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The children act : a novel
by Ian McEwan
While presiding over a difficult case involving parents whose faith forbids a life-saving transfusion for their son, a highly respected London judge copes with her decision to separate from a husband who wants an open marriage, a loss that challenges her beliefs.
Call Number: F MCEWAN, IAN
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Dead shot
by William W. Johnstone
Luke Jensen brings a killer's body to Rio Rojo. But before he can collect the bounty, two notorious criminals hit the bank. Now Luke can't get paid unless he catches Gunner Kelly and his Apache sidekick, Dog Eater. Unfortunately, young would-be man hunter Hobie McCullough is after the money-toting outlaws too. With a green kid to protect, renegade Mexican soldiers, and a beautiful runaway bride crossing Luke's trail, the blood hunt takes one deadly detour after another.
Call Number: CD W JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM W.
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Every visible thing
by Lisa Carey
Two years after the disappearance of their oldest son, Hugh, Elizabeth and Henry Furey, estranged by grief, work to put the tragedy behind them, while their two younger children, ten-year-old Owen, tormented by bullies and obsessed with graveyards, and fifteen-year-old Lena, angry and involved in a dangerous relationship, still struggle with the past.
Call Number: F CAREY, LISA
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Garden of lies
by Amanda Quick
Refusing to believe that her star employee's death was not accidental, Ursula Kern, the owner of a secretarial agency for wealthy clients, hires skeptical adventurer Slater Roxton to investigate the dark side of cultured society.
Call Number: CD F QUICK, AMANDA
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The glass castle : a memoir
by Jeannette Walls
The second child of a scholarly, alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing from the Arizona desert, to Las Vegas, to an Appalachian mining town, during which her siblings and she fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
Call Number: B WALLS, JEANNETTE
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The inheritance
by Tamera Alexander
Seeking a fresh start, McKenna and her rebellious younger brother accept an invitation from their distant cousin to move to Copper Creek, Colorado, but when McKenna's cousin dies, leaving her the ranch and a young child, a distant relative shows up to contest the will.
Call Number: F ALEXANDER, TAMERA
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Land of echoes [electronic resource] : a Cree Black novel
by Daniel Hecht
#2 Cree Black
Seattle parapsychologist Cree Black is called in to work with Tommy Keeday, a brilliant student at a New Mexico boarding school for gifted Navajo teens, after the young man falls victim to an illness with bizarre and terrifying symptoms, which his family believes are caused by a chindi, a hostile spirit.
Call Number: OVERDRIVE
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Once upon a grind
by Cleo Coyle
#14 Coffeehouse Mysteries Receiving a vision that leads to the discovery of a murdered model during a fairy-tale-themed festival in Central Park, Claire is targeted by an elusive killer who may be among several possible suspects, including her NYPD boyfriend.
Call Number: M COYLE, CLEO
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The room-mating season
by Rona Jaffe
Four roommates including a casting assistant, a prep-school teacher, a stewardess, and a mercurial wild card make life-changing decisions within their tiny 1960s Manhattan apartment while witnessing the turbulence of the time.
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The scribe : a novel
by Matthew Guinn
Investigating a series of murders targeting post-Civil War Atlanta's wealthiest black entrepreneurs, a disgraced former detective partners with the city's first African-American officer in a case marked by fierce racial, political and personal tensions.
Call Number: F GUINN, MATTHEW
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Second chance [sound recording]
by Jane Green
The story of a group of people who haven't seen each other since they were best friends at school. When one of them dies in a terrible tragedy, the reunited friends work through their grief and find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen.
Call Number: CD F GREEN, JANE
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Snobs : a novel
by Julian Fellowes
Preparing to marry heir Charles Broughton, attractive accountant's daughter Edith Lavery makes humorous and astute observations about contemporary England's class system.
Call Number: F FELLOWES, JULIAN
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Two of a kind
by Susan Mallery
#11 Fools Gold
This collection of books takes place in the same small town California and is the second book in a trilogy about three brave bodyguards and the women who love them. As Felicia and Gideon discover that passion isn't the only thing they have in common, they just might figure out that two of a kind should never be split apart.
Call Number: F MALLERY, SUSAN
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