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Backtrack
by Marc Cameron
In 1977, Texas deputy sheriff and former Green Beret D. Wayne Cutter is drawn into a deadly manhunt after thieves steal five million dollars in diamonds from an armored truck, killing two guards in the process. One outlaw dies in a shootout with Cutter, while another—Ricky Lee “Pinky” Pink—goes to prison for life. The diamonds are never found, and Pinky never forgets the heist that destroyed his life. Nearly fifty years later, Deputy U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter learns that Pinky has been released. Obsessed with revenge, Pinky believes the missing diamonds are tied to a long-buried Cutter family secret. Accompanied by two dangerous former cellmates and his pen-pal girlfriend, he boards an Alaskan cruise ship bound for Anchorage, determined to strike at everyone Arliss cares about. Now Arliss must stop a ruthless enemy with decades to plan his revenge—and nothing left to lose.
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A Dark Path: And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories
by Linda Castillo
When two young boys don't return home from an innocent afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must track them down before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill in THE PACT. In DISAPPEARED, Kate races against the clock to find a two-year-old who has vanished during a violent thunderstorm. In BLOOD MOON, a man is brutally attacked by a large beast in the woods. Throughout the night, reports of similar incidents escalate, and Kate must confront the creature terrorizing the town before violence tips over into tragedy. In the Edgar award-winning short story HALLOWED GROUND, a family dog brings home a human bone, and Kate finds herself on a desperate search for answers to end the macabre rumors and ghost stories inundating Painters Mill. In DARK STORM RISING, Kate must brave a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish woman from a sinister foe. In A DARK PATH, a brand-new story, an Amish couple disappears while enroute to town. They'd recently been threatened by their granddaughter's troubled boyfriend—and there's heavy weather moving in. Kate rushes toward their remote farm, but a dog on the road causes her to crash into a ravine, where she discovers a shattered buggy. Together, she and her new canine friend must find the couple before it's too late.
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Icarus 17
by Charles Cumming
In the newest entry in Charles Cumming's bestselling BOX 88 series, master spy Lachlan Kite heads to Athens, Greece, after an old flame asks for help locating her missing son.
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Bubble, Bubble, Tea and Trouble
by Vicki Delany
When Cape Cod tearoom owner Lily Roberts discovers a group conducting a séance in her grandmother’s Victorian B&B, she assumes it’s just an eccentric book club meeting gone off track. But the five middle-aged women gathered by candlelight insist they’re trying to contact spirits—and blame their recent string of bad luck on the absence of their mysterious leader, Katya. Skeptical Lily doesn’t believe in ghosts, but her friend Bernie suspects the would-be mediums are investigating the wrong house. The real local haunting is tied to the cliffside mansion next door, where Lily’s gardener boyfriend is staying. Before Lily can steer the group in the right direction, Katya turns up dead at the bottom of the cliffs. Now Lily must juggle serving afternoon tea with solving a murder—before another guest checks out for good.
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Love You More
by Emily Giffin
Billie has built the perfect life. Her medical practice in New York City is thriving, and she's finally found the right partner in Dean after years spent trying to move on from her high-school sweetheart, Mick. Their young love had been intense and true, but distance and ambition pulled them apart when she left Wisconsin for medical school. Then one morning, just after she's accepted Dean's romantic marriage proposal, Billie's phone rings. It's Mick—calling for the first time in nearly a decade. His news is urgent and, in a moment, everything changes. As Billie boards a plane back to Wisconsin, her past comes rushing in—her hometown friendships, the love she and Mick shared, and the choices that shaped them all. What awaits her is a reckoning with what she's lost, what she's built, and what she still wants. Gripping and deeply moving, Love You More is a story about the plot twists life throws at us—and how love, in all its forms, has the power to change everything.
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Our Marriage Is Murder
by Carol Goodman
In the latest thrilling mystery from Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author Carol Goodman, a writers' conference at an Italian castle turns deadly when a killer begins using a husband-and-wife writing team's novel as a blueprint for murder.
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The Delivery: A Novella
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She's healing from the pain of a miscarriage, he's drowning in pressure at work, and their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy, needs all the care she can get. So, when a cutting-edge tech company offers the perfect solution, they jump at the chance. And they welcome Mr. Man—a humanoid AI companion—into their home. Designed to anticipate their needs, he's like a miracle at first. The house runs like clockwork. Meals appear on the table. And Maddy thrives under his patient attention. But when inexplicable tragedies start to strike the neighborhood, Rebecca glimpses a darker pattern at play. Each incident is an answer to an unspoken fear, each kindness shadowed by violence. Mr. Man isn't just following instructions—he's anticipating what they want. Even the things they never dared to say. And if he's executing their darkest desires, it's their responsibility to stop him—at any cost.
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Getting Away with Murder
by Shari Lapena
Jill and Ted adore their New York brownstone the way others adore their children. They have carefully, expensively, made every inch of it their own. It reflects who they are, their status and tastes. With the grand mahogany staircase and state-of-the-art kitchen, it is the stuff of glossy magazines and real-estate dreams. It is their sanctuary. So when Ted's inheritance runs out and he makes a bad investment, they panic. How can they protect their beloved home and enviable lifestyle? The answer is obvious. Or at least, it is obvious to Jill and Ted. The death of one wealthy family member—from whom they stand to inherit millions—could solve all their problems. Together, they will get away with murder. As long as they trust each other. As long as neither makes a mistake. As long as there are no surprises.
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The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
by Alexander McCall Smith
When Isabel receives a surprise visit from a friend who has recently discovered the existence of a long-lost brother, she will have to face this quandary in her usual deft and thoughtful way. The friend has always held her father in high regard and is worried that knowledge of his affair will tarnish her siblings' perception of him. Meanwhile, Isabel's husband Jamie has been offered the gig of his dreams—the opportunity to play in a series of concerts at a prestigious venue in London. After meeting the series coordinator, it becomes clear to Isabel that the woman has a massive crush on Jamie. Isabel isn't sure whether to reveal the woman's intentions. Should she tell Jamie of her suspicions, or would that mean calling his talent into question? And finally, the ever-frustrating Professor Lettuce returns, this time embroiled in a ridiculous dispute with his friend Professor Dove. Somehow, Isabel gets dragged into resolving the affair. As always, Isabel will have to use her pragmatic sensibility and kindness to navigate these tricky situations.
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The Intrigue
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won't last forever, and he's desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks he's found it when he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boardinghouse in picturesque Veracruz. But when he meets her, he finds something he didn't expect. The woman has a niece, Inés, who is as observant as she is desperate to escape her aunt's household. When Inés discovers Ulises's true intentions, she wants in on the scheme. They'll convince her aunt that Ulises is a great catch, Perla will marry him, and her money will vanish. Easy, fast, and clean. But Perla is not the desperate, silly spinster Ulises imagines. She harbors secrets. And although Ulises does not believe in true romance, Inés is more alluring than he bargained for. Suddenly, a simple plan may become perilously complicated. Venture into the streets of a small town where a patina of convention and good manners conceals a cauldron of avarice and lust.
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Ice Vegas
by Larry Niven
Carver Reeves is head of security for BALDR, the massive nuclear facility that powers half of Europe, and by extension Ice Vegas, the glittering architectural fantasia of a domed city that has grown up beside it. But before he can peacefully retire, saboteurs infiltrate BALDR, determined to cripple the power plant, destroy the city, and kill hundreds of thousands of people. Carver's only hope is Spider, the world's deadliest assassin. Spider must catch the latest scion of a power-hungry Waldemer family, who for generations have been determined to control Earth. Between recounting Spider's previous missions around the globe, where she's encountered the Waldemers' schemes, the present-day mission to thwart the tyrannical fiends once and for all proves so dangerous it may spell the end for Spider and the city she's come to call home.
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The Country Road Murders
by James Patterson
After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker's legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family. Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where his father was murdered. He goes back to what's left of his family and their small, struggling farm. He reunites with his best friend in the world, Taylor McCarter Webb, who is now married. Then Silas is pulled into a deadly battle with the Southern Mafia who control drugs, trafficking and murder. As the suspense crescendos, Silas follows one rule for survival: you don't ride these country roads alone, or in the dead of night.
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A Life So True
by Tracie Peterson
Evie Turner is determined to work at her father's hospital but dreads her future nursing career. When she meets businessman Max Garrison, who fears his father plans to commit a crime, they share their secrets. When they fear the worst as a devastating fire engulfs local factories, can they make a life together amid the ashes of deception?
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Dead Men Don't Play Fetch: An Andy Carpenter Mystery
by David Rosenfelt
It's defense lawyer Andy Carpenter's dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou Campanelli, an old friend who he simply cannot refuse, asking for a favor. Lou runs a rehab center, and when one of his patients, a homeless veteran, is charged with first degree murder, he needs Andy's help. And of course, Andy will also be called on to care for the accused's dog, but that's okay: What's one more dog? The man that Jason Maddox is accused of stabbing to death is none other than billionaire Paul Vincent, an eccentric businessman and inventor. Bickert dedicated a great portion of his life to philanthropy, with a soft spot for dog-related causes. This led him to befriend Jason, a physicist and war hero, whose life fell apart to the point where he ended up on the streets with his dog, just trying to survive. But why would Jason possibly have wanted to kill him? Well, for one thing, he was to receive a fortune in Vincent's will. That, coupled with the fact that Jason was at the scene, his fingerprints were on the knife, and Vincent's wallet was in his jacket, made it a slam dunk arrest. Once again, Andy is enmeshed in a puzzling, twisty case. But in order to reunite a man and his dog, Andy will have to untangle it all.
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This Changes Everything
by Lisa Scottoline
Julia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany—except that she misses her best friend Courtney, back in the States. One night, Julia calls Courtney and reaches her as she's arriving at her grandmother's farm in Pennsylvania. Then the unthinkable happens. A dreadful premonition overwhelms Julia as Courtney is entering the house—but it's too late to stop Courtney, who makes a heartbreaking discovery. Her beloved grandmother has been murdered, and the killer is escaping out the back door. A distraught Courtney chases him, but he jumps into a pickup truck and gets away. Julia flies home the next morning to support Courtney in her grief. The local police believe the murder was a botched burglary, but the women suspect something much more sinister. They dig to unearth the truth in a town filled with explosive secrets, and Julia's uncanny intuition points her to the missing pieces of a dark puzzle. The women call in hotshot Philly lawyer Bennie Rosato, but events take a deadly turn, and Julia becomes the target of a murderous conspiracy. She ends up fighting for her life, with no one to save her—but herself.
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Ransom
by Daniel Silva
Alice Winter, one of Britain's most dazzling socialites, seemingly has the perfect life—a lavish home in posh Knightsbridge, a grand estate in Devon, millions of followers on social media who eagerly await her next post. But when she disappears without a trace while on holiday with three old friends from Cambridge, her desperate husband, the real estate baron Edward Knight, turns to none other than Gabriel Allon to find her. He soon discovers that Alice Winter is not the woman she appears to be, that she has a reckless side, that she has secrets. But Edward Knight has a secret too, a secret so dangerous that Gabriel will have no choice but to return to the life he thought he had left behind. An old enemy lurks there, waiting for him to make one misstep, waiting for the perfect moment to exact vengeance.
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City of Promises
by Victoria Thompson
Famed former police detective turned private investigator Frank Malloy and his wife, Sarah, come to Gideon Bates desperate for legal guidance. The Malloys' adopted daughter, Catherine, a burgeoning star of the stage, has announced her engagement to a man she barely knows. Catherine has recently gained access to her trust fund, and Sebastian Talbot appears very eager to marry her as quickly as possible. As Gideon and his wife, Elizabeth, investigate, it becomes all the clearer that Talbot may not be who he says he is. As a former con artist herself, Elizabeth suspects one may be in their midst. Undeterred by her pregnancy, she must pull out all the stops to out swindle a swindler and save another woman from ruin.
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Beach Blonde Betrayal
by Elaine Viets
Life's a beach—until you die. Fear is growing in sun-soaked South Florida. Hot on the heels of local resident Gil Shecker saving an heiress's cat from the jaws of an alligator, one of Norah McCarthy's misfit residents at her Florodora apartment complex finds a body on the beach. It appears a serial killer is brutally strangling young blonde women. When Gil is stabbed in what seems to be a separate attack, Norah is persuaded to investigate his murder. But while Norah uncovers Gil's spine-tingling secrets, the beach body count is rising. At least one deadly critter is intent on terrorizing the local community, and this time it's no alligator. This addictive, quirky crime series set in Florida is perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey.
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Cool Machine
by Colson Whitehead
New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan-era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful business owner/master fence Ray Carney has just been named Sterling Furniture's Dealer of the Month. When the banks won't give his beloved wife Elizabeth a loan for her new travel agency, however, Carney gambles on one last heist, and finds himself entangled with a legendary criminal mastermind.
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Montgomery Campus - 1111 Reading Drive, 60538Oswego Campus - 32 West Jefferson, 60543 (630) 554-3150
https://www.oswego.lib.il.us/
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