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Retired Staff PicksMarch 2015 They're Back! Retired staff members, Char, Chris, Debbie, Ellen, Jane, Linda, Sara and Trish, offer their reading suggestions.
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Black dahlia & white rose
by Joyce Carol Oates
Featuring 11 previously uncollected stories that explore the slippage between fantasy and everyday life, a new anthology explores the commingling of sexual love and violence and the complexity of family life. 25,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Oates
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The 5th Wave
by Richard Yancey
A first entry in a new series by the award-winning author of The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp follows the experiences of two survivors of apocalyptic disasters that have decimated life on Earth and transformed nearly everyone into crazed killers.
Call Number: YA Yancey
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Flesh and blood : a Scarpetta novel
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Discovering a row of pennies outside of her home just before receiving word that a neighbor has been murdered by a highly skilled sniper, Kay Scarpetta begins a nightmarish pursuit involving seemingly unrelated victims and a shipwreck off the coast of Florida. By the #1 best-selling author of Dust. 1 million first printing.
Call Number: F Cornwell
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The girl on the train
by Paula Hawkins
Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
Call Number: F Hawkins
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The infinite sea
by Richard Yancey
A sequel to the best-selling The 5th Wave finds survivors Cassie, Ben and Ringer enduring a fifth attack by Other invaders who are determined to exterminate the human race by eliminating all trustworthy human characteristics. By the award-winning author of The Monstrumologist. Simultaneous eBook.
Call Number: YA Yancey
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The light in the ruins : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
Hoping to safeguard themselves from the ravages of World War II within the walls of their ancient villa in Florence, the noble Rosatis family become prisoners in their home when 18-year-old Cristina's courtship by a German lieutenant prompts the Nazis to take over the estate, a situation that leads to a serial murder investigation years later.
Call Number: F Bohjalian
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My name is Mary Sutter
by Robin Oliveira
Traveling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C. to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong midwife Mary receives guidance from two smitten doctors and resists her mother's pleas for her to return home. A first novel.
Call Number: F Oliveira
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Off season
by Anne Rivers Siddons
A grieving widow takes a solitary road trip to her late husband's favorite getaway on pristine coastal Maine, where she remembers their many happy years of family life, reevaluates the time before they met, and considers her future.
Call Number: F Siddons
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Remains of innocence : a Brady novel of suspense
by Judith A. Jance
While investigating two separate cases, Sheriff Joanna Brady must discover if the death of a family friend whose body was found in a limestone cavern is linked to the discovery of a fortune in $100 bills hidden in the house of a hoarder. 150,000 first printing.
Call Number: M Jance
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The Rosie project : a novel
by Graeme C. Simsion
Call Number: F Simsion
A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father.
Call Number: F Simsion
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The same sky : a novel
by Amanda Eyre Ward
A childless woman looking to adopt crosses paths with a 13-year-old Honduran girl who has embarked on a dangerous journey into Texas with her brother. By the author of How to Be Lost.
Call Number: F Ward
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Season of storms
by Susanna Kearsley
In 1921, an infamous Italian poet wrote his last play, inspired by his mistress, Celia, but she vanished and the play was never performed, now, sixty years later, his grandson is staging the play with a young actress named Celia set to star.
Call Number: F Kearsley
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The secret life of Violet Grant
by Beatriz Williams
Defying the privilege of her 1960s Fifth Avenue family to pursue a job with a style magazine, recent college graduate Vivian Schuyler discovers a secret about an aunt she never knew who at the dawn of World War I fled her oppressive marriage to pursue an audacious goal.
Call Number: F Williams
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The secret place
by Tana French
Investigating a disturbing photo of a boy whose murder was never solved, aspiring Murder Squad member Stephen Moran partners with abrasive detective Antoinette Conway to search for answers in the tight-knit cliques and rivalries at a Dublin boarding school. By the Edgar Award-winning author of In the Woods. 200,000 first printing.
Call Number: F French
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A sudden light
by Garth Stein
A 14-year-old boy's efforts to save his parents' troubled marriage and uphold his dementia-afflicted grandfather's final wishes are shaped by a ghost who cannot rest until past debts are paid. By the best-selling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain. 300,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Stein
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Vanessa and her sister : a novel
by Priya Parmar
Set in early 1900s London, a historical novel examines the adult lives of sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, focusing on the controversial and popular circle of artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group.
Call Number: F Parmar
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Wesley the owl : the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl
by Stacey O'Brien
Chronicles the author's rescue of an abandoned barn owlet, from her efforts to resuscitate and raise the young owl after an injury that prevented it from returning to the wild through their nineteen years together, during which the author made key discoveries about owl behavior. 50,000 first printing.
Call Number: 598.97 O'Br
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West of sunset : a novel
by Stewart O'Nan
A tale inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's last years in Hollywood finds him reflecting on past events at the height of the Jazz Age while falling in love, struggling to hold his family together and penning The Last Tycoon. By the best-selling author of Last Night at the Lobster.
Call Number: F O'Nan
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