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eLibraryNJ Titles December 2022
For your holiday reading pleasure, here's a list of the latest titles on eLibraryNJ that Cranbury Public Library has purchased in Adult Fiction and Non-fiction. REMEMBER: When a member library buys a copy of a book, that library's patrons "go to the head of the line" if there is a reserve list. By requesting one of these books, your wait time will be minimized. |
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All That Glitters : a Novel
by Danielle Steel
When her life of privilege is upended by a terrorist attack that ends her parents lives, a college senior struggles to rebuild on her own terms, learning uplifting and heartbreaking life lessons throughout a series of relationships and opportunities.
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Demon Copperhead : a Novel by Barbara KingsolverThe son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Unsheltered.
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The High Notes : a Novel by Danielle SteelAfter years of enduring the hardship of the road, exploitation and abuse, Iris Cooper, a young woman with an unforgettable voice, fights for her freedom to follow her dreams and let the whole world hear her undeniable talent.
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It Starts With Us : a Novel by Colleen HooverAtlas Corrigan, Lily's first love and the person who returned suddenly and interrupted her romance with neurosurgeon Ryan Kincaid, tells his side of the story in the sequel to It Ends with Us.
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Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean GreerIn this highly anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less: A Novel, Arthur Less, after the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis, sets out on a literary adventure across the U.S. during which he must finally face his personal demons.
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Mad Honey : a Novel by Jodi PicoultHer life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes he has hidden more than he has shared with her.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinEmbarking on a legendary collaboration launching them to stardom, two friends, intimates since childhood, have the world at their feet until they discover that their success, brilliance and money wont protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of the heart.
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Trust
by Hernán DÃaz
Told from the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction, this unrivaled novel about money, power, intimacy and perception is centered around the mystery of how the Rask family acquired their immense fortune in 1920s-1930s New York City.
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Mystery, Thriller and Suspense eBooks
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The Boys from Biloxi by John GrishamKeith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends, but as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith’s father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to clean up the city's vice and corruption. Hugh’s father became the boss of Biloxi’s criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father’s footsteps. Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father’s clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom. |
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Desert Star by Michael ConnellyAfter quitting the force in disgust, Renee Ballard is persuaded to return to rebuild the cold case unit in the elite robbery-homicide division. First priority for Ballard is to clear the unsolved rape and murder of a sixteen-year-old girl. The decades-old case is essential to the councilman who supported re-forming the unit, and who could shutter it again—the victim was his sister.
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Emma in the Night by Wendy WalkerWhen one of two teen sisters who disappeared three years earlier returns with an astonishing tale about how they were held on a mysterious island, skeptical forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter investigates the young woman's family and uncovers disturbing evidence of violated boundaries, betrayals and narcissistic parenting.
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The Fifth Witness : a Novel by Michael ConnellyMickey Haller must defend a client who is accused of killing the banker involved with her foreclosure, a case that reveals strong suspicions, black-market dealings and a threat to Mickey's own life. By the #1 best-selling author of the The Lincoln Lawyer.
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Going Rogue : Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine by Janet EvanovichAfter tracking down fugitive Oswald Wednesday with a fellow apprehension agent, Stephanie Plum faces a new obstacle as she tries to bring in her latest bounty. She must retrieve a mysterious missing coin in order to pay the ransom for her co-worker who has been kidnapped.
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Long Shadows by David BaldacciWhen Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge's face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she'd made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count--from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband--but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further.
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The Maze : a John Corey Novel by Nelson DeMilleCalled out of retirement by his former lover to investigate a serial killer targeting prostitutes, former NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey, as he digs deeper into these killings, which have garnered national attention, discovers that there are sinister forces at work that don't want this case solved.
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A World of Curiosities by Louise PennyChief Inspector Gamache investigates after a 150-year-old letter points to the discovery and opening of a bricked-up room in an attic that's filled with curiosities, in the 18th novel of the series following The Madness of Crowds.
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