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| Shiner by Amy Jo BurnsIntroducing: 15-year-old Wren, the daughter of an Appalachian snake-handling preacher, who's grown up cut off almost entirely from the outside world.
What happens: An apparent miracle at the hands of her father sets off a series of discoveries on Wren's part that open up a different kind of future than she'd envisioned for herself.
For fans of: the depiction of cloistered adolescent lives in Chelsea Bierker's Godshot. |
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The Goodbye Man
by Jeffery Deaver
A sequel to The Never Game finds Colter Shaw investigating a mysterious organization in Washington State that is either a therapeutic healing colony or a dangerous cult under the sway of a charismatic leader
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The Final Deception
by Heather Graham
In a series finale, criminal psychologist Kieran Finnegan navigates unnerving ties to an escaped killer in the wake of an outbreak of violent murders that FBI agent Craig Frasier believes may be the work of a copycat.
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The Red Lotus
by Chris Bohjalian
Falling in love with a wounded former patient and accompanying him on a cycling trip to Vietnam, an emergency-room doctor uncovers a bizarre series of deceptions that culminate in her boyfriend’s unexplained disappearance. By the author of Midwives.
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Long Range
by C. J Box
Assisting an investigation into a fatal grizzly attack that is not what it seems, Joe Pickett become embroiled in the case of a prominent judge’s wife by a would-be assassin who was shooting from a confoundingly long distance.
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| My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteStarring: hardworking, practical Korede; her beautiful sister Ayoola, who seems to have developed a habit of killing her boyfriends.
What it's about: Korede is the one who disposes of the bodies and keeps her sister out of jail. But when the handsome doctor with whom Korede has fallen in love notices Ayoola and asks for her number, Korede faces a dilemma.
Why you might like it: This darkly funny debut captures the crowded streets of Lagos, Nigeria and complex family relationships with equal skill. |
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| Little Gods by Meng JinWhat it is: a debut novel that follows grief-stricken 17-year-old Liya as she travels to China to learn more about her recently deceased mother Su Lan -- a complex, remote woman obsessed with her research in theoretical physics.
Narrated by: Liya herself; Su Lan's former neighbor, who remembers a happy woman at odds with Liya's understanding of her mother; and Yongzong, Su Lan's husband and father to Liya, who he never knew.
Read it for: the slowly pieced-together picture you'll form of Su Lan; the experimental writing style. |
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| Machines Like Me by Ian McEwanWhat it's about: the relationships that develop between young Londoner Charlie, his girlfriend Miranda, and the android Adam, one of the first 26 "manufactured humans" who can pass as real.
Why you might like it: Readers curious about artificial intelligence and fans of the HBO show Westworld will appreciate the novel's playful, intriguing approach to coexisting with "robots." The alternate version of the 1980s, in which Alan Turing has had a greater influence, is fun too. |
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| The Ultimate Betrayal by Kimberla Lawson RobyWhat happens: In this 12th in the Reverend Curtis Black series, his daughter Alicia is about to remarry her first husband...but isn't quite ready to give up the man who broke up her marriage.
What else? Alicia's best friend, Melanie, is busy with her own serious problems -- and their stories alternate as they spiral out of control.
Read it for: lots of tension, plenty of drama, and a direct writing style, all of which makes for a "compellingly readable" (Kirkus Reviews) novel. |
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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