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New Fiction Arrivals at MPL
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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
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Tom Clancy Shadow State
by M. P. Woodward
Cut off from his comrades at The Campus just when he needs them most, Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself in the middle of an international conspiracy that may be too much for even him to handle.
also available in audio
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Tell Me Everything: A Novel
by Elizabeth Strout
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.
also available in audio
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Joy
by Danielle Steel
Abandoned by her free-spirited mother and raised by an emotionally distant father, Allegra finds solace in books and love, only to face the harsh realities of war and its impact on her husband, who returns from Afghanistan nearly unrecognizable.
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This Is Why We Lied
by Karin Slaughter
While on their honeymoon at McAlpine Lodge, GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton must solve a murder when the Lodge's manager is found dead, and investigating the McAlpine family and other guests, they realize everyone here is lying—lying about their past, lying to their family, lying to themselves.
also available in audio
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
by Elif Shafak
Sweeping across centuries, and stretching from Mesopotamia to London, this stunning novel follows a trio of characters living in the shadows of one of the greatest epic poems of all time - Nineveh and its Remains, as they become entwined by a single drop of water.
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Arkangel
by James Rollins
Sigma Force is summoned to help search for a missing trove of ancient books after a Vatican archivist is murdered near the Kremlin, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Tides of Fire.
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Fire and Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic 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.
also available in audio
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Angel of Vengeance
by Douglas J. Preston
An FBI Special Agent poses as a cleric in New York's notorious Five Points slum to help catch a dangerous serial killer, in the latest addition to the long-running series following The Cabinet of Dr. Leng.
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By Any Other Name: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart--one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays--who are both forced to hide behind another name.
also available in audio
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House of Glass
by Sarah Pekkanen
Best Interest Attorney, Stella Hudson, takes on the case of an 8-year-old girl who witnessed the death of her nanny amid her parents' ugly divorce and realizes that everyone is a suspect.
also available in audio
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Spirit Crossing
by William Kent Krueger
As a huge manhunt is launched to find a local politician's daughter, Cork O'Connor. and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police, when the body of a young Ojibwe woman is found, uncover a connection to the missing teenager—one that places his own grandson in the crosshairs of a killer.
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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.
also available in audio
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The Dark Wives
by Ann Cleeves
When a man's body is found by a care home for troubled teens—a murder linked to the disappearance of a 14-year-old resident, DI Vera Stanhope is called in to investigate and when second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore collide with fact.
also available in audio
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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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The Protector
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
A Pennsylvania Amish family grieves the sudden disappearance of their daughter. Her brother, Norman, dedicates himself to finding answers, but will it cost him something more?
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The Rose Arbor
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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Talking to Strangers
by Fiona Barton
While investigating the Valentine's Day murder of Karen Simmons, Detective Elise King is derailed by aggressive reporter Kiki Nunn, who sees this case as her opportunity to boost her career—and is willing not only to go up against Elise, but the killer himself to do it.
also available in audio
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Between a Flock and a Hard Place
by Donna Andrews
Meg grapples with belligerent turkeys, building code violations and a murder during a reality show makeover, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!.
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The Perfect Son
by Freida McFadden
#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a twisted, thought-provoking story about a family's loyalty pushed to the limits.
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