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Fiction Finds
November 2025 |
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Cat's people : a novel
by Tanya Guerrero
Núria, a Brooklyn barista and proud cat caretaker, discovers secret admirer notes near her favorite stray, sparking unexpected connections with four quirky neighbors as they unite to care for him and find meaning in their unlikely friendships.
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Jamaica road
by Lisa Smith
South London, 1981: Daphne, the only Black girl in her class, is drawn to Connie, a boy from Jamaica, and they and their families become close, but when Connie reveals that he's in England illegally, Daphne realizes she's entangled in Connie's fragile home life.
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The book of lost hours : a novel
by Hayley Gelfuso
In 1938, 11-year-old Lisavet Levy becomes trapped in a mysterious library of memory called the time space, where her path intertwines with American timekeeper Ernest Duquesne, whose 1965 death compels his niece Amelia to uncover buried truths amid shifting histories and shadowy CIA intrigue.
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Bat eater and other names for Cora Zeng : a novel
by Kylie Lee Baker
Haunted by her sister's murder and the whispered words“bat eater,” Chinatown crime scene cleaner Cora Zeng confronts grief, paranoia and disturbing occurrences, including bat carcasses at crime scenes and bite marks that appear on her coffee table.
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The possession of Alba Dâiaz
by Isabel Caänas
In 1765, as plague ravages Zacatecas, Alba seeks refuge in her fiancé's remote mining estate but soon spirals into convulsions and darkness, forcing her into a dangerous alliance with his cousin Elías as demonic forces, buried secrets, and forbidden desire close in.
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Notes on surviving the fire
by Christine Murphy
When Sarah's only friend in her graduate program is found dead of an alleged heroin overdose, she is forced back into the orbit of the man in their department who assaulted her. A hurtling ride of a novel--darkly funny and propulsive.
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People like us : or The other continent, or Johnny Wordcount stumbles into a high-end croissant bar on the Siene in search of The Kid & orders the big dream
by Jason Mott
People Like Us is Jason Mott's electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason's life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don't let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt. In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.
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Ordinary love : a novel
by Marie Rutkoski
Emily, a privileged Manhattan wife and mother, finds her carefully constructed life unsettled when she reunites with Gen, her now-famous former high school girlfriend, forcing them both to confront old wounds, lingering desires, and the risk of upending everything for a second chance at love.
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The Belles : a novel
by Lacey N. Dunham
In 1951, outsider Deena Williams navigates the rigid world of Bellerton College and the seductive, secretive sisterhood of the Belles, where loyalty, privilege, and rebellion collide, and where uncovering the buried past may expose her own dangerous truths.
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The bachelorette party : a novel
by Camilla Sten
Drawn to a remote Baltic island for a bachelorette yoga retreat, true crime podcaster Tessa Nilsson seizes the opportunity to investigate the long-unsolved disappearance of four childhood friends, unaware that someone else is there with a far more dangerous agenda.
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Kiss her goodbye
by Lisa Gardner
Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose friend suspects she is in grave danger—before it is too late.
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The death mask
by Iris Johansen
World-renowned forensic sculptor Eve Duncan's skills frequently make her a target. And in this epic adventure, they make her the first choice to create an Egyptian death mask for a nefarious potential client. But Eve cannot be bought, not for all the riches in a gold mine.
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The resurrectionist / : A Twisty Gothic Mystery of Dark Scottish History
by A. Rae Dunlap
In 1828 Edinburgh, determined to study surgery, naïve James Willoughby abandons his privileged life for the bustling medical scene, only to become embroiled with the charming but dangerous body snatcher Aneurin MacKinnon, leading him into a dark world of rival gangs and deadly competition for cadavers.
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The confessions : a novel
by Paul Bradley Carr
As a global supercomputer shuts down and anonymous letters expose humanity's darkest acts, former nun Maud Brookes and tech CEO Kaitlan Goss navigate a collapsing society and their own buried truths, each seeking to outmaneuver the other as they attempt to restore order.
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Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman
Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
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Want to request any of these titles? Place a hold through the online catalog or call the library 831-768-3404 for assistance. |
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Watsonville Public Library
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