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Staff Picks July 2016 Leah C. from services is providing the picks this month.
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Alice
by Christina Henry
In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinder block walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood. Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful. And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.
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A darker shade of magic
by Victoria Schwab
Kell is one of the last Antari, a rare magician who can travel between parallel worlds. Officially, Kell is the personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell smuggles for those willing to pay for even a glimpse of a world they’ll never see, and it is this dangerous hobby that sets him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She robs him, saves him from a dangerous enemy, then forces him to take her with him for her proper adventure.
But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save both his London and the others, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive — a feat trickier than they hoped.
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The girls at the Kingfisher Club : a novel
by Genevieve Valentine
A reimagining of the "Twelve Dancing Princesses" traces the story of a family of flappers who work in a 1920s speakeasy until their suspicious father decides to marry them off, prompting a confrontation with a bootlegger from the eldest sister's past.
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Six of crows
by Leigh Bardugo
Offered a chance to participate in a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker recruits a team of talented associates to organize a plot that is threatened by their mutual enmity.
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The smell of other people's houses
by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Intertwined stories of love, tragedy, wild luck and salvation on Alaska's wild frontier in the 1970s follows the experiences of four very different teens whose lives become entangled and who try to save each other, sometimes succeeding when they least expect it.
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As time goes by : a novel
by Mary Higgins Clark
A news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Call Number: F CLARK, MARY HIGGINS
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The big showdown
by Mickey Spillane
Preparing to leave violent Trinidad for a new life in California, legendary gunslinger Caleb York is held back by a band of outlaw brothers who would pursue vigilante justice at the same time a new cattle baron aspires to claim more land and the affections of Willa.
Call Number: W SPILLANE, MICKEY
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One plus one
by Jojo Moyes
A single mom trying to raise a bullied stepson and a mathlete daughter finds an unexpected rescue in the form of an obnoxious tech millionaire named Geeky Ed.
Call Number: F MOYES, JOJO
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The pursuit
by Janet Evanovich
Nick Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI’s most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beach front retreat in Hawaii. What the kidnapper doesn’t know is that Nick Fox has been secretly working for the FBI. It isn’t long before his covert partner, Special Agent Kate O’Hare, is in hot pursuit of the crook who stole her con man.
Call Number: F EVANOVICH, JANET
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The rainbow comes and goes : a mother and son on life, love, and loss
by Anderson Cooper
A poignant correspondence between the CNN journalist and his iconic designer mother, exchanged in the aftermath of the latter's brief illness, shares a rare window into their relationship and the life lessons imparted by an aging mother to her adult son.
Call Number: B COOPER, ANDERSON
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As good as gone
by Larry Watson
One of the last cowboys, Calvin Sidey, a steely, hardened man with his own personal code who lives off the grid in a trailer on the prairie, agrees to help his adult son out and stay with his grandchildren for a week during which he solves problems the Old West way, which has a powerful effect on those around him.
Call Number: F WATSON, LARRY
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Charcoal Joe
by Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins' plans to marry his girlfriend and start a new detective agency ARE interrupted by the case of a promising Stanford student who, in the face of daunting evidence, has been charged with the race-related murder of a white man.
Call Number: M MOSLEY, WALTER
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The crow girl
by Erik Axl Sund
Confronting bureaucracy and apathy while investigating the brutal murder of a young immigrant boy, Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg uncovers the work of a twisted serial killer and enlists the help of psychologist Sofia Zetterlund in unraveling an evil dynamic worn deep into Swedish society.
Call Number: F SUND, ERIK A.
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The murder that never was
by Andrea Kane
With an unhinged client and a monstrous criminal enterprise as its adversary, Forensic Instincts is forced into uncharted territory to protect their client and save one of their own from becoming the next corpse.
Call Number: F KANE, ANDREA
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The useful book : 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop
by David Bowers
A modern and energetically designed encyclopedia of DIY with everything you need to know to roll up your sleeves and cook it, build it, sew it, clean it, or repair it yourself. In other words, everything you would have learned from your shop and home ec teachers, if you had them. Features practical projects and how-tos, with step-by-step instructions and illustrations, relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes. There's a kitchen crash course. Sewing 101. Housecare tips. Plus dozens of cool projects that teach fundamental techniques, from making a bookshelf to re-wiring a lamp.
Call Number: 640 BOW
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