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Patron Picks September 2016 Amber, Barbara, Betty, Catherine, Damien, Gwyn, Mindy, Rosemary, Roxanne, Rumi, Sharon, Sheila, Steve, Tammy, and Wanda participated in the Adult Reading Program and offer these suggested titles.
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Before I go
by Colleen Oakley
Confronting the final months of her life when her breast cancer aggressively returns, 27-year-old Daisy endeavors to find her beloved husband another wife, an effort that forces her to make difficult choices.
Call Number: F OAKLEY, COLLEEN
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Boundary waters
by William Kent Krueger
When a famous young country singer vanishes in the Quetico-Superior Wilderness on the border of northern Minnesota and Canada, her father joins Cork O'Connor, a pair of FBI agents, an ex-convict, and a young boy on an expedition to find her.
Call Number: M KRUEGER, WILLIAM K.
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Cook the books
by Jessica Conant-Park
Gourmet Girl Mystery #5
Chloe Carter desperately needs a job, so she takes one assisting a cookbook writer. Unfortunately it stirs up painful memories of her ex-boyfriend Josh, who left her for Hawaii. While compiling a book of recipes from Boston's top chefs, she comes in contact with one of Josh's friends, Digger. Chloe manages to stay cool until later she finds Digger's apartment charred--with Digger in it. Not believing that an expert chef would die from a grease fire, she sets about looking for Digger's killer. But things get sticky when the tragedy brings Josh back to Boston--and back into Chloe's life.
Call Number: M CONANT-PARK, JESSICA
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The first hostage : a J. B. Collins novel
by Joel C. Rosenberg
Picking up immediately after the events of "The Third Target", a latest thriller starring journalist J. B. Collins finds him reporting from a devastating attack by ISIS terrorists in Jordan that has injured world leaders and led to the disappearance of the U.S. President.
Call Number: F ROSENBERG, JOEL C.
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The lives and loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton : a true story of conjoined twins
by Dean Jensen
The poignant life story of twin sisters who were literally joined at the hip, set against the tumultuous backdrop of America during the first half of the 20th century. Daisy and Violet and an unforgettable cast of show-business characters come alive on the pages of this carefully researched and sensitively written biography.
Call Number: B HILTON FAMILY
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Love saves the day : a novel
by Gwen Cooper
Losing her home when her owner passes away, Prudence the cat is taken in by her former owner's grieving daughter, who maintains a meticulously organized life to avoid the pain of past losses and memories about her dynamic relationship with her mother.
Call Number: F COOPER, GWEN
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
In a story inspired by the father character in Little Women and drawn from the journals and letters of Louisa May Alcott's father Bronson, a man leaves behind his family to serve in the Civil War and finds his marriage and beliefs profoundly challenged by his experiences.
Call Number: F BROOKS, GERALDINE
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Melancholy baby
by Robert B. Parker
Upset by her ex-husband Richie's upcoming marriage, private detective Sunny Randall takes the case of college student Sarah Markham, a troubled young woman searching for her birth parents, but her investigation uncovers dangerous secrets that could not only shatter Sarah's life but also lead to painful secrets about her own past.
Call Number: M PARKER, ROBERT B.
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Murder In The Museum
by Simon Brett
When a human skeleton turns up on the grounds of Bracketts House, the historic home of children's author Esmond Chadleigh, Carole Seddon and her bohemian neighbor, Jude, investigate whether or not the famed late writer was responsible.
Call Number: M BRETT, SIMON
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The mystery woman
by Amanda Quick
Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.
Call Number: F QUICK, AMANDA
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The Osama bin Laden I know : an oral history of al-Qaeda's leader
by Peter L. Bergen
The author of Holy War, Inc. draws on the author's personal meetings with Osama bin Laden as well as interviews with some of his most intimate acquaintances, describing the terrorist's self-presentation as a soft-spoken cleric and offering insight into how he garners the fanatical loyalty of hundreds of thousands of followers.
Call Number: B BERGEN, PETER L.
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Purple hibiscus : a novel
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Growing up in a wealthy Nigerian home under the domain of a harsh, demanding, and tyrannical father, Kambili and her brother, Jaja, find new happiness during a visit to their Aunty Ifeoma outside the city, but as Kambili enjoys her newfound freedom and falls in love for the first time, the country begins to fall apart under a military coup.
Call Number: F ADICHIE, CHIMAMANDA N.
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Obsession in death
by J. D. Robb
Targeted by an obsessed, violent stalker who believes they have a special relationship, Eve Dallas struggles to keep her law-enforcement activities from being misinterpreted as invitations to kill people on her behalf.
Call Number: F ROBB, J.D.
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Resurrect : a novel
by David E. Stevens
Preventing his burning fighter from crashing into a residential neighborhood, Navy Commander Josh Logan ejects too late, suffering lethal injuries. He awakes to a voice that offers him an option-death, or a new life and mission. The mission? Access and employ highly classified military technology to stop a global cataclysm. The price? Everyone he knows, including his new bride, will believe him dead and buried.
Call Number: F STEVENS, DAVID
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TailSpin
by Catherine Coulter
Dispatched to the Kentucky mountains to discern the fates of a missing special agent and a doctor who is being protected by the FBI, agents Savich and Sherlock find the case further challenged by a young woman on the run and the doctor's mental deterioration.
Call Number: F COULTER, CATHERINE
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