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Patron Picks April 2018 Dean, Jean, Linda, Lorry, Rosemary, Shannon, Sonyetta, Steve, and Vicky participated in the adult reading program and offer these suggestions.
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The curious charms of Arthur Pepper
by Phaedra Patrick
Finding a mysterious bracelet among his late wife's possessions, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper breaks from his routine life for the first time since her death and embarks on a quest to learn about his wife's life before their marriage, a journey that leads to unexpected self-discoveries.
Call Number: F PATRICK, PHAEDRA
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Find her
by Lisa Gardner
Requesting the assistance of a survivor of an extended abduction experience who has become obsessed with the cases of girls who never made it home, Boston detective D. D. Warren becomes suspicious of the woman's agenda upon discovering her relationships with other victims. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Call Number: F GARDNER, LISA
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The God's eye view
by Barry Eisler
Working as a camera surveillance tech for a zealous security director, Evelyn stumbles on a mysterious program code connected to a string of journalist and whistle-blower deaths before finding herself and her deaf son in the crosshairs of a sadistic bomber and her boss's enforcer. By a New York Times best-selling author.
Call Number: F EISLER, BARRY
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The insider threat
by Brad Taylor
Pike Logan #8
When ISIS plans an attack no one anticipates, Pike Logan and the Taskforce are America's only hope. By the New York Times best-selling author of No Fortunate Son.
Call Number: F TAYLOR, BRAD
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The miseducation of Cameron Post
by Emily M. Danforth
Placed in the custody of a conservative aunt in Montana after losing her parents in a car crash, teen Cameron secretly falls in love with her cowgirl best friend and is cruelly dispatched to a religious conversion camp when the truth about her sexual orientation is discovered.
Call Number: TEEN DANFORTH, EMILY M.
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Motive
by Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware #30
The murders of a beloved girlfriend and a businessman's wife pose personal challenges for LAPD detective Milo Stirgis and psychologist Alex Delaware, who realize that the killer is playing a psychologically manipulative game with the police. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Call Number: M KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
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The murderer's daughter
by Jonathan Kellerman
Engaging in secret high-risk activities to escape from her regimented life as a master psychologist, Grace Blades has a one-night stand with a man who turns out to be her new client—one who claims a unique connection to Grace's foster father. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Alex Delaware series.
Call Number: M KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
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Queen's gambit
by Elizabeth Fremantle
A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court.
Call Number: F FREMANTLE, ELIZABETH
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Secrets of a charmed life
by Susan Meissner
An elderly Oxford woman reminisces about her childhood during World War II, during which she was evacuated from London during the Blitz and was separated from her sister. By the author of A Fall of Marigolds.
Call Number: F MEISSNER, SUSAN
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The Shed That Fed a Million Children : The Mary’s Meals Story
by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
Mary's Meals tells the inspirational and compelling story of how a cripplingly shy Salmon farmer from Argyll, Scotland, became the international CEO of a global charity that now feeds over 800,000 children a day.
Call Number: OVERDRIVE
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The silent wife
by A. S. A. Harrison
Told in alternating voices, this gripping novel follows the events leading up to the violent dissolution of Jodi and Todd's marriage—a union steeped in lies, infidelity, jealousy and denial.
Call Number: F HARRISON, A.S.A.
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A spool of blue thread
by Anne Tyler
The changing needs of aging parents impact a family gathering during which Abby Whitshank relates how her husband and she fell in love during the summer of 1959 and shared decades of marriage impacted by children and long-held secrets.By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons.
Call Number: F TYLER, ANNE
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Trigger mortis : a James Bond novel
by Anthony Horowitz
The acclaimed author of Moriarty presents a literary reimagining of the legendary James Bond in a thriller set in the 1950s that incorporates original, estate-authorized material by Ian Fleming.
Call Number: F HOROWITZ, ANTHONY
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Wait for signs : twelve Longmire stories
by Craig Johnson
Twelve Longmire short stories available for the first time in a single volume-featuring an introduction by Lou Diamond Phillips of A&E's Longmire.
Call Number: M JOHNSON, CRAIG
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Where they found her
by Kimberly McCreight
Struggling with memories over the loss of her own baby while investigating the discovery of an anonymous infant in the woods, journalist Molly Sanderson traces a string of unreported assaults spanning twenty years.
Call Number: F MCCREIGHT, KIMBERLY
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