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Forthcoming Titles July 26, 2024 Place a hold now on these "on order" titles! To place a hold on a book: - click on the book cover or title to view the book in the library catalog
- click on the "Request" button next to the red check mark
- if available in multiple formats, look for the format you want (regular print, large print, etc.) and click on the book title to view the item's record, then look for the "Request" button
- enter your name in the top line and your library barcode (no spaces) in the second line
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Hard to kill by James PattersonAttorney Jane Smith takes on the case of an unlucky man accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons and potentially a second family in the third novel of the series following Jane Effing Smith.
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The Horse
by Willy Vlautin
Al Ward, a grizzled former journeyman musician in his 60s who lives in isolation, finds himself running out of reasons to go on until a nameless, blind and utterly helpless horse arrives on his doorstep, and as he contemplates the animal's existence, his thoughts become interspersed with memories of his past.
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Pink glass houses : a novel
by Asha Elias
Told in rotating first-person voices, this irresistibly voyeuristic peek into the lives of the rich, wealthy and ultra-wealthy follows Charlotte, Sunset Academy's alpha mom, who's up for PTA president until Melody, a wide-eyed transplant from Kansas, emerges as her rival while a white-collar crime investigation threatens to take down the whole institution.
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Someone like us by Dinaw MengestuWith his marriage on the verge of collapse, journalist Mamush returns to his close-knit immigrant Ethiopian community in Washington, D.C., where a death in the family leads him on an unexpected journey across America in search of answers to questions he'd been told never to ask.
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Slow dance : a novel
by Rainbow Rowell
Fourteen years after they went their separate ways, 33-year-old Shiloh, a divorced, single mom living back in the same house she grew up in, attends a high school friend's wedding in hopes of seeing Cary, the boy she never realized she loved until he was lost.
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What Have You Done? by Shari LapenaWhen the body of Diana Brewer is discovered in a hayfield by a local farmer, sleepy little Fairfield, Vermont, a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects and a place of fear and paranoia where everyone wants answers.
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The horse : a galloping history of humanity by Timothy C. WinegardThis riveting narrative of the horse's enduring reign across human history?—?and our everyday lives?—? shows how this noble animal revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped and interacted, from the thundering cavalry charges of Alexander the Great to the Great Manure Crisis of 1894 and beyond.
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They dream in gold : a novel
by Mai Sennaar
In 1969, in the Swiss countryside, Mama Eva prepares for the opening of her Senegalese restaurant, while her pregnant daughter-in-law waits for news from Mansour, the father of her unborn child, as the people he left behind reckon with their memories of him, and the truth of his disappearance is revealed.
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The seventh veil of Salome
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary heroine, she becomes the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
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The lost coast : a novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
PI Clay Edison, when a case of simple fraud explodes into an elaborate con game stretching back decades and involving countless victims, follows the evidence to a tiny town on California's remote Lost Coast where he discovers the price of truth is higher?—?and deadlier?—?than he ever could've imagined.
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The bookshop : a history of the American bookstore by Evan FrissDrawing on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters and interviews with leading booksellers, this ode to bookstores discusses its central place in American cultural life and offers a captivating look at this institution beloved by so many.
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The truth according to Ember by Danica NavaA Chickasaw woman who can't catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much more. A first novel.
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Fire and bones by Kathy ReichsForensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a deadly fire in a Washington, DC neighborhood called Foggy Bottom with a colorful past and ties to gangs in the present, in the latest addition to the long-running series following The Bone Hacker.
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Peach tea smash
by Laura Childs
When Cricket Sadler asks her to find out who killed her beloved husband Harlan during the Mad Hatter Masquerade, tea shop owner Theodosia realizes the killer might have mistaken Harlan for his crazy son—a slum landlord who recently injure a woman in a boating accident.
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A world of hurt : a novel
by Mindy Mejia
After her girlfriend sacrifices herself to save her life, drug trafficker Kara is given a choice by the DEA to either go to prison or turn informant to lure out the remains of the drug empire that murdered her girlfriend.
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And so I roar : a novel
by Abi Darâe
After accidentally hearing a secret conversation between her terminally ill mother and her aunt, Tia must choose between protecting a runaway girl or uncovering a truth that could change the lives of the girls in their Nigerian village.
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The rose arbor : a novel
by Rhys Bowen
In 1968 London, obituary writer Liz Houghton, to break into the newsroom at a London newspaper, helps her best friend, a police officer, investigate a high-profile case and uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II that is linked to the recent disappearance of a young girl and a murder.
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The Art of Power : My Story As America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy PelosiThe first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, passing laws that save lives and livelihoods, tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker, becoming a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day who's not afraid of a good fight.
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