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Suggestions From Cary Area Public Library Staff Members
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Trespassing by Brandi ReedsVeronica Cavanaugh's grasp on the world is slipping. Her latest round of fertility treatments not only failed but left her on edge and unbalanced. And her three-year-old daughter, Elizabella, has a new imaginary friend, who seems much more devilish than playful. So when Veronica's husband fails to return home from a business trip, what's left of her stability begins to crumble.
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The Judge's Wife by Ann O'LoughlinAfter a judge’s death, Emma, his estranged daughter, returns home to pack up his estate where she finds the diaries of the mother she never knew and uncovers a deception spanning both decades and continents that exposes long-buried family secrets and raises the question of if true love can last a lifetime. By the author of The Secrets of Roscarbury Hill.
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She Was the Quiet One by Michele CampbellWhen twin sisters Rose and Bel Enright enroll in The Odell School, a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But the sisters could not be more different. The school brings out a rivalry between them that few ever knew existed. And the school itself has a dark underbelly of privileged kids running unchecked and uninhibited, of rituals and traditions that are more sinister than they seem, of wealth and entitlement that can only lead to disaster.
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The Lost Vintage by Ann MahSweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this [novel] about a woman who returns to her family's ancestral vineyard in Burgundy to study for her Master of Wine test, and uncovers a lost diary, a forgotten relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since WWII.
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The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom by A. E HotchnerA heartwarming amateur detective story set in Depression-era St. Louis from beloved author A. E. Hotchner. Street-savvy, almost-thirteen-year-old Aaron Broom is guarding his father's car when he witnesses a robbery gone wrong in a jewlery store across the street. To Aaron's shock, his father, a travelling watch salesman in the wrong place at the wrong time, is fingered as the prime suspect in the murder. Despite seeing the real killer flee the scene, Aaron can't do much to help in the moment--no one will take a kid's word for it. Undaunted, Aaron enlists an unlikely band of friends and helpful adults to clear his father's name.
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Eagle & Crane by Suzanne RindellTwo daredevil pilots from rival families confront unsettling family secrets in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the internment of Japanese citizens and a mysterious plane crash. By the author of The Other Typist
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All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth KlehfothWhile attending Knollwood, 17-year-old Charlie—to become a member of an elite, secret society—must play The Game, a semester-long, diabolical high-stakes scavenger hunt that will jeopardize everything and reveal the terrible truth about her family, her school and her own life.
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The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise MillerUnexpectedly inheriting property from a beloved community baker, two headstrong sisters navigate growing hostilities about whether or not to sell, before the disappearance of the baker's dog forces everyone to work together. By the author of The City Baker's Guide to Country Living.
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The Ruin by Dervla McTiernanAfter her boyfriend's death is ruled a suicide, a surgical resident teams up with the detective who investigated the boyfriend's mother's accidental overdose 20 years prior to see if both were actually victims of foul play. This unsettling small-town noir draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland, where corruption, desperation, and crime run rife. A gritty look at trust and betrayal where the written law isn't the only one, The Ruin asks who will protect you when the authorities can't--or won't.
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The Myth of Perpetual Summer by Susan CrandallA girl uncovers her family's history of mental illness against the background of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War in this moving coming-of-age tale that harkens to both The Glass Castle and Forrest Gump. In this heart wrenching, raw, and ultimately satisfying novel set against the background of the 1960s, the award-winning author of Whistling Past the Graveyard explores what the word family really means: in all of its ugliness, beauty, and messy complications.
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