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Suggestions from Cary Area Public Library Staff Members
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Blackberry Winter by Sarah JioSeattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son good night and reluctantly leaves for work on the night shift. In the morning, a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes home to wake her son, but his bed is empty. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge awakens to another late-season snowstorm. Assigned to cover this blackberry winter and its predecessor decades earlier, Claire learns of Daniel's unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth--only to discover that she and Vera are linked in unexpected ways.
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Housebreaking by Dan PopeReturning to his childhood home after his wife kicks him out, Benjamin lives with his 81-year-old father and tries to put his life back together while he rekindles a friendship with his high school crush, who has troubles of her own.
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The Swing of Things by Linda KeirA novel told from the dual perspective of a husband and wife follows an attorney and her stay-at-home husband as they, after meeting another couple, explore a more modern definition of marriage and way to spice things up that could cost them everything.
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Hallam's War by Elisabeth Payne RosenHugh and Serena Hallam's family prosper on their cotton farm in late 1850s Tennessee until the Civil War erupts, causing Hugh to join the Confederate Army and forcing Serena to hold onto the farm, slaves, and family.
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The Last Hours by Minette WaltersAssuming control of her despised late husband's people in the wake of the Black Death, a 14th-century noblewoman struggles to protect formerly oppressed people who have been rendered superstitious and fanatical by the plague.
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The Road to Paradise Island by Victoria HoltIn the late nineteenth century, Annalice Mallory discovers a journal written one hundred years earlier by her namesake and enters a past of illicit love, treasure hidden on an Australian island, and murder.
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Jane Doe by Victoria Helen StoneWorking at a low level job in an insurance company, Jane becomes involved with middle manager Steven Hepsworth, who is unaware that he is the target of Jane's well-thought-out plan for revenge.
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The Line That Held Us by David JoyA deer hunter and his friend cover up the accidental shooting death of a man from a notoriously violent family that retaliates in nightmarish ways. By the author of Where All Light Tends to Go.
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Just Let Go by Courtney WalshQuinn has finally achieved her dream of owning a flower shop. But she's soon over her head as she begins some much-needed renovations. When bad-boy Olympic skier Grady Benson gets into legal trouble, Quinn becomes his community service project. Can the notorious athlete and the small-town shopkeeper embrace love and the adventure of a lifetime?
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Death at Whitewater Church: An Inishowen Mystery by Andrea CarterA modern-day Agatha Christie with Ben O'Keeffe as Miss Marple. A skeleton is discovered in the crypt of a deconsecrated church along a remote coastline in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is convinced the bones belong to a local man who went missing on his wedding day six years ago. Solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe, acting for the owners of the church, encounters nothing but obstructive locals as she unravels layers of personal and political history. Will she get to the truth of what happened?
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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