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Once upon a time at the end of the world. : Love in the Wasteland Book one, Love in the wasteland
by Jason Aaron
"In this decades spanning post-apocalyptic tale, Maceo and Mezzy have never met anyone like each other, and they'll need all the help they can get to survive a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe. "Love in the Wasteland" kicks off the first arc of this epic trilogy that spans a lifetime as the dark mysteries of a ruined world and their own stark differences tear at the threads holding Mezzy and Maceo together. As they endure the horrors of plastic tornadoes and frozen sludge, Maceo proves to be more than just a burden, and they make an unlikely connection. But to their peril... they might not be as alone as they thought"
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Family lore : a novel
by Elizabeth Acevedo
"Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor--inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch--decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. Has she foreseen her own death, or someone else's, or does she have other motives? She refuses to say. But Flor isn't the only person with secrets. Matilde has tried for decades to cover the extent of her husband's infidelity, but she now must confront the true state of her marriage. Pastora is typically the most reserved sister, but Flor's wake motivates this driven woman to attempt to solve her sibling's problems. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own: Yadi, reuniting with her first love, who was imprisoned when they were both still kids; and Ona,married for years and attempting to conceive. Ona must decide whether it's worth it to keep trying--in having a child, and in the anthropology research that's begun to feel lackluster. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, the Dominican Republic and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo's inimitable voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces - one family's journey through their history helping them better navigate all that is to come"
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Birder, She Wrote
by Donna Andrews
Meg's hopes for a relaxing summer are dashed when her father recruits her to help with beekeeping and the mayor calls in a favor, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Dashing Through the Snowbirds.
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A crime of secrets
by Ann Aptaker
"New York City, 1899-a city on the cusp of a new century. A city growing taller, faster, a city of new inventions, new ideas-and old dangers on its shadowy streets where crime, misery, and murder lurk. When Pauline Godfrey, a young woman embodying the coming modern age, is viciously murdered, her throat cut, private inquiry agents Finola "Fin" Donner and Devorah Longstreet must navigate a world of violence and passion, lust and betrayal, where duty is twisted into bitter obedience and love is soiled. Fin, a tough survivor of the dockside slums, and her beloved companion, the elegant, intellectual socialite Devorah, probe deep into the festering secrets of a family, the rot and corruption of the police department, and the sinister world of the city's thieves, whores, and thugs to find the killer"
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Traitors Gate
by Jeffrey Archer
Preparing to execute the most secret operation in their armory—transporting the Crown Jewels across London, the Metropolitan Police have 24 hours to stop a master criminal from pulling off the most outrageous theft in history—and expose a traitor in their midst.
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Fall of ruin and wrath
by Jennifer L Armentrout
Living hidden as a courtesan, Calista, born with an intuition that makes her of great value to the power-hungry of the world, comes to the rescue of a prince who tempts her like no other and forces her to choose: follow her intuition to safety or follow her heart to her downfall.
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Hemlock Island : a novel
by Kelley Armstrong
After fleeing renters of her Hemlock Island vacation home report broken belongings, out of control campfires, bones, hex circles, and bloody scratches inside the guest room closet, Laney Kilpatrick and her teenage niece show up to investigate.
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Normal rules don't apply : short stories
by Kate Atkinson
Startling, funny and imaginative, eleven interconnected stories, in which nothing is what it seems, are sharp observations on human nature and pack an emotional—and satisfying—punch.
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Remember me : a Ravenswood novel
by Mary Balogh
Lady Philippa Ware, arriving in London to meet the ton, encounters the one man who could ruin everything—the detestable Marquess of Roath, and unfortunately for her, his grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Wilby, have declared they are a perfect match—and will not take no for an answer.
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Swim home to the vanished
by Brendan Shay Basham
A grief-stricken young man, Damien lands in a fishing village where he falls under the spell of Ana Maria, rumored to have had something to do with her daughter's death, and forms a strange kinship with one of her surviving daughters, who is driven by a fierce need for revenge.
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A December to remember
by Jenny Bayliss
"Wildly different half-sisters Maggie, Simone, and Star have hardly seen each other since their sprightly summers at Rowan Thorp, their eccentric father Augustus's home. Known for the fruitful ways in which his bustling knick-knack shop kept the tired town afloat, Augustus was loved by all and known by none, not even his daughters. Now, years later, the three estranged women are unexpectedly reunited at the reading of Augustus's will. Maggie, Simone, and Star are shocked to find out that Augustus has engineered a series of hoops through which the three women must jump to unlock their inheritance - the last thing any of them want to do. But Maggie and Star desperately need the money. And who would Simone be to resist? Through hilarious goose chases, community mishaps, and one heart-warming winter solstice celebration, love, hope, and reconciliation is in the air, if only the three sisters can let themselves grasp it"
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The house is on fire
by Rachel Beanland
Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.
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Dead on Target
by M. C. Beaton
Convinced of foul play, Agatha Raisin disregards the conclusion of her old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes and investigates the death of a local landowner struck by an arrow, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Devil's Delight.
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Tom Clancy weapons grade
by Don Bentley
After witnessing a professional hit, Jack Ryan Jr., following one lead, is drawn into the seedy underbelly of a small Texas town and the cold case of a college student who vanished from its streets—an investigation that pulls him into an international conspiracy of epic proportions.
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Peg and Rose stir up trouble
by Laurien Berenson
When Peg attempts online dating at Rose's strong urging, she matches with Nolan Abercrombie, with whom she has an instant connection, but when a terrible accident claims his life, Peg and Rose team up to solve the dangerous mystery unfolding before their eyes.
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The 9th Man
by Steve Berry
Embroiled in a war between two determined sides after rescuing an old friend, Luke Daniels confronts a series of shocking truths about JKF's assassination on November 22, 1963, which not only rewrite history but will forever change his own life as he comes face to face with the ninth man.
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What harms you
by Lisa Black
Starting a new job at the Locard Institute, a state-of-the-art forensic research center, Dr. Ellie Carr is immediately drawn into a murder investigation with her supervisor, Dr. Rachael Davies, when a colleague is found dead and a young woman attending a professional training program disappears.
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Mixed signals
by B. K. Borison
Giving up on love, bakery owner Layla Dupree, after another date gone bad, agrees to one month of no-strings dating with teacher Caleb Alvarez who is determined to renew her faith in men while she rates his romantic game until they are no longer able to deny the red-hot chemistry between them.
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The Paris assignment : a novel
by Rhys Bowen
Joining the war effort after the loss of her son, Madeleine Grant, determined to fight and survive against inconceivable odds, returns to France in hopes of finding her husband alive, knowing that if she stops just one Nazi, it will be the start of a valiant path of revenge.
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North of nowhere / : A Thriller
by Allison Brennan
After their plane crashes in the Montana wilderness, siblings Kristen and Ryan McIntyre, on the run from their murderous father, the head of a Los Angeles crime family, soon discover there's something even more dangerous in the woods—something that could determine if they live or die.
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Witness : stories
by Jamel Brinkley
Set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, this collection of ten stories, introducing a wide range of unforgettable characters, presents portraits of families and friendships lost and found, the paradox of intimacy, the long shadow of grief and the meaning of home.
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Condor's fury
by Graham Brown
Kurt and Joe respond to a nearby distress call while on a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean to discover a terrified and disoriented crew potentially suffering from Havana Syndrome, in the 20th addition to the series following Dark Vector.
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Light bringer
by Pierce Brown
The legendary Reaper, Darrow, to defend Mars from a bloodthirsty would-be conqueror, begins his long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield
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Out of nowhere
by Sandra Brown
Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children's book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
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Letters of comfort
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
After her fiancé William's death, Doretta Schwartz, depressed and feeling empty, puts away her letter writing until William's twin brother, also grieving his loss, offers his friendship but makes her wonder if she's using him as a replacement for the once-in-a-lifetime love she lost.
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Murder is a piece of cake
by Valerie Burns
When a rival bakery owner turns up dead with a Baby Cakes knife stuck in his back, social media influencer Maddy Montgomery, supported by the crafty Baker Street irregulars and her new boyfriend, must sift through the clues to catch a killer before her name is trending for murder.
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Vampires of El Norte
by Isabel Caänas
When the US attacks Mexico in 1846, Nena, a healer striving to prove her worth, and Néstor, a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros, find their reunion overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh.
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The blonde identity : a novel
by Ally Carter
Waking up in Paris with no memory of who she is, a young woman discovers she's the identical twin of a rogue spy and, to stay alive, must team up with a very grouchy, very sexy, very secret agent to unravel a deadly conspiracy and clear her sister's name,
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An evil heart
by Linda Castillo
Painters Mill Police Chief Kate Burkholder investigates the violent, cross-bow shooting death of a hardworking, engaged young Amish man as her own wedding date draws near, in the fifteenth novel of the series following The Hidden One.
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Hello stranger
by Katherine Center
"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see everything around her, but she can no longer see faces. Temporary, they say. Lots of people deal with this, they say. As she struggles to cope--and hang onto her artistic dreams--she finds solace in her fourteen-year-old dog, Peanut. Thankfully, she can still see animal faces. When Peanut gets sick, she rusheshim to the emergency vet nearby. That's when she meets veterinarian Dr. Addison. And she's pleasantly surprised when he asks her on a date. But she doesn't want anyone to know about her face blindness. Least of all Joe, her obnoxious neighbor who always wears a bowling jacket and seems to know everyone in the building. He's always there at the most embarrassing but convenient times, and soon, they develop a sort of friendship. But could it be something more? As Sadie tries to save her career, confront her haunting past, and handle falling in love with two different guys she realizes that happiness can be found in the places--and people--you least expect"
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Whale
by Myæong-gwan Ch'æon
"The Whale, set in a remote Jeju village in the 1950s, follows the lives of three mythical characters: Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, The Whale is a rare, cinematic satire about modernity and myth by one of the most original voices in South Korea"
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What kind of mother : a novel
by Clay McLeod Chapman
"Madi returns to her hometown and reconnects with an ex from high school, now known locally for his refusal to give up looking for his infant son who has been missing for years. As Madi gets drawn into the search, she begins to see visions that lead to disturbing revelations about the real story of the boy's disappearance"
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Canary girls : a novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
During World War I, April Tipton, a 19-year-old former maid takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal filling shells, where she befriends the wife of a star footballer and the decides to join the ladies' football club.
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Honey Drop Dead
by Laura Childs
Tea shop owner Theodosia investigates after a phony beekeeper shows up at a community event and sprays toxic smoke at park goers, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Lemon Curd Killer.
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The raging storm / : A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
by Ann Cleeves
When the body of Jem Rosco—sailor, adventurer and legend—is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, DI Matthew Venn returns home to investigate where he is faced with superstition and rumor as another body is found, placing him and his team in danger.
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The summer skies : a novel
by Jenny Colgan
On the verge of making a huge life change, pilot Morag finds everything going off course when she is marooned on Inchborn island with visiting ornithologist Gregor Cameron who might have just the right perspective to get her off the ground. .
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The land of lost things
by John Connolly
While reading aloud fairy stories in hopes of bringing her comatose eight-year-old daughter back to this world, Ceres is called to a land colored by the memories of childhood and the folklore beloved by her father where old enemies are watching and waiting.
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Board to death
by CJ Connor
When a man who offered to sell a rare edition of the game that inspired Monopoly at a suspiciously low cost turns up dead, board game shop and café owner Ben Rosencrantz becomes the top suspect.
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The handyman method : a story of terror
by Nick Cutter
Moving into an unfinished development community where cracks begin to form in both their new residence and their lives, a young family finds things taking a dark turn when an online DIY instructor delivers subliminal suggestions about how to handle any problem around the house.
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Read to death at the Lakeside Library
by Holly Danvers
"Summer is in full swing as tourists flock back to the Northwoods and travel to Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. For Rain Wilmot, owner of the Lakeside Library, this is the perfect opportunity to bring back her mother's summer book club. But the summer sun startsto really heat up when one of the club's members, Lily Redlin, is found dead in her own home not long after the first meeting. Alongside her sidekick and neighbor Julia Reynolds and the charming Jace Lowe, Rain discovers that the murder is seemingly inspired by the book the club recently discussed--Agatha Christie's classic mystery novel Sparkling Cyanide. But who would kill Lily, and more importantly, why? The deeper Rain dives into the story, the more confusing and complicated the plot becomes. Was Lily murdered to cover up a tragic accident that occurred years ago involving an old classmate? Or were the rumors true--did Lily really possess a priceless original Laura Ingalls Wilder manuscript and someone killed her for it? And what about the mysteriousletter Lily received just before her death from a supposed long-lost relative? Was it a hoax? With a long list of suspects and motives, Rain realizes that all leads come back to people involved in the book club. Rain and her friends take a page from Agatha Christie's book by hosting a reenactment of the club's first meeting to flush out the killer. Will Rain's plan succeed--or will this librarian's book be checked out for good?"
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Talking at night
by Claire Daverley
Will and Rosie, two opposites destined to be together until tragedy strikes, ending their relationship before it starts, keep finding their way back to each other, time and time again, unable to let go of what might have been.
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Fatal legacy
by Lindsey Davis
Taking over her father's private informer business in first century Rome, Flavia Albia helps her aunt track down a pair of deadbeats who owe her money, in the 11th novel of the series following Desperate Undertaking.
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Star Wars, inquisitor : rise of the red blade
by Delilah S. Dawson
A new group of former Jedi decide to serve the Empire under Darth Vader, including Iskar, who survived the destruction of her old Order to claim a new destiny in the Force and hopes to uncover her hidden past that the Jedi refused to share with her.
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The block party : a novel
by Jamie Day
"This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has been a murder. But, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold--discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing--and no one--is ever as it seems"
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Steeped in malice
by Vicki Delany
Tearoom proprietress Lily Roberts, after buying a Peter Rabbit-themed tea set at an antiques fair, finds trouble brewing when two sisters want the set back and one winds up dead, making Lily wonder if this is a simple case of greed boiling over or something else entirely.
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The librarianist : a novel
by Patrick deWitt
"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind Bob Comet's plain facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure, of true love found and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in vocation, and the ultimate acceptance of a life lived to the side of the masses. The Librarianist is a wide-ranging and ambitious homage to the life lived through and for literature. With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, deWitt celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity"
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Learned by heart
by Emma Donoghue
Based on a true story and a five-million-word secret journal, this extraordinary work of fiction follows an orphaned heiress, banished from India to England, and a brilliant, troublesome tomboy who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in 1805 York where they fall secretly, deeply and dangerous in love.
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The puzzle of Blackstone Lodge
by Martin Edwards
"1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of an intriguing and bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge's daughter Rachel Savernake. Thank goodness she did, because barely a week later Nell disappears, and Rachel is left to put together the pieces of the puzzle. qLooking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moorand sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint - who's determined to expose a fraudulent clairvoyant - Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances and bring the truth to light. A dazzling mystery peopled by clerics and medics; reporters and rogues, Blackstone Fell explores the shadowy borderlands between spiritual and scientific; between sanity and madness; and between virtue and deadly sin"
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Murder at a London finishing school
by Jessica Ellicott
Arriving at Miss Dupont's Finishing School for Young Ladies, their alma mater, in a professional capacity, Beryl and Edwina, asked by Miss Dupont to find who's attempting to damage the school's reputation, find murder on the schedule when a former classmate and mother of a prospective student is found dead.
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The edge of sleep
by Jake Emanuel
A night watchman in a quiet coastal town, Dave Torres, plagued by twisted, unnerving dreams, discovers people all over the world are dying in their sleep and he, along with his ex-girlfriend, best friend and a nurse he just met, struggles to unravel the mystery before sleep overtakes them all.
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Every duke has his day
by Suzanne Enoch
When eccentric Duke of Woriton and Diamond of the Season Elizabeth “Bitsy” Dockering are brought together by a dognapping incident, hilarity and romantic chaos ensue as they work together to save their canine companions with the most unexpected outcome.
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Ripe : a novel
by Sarah Rose Etter
Trapped in a corporate nightmare, Cassie, plagued by a miniature black hole that feeds on her depression and anxiety, ends up unexpectedly pregnant after her CEO demands she cross an illegal threshold and must decide whether the tempting fruits of Silicon Valley are really worth it.
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Good bad girl
by Alice Feeney
"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio, won't speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio's door...and their intentions aren't good. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them. In the style of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors, Good Bad Girl is a thriller in which nobody can be trusted and the twists come fast and furious"
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Jimmy and the Crawler
by Raymond E. Feist
To rid Krondor of the mysterious Crawler's influence, James, personal squire to Prince Arutha—and known as the thief and trickster Jimmy the Hand in the underworld, must unmask this powerful man to restore peace to the Kingdom.
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Pink lemonade cake murder
by Joanne Fluke
Serving super sweet pink lemonade desserts at the Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration, Hannah finds the mood souring when a retired professional MLB player meets his demise and takes a swing at finding the killer in a league of their own.
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The armor of light
by Ken Follett
In a new era of manufacturing and industry, and as war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond in 1770, a cast of unforgettable characters in Kingsbridge, England, are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes.
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Meet me at the lake
by Carley Fortune
In desperate need of a lifeline, 32-year-old Fern Brookbanks finds it in the form of Will Baxter, who rescued her nine years ago, and, believing he is hiding something, but knowing he's the only one who understands what she's going through, wonders if she can do the same for him.
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Vanishing maps
by Cristina Garcâia
Tracking four generations of the del Pinos, a far-flung Cuban family, this follow-up novel to Dreaming in Cuban finds matriarch Celia del Pino struggling to make sense of her descendants, transnational identities and strained relationships with one another until they are all pulled to Berlin for a final, explosive reunion.
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Immortal longings
by Chloe Gong
"Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty...and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa's forces in San can catch her, she plans to finish the job and bring down the monarchy. Her reclusive uncle always greets the victor of the games, so if she wins, she gets her opportunity at last to kill him. Enter Anton Makusa, an exiled aristocrat. His childhood love has lain in a coma since they were both ousted from the palace, and he's deep in debt trying to keep her alive. Thankfully, he's one of the best jumpers in the kingdom, flitting from body to body at will. His last chance at saving her is entering the games and winning. Calla finds both an unexpected alliance with Anton and help from King Kasa's adopted son, August, who wants to mend Talin's ills. But the three of them have very different goals, even as Calla and Anton's partnership spirals into something all-consuming. Before the games close, Calla must decide what she's playing for--her lover or her kingdom"
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Whispers at dusk
by Heather Graham
Arriving in Norway to find an elusive vampire killer, who is leaving bodies drained of blood across the country, FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter must use all of the abilities to uncover the killer's identity and put a stop to the terror they've begun to inspire.
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Secrets in the dark
by Heather Graham
After bringing peace back to Lillehammer, Norway, FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter arrive in London where another killer stalks the streets and must shine a light on the shadowy corners in a city almost 2,000 years old.
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Cursed at dawn
by Heather Graham
FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter investigate after Stephan Dante, the self-proclaimed “king of the vampires” escapes from prison, leaving a blood trail in his wake, in the third novel of the trilogy following Secrets in the Dark.
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The vaster wilds
by Lauren Groff
Escaping from a colonial settlement in the wilderness, a servant girl, with nothing but her wits, a few possessions and some faith, is tested beyond the limits of her imagination, forcing her to question her belief of everything her own civilization taught her.
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Harlem after midnight
by Louise Hare
"A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo...in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright lights of Broadway. She always imagined that when she finally went to New York City, she'd be there with her father. But now he's dead, and she's newly arrived and alone, chasing a dream that has quickly dried up. When Will Goodman-the handsome musician she met on the crossing from England-offers for her to stay with his friends in Harlem, she agrees. She has nowhere else to go, and this will give her a chance to get to know Will better and see if she can find any trace of the family she might have remaining. Will's friends welcome her with open arms, but just as Lena discovers the stories her father once told her were missing giant pieces of information, she also starts to realize the man she's falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And they might just place a target on her back. Especially when she is drawn to the brightest stage in town"
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The Paris daughter
by Kristin Harmel
"A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"
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One summer in Savannah : a novel
by Terah Shelton Harris
"A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive. It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter, Alana, came into this world, following a terrifying sexual assault that left deep emotional wounds Sara would do anything to forget. But when Sara's father falls ill, she's forced to return home and face the ghosts of her past. While caring for her father and running his bookstore, Sara is desperate to protect her curious, outgoing, genius daughter from the Wylers, the family of the man who assaulted her. Sara thinks she can succeed-her attacker is in prison, his identical twin brother, Jacob, left town years ago, and their mother are all unaware Alana exists. But she soon learns that Jacob has also just returned to Savannah to piece together the fragments of his once-great family. And when their two worlds collide-with the type of force Sara explores in her poetry and Jacob in his astrophysics-they are drawn together in unexpected ways"
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Black sheep
by Rachel Harrison
"A cynical twentysomething must confront her cultish family in this fiery, irreverent novel from the national bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Vesper Wright is in hell. The night she gets fired from her unglamorous restaurant job, she comes home to find an envelope waiting on her doorstep. There's no return address, but she knows exactly who it's from-her estranged family. Inside the envelope is an invitation to the wedding of Vesper's cousin and childhood best friend, Rosemary, the oneperson she regrets losing touch with. She's getting married at the family home. A home that, according to the rules of her strictly religious family, Vesper shouldn't be allowed to return to. But Vesper has always been an exception to the rule, and something inside her is telling her she has to attend the wedding, even if it means suffering through a weekend in the staunchly religious community she defected from. Even if it means reuniting with her mother, Constance, a former horror film star and foreverice queen. When Vesper's homecoming exhumes a horrifying family secret, she's forced to reckon with her family's fanatical beliefs and her own unexpected identity. This haunting novel explores the way family ties can bind us as we struggle to define our own separate identities"
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The summer of songbirds : a novel
by Kristy Woodson Harvey
"Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process"
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The secret recipe of Ella Dove : a novel
by Karen Hawkins
"Three lives converge as a wildly talented baker returns to Dove Pond to face her past in this entry in the charming series that proves that sometimes miracles really do happen.."
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The secret book of Flora Lea : a novel
by Patti Callahan Henry
"When a woman stumbles across a mysterious children's book, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed"
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The five-star weekend
by Elin Hilderbrand
Inviting her best friend from each phase of her life, widow Hollis Shaw hosts an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket, during which things don't go as planned as each woman deals with heartbreak, infidelity, scandal and secrets, but things turnaround due to new friendships, unexpected romance and self-discovery.
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Wellness : a novel
by Nathan Hill
Alongside the challenges of parenting, married couple Jack and Elizabeth encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars and something called Love Potion Number Nine as they undertake separate, personal excavations in their quest to find health and happiness
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The invisible hour : a novel
by Alice Hoffman
Abandoning the rules of the Community, an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden and books are considered evil, Mia Jacob, after secretly reading The Scarlet Letter, discovers the power of the written word, which leads her on a journey of love, heartbreak and self-discovery.
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Too late : a novel
by Colleen Hoover
"Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it's meant compromising her morals.She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother's care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her--one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day"
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In a hard wind
by David Housewright
A former homicide detective moonlighting as a private investigator helps a friend who is on trial after a body is found buried on her property, in the latest addition of the long-running series following Something Wicked.
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A fatal illusion
by Anna Lee Huber
Sebastian and Kiera race to his father, Lord Gage, after he is nearly fatally attacked on a journey to Scotland on business concerning an illegitimate son in the 11th novel of the series following A Perilous Perspective.
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The queen of the valley
by Lorena Hughes
"Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappears--and is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun "Sor Puri" is there to uncover the truth behind Martin's disappearance. But her real identity--and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic Martin--will put far more than her perilous search at risk. A professional photographer, Lucas Ferreira is Martin's best friend since boyhood. He has his own reasons for helping the determined, alluring nun. But what this reserved man won't reveal about his thwarted dreams and unrequited passion could prove keyto the past--or a lethal trap. Martin was head nurse Sor Camila's only love--until an unfortunate mistake changed the course of her life forever. Now, Martin's home is an unexpected chance for her, Lucas, and Puri to set the past right. But with their secrets unearthing explosive memories and wrenching lies, can they survive the truth about Martin--and the consequences that will forever alter their destinies?"
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Wildflower Falls
by Denise Hunter
Hired to work on Charlotte Simpson's ranch for a few months, horse trainer Gunner Dawson finds himself falling in love with both Charlotte and Riverbend Gap, finally finding a place to call home after years on the move without forming close bonds or putting down roots.
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Soichi
by Junji Itåo
"Soichi, the unhinged second son of the Tsujii family, chews nails and makes them clatter and clack as he spouts horrific curses to bring about the most bizarre happenings. Whether it's summer holidays or a birthday party, Soichi can turn any occasion into a nightmare in a heartbeat. What is the terrible secret of his origin?' Meanwhile, tormented by his little brother's never-ending pranks, older brother Koichi has a soundproof room built. But why does it have a series of four doors? And then there's the strange phenomenon surrounding the handmade casket their grandfather left behind. What on earth--or hell--has the family seen there? Ten tales that celebrate the sinister and hilarious world of Junji Ito's favorite antihero, Soichi!"
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Accidentally in love
by Danielle Jackson
The office manager of a mobile pinup photography studio repeatedly butts heads with the owner of a food truck on the summer festival circuit and discovers that the Chicago heat is no match for the fire between them.
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Pineapple Street : a novel
by Jenny Jackson
"A deliciously funny, sharply observed novel of family, wealth, love and tennis, this zeitgeisty debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one, the millennial conscience of the family, who wants to give it all away. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of affluent WASPS in New York and full of recognizable if fallible characters (and a couple of appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, about the haves and have-nots and the nuances in between, and the insanity of first love--Pineapple Street is a scintillating, wryly comic novel of race, class, wealth and privilege in an age that disdains all of it"
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The last sinner / : A Chilling Thriller With a Shocking Twist
by Lisa Jackson
When a victim surfaces bearing the signature of serial killer Father John, a fake priest who used the sharpened beads of a rosary to strangle prostitutes, Detectives Bentz and Montoya are convinced the monster is back and he won't be stopped until the last sinner has paid the ultimate price.
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Three holidays and a wedding
by Uzma Jalaluddin
"As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays--Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time--neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they'll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam's life, Saif, wasn't sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops. An emergency landing finds Anna, Saif, Maryam, and her sister's entire bridal party snowbound at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town, where fate has Anna's actor-crush filming a holiday romance. As Maryam finds the courage to open her heart to Saif, and Anna feels the magic of being snowbound with an unexpected new love--both women soon realize there's no place they'd rather be for the holidays."
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Hiss me deadly
by Miranda James
When a former classmate returns to Athena to work with local college music students, Charlie and her cat, Diesel, investigate after a band member is murdered, in the 15th novel of the series following What the Cat Dragged In.
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None of this is true
by Lisa Jewell
"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life-and into her home. But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family's lives under mortal threat. Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?"
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The Longmire defense
by Craig Johnson
Investigating a crime that goes back to his grandfather's time in Wyoming, Walt Longmire, Sheriff of Absaroka County, recalling clues and motives from his past, questions the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West.
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Bad hombres : a Slash and Pecos western
by William W. Johnstone
Slash and Pecos must take back their town from a mysterious stranger with money to burn and a sadistic streak, who, enlisting half the outlaws in the territory for his own private army, is paving a road to hell with bloodlust.
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Those we thought we knew : a novel
by David Joy
Returning to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to complete her graduate thesis, Toya, a young black artist, sets her sights on something bigger when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town and two horrific crimes split the county apart.
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The summer girl
by Elle Kennedy
Developing a friendship with Tate Bartlett, Avalon Bay's fun-loving golden boy, after he turns her down, college student Cassie Soul, determined to have a summer fling, finds their relationship getting complicated as they walk the line between friends and lovers—and a secret comes to light.
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No one prayed over their graves
by Khåalid Khalåifah
In 1907 Syria, after close friends Hanna and Zakariya return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city to discover there's been a massive flood, leaving nearly everyone dead, Hanna transforms into an ascetic mystic obsessed with investigating the meaning of life.
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Happiness falls : a novel
by Angie Kim
"We didn't call the police right away. When Mia's father doesn't come home from a walk in the local nature reserve, she doesn't think much of it. He must've turned off his phone. Or his battery died. Or he probably stopped for an errand-but doing what exactly? Soon more questions arise and it becomes clear to Mia and her family that he is missing. Or is he?"
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Holly : a novel
by Stephen King
"Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy and reclusive (but also brave and ethical) homebody in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers and End of Watch to a full-fledged, smart and occasionally tough private detective on her own in The Outsider and If It Bleeds. In this new novel, Holly once again claims the spotlight, and must face some of her most depraved adversaries yet.When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her own mother has just died, and Holly is supposed to be taking time off. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are smart, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outhink and outmaneuver this brilliant and twisted pair in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King"
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Thornhedge
by T. Kingfisher
Returning to the human world to offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child, a mission that goes completely sideways, kind-hearted Toadling, centuries later, when a gentle knight arrives to break the curse, will do anything to uphold it.
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Ravensong
by TJ Klune
In this second book in the beloved series, Gordo Livingstone, living a solitary life in a tiny Oregon mountain town, vows never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves after being betrayed by his pack until fate intervenes.
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Wolfsong
by TJ Klune
"The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Wolfsong is Oxnard "Ox" Matheson's story. Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn't worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left. Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harbouring a secret that would change him forever. For the family are shapeshifters, who can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he's known. He also finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Joe is charming and handsome, but haunted by scars he cannot heal. Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town, and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he's a man - and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them."
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After death
by Dean R. Koontz
The only survivor of a catastrophic event awakens in a make-shift morgue with an extraordinary ability to be as elusive as a ghost and agrees to help a friend and her a son escape a violent LA street gang.
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The river we remember : a novel
by William Kent Krueger
When the body of a wealthy landowner is found floating in the Alabaster River on Memorial Day in 1958, Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero, struggles to solve this murder that has the town of Jewel, Minnesota, up in arms, while putting to rest the demons from his own past.
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Gryphon in light
by Mercedes Lackey
"Set in the beloved and bestselling world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons"
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Everyone here is lying
by Shari Lapena
A father who had been having an affair that just ended badly discovers his difficult daughter unexpectedly home from school and loses his temper, ultimately discovering he's not the only one harboring secrets when she goes missing several hours later.
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Everything the darkness eats : a novel
by Eric LaRocca
"After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with uncovering the culprit responsible for the bizarre disappearances soon begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of the town's idyllic community--a hatred that will eventually burst and forever change the lives of those who once found peace in the quiet town of Henley's Edge"
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Schrader's chord
by Scott Leeds
When he inherits four ancient records that, according to legend, can open a gate to the land of the dead, Charlie Remick, along with his sister and their two friends, unleash unspeakable horrors and the only one who can help them is Charlie's resurrected father.
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Prom Mom : a novel
by Laura Lippman
Drawn back to Baltimore where she's known as“Prom Mom”—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date—Joe Simpson, abandoned her, Amber Glass is unable to stay away from Joe and vice versa until he asks her to help him do the unthinkable.
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Amazing Grace Adams
by Fran Littlewood
"A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal. and stalled-the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across London, armed with a ¹200 cake, to win back her estrangedteenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she'll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again. Because Grace Adams used to be amazing. Her husband thought so. Her daughter thought so. EvenGrace thought so. But everyone seems to have forgotten. Grace is about to remind them...and, most important, remind herself"
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The Duchess effect : a novel
by Tracey Livesay
Taking their relationship public, American rapper Danielle “Duchess” Nelson and brilliant reclusive royal Prince Jameson learn their popularity comes with a price when people try to take advantage of their fame, especially when his family is embroiled in yet another scandal.
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Must love flowers : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
Nursing student Maggie, to escape her alcoholic father, rents a room in Joan's home and finds a glimmer of hope for a better life, including a new romance, while Joan doesn't know what to make of the mysterious landscaper who's been revitalizing her garden—and who seems as lost as she is.
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The happiness plan
by Susan Mallery
Three best friends—Heather, who impulsively reaches out to her biological father; Daphne, whose marriage is in jeopardy; and Tori, who forms an inconvenient crush on Daphne's brother-in-law—support one another as they each search for joy.
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North woods : a novel
by Daniel Mason
Exploring the many ways we're connected to our environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping collection of stories about a single house in the woods of New England is told through the lives of an extraordinary succession of inhabitants. Illustrations.
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The stranger upstairs : a novel
by Lisa Matlin
"A social media influencer buys a murder house to renovate, but finds more than she bargained for behind the peeling wallpaper in this deeply psychological gothic debut thriller. Sarah Slade is starting over. She and her husband just bought a beautiful though crumbling Victorian house in a charming and lush community. The fixer-upper is a perfect opportunity to reach a new audience on her highly successful lifestyle blog, and it also serves as a distraction from her failing marriage. But Black Wood Househas a grisly history - one involving a gruesome murder-suicide. And even as Sarah wallpapers over the house's horrifying past, she knows better than anyone that a new faðcade can't conceal every secret. The renovations are a challenge: The workers comingby to inspect and fix the house are acting erratically and experiencing strange accidents - and there's only so long she can continue to sleep in the bedroom with the bloodstained floor and suffer the mysterious footsteps she hears from the attic. When menacing notes start appearing everywhere, Sarah becomes convinced that someone or something is out to kill her - her husband, her neighbors, maybe even the house itself. The more she remodels Black Wood House, the angrier it seems to become. With every passing moment, Sarah's life spirals further out of control - and with it, her sense of reality. Though she desperately clings to the lies she's crafted to conceal her own secrets, Sarah Slade must wonder... was it all worth it? Or will this house be her unraveling?"
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Murder at the Elms
by Alyssa Maxwell
While at coal baron Edward Berwind's fete, Emma and Derrick discover murder is in attendance when a chambermaid is found dead in the coal tunnel, and, asked to assist in this investigation involving a stolen diamond necklace, discover dark deeds that must be brought into the light.
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Just another missing person
by Gillian McAllister
While investigating the disappearance of 22-year-old Oliva, Julia, the detective heading up the case, discovers, to save her own family, she must not find out what happened to Oliva and must frame somebody else for her murder.
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The discreet charm of the big bad wolf
by Alexander McCall Smith
In the midst of downsizing at the Department of Sensitive Crimes, Ulf Varg investigates the mysterious disappearance of a man's cabin, wondering how one tracks down a stolen house, while enrolling his dog, Martin, in a promising veterinary treatment for deafness.
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The coworker
by Freida McFadden
"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything... Now, Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill"
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The long ago : a novel
by Michael McGarrity
Returning home from Vietnam when his sister goes missing, soldier Ray Landsdale embarks on a relentless search that takes him from Montana to Hollywood to L.A. and beyond, forcing him to confront his worst nightmare, in this gripping novel of grit, determination and the enduring, restorative strength of love.
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Rock bottom
by Fern Michaels
The Sisterhood takes action when an old classmate of one of its members needs them to expose the real cause of a number of bridge and building collapses, going head-to-head with an adversary who has money, power and resources that match theirs—and has no intention of giving up with a fight.
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The quiet tenant
by Clâemence Michallon
A kidnapper and serial killer, widower Aidan Thomas, a hardworking family man and beloved figure in his community, moves with his 13-year-old daughter to a new town, taking along Rachel, the woman he's earmarked for death who tests the boundaries of her new living situation to escape.
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Excavations : a novel
by Hannah Michell
"At home in Seoul, former journalist Sae, is waiting with two clingy toddlers for her husband to come home from work. He has never been this late before. Her children are crying, and Sae, exhausted and anxious, turns on the TV to distract herself. She clicks to the news, which shows a horrific disaster, the collapse of a massive skyscraper where Jae was an engineer. Minutes, then hours, and then days pass. No one has seen Jae, but things aren't adding up. There are rumors that the foundation was unstable. Jae, who was working on a luxury pool at the top floor, was reported to have been working in the basement. The government was involved, the contractors missing. Sae-who met Jae when they were students at an anti-government protest and has relied on him as her guiding and steadying hand-is troubled, terrified, and...suspicious. Leaving the children with her estranged mother, Sae sets out to uncover the truth of what happened to her husband. Her investigation takes her to an upscale club where the proprietor, Myonghee, is not merely supplying booze and girls but also seeking information, for her own purposes, from every drunken businessman who lets corporate secrets slip. As Sae and Myonghee begin to find what they sought, they must both ask themselves where accusation ends and guilt begins"
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One blood
by Denene Millner
Discovering she's adopted, Rae, about to become a mother herself, knows there is an important reckoning that must be faced about herself and her two mothers, in a novel spanning from the Great Migration to the civil unrest of the 1960s to the quest for women's equality in the early 2000s.
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Code red
by Kyle Mills
Mitch Rapp crosses into war-torn Syria at the behest of a powerful crime lord to determine who is manufacturing a highly addictive new narcotic in the latest addition to the long-running series following Oath of Loyalty.
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The second murderer : a Philip Marlowe mystery
by Denise Mina
When wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery, young, naïve and set to inherit an enormous fortune, goes missing, PI Philip Marlowe and Anne Riordan, head of her own all-female detective agency, search for this woman who doesn't want to be found, encountering a dead body along the way.
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Three fires
by Denise Mina
Reimaging the“Bonfire of the Vanities” through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the vice and avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
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Same time next summer
by Annabel Monaghan
"The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself"
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Under the Java moon : based on a true story
by Heather B. Moore
Forced to relocate to a POW camp when Holland declares war on Japan in 1941, Mary Vischer, with her husband somewhere on the Java Sea with the Dutch Navy, bravely fights to keep her family alive amidst brutal conditions of the overcrowded camp.
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Silver nitrate
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Helping a cult horror director shoot the missing scene from his magic film that was never finished to lift a curse, sound editor Montserrat and her best friend Tristán start seeing strange things and must unravel the mystery of this film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city.
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The stolen coast
by Dwyer Murphy
"Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up in a plot to pilfer diamonds in this Casablanca-infused heist novel. Jack might be a polished, Harvard-educated lawyer on paper, but everyone in the down-at-the-heels, if picturesque, village of Onset, Massachusetts, knows his real job: moving people on the run from powerful enemies. The family business-co-managed with his father, a retired spy-is smooth sailing, as they fill up Onset's holiday homes duringthe town's long, drowsy off-season and help clients shed their identities in preparation for fresh starts. But when Elena, Jack's former flame-a dedicated hustler who's no stranger to the fugitive life-makes an unexpected return to town, her arrival upends Jack's routine existence. Elena, after all, doesn't go anywhere without a scheme in mind, and it isn't long before Jack finds himself enmeshed in her latest project: intercepting millions of dollars' worth of raw diamonds before they're shipped overseas. Infusing a fast-paced plot with sharp wit and stylish prose, CrimeReads editor-in-chief Dwyer Murphy serves up an irresistible page-turner as full of heart as it is of drama"
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Excavations : a novel
by Kate Myers
Four female colleagues on an archeological site at the Megalopolis in rural Greece, each at a very different crossroad in their lives, are forced to become friends in order to make the discovery of a lifetime.
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Hello beautiful : a novel
by Ann Napolitano
Awarded a college basketball scholarship away from his childhood home silenced by tragedy, a young man befriends a spirited young woman who welcomes him into her loving, loud, chaotic household, in the new novel by the author of Dear Edward.
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Talulah's back in town
by Brenda Novak
Returning home to Coyote to sell her late aunt's home, Talulah Barclay, in this place where no one has forgiven her for leaving her fiancé at the altar, discovers she still has close friends who rally around her when someone sets out to make sure she's not welcome in town.
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The Rachel incident : a novel
by Caroline O'Donoghue
Roommates and best friends Rachel and James, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while Ireland is in chaos, find their fates intertwined with a married professor, with whom Rachel falls in love, and his glamorous, well-connected bourgeois wife through a series of secrets and compromises.
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Forged by blood
by Ehigbor Okosun
Under a tyrannical regime and political invasion Dèmi must learn to control the powerful and terrifying blood magic that is her birthright until her misplaced trust costs her mother's life forcing her to seek revenge.
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The September house
by Carissa Orlando
"A thrilling psychological horror debut about a woman who is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes haunted, no matter the cost... You can survive anything. That's what Margaret tells herself when the walls of her house start to drip blood every September. She's learned how to live with it...and the other terrifying apparitions that have made the sprawling Victorian house she and her husband bought four years ago turn from a dream home into a living nightmare. But she can outlast all of it. Hal felt differently, though. Her husband couldn't take the hauntings anymore, and he left. But now he's not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine arrives, intent on looking for her missing father, convinced something grim has happened to him. With every desperate attempt Katherine makes at finding Hal, the hauntings at the September House grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep"
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The last devil to die
by Richard Osman
When a dangerous package goes missing on Boxing Day, the Thursday Murder Club, when one of their own is murdered, take on their most deadly opponents yet.
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He who drowned the world
by Shelley Parker-Chan
After her victory against the Mongol masters, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, seeks to crown herself emperor, but faces threats from similarly minded others, in the second novel of the duology following So Who Became the Sun.
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Tom Lake : a novel
by Ann Patchett
Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance with, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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Circle of death / : A Shadow Thriller
by James Patterson
Lamont Cranston, known as the Shadow, and his allies must stop the Command from ending the world after a sinister attack at the World's Fair in the second novel of the series following The Shadow.
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Lion & Lamb
by James Patterson
Rival PIs, Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb work the same intense headline-making case involving an Eagles starting quarterback and his even more famous wife, a Grammy-winning singer, and together, knowing every secret in Philadelphia, prove how two wrongs can make a right.
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Obsessed
by James Patterson
When a killer becomes obsessed with his oldest daughter, Detective Michael Bennett will do anything to keep his family safe as he races against time to crack this superstitious killer's code.
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12 months to live
by James Patterson
An ex-NYPD beat cop, unrelenting PI and undefeated defense attorney, terminally ill Jane Smith, while knee-deep in the murder of trial of the century, is targeted by a killer who's determined to end her life before her expiration date.
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23 1/2 lies : thrillers
by James Patterson
The world's best-selling author presents three thrilling novellas including one about an ex-Texas-Ranger and a starving artist who agree to expose a client's cheating wife in the latest addition to the long-running series following 23rd Midnight.
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The seven year slip
by Ashley Poston
In Red Mountain, where everyone's lives are intertwined like the vines in the town's beautiful and renowned vineyards, the secrets of four complicated people are revealed, and they each wonder if this town filled with eccentrics will rally around them—or turn their backs.
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A council of dolls : a novel
by Mona Susan Power
Details the story of three women from different generations, told through the stories of the dolls they carried in 1888, 1925 and 1961 bringing to light the damage done to indigenous people through history.
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Dead Mountain
by Douglas J. Preston
A renowned archaeologist and an FBI agent investigate when a group of backpackers become so terrified they slashed their way out of their tent and into a blizzard, in the fourth novel of the series following Diablo Mesa.
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Silver lady
by Mary Jo Putney
In this first book in an exhilarating new series set on England's Cornish coast and filled with intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, real-life history and romance, a dashing nobleman and a beautiful stranger with a mysterious gift discover they share a powerful passion, a unique legacy and a common enemy.
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Mrs. Plansky's revenge
by Spencer Quinn
When she is scammed out of her life savings, Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her 70s, refuses to be just another victim, and following her only clue, embarks on a whirlwind adventure to a small village in Romania to get both her money and dignity back.
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Reykjavík
by Ragnar Jonasson
On the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Lara, a 14-year-old girl—one of Iceland's most infamous unsolved cases, tabloid reporter Valur Robertsson decides to write a series of articles about her, hoping to uncover new evidence before violence strikes again.
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The caretaker : a novel
by Ron Rash
In 1951, Blackburn Gant, the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is charged with caring for his best friend's wife, Naomi, when he is drafted to serve overseas, and as Blackburn and Naomi grow closer and closer, a shocking revelation upends numerous lives.
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The bone hacker
by Kathy Reichs
Called in to help investigate the murders of young male tourists on the islands of Turks and Caicos, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan makes a discovery that could have global significance, making herself a target.
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Payback in death / : An Eve Dallas Novel
by J. D. Robb
While investigating the apparent suicide of a retired Internal Affairs captain, who made his career tripping up bribe takers, rule breakers and worse, homicide detective Eve Dallas follows a trail of corruption all the way to the top to expose a killer bent on revenge.
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Tides of fire
by James Rollins
When the Titan Project, an international research station off the coast of Australia, is attacked, setting in motion a large-scale geological disaster, Sigma Force races against time to stop the world from burning, uncovering something that will shake the very foundations of humanity.
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Beneath dark waters
by Karen Rose
The public prosecutor working on a high-profile sexual assault case becomes desperate to keep his son safe after he is targeted in a kidnapping attempt in the latest novel of the series following Cold Blooded Liar.
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Flop dead gorgeous
by David Rosenfelt
A lawyer who runs a dog rescue in Paterson, New Jersey, helps out his ex and current famous actress when she is accused of murder, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Santa's Little Yelpers.
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Fever house : a novel
by Keith Rosson
While collecting overdue drug money in a rundown Portland, Oregon apartment complex, Hutch Holtz discovers a severed hand in the client's refrigerator and quickly realizes the body part induces uncontrollable madness and violence and sets catastrophic forces into motion.
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Evil eye : a novel
by Etaf Rum
The acclaimed New York Times best-selling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration of the expectations of Palestinian-American women, the meaning of a fulfilling life and the ways our unresolved pasts affect our presents.
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Somebody's fool
by Richard Russo
When a decomposing body is found in an abandoned hotel between North Bath and Schuyler Springs, police officers Charice Bond and her ex-lover Doug Raymer are drawn together again, while the town's residents speculate on the identity of the victim and wonder who among their number could've disappeared unnoticed.
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The sword defiant
by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
"Many years ago, Sir Aelfric and his nine companions saved the world, seizing the Dark Lord's cursed weapons, along with his dread city of Necrad. That was the easy part. Now, when Aelfric - keeper of the cursed sword Spellbreaker - learns of a new and terrifying threat, he seeks the nine heroes once again. But they are wandering adventurers no longer. Yesterday's eager heroes are today's weary leaders - and some have turned to the darkness, becoming monsters themselves. If there's one thing Aelfric knows, it's slaying monsters. Even if they used to be his friends"
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The only one left : a novel
by Riley Sager
"a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier"
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The frugal wizard's handbook for surviving medieval England
by Brandon Sanderson
Waking up in medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from and why he is there, a wizard's sole hope for survival is the fragments of a manual that provides clues to his situation—and his missing memories.
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The Fragile Threads of Power
by V. E. Schwab
As two royals fight to keep their crowns amidst old friends and new enemies in fantastical realms connected by a single city—London, a girl with an unusual magical ability comes into possession of a device that could bring them together—or unravel it all.
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A most agreeable murder : a novel
by Julia Seales
A young woman growing up in a well-to-do family in Regency England hides her obsession with true crime from her etiquette-obsessed social circle joins forces with a detective when a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball.
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The wishing game : a novel
by Meg Shaffer
"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan named Christopher, has her yearning for a family of her own. The Clock Island books were Lucy's passion and refuge as a child, and now she shares them with Christopher, who's become as big of a fan as she ever was. No matter how badly Lucy wants him in her life, even the idea of adopting him seems out of reach without proper funds and stability. Then a blue envelope arrives at her school, inviting Lucy to compete for the one and only copy of Jack Masterson's final novel in the iconic Clock Island series. No one has seen or heard from Jack Masterson in years, but now four diehard Clock Island fans have received the invitation of a lifetime to stay on his private island and compete for the final installment, and un-published manuscript, of the well-loved series. For Lucy, a chance to read the last-ever Clock Island book is a prize worth playing for, but the possibility of winning and securing a better future for her and Christopher means everything. But first, she must contend with opportunists, cheaters, and, perhaps most distressingly, Jack's illustrator and companion on the island, Hugo Reese, whom Lucy has admired since first reading the books as a girl. All the while, the master of ceremonies, the prolific author himself, has his own secrets to keep-and a larger plan in the works that will change everything for all of them"
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Charlotte Illes is not a detective
by Katie Siegel
A former child detective still living with her mom, searching for a job and going on endless first dates is pulled back into sleuthing for one more case and discovers that mystery-solving is much more complicated as an adult.
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The collector : a novel
by Daniel Silva
The #1 New York Times best-selling author returns with a tale of high stakes international intrigue—starring Gabriel Allon.
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My name is Iris
by Brando Skyhorse
"Brando Skyhorse, winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, returns with his highly anticipated second novel, a literary dystopian tale set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens"
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After that night
by Karin Slaughter
After surviving a brutal attack that changed her life forever, an ER doctor battles to save a young woman who was similarly attacked, linking the crimes, in the 11th novel of the series following The Silent Wife.
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Nemesis
by Wilbur A. Smith
In 1806 Cape Town, Adam Courtney, who has spent his life in service to the navy, arrives home to find his family murdered and, accepting his destiny and seeking vengeance, embarks on a quest for his family's honor with the prized family heirloom, the Neptune sword, at his side.
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The fraud
by Zadie Smith
In 1873 Victorian London, with the city mesmerized by the“Tichborne Trial,” wherein a lower-class butcher from Australia claims he is the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title, Mrs. Eliza Touchet becomes determined to find out if he's really who he says he is or if he's a fraud.
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Night of the ghoul
by Scott Snyder
"Horror film obsessive Forest Inman stumbles across a seemingly forgotten canister of old footage. Thinking he has found the legendary unreleased would-be classic 1936 film "Night of the Ghoul," he sets off on a dark odyssey to the California desert, where he's warned that the film's ghoul is far more than a work of fiction: it's a very real monster who plans to kill him. It was said to be the greatest horror movie in cinematic history. Shot in 1936, "Night of the Ghoul" by writer/director T.F. Merritt was meant to sit beside "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" as an instant classic...But the legendary film never made it to the silver screen. Just before editing was finished, a mysterious studio fire destroyed the footage and killed the cast and crew celebrating at wrap-party"
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Dig two graves
by Mickey Spillane
After Velda discovers her father is not who she thinks he is, she and Mike Hammer investigate her family and their search takes a dangerous turn leading to a midnight confrontation in a cemetery with secrets and open graves.
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Palazzo : a novel
by Danielle Steel
The head of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand, Cosima Saverio, partnering with France's most successful handbag company, must make an impossible choice when her brother loses a hefty sum at the casino and his debt must be repaid with money or his life.
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Happiness : a novel
by Danielle Steel
A successful author of thrillers receives a mysterious letter about an inheritance of a manor and a title from a recently deceased uncle outside London and her plans to sell the place quickly fade as she contemplates a different life.
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The sound of light : a novel
by Sarah Sundin
In WWII Denmark, when the Nazi Occupation cracks down on the Danes, American physicist Dr. Else Jensen and Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt, who has assumed a new identity to secretly ferry messages for the Danish Resistance to Sweden, must discover if there is more power in speech...or in silence.
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All the demons are here : a novel
by Jake Tapper
Two siblings, one an AWOL marine working off the grid for Evel Knievel and the other a star reporter, deal with the culturally weird events of 1977, including the Summer of Sam and the death of Elvis.
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Banyan Moon : a novel
by Thao Thai
Three Vietnamese American women mourning the death of the family matriarch recount their lives and childhoods at a crumbling, gothic manor called Banyan House, where the secrets of her grandmother's past come to light.
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Heart of the Nile
by Will Thomas
Baker and Llewelyn investigate after a volunteer at the British Museum is found floating in the Thames after discovering a heart-shaped ruby buried in the chest of a mummy in the latest addition to the series following Fierce Poison.
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From Cold World, with love
by Alicia Thompson
"She has a to-do list a mile long and falling for her coworker isn't on it-yet somehow he's become her top priority in this romantic comedy from the author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers. Lauren Fox is the bookkeeper for Cold World, a tourist destination that's always a winter wonderland despite being located in humid Orlando, Florida. Sure, it's ranked way below any of the trademarked amusement parks and maybe foot traffic could be better. But it's a fun place to work, even if "fun" isn't exactlyLauren's middle name. Her coworker Asa Williamson, on the other hand, is all about finding ways to enliven his days at Cold World-whether that means organizing the Secret Santa or teasing Lauren. When the owner asks Lauren and Asa to propose something (anything, really) to raise more revenue, their rivalry heats up as they compete to come up with the best idea. But the situation is more dire than they thought, and it might take these polar opposites working together to save the day. If Asa thought Laurendidn't know how to enjoy herself, he's surprised by how much he enjoys spending time together. And if Lauren thought Asa wasn't serious about anything, she's surprised by how seriously he seems to take her. As Lauren and Asa work to save their beloved wintery spot, they realize the real attraction might be the heat generating between them"
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Dead fall : a thriller
by Brad Thor
America's top spy is sent to war-torn Ukraine after a Russian military unit comprised of violent, insane criminals conscripted from their worst prisons and mental asylums goes rogue, in the latest addition to the series following Rising Tiger.
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Camp Damascus
by Chuck Tingle
""A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." --T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community face in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold. Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed "most effective" gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy. And they'll scare you straight to hell"
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The beast you are : stories
by Paul Tremblay
A collection of short fiction by an award-winning author features monsters of all kinds that are ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart.
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The covenant of water : a novel
by Abraham Verghese
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, and set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, an epic of love, faith and medicine follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning.
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Kala : a novel
by Colin Walsh
Three friends reunite in their Irish seaside hometown 20 years after their friend Kala disappeared and are forced to confront their own complicity in her fate and the town's secrets as new disappearances are reported and human remains are discovered.
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Zero days
by Ruth Ware
When a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, resulting in her husband's murder, penetration specialist Jack, now the #1 suspect, goes on the run, deciding who she can trust as she races against time to clear her name and find the real killer.
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The breakaway : a novel
by Jennifer Weiner
While leading a group bike trip from NYC to Niagara Falls, 34-year-old Abby Stern, newly engaged, encounters Sebastian, the one-night stand she never thought she'd see again, and, determined to keep him at arm's length over the next two weeks, finds her certainties about herself and the nature of love challenged.
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Mister Magic : a novel
by Kiersten White
Reuniting 30 years after a tragic accident ended their show Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members, who hold the secret of their close circle, the mystery of the beloved magical host and what really happened on that deadly last day, soon wonder if they've been lured into a trap.
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Crook manifesto : a novel
by Colson Whitehead
A furniture store owner and ex-grifter leaves the straight and narrow path when he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter in 1971 Manhattan, in the new novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys.
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Welcome to beach town : a novel
by Susan Wiggs
Compelled to return to Alara Cove, the place where an accusation she made years ago sent her into exile, competitive surfer Nikki Graziola finds old friendships, rivalries and an unexpected romance drawing her back into the life of the beach town she's never quite forgotten.
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Burn the negative
by Joshua Winning
A journalist reporting on the remake of a notorious 1990s slasher flick in which eight cast and crew died in ways that eerily mirrored the on-screen deaths begins experiencing strange, disturbing events and attempts to finally end the curse.
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Star bringer
by Tracy Wolff
Rescued by a dark-eyed, sexy misanthrope named Knox when the ship she's visiting is attacked, the princess of the Seven Planets, along with six other survivors, goes on the run, hiding something that could unravel the very fabric of the universe.
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Holding pattern
by Jenny Xie
Searching for direction after a humiliating breakup, a young woman returns to her Oakland home and finds herself planning her own mother's wedding to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.
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Fourth wing
by Rebecca Yarros
Despite hoping to enter the Scribe Quadrant, the bookish Violet Sorrengail is forced to become one of the hundreds of candidates risking their lives to be a dragon rider in the first novel of a new series.
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Halloween cupcake murder
by Carlene O'Connor
Three Halloween novellas that take place in Ireland, the North Pole and Salem, Massachusetts, include the stories of a cryptic, ominous Gaelic message on a cupcake and a bitter rivalry between the elves of Christmastown that results in tragedy.
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