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Aunt Dimity and the Summer King
by Nancy Atherton
There's trouble in Finch. Four recently sold cottages are standing empty, and the locals fear that a developer plans to turn their cozy village into an enclave of overpriced weekend homes. But for once Lori Shepherd can't help. Her infant daughter, her father-in-law's upcoming wedding, and the crushing prospect of her fortieth birthday have left her feeling overwhelmed. Until, that is, she has a chance encounter with an eccentric inventor named Arthur Hargreaves. Dubbed the Summer King by his equally eccentric family, Arthur is as warmhearted as the summer sun. In his presence, Lori forgets her troubles - and Finch's. But Lori snaps out of her happy trance when she discovers detailed maps of Finch in the Summer King's library. Is Arthur secretly plotting Finch's demise? With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly help, Lori mounts a crusade to save her beloved village from the Summer King's scorching greed.Book Annotation
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Compulsion
by Allison Brennan
IInvestigative reporter Maxine Revere has a theory: that the five New York City murders for which Adam Bachman is being tried are just part of his killing spree. In probing the disappearance of a retired couple the prior summer, Max uncovers striking similarities to Bachman's MO and develops a theory that Bachman wasn't working alone. Max wins a coveted pre-trial interview with the killer, whose disarming composure is combined with uncomfortable knowledge of Max's own past. She leaves the room convinced, but unable to prove, that Bachman knows exactly what happened to the missing couple. The D.A. wants nothing to jeopardize his case against Bachman and refuses to consider Max's theory. With no physical evidence, Max has to rely on her own wits and investigative prowess to dig deep into Bachman's past. The picture that Max puts together is far darker and more deadly than she ever imagined. As Max gets closer to the truth, she doesn't realize that she's walking down a road that has been paved just for her. That every step she takes brings her one step closer to a brilliant, methodical sociopath who has been waiting for her to make just one small mistake. And when she does, he'll be there waiting.
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| Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik LarsonHistory. On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was struck by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat just 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. Eighteen minutes later, she was at the bottom of the sea, taking 1,198 passengers and crew with her. Interspersing survivors' accounts of the tragedy with insightful discussions of history, politics, espionage, and maritime technology, author Erik Larson traces the luxury liner's final voyage, speculating on the circumstances that may have contributed to the vessel's destruction. |
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| World Gone By: A Novel by Dennis LehaneFiction. Set 10 years after Live by Night, World Gone By catches up with Joseph "Boston Joe" Coughlin in 1940s Tampa, Florida, where he's set himself up as a respectable businessman while maintaining strong ties to the powerful Bartolo crime family. Once a gangster, Joe now mostly limits his activities to making himself and his associates wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. So why is there a contract on his life? This fast-paced, atmospheric trilogy, which begins with The Given Day, takes place in the U.S. and Cuba and spans Prohibition, the Great Depression, and two World Wars. |
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Life or death
by Michael Robotham
Why would a man serving a long prison sentence escape the day before he's due to be released? Audie was sentenced to ten years for a Texas robbery in which four people died, including two members of his own gang. Seven million dollars have never been recovered from the robbery, and everybody believes Audie knows where the money is. For a decade Audie has been beaten, stabbed, and threatened by inmates and guards, all desperate to know the secret. The day before he is due to be released, Audie suddenly vanishes. The hunt for Audie, and the money, is on. But Audie's not running to save his own life--instead, he's trying to save someone else. In what promises to be his most popular thriller yet, Michael Robotham has created the ultimate underdog hero, an honorable criminal shrouded in mystery and ready to lead readers on a remarkable chase.
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Cuba straits
by Randy Wayne White
When a friend who was running a lucrative smuggling operation goes missing after selling a valuable cache of letters written by Fidel Castro, Doc Ford discovers that the letters may have contained a powerful secret. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Hannah Smith series. Simultaneous.
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King and Maxwell
by David Baldacci
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return to investigate another shocking case in this new novel from the number one New York Times best- selling author of The Sixth Man. Simultaneous.
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Top secret twenty-one
by Janet Evanovich
A latest entry in the fan-favorite mystery series by the best-selling author of the Alexandra Barnaby novels finds bounty hunter Stephanie Plum immersed in an ultra-secret case. Simultaneous.
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Gray Mountain
by John Grisham
Losing her job at New York City's largest law firm in the weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Samantha becomes an unpaid intern in a small Appalachian community, where she stumbles upon dangerous secrets
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To kill a mockingbird [sound recording]
by Harper Lee
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape
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Private India : city on fire
by James Patterson
Struggling to remain sober, Santosh Wagh, the head of the India office of an elite PI agency, investigates a serial killer who is targeting women and leaving mysterious tokens at each crime scene
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Leaving time : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Abandoned by a grief-stricken father and accomplished-scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers. By the #1 best-selling author of The Storyteller. Simultaneous.
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