Point
by Sligar, Sara
Succession meets Beware the Woman in this seductive, Gothic suspense novel about the dramatic downfall of one of America's most affluent (and cursed) families, by the author of Take Me Apart.
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We are Watching
by Gaylin, Alison
After losing her husband in a tragic car accident, Meg Russo reopens her bookstore, only to face escalating threats from conspiracy theorists obsessed with an apocalyptic novel, forcing her to confront sinister secrets tied to her family and uncover the truth behind her husband's death.
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We Do Not Part
by Kang, Han
As Kyungha braves a treacherous snowstorm on Jeju Island to save her injured friend's pet, she unwittingly embarks on a journey that blurs reality and memory, uncovering a hidden chapter of Korean history and the enduring power of friendship amidst forgotten violence.
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Hendrix, Grady
Four teenage girls trapped in a secretive maternity home for unwed mothers in 1960 St. Augustine, Florida, find an unexpected source of power through witchcraft.
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